Category: ENTERTAINMENT

As productions halted, theatres shut their doors and audiences settled down in front of their screens, the Hindi film industry hit pause button in the year that was resulting in revenue losses of maybe thousands of crores and many thousands of workers forced into unemployment. The coronavirus pandemic scripted a tale of unprecedented challenges for the flourishing industry that came to a screeching halt in 2020. While there are no exact figures, some insiders estimated the losses could be upwards of Rs 1,500 crore to thousands of crores and said…

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Actor Aahana Kumra, known for her performances in drama features like “Lipstick Under My Burkha” and “Khuda Haafiz”, says her latest comedy series “Sandwiched Forever” gave her the opportunity to try a new genre. Directed by Rohan Sippy, the show revolves around a newlywed couple – Naina (Kumra) and Sameer, played by Kunaal Roy Kapur, who struggles to manage their folks and in-laws who live next door. The 35-year-old actor, who starred this year in thriller web series “Marzi” and zombie horror show “Betaal”, said “Sandwiched Together” marks her maiden…

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Pop star Katy Perry has revealed that during her initial days in the entertainment industry she used to claim to be actor Zooey Deschanel to get into the nightclubs. The singer made the revelation during a Instagram Live session with Deschanel hours after the release of the music video of her new song “Not the End of the World”, featuring the 40-year-old actor. “When I moved to LA maybe 18 years ago… I was pretty much a nobody, and you were like just getting so huge at that time, it…

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Pop star Katy Perry has revealed that during her initial days in the entertainment industry she used to claim to be actor Zooey Deschanel to get into the nightclubs. The singer made the revelation during a Instagram Live session with Deschanel hours after the release of the music video of her new song “Not the End of the World”, featuring the 40-year-old actor. “When I moved to LA maybe 18 years ago… I was pretty much a nobody, and you were like just getting so huge at that time, it…

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 Actor Sunny Leone on Monday announced she has started work on her latest project, “Anamika”. Vikram Bhatt is attached to direct the thriller, which marks the first collaboration between the filmmaker and actor. It is, however, unclear yet if “Anamika” is a film or webseries. Leone, 39, took to Instagram and shared pictures of herself, holding a clapboard on the sets of the project in the city. “Satnam… The start of something new and the end of my lockdown. A new journey starting with the ever so nice @vikrampbhatt,” the…

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 Dhanush, known for movies such as “Aadukalam” and “Raanjhanaa”, is set to make his debut in Hollywood as the actor has joined the cast of Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans-starrer “The Gray Man”. The movie, set up at Netflix by filmmaker duo Anthony and Joe Russo, is based on Mark Greaney’s 2009 novel of the same name and revolves around freelance assassin and former CIA operative Court Gentry (Gosling). It follows Gentry as he is hunted across the world by Lloyd Hansen (Evans), a former member of Gentry’s CIA team.…

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Actor Shahid Kapoor has wrapped up the shoot of his upcoming film “Jersey”, a Hindi remake of 2019 Telugu blockbuster of the same name. Kapoor, who plays a cricketer in “Jersey”, had started filming the movie earlier this year but the shoot was put on hold in March due to the coronavirus pandemic The team resumed the production in October and shot in various location in and around Dehradun and Chandigarh. The 39-year-old actor took to social media on Monday night and shared that the team completed the shoot in…

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Hollywood star Henry Cavill has injured his leg while shooting for the second season of his hit Netflix series The Witcher in the UK. According to Entertainment Weekly, the British actor has suffered a minor leg muscle injury and will be off the production for some time. The Witcher is based on the series of novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. It follows the story of the intertwined destinies of three individuals in the vast world of The Continent, where humans, elves, witchers, gnomes, and monsters battle to survive and…

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Actor Vikrant Massey is set to headline the Hindi remake of the Malayalam film, “Forensic”. The thriller will feature the “Mirzapur” actor playing a meticulous forensic officer, portrayed by Tovino Thomas in the original, which released earlier this year. The remake is a part of Mini Flims’ Mansi Bagla’s acquisition of three super hit South Indian features. Massey described “Forensic” as an “intelligent film” which keeps viewers hooked. “At the same time, it is an out-and-out entertainer. I am really looking forward to collaborating with Mini Films and I am…

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Writer-director Tara Miele, known for her work on superhero shows like “Batwoman” and “Arrow”, will helm a film about the life of comedy icon Carol Burnett. The movie was in development at Focus Features in 2019 and according to insiders, it is now in negotiations to jump to Apple, where it will be released as an original. According to Variety, Miele will also adapt Burnett’s bestselling memoir, “Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story”, which will serve as the source material for the feature. The book and subsequent film will…

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