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Priyanka Chopra in talks for two new Hollywood films
Actress Priyanka Chopra, whose Hollywood debut film‘ Baywatch’ is yet to hit screens in India, is in talks to join two projects— indie drama‘ A Kid Like Jake’, starring Jim Parsons and Claire Danes, and Rebel Wilson starrer‘ Isn’ t It Romantic’.
According to variety. com, Priyanka will shoot‘ AKid Like Jake’ in June and then immediately begin production on‘ Isn’ t It Romantic’ in July before returning to television series‘ Quantico’.
‘ AKid Like Jake’, which will be directed by Silas Howard, follows two parents who are in the process of filling out kindergarten applications for their four-year-old boy who is gender variant.
After realising that they can’ t afford private school tuition, the director of Jake’ s preschool encourages them to emphasise Jake’ s gender variance to help him stand out and earn a scholarship.
Meanwhile, Todd Strauss- Schulson’ s“ Isn’ t It Romantic” will also feature Adam Devine and Liam Hemsworth. The romantic comedy follows a young woman( Wilson) who gives up on love only to mysteriously find herself trapped inside a romantic comedy.
Priyanka became popular in the West through her lead role in‘ Quantico’, which has had two seasons so far.
Randeep Hooda: We are always looking to push blame onto others
Randeep Hooda, who has joined hands with lawyer Afroz Shah to clean up the dumps around the mangroves around the Mumbai suburbs, says Indian citizens themselves need to keep their city clean instead of blaming the authorities for the same.“ We are always looking to push the blame onto others, if the city isn’ t clean we are blaming the PM, but the fact is that we are ourselves making the city dirty. So we need to remedy that,” Randeep said in a statement.
In the past, the Sarbjit actor has also been a part of former India skipper Kapil Dev’ s NGO to improve poor communities in India. On the work front, Randeep will next be seen in Battle of Saragarhi( Movie).
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, the film is based on the Battle of Saragarhi, that took place in 1897 between the British Indian Army and the Afghan Orakzai tribesmen, in the North-West Frontier Province( now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). The film also features Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah, Shadaab Khan and Rannvijay Singh. The actor says he is finding his way around social media.” I come from a village and I try to raise a voice from their point of view as well … I don’ t know whether it makes a difference or not.” Talking about feminism, he said:“ I am not a hardcore feminist. A feminist dialogue that does not include men is an empty dialogue. It has to be inclusive and can’ t be exclusive … If you are always offensive, then you are alienating those people.” Randeep also pointed out that there is an element of commercialisation of this revolution or ideology.” It will find its balance. People will start seeing through the fake and start going for real.” Randeep, who co-owns Body Building India and launched Gym 99, has never shied away from taking bold roles.
June, 2017
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Salman Khan’ s‘ Tubelight’ role inspired by‘ Pepper’ from‘ Little Boy’
Salman Khan recently released the official trailer for his upcoming movie‘ Tubelight’ and it has already won everyone’ s hearts. The trailer promises of good performances and an unusual story line.
‘ Tubelight’ directed by Kabir Khan made a statement that the movie is an official story adaptation of‘ Little Boy’ and that it is even in the credits of his film. He also said that it is just the idea that is adapted and everything else in‘ Tubelight’ is different from the original movie, as reported by DNA.‘ Little Boy’ is set in the backdrop of a fictional land and is a story about an 8-year-old boy who is said to be‘ special’.
Certain dialogues from the‘ Tubelight’ trailer are exactly the same as the one in‘ Little Boy’, they both talk about having faith to bring back their loved one from the war.
It even gave us a slight idea of what could be Shah Rukh Khan’ s role in the movie about.
Even though the makers of‘ Tubelight’ have given credits to the movie‘ Little Boy’, the similarities between the two are uncanny.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to star opposite Anil Kapoor in Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra’ s next?
Speculations are rife that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has signed Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra’ s next film Fanney Khan opposite Anil Kapoor.“ Aishwarya is part of Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra’ s film. It’ s a drama. It’ s his kind of cinema,” sources close to the development told PTI. KriArj Entertainment has collaborated with Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra Pictures for the project. Aishwarya was last seen in Karan Johar’ s Ae Dil hai Mushkil co-starring Ranbir Kapoor. Rakyesh Omprakash who has helmed films like Mirzya and Delhi 6 is currently working on Mere Pyare Prime Minister that revolves around the friendship of four kids living in the slums.
Aishwarya, meanwhile, who just attended Cannes spoke at length about her daughter Aaradhya.” She has had a very normal upbringing till now. It’ s not like we sit her down and show her our films. I can’ t say she is blissfully unaware, she is aware of what we do. She obviously sees our posters all over the city. She is aware of who we are,” the actor said during a press meeting at Cannes.
“ Because she is travelling with me, meeting new people, seeing our world, I don’ t have to sit her down and tell her what
her mother does. She sees it, she is growing up with. She has now developed an ease( with media) which you all are seeing,” she says. Aishwarya says since Aaradhya is born into a family of movie stars, she is aware of little things in the business, such as getting clicked by photographers constantly.“ She sees photographers outside our
home, airports, everywhere. People come for selfie requests so sometimes she photobombs them, sometimes she says‘ mumma, not me na?’ when someone is clicking pictures, she will back out,” the actor said.
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