Bollywood - The Purbottar

23 Mar

AI-art captures popular Bollywood faces as pop-culture characters

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBollywood, Indiaentertainment, INDIA

Fanfiction takes an interesting turn as several Indian actors have been recreated as hugely popular Hollywood movie characters using the AI art generator program Midjourney V5. Indian design studio Lazy Eight has released a series of six images that might answer the question – what if popular Bollywood actors were cast in roles like Rambo and The Joker among others? "As a fun, lighthearted lab experiment we wanted to test the power of the new Midjourney V5 by recasting Bollywood actors as iconic Hollywood characters," they tweeted. The series stars actor Shah Rukh Khan as John Rambo, Ajay Devgn as…

22 Mar

Bollywood songs removed from Spotify app

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBollywoodBollywood, entertainment, INDIA

Music app Spotify was forced to remove its entire catalog of Bollywood songs from the Zee Music company after talks to renew their licensing deal fell through last week. Bollywood music users and fans are taking to social media to express their displeasure over the move. Zee Music also did not renew its licensing agreement with music app Song and cut ties with them in 2022. A few months later, Ghana became a subscription-only service. As per the report by Billboard, the music app said in a statement, "Spotify and Zee Music have been unable to reach a licensing agreement.…

20 Mar

Alka Yagnik becomes the most-streamed artist on YouTube

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBollywood, Entertainment, India, North Eastentertainment, INDIA

Playback singer Alka Yagnik's army has a bit more power than BTS ARMY as the singer was the most streamed artist worldwide on YouTube last year. She has several accolades including two National Awards to her name. Moreover, she is the Bollywood female vocalist with the most number of solo songs. And if you think it's a record, wait until you know about her latest victory. According to Guinness World Book Records, Alka Yagnik was the most streamed artist on YouTube worldwide in 2022. It had 15.3 billion streams last year, and an average of 42 million streams per day.…

17 Mar

Shah Rukh Khan says ‘My Rani shines in central role’ as he reviews Rani Mukerji’s ‘Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway’

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBollywood

SRK praises his closest bestie actress Rani Mukerji’s outstanding acting in her latest release movie ‘Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway’. The story of the movie is based on the book 'The Journey of a Mother', by Sagarika Chakraborty. Helmed by Ashima Chibber, the movie features Jim Sarbh, Anirban Bhattacharya, Neena Gupta among others. The movie released in the theatres on Friday. The movie is about a woman who is fighting against the government of Norway for the right to reunite with her children. SRK watched the film and also gave a shout-out to Rani. Taking to Twitter, he wrote, “What a…

07 Mar

The teaser of the Bengali thriller movie “Borfi” raising curiosity among people

editor0 CommentsBollywood, West BengalKolkata movie

The famous director and writer of Bengali films Souvik Dey's upcoming movie "borfi" is a murder mystery produced by Meena Sethi Mandal under MS Films & Productions whose teaser is out and getting a warm response from the people. The story of the movie is about the murders that occurring in the city of Calcutta, which police suspect is done by some mysterious serial killer, and police are up to this case and trying to solve the case and stop more massacres. Actress Chandreyee Ghosh is playing the title role in the film "Borfi". The movie is all about the…

01 Mar

Qatar Airways ropes in Deepika Padukone as global brand ambassador

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBollywood, Entertainmententertainment, INDIA

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has been appointed as the global brand ambassador of Qatar Airways. Padukone made the announcement on her Instagram account. The actress captioned the Instagram post, “Thrilled to be announced global brand ambassador for @qatarairways! Because there’s nothing else quite like it…,” https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpNKrwfO_dN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Deepika Padukone shared a clip on Instagram of herself enjoying lobster tails and surfing through the on-board entertainment system on a Qatar Airways flight. Padukone is the house ambassador of Louis Vuitton and the face of Levi's, the world's largest denim company.

15 Feb

Javed Khan Amrohi passes away at 60

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBollywood, Entertainmententertainment, INDIA

Veteran Bollywood and television actor Javed Khan Amrohi passed away today at the age of 60 in Mumbai. According to reports, he was suffering from respiratory problems and was recently admitted to Surya Nursing Home in Santa Cruz where he breathed his last after lung failure. Javed Khan Amrohi has acted in supporting roles in more than 150 Bollywood films. Some of his popular films include Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India, Chak De! India, Phir Hera Pheri, Coolie No. 1, Andaz Apna Apna, Ek Aur Ek Gyarah, etc. He was last seen in the…

14 Feb

Ayushmann Khurrana announces the release date of Dream Girl 2

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBollywood, Entertainment, IndiaBollywood, INDIA

Ayushmann Khurrana shared the teaser of his upcoming film Dream Girl 2 to his Instagram handle on February 13 and captioned it, "Breaking news: @pooja___dreamgirl is back! #7KoSaathMein dekhenge! #DreamGirl2 hits releasing on 7th July (July 3, 2010) )” In the teaser, the actor can be seen wearing a rani pink coloured backless lehenga with beautiful jewelry and makeup. We don't see her face, but we do see a shot of her bright red lipstick. He is seen flirting with Shah Rukh Khan's Pathan on the phone. In Dream Girl 2, Ayushmann will play the role of a girl named…

26 Jan

SRK wishes everyone on Republic Day in Pathaan style amid shattering BO records

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBollywood, Entertainment

SRK's, much-awaited movie Pathan hit the theaters on January 25 and looks like it has no time to stop at the box office. The movie received an overwhelming response from the audience right from the first show on the first day. Directed by Siddharth Anand, Pathaan movie stars actresses Deepika Padukone and John Abraham and Salman Khan in lead roles. Talking about his Republic Day wish, a while ago, he took to his Twitter account and wrote a dialogue from his movie and penned a special note. His post read, “Desh ke liye kya kar sakte ho…Happy Republic Day to…

20 Jan

Shah Rukh Khan rejected an offer to promote Pathaan on The Kapil Sharma Show

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBollywood, Entertainmententertainment

The release date of Shah Rukh Khan's comeback movie Pathaan is just around the corner, and honestly, we can't keep our excitement at bay. However, if you just pay attention, you'll see that there isn't much hype going on with the film. No media interviews, no reality shows - nothing. Here's what a source close to the Pathaan team and SRK revealed in a conversation with a media portal. According to reports, SRK is not okay with promotional tactics. He refrained from using typical marketing tactics to promote his film Pathaan starring Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. For the uninitiated,…