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Hrithik Roshan....

Born in a family of cinema personalities, Hrithik Roshan's first movie role was as a child artist when he was six years old was in the film Aasha. Hrithik Roshan rose to instant fame with 'Kaho Na Pyaar Hai'. His lover boy looks and well-chiselled body makes him a mass favourite. His life-size wax figure was installed at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum making him the fifth Indian actor who has been replicated as a wax statue. He is involved with a number of humanitarian causes, endorses several brands and products, and has launched his own clothing line. Hrithik Roshan was married for fourteen years to Sussanne Khan, with whom he has two children.

Sanjay Dutt....

Sanjay Dutt is all set to make a comeback to films with Omung Kumar directorial, Bhoomi. The film will see him play a father to Aditi Rao Hydari, who’s been wronged. A revenge drama will see Dutt, back in action. And while we all are waiting for him to get back in Munna Bhai mode with Munna Bhai 3, looks like there is another film he’s gonna work on after Bhoomi. According to a report by mid-day, Omung Kumar is all set to make biopic on the life of Maharaja of Jamnagar. And he is of opinion that only Sanjay Dutt can pull off the character of magnificent Maharaja. For the uninitiated, Maharaja of Jamnagar saved the life of several polish children and women during World War II. And it indeed will be interesting to see Sanjay Dutt doing a biopic, as it’ll be his first biopic. Apart from this film, Sanjay Dutt will star as Gangster in Saheb Biwi aur Gangster 3. It was reported that Part 3 will take off from where Part 2 ended and will be mounted on a bigger scale with Sanjay playing a royal character. “He will look, talk and behave like a true royal. His costumes and appearance will be majestic.The world the films are set in will remain the same but Sanjay will be the central character this time. We are adding several new characters and some of them are big names,

20 years of Ashwaria Rai

Former Miss World and Padma Shri awardee Aishwarya Rai completed 20 years in Bollywood on 15 August 2017. Born into a Tulu speaking family in Karnataka, Rai made her acting debut in 1997 with Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film Iruvar. In the same year, Rai also marked her Bollywood debut with Rahul Rawail’s Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, which released on 15 August 1997. With a few tepid roles in the interim, her career in Hindi cinema finally took off with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. She went on to deliver what could arguably be called the best performance of her career in Bhansali’s 2002 film Devdas. Playing the coy but gritty Paro, Rai owned every frame, every expression in the cinematic adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel of the same name. After 2002, Rai again tasted success after a long gap of four years with the second installment of Dhoom in 2006. Cast opposite Hrithik Roshan, Rai was seen in a never before avatar. Playing the sly thief Sunehri, she complimented a suave Roshan at every stage in the film. In 2007, she again garnered critics’ praise, who hadn’t been to kind on her otherwise, with Guru and Provoked. After a few misses, Rai went on a sabbatical only to make a stunning comeback in Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. With 20 glorious years of highs and lows and yet, still being one of the most celebrated actors, one can only wonder what she cannot do.

Kangana Ranaut....

With the nepotism debate taking new turns everyday, everyone seems to have an opinion on it. The Kangana Ranaut-Karan Johar row began on the latter’s talk-show, Koffee With Karan. Ranaut had called him “the flagbearer of nepotism” in Bollywood, referring to the filmmaker’s preference for star kids. Johar brought up the debate again while hosting IIFA awards 2017 along with Saif Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan. The trio made a nepotism joke, aimed at the actress on stage. Since then, a lot has transpired - apologieshave been issued and sides have been chosen and open letters have been written. However this one takes the cake. ScoopWhoop recently wrote a satirical response on behalf of Ranaut. The spoof piece had the actress apologising for speaking her mind. “I want to sincerely apologise to Karanji and tell him that I will never utter the word nepotism again,” read a few lines from the piece. The piece was clearly meant to not be taken literally. However, some people and media houses could not detect the sarcasm and passed it off as Ranaut’s actual response to the fiasco. There is no doubt that this row has been fodder for a lot of news organisations because it involves some of Bollywood’s most influential celebrities and the favourism that exists in the industry. Although the post was shared by organisations which deemed it as the Queen actress’ official statement, Ranaut had no involvement in the fabrication process of the piece. This highlights weak judgement and hasty decisions, all of which lead to fake news. Fake news is as important an issue as nepotism and needs to be tackled. Therefore, not being misled by such information is imperative for uninterrupted, healthy discourse. A little fact-checking could save one from having an uninformed opinion.

Sonakshi & Shatrughan Sinha

Actress Sonakshi Sinha has teamed up with her father, actor-MP Shatrughan Sinha, to support ‘Project Nanhi Kali’, which provides education to underprivileged girl children in India. Sonakshi took to Twitter to share a photograph with her father after shooting a video in support of the project. “Shot something beautiful for @NanhiKali. Go register if you want to support a great cause - education of an underprivileged girl child!” she wrote. Shatrughan also tweeted, “Shot with @sonakshisinha for a good cause @NanhiKali. Society can only evolve when all are treated and educated equally.” Actor Rishi Kapoor and his daughter Riddhima Kapoor Sahani have supported Nanhi Kali in the past.

Priyanka Chopra

Global star Priyanka Chopra is slowly taking over the world by storm. After bagging TV and movie projects in Hollywood, working as a global ambassador for UNICEF, producing regional films and being a face of several prestigious magazine covers, Priyanka Chopra is adding another feather to her success cap. Priyanka Chopra has a found a spot in the LinkedIn Power Profiles List of 2017. On Wednesday, the professional networking giant LinkedIn announced its fourth edition of Power Profiles, a list of the most viewed LinkedIn profiles of professionals in India. Priyanka Chopra has grabbed the second position on the Influencers List right after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On the work front, Priyanka Chopra recently wrapped up her next Hollywood film titled Isn’t It Romantic, featuring Rebel Wilson, Adam Devine and Liam Hemsworth. It is scheduled to release on February 14, 2019. Priyanka Chopra will also be seen in A Kid Like Jake which also stars Jim Parsons, Claire Danes and Octavia Spencer. It will head to the theatres in 2018. Currently, Priyanka is prepping to start to the third season of her TV show, Quantico.

Sharmila Tagore opens up on working in Gulmohar: I felt like a newcomer on the set

Sharmila Tagore is one most popular, loved, and evergreen actresses of all time. After over a decade, she is all set to return to films. She will star in Gulmohar, featuring Manoj Bajpayee, Amol Palekar, Suraj Sharma, and Simran Rishi Bagga in pivotal roles. Tagore was last seen in the 2010 film Break Ke Baad starring Deepika Padukone and Imran Khan. In an interview, the actress recently opened up about working in the movie Gulmohar.

She said she felt like a newcomer on the film's set and brought her own perception of the character. She added that working in a movie with no pressure was fun. "It was something different from my life now. It was liberating, more like a wonderful holiday. That's also because it is not my life anymore. My life right now is completely different. I'm not a working person anymore. I'm not going every day like everybody else to work, from one film to another. I worked in the film, and now, I have gone back to my own life," she added.

On their grandkids' reaction over Gulmohar, Sharmila Tagore said that Soha Ali Khan's daughter Inaaya had already congratulated him on the message for the film. At the same time, Taimur and Jeh are not allowed to see movies right now. However, she said that she assumed it would be different when they watched her onscreen. "Sara and Ibrahim and grown-up. They will watch and better like it," she concluded.

Talking about the film Gulmohar, the film is slated to release in August 2022 on the OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar and is directed by Rahul Chittella. It revolves around the multi-generation Batra family, who is all set to move out of their 34-year-old family home.

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