Actress abduction case: Memory card to be sent for scientific examination

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Actress abduction case: Memory card to be sent for scientific examination

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the trial court to send for scientific examination the memory card containing crucial evidence in the 2017 actress abduction case in which actor Dileep is one of the accused.

The prosecution and the victim had expressed their deep dissatisfaction over reports that the hash value in the memory card, which was in possession of the trial court, had changed.

They had approached the trial court with a petition seeking to send it for scientific examination, but it was turned down, forcing them to approach the high court.

During the trial, even though the high court had pointed out that there has been a change in the hash value, none of the visuals pertaining to the victim was seen.

While the counsel for Dileep strongly opposed handing over the memory card for scientific examination, the counsels for the other two parties vehemently argued for it and the court agreed for the same this morning.

The court directed that in two days’ time, once this order comes out, the trial court should hand over the memory card to State Forensic Laboratory. In a week’s time it should submit a report in a sealed cover to the probe team which, in turn, should hand it over to the court, it added.

James Cameron planning to leave ‘Avatar’ franchise after third sequel

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James Cameron planning to leave ‘Avatar’ franchise after third sequel

Filmmaker James Cameron, who is awaiting the release of his upcoming fantasy epic ‘Avatar: The Way of the Water’, has shared that he might stop directing the films in the franchise after the third sequel, reports Variety.

The director told ‘Empire’ magazine that he’s considering leaving the world of Pandora behind for other projects down the line and would pass on the baton to other deserving filmmakers in the process.

The first ‘Avatar sequel, subtitled ‘The Way of Water’, is set to hit theatres on December 16. A third film in the ‘Avatar’ series was shot back-to-back with ‘The Way of the Water’ and is eyeing a release in 2024.

Cameron told ‘Empire’ magazine, as quoted by ‘Variety’: “The ‘Avatar’ films themselves are kind of all-consuming. I’ve got some other things I’m developing as well that are exciting.

“I think eventually over time — I don’t know if that’s after three or after four — I’ll want to pass the baton to a director that I trust to take over, so I can go do some other stuff that I’m also interested in. Or maybe not. I don’t know.”

Even so, Cameron expressed excitement about the potential to watch his grand plan for the ‘Avatar saga come to fruition.

“Movie four is a corker. It’s a mo**********. I hope I get to make it. But it depends on market forces. Three is in the can so it’s coming out regardless. I hope that we get to make four and five because it’s one big story, ultimately.”

Cameron has stepped away from the director’s chair for projects that he has poured years into, starting with 2019’s ‘Alita: Battle Angel’, which was ultimately helmed by Robert Rodriguez, although he stayed attached to the production as an executive producer and co-writer.

Allu Arjun chills with family in Tanzania before ‘Pushpa’ sequel shoot

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Allu Arjun chills with family in Tanzania before ‘Pushpa’ sequel shoot

Before ‘Icon Star’ Allu Arjun gets busy with the shoot of the Sukumar-directed sequel of ‘Pushpa: The Rise’, which is scheduled to start in August or September, he is taking a break at the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

The actor’s wife, Allu Sneha, posted a family photo from the vacation on her Instagram page. In the photo, Allu Arjun is seen having a good time with his wife and children — son Allu Ayan and daughter Allu Arha. The image featuring the Allu family has gone viral on social media.

The scripting for the sequel, ‘Pushpa: The Rule’, is said to have been completed and Allu Arjun is expected to return to Hyderabad sometime soon to start preparing for the shoot.

In ‘Pushpa: The Rise’, Allu Arjun plays an underdog who becomes the boss of a sandalwood smuggling syndicate. The sequel will see him being the boss, taking on the powers that be, including his bete noir, the cop played by Fahad Faasil.

Rashmika Mandanna, who plays Pushpa’s love interest, Srivalli, will have a bigger role in the sequel, according to the makers. There’s much speculation, meanwhile, over Tamil star, Vijay Sethupathi, fresh from his dream run in Kamal Haasan’s ‘Vikram’, joining the cast, but the makers of Pushpa are not saying anything about it.

‘Vikram Vedha’ makers clear the air on film’s shoot locations

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‘Vikram Vedha’ makers clear the air on film’s shoot locations

After a media report claimed that the shooting location of the upcoming neo-noir action thriller, ‘Vikram Vedha’, was changed from Uttar Pradesh to Dubai at the behest of Hrithik Roshan, the makers of the film have issued a clarification.

They said that only a small portion of the film was shot in the UAE back in October-November of 2021 as it was the only location that provided the infrastructure for a bio-bubble for a film of such a big scale.

Reliance Entertainment, which has bankrolled the project, said in a statement, “We have been noticing a lot of misleading and unsubstantiated reporting on ‘Vikram Vedha’ shooting locations. We want to state that Vikram Vedha has been shot extensively in India, including Lucknow.”

The statement added: “A portion of the film was shot in the United Arab Emirates in October-November of 2021 since it was the only location providing the infrastructure for a bio-bubble that accommodated a crew of such scale, also allowing the building of sets in a studio during the preceding months of the shoot.

“We chose to do that out of health and protocol concerns. Any attempt to twist these sets of facts is mischievous and untruthful.”

‘Vikram Vedha’, which is based on the Indian folktale, ‘Vikram aur Betal’, tells the story of a tough police officer who sets out to track down and hunt a menacing gangster. The film stars Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan playing the leads with Radhika Apte in a prominent role.

The makers further mentioned in their statement, “Also we would like to emphatically state that at Reliance Entertainment while we welcome suggestions from creative talent, the production, and budgetary decisions are a centralized prerogative.”

‘Vikram Vedha’, which commenced filming in October 2021, is presented by Gulshan Kumar, T-Series Films, and Reliance Entertainment in association with Friday Filmworks and YNOT Studios.

The film is directed by Pushkar and Gayatri and produced by S. Sashikanth and Bhushan Kumar. The film, which additionally stars Rohit Saraf, Yogita Bihani, Sharib Hashmi, and Satyadeep Mishra, is set to have a worldwide theatrical release on September 30, 2022.

Ranveer Singh likely to host ‘Bigg Boss OTT 2’

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Ranveer Singh likely to host ‘Bigg Boss OTT 2’

After the successful season of ‘Bigg Boss OTT 1’ hosted by Karan Johar, a source close to the reality show say that popular Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has replaced him for the next season.

Nothing has been confirmed officially, though, and no announcement has been made yet.

The source said: “Makers have started working on the second season of Bigg Boss OTT. As they couldn’t get dates from Karan Johar, the makers have finalized Ranveer Singh to host the show. He has earlier worked for the channel for another reality TV show, The Big Picture.”

The second season will also have five contestants. Popular TV stars Kanchi Singh, Mahesh Shetty, and Pooja Gor have been finalized. The source also said that the makers are keen on getting Sambhavna Seth and Poonam Pandey on board, but the actresses are yet to sign up.

Divya Agarwal emerged as the winner of the first season and Nishant Bhatt was named the runner-up. Popular actress Shamita Shetty made a flurry of headlines during the show.

Bigg Boss OTT will stream on Voot Select.

Ajay Devgn starts helming ‘Bholaa’, his fourth film as director

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Ajay Devgn starts helming ‘Bholaa’, his fourth film as director

After his last directorial venture, the aviation-thriller ‘Runway 34’, Ajay Devgn is set to direct another film, his fourth directorial, which will be an emotional drama titled ‘Bhola’. The film stars Tabu and himself.

The film is in the production stage and Ajay will finish principal photography on the film by August 20.

Asked how he managed to shoot the film so quickly post his April release Runway 34, the actor said, “Well the preparation was done earlier on. It was just a question of getting behind the camera again and saying the three magic words- lights, camera, action.”

Bhola is set for release in theatres on March 30, 2023.

Meanwhile, on the acting front, Ajay has Maidaan, Thank God, and Drishyam 2 lined up for release. He will also be seen in a cameo in Rohit Shetty’s Cirkus.

Has Lindsay Lohan married secretly? Her latest Insta post suggests so

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Has Lindsay Lohan married secretly? Her latest Insta post suggests so

Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan, who is set to make her comeback on the big screen, recently took to her Instagram to share a mushy picture with Bader Shammas, the man whom she calls her “husband”.

The post since then has sparked marriage rumors about the actress who is known to be a very private person.

Captioning the picture, Lohan wrote: “I am the luckiest woman in the world. You found me and knew that I wanted to find happiness and grace, all at the same time. I am stunned that you are my husband. My life and my everything. Every woman should feel like this every day.”

In November last year, Lohan had announced her engagement to her financier, Shammas. The actress had shared a slew of pictures with her fiance and flaunted her engagement ring as well, People magazine said.

On the work front, the Mean Girls actress will be soon seen in a new Netflix holiday romantic comedy alongside Chord Overstreet.

US Weekly reports that in the film, the actress plays a “newly engaged, the spoiled hotel heiress who gets amnesia after a skiing accident,” as per the official film longline.

While there, she “finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.”

Nikhil Siddhartha’s ‘Karthikeya 2’ release likely to be postponed

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Nikhil Siddhartha’s ‘Karthikeya 2’ release likely to be postponed

After the big success of the suspense thriller ‘Karthikeya’, Telugu actor Nikhil Siddhartha is back with the same genre movie ‘Karthikeya 2’.

But the release of the movie on July 22, the scheduled date, does not seem to be happening as the makers intend to postpone it.

Reportedly, producer Dil Raju has requested to validate another release date for ‘Karthikeya 2’, as he wants to secure a solo release for his project ‘Thank You’, which stars Naga Chaitanya and Raashi Khanna.

If the reports are to be believed, Nikhil’s movie ‘Karthikeya 2’ will hit the screens in August. However, there is no set date yet for the movie.

‘Karthikeya 2’ has Nikhil Siddhartha, Anupama Parameswaran, and Vennela Kishore in the lead roles. Directed by Chandoo Mondeti, the theatrical trailer of ‘Karthikeya 2’ received so many positive reviews, as the audience await the release of this mystery-based movie.

Devarakonda’s ‘Liger’ look gets female fans adding his surname to Insta profiles

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Devarakonda’s ‘Liger’ look gets female fans adding his surname to Insta profiles

Actor Vijay Deverakonda’s bare-it-all poster for ‘Liger’ has created an unprecedented buzz. It has created a storm on the internet after several women took the actor’s surname on their Instagram handles to show love and support for him.

Vijay’s female fanbase came out in full force to support the actor as hordes of his female fans on Instagram changed their handle names to Deverakonda in the surname, which is just on different heights of fandom frenzy.

His latest Liger poster notched up 1 million likes in less than 4 hours, the first to hit such a milestone in record time, and has been trending ever since.

The young actor who is being touted as the next big thing in Indian entertainment has garnered an enviable fanbase even before his first pan-India release made it to the big screen.

As Liger gets ready to release on August 25 this year, the young star is also catching Bollywood’s eye. Leading ladies across film fraternities such as Sara Ali Khan, Janhvi Kapoor, Pooja Hedge, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Anushka Shetty, and others were all praised for the poster on their social media accounts.

Even as fans declared him “the hottest man alive” or the “Dream Man”, Janhvi Kapoor referred to Vijay as “a very special delivery to Bollywood” and Sara Ali Khan said, “Roses are red, violets are blue … here’s @thedeverakonda lookin’ smoking for you (and me too)”.

Naveen Chandra’s next movie titled ‘Month of Madhu’

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Naveen Chandra’s next movie titled ‘Month of Madhu’

The last time we saw the young actor Naveen Chandra was in Rana Daggubati and Sai Pallavi’s ‘Virata Parvam’.

The ‘Andala Rakshasi’ hero is now arriving to enthrall audiences with his next movie. The movie’s title, along with its first-look poster, is out.

Naveen Chandra’s collaboration with director Srikanth Nagothi is titled ‘Month of Madhu’. The two had collaborated on ‘Bhanumathi Ramakrishna’ (2020), which was released on the Telugu OTT platform aha.

To promote the movie and reveal its title, the creators also unveiled the first-look poster. The unique title has caught the attention of all and, judging by the reactions of Netizens, it has been well-received.

‘Colors’ Swathi will be seen in the female lead role in ‘Month of Madhu]; Shreya Navile and Harsha Chemudu will also play important roles. The film has been produced by Yaswanth Mulukutla and Achu Rajamani is the music composer. The teaser and release date will be revealed soon.

 

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