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04 Dec

‘Bollywood stayed mum, a Punjabi star had to deal with Kangana Ranaut’: Taapsee, Swara react to Twitter sentiment

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Even as Diljit Dosanjh took on Kangana Ranaut after she misidentified an elderly woman protester as ‘Shaheen Bagh dadi’ Bilkis Bano and claimed that she can be hired for ‘100 rupees’, Twitter claimed that it took a Punjabi star to take a stand while Bollywood preferred to stay mum during these past tumultuous months. Actors like Taapsee Pannu and Swara Bhaskar have reacted to the charge. “Tragic state of Bollywood - even after so much abuse & slander they kept mum on Kangana. Finally a Punjabi Singer / Actor had to deal with the guttermouth; reveals just how hollow, impotent…

03 Dec

Christopher Nolan says Tenet has ‘some of the first-ever aerial shots of Mumbai in a film’, gushes about India

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Ahead of Tenet's much-delayed release in India, director Christopher Nolan has spoken about his experience filming the sci-fi spectacle in Mumbai. Tenet arrives in theatres on Friday, mere days ahead of its home video release. Nolan previously filmed a small sequence in Jodhpur for The Dark Knight Rises and vowed to shoot a more significant portion in the future. “Every time I go to India, I’m struck by how unbelievably visual the place is. I had shot a couple of days in Jodhpur on The Dark Knight Rises and always wanted to go back and shoot a more substantial sequence,…

03 Dec

Actor Amitabh Bachchan channels ‘Yeti, the abominable snowman’, shares how he spends time after a day’s work

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Amitabh Bachchan has been busy with his professional commitments, with Kaun Banega Crorepati’s season 12 bringing him to our screens night after night. However, the veteran actor has found a ‘true essence of life and living’ as he spends time in a music studio. Sharing the peace and tranquillity that it brings him, he wrote on his blog, “But the time spent after the days’ work at the Saptaswar, is the true essence of life and living. The tranquility and peace of the mind and soul, the shared music experiences, those early recordings and the need to spend much much…

02 Dec

Actor Priyanka Chopra revisits her journey with UNICEF, calls it ‘one of the greatest honours’ of her life

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Priyanka Chopra is celebrating her 20 years in the showbiz this year. On Tuesday, she shared a video, revisiting her journey as a UNICEF ambassador and making a positive impact in the world. Priyanka called being part of the UNICEF, ‘one of the greatest honours’ of her life.The video shared on Instagram showed how she met women, children and refugees in India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Jordan, Zimbabwe and other countries. “We are not on this earth alone and if you can have a positive, meaningful impact on even one life, then you will become part of the solution and not the problem.…

01 Dec

Actor Sayani Gupta elated with her short film Shameless going as entry for Oscars: Not many people take short films seriously in our country itself

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Sayani Gupta- starrer short film Shameless is on it’s way to enter the Oscars race in the Live Action short film category, and of course she is ecstatic at this development. “Honestly, we got the news a while back. Because of the pandemic, it’s been very different, and we didn’t know what’s the right way to go about it. We were going up in the list of the top five films that could qualify, and praying it would make it. Finally it did, and we thought ‘should we share it, I don’t want to jinx it!’ But it’s out, and…

01 Dec

Meghe Meghe Unplugged 100K

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An established dancer as well as a music composer and conceptual artist, Jubin Mitra has time and again proven his expertise through his creative venture 'JubinArt'. After the big success of Bolo Dugga Maiki – Durga Pujo song from Rooh Music, ‘Meghe Meghe Unplugged’ has crossed 100k views on YouTube. This song will be available soon on all digital platforms released by AP Music. Jubin has established himself as Dancer, Designer, Editor, Light Designer, Songwriter and Music Composer in various International based projects. Before this unplugged, he tried a new venture with this same song also named as ‘Meghe Meghe’…

01 Dec

Actor Emraan Hashmi says that in this industry you generally get labelled, seen in sync with certain kind of films

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Emraan Hashmi doesn’t like “walking on the beaten path” and therefore challenges himself from time to time by taking up different kinds of films. Be it The Dirty Picture (2011), Shanghai (2012), Tigers (2018) or Harami, the actor chooses parts that are different from his regular onscreen appearances, because he feels there are certain limitations in mainstream Bollywood. Taking the example of his character of a 50-year-old professor in Harami, who trains a gang of poor young kids to pick pocket in trains and train stations in Mumbai, Hashmi says, “I don’t think I would’ve been given a role of…

30 Nov

Actor Sara Ali Khan says David Dhawan was angry at Varun Dhawan but ‘vented’ at her on Coolie No 1 set: ‘That was a bit of an issue, but it’s all good’

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Sara Ali Khan, who will next be seen opposite Varun Dhawan in the Coolie No 1 remake, has said that Varun is to blame for an incident on the film’s set, which saw director David Dhawan lose his cool at her. David also directed the original Coolie No 1, which starred Govinda in the lead role, opposite Karisma Kapoor. At the recent virtual trailer launch event of the film, Sara said, “We were filming Main Toh Raste Se when David sir got upset with me and shouted at me because, although I was ready for my shot, I was supposed…

30 Nov

Dalljiet Kaur says that Gurpurab is her second Diwali

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Known for her power packed performances in TV serials, Dalljiet Kaur recalls that she fondly celebrated the festival of Gurpurab with her family. “Since Gurpurab takes place a few days after Diwali, as kids, we used to save more than half of our firecrackers for Gurpurab. Like Diwali, we used to dress up in new clothes and then visit the Gurdwara to offer prayers. I have numerous beautiful memories of the day. I look back and cherish how I spent that day with my parents,” says the actor. “Gurpurab was actually like the second Diwali for us. We used to…

29 Nov

Singer Neha Kakkar gifts Rs 1 lakh to Indian Idol 12 contestant whose grandmother had to take a loan to send him to Mumbai

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The reality show Indian Idol is back with a list of talented contestants. In a new promo shared by the channel, the life story of contestant Shahzad Ali, who hails from Jaipur, was teased. The aspiring singer’s hard luck story moved judge Neha Kakkar so much that she came forward to help him out. Sharing a short clip from the episode which had Neha and fellow judge Vishal Dadlani offering to help Shahzad, the channel’s official Twitter handle said, “Shahzad Ali from Jaipur touched the judge’s hearts so much that Neha Kakkar couldn’t help herself but gift him something amazing!…