Priyanka Chopra celebrates one year of her Indian-themed NYC restaurant

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s restaurant in New York City recently clocked a year. She took to Instagram to share a video celebrating the one-year anniversary of her restaurant which serves Indian cuisine.

Through the video, which is a collection of photographs, she highlighted how a venture that she started to introduce modern India to the world has now become a cool hangout spot in the city.

She wrote in the caption, “What started for me as another way to introduce modern India to the west, turned into an incredibly fun, cool, and awesome spot in the heart of NYC where you can let your hair down and explore culinary delights and cocktails that are so synonymous with us. As Sona turns a year old today, I couldn’t be more proud.”

She further gave a shoutout to her partners and her restaurant’s team, “My partners @maneeshkgoyal, @harinayak @davidrabin8 and the dedicated incredible team at @sonanewyork have turned their talent and passion into consistently delivering excellence and making your experience at Sona as timeless as India herself. My Heart (and stomach) is full. Here’s to many, many more!”

On the work front, Priyanka will be next seen in the forthcoming romance drama, ‘Text For You’, the web series ‘Citadel’, a Bollywood film ‘Jee Le Zaraa’, and a film adaptation of ‘Secret Daughter’.

‘RRR’: ‘Komaram Bheemudo’ was a ‘blood and sweat’ project for Jr NTR

Jr NTR, who appeared as Bheem in S.S. Rajamouli’s sensational epic ‘RRR’ is being lauded for his fierce appearance in the blockbuster.

As NTR’s ‘Komaram Bheemudo’ song is currently trending, a close source reveals that it took more than 15 days for the ‘Aadhi’ actor to wrap up this song.

‘Komaram Bheemudo’ song, which has now amassed 1.31 crore views, is currently trending all over. NTR getting publicly whipped under the orders of the tyrannical British has caught the attention of all.

Penned by Telugu’s popular lyricist Sudhala Ashok Teja, this song emotes a strong patriotic feeling.

Sung by Kaala Bhairava and composed by M M Keeravani, the ‘Komaram Bheemudo’ song shooting went on for 15 days.

NTR had to shoot with a background crowd of 600 people under scorching heat during the shoot.

“The platform was scorching hot, and Tarak had to stand barefoot on it, and regardless of how carefully the team worked, the whip tip would keep touching him”, one of the sources revealed.

The same source reveals that the shooting required NTR to have blood all over his body, which was done with many makeup men involved on the spot.

The scene depicting NTR with chains and iron boxes went wrong at one point in time, and he had to be reshot.

“Komaram Bheemudo literally took blood and sweat to be made”, the source adds.

‘Radhe Shyam’ to air on OTT from April 1

Prabhas-starrer ‘Radhe Shyam’ will see its global premiere on Prime Video from April 1.

Directed by Radha Krishna Kumar and presented by Gopi Krishna Movies and produced by UV Creations, the romance drama also stars Pooja Hegde, Sachin Khedekar, Priyadarsi Pulikonda, Bhagyashree, Jagapathi Babu, Murali Sharma, Kunaal Roy Kapoor, Riddhi Kumar, Sasha Chettri, Sathyan, and others.

The digital premiere of ‘Radhe Shyam’ starting April 1 in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

It is a love saga of two individuals who are poles apart in their approach to life, where Vikram Aditya (Prabhas) follows fate and destiny and falls for Prerna (Pooja Hegde) who immensely believes in the power of science. Radhe Shyam will be available to stream on the service starting April 1 in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada.

“Radhe Shyam is a story that echoes perfectly in this new age of boundless cinema,” says actor Prabhas.

He continues, “Visionary director Radha Krishna, Pooja Hegde, and our entire team has put in all heart and created this passionate labor of love for everyone to enjoy.

“I am very delighted to bring this saga closer to home with the digital release and hope to continue receiving all the adoration from audiences worldwide.”

Naga Shaurya’s ‘KVV’ teaser launched by Anil Ravipudi

Director Anil Ravipudi on Monday released the teaser for Naga Shaurya’s upcoming movie ‘Krishna Vrinda Vihari’.

Introducing the main lead characters of the movie, the teaser establishes a good impression for ‘Krishna Vrinda Vihari’.

What appears to be a youthful love story, the teaser hints at the chemistry between the lead pair Naga Shaurya and Shirley Setia. ‘Krishna Vrinda Vihari’ teaser establishes that Shaurya falls for Shirley, and tries his ways to impress her.

Once Shaurya succeeds in impressing her, Shirley reverts his love but tries to avoid him for her own reasons. The sizzling chemistry of the lead pair is a major attraction.

Helmed by Anish R Krishna, ‘Krishna Vrinda Vihari’ is bankrolled under Ira Creations. The movie is done with its shoot and is presently in the post-production stages. Sai Sriram’s cinematography and Mahati Swara Sagar’s background score are the other positives.

Actress Radhika will be seen in an important role in the movie being produced by Usha Mulpuri, while Shankar Prasad Mulpuri presents it.

‘Krishna Vrinda Vihari’ will be released on April 22.

Parineeti had ‘pinch me’ moment when she performed with Kumar Sanu

Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra, recently shared the stage with senior playback singer Kumar Sanu to perform the song ‘Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan’ from the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’. The actress was over the moon to have performed with her childhood idol.

She took to her Instagram to share a video from her reality show, ‘Hunarbaaz: Desh Ki Shaan’ where she is a co-judge with Mithun Chakraborty and Karan Johar. She captioned the video, “Am I really singing a duet with THE Kumar Sanu? The teenage, music student me, wouldn’t have believed it (sic).”

The video shows Parineeti and Kumar Sanu performing the duet with the actress adding her nuances to the melody.

On the work front, Parineeti is said to be working on an untitled Ribhu Dasgupta film.

Rajini congratulates Seenu Ramasamy for ‘Maa Manithan’

National Award-winning director Seenu Ramasamy on Saturday disclosed that superstar Rajinikanth, after watching his upcoming film ‘Maa Manithan’, had congratulated him wholeheartedly.

Taking to Twitter, Seenu Ramasamy said, “I did not disclose that you (referring to Rajinikanth) had watched ‘Maa Manithan’ in January and had called me up over the phone to congratulate me for my film.

“Had I disclosed then that you had called, they would have said that I was doing it to sell my film.

“The very fact that you watched the film was a blessing. That was enough for us.”

The director also went on to disclose that now the film had been sold and that its release date too had been finalised.

Producer R K Suresh, who is releasing the film, tweeted in Tamil, “Crores of thanks to ‘Maa Manithan’ Rajinikanth for appreciating our film ‘Maa Manithan’.”

Actor Raghav Tiwari recalls his modelling days

Actor Raghav Tiwari, who was seen playing a protagonist Aditya in his acting debut show ‘Hamari Wali Good News’, is in his hometown Jaipur to host a fashion show.

The actor remembers his modeling days and says: “Fashion Industry has always been very fascinating, glamorous and glittery. But it has its own merits and demerits. In my initial days, I started my career as a model. Though I was not tall enough to be a ramp model but I use to get a hell of a lot of print projects. Modeling grooms your personality and improves the way you carry yourself and gives you a confidence boost.”

Raghav feels modeling is taxing.

He says: “Modelling as a job is very taxing. When I started working as a newbie print model, I use to get at least 100 to 150 changes with not an average pay which was inhuman. Even for ramp models, it’s very taxing to maintain a certain lean physique and walk for different shows. Modeling is very competitive plus age restricted too.”

He says at the time there is not much scope left for people pursuing modeling.

“I also feel that a few years ago there was a wave of models getting recognition and fame. Veterans like John Abraham, Muzamil Ibrahim, Dino Morea, Arjun Rampal among others are at the top. But now we hardly get to know about upcoming models. So, I believe we have hell of lot of talented people in the Modeling stream too and they deserve the push in the industry,” he concludes.

Aadhi, Nikki Galrani announce their engagement

Actress Nikki Galrani and actor Aadhi have announced that they have got engaged to each other in the presence of friends and family members.

Taking to Instagram, both actors put out a series of pictures from their engagement ceremony which took place on Thursday.

The engagement ceremony was a closed affair with only close family members and friends attending it.

Aadhi said, “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. We found each other a couple of years ago & it’s official now. 24.3.2022 This day was really special to us. We got engaged in the presence of both our families. Seeking all your love & blessings as we take on this new journey together.”

Nikki Galrani too posted the same message on her timeline on Instagram.

Both actors have been seeing each other for quite some time and have worked together in at least a couple of films including ‘Maragadha Naanayam’ and ‘Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakha’.

Congratulatory messages and wishes began pouring in as soon as the couple announced their engagement.

Rakul Preet Singh on ‘Attack’: We are all prepared for films like this

John Abraham-starrer ‘Attack’ is all about a cybertronic humanoid super-soldier developed to combat terrorism. The film’s actress Rakul Preet Singh agrees that it is different but the audiences are prepared for new films like this.

During the promotion of the film in Noida, Rakul talked about working in the film, which has a new concept.

“The experience was great and I would just like to add that we are all prepared for films like this. We have been watching these ‘Spiderman’ movies, we have been watching all sorts of action films. We lap it up we love them but because we haven’t seen anything in our own country we think we are not ready for it but if India was not ready there wouldn’t have been such a huge market for international films.”

She added: “So I think my whole experience became more special because I was ready to take that risk and plunge into a genre and say ‘Made in India’ something that is international level and not been seen or done before. That is what ‘Attack’ is.”

‘Attack’ is directed by Lakshya Raj Anand. It is based on a story by John Abraham, who stars in the film alongside Jacqueline Fernandez and Rakul. The film is scheduled to be released on April 1.

Mahesh Babu congratulates ‘RRR’ team; Calls the film ‘Epic’

Congratulating the team of director S.S. Rajamouli’s magnum opus ‘RRR’ for making a film that was ‘epic’, Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu on Saturday said the “scale, grandeur, visuals, music and emotions” of the film were “unimaginable, breathtaking and simply stunning.”

Taking to Twitter to register his thoughts on the just-released film, which has already gone on to emerge as India’s biggest blockbuster, Mahesh Babu, said, “There are films and then there are SS Rajamouli films! ‘RRR’ E.P.I.C!! The scale, grandeur visuals, music & emotions are unimaginable, breathtaking, and simply stunning!

“Junior NTR and Ram Charan grow beyond their stardom and come out with performances which are out of this world!! The law of gravity didn’t seem to exist in the ‘Natu-Natu’ song! They were literally flying!!

“Hats off to the entire team of ‘RRR’ for executing this mammoth project!! So so proud! Congratulations.”

‘RRR’, which features Junior NTR and Ram Charan in the lead, was released on Friday in theatres worldwide. The film, which has come in for rave reviews, has smashed all box office records on Day 1 and has now emerged as the number one opener of Indian cinema.