Vijay recalls cycling down to polling booth in rare interview

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Vijay recalls cycling down to polling booth in rare interview

Actor Vijay, who is called ‘Thalapathy’ in Tamil Nadu, finally appeared in front of a TV channel for an interview, ahead of the release of his film ‘Beast’.

The ‘Theri’ actor had an elaborate interaction, as he spoke of an unexpected incident in his life.

Previously, during the Tamil Nadu elections in 2021, the ‘Master’ star made headlines by cycling from his home to the polling station, attracting a large crowd of bikers on the road who kept up with him.

Recalling the incident, Vijay said, “The booth is really close to my house. As I came out to start off, my son told me to take his bicycle, as I was wondering how to park my car at the polling booth.”

Vijay further explained, “I just went with the idea, only to realize that I was followed by many, and many news channels even aired it live. I didn’t expect such a huge reaction. Seeing it, my son called and asked, ‘Is my cycle good?’ I just laughed off.”

Vijay, however, had refrained from media interviews and appearing for movie promotions on media channels for a long time now.

Quoting the reason behind his decision not to appear before the media, Vijay stated that he was once misquoted by a newspaper, and hence forbid himself from attending movie-related interviews.

Vijay’s ‘Beast’ is all set for theatrical release on April 13, in which he is paired with Pooja Hegde.

I implore you to make some space in your hearts for Yash: ‘KGF’ director

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I implore you to make some space in your hearts for Yash: ‘KGF’ director

The pre-release event of the Yash- starrer ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ was held in Hyderabad. Speaking at the event, director Prashanth Neel spoke highly of Kannada hero Yash.

Prashanth Neel, who spoke at the press meet on Monday, said, “I request the Telugu audience to give a small place in your hearts for Yash. He will charm you as Rocky Bhaay in ‘KGF 2’ as well”.

The director also showered praise on Prabhas, Rajamouli, and Shobu Yarlagadda, the men behind ‘Baahubali 2’, which he considers an inspiration.

“Before the release of ‘Baahubali’, the pan-India market was a pipedream. Rajamouli sir opened up the pan-India market to everyone, and he paved the way with Baahubali. He is an inspiration to any Indian filmmaker,” Prashanth Neel said.

‘Haemolymph’ teaser shows repercussions of lead character’s false implication

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‘Haemolymph’ teaser shows repercussions of lead character’s false implication

The teaser and poster of the upcoming biopic ‘Haemolymph’ were released on Tuesday.

The film, helmed by a debutant director and writer Sudarshan Gamare, is based on the false implication of a school teacher named Abdul Wahid Shaikh and it showcases how it ruined his life.

The teaser shows how an innocent school teacher gets falsely accused and how his and his family’s life is turned upside down. The poster also echoes the same communication. ‘Haemolymph’ – The invisible blood refers to the spilled blood of people who don’t matter or who are treated like insects.

Commenting on the launch, writer and director Sudarshan Gamare says, “A lot of people told me not to make this film as my first film, but when I heard about Wahid and started reading more, I thought this is an important film which needs to be told.”

“The more I started researching the more engrossed I got and started to think, about how one false implication can spoil not only the person’s life but also others around him. When we decided to make the film, I didn’t want it to be a biopic but I wanted to highlight certain stories whose lives have been ruined”, he adds.

The film, which stars newcomer Riyaz Anwar in the lead role of Abdul Wahid Shaikh, is slated to hit the theaters on May 27.

Talking about his role, Riyaz Anwar says, “When Sudarshan approached me with the thought of the film, I immediately jumped onto it. We both did a lot of readings and research, what hit us the most was how one false statement ruined an innocent’s life and the struggle he had to go through for 9 years to get the truth out.”

Produced by Tikatbari and AB Films Entertainment in association with Adiman Films and co-produced by ND9 Studios, the film has been written and directed by Sudarshan Gamare.

It also stars Rohit Kokate, Ankit Mhatre, Dutta Jadhav, Nilam Kulkarni, Ruchira Jadhav, Sunil Tambe, and Vijaya Mahajan, and Sagar Pable. Mujtaba Aziz Naza has done the background score with Rohan Rajan Mapuskar taking the onus of cinematography.

Kangana Ranaut sports seven looks for ‘Dhaakad’!

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Kangana Ranaut sports seven looks for ‘Dhaakad’!

Actress Kangana Ranaut has sported seven strong and intense looks for her upcoming film ‘Dhaakad’, whose trailer is all set to drop on Tuesday.

As Agent Agni, the actress will stun audiences with her seven different looks and multiple combat scenes which have been designed and choreographed by international technicians. Kangana Ranaut will be seen in unique hairdos and in combat attire showcasing her warrior avatar.

Along with the trailer, the actress will surprise the audience with an action-packed first look on the big screen as it will be attached to ‘KGF: Chapter 2’.

Director Razneesh Ghai adds, “A new action star is on the rise, with Dhaakad, Kangana truly becomes the master of disguises. Each look is unique and we’ve never seen Kangana do an action like this before”

The film also stars Divya Dutta and Arjun Rampal as the antagonists. ‘Dhaakad’ will see Arjun and Kangana battling each other and their duels are clearly to be relished on the big screen. It is no less than the clash of the titans and the combat sequences have a never seen quality to them.

‘Dhaakad’ is designed as an international level spy thriller, directed by Razneesh Razy Ghai and produced by Deepak Mukut and Sohel Maklai.

It is presented by Soham Rockstar Entertainment Pvt Ltd in association with Kamal Mukut, Sohel Maklai Productions, and Asylum films.

Vidyut Jammwal looks back on 9 years of ‘Commando: A One Man Army’

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Vidyut Jammwal looks back on 9 years of ‘Commando: A One Man Army’

Action hero Vidyut Jammwal’s film ‘Commando: A One Man Army’ has clocked nine years of its release on Tuesday and the actor has gone down memory lane.

‘Commando: A One Man Army’ is the first installment in the action thriller series. Starring Jammwal, Pooja Chopra, Jaideep Alhawat, Adah Sharma, Esha Gupta, and Freddy Daruwala, the movie revolves around the story of Karan, a disavowed Indian commando, who helps protect a woman from a local thug who is hellbent on forcing her to marry him.

Vidyut, who is trained in the martial art of Kalaripayattu, performed his own stunts and martial arts in the film’s action sequences.

Remembering the film, Vidyut says, “I’m grateful that the audience embraced the action thriller and showered so much love for the part I essayed. A hero is someone who inspires us to be better and playing Karan gave me the canvas and opportunity to make that impact.

“The film was received with quite a lot of excitement. The highlights for me were the action sequences and the stunts. Nine years of the film brings back memories of what this film meant for action movie fans.”

He is currently shooting for ‘IB 71’ and also announced to star in ‘Sher Singh Raana’.

Bhumi Pednekar: I’ve always relied on my instincts to choose projects

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Bhumi Pednekar: I’ve always relied on my instincts to choose projects

Actress Bhumi Pednekar, who has been a part of content-driven entertainers such as ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’, ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’, ‘Shubh Mangal Savdhan’, ‘Lust Stories’ and ‘Badhaai Do’, says that as an artist she has always relied on her instincts to choose projects.

Courtesy of her work, Bhumi is now the face of seven brands and is thrilled about her rise and rise in Bollywood.

She says, “It’s been a great start to my post-pandemic career as Badhaai Do became a rage amongst audiences. When films do well, they result in your equity rise and I have been blessed to have found constant spike points like these in my career.

“I can only be thankful for these milestones in my life. They motivate me to constantly look out for cinema that defines our time and generation.”

She adds, “I have always relied on my instincts as an artist to choose projects.”

“I have tried to pick the best scripts that I felt will not only deliver wholesome entertainment to audiences but will also give them something supremely fresh as content. I’m glad these punts have worked for me so far and made me carve my niche in the Hindi film industry.”

Bhumi has a mighty slate of films that includes Anubhav Sinha’s ‘Bheed’, Ajay Bahl’s ‘The Ladykiller’, Shashank Khaitan’s ‘Govinda Aala Re’, Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Raksha Bandhan’, Sudhir Mishra’s ‘Afwaa’ and Gauri Khan produced ‘Bhakshak’.

PM Modi is named for the first Lata D. Mangeshkar recognition award

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PM Modi is named for the first Lata D. Mangeshkar recognition award

Head of the state Narendra Modi will be presented the First Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award at the yearly 80th Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards service here the following week, a relative expressed here on Monday.

The new honor will be given to Modi in a capacity to be mutually coordinated by the late Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratisthan, Pune, and Hridayesh Arts.

The declaration of the new honor and other awardees was made by Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar here, to be offered on April 24, the 80th passing commemoration of his dad, Master Deenanath Mangeshkar, at the occasion to be managed by Usha Mangeshkar.

The honors in different fields were supported and presented for a long time by the late Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar who died here on February 6.

The Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award will be given to just a single individual consistently, as chosen by the family legal administrators, and the debut honor will be presented on the PM in the Special Individual classification.

The late Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar will be given to Rahul Deshpande, (Indian Music), Asha Parekh, Jackie Shroff, (Special Award for committed administrations to Indian film).

Furthermore, the popular Mumbai Dabbawalas will likewise be presented with the distinction for devoted Social Work and Sanjay Chaya for Drama.

Jr NTR finishes 25 years in the Telugu entertainment industry.

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Jr NTR finishes 25 years in the Telugu entertainment industry.

‘RRR’ entertainer Jr NTR, who sparkled as Komaram Bheem, has finished 25 years in the Telugu entertainment world.

April 11 denotes the 25th commemoration of Jr NTR’s first film ‘Ramayanam’, otherwise called ‘Bala Ramayanam’.

Jr NTR had made his presentation as a kid entertainer with ‘Bala Ramayanam’, which was delivered on this date in 1997. NTR, who was a traditional artist, had gotten the notice of the projecting group, who had him on board to exposition the job of Rama.

‘Shakuntalam’ chief Gunasekhar used the amplifier for this fanciful dramatization which displayed Jr NTR as Lord Rama.

The film had packed away two Nandi Awards – Best Children Film (Gold) and Best Child Actress (Swathi as Ravana) in 1998. Including in excess of 3,000 kids, ‘Bala Ramayanam’ was created under Shabdhalaya Theaters.

With a celebrated lifetime of 25 years, Jr NTR has worked in the north of 30 movies, some of which are blockbuster hits. His profession is packed with gigantic hits, for example, ‘Aadi’, ‘Simhadri’, ‘Temper’, ‘Janatha Garage’, and ‘Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava’.

‘RRR’, which marks S.S. Rajamouli’s fourth cooperation with Jr NTR, is the entertainer’s first container India film. Known for his multi-phonetic methodology, Jr NTR will be next seen in ‘NTR30’ coordinated by Koratala Siva. He will likewise be featuring in Prashanth Neel’s impending executive.

Ranbir opens up on his body makeover and his trainer

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Ranbir opens up on his body makeover and his trainer

Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor, who has been going through multiple body transformations for his upcoming films, shares how constantly working with his fitness coach Shivoham has actually helped him to understand his body and diet much better than ever before.

While the Bollywood star is waiting for “Shamshera”, he also has two interesting films lined up – Luv Ranjan’s untitled next, and Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s “Animal”.

Earlier, Ranbir had undergone a huge body transformation for the film “Sanju”.

About working closely with Shivoham, his trainer, Ranbir said: “I am doing a Rom-Com now, so the demand was to look lean, fit and not have a muscular body, have a lean face and toned body. Then we are doing our second film together, which is ‘Animal’. Of course, there is a younger version of the character where I will be the same, then the version of the character which is muscular so we will take a couple of months to build muscles and I think that’s going to be very challenging for me. After ‘Sanju’, this will be the second time I am doing this so I am really looking forward to that journey with my trainer as well.”

He also mentioned how with time he understood the importance of eating right because he said how losing fat becomes tougher with age.

About his journey with Shivoham, the 39-year-old, said: “It’s really been quite a lifestyle change for me in terms of fitness and inculcating functional training, mixing with weights, doing a lot of ring work, German volume. Understanding diet better. As I’m getting older, you know, losing fat gets a little tougher. I think my trainer has really helped me understand my body better in terms of diet and fitness.

“The workouts are never boring, otherwise gym is such a boring place to be at. And now, just coming to the gym and improvising with different kinds of workouts, I think that’s really awesome.”

Vidya Balan wished to write to Satyajit Ray, work with him

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Vidya Balan wished to write to Satyajit Ray, work with him

She was just a teenager when she secretly wrote a letter to her favorite filmmaker Satyajit Ray but didn’t post it. Naturally, when he passed away suddenly, she felt heartbroken for many reasons.

Many moons later, that teenager, who is now one of the successful stars of Bollywood, Vidya Balan, talking in an interview, opened her heart and shared her wish to work with her favorite filmmaker and how Bengali cinema influenced her.

Vidya told IANS: “If I write a letter to Mr. Ray today, it would read ‘I wish you had lived longer.’ You know even today, I would have loved to work with him. I know everyone talks about Ray’s ‘Pather Panchali’ and ‘Charulata’ but ‘Mahanagar’ is one of my favorite films. The film impacted me so deeply. I wish he lived longer and I could have worked with him repeatedly in multiple films.”

Vidya also mentioned that more than often people told her that her side profile looks like young Madhavi Chatterjee, the legendary actress who played the protagonist in “Charulata” and that is “flattering” for her.

The fangirl in her does not stop there as she shared: “I have a poster collection of Ray’s films like ‘Mahanagar’ and also a painting that filled with a canvas full of characters from his films! I have many decorative pieces in my home, inspired by Ray’s work. My home is full of Ray. I have huge love and respect for Bengali cinema and culture.”

No wonder her film debut happened in 2003 with “Bhalo Theko” before Bollywood.

Interestingly, her Bollywood debut also happened in 2005 with “Parineeta”, based on a Bengali novel of the same name.

Currently, the actress is celebrating the success of her recently-released “Jalsa”. Talking about how she started enjoying playing characters that are the exact opposite of who she is in reality, Vidya said: “The fact that in both the recent release of mine, ‘Sherni’ and ‘Jalsa’, my characters are so different from who I am in real life has a role to play, in terms of choosing those scripts.

“I was playing the opposite of who I am in reality. But I also believe that there is a Maya Menon and Vidya inside me that I got a chance to tap into while performing them on-screen. I believe there are many people living inside us, the more you connect yourself and search within, you realize that.”

While it is quite interesting how her character ‘Maya’ in “Jalsa” is morally complex, Vidya explains how the name of the character justifies its action.

“Initially when I read the script, I was judging her. But thankfully better sense prevailed and I realized that I am no one to judge what and why someone does, under a certain situation. So when I was playing Maya Menon, I wasn’t judging her.

“What was interesting for me about her was, that Maya is inscrutable. What you see is not what she is…you see, the meaning of the word ‘Maya’ is an illusion. So, that way, she is an illusion. I think that is why Suresh (Triveni, the director of the film) named her Maya.”

Directed by Suresh Triveni and produced by Abundantia Entertainment, “Jalsa” is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

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