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  • Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar to team up again for a partition drama

    Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar to team up again for a partition drama

    Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar proved to be powerful Jodi in Badhaai Do. The talented actors worked together for the first time in the film and it was a treat for the audience. Now, they are all set to share the screen again and dropped some major hints on their social media. Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar’s picture-perfect Instagram feeds have taken a monochromatic turn. To everyone’s surprise, their respective feeds are teleporting us back to the black-and-white era. However, their captions are hinting at a new project.

    Taking to his Instagram, Rajkummar Rao shared a black-and-white picture with the caption, “Uncovering the untold story of partition. Stay tuned… #BlackAndWhite (sic)”. Bhumi also posted something similar. She wrote, “The story of a partition that led many to become strangers in their own land. Stay tuned… #BlackAndWhite (sic)” Here’s the post:

    The Instagram pictures seem like they are from the time of the partition and it totally looks like they are hinting at a new project. These black and white pictures have caused a storm on the internet & everyone is keen to know what it’s about.After Badhaai Do and before this project that the duo are hinting at, Rajkummar and Bhumi would be sharing the screen in a film titled Bheed. It is directed by Anubhav Sinha, who has earlier helmed films like Anek, Thappad and Article 15. He is also producing the film jointly with Bhushan Kumar.

    Rajkummar Rao Wins Best Actor Jury Award For Monica O My Darling

    The News18 Showsha Reel Awards was a star-studded affair in B-Town. The event took place on February 25, honouring actors and filmmakers for their contribution in the entertainment industry with films and shows. Rajkummar Rao was presented with the Jury Award in the Best Actor category for his work in Monica, O My Darling.

    On receiving the award, he shared on stage, “Thank you so much jury. Thank you Vasan (Bala) – the man, the only reason behind Monica, O My Darling. The film is because of you. We all keep saying that, and we have to believe it now. Thank you Akansha (Ranjan Kapoor), Huma (Qureshi), Radhika (Apte), Sikander (Kher). It was a very special film always, but to get an award, I think that has added a lot to it.” Monica, O My Darling is a whodunnit with bunch of twists and turns.

    The actor also took to his social media handle to share a photo of himself with the award and wrote, “Won the Best Actor award at #News18ReelAwards for #MonicaOMyDarling. Thank you jury. Thank you team #Monica.” The actor looked dapper in a blazer and donned one of his brightest smiles as he received the award. The award was presented to him by Ram Madhvani and Divya Dutta.

     

  • Nora Fatehi and Rajkummar Rao pair up for Achha Sila Diya

    Nora Fatehi and Rajkummar Rao pair up for Achha Sila Diya

    Another B Praak and Jaani collaboration, a song about betrayal and love, is out. Called ‘Achha Sila Diya’, the track is a revamped version of the Sonu Nigam number from the movie Bewafa Sanam. The song was originally sung by Pakistani singer Ataullah Khan. The overlong video features Rajkummar Rao and Nora Fatehi as romantic partners, in which once again Nora ends up betraying the male lead, much like she did in the hit Arijit Singh song Pachtaoge. Here, instead of poisoning Vicky Kaushal, she gets Rao ‘killed’ by her secret boyfriend. The whole thing reeks of a Hindi daily soap, or a scene from a Bollywood movie in the 80s and 90s. Although truth be told, there is actually little that differentiates the two.

    One can only hope that the big folks at T-Series one day get the memo of how we live in 2023 and not in an India from the 80s, or just the simple fact that a song or a music video can just be that, there is absolutely no need of a ‘plotline.’ Nora does what she does well, dancing and over-acting, and Rajkummar Rao has also channeled his more melodramatic side in the music video. The lyrics and music are mediocre at best, but still somewhat better than those vapid Tanishk Bagchi remixes.

  • Bhumi Pednekar joins Rajkummar Rao in Bheed

    Bhumi Pednekar joins Rajkummar Rao in Bheed

    Bhumi Pednekar has come on board with Rajkummar Rao for a movie titled Bheed. The film will be directed by Anubhav Sinha, and will be Bhumi and Rajkummar’s second movie together. They will be seen for the first time in Badhaai Do, which is currently in the making. Bhumi and Raj will join Anubhav Sinha in Lucknow soon after Diwali to begin the shoot. The filmmaker is currently busy with the post-production work on Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer Anek and pre-production of Bheed. The film is jointly produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series and Anubhav Sinha, and is said to be a hard-hitting social drama. As for Badhaai Do, the movie has been directed by Harshavardhan Kulkarni. It is a sequel of Ayushmann’s 2018 film Badhaai Ho.

  • Salman Khan reacts as troll calls his home ‘den of vice’

    Salman Khan reacts as troll calls his home ‘den of vice’

    Arbaaz Khan has returned with a new season of his talk show, Pinch, where celebrities laugh, and also react to mean tweets. On Wednesday, he shared the promo for the show, which featured Salman Khan, Ananya Panday, Anil Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Rajkummar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana, Farah Khan and others. The video begins with Arbaaz Khan reading out a comment about Salman Khan, “Janta ka bhagwan mat bano (Don’t try to play god for the audience).” Salman replied, “Sahi baat hai, ek hi bhagwan hai, aur woh main nahi hoon (Absolutely. There is only one God and it is not me).” Salman then replied to a troll who commented on his home being aiyyashi ka adda (den of vice), “Inhone mere post ke andar aisa kya dekh liya, jo ki humara ghar hai, unko aiyashi ka adda kaise lag raha hai (What did they see in my post that my house looks like a den of vice to them)?” he asked.

  • Dharma Productions considering Rajkummar Rao for Dostana 2?

    Dharma Productions considering Rajkummar Rao for Dostana 2?

    The past few days in the film industry have been quite dramatic. Kartik Aaryan was ousted from Dharma Productions’ film Dostana 2 which stars Janhvi Kapoor and is a launchpad for Television actor Lakshya in movies. The project kicked off in 2019 but due to the pandemic, the production came to a halt in 2020. As the shooting began, creative differences between Karan Johar and Kartik Aaryan led to this conclusion. Now, that the lead actor’s role is once again available, the makers are going back to their first choice.

    A source revealed Bollywood Hungama, “Dharma Productions is considering to bring Rajkummar Rao on board for Dostana 2. He was their first choice when the project was being made but at the time, he couldn’t do the film due to his dates. Now, that makers are keen on enlisting someone, they are once again thinking of Rao who was fit for the role. Interestingly, Rao and Janhvi Kapoor recently worked together in horror-comedy Roohi and have a great work rapport.”