Category: ENTERTAINMENT

The much-anticipated “The Lord of the Rings” series will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on September 2 next year, with new episodes dropping weekly, the streaming platform announced on Tuesday. The epic drama will be based on author J R R Tolkien’s fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. Details about the plot are under the wraps but story takes place thousands of years prior to the events of both “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” books. The journey begins September 2, 2022 with the premiere of our original…

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Superstar Akshay Kumar on Tuesday said he has finished filming the Mumbai schedule of director Aanand L Rai’s upcoming feature “Raksha Bandhan”. “Raksha Bandhan”, featuring Bhumi Pednekar as the female lead, is billed as a special tale which celebrates “relationships in the most beautiful way”. Kumar said he had a great time working with Rai, Pednekar and other team members. “I’m already missing walking down these streets of Chandni Chowk. Even though it was a make-believe set you made it look so real, take a bow @sumitbasu62. My wonderful co-star…

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 Emmy-nominated actor Bob Odenkirk has thanked his family, friends and well-wishers for being a constant support as he recovers from “a small heart attack” he suffered on the set of AMC series “Better Call Saul”. The 58-year-old star collapsed on location Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Tuesday while filming the sixth and final season of the “Breaking Bad” prequel. In a statement posted on Twitter on Friday night, Odenkirk said he will take some time to be perfectly fine and return to work. “Hi. It’s Bob. Thank you. To my family…

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Actor Kiara Advani has been roped in to feature opposite south star Ram Charan in acclaimed director Shankar’s pan-India film, the makers announced on Saturday. The project will mark the second collaboration between Advani and Charan after their 2019 Telugu action movie “Vinaya Vidheya Rama”. Producer Sri Venkateswara Creations announced Advani’s casting on the occasion of her 29th birthday. “Joining us on this super exciting journey is the talented and gorgeous @advani_kiara!Welcome on board #HappyBirthdayKiaraAdvani #RC15 #SVC50,” the tweet read. The actor, whose next release is biographical drama “Shershaah”, said…

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Superstar Akshay Kumar on Friday announced that his much-anticipated movie “Bellbottom” will arrive in cinemas on August 19. The espionage thriller was originally scheduled to release in April this year, but was postponed to July 27 due to the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India. As the theatres open across the world and various parts of the country, the producers have locked a new release date for the movie. “Mission: To Entertain you on the BIG SCREEN. Date: August 19, 2021. Announcing the arrival of #BellBottom! #BellBottomInCinemasAug19,” Kumar…

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Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has wrapped up the shoot of his multilingual feature film debut “Friendship” and will soon start dubbing for the movie. Directed by John Paul Raj & Sham Surya, the film also features South star Arjun and Losliya. Producer Kiran Reddy Mandadi said the team is thrilled to have wrapped up the final schedule. “It was just an amazing experience working with the fun, ball of energy that Harbhajan is. He is now going to start his dubbing soon as the film releases in multiple languages…

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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Saturday began filming for a multilingual sci-fi movie, headlined by actors Prabhas and Deepika Padukone, in Hyderabad. Filmmaker Nag Ashwin, known for helming the National Award winning 2018 biographical drama “Mahanati”, is directing the project, which has been tentatively titled “Project K”. According to the makers, Ashwin will be canning crucial sequences featuring the 78-year-old icon and other actors during the film’s first shooting schedule at Ramoji Film City (RFC). Prabhas took to Instagram and shared an image of the film’s clapperboad. “On this #GuruPurnima, it…

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 Rohit Saraf says he owes his new found fame to his fans but at the same time, the actor believes that he has a responsibility towards himself to be happy and enjoy the work he is doing. After featuring in films like Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt-starrer “Dear Zindagi” (2016) and the 2019 drama “The Sky is Pink”, Saraf became popular for his portrayal of a lovestruck guy in Anurag Basu’s crime-comedy “Ludo”. The 24-year-old actor followed the film with the Netflix series “Mismatched” the same year where his…

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With films taking a “more realistic turn”, director Priyadarshan believes the allure of superstars will slowly be replaced by the power of good storytelling. One of the most bankable filmmakers, Priyadarshan has worked with some of the biggest names in Bollywood — from Salman Khan in the 2005 drama “Kyon Ki…”, Shah Rukh Khan in “Billu” (2007), to Akshay Kumar, his long-time collaborator on hits like “Hera Pheri”, “Garam Masala” and “Bhool Bhulaiyaa”. While his films with the superstars ranged from dramas to comedies, the 64-year-old director, who has been…

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Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has approached the Bombay High Court seeking the quashing of proceedings initiated by a city magistrate on a criminal defamation complaint filed against her by lyricist Javed Akhtar. In an appeal filed through advocate Rizwan Siddiquee, Ranaut claimed that the Andheri metropolitan magistrate’s court initiated proceedings against her by relying only on the police’s report and did not examine witnesses independently. Akhtar filed a criminal complaint against Ranaut in November 2020 before the magistrate for allegedly making defamatory and baseless comments against him in television interviews.…

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