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Grapevine Bollywood Salman Khan Salman Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's much-anticipated film Inshallah may be shelved, but the actor says he still shares a great equation with the filmmaker. The 53-year-old actor and the director announced earlier this year that they will be collaborating for a love story, also featuring Alia Bhatt, and the film will hit the theatres on Eid 2020. The project, however, was cancelled last month following cryptic tweets by Salman Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's production team. Deepika Padukone A lot has been said and written about Pyaar Ka Punchnama director Luv Ranjan's upcoming film report- edly featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, and Deepika Padukone. The Padmaavat actress' fans were pretty upset when they read reports about Deepika working with Luv, who was accused during #MeToo movement. To express their displeasure, fans started trending #NotMyDeepika on Twitter. Soon, media reports suggested that Deepika Padukone opted out of the film. Ayushmann Khurrana Ayushmann Khurrana who stepped into Bollywood with Vicky Donor made his mark with his very first content-driven film. Since then, Ayushmann went on to deliver some of the best stories so far. In conversation with Mumbai Mirror, the actor recounted his story of how he landed the role of Vicky Arora. He revealed what attracted him to take up the script and his reaction when he first heard about sperm donation. Ayushmann told the daily that di- rector Shoojit Sircar was hunting for a 20-year-old, an eccentric- Punjabi guy to essay the lead role for his rom-com, Vicky Donor. 36 WWW.CINESPRINT.COM | JANUARY- 2020