Madhuri Dixit: Hold your loved ones closer than ever

Actress Madhuri Dixit Nene reiterated the need to hold on to loved ones in a time of crisis, in a new post she shared on Tuesday evening.

“Hold your loved ones closer than ever,” she wrote alongside an image that sees her strike a smiling pose with husband Sriram Nene.

In the image, which seems to be clicked abroad, Madhuri sports sporting a denim dungaree with a black full-sleeved top. She lets her hair open and completes the casual look with spectacles and sneakers. Hubby Nene wears a dark blue pullover, with a white shirt and shorts, with socks and sneakers.

Madhuri tagged the post with #MayThe4thBeWithYou.

Among the earliest to post a reaction was Arjun Bijlani, who described the couple as “cute”.

Madhuri will next be seen in the web series “Finding Anamika”. She plays a superstar who goes missing. Manav Kaul and Mohit Raina also star in the show.

Sonia Balani: Couldn’t have asked for a better digital debut

Actress Sonia Balani makes her digital debut in the upcoming “Bhopal To Vegas”, and she says her character shows how to follow a dream and lead life on her own terms.

The “Detective Didi” fame actress plays Rashmi in the series, a character she describes as “a fearless and vivacious young girl who wants to be successful while doing something she enjoys”.

“She is smart and carefree and takes risks unlike other girls her age. I admired her in many ways, and couldn’t have asked for a better start to my digital innings. My character and the story are both relatable and funny, and also deliver a subtle message on following your dreams, being passionate about what you do, and falling in love the way you want,” said Sonia.

“Bhopal To Vegas” also features Arun Sharma and Ahan Nirban, and will release on Disney+ Hotstar on May 7.

Mahika Sharma: Please consider house helps as family, support them

Actress Mahika Sharma urges people to support part-time domestic help during these tough times, as the country battles Covid.

“I request people to consider their help as a family and stand by them in such difficult times. I’m making sure to pay their rent, kids’ school fees, also help with food and medical requirements,” Mahika says.

She adds: “The lockdown might force businesses to close and lay off workers or not pay them wages. This again highlights the insecure working conditions of workers. These workers have small incomes and little savings and so they cannot stock up on essentials to survive weeks of lockdown.”

The actress adds that times are tough and one must try to do as much as one can to help each other.

“It’s sad that many people are losing their lives to the virus. I can relate to the pain of their families. But it’s time to stay strong and united. I feel at this time, performing and spending a big amount on rituals is not important. One needs to use the money to save someone’s life. People planning a wedding should not spend a lot on outfits, gold, or parties. They can spend the money on helping someone,” she says.

“Vighnaharta Ganesh” actor Kuldeep Singh practices yoga for fitness

Actor Kuldeep Singh, who is playing the role of Lord Vishnu in the show “Vighnaharta Ganesh”, says fitness is a major issue for him, and he has been practicing yoga to make sure he stays in shape.

“For a person like me, fitness has been addictive and I’m very passionate about it. I’m regularly practicing yoga, mostly Surya Namaskar during sunrise and sunset,” he says.

“I make sure to keep my body engaged. I try and take up household chores and do other work at home,” he adds.

The actor insists one must stay at home and follow Covid protocols to ensure our safety.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has brought this fast-moving world to a standstill. The impact of this pandemic is massive, and the only strategy to curb the rapid spread of the disease is to follow social distancing. The imposed lockdown has resulted in the closure of fitness and activity centers, and overall social life, and has hampered many aspects of the lives of people including routine fitness activities of fitness enthusiasts,” he says.

The actor is known for featuring in shows such as “Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha” and “Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan”.

Twitter suspends Kangana’s a/c; actress says have many platforms to raise my voice

Kangana Ranaut handle @KanganaTeam has been suspended on Twitter after the actress posted a series of tweets perceived to be controversial.

In reaction, the actress told she had other platforms to raise her voice including her films.

Kangana had shared a video, where she commented on the reported violence that took place in West Bengal after the assembly election results were declared.

The actress had captioned the video: “Distressed beyond words, death of democracy, an important message for our government #BengalBurning #BengalViolence”

When the team reached out to Kangana, she said: “Twitter has only proved my point they are Americans and by birth, a white person feels entitled to enslave a brown person, they want to tell you what to think, speak or do.”

She added: “Fortunately, I have many platforms I can use to raise my voice including my own art in the form of cinema but my heart goes out to the people of this nation who have been tortured, enslaved, and censored for thousands of years and still there is no end to the suffering.”

Varun Sandesh Induvadana Movie First Look Released

In the cinema industry, Varun Sandesh is of the young actors and well performed in his movies.

In the happy day’s movie, Varun Sandesh was a good performance as a young lover boy as well as in the Kotha Bangaru Lokam movie too.

In 2019, Varun participated in the world’s biggest reality show Bigg Boss, and got more popularity.

Now, Varun Sandesh is coming up with a new romantic movie “Induvadana”. Varun Sandesh shared the first look poster of the Induvadana movie on the Instagram account.

The first look poster of Induvadana is looking romantic style. In the poster, Varun is seen hugging his sweetheart Farnaz Setti. Varun captioned “Presenting you the #FirstLook poster of #Induvadana. Hope you all like it #InduvadanaFirstLook (sic.)”

Karishma Tanna is a ‘Black and White person’ in ‘a colourful world’

Actress Karishma Tanna has tagged herself as a “Black and White person in a colorful world”. Karishma Monday posted a picture on Instagram, where she is seen posing in black and white pants with sunglasses. The picture is from her vacation in Goa, going by the hashtags she has used.

“I am a very Black and White person living in a colorful world,” Karishma posted alongside the image.

She used hashtags #mood #goa #love #potd to describe the picture.

Karishma was last seen in “Lahore Confidential”, Kunal Kohli’s spy drama that dropped digitally earlier this year. Her special dance number “Basanti” in last year’s comedy release “Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari” became quite popular.

Neha Dhupia urges fans to ‘stay strong’, ‘stay safe’

Actress Neha Dhupia on Monday tweeted urging fans to stay strong as India battles the deadly second wave of Covid-19. The actress requested all to stay at home and be safe, but also encouraged them to be “positive”.

“Stay strong, stay positive, stay home, stay safe,” she wrote.

Talking about the situation today, the actress also posted: “Somewhere between hope and despair…”

Neha has always been very vocal about the issues that she believes in. She also took to social media recently to talk about how we should “normalize” breastfeeding and not “sexualize” it. She spoke about how breastfeeding mothers are looked at in a sexual manner.

Neha and her husband actor Angad Bedi were blessed with a baby after six months after their wedding. The couple had a baby girl, Mehr, in 2018.

Sonu Sood gets critically-ill Covid patient airlifted from Jhansi to Hyderabad

Actor Sonu Sood arranged for a critically ill Covid patient to be airlifted from Jhansi to Hyderabad after doctors at the local hospital said the treatment wouldn’t be possible in Jhansi any longer.

The patient, Kailash Agarwal’s CT score was just a point below the highest permissible limit, and the family, while searching for a hospital with better infrastructure, put in a request to Sonu.

The actor and his team got into action, which led to the availability of an ICU bed with a ventilator facility in Hyderabad.

“Doctors had asked the patient to be shifted to a bigger hospital, and the challenge was to get the necessary permissions from the District Magistrates in order to get the air ambulance and get the transfer done. As there are no airports at Jhansi, the air ambulance had to pick up the patient from Gwalior, and it was another major challenge to bring the patient from Jhansi to Gwalior. But the team came through and got everything set up so that no time was wasted. The treatment is going on well at Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad, and we hope for the best,” Sonu told IANS.

As per the latest reports, the patient is stable and is responding to treatment.

Shilpa Shetty’s note to encourage fans: Believe it will get better from here

Actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra took to Instagram on Monday to share a motivating message for her fans.

She posted a picture that shows her meditating in the mountains, with the text: “Overthinking will destroy your happiness and your mood. It’ll make everything worse than it actually is. Take a deep breath, exhale and have faith. What’s meant to be, will be.”

In the caption, she wrote about how we must try to help those who we can. She also spoke about the importance of believing that the situation will get better with time.

“We’re all reading about the actual situation around us and it is absolutely devastating. This news plays on the mind all the time and leads the mind to very dark places. But then, there are posts and news about complete strangers helping people desperately in need of help. People who are cooking meals for COVID patients living alone, volunteers driving down to people needing medical assistance, and doctors providing information and guidance via online sessions. So reassuring! If we can do something for someone, we definitely must! But if not, don’t panic excessively. Tune out for a little while, inhale deeply, and believe that it will get better from here. Live in the NOW. Together, we WILL overcome this. We will walk through this time towards a better tomorrow. Faith and hope are what we need right now,” she wrote.

The actress will be seen in “Hungama 2”, the sequel to the 2003 film “Hungama”. The film also stars Paresh Rawal, Meezaan Jaaferi, and Pranitha Subhas. Shilpa will also be seen in the film “Nikamma”, starring Abhimanyu Dassani and Shirley Setia.