Sonakshi, Amaal Mallik all set to appear on ‘Dance Deewane’

Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha, singer, lyricist and music composer Raashi Sood, singer Amaal Mallik and actress Jasmin Bhasin will be seen as celebrity guests on the dance reality show, ‘Dance Deewane’. The judges of this show Madhuri Dixit, Tushar Kalia and Dharmesh Yelande have been looking at all the performances but what caught the attention of everyone was the act by contestants Soochna and Vaishnavi.

They enacted the story of dancer, singer and Tamasha (a traditional form of theatre) artist Vithabai Bhau Mang Narayangaonkar. She was born in 1935 in the city of Pandharpur, Maharashtra. The most notable story of her life that is enacted by Soochna and Vaishnavi is when she was nine months pregnant and during the performance she went backstage and delivered the baby, cut the umbilical cord with a stone and joined the performance. All the judges and contestants shower them with appreciation. Madhuri Dixit says: “One true story, I salute Vithabai.”

Contestants Piyush and Rupesh will give a power-packed performance to the ‘Meri Bebasi’ song from ‘Rockstar’. Sonakshi Sinha appreciates saying: “It seems to me as if I am watching a movie.” Aman and Yogesh will leave everyone rolling on the floor with their humorous performance as they become Dharmesh and Tushar’s son respectively.

‘Dance Deewane’ airs on COLORS.

Tiger Shroff: Hrithik has been an idol, inspiration to me

Action star Tiger Shroff is a big fan of Hrithik Roshan and he said that the Bollywood star is an idol and inspiration for him.

Tiger shared screen space with Hrithik in the film ‘War’, which completed two years of its release on Saturday.

Tiger said: “Hrithik has been an idol and inspiration to me. I was thrilled to have not only gotten a chance to work with him but also dance along with him.

“His discipline and dedication to the craft is what legends are made of and I learnt so much each day I spent with him. It was my wish to share the screen with him and ‘War’ fulfilled that so I will always be grateful to everyone for making that happen for me.”

Tiger played the role of an intelligent undercover operative Khalid and he defied gravity to pull off death-defying stunts in the film, directed by Siddharth Anand.

Talking about the film, Anand said that his intention with aWar’ was to raise the bar in action and stunts in Hindi cinema.

“To make spectacle action films and my attempt in the last 5-7 years, seven years actually since ‘Bang Bang’, has been to create benchmark action films like WAR and to fill that void has been my endeavour.”

The film also starred Vaani Kapoor, who was seen playing the love interest of Hrithik in the movie.

Vaani said: “I believe with every film, one discovers a new dimension to themselves. You gain experience, new learnings and observations as an artiste. It helps build a better foundation for future work.

“I do feel till date, I’ve been blessed with some of the most beautiful songs in my filmography be it ‘Gulabi’, ‘Nashe si chad gayi’ or’Ghungroo’.”

Vaani also spoke about her chemistry with Hrithik in the film.

She said: “I’m happy it was perceived that way. Hrithik’s phenomenal in whatever he does, be it acting or dance. A very self-aware individual, hardworking and an intelligent artist. I’m just grateful to have had the opportunity to share the screen space with him.

“It’s been an honour and a delight to share the screen with him. Hopefully, next time, given the opportunity, I will work even harder so I can perform half as good as he does.”

Aparna Mishra to appear in new episode of ‘Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya’

Actress Aparna Mishra of ‘Kumkum Bhagya’ fame plays a young girl named ‘Nazm’ in the upcoming episode of TV series ‘Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya’. The actress says it is her belief in love that made her come on board.

The story of the new episode titled ‘Nazm’ revolves around an unusual love story of a young couple Nazm and Toofan. While both fall in love with each other, Toofan starts to have doubts over Nazm’s character. What follows is the pair getting separated due to Nazm’s uncle, Mr Khan, who wanted to earn money through her and ends up killing her father. Despite a lot of struggles and problems, it will be interesting to see if Nazm and Toofan reunite?

Talking about the show, Aparna said, “It was my belief in love that made me say yes and want to be a part of ‘Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya’s upcoming episode Nazm. I play the role of Nazm, an 18-year-old girl, who falls in love with a DJ and confesses her love after a lot of trouble. It’s a character, who wears her heart on her sleeve, which is why I could relate to her so well. I am grateful to my fans and audience who has been always supporting me in every step. I hope you love Nazm too.”

‘Tujhse Hai Raabta’ fame Sidharth Dhanda is playing the character of Toofan.

Sidharth said, “Being a romantic person in real life, I always wanted to do some romantic, intense love stories that are filled with emotion. I am grateful that I got to be a part of the show as this was the perfect one for me. I really love the way this show illustrates love stories from a different angle that the audience manages to relate with. I had a great time on the sets working alongside Aparna and a very talented crew.”

The episode releases on September 2 on Zing.

Shilpa Shetty, Tabu recall their 25-year friendship

During the Sunday episode of ‘Super Dancer: Chapter 4’, celebrity guest and Bollywood actress Tabu will be seen complimenting the acts and also entertaining everyone with her dance moves. In conversation with judges Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Geeta Kapur, it is revealed that Shilpa and Tabu have been friends for about 25 years.

Showing the duo some images from their time shooting, both Shilpa and Tabu walked down memory lane and spoke about how their friendship progressed and flourished over the years. Shilpa revealed on the show that she and Tabu became friends when Shilpa asked for a bottle of shampoo from Tabu on the sets of Shilpa Shetty’s film ‘Gambler’ and Tabu’s set ‘Vijaypath’ at Kudremukh waterfalls.

This incidentally happened because apparently Shilpa Shetty did not foresee that they would be shooting in a jungle where she would not have such necessities available at hand. From then on, their relationship with each other grew stronger.

Shilpa Shetty Kundra said: “Our films, maybe none of the pictures celebrated the silver jubilee but our friendship did, it’s been over 25 years.”

Tabu also joined in with a story about their friendship on the sets of ‘Tarkeeb’ which was being shot on the hills of Pachmarhi. She said: “There would have been eating competitions with each other, packing in bowls after bowls of gulab jamun and kheer.”

After the shoot ended, apparently Tabu had to go perform somewhere but she could not fit in her outfits. “I had to perform right at that time! Nothing was fitting me because I had put on some 12 kgs!” Tabu then revealed that after eating she used to go to sleep while Milind Soman and Shilpa Shetty went and exercised for hours.

Shilpa Shetty also said that on sets the trio of them, Milind Soman, Tabu and herself were called “the three musketeers”.

“She is the most clean hearted and the most amazing person that I have known”, said Tabu about Shilpa Shetty.

‘Super Dancer Chapter 4’ airs on Sony Entertainment Television.

Suriya’s Tamil courtroom drama ‘Jai Bhim’ to release on Nov 2

Tamil actor Suriya’s much awaited film ‘Jai Bhim’ will release digitally on November 2, just ahead of Diwali.

Written and directed by TJ Gnanavel and produced by Suriya and Jyotika under the banner of 2D Entertainment, the highly anticipated Tamil film has Suriya playing the character of a lawyer battling all odds for the tribal communities.

The announcement was made by Suriya on his social media accounts on Friday. ‘Jai Bhim’ is part of the four-film deal with Amazon Prime Video and 2D Entertainment.

The movie has an ensemble cast of actors Prakash Raj, Rao Ramesh, Rajisha Vijayan and Lijo Mol Jose. ‘Jai Bhim’ has music by Sean Roldan and has been co-produced by Rajsekar Karpoorasundarapandian.

‘Jai Bhim’ will also release in Telugu on the streaming service starting November 2.

Aditya Roy Kapur likely to get into Tom Hiddleston’s shoes as ‘The Night Manager’

Bollywood actor Aditya Roy Kapur is likely to play a pivotal part in the Indian adaptation of acclaimed British mini-series ‘The Night Manager’. Aditya will be essaying the title character played by Tom Hiddleston in the original series.

According to a close source, “The Indian adaptation of ‘The Night Manager’ will have a larger-than-life set-up and is one of the most ambitious projects of the year. Owing to Aditya Roy Kapur’s massive female fan following and back-to-back projects, the makers have roped him in to play the character essayed by Tom Hiddleston in the original series. It will feature the actor in a different avatar altogether.”

Sandeep Modi, the co-director of Ram Madhvani’s Emmy-nominated series ‘Aarya’, will helm the show. The series is expected to go on floors in the first quarter of next year.

‘The Night Manager’ is a mini-series released in 2016, directed by Susanne Bier, and featured Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, and Olivia Colman, among others.

The Indian adaptation of the series will also feature Anil Kapoor.

Kanupriya unties the knot on being the bride’s mom in ‘Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2’

Actress Kanupriya Pandit portrays the role of Priya’s (Disha Parmar) mother ‘Meera Sood’. Taking care of four daughters, she’s lived a happy life even though her husband left her because she had four daughters.

Finally, living a long pending dream of her daughter Priya’s wedding, ‘Meera’ will also be seen dealing with her emotions.

Talking about her character and the current track of the show, Kanupriya shares: “The Sood family is at such a juncture in their life where suddenly there’s a great match of ‘Ram’ that’s come their way. Money isn’t the highlight but ‘Ram’ (Nakuul Mehta) is genuinely a nice person. From the things that he does, the way he reacts to various situations.”

She continues: “One situation was when my character’s ex-husband came in, one situation was when my character’s ex-husband’s wife spoke ill about us (Soods) to the Kapoor family. But ‘Ram’ handled all these things with grace and dignity. From a mother’s (Meera) point of view, I have found the match for my daughter (Priya). And, if I have to say spiritually or surreally so why shouldn’t an Indian mother who prays, celebrates festivals, get a match like ‘Ram’ for her daughter?”

‘Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2’ airs on Sony Entertainment Television.

Boxing legend Mike Tyson ‘lands a punch’ in Vijay Deverakonda’s ‘Liger’

Telugu actor Vijay Deverakonda’s debut Hindi film ‘Liger’ will see American boxing legend Mike Tyson in a pivotal role.

The announcement was made by Vijay on his social media account earlier this week when he tweeted: “We promised you Madness! We are just getting started. For the first time on Indian Screens. Joining our mass spectacle – #LIGER. The Baddest Man on the Planet
The God of Boxing. The Legend, the Beast, the Greatest of all Time! IRON MIKE TYSON. #Namaste TYSON.”

The actor also uploaded a promotional video along with the announcement, welcoming the boxing champ.

Directed by Puri Jagannath, the movie also stars Ananya Panday.