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GIRLS, HIT BACK IF TOUCHED INAPPROPRIATELY: AKSHAY
ly. They should instead hit back.
free to walk anywhere, anytime, anyplace. But unfortunately, because of some dirty people they have to learn selfdefense,” Akshay said. The actor says “I am runthat a man is ning a successful in school in harassing a girl Mumbai when she and I want to open one “freezes” and school here (in doesn’t react Delhi) but I don’t know when it will happen. I just want to tell you one thing — if a guy touches you, then don’t panic, in fact, hit him back and run,” he added.
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Prateik Babbar’s wellness centre MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Prateik Babbar will soon venture into the hospitality sector with the launch of a wellness centre in Himachal Prateik Babbar Pradesh’s Dharamshala city. “For me this is more of a social service act and it will discipline me further. I had never imagined in my wildest dreams that I’d be doing something so corporate, but my family has been very supportive. It’s a welfare centre that will enhance the holistic well-being of a person,” Prateik said.
Hrithik to pen his life journey NEW DELHI: Actor Hrithik Roshan is thinking of writing a book on his life, but says he doesnt have a flair for writing. Be it Karan Hrithik Roshan Johar’s much talked-about biography An Unsuitable Boy, Yasser Usman’s Rekha: The Untold Story or Rishi Kapoor’s autobiography Khullam Khulla, celebrities are telling their Bollywood stories in an uncensored style. “I have thought of it, but I am not a writer. I am still thinking of it,” Hrithik told IANS. —IANS
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No screening of ‘The Danish Girl’ in India IANS, MUMBAI
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scheduled telecast of Hollywood film The Danish Girl — which tells the story of Lili Elbe, one of the first people who came out and went for gender reassignment surgery — has been cancelled, channel Sony Le PLEX HD has announced. According to a source in the know of developments, the Central Board Of Film Certification
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(CBFC) objected to the film due to its sensitive storyline. “The movie went to CBFC for clearance three months ago and they were sitting on it. And now they have cancelled the broadcast citing that the issue is very sensitive... CBFC has put a ban across channels, and now no other channel can also show the film,” the source told IANS on condition of anonymity. The Danish Girl was scheduled to
The film was scheduled to telecast this week on Sony Le PLEX HD.
be telecast this week on Sony Le PLEX HD, but a post from the channel’s official Twitter revealed
that it has been cancelled. The post read: “We regret to inform that Sony Le Plex HD is unable to telecast the much awaited television premiere of the internationally acclaimed awardwinning film The Danish Girl on March 26 as the necessary certification to enable telecast of the movie has not been received. “We continue making all necessary efforts to secure the certification and will keep you informed of the future date of telecast. We thank you for your continuous support and understanding. Any inconvenience caused is regretted.” The Tom Hooper directorial is based on American author David Ebershoff ’s debut novel with the same name.
‘Phillauri’: Sluggish picture, perky performances Film: Phillauri; Directed by Anshai Lal; Starring: Anushka Sharma, Suraj Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh; Rating: **
Rs15.25cr in opening week for ‘Phillauri’
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ad, but true. Some films work better on paper than on film. I can just imagine how excited Anushka Sharma must have been to play a ghost in a film about a restless spirit trying to find a culmination to her incomplete love story from 98 years ago. Alas, the theme of love finding a resting place in two lifetimes barely registers. For a large part, Phillauri moves through the lavish labyrinth of a big fat wedding in a Punjabi household with the same misdirected gusto as Vikas Behl’s Shaandaar. Except for the fact that the characters here are in principle, quite
Phillauri moves through lavish labyrinth of a big fat Punjabi wedding.
interesting in the way they respond to the presence of a friendly ghost in their bustling home. Anushka Sharma makes a pretty ghost. But Shashi is a ghost as interpreted by Anushka Sharma. She behaves like Anushka’s character in Ae Dil Hai Muskil in blingy appari-
tion with the added advantage of being seen only by Suraj’s character. Phillauri has its redeeming qualities. The homage to history that is brought into play at the end is so daring in its sweep and suggestion that you admire the film’s debutant director for going against the grain.
MUMBAI: Released on March 24, Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh and Suraj Sharma starrer romantic comedy film Phillauri has minted Rs 15.25 crore in its opening weekend at the Indian box office, the makers have said. “We are happy the film has done good business. It is a small film with a big heart and we are thrilled with the love audience showered”, Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios, said.
Some of the period detailing in the past is interesting. The moment of the advent of the gramophone disc is warmly caught in the characters’ awestruck faces.
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