Taapsee Pannu is ‘in middle of wired up chaos’ at Looop Lapeta shoot

Actress Taapsee Pannu is not letting her fight with actress Kangana Ranaut come in the way of her work and says she is focusing on the shoot of her upcoming film, Looop Lapeta, amid all the chaos. On Friday, Taapsee used Instagram to share her state of mind along with a picture where she looks at a scene being shot.

“When you are in between 2 perspectives, in middle of wired up chaos and what you do in the frame is going to matter…….. chin up, feet up and just focus! Coz not everybody gets this privilege ….(Also coz u r getting clicked by the lens man doubling up as producer @atulkasbekar) #LooopLapeta #SetDiaries #SaviTheChiller,” she captioned the image.

Looop Lapeta is a Hindi adaptation of the 1998 German film Run Lola Run, starring Franka Potente and directed by Tom Tykwer. Bollywood has already adapted the concept in 2003, by way of late Anant Balani’s Ek Din 24 Ghante, starring Nandita Das and Rahul Bose.

Looop Lapeta is directed by Aakash Bhatia and slated to release later this year.

On Thursday, Kangana had slammed Taapsee for supporting farmers.

Taapsee had tweeted: “If one tweet rattles your unity, one joke rattles your faith or one show rattles your religious belief then it’s you who has to work on strengthening your value system not become ‘propaganda teacher’ for others.”

Kangana commented on Taapsee’s tweet hurling adjectives like “B-grade person”, “dumbo” and “freeloader”.

Kangana commented in Hindi: “Teri maa ko main gali doon it will rattle your belief dumbo? National platforms pe uska apman karu… I know you will strengthen your love not do anything tabhi toh tere jaise dusaron ki rotiyon pe palne wale paltu hote hain…kabhi kuch aur nahin ban pate, chup kar aab. (Will it rattle your belief if I hurl abuses at your mother, dumbo? What if I insult her on national platforms? I know you will strengthen your love not do anything and that’s why people like you depend on others for their bread, just like pets. They cannot become anything else ever, so you better keep shut).”

Salma Hayek shares snapshots from look test for ‘Bliss’

Hollywood star Salma Hayek shared a stunning picture in the middle of a make-up, hair, and tattoo test on social media.

Salma posted a picture on Instagram, where she is seen sporting a white bathroom robe. In the image, she wears large-framed spectacles and flaunting floral tattoos on her chest.

She shared the image from a look test for her film “Bliss”.

“In the middle of a #makeup #hair and #tattoo test for ‘Bliss’,” she wrote as the caption.

“Bliss” is a science fiction romantic drama co-starring Owen Wilson, and directed by Mike Cahill. The film follows a man who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets a mysterious woman living on the streets and is convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation.

‘Namak Issk Ka’ actress Shruti Sharma spent minutes in coffin for an episode

Namak Issk Ka lead actress Shruti Sharma recently spent a couple of minutes inside a coffin to shoot an episode of the show, and she says it was definitely challenging.

“This is the first time that I have shot for a scene that was so spooky. Though it seems quite easy, it was definitely challenging for me to stay in the coffin for a couple of minutes, but I am glad that it all went well,” said Shruti, who plays the role of a dancer named Chamcham in the show.

She added: “I had a memorable time shooting for it, and I am sure it is going to be a very interesting, action-packed track.”

The series is about Chamcham, a dancer, who is looked down upon by society for her means of livelihood. However, the story takes a dramatic turn after Chamcham gets married into an affluent family.

BookMyShow rolls out streaming platform in India

Homegrown movie and events ticketing platform BookMyShow on Friday rolled out a transaction video-on-demand (TVOD) streaming platform in India that offers users the option to rent a movie for a finite duration or buy it for unlimited access.

The move comes at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic greatly disrupted the movie viewing experience as restrictions kept theaters out of bounds for the audience for months.

With over 600 movie titles and over 72,000 hours of content, BookMyShow Stream will feature films and content from around the world along with India, the platform said.

With over 22,000 hours of content being “Exclusive” to the platform at launch, BookMyShow Stream will feature multiple marquee Premieres every Friday, it added.

“‘BookMyShow Stream’ is a natural extension of our cinemas business and respects the existing theatrical windows for content. It empowers users to pay only for the content that they watch — a prevalent trend in other global cinema markets, as yet untapped at scale in India,” Ashish Saksena, Chief Operating Officer — Cinemas, BookMyShow, said in a statement.

“With flexible purchase options and a seamless user interface, this new offering furthers BookMyShow’s journey from being a gateway to an evolved curator of tent pole content experiences.”

Starting Friday, the new service will be home to Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet”, Gal Gadot starrer “Wonder Woman 1984”, horror fantasy “The Craft: Legacy”.

Besides these, films like “Alone”, “Yes God Yes”, “The Peanut Butter Falcon”, “The Guilty”, “Les Miserables”, “Unhinged” and the acclaimed Russian Sci-fi thriller “Coma”, from premium independent studios will premiere exclusively on the platform.

The platform is designed to offer a personalized experience based on a user’s preferences, transaction,s, and behaviour on BookMyShow.

It will be available for viewing on BookMyShow’s mobile app and website as also Apple TV, Android TV, Firestick, Chromecast, and desktop browsers, the company said, adding that the platform will allow users to experience features such as downloads, offline viewing, and casting.

Zombie Reddy Movie Review: Teja Sajja

Actor Teja Sajja is making his debut as the male lead in the Zombie Reddy movie. He was a Child artist.

Zombie Reddy film is released today. and the movie was directed by Prasanth Varma,
Produced by Raj Sekhar Varma, Music by K. Robin.

In zombie reddy movie, the main Star Cast are Teja Sajja, Anandhi, Daksha Nagarkar.

To prevent the spread of Covid-19, The prime minister of India Narendra Modi announced a lockdown in the nation. Then, the medical teams start the covid-19 vaccine development to the virus.

In this high drama, Teja Sajja, Kireeti, Daksha Nagarkar leave to Kurnool for friend RJ Hemanth’s marriage.

They reached Kurnool by time, Covid-19 vaccination drive goes wrong and those who take the dose of vaccine are turning into zombies.

Teja, Anandhi, and RJ Hemanth, Daksha, and Kireeti are find their way through a zombie apocalypse. The remaining story unveils their efforts to find the solution to the problem.

Rakhi Sawant on ‘Bigg Boss’: Traits that define the drama queen

Love her, hate her but you surely cannot ignore Rakhi Sawant. She is undoubtedly the queen of controversies courtesy her bizarre antics, gimmicks, and loud behavior. Rakhi has always come across as a person who does not believe in filters. She speaks her mind, does her thing, without thinking twice.

Ever since she entered the 14th season of Bigg Boss, Rakhi has managed to grab the audience by their eyeballs thanks to her eccentric mannerism and uncouth behavior. IANS traces a few defining traits of Rakhi the drama queen on Bigg Boss from season one when she was a housemate, to the ongoing season 14 when she is back as a challenger.

Catfight champion

In the first season, Rakhi managed to generate news with her fierce catfights with Kashmira Shah, whom she had at one point befriended in the house. They engaged in many fights and gave each other tough competition and a lot of the limelight, and, of course, quick ratings for the show.

The foulmouth

It won’t be wrong to say that Rakhi has the tendency to unleash verbal diarrhoea and she does not know when to draw the line. It is a trait she has imbibed and mastered over the years. The day she stepped into the 14th season, she was seen pouncing at fellow housemate Arshi Khan, whom she called a “sasti chudail (cheap witch)” and “bavasir (piles)”. Rakhi was also seen making fun of Arshi’s body type, saying the reason she wears nighties on the show is because she is carrying a “sofa set”.

The ‘No Filter’ Rakhi

The highlight about Rakhi, as we have seen over the years, is that she does not believe in filters when it comes to her antics. Rakhi definitely does not understand what not to do or say on national TV. She has openly spoken discussed her “botox” job during her entry, her nose implants after her fight with former contestant Jasmin Bhasin, and shared shocking revelations about her life claiming that a man had forced himself on her when she was young, in return for money. Bigg Boss had to intervene and ask her not to share such details on television. Rakhi also shared details about her marriage with someone called Ritesh, saying that her husband was already married and had a child when they got married.

The obsessive housemate

When she grabs on to something, she only leaves it after literally squeezing it dry. Rakhi is currently holding on to her “crazy love” angle with Abhinav Shukla and has crossed the line of decency several times while playing the game. From pulling Abhinav’s pant strings to calling him a pervert, Rakhi has reveled in the nasty acts to turn the focus of the cameras towards her.

The possessed entertainer

In the name of “cheap” entertainment, Rakhi can go to any extent. During the 14th season, Rakhi suddenly got an idea of playing a ghost in the house. She behaved as she got possessed by a ghost named Julie and during her act, she again crossed the line of decency and tore former contestant Rahul Mahajan’s clothes on national TV.

Was watching Shardul, Washington bat before doctor called us: Kohli

Just before Virat Kohli and their wife Anushka Sharma was called in by doctors for the delivery of their child, the regular India skipper was watching on his mobile Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar put up a match-winning partnership against Australia in the fourth Test in Brisbane.

Kohli though considers that joy of a young India side scoring a fighting win over Australia secondary to witnessing his first child Vamika being born.

“I don’t think the two can be compared. To me, becoming a father has been and will remain the greatest moment in my life, in both our lives, and that is something that has to be experienced to understand what I am saying,” Kohli told the media on Thursday.

Kohli, 32, who is ranked No.4 Test batsman by the ICC, said that the connection to the team does not go away even during a special moment like the birth of his child.

“The connection to the team does not go away in any situation especially when you have given away everything for the team, especially to the Test side for the last six years, on a daily basis. And [when] you have been motivated to take Indian cricket on top of Test cricket. The whole group put in so much effort. You are connected invariably and I was watching all the games,” said Kohli before he explained how he was watching Thakur and Sundar bat.

“Even in the last Test, I really remember when Shardul and Washington were going through a partnership, I was watching it on my phone, just before we had to go in, when the doctor called us. That is how you are connected to the team. That’s how much you are looking forward to the guys doing well. So happy and proud to see the whole team come back in the series as we did. Everyone deserves all the credit for what they did in Australia.”

Kohli said that it doesn’t matter that he wasn’t part of the team.

“Whether I was part of it or not, to me it doesn’t matter as much as what it matters to the Indian cricket team or the whole country. Yeah, I was very happy, very proud for all the boys, because it was purely out of determination, grit, and belief they achieved what they ended up achieving.”

Kareena Kapoor’s pregnancy update: ‘9 months and going strong’

Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan posted a Boomerang video on Thursday to share with fans that she is going strong in the ninth month of her pregnancy. Kareena and her husband, actor Saif Ali Khan, are expecting their second child.

In the video, Kareena holds her baby bump with both hands and looks at it. “9 months and going strong, #NotGivingUp #FunTimes #BTS,” the actress captioned the clip, which she shared on Instagram.

Kareena tied the knot with actor Saif Ali Khan in October 2012. The couple had their first child Taimur on December 20, 2016.

The actress recently announced that she is working on her first book titled “Kareena Kapoor Khan’s Pregnancy Bible”, which is pitched as a comprehensive guide for expecting mothers. The book is slated to come out this year.

Kareena, who was last seen in the Irrfan Khan-starrer Angrezi Medium last year, will next be seen alongside Aamir Khan in his forthcoming film Laal Singh Chaddha, which is inspired by the Tom Hanks-starrer Hollywood film Forrest Gump.

”SR Kalyanamandapam” Teaser: Quirky dialogues make it a worth to watch.

The first teaser of Kiran Abbavaram and Priyanka Jawalkar starter, “SR Kalyanamandapam” has released. The film is Directed by Sridhar Gade.

Kiran Abbavaram, who is known for his boy-next-door character in his debut film ”Raja Vaaru Rani Gaaru”, has turned action hero for ”SR Kalyanamandapam’.

The action scenes and dialogues portions are the highlights of the teaser.

Adah Sharma to play bipolar character in ‘Chuha Billi’

Adah Sharma will next be seen in a film titled Chuha Billi, a dark subject that casts her as a girl who is bipolar and depressed.

“Chuha billi is a dark subject. I play a girl who is bipolar. She is depressed and she isn’t coping with it well. I would like to believe I’m exactly the opposite of this character, and that’s what attracted me the most to playing her. We did a lot of workshops for the film, too,” Adah told IANS.

She added that the film’s director Prasad Kadam wanted her to show her switching “poles in just seconds”.

“She’s very excited about something and very sad in just seconds. He also wanted the changeover to be subtle so mostly it all lies in the eyes. I can’t wait for people to watch the film with all the love coming in for just the teaser and the poster,” Adah said.

“This is very different from anything I’ve done so far,” she added.