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07 Dec

Singer Akhil Sachdeva to tie the knot with Tanya Gulla in Jaipur on December 7

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Singer Akhil Sachdeva, known for his hit songs from films like Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya, Badhaai Ho and Kabir Singh, is all set to marry his long-time girlfriend Tanya Gulla in a private ceremony in Jaipur. The wedding is scheduled to take place on December 7 and will take place as per Covid 19 guidelines. The singer on Monday shared a picture from their roka ceremony. Many of his industry friends including actor Vikrant Massey and producer Ekta Kapoor congratulated him. Vikrant wrote: “Congratulations Bhai. Wish you and @tanyagulla the best of everything life has to offer. Tons of love.” Well known…

07 Dec

Actor Kirti Kulhari says that in the beginning five hours on set felt long and tiring as if I had shot for 24 hours

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Like other actors even Kriti has started shooting following the Covide guidelines, with standard operating procedures involving constant sanitization, PPE kits, masks on most of the time and what not, Kirti Kulhari, too, has been shooting maintaining all safety precautions. “I was super excited. I understand the Covid-19 situation. I also understand that getting back to normal life, with the precautions in place, is the way to go forward. We can’t be sitting at home and not doing anything. It happened for a while and a long time during the lockdown. No one thought that three-four months would just pass…

05 Dec

Paurashpur stream on ZEE5

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New Delhi: Paurashpur will stream on OTT platforms Zee5 and ALT Balaji. Paurashpur is all set to stream on ZEE5 and ALT Balaji from December 29. Paurashpur was earlier described by the makers as a fictional historic kingdom, riddles with politics and gender wars. Milind Soman is back by this web-show. Milind Soman features in a gender-fluid look - the 55-year-old actor sports a huge nose-pin, a red bindi, black nail-paint and heavy gold jewellery.

05 Dec

Actor Dia Mirza on participating in Miss India 20 years ago: ‘We all knew that Lara Dutta would win, she was everyone’s favourite’

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Dia spoke about being discovered as a 16-year-old, and winning the pageant just two years later. Dia Mirza has reflected on winning the Miss Asia Pacific title as a teenager, on the 20-year anniversary of the occasion. Dia also posted a short video, in which she shared that her father had written Robert Frost’s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening for her on a card during the Miss Asia Pacific pageant. “I would read these words every night before i slept. These words have continued to motivate me till this day,” she wrote in her message. In an interview…

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’…