Anushka to hubby Virat: Want to scream, tell the world what an amazing man you are

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma on Friday shared a heartfelt note to wish her husband and star cricketer Virat Kohli on his 33rd birthday.

Anushka shared a picture posing with Virat in Dubai. In the image, the two are seen hugging each other dressed in Indian wear.

Alongside the image, she wrote: “No filter needed for this photo and the way you lead your life. Your core is made of honesty and guts of steel. Courage that pales doubt into oblivion. I know no one who can pick themselves up from a dark place like you can.”

“You grow better in every way because you hold on to nothing in you as permanent and are fearless . I know we are not ones to talk to each other through social media like this but sometimes I just want to scream and tell the world what an amazing man you are. Fortunate are those who really truly know you.”

She added: “Thank you for making everything brighter and more beautiful Oh , and Happy Birthday cuteness !”

Virat dropped a comment, where he called Anushka his “guiding force”.

“You are my strength. You are my guiding force. Grateful to God everyday for us being together my love. I love you.”

Virat and Anushka, who are fondly called “Virushka” by their fans, are currently in the UAE for the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021.

The two tied the knot in December 2017 in Tuscany, Italy. They welcomed their first born – a daughter, whom they lovingly named Vamika on January 11.

The actress has two films in the pipeline. She will be seen in Navdeep Singh’s ‘Kaneda’, and a biopic of cricketer Jhulan Goswami.

The actress was last seen in the film ‘Zero’ in 2018. She produced the web series ‘Paatal Lok’ and the film ‘Bulbbul’ for OTT last year.

Mrunal Jain: ‘Sooryavanshi’ is the biggest break of my career

‘Uttaran’ actor Mrunal Jain has been on the small screen for quite some time, but he considers the Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Sooryavanshi’, which is releasing on Friday, November 5, to be the biggest break of his career.

“It is this year’s most anticipated film and it is finally releasing after being on hold for a year and half,” Mrunal told in interview. “If this film works, the entertainment industry and movie theatres will be back in action. The audiences can now watch it on the big screen. I am definitely looking forward to the film and I hope people notice my work,” he added.

“For the past three years, I have been getting calls only for negative roles only,” Mrunal continued. “In ‘Sooryavanshi’, too, I get to play the antagonist. It’s interesting that with my kind of positive face, I am going to play the antagonist. As an actor, I feel I’ve always been positive and played the protagonist. In the last film I also did a negative role, so I think I’m actually getting tied down to antagonistic roles. I’m exploring this side of me,” added the actor who is known for ‘Hitler Didi’, ‘Bandini’ and other television shows.

For the film, which is primarily the star vehicle of Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, with Ajay Devgn and Ranvir Singh putting in cameos, Mrunal shot in Hyderabad, Ooty and Mumbai. “So, three different locations in the year 2019. And of course, all the superstars were there,” he said.

Every moment on the sets was interesting for him. “It was a completely new experience for me to be in a Rohit Shetty movie. It was like a dream. I was actually living in my dreamland. Every moment, every shot, every scene was a learning experience,” Mrunal said.

“I was seeing the way the actors are dedicated to their craft, giving their best to each scene. It was interesting to see how they perceived their scenes, their characters. I have internalised the learnings and kept them with me,” Mrunal added.

He has a long list of the kind of films he wants to do, but he is reconciled to the fact that “my life and my career keep surprising me with different kinds of roles.” He added: “I am now leaving it up to each day as it comes. I’m definitely not restricting myself to a few roles. I’m exploring whatever comes to me. I’m trying to see new dimensions in each role and how my career will be shaped by that role. I just want to go with the flow.”

Shubhangi Atre speaks on importance of National Housewife’s Day

Actress Shubhangi Atre shares her perspective on National Housewife’s Day that is observed on November 3. The day is celebrated to honour those mothers and housewives who stay at home and take care of their family.

Shubhangi who is known for her role of ‘Angoori bhabhi’ in the show ‘Bhabi ji Ghar Par Hain’ and ‘Kasturi Chawla’ in ‘Kasturi’ opens up about the relevance of this day and how much responsibilities a homemaker has to carry to run the family.

She says: “I feel housewife is not an identity, it is an emotion. When a girl gets married to a man she becomes responsible for the house. And no doubt whatever the financial condition is she rules it like a queen, and the house is her kingdom. There is a myth that working women are not good housewives. But I am working myself; I feel equally responsible towards my house, my duties. I cook for my family; I care to check if everything is proper, clean, and available in my house. I feel equally devoted.”

She further says that even working women can perform their duties well professionally as well as personally.

“A large section of people have this misconception that a married girl can only be a good housewife if she is not working and dedicating them completely by taking care of household work. But I don’t agree with that. A working woman is also a housewife as she responsibly handles her house as she handles her work,” she adds.

“When people say once you become a housewife your career is over I feel amazed. I am somebody who got married and became a housewife and then later started my career as an actress. Fortunately, the success I am enjoying is all because of what I got to learn as a housewife. With these, I would just like to add that housewives deserve to be celebrated every day,” she concludes.

Kartik Aaryan wraps up the first schedule of ‘Shehzada’

Kartik Aaryan seems to be unstoppable. The actor has a release due this month in the form of Ram Madhvani-directorial ‘Dhamaka’, and he has ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’ in his kitty and now he has wrapped the first 20-day schedule of ‘Shehzada’ which also stars Kriti Sanon.

After completing this schedule, the team will next shoot the exterior portions of the film in Delhi where the film is based.

Kartik took to his Instagram to share the news of the schedule wrap. He posted a picture with is director Rohit Dhawan, he captioned it, “And thats a happy director #BecauseOfMe Schedule wrap #Shehzada (sic)”

Speaking about the film’s first schedule, producer Bhushan Kumar says, “It has been a wonderful first schedule of ‘Shehzada’. Kriti, Kartik and the rest of the cast have created wonderful moments.”

Says producer Aman Gill, “We have mounted and shot the interiors of the mansion portions of the film wonderfully and are excited about Shehzada’s larger-than-life scale. We are eagerly waiting to kick off the outdoor schedule of the film in Delhi.”

‘Shehzada’ is an action-packed family musical film directed by Rohit Dhawan and features music by Pritam.

The film produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Allu Arvind, S. Radha Krishna and Aman Gill is slated to release in November, 2022.

Lockdown was blessing in disguise for Abhimanyu in ‘Meenakshi Sundareshwar’

The whole world stopped back in the first quarter of 2020. As the pandemic ravaged the world, India too went into a nationwide lockdown. This affected many film productions that were either underway or were about to start. The soon to release film ‘Meenakshi Sundareshwar’ too hit a roadblock as the film’s unit had to be called back.

One would think that the lockdown toppled the production schedule of the film and its budgets but, in hindsight it helped the team to get a more solid grip on the film. Abhimanyu Dassani, who plays the titular role of Sundareshwar in the film, spoke with IANS and revealed how the lockdown gave them the time to reflect and set a new perspective.

The actor said, “We had intense readings before we started shooting for the film. The film was actually supposed to be shot before the first lockdown. Half of the people (from the film’s unit) had left Bombay to shoot for the first schedule but they were called back because the lockdown was happening.”

“So, we got enough time during the lockdown to understand the characters and live with them for a while, which in this day and age is tough to do because we’re moving on from one project to another. Getting enough time to live with the characters, empathise with them, and understand them”, he concluded.

Directed by debutant Vivek Soni, ‘Meenakshi Sundareshwar’ also stars Sanya Malhotra and will be available to stream on Netflix from November 5.

Ravi Teja’s upcoming pan-India movie titled ‘Tiger Nageswara Rao’

Telugu actor Ravi Teja, who is termed as ‘Mass Maharaja’, has been busy with multiple projects. The makers of his upcoming pan-India movie have announced the title of the film.

Ravi Teja has signed an exciting project, which is titled ‘Tiger Nageswara Rao’. The makers of this upcoming movie made an official announcement regarding the same. ‘Tiger Nageswara Rao’, is touted to be a period film based in the era of 1970s. The story is based on real-life incidents of a notorious and courageous thief of south India and the people of Stuartpuram.

The makers also unveiled the title announcement poster, which increases the anticipation. The poster features the feet of the hero, and the foot marks indicate a tiger paw.

Ravi Teja undergoes a complete makeover to play this role in ‘Tiger Nageswara Rao’. “Ravi Teja’s body language, diction and getup will be completely different and it will be a never before character for the actor”, the makers said.

This pan-Indian movie is to be directed by Vamsee, who has been working on the script and other pre-production works for the last 3 years, along with his team.

Abhishek Agarwal will be producing this film under the banner Abhishek Agarwal Arts. Tej Narayan Agarwal presents the movie. ‘Tiger Nageswara Rao’ is to mark Ravi Teja’s first pan-Indian project.

‘The Sound Of Bheemla’ to intensify festive feel for Pawan Kalyan fans

Telugu’s ‘Power star’ Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati have come together for multi-starer movie ‘Bheemla Nayak’. The buzz around the movie has always been high, ever since its announcement. Being an original remake of the Malayalam movie ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’, it features Pawan and Rana as opponents.

The makers of the movie ‘Bheemla Nayak’ have now readied a video promo for the most hyped song ‘Lala Bheemla’, which is to be out on the eve of Diwali. “Let’s celebrate this Diwali with #TheSoundOfBheemla #LalaBheemla Video Promo out today at 07:02 pm”, the makers tweeted.

Team ‘Bheemla Nayak’ announced the update, along with a mass poster featuring Pawan Kalyan in a rural village attire. He is seen sitting on the muddy floor, while he is seen wearing a ’tilak’. The musical version of ‘Lala Bheemla’ was released a couple of months ago, which was a big hit, creating trends on social media as well.

‘Bheemla Nayak’ is helmed by Saagar K Chandra. Rana Daggubati plays the baddie in the movie. Nithya Menen is to be seen as Pawan Kalyan’s wife, while actress Samyukta Menon is to play another important role in the movie.

After ‘Sardar Gabbar Singh’, Pawan Kalyan is back as a cop. While renowned director Trivikram penned the dialogues and the screenplay for the film, Thaman has composed the music for ‘Bheemla Nayak’.

‘Rise of Shyam’ promo reinforces hype around ‘Shyam Singha Roy’

The makers of Nani and Sai Pallavi-starrer ‘Shyam Singha Roy’ dropped the promo of the first single from the movie. As the promo introduces ‘Shyam Singha Roy’s crux, it is shown that the movie is set in 1970 in the backdrop of Calcutta.

The music composed by Mickey J. Meyer is appealing, which hints at a blockbuster music album ahead. Also, the song promo was released in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada languages, introducing the lyricists, who have worked in every language.

The song promo titled ‘Rise of Shyam’ intensifies the buzz around the movie, as it hints at the hero’s idiosyncrasy. Nani’s intense look and his characterization are now well-established. Hence the song promo has doubled the hype and anticipation around the movie release.

‘Shyam Singa Roy’ stars Nani, Sai Pallavi, Krithi Shetty, and Madonna Sebastian as the lead actors. Nani is to appear in dual roles, one of them is to be a negative role. Slated for release on December 24, ‘Shyam Singha Roy’ is directed by Rahul Sankrityan, and is a multi-lingual movie.

Music of the Heart: New song ‘Tumse Bhi Zyada’ from Ahan Shetty’s ‘Tadap’

The trailer of Ahan Shetty and Tara Sutaria-starrer ‘Tadap’ has grabbed attention ever since its release. The film marks the Bollywood debut of Ahan.

The makers released the first song from the film ‘Tumse Bhi Zyada’ on the occasion of Dhanteras.

Ahan took to his social media and shared a glimpse of the song showing that things can take a pretty unusual turn when you’re least expecting. One moment Ahan and Tara can be seen in a romantic moment and the very next moment things turn darker as we see him being dragged by someone with his bike being set on fire.

The song starts off slow with the nylon guitar slowly giving into the feel of flamenco and soon transitions into a full blown classic Bollywood love number. The track has been composed by Pritam while Arijit Singh has gone behind the mic to lend vocals to the soulful track.

K’taka govt allows entry of fans to Puneeth’s samadhi

Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar’s family conducted ‘Haalu-Tuppa’ ceremony (offering of milk and ghee to grave) at Kanteerava Studio premises where his mortal remains were laid to rest on Tuesday.

Though, prohibition orders are in place, thousands of his fans surrounded the stadium premises and urged that they should be allowed inside to pay respects to their favourite star. Owing to the pressure, the entry was allowed.

Raghavendra Rajkumar, Puneeth’s elder brother said that, his younger brother belonged to masses and since the family worshipping is done, they can visit his grave anytime, he said.

Puneeth’s wife Ashwini, daughters Dhriti and Vandana performed puja along with other members of the family.

Meanwhile, Telugu super star Akkineni Nagarjuna visited the residence of Puneeth Rajkumar and met his family members. “It’s very shocking and heartbreaking development. It is not possible for us to believe what happened. I am speechless and don’t know what to say to his family members,” he said.

“All are talking about only Puneeth Rajkumar’s virtues on how he involved into social service, how he encouraged talent. I don’t understand how God just took him away. My deepest condolences to his family, people of Karnataka and his fans. My heart goes out to him,” he said.