Britney Spears to croon for Chiranjeevi’s ‘Godfather’?

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Britney Spears to croon for Chiranjeevi’s ‘Godfather’?

Telugu megastar Chiranjeevi has an attractive slate with multiple interesting movies lined up. As Chiranjeevi’s ‘Acharya’ helmed by Koratala Siva is gearing up for release soon, his other projects are progressing well too.

The official remake of Malayalam super hit ‘Lucifer’ is titled ‘Godfather’. This Mohan Raja directorial is to feature Chiranjeevi, who would reprise Mohanlal’s role.

If reports are to be believed, the makers of ‘Godfather’ are planning to bring Hollywood’s pop sensation Britney Spears on board to croon a racy song for Chiranjeevi. Bollywood star Salman Khan too may make a cameo appearance in this movie.

But there is no official confirmation regarding Britney Spears’ song for ‘Godfather’ and Salman’s appearance as well.

Touted to be an intense political drama, Thaman S. will compose the music for ‘Godfather’.

Arjun Kapoor: My line-up is a mix of masala commercial, genre-bending films

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Arjun Kapoor: My line-up is a mix of masala commercial, genre-bending films

Actor Arjun Kapoor, who has three films – ‘Ek Villain’, ‘Kuttey’ and the recently announced ‘The Lady Killer’ lined up, is happy that filmmakers now are wanting to cast him in their “eclectic vision”.

He says his upcoming work is a great mix of masala commercials and genre bending entertainers.

Arjun is proud of his slate and credits the success of ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ (SAPF) for changing the course of his career.

He said: “‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ has been a game-changer for my career. It presented me in a radical way which audiences had never seen before and I’m deeply thankful that they loved my performance in the film.”

He added: “The success of ‘SAPF’ has opened several doors for me with filmmakers wanting to cast me in their eclectic vision. ‘The Ladykiller’ and ‘Kuttey’ are prime examples of how the industry is looking at me today and as an actor, I couldn’t be more fortunate!”

Speaking about his next releases, Arjun is “excited” about his line-up.

“As it’s a great mix of masala commercial films like ‘Ek Villain Returns’ and also genre-bending entertainers like ‘Kuttey’ and ‘The Lady Killer’. I have a few more announcements lined up and they are all equally diverse from a script point of view.”

Arjun will be seen in Mohit Suri’s ‘Ek Villain Returns’, Vishal Bhardwaj’s son Aasmaan’s debut directorial ‘Kuttey’ and Ajay Bahl’s ‘The Lady Killer’.

Bani J, Sayani Gupta share their ideas of ‘happily-ever-after’

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Bani J, Sayani Gupta share their ideas of ‘happily-ever-after’

Actress Sayani Gupta and VJ-turned-actress Bani J, who believe that portrayals of love, romance and ‘happily-ever-after’ somewhere influence our minds in real life, shared their ideas of the same.

Asked about her idea of happily-ever-after, Bani said, “The way I’m living my life right now is my happily ever after. I have people that I care about and who care about me, and we can express that love and appreciation for each other. I can travel, spend time with people that I really want to, create projects that I care about and be a part of projects that really fulfil me creatively, which I think is the best thing in the world. I also get to train whenever I want.”

Sayani on the other hand said that in a relationship, she is the ‘romantic’ one.

She said, “I’m quite the romantic and I would love to believe that there’s someone I could live happily ever after with. It’s not like I’m waiting for the one but maybe someday I’ll find someone. My idea of ‘happily ever after’ is that it has to be a partnership, and that doesn’t come without quarrels or differences or disagreements. Rather, you figure things out and there’s enough love and humour in the relationship to take it forward.”

Both of them were conversing as part of the chat show series titled ‘Dating These Days 2.0’, which is a part of the Bumble dating app.

‘Dating These Days 2.0’ releases on the YouTube channel of Bumble.

Tollywood trade body splits as pro-Prakash Raj camp walks out

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Tollywood trade body splits as pro-Prakash Raj camp walks out

In a new twist to the bitter row over the just-concluded elections to the influential Tollywood trade body, Movie Artists Association (MAA), all 11 newly-elected office-bearers and executive committee members from the Prakash Raj panel announced their resignation on Tuesday.

Stating that they do not want to be a hurdle in the decisions of the new MAA president, actor-producer Manchu Vishnu, and his panel over the next two years when they will be in office, the dissenters parted ways with the association.

Newly-elected Executive Vice President Srikanth, Vice President Benarjee, Joint Secretary Uttej and eight executive members announced their resignations at a news conference in the presence of Prakash Raj, Jeevitha Rajasekhar and others.

Prakash Raj, the acclaimed character actor who made his displeasure with the elections known to all, said his supporters had quit because in the past two years, no work could take place in the association because the two rival factions were constantly at loggerheads.

“Vishnu has made big promises, so we felt our presence may be cited as an excuse for not fulfilling them. Hence, we have decided that we should not be a hurdle in the way of their decisions,” Prakash Raj said.

He added that they had reached this decision after detailed discussions and deliberations over whether they could work “in this kind of an atmosphere” in the MAA.

“It is a dignified decision,” Prakash Raj said. “Please run the show, but if there are shortcomings, we will question you on behalf of all those who voted for us,” he added.

Referring to Vishnu’s statement that he would not accept the resignation, Prakash Raj said he was ready to take back his decision if Vishnu assured him that he would not amend the bye-laws of MAA to prevent non-Telugu members from contesting the elections in future.

Prakash Raj alleged that there was “rowdyism” in the election and there was cross-voting and irregularities in counting. He also said outsiders from various places were brought in on the polling day and seniors such as Benarjee were manhandled and abused.

He pointed out that on the first day counting was taken up for 4-5 hours and it was said that the results would be declared the next morning, but it took the entire day for that to happen.

Benarjee broke down while narrating how was he was humiliated during the polling. He said Vishnu’s father and veteran actor, Mohan Babu, used abusive words against him and even tried to manhandle him. He said when Mohan Babu was shouting at Tanish, he came to the latter’s rescue, making Mohan Babu lose his temper and use abusive language.

In Sunday’s elections, Vishnu was elected MAA President defeating Prakash Raj by 109 votes. The Vishnu panel won the key posts of General Secretary, Treasurer, one Vice President and one Joint Secretary. In the elections held for the 18 Executive Committee members, the Vishnu panel bagged 10 seats, whereas the opposing camp won the remaining eight.

Megastar Chiranjeevi’s brother Naga Babu had also announced his resignation late on Monday. He said he was pained to see regionalism and intolerance rocking the apex body of Tollywood.

Trailer out for Tamil time-loop sci-fi movie ‘Jango’

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Trailer out for Tamil time-loop sci-fi movie ‘Jango’

The trailer of Tamil film ‘Jango’, billed as India’s first “time-loop sci-fi movie”, was released on Tuesday, raising the curiosity levels of movie-goers. The film is helmed by debutant director Mano Karthikeyan.

A time-loop film is one where characters experience the same period of time, which is repeatedly reset. In such films, when a certain condition is met, such as the death of a character or a clock reaching a certain hour, the loop starts again, with one or more characters retaining memories from the previous loop.

Several Hollywood movies experimented with the time-loop format, Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’, being one well-known recent example, but the makers of ‘Jango’ claim that it is a first for Indian cinema.

The trailer release marks yet another milestone in the movie’s laborious progress to movie screens. The shoot was completed before the second lockdown and the post-production work was done after life returned to normal post Covid 2.0.

Mrinalini Ravi and Satheesh Kumar essay the lead roles in the action-thriller, and Ghibran has scored the music for the movie.

Actor Prakash Raj plans to form rival association to counter MAA

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Actor Prakash Raj plans to form rival association to counter MAA

Actor Prakash Raj is said to be planning to form a rival association along with his MAA panel members.

In the wake of Movie Artists Association’s (MAA) presidential election results, Prakash Raj seems to be utterly disappointed. The south Indian actor mentioned that it was unfair to bring ‘regional’ feelings into these elections.

Now that Prakash Raj has reportedly gathered all the members of his panel, it is reported that there are discussions going on about another association in the favour of the Telugu Film Industry.

Actor Manchu Vishnu won the presidential elections, which were conducted a couple of days ago. Manchu Vishnu had made a series of comments regarding Prakash Raj, who backed actor Pawan Kalyan in one of his media interactions.

Prakash Raj who lost in MAA elections, resigned from his membership, saying that there was a deeper meaning in all that has been happening.

“Hi my dear MAA members who stood by us…There is a deeper meaning behind my resignation to MAA. We as a team know we are responsible towards the love n support you all have extended to us. We will NEVER let you all down…will explain very soon. you will be proud of us,” he tweeted on Monday.

Himansh Kohli unspools details of his new song ‘Chura Liya’

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Himansh Kohli unspools details of his new song ‘Chura Liya’

‘Yaariyan’ actor Himansh Kohli and actress Anushka Sen, who was recently seen in action-based reality show ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi 11’, are featured together in the song ‘Chura Liya’ which released on Tuesday. The actor talks about the theme of this song and his working experience with Anushka.

“It is a romantic track. It is hard to explain what the actual definition of love is. You got to watch the song to experience how amazing it is,” says the actor known for playing ‘Raghav Oberoi’ in the daily soap ‘Humse Hai Life’.

He describes working experience with Anushka: “Anushka is a very fun person and is a quick learner, pairing up with her felt like a breeze. She has a great energy on the set and we clicked the moment we met.”

Parampara and Sachet have sung the song. Himansh calls them a lovely couple and wonderful singers. “Parampara and Sachet are the loveliest couple I have interacted with. They blend so well that it felt as comfortable as working with regular actors. Currently, the couple is a social media sensation and I think they are one of the best singer couples in the country.”

Himansh says further that love stories connect well with the audience and all age groups like it. He shares: “Love is the least expressed emotion in actual lives but the most expressed genre in front of the camera. This is because we love to see what we desire and stories of love excite people of all ages.”

On the question that are music videos a better way to reach the fans and audience, he replies: “An actor should be versatile enough to make himself relevant to any medium. It is always fun to do a music video. But, I can’t deny how challenging it gets when you have to match words, moves, and the emotions of the character with the rhythm of the song. Sometimes the story from the lyrics, the story which the character is portraying, and the beat of the song are three different poles. But, when it gets challenging, it becomes an opportunity to do an award-worthy performance.”

Aishwarya shares picture of Big B, Aaradhya from his 79th b’day

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Aishwarya shares picture of Big B, Aaradhya from his 79th b’day

Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan gave a sneak-peek into megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s birthday with a picture she shared on social media.

Just like every year, Aishwarya posted a picture of her father-in-law who is seen posing with his granddaughter Aaradhya. The two are hugging each other and smiling at the camera.

For the caption, Aishwarya wrote: “Happy happy birthday dearest darling Dadajii-Pa. Love you forever and beyond.”

Aishwarya along with her actor husband Abhishek Bachchan and daughter Aaradhya returned from their Paris-Dubai trip right in before Amitabh’s 79th birthday on Monday.

The cine icon took to his Instagram account to thank his fans and friends for their wishes.

He shared a picture of himself and wrote: “My gratitude for the love you give me .. I shall never be able to repay it .. nor shall I ever be able to fathom your affection…

“Your greetings today have been immense .. I cannot respond to all of them, but I do hold them close here and wish that you take this humble presence here on Instagram as my response ..”

Ranveer Singh: I’ve idolised Big B, SRK, Akshay Kumar since childhood

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Ranveer Singh: I’ve idolised Big B, SRK, Akshay Kumar since childhood

Bollywood’s livewire star Ranveer Singh shared that while growing up, he was mesmerised by on-screen personalities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, among others, who have all successfully hosted TV shows and entertained the whole of India.

“Iconic mainstream Hindi film heroes like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar have all connected with and captivated the nation through their television shows. I’ve idolised them since childhood and closely followed their journey,” says Ranveer.

Ranveer is all set to host his first television show ‘Big Picture’. He feels it will help him connect with a larger audience.

The actor said: “I always recognised the fact that they garnered an immense amount of love from people for their charismatic turns on the television screen. I have a great opportunity here with the Big Picture to connect with the youth of India as well as the entire Indian family audience.

“I hope I can continue the grand legacy of the mainstream men of Hindi cinema on national television.”

On the work front, Ranveer will soon be seen in Kabir Khan’s ’83’, which recreates India’s historic World Cup Cricket win in 1983, as well as Rohit Shetty’s comedy film ‘Cirkus’ and action drama ‘Sooryavanshi’.

He is also prepping for his role in ‘Jayeshbhai Jordaar’, directed by Divyang Thakkar.

Not just movie theatres, people need to get back to work: Rakul Preet

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Not just movie theatres, people need to get back to work: Rakul Preet

Celebrating her birthday on Sunday and the imminent re-opening of movie theatres in Maharashtra, Bollywood’s biggest market, on October 22, Rakul Preet Singh said that it was about time people got back to a normal working life.

The actress, who has major films lined up for theatrical release, threw a massive birthday party here, where celebrities such as Riteish Deshmukh, Ayushmann Khurrana, Sidharth Malhotra, Sophie Choudry, and Saqib Saleem, among many others, showed up to wish her the best. The day was doubly special because both Rakul Preet and Jackky Bhagnani announced on social media that they were in a relationship.

Speaking to the media on the sidelines of her birthday, Rakul Preet said: “So many films are ready and we all are waiting for almost a year to release them, so I am really hoping that things get back to being normal as soon as possible and people should start earning their livelihood all over again.”

On the year ahead, she said: “I had a fun birthday because it was a working birthday. I have lined-up quite a few releases next year. I have complete 6-7 movies, so I am really excited about the next year and hope it will be as beautiful as ever.”

When asked when one has 6-7 films releasing back-to-back, does it add to one’s responsibilities, Rakul Preet said: “Yes, the responsibility does increase along with the anxiety, as the films are ready and the people will soon start watching them. They should like the films, so it also heightens expectations, but I think, I am in the phase of being just grateful, as I am getting a chance to so many films and I hope that I keep getting such films and they keep on releasing.”

With life returning back to normal, Rakul Preet said it was a good sign, but people could not afford to be careless. She said: “I think it is a positive sign, but it doesn’t mean we can go around mask-free. We need to follow Covid-19 protocols and defeat this virus.”

In the months ahead, Rakul Preet will be in movies such as “Indian 2”, “Ayalaan”, “Attack”, “Mayday”, “Thank God”, and “Doctor G”, among others.

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