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26 Dec

Director Anurag Basu on firing Govinda from Jagga Jasoos: ‘I couldn’t have taken the stress, I had to’

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Anurag Basu is no stranger to chaotic productions, but none has been as well documented as his 2017 box office flop, Jagga Jasoos, which took roughly four years to make. Star and producer Ranbir Kapoor in a recent interview called it the worst business decision he’s made. In a new interview, Anurag discussed the challenges he was up against while making the musical, and addressed the controversial removal of Govinda from the final film. “Govindaji did come with us,” he told Mid-Day. “With such delays already with the shoot, [there was confusion] if Govindaji is coming on the set, or…

26 Dec

Singer Neha Kakkar tells the story behind Rohanpreet Singh’s song Ex Calling, says she made him unfollow an ex-girlfriend

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Rohanpreet Singh dropped his single, Ex Calling, just days after marrying singer Neha Kakkar. During an interaction, she revealed the story behind his song. Rohanpreet and Neha appeared together on The Kapil Sharma Show earlier this month, their first joint interview after the wedding. When Kapil Sharma asked Rohanpreet about the song, Neha revealed, “Kya hua, maine unfollow karwa diya. Inhone gaana bana liya (What happened is, I made him unfollow his ex-girlfriend, so he made a song about it).” Neha further said that it was a strange coincidence that many of the songs that came out in the recent…

25 Dec

Political rivals misusing farmers’ protest to push their agenda; govt willing to talk: Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday allayed fears that private firms might grab farmers' land under a new contract farming law enacted by the Centre, as he listened to success stories about benefits of the new Acts while interacting with peasants from seven states.After releasing Rs 18,000 crore funds to 9 crore farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme, PM Modi held interaction with farmers from Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Haryana. In their interaction with the PM, the seven farmers shared their success stories and also highlighted the benefits of recently enacted agri-laws. They also…

24 Dec

Actor Gal Gadot thanks Hrithik Roshan for watching Wonder Woman 1984 in a theatre: ‘So glad you enjoyed’

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Gal Gadot has tweeted her thanks to Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan for watching her movie, Wonder Woman 1984. Hrithik has shared a bunch of pictures from the theatre, lauding the film and Gal’s performance. Sharing pictures from the movie hall, Hrithik had written, “Just watched WONDER WOMAN. Exhilarating experience. My childhood crush(WW) and my first love( movies) together with the BIG cinema IMAX experience! Doesn’t get any better than this. Thank you @GalGadot for being the perfect WONDER WOMAN. And congratulations to the entire team.” One picture showed Gal as Diana Prince in her first scene from the movie and…

24 Dec

Thalaivi: Actor Arvind Swami looks perfect as MGR in J Jayalalithaa biopic starring Kangana Ranaut

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The makers of Kangana Ranaut-starrer Thalaivi have unveiled new pics for Arvind Swami’s look as actor-turned-politician Dr MG Ramachandran on Thursday. The photos came out on the death anniversary of the former Tamil Nadu chief minister, fondly called MGR. Directed by AL Vijay, Thalaivi is based on the life of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa, with Kangana essaying the titular role in the film. Popularly known as Puratchi Thalaivar and Makkal Thilagam, MGR played a very important role in the life and career of Jayalalithaa. Creative producer of the film Brinda Prasad said in a statement, “MGR…

24 Dec

Invoicemart – Axis Bank-backed TReDS platform

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Invoicemart, an Axis Bank-backed digital invoice discounting TReDS (Trade Receivable Discounting System) platform is leading the way with a record discounting of Rs. 10,000-cr worth of invoices. They have funded more than 5,80,000 invoices of MSME vendors, on the platform. A majority of industries and businesses are now inching back to pre-COVID 19 levels. MSMEs have also started charting their path for recovery. The lockdown has increased technological literacy and given a push to digital adoption among the MSMEs. Supported by their strong tie-up with more than 760 anchor Corporates, CPSE, PSUs, Banks and NBFC Factors, Invoicemart has already guided…

24 Dec

NissanMagnite: Prepaid maintenance plan

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Lowest-in-class maintenance cost for the all-new Nissan Magnite has been announced by Nissan India, at just 29 paise/km (for 50,000 kms). Nissan India also offers a warranty of 2 years (50,000kms), that can be extended for up to 5 years (100,000 km) at a nominal cost. Nissan is also offering its customers, multiple labour-free services available at all service networks in the country on the Nissan Magnite. The all-new Nissan Magnite continues to attract the attention of the customers at over 15,000 bookings and 1,50,000 enquiries in the last 15 days since launch. It has been launched at a special…

23 Dec

Kunal Kemmu, 3-year-old Inaaya are the cutest father-daughter duo in black

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Kunal Kemmu, 3-year-old Inaaya are the cutest father-daughter duo in black.Kunal Kemmu has shared an adorable picture with his three-year-old daughter Inaaya. The father-daughter duo is seen twinning in black as they chat with each other on the window side. While Kunal is in black tee and denims and a black hat, Inaaya looks cute in a black frock. Sharing the picture, Kunal wrote, “It takes 2 to start a conversation. And the conversation can be about a million things.. maybe even 2 million things! Stoked to see my insta family grow. Thank you guys for all the love support…

23 Dec

Priyanka Chopra debuts White Tiger trailer, father-in-law says ‘proud of my daughter-in-law’

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Priyanka Chopra debuts White Tiger trailer, father-in-law says ‘proud of my daughter-in-law’ The White Tiger’s trailer came out on Monday, with a sharp commentary on India’s deep class divide. The Ramin Bahrani film starring Adarsh Gourav, Priyanka Chopra and Rajkummar Rao is based on Aravind Adiga’s Man Booker Prize-winning book by the same name. This is the second trailer of the Netflix film, after the first video dropped in October. A perceptive take on India’s class divide and one man’s fight to break out of the life of servitude, the film shows Priyanka and Rajkummar as a rich married couple,…

23 Dec

Jug Jugg Jeeyo’: Kiara Advani reveals Varun Dhawan would call her in the middle of the night to exchange notes for their scenes

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‘Jug Jugg Jeeyo’: Kiara Advani reveals Varun Dhawan would call her in the middle of the night to exchange notes for their scenesKiara Advani is elated to collaborate with her ‘Good Newwz’ director Raj Mehta for their upcoming film, ‘Jug Jugg Jeeyo’. The actress, who will be sharing screen space with Varun Dhawan in the film, reveals the actor would call her in the middle of the night to exchange notes.Talking about the same to a news portal, Kiara said that she was awestruck with the commitment the actor had for his craft during their first stint. She revealed that…