Ranveer, Alia start shooting for ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’

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Ranveer, Alia start shooting for ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’

Bollywood stars Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt have commenced shooting for the first schedule of their upcoming film “Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani”, directed by Karan Johar.

Ranveer on Friday morning posted a video on Instagram. The clip features some behind-the-scenes of the shoot, script reading sessions and the location set up.

The video begins with Karan saying: “Rocky aur rani bilkul taiyyar hai. Chaliye karte hai unke prem kahaani ki shuruat. Lights, camera, action.”

As the clip ends, “Schedule one. Shooting begins” is seen written.

Ranveer captioned it: “Shuru ho gayi hai yeh anokhi kahani of Rocky & Rani. Toh dijiye humein apna aashirvaad aur pyaar, aur chaliye iss safar mein hamaare saath! #RockyAurRaniKiPremKahani (The unique story of Rocky and Rani has begun. So give us your love and blessings and join us in this journey).”

Alia shared the same video and captioned it: “Too many feels to fit in a caption #RockyAurRaniKiPremKahani #RRKPK.”

The film has a star-studded cast comprising Ranveer and Alia, along with veterans Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan and Shabana Azmi.

Other details about the film are still under wraps.

Arjun Kapoor on fitness journey: I am enjoying my journey forward

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Arjun Kapoor on fitness journey: I am enjoying my journey forward

Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor took everyone by surprise with his impressive physical transformation. He considers his fitness journey to be a work in progress and says he is thoroughly enjoying his journey forward.

Arjun said: “I have to tailor-make my diet and constantly customise it because of my constant health journey forward. So, yes, along with the intense workout sessions that I have been doing with Drew Neal, I have changed my meal pattern completely.”

Arjun feels healthy food should also be tasty for someone like him to stay motivated. The actor says he is a work in progress with every meal and every workout session.

“Staying healthy is a combination of several factors – training, diet, state of mind, and the desire to take one day at a time. These things, in combination, helps anyone stay on the road to better fitness,” said the 36-year-old.

He added: “I’m just happy that I have found my groove and am thoroughly enjoying my journey forward. I, like every other person, is a work in progress and I’m at it, every single day, every single meal.”

Nicole Kidman reportedly enters Hong Kong quarantine-free to film

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Nicole Kidman reportedly enters Hong Kong quarantine-free to film

Hollywood star Nicole Kidman has got a quarantine waiver from the Hong Kong authorities which has drawn criticism from local residents.

The 54-year-old actress jetted off to Hong Kong last week for the Amazon series “The Expats”, which is now shooting there, but was not subject to the city’s strict isolation rules, reports deadline.com.

According to local media reports, Kidman flew into Hong Kong from Sydney on a private jet on August 12, and in the week since has been seen out shopping in the city.

Individuals entering Hong Kong are subject to a 21-day mandated quarantine in a hotel, regardless of vaccination status.

Australia is trying to contain an outbreak of the deadly Delta variant at present and major cities have been experiencing lockdown measures to curb an increase in cases.

Many Hong Kong residents have not been able to travel overseas from the city in nearly two years.

According to deadline.com, the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau released a statement confirming the actress had been “granted permission to travel to Hong Kong with a quarantine exemption” and that her filming work is “conducive to maintain the necessary operation and development of Hong Kong’s economy”, according to the South China Morning Post.

Some Hong Kong residents took to social media to express their dissatisfaction at the exemption.

Kidman is an executive producer on “The Expats” through her banner Blossom Films. It has not been confirmed if she will also star.

‘Super Dancer Chapter 4’: Shilpa to perform ‘kanjak pooja’ for contestant

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‘Super Dancer Chapter 4’: Shilpa to perform ‘kanjak pooja’ for contestant

Actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra will perform a ‘kanjak pooja’ for contestant Arshiya after her dance act on Vaishno Devi in the dance reality show ‘Super Dancer Chapter 4’.

Shilpa says she is an ardent worshipper of Goddess Durga and thus she performed this ritual.

She says: “I am very spiritual and a devoted Devi bhakt. I have had the opportunity to visit the Vaishno Devi temple once and the experience was very inspiring. After seeing this act today, I want to perform a ‘kanjak pooja’ for Arshiya.”

Her performance left an everlasting impact on all the judges. Besides Shilpa, Anurag Basu and Geeta Kapur were also impressed by her dance moves.

Geeta Kapur highly praised the act and says: “I have never been to Vaishno Devi temple, but really wish to go there someday. This was a very beautiful performance and it deserves a ‘Sajdaa’ (praise).”

Furthermore, Anurag Basu highly appreciated the choreography and praised her guru Anuradha for being such a good storyteller. He said, “I was so lost in the story, it was just amazing.”

‘Super Dancer Chapter 4’ airs on Sony Entertainment Television.

Shoot starts for action film ‘Yudhra’ starring Siddhant Chaturvedi

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Shoot starts for action film ‘Yudhra’ starring Siddhant Chaturvedi

‘Gully Boy’ actor Siddhant Chaturvedi has started shooting for his upcoming action film titled ‘Yudhra’ on Thursday.

The film is directed by Ravi Udyawar, produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the production house – Excel Entertainment.

This is the third time Siddhant is working with the same production house after ‘Gully Boy’ and ‘Phone Bhoot’.

The film also fetaures Malavika Mohanan.

Touted to be a film with hard-core street fights, hand-to-hand combat and amped-up action sequences, the film script is one for the young adult audiences. The quirky yet mesmerising poster of Siddhant and Malavika as the first look for this film was unveiled earlier this year.

The film is set to hit the theatres in 2022.

Raashii Khanna: Passion for my craft keeps me on my toes

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Raashii Khanna: Passion for my craft keeps me on my toes

Actress Raashii Khanna is busy shuttling between Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai for her projects in three different languages. However, the actress says she has no complaints.

Raashii Khanna who has been shooting for filmmakers Raj and DK’s series alongside Shahid Kapoor, has now started the shoot of her series ‘Rudra’ alongside actor Ajay Devgn.

The actress is scheduled to fly to Chennai to start shooting for her recently announced untitled Tamil film alongside Dhanush.

Not stopping at this, Raashii also has ‘Tughlaq Durbar’, ‘Aranmanai 3’ and ‘Bhramam’.

The actress believes this to be a result of her hard work and doesn’t want to complain about the hectic schedule.

Raashii tells IANS: “I’ve worked very hard to get to where I am in my career and that has resulted in interesting opportunities in the entertainment industries in the North and the South. It’s not very easy to be shuttling cities every three to four days but I am not complaining because I have always wanted to work with brilliant minds and that passion for my craft has been keeping me on my toes.”

Raashii will also be seen alongside actor Naga Chaitanya in ‘Thank You’.

Priya Bapat says women get meatier roles on OTT

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Priya Bapat says women get meatier roles on OTT

Actress Priya Bapat, who is seen in the web-series ‘City Of Dreams’, has hailed the digital space for not being gender-specific and that storytelling is not restricted.

“Don’t you think women are always fighting patriarchy…and they are doing so well…I am very happy. I think OTT is a great thing because storytelling is not restricted or it is not gender-specific,” Priya told in interview.

She sees the evolution happening in cinema too and credits the changing mindsets.

“The way you look at a story and the way you narrate the story is important. I think how people are changing, mindsets are changing and thanks to OTT platforms that we are creating shows like ‘Aarya’ also, where you are creating an audience they are accepting and interested in this kind of content,” she said.

Priya added: “So, it is a great thing. I am very happy with this change…Like how women are good at everything that they do, they are queens of multitasking. They should be ruling everything from OTT to real lives.”

Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, ‘City Of Dreams’ also stars Atul Kulkarni, Eijaz Khan and Sachin Pilgaonkar. It will be released on Disney+ Hotstar.

Now chat with Big B’s voice on Amazon Alexa for Rs 149 in India

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Now chat with Big B’s voice on Amazon Alexa for Rs 149 in India

Amazon on Thursday said it has made India’s first celebrity voice feature on Alexa available with the legendary Amitabh Bachchan, and the users in India can add his amazing voice to their Alexa experience on Echo devices for an introductory price of Rs 149 for one year.

The customers need to press the mic icon on the Amazon shopping app (Android only) and say “Alexa, introduce me to Amitabh Bachchan” to start the purchase and interact with Bachchan’s voice using the wake word ‘Amit ji’.

The company said that the celebrity experience features content handpicked by Bachchan includes stories from his life, a selection of poems by his father, tongue twisters, motivational quotes, and more.

“Working with Amazon to introduce my voice on Alexa was a new experience in bringing together the magic of voice technology and artistic creativity. I am excited that my well-wishers can now interact with me via this new medium and looking forward to hear how they feel about this,” said Bachchan.

In addition to this unique and entertaining content, customers can also ask for music, set alarms and get weather updates in Bachchan’s signature style.

“Creating the world’s first bi-lingual celebrity voice required us to invent & re-invent across almost every element of speech science – wake word, speech recognition, neural text-to-speech and more,” said Puneesh Kumar, Country Leader for Alexa, Amazon India.

Amazon Alexa in September last year announced a partnership with Bachchan to create a unique voice experience for its Indian fans.

Alexa in the US already has voices of several celebrities like Samuel L. Jackson, but this is the first time that the Indian Alexa has received the voice of a Bollywood celebrity.

Hindi dubbing on Allu Sirish’s mind

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Hindi dubbing on Allu Sirish’s mind

Actor Allu Sirish, who will soon be seen in upcoming Telugu love story ‘Prema Kadanta’, shared an interesting poll on his Instagram stories.

He asked his followers of should he start dubbing his films in Hindi on his own.

Sirish’s 2019 film ‘ABCD: American Born Confused Desi’ was eventually dubbed in Hindi and had become one of the highest rated dubbed Telugu films on Television.

The actor uploaded a clip from ‘ABCD’ and wrote in Hindi text: “I like my voice. Should I start dubbing in Hindi?”

Within an hour of positing this, 80 percent of his followers gave him a positive feedback.

Sirish was seen earlier this year, in the music video of Hindi track ‘Vilayati Sharaab’.

Jessica Alba’s kids are nervous about returning to school

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Jessica Alba’s kids are nervous about returning to school

Hollywood actress Jessica Alba is sending her children Honor, Haven, and Hayes to school in September.

However, she says her children, whom she shares with husband Cash Warren, are worried about going back to school after spending over a year being homeschooled amid the Covid pandemic, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

While Alba is concerned about the spread of the virus, her children are worried about “social-emotional issues” that come with school life, such as “fitting in” and “doing well” in class.

She told People magazine: “For me, the health aspect of COVID is much more at the forefront of my mind. But for the kids, a lot of their stuff is still really social. They really care about what their friends think. It’s the more social-emotional (issues) – bullying, and being made fun of and fitting in, doing well and grades.”

“I try to talk to them about what’s within their control and try not to expose them to too much that’s sort of out of their control.”

To help ease her children’s worries, Alba has been getting them involved in “meditation” as well as “calming” foods.

Talking about her eldest child, Honor, Alba said: “We just try to do a relaxing ritual or listen to a meditation or have some tea, to calm the nerves. And we had to find (breakfast) foods that are calming for her and don’t make her stomach upset.”

Meanwhile, the actress recently said therapy sessions helped her learn how to “communicate” with Honor.

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