Gracy Singh on Brother’s Day: He is an amazing cook we have made memories in the kitchen

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Gracy Singh on Brother’s Day: He is an amazing cook we have made memories in the kitchen

On the occasion of Brother’s Day, actress Gracy Singh reminisces the fun times she has had with her brother during their growing-up years.

The actress says that her best memories with her brother are the ones from the kitchen, as he is an “amazing” cook.

“There are so many happy and fun memories with him. But the best has to be during meals as he has amazing cooking skills and we have made a lot of memories in the kitchen and around the table,” she says.

She adds: “He has always been there looking out for me, protecting me no matter what, even when our life led us along different paths.”

Gracy adds that although she and her brother are mostly busy, they make sure to check up on each other.

“Nothing has changed even now. Although we do not get enough time to spend with each other because of our busy lives, we still talk, catch up and share moments. Like an invisible thread, our love binds us together making sure of where we came from and what we mean to each other. So, I may not be there daily and vice versa, but we do take pleasure in being involved in the major aspects of our lives,” she says.

The actress is currently seen in the TV show “Santoshi Maa Sunaye Vrat Kathayein” on & TV.

Hry cyberbullies trolling ‘Mahabharat’ actor sent to 14-day JC

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Hry cyberbullies trolling ‘Mahabharat’ actor sent to 14-day JC

Moving swiftly, a Mumbai Police team swooped on two cyberbullies based in Haryana and nabbed them for trolling and harassing ‘Mahabharat’ fame actor Aayush Shah and his sister Mausam Shah, officials said here on Monday.

Following a complaint by the Shah siblings to the VP Road Police Station, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Zone II) Rajendra Chavan, Senior Police Inspector Hemant Bawdhankar and Police Inspector Avinash Mandale acted quickly.

Using tech-intel, they set up a team that managed to zero in on the duo – the Shahs’ ex-employee Rohit Goyal and his partner Harshit D. Mittal – both based in Cheeka, Haryana, for allegedly abusing Mausam Shah on social media and attempting to extort money through blackmail.

A special team of officials comprising Police Sub-Inspector Abhijit Deshmukh, Dinesh Suryawanshi, Santosh More, Jitendra Salve, Maruti Kumbhari and Kumar Patharut probed the matter diligently, and finally managed to track down the accused duo in Haryana last week.

At one point, Goyal gave the slip to the police team searching for him in Haryana, but they went undercover and finally managed to nab him from his hometown.

Shortly after their arrest, the two accused Goyal and Mittal were brought to Mumbai for further investigations, said the officials.

They were sent to police custody for six days by a Mumbai Court, and on Monday (May 24), further remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.

Aayush is an actor while Mausam is a publicity professional for several celebs and brands, and Goyal was in their employment which they terminated on grounds of non-performance.

Thereafter, Goyal allegedly started issuing threats and demanding large sums of money from the Shah siblings, and when they refused to oblige, they started harassing their friends, threatened them with death threats, and demanded money from them also.

“The accused harassed us by leaking my phone number and Mausam’s identity on social media in a sexually offensive context, and called me her ‘dealer’, leading to huge trauma, loss of reputation, and obscene calls,” Aayush Shah told IANS.

“Though social media is a powerful tool, some misuse it for personal propaganda or vendetta that can result in traumatic situations for the victim. We are extremely thankful to the Mumbai Police for their support and prompt handling of the sensitive matter,” said Mausam Shah.

The siblings called upon such elements to refrain from misusing social media to tarnish someone’s fair reputation, especially women so that such crimes can be curbed.

Priyanka and Nick Jonas set mercury soaring at BBMA

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Priyanka and Nick Jonas set mercury soaring at BBMA

Celebrity couple Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas took the style quotient high with their red carpet look at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles.

Priyanka was one of the presenters at the Billboard Music Awards while her husband performed at the music awards and hosted the ceremony. According to Page Six, Nick is recovering from a cracked rib injury and the actress stepped in to help her husband and agreed to be a presenter at BBMAs.

The actress took to Instagram to post pictures from the red carpet. Priyanka wore a thigh-high slit gown with a plunging neckline and a custom Dolce Gabbana ensemble. She teamed the golden ensemble with a thick belt and Bulgari jewels. Nick donned a designer number from Fendi.

Priyanka shared a picture of Nick hugging her at the awards. She wrote: “Husband appreciation post. Not even a cracked rib can stop this force of nature. So proud of you baby. With everything you do! Your work ethic, your pursuit of excellence! You inspire me every day! Crushed it today! I love you so much!”

Delhi’s Madam Tussauds to reopen from April 2022

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Delhi’s Madam Tussauds to reopen from April 2022

 Though the Madame Tussauds’ wax museum in Delhi’s Connaught Place is closed for the last one year, it will once again be opened for the public at a new place in the national Capital in April 2022. The company running it has decided to give special discounts to frontline workers and those who have been vaccinated.

London’s famous Madame Tussauds is run by a company called Merlin Entertainments India Private Limited. The renowned wax museum will be opened at a new venue in one of the top malls in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). All the formalities regarding the new place have been completed, though some issues are yet to be resolved.

Madame Tussauds was closed in March 2020 due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, after which the process of finding a new place for it had started from December 2020.

After discussing several aspects, the company has finally decided to reopen Madame Tussauds in April 2022 and to give special discounts to those who have been vaccinated.

Frontline workers will be given special discounts on tickets for the visit.

Anshul Jain, Director of Merlin Entertainments India Private Limited, says, “We are looking for another place for Madame Tussauds in Delhi-NCR. Our negotiations with some of the top malls in Delhi-NCR is in the final stage. However, we will choose the mall where we will get better facilities. The chance is — we will start the Madame Tussauds again in April 2022.”

He said, “Frontline workers have done a commendable job during the Covid-19 pandemic, we will give them special discounts on tickets to visit the wax museum. Also we will give extra discounts to those people who have got themselves vaccinated. This is to encourage people to get vaccinated.”

“To look after the wax statues, we have a special team of makeup artistes, studio stylists, technicians and hairstylists. Every week our special team examines the statues closely and have kept them at a safe place in Delhi.”

Before the reopening of Madame Tussauds, the company considered all aspects keeping in view the coronavirus pandemic, including how many vaccinations have been done so far, how many more vaccinations may take place in urban-rural areas in the coming months. All these aspects were taken into consideration.

The company has also decided to reopen the wax museum in April next year keeping in mind the school timings of children because January, February and March are the months for holding examinations due to which less children are likely to pay a visit.

According to Anshul Jain, it is most likely that by the end of this year, most of the people will be vaccinated. Economic activities will also resume by this time, as per estimate.

Madame Tussauds contains wax figures of 50 famous personalities to which people from all over the world pay a visit. This wax museum comprises statues of celebrities like Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hollywood pop singer Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Father of the Nation — Mahatma Gandhi, Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli, former India captain Kapil Dev etc.

When Sunny Leone’s ‘army’ battled to zip her up

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When Sunny Leone’s ‘army’ battled to zip her up

Sunny Leone uploaded a funny video on her social media page, where her team struggles to fit her into a beautiful yellow gown.The video is from the set of her reality show “MTV Splitsvilla”, and Sunny is getting ready for a shot.

In the clip, four people from her team struggle to zip her up in the dress.As everyone tries their hand at zipping her up, Sunny captioned the Instagram video saying: “Takes an army to make a gown look perfect.”

On the work front, the actress will soon be seen in “Shero”. The film is directed by Sreejith Vijayan and is scheduled to be released in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam.The actress is all set to make her digital debut with the web series “Anamika”, helmed by Vikram Bhatt.

Ally Brooke working on solo album

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Ally Brooke working on solo album

Singer Ally Brooke, a former member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, says she has secretly been working on her first solo album. The singer is busy recording songs and says it will be “a huge piece of her heart”.

“So I am working on my very first solo album, which is pretty unbelievable for me. It’s pretty special and I’ve been working in Miami. I was just there. And in Puerto Rico. I’ve kind of been keeping it a secret … It’s going to be amazing. There’s so many different producers and artists (that I’m working with). It’s definitely going to be a huge piece of my heart. I know the fans are just going to explode. It’s been an amazing journey for me,” she said, according to contactmusic.com.

Meanwhile, the singer is also working on her new podcast called “The Ally Brooke Show”. She had tried to start the venture three years back too but had failed.

“It’s funny, I tried to start a podcast three years ago and it just didn’t work out. I wasn’t ready so it was always there. But for me it was about the timing and now the timing couldn’t be more perfect. This is whilst I’m recording in the studio, having my own podcast to share with my fans and to bring in a new audience. It’s going to be a really good platform to just be vulnerable,” she said on “On With Mario Lopez”.

Abhishek Banerjee: Was bored of getting only ‘quirky’ roles, OTT changed that

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Abhishek Banerjee: Was bored of getting only ‘quirky’ roles, OTT changed that

Actor Abhishek Banerjee says he owes it to OTT as a platform for helping him change his image in showbiz. He was only being offered comic roles, and OTT shows helped change that.

“There is a nice word that people use, it’s ‘quirky’. I was only getting aquirkya¿ roles. I was getting worried that why am I getting only quirky roles. I was bored of it. Thankfully ‘Paatal Lok’ changed that. It taught people that I can do a lot more than comedy,” he told IANS.

The actor says that he was able to prove her versatility because of OTT.

“What OTT did was it gave me the audience’s eyes. It gave me stature. But what I feel is that OTT gave me that position of a well-rounded actor. Before that, I was doing only comic roles and I was tired of the kind of roles that I was offered all the time.

“I was like, I am not here to do only comedy. I can do a lot of other characters and I am prepared. All my training is to prove my versatility to filmmakers and the audience,” he says.

Abhishek says that while he was sure that “Paatal Lok” will do well, but he had not anticipated it becoming this popular.

“I knew that I was part of something special while I was shooting for it. I just knew it. I used to always say that also. I knew that this was not like what I had done before. My film, ‘Stree’ was different as that was my first film and I was scared about what to do.

“In ‘Paatal Lok’, I had an understanding of what I was doing right or wrong. I was confident that it would do good but I didn’t know it would do so well. I didn’t understand the word ‘viral’ before it released,” he says.

He adds: “Before the trailer (launched), I was in a bad shape. I had finished my shoot and so many things were lined up, but suddenly everything stopped because of the lockdown. I realised that God had got me to the same position all over again.

“I used to complain a lot to the universe that why have you chosen me to be the victim.

“The minute the trailer hit the OTT channels, everything changed and I realised that it was a gift from the universe and I was totally in gratitude. It completely changed my life.”

Talking about his future plans, he says: “I want to pick up projects with moral values and responsibilities. I think it’s important for actors to do that. You need to have a voice that is important. I want to do projects which have something in the story.”

Nia Sharma lives out ‘desi’ girl vibes as new video crosses 7mn mark

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Nia Sharma lives out ‘desi’ girl vibes as new video crosses 7mn mark

Actress Nia Sharma brings out ‘desi’ girl vibes in her Saturday post on social media while celebrating the success of a new music video that features her.

Nia posted a string of pictures on Instagram dressed in burnt orange salwar kameez. In the two images that she shared she covers her head with a dupatta.

“Caramel be like… #tumbewafaho is 7M and counting. Thank you,” she wrote as the caption.

The reference is to the video of the song “Tum bewafa ho”, featuring Nia with Arjun Bijlani and Soumya Joshi, and the fact that it has already scored seven million views on YouTube since its release on May 20. At the last count, the video had garnered 8,096,046 views and over 124K likes on its official YouTube page.

Sung by Payal Dev and Stebin Ben, and with music is by Payal Dev, the number has lyrics by Kunaal Vermaa.

Nia was recently seen in season two of the web series “Jamai 2.0”, along with Ravi Dubey and Achint Kaur. She rose to fame with shows such as “Kaali: Ek Agnipariksha”, “Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai” and “Jamai Raja”.

Salman Khan mourns ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!’ composer Raam Laxman’s death

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Salman Khan mourns ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!’ composer Raam Laxman’s death

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan took to social media on Saturday to mourn the demise of veteran composer Laxman of the popular Raam Laxman duo. Laxman, who continued working as Raam Laxman after the death of his partner Raam, passed away in Nagpur earlier in the day.

Laxman, or Vijay Patil, had composed the music for several Salman Khan films such as “Maine Pyar Kiya”, “Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!”, “Hum Saath-Saath Hain” and “Patthar Ke Phool”.

“Ram Laxman, music director of my successful films like Maine Pyaar Kiya, Patthar Ke Phool, Hum Saath Saath Hain, Hum Apke Hain Kaun has sadly passed away. May his soul rest in peace. Condolences to the bereaved family,” Salman Khan tweeted.

Others from the film industry, especially those who have worked with him, also mourned the composer’s demise on social media.

Ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas posted: “Veteran music composer Ram Laxman (Vijay Patil ) composer of many hit films like Meine Pyaar Kiya and many passed away due to a heart attack last night I had the privilege to work with him especially a song Mein Tere Saath Hun from film Patthar. May his soul rest in eternal peace.”

Earlier in the day, playback legend Lata Mangeshkar was one of the first to tweet: “Mujhe Abhi Pata Chala ki bahut guni aur lokpriya sangeet ka Raam Laxman Ji (Vijay Patil) ji ka swargwas hua. Ye sunke mujhe bahut dukh hua. Wo bahut acche insaan the. Maine unke kai gaane gaaye jo bahut lokpriya hue. Main unko vinamra shraddhanjali arpan karti hun [I have come to know that the extremely talented and popular music composer Raam Laxman ji (Vijay Patil) ji has breathed his last. I’m extremely saddened to hear this. He was a very nice person. I’ve lent my voice to several of his songs that became very popular. I pay my humble respect to him].”

‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ music director Raam Laxman dead

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‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ music director Raam Laxman dead

Celebrated music composer for Bollywood and Marathi films Vijay Patil of the famed ‘Raam Laxman’ duo, passed away following a heart attack here early Saturday, his family members said. He was 79.

Patil suffered a heart attack, his son Amar informed, adding that his father had taken the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine recently.

As the Raam Laxman duo, Patil, along with his partner Surendra, had composed music for many top notch Hindi and Marathi films in the past over four decades.

They include blockbuster music for films like “Maine Pyar Kiya,” “Hum Aapke Hain Koun”, “Hum Saath Saath Hain”, “Agent Vinod”, “Taraana”, “100 Days”, “Hum Se Badhkar Kaun”, among others.

Top Bollywood personalities, including Lata Mangeshkar have condoled the demise of Patil — the ‘Laxman’ of the successful team of which ‘Raam’ (Surendra) passed away 45 years ago.

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