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01 Feb

It’s a wrap for Priyadarshan’s Hungama 2

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Filmmaker Priyadarshan on Monday said he has finished shooting his upcoming comedy Hungama 2, starring Paresh Rawal, Shilpa Shetty, Meezaan, Pranitha Subhash, Ashutosh Rana, Manoj Joshi, Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever and Tiku Talsania. Hungama 2 is a sequel to Priyadarshan’s hit comedy film Hungama, which also starred Rawal along with Shoma Anand, Akshaye Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani, and Rimi Sen. The director said it was challenging to make a “more entertaining” second part after the success of the original, which released back in 2003. “Even after so many years, Hungama is still fresh in audiences’ mind and it was a challenge…

28 Jan

Actor Taapsee Pannu begins training for the Mithali Raj biopic Shabaash Mithu

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Taapsee Pannu on Wednesday said she has started training for her upcoming film Shabaash Mithu, a biopic on Indian cricketer Mithali Raj. The 33-year-old actor, who wrapped up shooting for Rashmi Rocket on Monday, dives straight into her next film, in which she essays the role of the Indian women’s cricket captain. Pannu took to social media to share a photo from her training session. “And romance with the bat n the ball has begun…. long way to go but a good start is half job done :) This is going to be another milestone of sorts…. For our captain…

27 Jan

Sai Pallavi’s Love Story to release on April 16

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Love Story, starring Naga Chaitanya Akkineni and Sai Pallavi in the lead roles, is set to hit cinema halls on April 16. The makers of the movie announced the release date on Monday evening. The film will clash with Nani’s Tuck Jagadish, which is also hitting theatres on the same date. Production house Sri Venkateswara Cinemas LLP took to their Twitter handle and announced the release date with a new poster featuring the lead actors. “The world of #LoveStory in theatres on April 16th,” they captioned the image. Love Story was supposed to release in the summer of 2020, but…

25 Jan

Actor and former Jayashree Ramaiah dies by suicide

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Actor Bigg Boss Kannada contestant Jayashree Ramaiah died by suicide at her residence in Bengaluru on Monday morning. According to Bengaluru Police, the actor was found hanging in a room at her residence in Pragathi layout in Magadi road in the city. The body of the actor has been sent for postmortem, and the police have started the investigation. Jayashree Ramaiah had last year made headlines when she shared an alarming post on Facebook. The actor on July 22, 2020 shared a post on her Facebook account saying, “I quit. Goodbye to this f*****g world and depression.” However, Jayashree later…

25 Jan

Subhas Chandra Bose being worshiped at a Temple in Jalpaiguri

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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is being worshiped as a deity in Jalpaiguri’s Panchamukhi Balaji Temple for last five decades. It is rare incident in the whole country for a national hero to be worshiped in temple along with other gods and goddesses. The Hanuman temple has idols of various deities including Mahadev, Laxmi-Narayan and Hanuman. Netaju Subhas Chanda Bose’s idol is placed with them. This Hanuman temple is located in the Maskalaibari area of Jalpaiguri town. According to the sources, five decades age Karpotri Maharaj, a saint, came at Maskalaibari Cremation centre, Jalpaiguri and established the temple there. He used…

23 Jan

Number of minutes don’t matter, impact you leave does: Taapsee Pannu as Baby clocks 6 years

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Taapsee Pannu on Saturday advised young and aspiring actors to not focus on the length of their roles in a project as she celebrated six years of espionage thriller Baby. Before entering Hindi cinema, the 33-year-old actor starred in Telugu and Tamil films. She forayed into Bollywood with David Dhawan’s Chashme Baddoor, but her seven-minute-long role as Shabana Khan in Neeraj Pandey’s Baby acted as a turning point in her career. Pannu said it is important for an artiste to make the most of the screen time they get. “Dear actors, Number of minutes don’t matter, the impact u leave…

22 Jan

Money Heist actor Pedro Alonso writes an emotional post for his director

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Pedro’s Spanish caption loosely translated to, “We were in magnificent Copenhagen. In one of those weeks of heart attack shooting in which our team (and with it the whole chiringo) was close to perishing several times. For many different and sometimes unexpected reasons. We were far from home, the shooting plans were very ambitious, we started a new season, the last one, we wanted to go a step further in a way, so many things. And also the uncertainty due to the pandemic supposed an extra pressure that, like an invisible monster, was blowing us with its disturbing breath on…

21 Jan

Kangana Ranaut remembers Sushant Singh Rajput on his birthday says ‘Regret not being there for you’

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On late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s birthday on Thursday, Kangana Ranaut attacked big shots of the Mumbai based film industry accusing them of trying to “ban” the former, who died by suicide in last year, and alleged that “they collectively killed him.” In a series of tweets, Ranaut, who has been taking potshots at the Bollywood industry, said that she regretted not being there for Rajput when he needed help. “Dear Sushant, movie mafia banned you bullied you and harassed you, many times on social media you aksed for help and I regret not being there for you. I…

20 Jan

Nehha Pendse on June says that it took courage for me to do the film, put my own money

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Actor Nehha Pendse says her decision to feature in and produce the upcoming Marathi film June was born out of her desire to push herself as an artiste in an industry which hasn’t acknowledged the performer in her. In her career of over two decades, Pendse has featured in films across Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Tamil, with projects like Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari, Nana Patekar-starrer drama Natsamrat and the 2015 biopic Gour Hari Dastaan. With June, a coming-of-age drama set in Aurangabad, the 36-year-old actor said she has played a part which would surprise many. “I realised despite of spending…

20 Jan

Actor Kamal Haasan on his recovery: People’s love is my medicine

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Kamal Haasan took to Twitter on Tuesday to thank the doctors who performed a surgery on his leg. “The operation was a success. Thanks to the (medical) team at Sri Ramachandra Hospital. I will be at the hospital until the wound heals. I will continue to be active on social media and will remain in your hearts. People’s love is medicine. I will meet you all in person soon,” Kamal wrote on his Twitter account. “Kamal Haasan was admitted to Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre for a follow-up surgery in view of a mild infection of his right leg bone. He…