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Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez, who will be seen recreating Madhuri Dixit’s superhit song Ek Do Teen in Baaghi 2, has said the song is her tribute to the Bollywood’s dancing diva.

Asked if there was any pressure when she first heard that she was going to recreate Madhuri’s iconic song, Jacqueline said, “I think that was my first stress that how can we recreate something so iconic like ‘is it even possible’. It made a lot easier for me when I understood that it’s not possible, we are not trying to match up to what Madhuri Dixit and Saroj (Khan) ji did.”

“We are honestly here as big fans of their work and more than anything, this is honestly a tribute to the amazing, iconic number that they gave to us. For me as an actress, this is such an honour and a lot of my actress friends were like, ‘we are so jealous that you doing ‘Ek do teen’. So for any girl this would be a dream song to do,” she added.

The actor, who interacted with media after wrapping up the song on Saturday at Yash Raj Films studios, also said that she feels blessed to get an opportunity to dance on the foot tapping number from the 1988 film Tezaab for Baaghi 2.

“I feel really blessed that I have been given this opportunity by director Ahmed Khan, Sajid Nadiadwala and master ji Ganesh Acharya. I always knew that I never ever would be able to match up Madhuri Dixit and that’s not even something.I am going to even attempt because you can not replicate someone like Madhuri Dixit. There is only one Madhuri Dixit and I know that this is just my tribute to her,” she said. Baaghi 2, starring Tiger Shroff, is the sequel to the 2016 film Baaghi. The film, which also stars Disha Patani, is produced by Nadiadwala under the banner name Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and presented by Fox Star Studios. It will release on March 30.

Did she contact Madhuri to take some tips? “I have connected with Madhuri ji. We will be chatting little more about how the song went once it done because right now, I am under lot of stress. My only focus over the past week has been this one song and of course, they (Madhuri and Saroj Khan) will be the first persons to whom we will show the song. We have already taken their blessings,” Jacqueline said.

Source: IANS

Actor Kareena Kapoor said she would not want to make any changes to her wardrobe as she considers herself a “hoarder”.

The actor, who returned to the ramp at the grand finale of the Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2018 yesterday, said it would not be possible for her to do away with the hobby of collecting things anytime soon.

When asked if she would want to modify her personal collection, Kareena told the reporters, “I don’t think I’ll change anything in my wardrobe. I (still) hoard my jeans from the time, probably, when I was 20-21. I’m a hoarder. I like to collect things. So getting rid of something…

That’s not happening any time soon.”

The actor turned showstopper for Anamika Khanna’s “Nudes Reinvented” collection with Lakme Absolute. She added that with changing times actors have started paying more attention to how they dress.

“Actors have become fashion conscious. I think it’s amazing. Well as long as you’re comfortable in what you wear. Once you’re comfortable with what you’re wearing, I think you’re automatically considered stylish and fashionable,” she said.

Source: PTI

Salman Khan introduced Warina Hussain, as his brother-in-law Aayush Sharma’s leading lady in the film Loveratri, which is a Salman Khan production.

According to a report in SpotBoyE, Salman wanted his rumoured ex-girlfriend, Katrina Kaif’s younger sister, Isabelle to play the lead.

Isabelle has been trying to make her way into showbiz for a while now. She even moved to Mumbai, and Salman has been trying to make her feel settled.

Back to Loveratri, Salman was keen on casting Isabelle opposite Aayush Sharma.

Though Isabelle cleared the look test, she wasn’t able to give a satisfactory audition.

According to the report, Isabelle was still not used to cameras, and she wasn’t comfortable in Hindi. A source said that the role required a strong fluency in Gujarati and Hindi.

Meanwhile, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif are riding high on the success of their film, Tiger Zinda Hai, which crossed Rs 300 crore in India. Salman is now working on Race 3, and Katrina is busy with Shah Rukh Khan’s Zero.

Taapsee Pannu cant wait to shoot the “final leg” of her upcoming film ‘Soorma’ in Serbia. The actress said that she is excited to visit a new country. “It’s the final leg of shooting and I am getting to visit a country which I have never been to before,” Taapsee said in a statement.

She added, “I fear cold weather as I am not a cold weather person but the excitement of visiting a new place keeps me warm and getting to play a hockey player along with some real hockey players is what makes the journey even more exciting. I will be done in a week in Serbia and that will be a wrap for team Soorma.”

The cast have just wrapped up the India schedule shoot specifically in Shahabad (in Uttar Pradesh) and Chandigarh and now is all ready to move ahead for the next half in Serbia. ‘Soorma’ is a sports biopic based on the hockey legend Sandeep Singh and is being directed by Shaad Ali, who has earlier directed hit films like ‘Saathiya’ and ‘Bunty Aur Babli’.

It also features Dilit Dosanjh in the lead role. The film is all set to be released on June 29, 2018.

Source: IANS

Actress Priyanka Chopra said that marriage doesn’t happen as per plans and she is yet to find the right person to marry.

Priyanka attended an event on Tuesday and during a media interaction she was asked about her marriage plans to which she replied, “Marriage doesn’t happen as per plans. You just have to find the right guy for yourself. If I find a right guy then I will do it. I still haven’t found that person.”

Priyanka, a global star, has two Hollywood films in her kitty – ‘A Kid Like Jake’ which also features Jim Parsons, Claire Danes, Octavia Spencer and she has also begun shooting for ‘Isn’t it Romantic’ with Rebel Wilson, Adam DeVine and Liam Hemsworth.

A host of Bollywood celebrities wished actor Anushka and Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli a happy married life as the duo tied the knot in Italy today.

In one of the most-awaited weddings in tinsel town and the playing fields, the two got married in a private event, attended by close family members and friends, at a resort in Tuscany, Italy.

Filmmaker Karan Johar, who directed Sharma in his last directorial “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, tweeted, “Huge congratulations and tons of love to @AnushkaSharma and @imVkohli ….beautiful couple and I wish them and their loved ones the best years ahead…”

Actor Abhishek Bachchan took to Twitter and said, “Many congratulations to @AnushkaSharma and @imVkohli on their wedding. God bless and welcome to the club!”

Actor Sridevi tweeted, “Congratulations, may this partnership last forever… God Bless @anushkasharma @viratkohli #VirushkaWEDDING”

“Fukrey” star Richa Chadha said, “Congrats guys. Wish you marital bliss, peace and may you continue to smash goals in the face, like @imVkohli smashes tidy 6s. Love.”

Actor Neha Dhupia wrote, “What a catch @imVkohli …and what a shot @AnushkaSharma … happiness , always!”

Sharma and Kohli, who were married with Hindu wedding rituals, will host a reception in New Delhi on December 21 followed by another bash in Mumbai for their industry friends and cricketers on December 26.

The celebrity couple, who had been dating for four years, were tight-lipped about their wedding plans despite the hype in the media. In October, a newspaper reported that an Italian wedding may be on the cards for the couple. Source: PTI

Vidya Balan said with back-to-back box office disappointments post her wedding, she gave into the thinking that married female actors cannot deliver a hit, but the success of ‘Tumhari Sulu’ has proved the theory wrong. Vidya said for someone like her, who considers acting as important as personal life, the praise the movie is receiving is a major confidence booster.

In an interview, Vidya said, “There was a point I started believing that may be a married actress can’t score a hit. But the love ‘Tumhari Sulu’ is getting has proved it wrong.”

“The films, I did before this, were probably not successful in building the connect with the audience. It is a personal movement of glory for me. The actor part of me is as precious to me as a married woman part of me.” The 38-year-old actor said the lesson she has learned from her past failures is ‘keep trying until you succeed’.

“Success and failures are a part of life. Every day is not a Sunday. The only thing as an artiste I can do is keep moving forward, keep working hard and keep growing. The joy is in learning. Failures help me rise.” Vidya recently received the best actress award for her performance as ‘Sulochana’ in the film.

She said awards are always a big motivation for her and she never shies away from accepting that she enjoys winning. “Awards matter to me. And I have always been joking about it that ‘if you win, awards do matter to you’. I love when people appreciate my hard work and dedication. With ‘Tumhari Sulu’ the appreciation I am getting matters more. Recognition and acknowledge is always special for me.” Source: PTI

The hit onscreen couple of Madhuri Dixit and Anil Kapoor is set to reteam for a film after a gap of 17 years for Inder Kumar’s ‘Total Dhamaal’. Last seen together in the 2000 film ‘Pukar’, Madhuri and Anil have given several hits films like ‘Beta’,’Parinda’, ‘Tezaab’, ‘Ram Lakhan’ among others.

Reportedly,”I will be working with Anil ji after 17 odd years. I am really looking forward to it. It is a comedy, an entertaining film,” Madhuri told. The third installment in the ‘Dhamaal’ series, the film will reportedly also star Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi and Jaaved Jaaferi.

Madhuri was speaking on the sidelines of Star Screen Awards last night. New York based writer Sri Rao has penned the comedy series about a Bollywood star who settles down in the suburbs of America with her bicultural family.

Madhuri left Mumbai after her marriage to Shriram Nene and moved to Denver, US, where she lived for 12 years.

The actor returned to India in 2011, along with her husband and sons.

Source: PTI

Actress Priyanka Chopra, who on Monday launched an interactive trailer of ‘Monsoon Shootout’, said she is happy to see filmmakers who push the envelope with something new.

“Shoot or not to shoot? You get to decide what happens next in the trailer for ‘Monsoon Shootout’. What a cool idea! So glad to see filmmakers innovate and push boundaries of the filmmaking process,” Priyanka tweeted as she shared the trailer on social media.

Priyanka also congratulated the film’s producer Guneet Monga and the team by and said it is “great stuff”. A story woven on the concept of making life-altering choices, the film has been directed by Amit Kumar.

‘Monsoon Shootout’ premiered at Cannes and won Best Thriller in several festivals internationally. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vijay Varma, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Neeraj Kabi. It will release on December 15. Monga was happy with Priyanka’s support.

“It is indeed very kind of Priyanka to instantly agree and extend her support. She has produced and supported several independent films. She is a global icon and an amazingly talented actress who has a great sense of good content. It’s humbling to see someone like her to come forth in support of our film,” Monga had said earlier. Source: IANS

Model-actress Urvashi Rautela said her Twitter account was hacked and misused.

“I love being so popular and a b***h,” read a post on Urvashi’s account on the micro-blogging site on Tuesday.

Urvashi later clarified through a tweet that the post was not made with her consent. “My Twitter has been seriously hacked and we are looking for the perpetrators,” Urvashi tweeted to her over three lakh fans.

In another post, she wrote, “My Twitter handle hacked and will be restored shortly. If you see anything ambiguous, please know it’s not me.”

On the film front, Urvashi will next be seen in ‘Hate Story 4’, to release on March 2 next years.

Actress Deepika Padukone on Tuesday sought to brush away the matter of her remuneration for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmavati’, which is reportedly more than co-stars Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor, saying she was “comfortable” with what she got.

“Talking about my remuneration is not exciting for me. I am confident and comfortable with what I am paid,” she said at the 3D version trailer launch of the upcoming film.

“But let me tell you something and this is something I am really proud of is the fact that people like them (co-producer Viacom and director Bhansali) have invested this kind of money on a film like this and poster like this…that for me is hugely encouraging… this is the biggest film that Indian cinema has seen not in just terms of scale but in terms of budget and resources, and what is the poster behind it? For me that is the turning point for Indian cinema,” she added.

About the uni-brow looks her character Rani Padmini sports in the film, Deepika said she feels women are conditioned to think of beauty in certain way.

“Women have been conditioned to think of beauty in a certain way and I am glad with what we did with ‘Padmavati’ and my look. It takes immense amount of belief, not just for me but for my director as well, to take that risk. “Padmini’s beauty is beyond physical beauty. It is her soul, spirit and what she meant to her people. She is worshipped.”

Deepika also said that the role was extremely challenging and different than Mastani in ‘Bajirao Mastani’.

“Her (Rani Padmini’s) battles were very different. Her power and energy is very different. She doesn’t go out to battle field. She doesn’t have a sword or armour, here the spirit is similar.

“Her purity, intensity and values, are very relatable and identifiable, yet not in a literal sense. And for an actor, I found that even more difficult,” she said. “With Mastani, if I have to show a warrior princess, it is easier for me to have a sword, get a battle field, do horse-riding, and show exactly going to war is actually like.

“But how do you fight so much more than just a war? You’re standing up for your tradition, culture, heritage, passion and love, there is so much that is going on, how do you stand up for all that, just by emoting without any tools. That is what I found extremely challenging for me, with Padmavati,” she added.

On the tussle with Karni Sena and the recent Rangoli incident, Deepika said: “Whatever I had to say, I said it. Whatever was supposed to happen has happened! Like I always say, now nothing and no one can stop this film.”

Source: IANS

Bollywood’s ‘monkey couple’ Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover were recently seen together in a condom ad.

Soon after the ad surfaced online, internet trollers targetted the celebrity couple for endorsing it.

Bipasha who is known for her boldness said,”The idea is to create awareness on the subject; it’s the need of the hour. I am doing no wrong by endorsing condoms.” She expressed her disappointment on how ‘sex’ is still considered taboo in India through a tweet.

Although some appreciated the actor for her initiative to spread awareness, others shamed her. Some troller advised, “Bipasha Basu, not sure you should be doing this. Wait and explore good cinema. You do have a brand value.” Another troller took a potshot at her career, saying, “No movies been offered to these two, so they have to resort to cheesy commercials.”

Source: ANI

Shooting with veteran actor Dharmendra for ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se’ was an exhilarating moment for Kriti Kharbanda. ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se’ is the third film in the ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’ franchise which features 81-year-old Dharmendra along with his sons Sunny and Bobby.

Kriti has joined the franchise and has already finished her first shooting schedule. In an interview, Kriti said, “When I did a scene with Dharam sir for the first time, I actually cried! I was very nervous, it was our one-on-one scene, where my back was facing the camera. The cinematographer noticed that I was in tears, it was an intense scene too and he said ‘relax, don’t worry’.”

“Someone later told him that Kriti was crying as she was nervous about acting with you and he was like, ‘Kharbanda, what happened girl’?

He calls me ‘Kharbanda’, he doesn’t like calling me Kriti. I find it very sweet, it’s the first time someone has done that,” she said. Working with Dharmendra not only made the 28-year-old actor happy but also made her family proud.

Source: PTI

After the success of her last film, ‘Judwaa 2′ , Jacqueline Fernandez will now play the protagonist in Ribhu Dasgupta’s Hindi adaptation of Paula Hawkins’s 2015 novel, the psychological thriller ‘The Girl On The Train’. The book has been adapted into a Hollywood film featuring Emily Blunt. Ribhu has the official adaptation rights of the book and the film. “I have just finished the script. Jackie has come on board as the protagonist. While the novel had an ensemble cast, our film will revolve around her character. I have been looking forward to working with her and this seemed like a perfect project to collaborate. You get together to make a film when people think alike in many ways and when I had met her I discovered we were on the same page,” informs Ribhu, whose last directorial was the 2016 thriller ‘Te3n’, featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in pivotal roles. Source: TOI

Bollywood dancing diva Madhuri Dixit is all set to make her debut in a Marathi film. The 50-year-old actor, whose career in Hindi films spans over three decades, is set to feature in a slice-of-life Marathi movie that revolves around the self-realisation journey of a woman with a dash of humour attached to its narrative style.

Talking about the project, Madhuri said,”It is a story of every household yet it has a silver lining. It not only gives you hope and inspiration but also encourages you to live life in the true sense. The most fascinating factor for me to choose it is that it is going to carve a niche in everyone’s heart.”

The yet-to-be-titled film will be directed by Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar, who has co-written the script along with Devashree Shivadekar. On what took her a long time to take up a Marathi project, the ‘Dedh Ishqiya’ actor said it was the right script for her.

“Marathi cinema is evolving so beautifully and seeing such incredible stories being told makes me beam with pride. I have received a number of scripts over the years since doing a Marathi film was always something I was open to. But the scripts didn’t excite me as this one did. When I read this script, it stood out and with the amazing team behind it, I knew that this is what I wanted to be a part of,” she said.

CAST: Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Taapsee Pannu

DIRECTION: David Dhawan

GENRE: Comedy

DURATION: 2 hours 30 minutes

STORY

Raja (Varun) and Prem (Varun, again) are conjoined twins, who have similar reflexes. They are separated at birth by a smuggler, Charles (Zakir Hussain), who kidnaps Raja.

The geek Prem grows up in the lap of luxury in London with his parents, the Malhotras; loud Raja finds shelter in a Mumbai’s fisherman’s colony. Of course when the twins’ paths cross, there’s too much fun.

REVIEW

When you enter the movie hall for this outing, remember to let your hair down and guffaw because from the opening scene itself you’re familiar with the tropes. David Dhawan who has made three dozen vacuous comedies, with an enviable success ratio. He was even crowned the undisputed king of comedy once. Here, he gives you a rebooted version of his 1997 comic-caper of the same name. The earlier one had Salman Khan, this one has Varun. It helps that the leading man has a mammoth following with today’s kids. And, he is viewed by those clued into Hindi mainstream cinema as a combination of Govinda and Salman, both of who carried off their kitsch routine with a certain flair. Varun doesn’t let you down either. Whether he is playing a geek or a goon, he is absolutely endearing and delivers, exactly what his daddy orders him to.

The script (if you can call it that) is a combination of familiar gags borrowed from Manmohan Desai films. The sidekick stammers, the hero repeats dialogue from various masala movies, the villain develops amnesia when hit by a coconut, a football butt allows his memory to return, etc.

There’s nothing intelligible here so please stop searching. It’s basically innocent fun meant to pander to the child in you. The only ‘wicked’ thing here are the heroines’ skimpy costumes (just kidding). The girls, Samara (Taapsee) and Alishka (Jacqueline) are brought out for chartbusters – Chalti Hai Kya 9 Se 12 and Oonchi Hai Building. They sportingly kiss, cuddle and are happy horsing around doing precious little.

Lame lyrics, loud gags and leggy lasses never really hurt anyone. Believe me, at one point, you’re tempted to join Varun when he is doing those perfect pelvic thrusts. Judwaa 2 could be a substitute for your Dussehra party. Consult Salman, even he sportingly shows up in a cameo in the end.

After toiling for her dream project, Seams For Dreams, actress Evelyn Sharma is celebrating her success. Her initiative aims to provide clothing to the needy across India.

The Indo-German beauty, recalled for her comic presence in ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, was acknowledged for her contributions towards charitable causes in India while using her celebrity status to encourage others to do their bit for the society. At a fundraiser in Los Angeles, the actress was felicitated for her philanthropic work as the Pride Of India amidst the Indian community in the city. Evelyn even raised a large sum for an education development project. Talking about professional commitments, Evelyn says, “I’m currently reading a few fun scripts and I am in the midst of figuring my next outings. I’m excited for my upcoming release ‘Jack & Dil’ with Amit Sadh.”