Anushka Sharma: Success of ‘Paatal Lok’ is because of its content

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Anushka Sharma: Success of ‘Paatal Lok’ is because of its content

Anushka Sharma is naturally “overwhelmed” with all the accolades her new production, the web series “Pataal Lok”, has received.

“I’m overwhelmed with the love and adulation that the audience and critics have showered on our labour of love ‘Paatal Lok’. The success of ‘Paatal Lok’ is because of its content. In today’s day and age, superlative content is truly the most important yardstick and (her brother) Karnesh and I, at (their production house) Clean Slate Filmz, have always looked to give the audience something that they might have never seen before,” Anushka said.

“As a producer who is also an actor, I have only tried to entertain through innovative, highly engaging and clutter-breaking storytelling,” she declared.

Anushka, who stepped into film production in 2015 with “NH10” at the age of 25, says she has brought her learnings as an actor at play.

“Karnesh and I realised quite early that content landscape was going to witness a massive change as we get more and more exposed to global content, and I have tried to bring my learnings on this as an actor at play with Karnesh at Clean Slate Filmz.”

Anushka says the success of “Paatal Lok” validates her production company’s strategic focus on content curation.

“Despite being a young production house, we have stuck our neck out and thankfully our instinctive content choices have stood out. It has been a huge learning experience for all of us at Clean Slate Filmz as we have taken baby steps into having a razor-sharp focus on content curation. The success of ‘Paatal Lok’ is a massive validation of our beliefs, planning and curation strategies.”

Anushka credits the entire team of the web-series for the success and says she has learnt as a producer in the process.

“We share this incredible moment with our entire team, who have shared our vision and taught us many things in the process. ‘Paatal Lok’ creator Sudip Sharma has been the captain of the team, leading from the front. It is his brilliance that has captured the underbelly from a lens that’s unique, inspiring and discomforting,” she said.

“The directors of the show, Prosit Roy and Avinash Arun Dhaware, have starkly and breathtakingly brought alive the rawness of the script on screen and our exceptionally talented cast led by Jaideep Ahlawat, Neeraj Kabi, Abhishek Banerjee and the likes of Swastika Mukherjee, Niharika, Jagjeet, Gul Panag, Ishwak, Asif Basra, among others have poured their hearts out to translate the magic of script to screen,” she added.

Piyush Mishra: Love playing roles that leave lasting impression

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Piyush Mishra: Love playing roles that leave lasting impression

Actor Piyush Mishra says he likes to pick roles that challenge him as a performer and leave a lasting impression on the audience.

“As a performer, I love playing roles that leave a lasting impression on the audience. I have certain preferences in terms of the kind of roles that I pick, mostly those that challenge me as a performer,” said the actor, who made his digital debut with web series “Illegal”.

“I made my web debut with ‘Illegal’ and my role in the series is the kind that I have enjoyed portraying. The entire team has done a great job that makes it a great watch,” he added.

The legal drama explores questions whether all lawyers are mercenaries or can some resist the lure of greed and power. Directed by Sahir Raza, the show also stars Neha Sharma, Akshay Oberoi, Satyadeep Mishra and Kubbra Sait.

Talking about his role as a lawyer, Akshay said: “While this is the first time I am portraying the role of a lawyer, I was able to develop and improvise it to a great extent — all thanks to our fantastic team including Vikram Bhatt, Sahir Raza and Piyush Mishra.”

Neha also shared that “shooting for ‘Illegal’ has been an enriching experience for me”.

“It was fun and challenging at the same time… It was fun just bringing alive the attitude and persona of a lawyer. The response has been very encouraging from the audience and I have immense gratitude for that.”

With Vikram Bhatt attached to the project as a creative producer, the show is written by Reshu Nath. The show went live on Voot Select on May 12.

Armaan Malik warns of fraud Facebook page carrying his name

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Armaan Malik warns of fraud Facebook page carrying his name

Singer Armaan Malik took to Twitter to warn his fans against a Facebook page titled “Armaan Malik Live”. Mentioning that it is not managed by him, Armaan requested netizens to report and block the page.

“Please don’t believe anything that the ‘Armaan Malik Live’ page posts about me or on behalf of me on Facebook. It’s NOT ME. I urge my fans to block or report that page and be careful,” tweeted Armaan on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the “Control” singer also interacted with fans on Twitter during the day.

“Armaan it’s very difficult to handle this stress , anxiety and can’t even cry properly! I don’t understand why this always happens with me,” complained a fan.

The singer consoler her with his words: “I was also in the same boat yesterday but don’t worry it’ll all pass. Just distract yourself. Our phones are the biggest problem.”

Another fan expressed: “Armaan right now I m feeling I will not achieve what I want my dreams.”

The singer explained: “I have such days too. But take it one day at a time. Right now we all are in the same boat. There’s no rush to achieve anything.”

Deepika Padukone curates ‘Wellness Guide’

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Deepika Padukone curates ‘Wellness Guide’

Actress Deepika Padukone says the past several weeks have not only been “exceptionally unusual”, but also very difficult, with everyone facing the fear of uncertainty about the future.

To share how she is nurturing her mental health amidst the pandemic, the actress has joined hands with Instagram for an initiative titled, ‘Wellness Guide’, as part of its global Mental Health Awareness month.

“I am sure we all agree that the past several weeks have not only been exceptionally unusual but also very difficult; uncertainty about the future, loss of livelihoods, and the inability to be around family and loved ones, are just a few of the challenges facing us,” Deepika said.

adding, “And situations such as these often lead to or aggravate mental illness. I look forward to sharing with all of you some of the things I’ve been doing over the past several weeks to nurture my mental health, and I hope you find them useful too.”

The ‘Wellness Guide’ keeps people inspired during these tough times and is a new way to easily discover recommendations, tips and other content from your favourite creators, public figures, organisations and publishers on the social networking platform.

With people struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic, ‘Guides’ will first be focused on wellness and mental health content. Globally, Instagram is enabling public figures and creators to connect with expert organisations to share resources during this time, and for India, it is Deepika, along with The Live Laugh Love Foundation, that has curated this guide.

“We want to support their mental well-being by amplifying mental health resources and empowering creators to create inspiring, wellness related content. The Wellness Guide is a step in that direction,” said Ankhi Das, Director, Public Policy, Facebook — India, South and Central Asia.

Divyanka, Vivek ‘lost in jungle’ at home!

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Divyanka, Vivek ‘lost in jungle’ at home!

TV couple Divyanka Tripathi and Vivek Dahiya spent Tuesday gardening at home.

Taking to Instagram, Vivek posted a few pictures in which the couple can be seen tending to plants at their home.

“Do pyar karne wale jungle mein kho gaye,” Vivek quipped, borrowing a line from the title song of Ram Gopal Varma’s 2000 adventure thriller, “Jungle”.

Explaining how to grow plants in the right manner, the actor added: “Taking care of this little piece of nature that we brought home recently by aerating the soil for oxygen and water to penetrate easily to the roots and ensuring that we don’t over and underwater them. Each plant comes with its unique character and requires a different level of sunlight, air and water. Nurturing- that’s rewarding. QuarantineLife#Gardening#HomeJungle.”

On the work front, Divyanka and Vivek will soon start their own production house titled One Reason Films. The banner was registered two years ago.

When Vidya Balan was stumped by Jisshu Sengupta’s attitude

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When Vidya Balan was stumped by Jisshu Sengupta’s attitude

Vidya Balan has alleged that Jisshu Sengupta “showed attitude” by not speaking to her on their first meeting. He did not even smile at her properly, she added.

The topic came up during a recent Instagram live chat featuring Vidya and her “Shakuntala Devi” co-star Jisshu. At one point of the conversation, Vidya accused in jest that when filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh introduced her with Bengali star Jisshu, he “showed attitude”, did not speak to her or smile at her properly, reports zeenews.india.com.

Jisshu promptly denied the allegation. Laughing his heart out, the actor said that Vidya often says this in front of others just to pull his leg! He added that if he had not spoken to her on their first meeting, it was probably because he was “scared” –she was Vidya Balan, after all.

The actress, of course, had praise in store for Jisshu’s negative act in Srijit Mukherji’s Bengali film, “Rajkahini”, which was later re-made in Hindi as “Begum Jaan”, incidentally starring Vidya.

“I loved you in ‘Rajkahini’ and I couldn’t believe it was the same you in ‘Piku’!” said Vidya, referring to the fact that Jisshu had a far more affable role to play in Shoojit Sircar’s “Piku”.

On the work, Jisshu Sengupta and Vidya Balan will be seen as husband and wife in “Shakuntala Devi”. In the upcoming film, Vidya Balan essays the role of Shakuntala Devi who was also known as “Human computer”. The film directed by Anu Menon also stars Sanya Malhotra and Amit Sadh in key roles. It will release on Amazon Prime Video next month.

Kirti Kulhari urges all to ‘keep it simple’

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Kirti Kulhari urges all to ‘keep it simple’

Actress Kirti Kulhari has promoted the idea of simple eating, and said it is better for the system and for the world.

Kirti took to Instagram, where she shared a photograph of her basic meal — chappatis, lentils, vegetables and curd.

“The simpler the better…For your system and the World.. I could have posted it as a story and people could have reacted and that’s it.. but I have put it here to talk about this idea of #keepitsimple … It’s something I have been striving to achieve for a while… And am surely getting better at it… It’s an attitude which is not limited to one area, situation or person…” Kirti wrote alongside the image.

She added that it is an attitude that starts reflecting in everything one does.

“And like everything else, it comes with practice and time… If u think about it, it should be the easiest to #keepitsimple but unfortunately it’s not, for most of us… And who is to blame We… We have complicated everything and we love complicating everything as if there’s actually a prize for ‘who’s can make it the most complicated’..”

She asked everyone to strengthen their faith in “keep it simple”.

“This lockdown, among other things has strengthened my faith in #keepitsimple … And given me enough time and opportunity to truly practice it.. from the meals I eat to the way I talk to what I do with my skin… There’s a conscious attempt to #keepitsimple …”

“Start with the simpler things and you will see how it grounds you in life and helps you see the SIMPLICITY of the so-called complicated situations and people and relationships… There’s so much PEACE to be experienced when you learn to #keepitsimple … Much Love… Stay blessed all of you.”

Kirti was recently seen in the second season of “Four More Shots Please!”, which is reportedly the most-watched show from India so far this year on Amazon Prime Video.

The web series tells the tale of four unapologetically flawed women as they discover life while balancing friendship in Mumbai.

A controversy has been surrounding actress Jyothika’s upcoming movie

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A controversy has been surrounding actress Jyothika’s upcoming movie

A controversy has been surrounding actress Jyothika’s upcoming movie ‘Pon Magal Vandhal’ as there came reports that the film is gearing up for OTT release on Amazon Prime. This is said to have not gone down well with Tamil Nadu theatres management and expressed their disapproval with producer of the film Suriya.

Reacting on this, media claimed that Suriya fumed over theatres managements and made it clear that he would go ahead with the release of ‘Pon Magal Vandhal’ on OTT.

However, the team of Suriya has issued a clarification on the statements that are doing rounds in the media circles. They added that Suriya never commented in harsh way but accepted the issue of OTT release of the film is going on. Further the team said, the discussions are on between producer Suriya and theatres management.

Suriya himself is personally looking into the issue and very soon the talks will come to a logical conclusion so that none will get affected by this. Hope this will settle things for now as unmade comments by Suriya are going viral on the social media.

Amy Jackson ‘honours’ Cannes film festival in new post

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Amy Jackson ‘honours’ Cannes film festival in new post

To honour Cannes Film Festival, which has been postponed in the wake of COVID-19, actress Amy Jackson plans to get dolled up and watch a couple of the films that premiered last year at the annual gala.

Amy, who attended the festival in 2017, took to Instagram, where she shared a photograph of herself from the prestigious festival’s red carpet event.

Alongside the image, she wrote: “Cannes you not!’ Like everything else, the film festival is cancelled this year. From East to West, film productions are on hold for the foreseeable future but we’re lucky enough to have so many incredible films and series to keep us going all from the comfort of our own home!!”

“So in honour of the festival, I’m going to get dolled up and throw on a couple of the films that premiered last year, starting with ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Any other mega movie suggestions?! #cannesfilmfestival rewind,” she added.

The 2020 Cannes Film Festival will not take place in June due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The organisers are busy exploring different options to conduct the festival later this year.

The organisers also mention that the festival can’t go ahead “in its original form” due to the coronavirus crisis, reports variety.com.

On the acting front, Amy’s last big release was the Rajinikanth-starrer “2.0” in 2018, which was released in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu versions.

Here’s how Sushmita Sen defeated Addison’s disease

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Here’s how Sushmita Sen defeated Addison’s disease

Actress Sushmita Sen revealed that she was diagnosed with Addison’s in 2014, and it was ‘meditating with Nunchaku’ that helped her overcome the disease.

For the uninitiated, Addison’s is a disorder in which the adrenal glands don’t produce enough hormones.

Sharing her battle with Addison’s, Sushmita took to her YouTube channel and wrote: ” After I was diagnosed with an Auto immune condition called Addison’s disease in September 2014, it left me feeling like, I had no fight left in me…A fatigued body filled with immense frustration & aggression. The dark circles under my eyes can’t even begin to explain the dark times I endured for 4 long years.

“To have steroids substitute cortisol and to live with its innumerable side effects took its toll. There is nothing more tiring than to live with a chronic illness. Enough was enough, I had to find a way of strengthening my mind, allowing my body to follow suit.”

Explaining how meditation with Nunchaku helped her, the “Main Hoon Na” actress added: “Meditated with #Nunchaku …Aggression out, fight back in and pain turned into an art form. I healed in time, my adrenal glands woke up, no more steroids, no withdrawals and no auto immune condition as of 2019.”

She also shared about the lessons she learnt from the hard phase.

“No one knows your body better than you, listen to it. There is a warrior in all of us, never give up. Thank you to my Teacher Nupur Shikhare for being my rock through this journey.I love you guys,” Sushmita said.

Along with it, Sushmita posted a video that shows her performing various steps with Nunchaku, which is a martial arts weapon, traditionally used in Okinawan style.

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