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Sidharth flirts with KBC fan, Big B cracks up
Some contestant on Kaun Banega Crorepati told Amitabh Bachchan she wanted to marry someone like Sidharth Malhotra, and the Shershaah actor ended up video calling her during the episode to joke about her excellent taste. He wrapped things up by wishing her luck with the game and her future relationship status. Another recent episode had this guy named Subhash Kumar absolutely losing it with celebrity impressions on the hot seat. He pitched this whole alternate universe where Nana Patekar hosts KBC and Sunny Deol sits there as a contestant, nailing both their voices and mannerisms while dropping references to Gadar. Big B was cracking up through the whole bit. The show keeps delivering these random, wholesome moments between Bachchan...
Adah slays sleepless shoot, nails glam chaos
Adah Sharma just dropped some BTS content from a photoshoot she somehow pulled off while running on zero sleep. The Kerala Story star posted a bunch of looks ranging from traditional fits to Western outfits and gave props to photographer Abhishek Khandelwal for making her look fresh despite filming all night before with dirt literally caked under her nails for some unnamed movie role. She thanked the crew for keeping the vibe chill, even though everyone had flights to catch afterward and they had to bang out multiple wardrobe changes in like half a day. Sharma also appreciated getting earrings that actually fit her small earlobe piercings for once. The actress has a trilingual film coming up where she plays a Devi under National Award...
Hooda returns to Cellular Jail, honors Savarkar’s verse
Randeep Hooda went back to the Cellular Jail in Port Blair, where he filmed most of his directorial debut about freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The actor showed up for the unveiling of a Savarkar statue at the historic prison site and got recognized by RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat and Home Minister Amit Shah during the ceremony. Hooda posted about revisiting the place where Savarkar was locked up and where he shot major scenes for Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. The trip lined up with the 115th anniversary of Sagara Pran Tarmalala, which is this Marathi poem Savarkar wrote about being separated from India while stuck in exile. The film dropped last year and got solid reviews for the acting performances. Hooda directed and produced the...
Shilpa spoils Anoushka with love, dance throwbacks
Shilpa Shirodkar threw a family dinner for her kid, Anoushka Ranjit, and posted the whole thing on Instagram with some shots of them vibing at the table. The Bigg Boss alum went full sentimental mode while sharing clips of baby Anoushka dancing to that Desi Girl track, writing about how fast her daughter grew up and promising to always have her back. The former actress recently wrapped work on Jatadhara with Sudheer Babu and Sonakshi Sinha leading the cast. She mentioned the directing team of Venkat Kalyan and Abhishek Jaiswal kept everything straightforward during production without any surprise changes between script readings and actual filming, and they knocked out the entire shoot in one continuous block.
Divya Dutta honors Shyam Benegal’s final birthday
Divya Dutta posted some throwback pics from Shyam Benegal's 90th birthday party that happened right before he died last month. The gathering had basically every legendary Indian cinema person you can think of, like Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, and Kunal Kapoor, all hanging out together in Mumbai. The director passed away from kidney problems just nine days after that celebration went down. Benegal built his whole reputation on making critically acclaimed films back in the seventies, and his debut movie, Ankur, with Shabana Azmi, scored him a National Award right out of the gate. His last project was this 2023 biopic about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and he racked up multiple National Awards throughout his career...
Mangal Lakshmi crew fuels Georgia shoot with parathas
Deepika Singh and her Mangal Lakshmi castmates ended up stress-eating homemade parathas while freezing their butts off in Georgia during some special episode shoots. Naman Shaw jumped in, suggesting they should just pile on the spicy pickles to deal with the temperature, and Urvashi Upadhyay was right there with them, going hard on the comfort food. The TV star posted behind-the-scenes content showing the crew basically surviving off desi food while working overseas. She mentioned earlier how some random Odissi dance choreography she watched online years ago randomly saved her during a rushed set sequence when they had to perform on that Taal title track with barely any prep time. Singh keeps thanking fans for keeping the show popular...
Urvashi’s Kasoor 2 role, sleepless and searing
Urvashi Rautela showed up at the Red Sea Film Festival talking about how her supernatural thriller Kasoor 2 basically destroyed her sleep schedule and wrecked her mental state. The actress said getting into character for the Glen Barretto-directed sequel meant completely losing herself in some heavy emotional territory alongside costars Aftab Shivdasani and Jassie Gill. She mentioned the whole Saudi Arabia festival experience hit different while promoting this follow-up to the 2001 original that had Shivdasani and Lisa Ray. Aftab previously announced his return to the franchise on his birthday by posting set pics and asking fans for good vibes. The Sanam Re star called this her most brutal performance yet, and the production team...
Shatru salutes Raj Kapoor, his jailbreak co-star
Shatrughan Sinha dropped a tribute post for Raj Kapoor on what would have been his birthday, calling the legendary actor his biggest creative influence. The veteran politician remembered working alongside Kapoor back in the seventies on this action flick called Khaan Dost, where Kapoor played some struggling cop who gets manipulated into helping a prisoner break out. Raj Kapoor basically built Bollywood royalty after starting as a child actor and later launching his production company. The guy modeled his whole vibe after Charlie Chaplin's tramp character across multiple films, and the government eventually gave him their top cinema award for basically shaping Indian movies. His grandkids, Ranbir, Kareena, and Karisma, are still...
Raveena’s temple tour, girl gang in tow
Raveena Tandon hit up Babulnath Temple in Mumbai for some early-morning spiritual vibes and posted the whole thing on Instagram. The Mohra star showed off her tilak and squeezed in some photos with her crew at the temple before heading out. Earlier this year, she did this massive temple tour, hitting all twelve Jyotirlingas around India with her daughter Rasha Thadani, who was knocking them out before her film debut in Azaad. They wrapped up the pilgrimage at Nageshwar in Gujarat after visiting spots like Kedarnath and Rameswaram. Raveena was last doing her thing in Ghudchadi with Sanjay Dutt and recently appeared in that streaming show Karmma Calling. She has an action flick with Suriya coming up next.
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