Category: ENTERTAINMENT

Shahid Kapoor believes playing Maha Rawal Ratan Singh was the biggest risk of his career as people did not know much about the character’s journey but he is glad that “the hero” of “Padmaavat” is rightfully getting his due. The 36-year-old actor said there were many people who questioned him for taking up the role, as Padmavati (Deepika Padukone) and Sultan Alauddin Khilji (Ranveer Singh) were already popular. “It was one of the biggest risks of my career to take a role like this where for one-and-a-half years nobody knew…

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Actor Parineeti Chopra says she is happy that the variety of roles being offered to her has increased since she underwent weight loss two years ago. Taking a break from films in 2016, Chopra spent most of her time working on her physical fitness, and the actor said it paid off as she got Rohit Shetty’s “Golmaal Again” only because she “looked fitter” than before. Asked if filmmakers began viewing her differently after her weight loss, she said, “I think yes. It is not necessarily the typical way that ‘Now,…

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A footwear was today allegedly hurled at “Baahubali” actress Tamannaah Bhatia at Himyathnagar here by a 31-year-old man, during a function, police said. The footwear was thrown when the actress had gone to inaugurate a jewellery store, they said, adding that it hit an employee of the store. One Karimullah, a BTech graduate, and a resident of Musheerabad allegedly hurled a footwear while the actress was coming out of the store, Narayanguda Police Station Inspector B Ravindar told PTI. “The footwear missed its target, while it hit an employee of…

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Veteran Bengali film actress Supriya Devi, best known for her portrayal of Neeta in Ritwik Ghatak’s ‘Meghe Dhaka Tara’ (The Cloud-Capped Star), died on Friday of heart attack. She was 85, and is survived by a daughter. Born in 1933, Supriya Devi’s acting career spanned over five decades during which she featured in classics like ‘Chowringhee’ and ‘Bagh Bandi Khela’. A recipient of Padma Shri and West Bengal government’s highest civilian award Banga Vibhushan, besides the Filmfare East Lifetime Achievement Award, she made her debut in Uttam Kumar-starrer ‘Basu Parivar’…

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He gnaws the meat off the bone, bares his hairy chest, has long unruly locks and laughs like a hyena. History doesn t quite remember Alauddin Khilji like this, but that is the image Sanjay Leela Bhansali seeks to portray of the Khilji dynasty king in his film “Padmaavat”. The king is depicted almost like a barbarian in the film, which was released on Thursday after months of strife in court, on the streets and at the Censor Board. While members of some Rajput groups are still violently opposing the…

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Theatre owners in Gujarat today said ‘Padmaavat’ will not be screened in any of the multiplexes or single screens in the state till the row over the film is resolved, even as police arrested 50 people in connection with the violence outside malls here last night. The Gujarat Multiplex Owners Association said the decision has been taken for the safety of customers as well as to save their property. Hitting out at the government, Patidar leader Hardik Patel said the government failed to control the violence. He sought to know…

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Filmmaker Peter Jackson is modernising World War I footage for a new documentary. The “Lord of the Rings ” director will take the archival footage from the conflict and digitally restore it to show what life in the Great War might actually have been like, reported Entertainment Weekly. The film project is part of 14-18 NOW, the United Kingdom’s arts program commissioned to commemorate the centennial of World War I’s end in 1918. Jackson has used modern technology to update and colourise the footage. It has also been paired with…

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Acting in Hollywood is often seen as a career boost but Nimrat Kaur says her stint in the West isn’t counted as work experience in India. Despite having appeared in two American shows “Homeland” and “Wayward Pines”, Nimrat said an actor is only talked about in the country when he/she is doing films here. “I have worked abroad but that doesn’t really translate here as work experience, so I am just two films old. How you are remembered in India is by the films that you are doing here,” the…

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Superstar Salman Khan’s blockbuster film “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” is set to have a release on 8,000 plus cinema screens in China, producer Eros International has confirmed. The film will release on March 2 during the Chinese Lantern Festival. The movie is the first Salman-starrer, which will release in the country. “China has emerged as an important market and major box office earner for Indian films in recent years, what with the recent success of ‘Dangal’ and we are delighted to partner with E Stars to showcase our film to China. “Our…

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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has said he feels honoured to receive the 24th Crystal Award along side Elton John and Cate Blanchett. The Annual Crystal Awards ceremony, which opens the World Economic Forum summit in the Swiss ski resort, celebrates the achievements of outstanding artists who have shown exemplary commitment to improving the state of the world. “Honoured to receive the World Economic Forum’s 24th Crystal Award, together with Elton John and Cate Blanchett. My fan moment,” Shah Rukh tweeted after receiving the honour. SRK received the award for “his…

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