Abhishek Pathak explains why Akshaye was first choice for ‘Drishyam 2’

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Abhishek Pathak explains why Akshaye was first choice for ‘Drishyam 2’

‘Drishyam 2’ director Abhishek Pathak has talked about how Akshaye Khanna was the perfect fit for the film.

Speaking about the character of Akshaye Khanna, the director of the film Abhishek Pathak expressed, “In Drishyam 2, we have Tabu and Ajay Devgn confronting each other and I wanted someone of that level or even beyond that. The entire character was designed keeping this in mind, we never thought that we would write it and then think of casting.”

“From the 1st day itself, when we started writing the Cop character – we had Akshaye in mind, his image and his personality. That made it very easy for us, as we knew what we would bring to the table. He was always the first option and my first thought for this character and we are very happy with it.”

Other than Akshaye Khanna, Ajay Devgn and Tabu, the film also stars Shriya Saran and Ishita Dutta in pivotal roles.

Viacom18 Studios Presents Gulshan Kumar, T-Series and Panorama Studios present, Drishyam 2 produced by Bhushan Kumar, Kumar Mangat Pathak, Abhishek Pathak and Krishan Kumar. The original score and music is by Rockstar DSP (Devi Sri Prasad).

Directed by Abhishek Pathak, Drishyam 2 is set to release theatrically on November 18.

Huma Qureshi faced rejection because of her weight

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Huma Qureshi faced rejection because of her weight

At a time when body-shaming and bullying is the easiest way to target an individual, Huma Qureshi is all set for the release of her upcoming film based on self-love and body positivity – ‘Double XL’.

The actress shares that she has faced body-shaming and has even got rejected for a film because of her weight.

In an interview with media, Huma shared how the story of ‘Double XL’ came to life.

“This movie started as a fun conversation with my friends and family-we were all in my living room, and all the actors were complaining about the ‘post lockdown weight gain’ and Mudassar Aziz wrote a story around it,” said Huma.

The 36-year-old actress revealed that director Satram Ramani asked her to gain weight for ‘Double XL’: “We were just eating and eating. It was just burger lao, pizza lao between action and cut.”

Asked how responsible is Bollywood for setting a bench mark for beauty standards, Huma blames the society for making people believe that a “certain weight is acceptable.”

Talking to media, the actress, who made her acting debut in 2012 with ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’, shared that she had been rejected because of her weight in the past.

Huma said: “I got rejected due to weight and in a review of my film, someone wrote, ‘Huma adds too much weight to be a mainstream leading lady’.”

She shared that she resonates with every woman who has been let down by their looks, size, or colour. The ‘Bell Bottom’ actress believes her movie ‘Double XL’ will change the mindset of society.

‘Double XL’ also stars Sonakshi Sinha, Zaheer Iqbal and Mahat Raghavendra. It is all set to release on November 4.

Akshay Kumar to play Chhatrapati Shivaji in ‘Vedat Marathe Veer Daudle Saat’

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Akshay Kumar to play Chhatrapati Shivaji in ‘Vedat Marathe Veer Daudle Saat’

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar is collaborating with director Mahesh Manjrekar for a Marathi period drama titled ‘Vedat Marathe Veer Daudle Saat’. The actor will essay the role of emperor Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the film. This will be Akshay Kumar’s foray in the Marathi film industry.

Talking about the project, Akshay Kumar said in a statement: “It’s a dream come true role for me. I think to portray Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on the big screen is a very huge responsibility. I was taken aback when Raj sir asked me to portray this role. Also, I will be working for the first time with Mahesh Manjrekar, and it is going to be an experience”.

The film, which is a dream project for actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar, is based on the story of the seven valiant warriors who had the sole aim of bringing Shivaji Maharaj’s dream of Swarajya to reality, writing one of the most glorious pages of history.

The film recently had its mahurat shot event in Mumbai, which was attended by the likes of Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde, political leader and MNS Chief Shri Raj Thakeray, Mahesh Manjrekar, producer Vaseem Qureshi and the starcast of the film.

Director Mahesh V. Manjrekar said in a statement: “‘Vedat Marathe Veer Daudle Saat’ is my dream project, I have been working on it for the past 7 years, it is a subject that needs that much attention and research. It is by far the biggest and grandest Marathi film to be made and with its release India-wide, I want people to know the story of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the most powerful Hindu King.”

He further mentioned: “I am very fortunate to have Akshay Kumar on board to play the character of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, I believe he’s perfect for the role”.

The film also has an ensemble cast of Jay Dudhane, Utkarsha Shinde, Vishal Nikam, Virat Madke, Hardik Joshi, Satya, Akshay, Nawab Khan and Praveen Tarde.

Produced by Vaseem Qureshi, ‘Vedat Marathe Veer Daudale Saat’, will soon start rolling its camera with its theatrical release date set for Diwali 2023. The film will be released in Marathi, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

Chuffed with box-office success, ‘Sardar’ producer gifts director Mithran a car

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Chuffed with box-office success, ‘Sardar’ producer gifts director Mithran a car

With Karthi-starrer ‘Sardar’ going on to emerge a big hit, its producer Lakshman Kumar has presented director P. S. Mithran a brand new car.

Sources close to the unit of the film said that producer Lakshman Kumar, who is thoroughly pleased with the success of the film, has presented the film’s director P. S. Mithran a Toyota Fortuner.

The film, which released on October 21, has been doing exceptionally well in theatres. In fact, the resounding success of the film had recently prompted its makers to announce a sequel to the film.

The film, which had Karthi playing two characters with one of them being the role of a spy, also had a crucial socially relevant message on the significance of water.

Apart from Karthi, the film also featured Chunkey Pandey, Laila, Rajisha Vijayan and Raashi Khanna among others. Music for the film was scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar and cinematography was by George C. Williams.

In the sequel too, Karthi will be seen playing a spy with the action shifting to Cambodia.

Actress Rambha: I’m out of danger because support and love from you all.

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Actress Rambha: I’m out of danger because support and love from you all.

Tollywood actress Rambha, who was asked by the audience to get out of the health injures of her kids for pray after the car accident had happened in the Canada, thanked for the fans for the well-being of her family.

Giving the Instagram live for first time, Actress Rambha said: “My fans and well-wishers and audience, who loving me all over the world, whoever prayed for me, to get speedy health recovery from the accident injuries, I saying you all thanks for those prayers from my heart.” added to that “Thanks you very much for every one again. My kids and I are very safe here because of your love and support.”

The actress also finalized that her daughter Sasha who was a very danger situation in hospital, had been came to home from hospital and my kids are very safe presently. So now I am very happy, now words to say about my happiness. She also added that through your all prayers, we had came out from the danger.

Rambha has also shared movement happened in accident that I went school for my kids to return back to home after completed school. Beside of our car, suddenly one vehicle came and crashed my car then we all got injures. She also posted some some pictures from the hospital and crashed car photos.

Wedding bells for Hansika Motwani

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Wedding bells for Hansika Motwani

Actress Hansika Motwani, who has been a part of several superhit films in Tamil and Telugu, is to wed entrepreneur Sohael Khaturiya soon.

Entrepreneur Sohael Khaturiya owns the popular garment brand, Avant.

On Wednesday, the actress took to Instagram to post a series of pictures including one that showed her future husband going down on a knee to propose to her in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

The pictures also showed the words ‘Marry Me’ made using flowers in the background during the proposal.

Hansika, who posted a series of five pictures of the proposal, wrote, “Now and Forever”.

Several top celebrities have been congratulating Hansika ever since she put out the post.

Actresses Anushka Shetty, Khushbu, DD and Sriya Reddy were among those who congratulated the actress on Instagram.

Teaser of Kajal Aggarwal-starrer ‘Ghosty’ garners a million views in a day

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Teaser of Kajal Aggarwal-starrer ‘Ghosty’ garners a million views in a day

The teaser of director Kalyaan’s upcoming supernatural comedy thriller “Ghosty”, featuring actress Kajal Aggarwal in the lead, has garnered a whopping one million views within a day of being released on YouTube.

Produced by Seed Pictures, the film is a comedy investigation-thriller set against the backdrop of a mental hospital.

Kajal Aggarwal plays double action in the film, which also features a series of stars including actors Yogi Babu, K.S. Ravikumar, Redin Kingsley, Thangadurai, Jagan, Oorvasi, Sathyan, Aadukalam Naren, Manobala, Motta Rajendran, Mayilsamy, Saminaathan, Devadarshini, Suresh Menon, Subbu Panchu Arunachalam, Livingston, Santhana Bharathi, and Mathan Babu.

Kajal plays two characters in the film — a cop and an actress. A mistake committed by the actress results in the cop becoming a prisoner of a spirit. The cop, desperate to break free from the clutches of the spirit, employs seers and magicians but nothing works. How she breaks free from the spirit is what “Ghosty” is all about.

“Ghosty” has been directed by Kalyaan, best known for having directed films like “Gulaebhaghavali” and “Jackpot”.

Jacob Rathinaraj is the director of Photography of the film, which has editing by Vijay Velukutty and music is by Sam C.S.

Puneeth Rajkumar awarded ‘Karnataka Ratna’ posthumously

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Puneeth Rajkumar awarded ‘Karnataka Ratna’ posthumously

Karnataka government conferred ‘Karnataka Ratna’ award to late Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar on Tuesday at a grand function held in the premises of the Vidhana Soudha.

Thousands of fans witnessed the programme amid rains and cheered the recognition to their favourite star in the presence of Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, Telugu superstar Jr NTR and Indian author, educator, philanthropist and chairperson of Infosys Foundation Sudha Murthy.

Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar, the wife of the late actor, received Mysuru peta (traditional cap) and award as thousands cheered and celebrated the moment.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his cabinet colleagues were also present on the occasion.

On the occasion, Rajinikanth who spoke in Kannada, gave a message of unity by stating that “he would pray before Rajarajeshwari (Hindu goddess), Allah and Jesus that all should live like brothers without differentiation of caste and religion.”

The statement by Rajinikanth assumed importance in the wake of recent social unrest in the state.

Rajinikanth further stated Appu (Puneeth Rajkumar) was a son of the God. That kid was with us for sometime and after spending some time, showing the talent he has again united with the God.”

“It is raining and I can’t take much time. I will talk about Appu, when I come here in future. I heard that when the Karnataka Ratna award was given to his father Dr Rajkumar, it rained. I congratulate the Karnataka government on behalf of Puneeth’s fans for conferring him this award,” Rajinikanth stated.

Telugu superstar Jr NTR who also spoke in Kannada, stated, Puneeth Rajkumar won the entire state without ego and without waging war. He is the only person to achieve this feat, he stated.

Human beings get heritage and surnames from elderly. However, personality is what an individual develops. With that personality, smile, without any egos. “I am here on the stage not as a superstar but, I am here as his proud friend. I thank the Karnataka government for making me part of this programme,” he stated.

Puneeth was a great superstar of Karnataka, proud son, husband, father, friend, actor, dancer and singer. Along with all this, he was a great human being. “I can’t see the royal smile on anyone’s face that adored Puneeth’s face,” he stated.

After receiving the award, Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar thanked the people of the state and the government.

Armaan Maalik collaborates with Rochak Kohli for love track ‘Bas Tujhse Pyaar Ho’

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Armaan Maalik collaborates with Rochak Kohli for love track ‘Bas Tujhse Pyaar Ho’

Playback singer Armaan Malik, who has scored an MTV EMA nomination for his English single, “You”, is set to collaborate with composer Rochak Kohli, who is known for composing “Paani Da Rang” from the Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer “Vicky Donor”.

The song, titled “Bas Tujhse Pyaar Ho”, is a love track that guarantees to tug at the heartstrings. The music video of the song features Malik alongside actress Vedika Pinto. Together, they relive nostalgic moments in love in the music video directed by Charit Desai.

Talking about the song, Armaan said in a statement: “Bringing ‘Bas Tujhse Pyaar Ho’ to life wouldn’t have been possible without the unparalleled support of Bhushan Ji and T-Series. Such songs aren’t made often – the melody by Rochak and lyrics by Kumaar have that super fresh and modern approach yet maintaining the old world romantic charm we all love.”

“Rarely I get attracted to a song instantly, but ‘Bas Tujhse Pyaar Ho’ got me hooked right from the moment I heard it. I’m particularly excited about the video which is directed by the amazing Charit Desai and features Vedika Pinto as the female lead, who I absolutely adore. I’m keen to see how fans react to our on-screen chemistry.”

Produced by Bhushan Kumar of music label T-Series, “Bas Tujhse Pyaar Ho” will be out soon on the T-Series’ YouTube channel.

Varun on ‘Bhediya’: This is the wildest character I have played

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Varun on ‘Bhediya’: This is the wildest character I have played

Actor Varun Dhawan, who has gone through rigorous prep sessions to step into the shoes of a man slowly turning into a mythical wolf, says his latest character in the upcoming creature comedy from ‘Bhediya’ is the wildest character he has ever played.

Varun says, “I agreed to do Bhediya after hearing just the one line idea. I’ve never wanted to let go of the film ever since, and was in constant touch with the producers. This is the wildest character I have played. While it may have been my first foray into the creature comedy genre, Amar had done Stree earlier and was very hands-on with the whole process.”

“My biggest dream as an actor is to entertain through a diverse array of roles. ‘Bhediya’ is the most important addition to that endeavour”.

Jio Studios and Dinesh Vijan present, ‘Bhediya’.

A Maddock Films production, directed by Amar Kaushik, produced by Dinesh Vijan and starring Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon, Deepak Dobriyal and Abhishek Banerjee among others, is releasing in cinemas Pan-India in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil in 2D and 3D on November 25.

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