Post Manmarziyaan, Taapsee Pannu and Kanika Dhillon reunite for Haseen Dillruba

Actor Taapsee Pannu’s character Rumi, in Manmarziyaan was perhaps most beautiful and memorable character played by her and written by Kanika Dhillon. Clearly, the combination of Taapsee and Kanika is epic. And we will get to see this power-packed lady duo coming back once again with a thriller.

Kanika is the writer for Taapsee’s next film Haseen Dilruba, which also stars Vikrant Massey. The film is a thrilling murder mystery in a twisted love story that will only keep the audience on the edge of their seat. Talking about writing this film and collaborating with Taapsee once again, Kanika says,” This story is very special to me because it has consumed the writer in me a lot. It is a very interesting and gripping tale. I am glad to see Taapsee essaying this interesting role and it is great to be collaborating with Aanand sir for this film.”

We are excited to see that after penning fascinating characters and plots in her previous films like Manmarziyaan, Kedarnath and JudgeMentall Hai Kya, what is coming our way with Haseen Dillruba. Produced by Aanand L Rai’s Colour Yellow Productions and Eros International, Haseen Dillruba is directed by Vinil Matthew.

To All The Boys P.S. I Still Love You Trailer: Noah Centineo, Lana Condor and Jordan Fisher are stuck in love triangle

The year 2018 saw the rise of romance comedies on the big screen and OTT platforms. The biggest success was Netflix’s teen romance To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before which made Lana Condor and Noah Centineo, household names. Since then, the duo, who are close friends in real life, have completed the trilogy. Titled To All The Boys: P.S I Still Love You, internet’s beloved pair Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky return in this sequel where they finally give their relationship a chance.

The trailer is out now. Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky have decided to take their romance from the pretend relationship to a real one. The couple explores their lovely feelings towards each other until another recipient of the letter John Ambrose aka Jordan Fisher arrives. The love triangle brings a new drama to the story.

To All The Boys: PS I Still Love You will release on Valentine’s Day 2020.

Akshay Kumar calls himself a ‘ladies’ man’! Read more

You might remember how a few days back; Akshay Kumar got a pair of onion earrings for wife Twinkle Khanna! It left all of us in splits, but these little gestures definitely speak volumes. We all know what a supportive husband he has been, but hilariously enough, he recently referred to himself as a ‘ladies’ man’!

While he promoted his upcoming release Good Newwz, Akshay was quizzed about being a family man. He jokingly said he was still a ladies man. And then, he was quick to add that he has lived a good life and he is proud of it. He also revealed that he would occasionally cook for the family, especially when son Aarav would return from the US and would want him to make Pasta or Chocolate Paratha.

And for anyone who doesn’t know, Aarav has very much inherited the culinary skills from his father and enjoys cooking just as much.

On the work front, Akshay awaits the release of Good Newwz on December 27. He will also be seen in Rohit Shetty’s cop drama Sooryavanshi, alongside Katrina Kaif.

Varun Dhawan reveals he had a huge CRUSH on Street Dancer 3D co-star Shraddha Kapoor

Star Plus’ dance reality show – Dance+ 5 is racing towards a power-packed weekend as the audience will witness the team of Street Dancer 3D gracing the stage with their presence. Actor Varun Dhawan will reveal a sweet secret to his co-star and dear friend Shraddha.

In the upcoming episode of Dance+ 5, all the contestants will put their best foot forward not only to impress the celebrity guests, Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor but also, Super judge Remo D’Souza. Contestant Siba, who turned into a rose for his upcoming act, impressed Shraddha mightily. Other contestants like Monark, Bhim and Rupesh did not leave the opportunity to express their love to the beautiful lady too.

After watching everyone’s proposal, Varun walked up to Shraddha with a rose in his hand and revealed, “This is long time ago, but I had a huge crush on Shraddha.” When we talk about romance, who better than the King of Romance, Shah Rukh Khan, to help us with ways to propose. Varun went down on knees and slid from one end of the stage to another to Shraddha and gave her the rose.

The two hugged each other and Varun even gave her a peck on the cheek. Now isn’t that aww-dorable!?

After Deepika Padukone and Hrithik Roshan, Laxmi Agarwal dances to Kartik Aaryan’s Dheeme Dheeme

Kartik Aaryan is not just a bankable actor but a brand in the industry today. He’s currently ruling this party season with his hit chartbuster ‘Dheeme Dheeme’ from Pati Patni Aur Woh. The actor has made the entire nation dance to his tunes with his signature moves from the film.

Almost everyone on the internet has been taking up the most-viral dance challenge called ‘Dheeme Dheeme’ Dance Challenge, where netizens try to match up to Chintu Tyagi’s effortless moves. Not just fans but even actors like Deepika Padukone and Hrithik Roshan have taken up the challenge and done those signature moves. And looks like the list is never-ending. Now the latest one to join the ‘Dheeme Dheeme’ fan club is Laxmi Agarwal.

The brave girl, whose story has inspired Deepika Padukone starrer Chhapaak, has taken to her social media where she’s seen grooving to the song. Laxmi has shared a tik tok video where she’s seen dancing to the hit song and well its super adorable. Moreover, when Kartik Aaryan’s fan clubs posted this video, the actor soon reposted it on his Instagram and sweetly captioned the video saying ‘Love this one. I’m a big fan @laxmiagarwal’. Now that’s so sweet!

On the work front, Kartik Aaryan will be next seen in Imtiaz Ali’s film Aaj Kal along with Sara Ali Khan, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Dostana 2.

EXCLUSIVE: “Bhuj: The Pride Of India’s teaser won’t be attached with Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior” – Bhushan Kumar

The Independence Day has become a very beneficial period for film releases, more so in recent times. The collections go on a high on August 15, especially if the film has a patriotic touch. As a result, the expectations are immense from Bhuj: The Pride Of India, which releases on August 14, 2020. Though it’ll clash with John Abraham-starrer Attack, Bhuj: The Pride Of India has a higher chance of excelling as it’s a bigger film. It is based on a fascinating true account during the India-Pakistan war of 1971. What’s more, the star cast comprises of Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha, Rana Daggubati and Punjabi superstar Ammy Virk.

Recently, there were reports that the teaser of Bhuj: The Pride Of India will be attached with one of the first biggies of 2020 – Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, which hits theatres on January 10. It seemed true to many fans as both films feature Ajay Devgn in the lead role and Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series in the capacity of producer. However, when contacted to ask if this is indeed happening, Bhushan simply stated, “That’s not true”.

Then reports also emerged that Bhuj: The Pride Of India’s shoot is facing problems and faced delays, with Ajay giving away his dates to another film of his, Maidaan. Bhushan however claims, “There is no delay. We plan to release the film on August 14 and we are progressing as per the schedule.”

The team of Bhuj: The Pride Of India however did face a minor jolt when Parineeti Chopra had to walk out of the film. She was to play the part of the femme fatale Heena Rehman, an Indian spy based in Lahore. On this Bhushan Kumar tells, “Parineeti Chopra’s dates were not matching. She’s doing one more film, Saina, also produced by T-Series. Hence, we are looking for a replacement.” Finding another actor and then shooting her scenes will take time and yet, Bhushan Kumar, once again maintained that Bhuj: The Pride Of India will definitely arrive in cinemas on Independence Day.

Bhuj: The Pride Of India is based on an incident that occurred during the India-Pakistan 1971 war when Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik, the then in-charge of the Bhuj airport organized 300 women to create an airfield to help the Indian Air Force (IAF). While the role of Vijay Karnik is essayed by Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt plays Ranchordas Svabhai Ravari, a ‘Pagi’ who can identify a person’s gender, height and weight just by taking a look at their footprints. Meanwhile, Sonakshi Sinha slips into the role of Sunderben Jetha Madharparya, a social worker, who convinced the 300 women to help build the runway. Finally, Rana Daggubati and Ammy Virk play the roles of Lt Colonel and fighter pilot respectively. Abhishek Dudhaiya is the director of this flick that is co-produced by Kumar Mangar Pathak, Vajir Singh and Ginny Khanuja.

Ananya Panday’s So Positive initiative bags an award at The Economic Times Promising Brands 2019

Ananya Panday’s digital social responsibility initiative ‘So Positive’ has won big this year at the biggest business award ceremony and also, the biggest lifestyle awards of the year.

Very recently, at an award ceremony curated by Economic Times called ‘The Economic Times Promising Brands 2019’, So Positive won the ‘The Promising Brand- Initiative of the year’.

Earlier this year, at the awards ceremony of Vogue Women of the year the actress had won the title of ‘Youth Influencer of the Year’ for the initiative and has been receiving all the praise and accolade for her highly significant initiative.

So Positive aims at creating awareness about social media positivity and a step towards building a positive community. It is very easy to sit behind the computer screen and troll someone without thinking of the impact it can have on the
other person hence, these accolades only go on to prove how Ananya Panday is leading the world in the right direction.

At various stages of the year, with So Positive, they have worked out different ways to create awareness and the thought behind the campaign has been much appreciated by the people and also,the Bollywood fraternity.

Stepping in 2020, So Positive aims to reaching out to more and more people to have a positive environment.

Here’s how much money Panipat has lost at the box office!

The much talked about Ashutosh Gowariker directorial Panipat released a while back. Starring Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Kapoor and Kriti Sanon the film, like Gowariker’s previous cinematic outings was mounted on lavish scale with keen attention to detail. However, at the box office, Panipat has found the going tough, facing an uphill task to post decent box office collections. In this box office report we take a look at the economics of Panipat to see how profitable the venture was for its makers.

Given its massive scale Panipat was made on a budget of Rs. 90 cr. which included the Cost of Production as well cost for Print and Publicity. However, the film has till date garnered approximately Rs. 30 cr. at the domestic box office. Given this low key collections the makers of the film stand to earn just Rs. 13.50 cr. from the domestic box office collections, and another Rs. 3.65 cr. from the theatrical collections in the overseas markets. This coupled with the Rs. 40 cr. Panipat raked in for its satellite, digital and music rights, the makers of the film stand to earn Rs. 57.15 cr.

Evident from this, is the fact that Panipat has cost its makers a whopping Rs. 32.85 cr. loss, with a negative 36.51% rate of Return on Investment.

If that wasn’t all, looking at Ashutosh Gowariker’s recent past record at the box office the filmmaker has emerged as one of the biggest loss making director in recent times. In fact, the Ashutosh Gowariker directorial Mohenjo Daro which was made on a lavish budget had also succumbed to severe losses of more than 80 crores.

In fact, with Mohenjo Daro and Panipat both underperforming at the box office, Gowariker’s last two projects have lost close to Rs. 110 cr.

Economics of Panipat

Cost Of Production, Prints and Publicity – 90 Cr.

TOTAL COST  – 90 Cr.

India Theatrical Box Office – 30 Cr. (Expected)

Distributor’s share (A) – 13.50 Cr.

Overseas Theatrical  Box Office – 8.10 Cr. (Expected)

Distributor’s share (B) – 3.65 Cr.

Satellite, Audio and Digital (C) – 40  Cr.

TOTAL RECOVERIES (A+B+C) – 57.15 Cr.

PROFIT –  –32.85 Cr.

RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI) –  –36.51%

Disclaimer:
The Box Office figures are compiled from various sources and our own research. The figures can be approximate and Bollywood Hungama does not make any claims about the authenticity of the data. However, they are adequately indicative of the box-office performance of the film(s).

Bhumi Pednekar reveals Sonchiriya’s failure left her heartbroken

With releases such as Bala and Pati Patni Aur Woh among others, Bhumi Pednekar has had a solid 2019. However, Sonchiriya, the film she began her year with, tanked at the box office. At the end of the day, nobody likes their films not doing well, and Bhumi is no exception.

In a recent interview with a leading daily, the actor opened up on how Sonchiriya being washed out at the box office left her heartbroken. However, she agrees that she grew as an actor while preparing for her character of a rape survivor who also had a child marriage. Bhumi credited director Abhishek Chaubey for the guidance, and says she could not have performed at her best without his help.

While the film was widely loved by the critics and large part of the audience, it didn’t get lucky at the award ceremonies. Bhumi says she doesn’t understand how the award ceremonies work, and while awards would have been great, she is grateful for all the love that the film has received.

Sonchiriya was followed with Bhumi and co-star Taapsee Pannu playing world’s oldest sharp-shooters in Saand Ki Aankh. She will be next seen in Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, and Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted Ship. 

WATCH VIDEO: Salman Khan grooves with Ram Charan and Venkatesh on ‘Munna Badnaam Hua’

The much-awaited film, Dabangg 3 has been so much in talks ever since the release of the trailer and as the release is inching closer, the ‘Chulbul fever’ all across is real. The fans are nothing but super excited to see it and cannot wait to see a whole different side of Chulbul Pandey. At a recent event in Hyderabad, Salman made sure that he gets all the starry presence on stage with the cast and Southern stars at one place and danced on his ‘Munna Badnaam Hua’, nailing the hook step.

With the promotions going on in full swing since the film is to hit the screens just in a day, the actor had Ram Charan who is a Telugu superstar at an event and well, the gig by the two stars is proof how the hook step is already the talking point all across. To join the celebration, South superstar Venkatesh Daggubati was also present and it was a sheer vision to watch all three do the hook step and have fun.

The fans had nothing but a lot of excitement and tons of screams of love to give while witnessing the extravaganza. The actors then treated their fans by doing the hook step of Dabangg 3 #MunnaBadnaamHuaChallenge.

Dabangg 3 stars Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Saiee Manjrekar, Arbaaz Khan and Kicha Sudeep in the lead roles. The much-awaited film is directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Salma Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Nikhil Dwivedi under the banner of Salman Khan Films and is slated to release in just a day, on 20th of December.

Street Dancer 3D Trailer Launch: Varun Dhawan says Sushant Pujari is his constant support

The recently released trailer of Street Dancer 3D has piqued audiences’ interest creating all the more excitement amongst the fans. At the trailer launch of this upcoming dance franchise, Varun Dhawan who expressed his gratitude also went ahead to reveal one of his constant support systems.

The actor shares, “There is one more constant support of mine who is Sushant. He is not here as he is in America. And he use to always encourage me. Love you brother”.

Sushant and Varun are once again teaming up for Street Dancer after ABCD 2. Sushant has earlier worked with Varun in Student of the Year as a dancer. Both the actors share a great bond, both onscreen and off-screen. The Street Dancer trailer showcases Sushant Pujari at his dance best. The actor enjoys a huge fan base across the nation for his unbeatable dance flair and acting skills.

Sushant Pujari was earlier seen in ABCD, ABCD 2 and with Street Dancer, the actor is set for his fourth collaboration with director Remo D’Souza which also includes Flying Jatt. January calls for dual celebration for Sushant as he is all geared for two releases on the same day with Street Dancer and Kannada film Chase which also marks his south debut.

Bhumi Pednekar proves that nothing screams power like an all-black pant-suit!

Bhumi Pednekar has been killing it in the fashion world with her unconventional and stunning choices. Making heads turn at every event she attends, Bhumi’s looks are giving major fashion inspiration to budding fashionistas. She was recently invited to attend the ET Conclave event by Economic Times and she walked in embracing her inner boss lady!

Wearing a sequin detail pants and blazer by Intrinsic, Bhumi Pednekar’s outfit was a simple one, with beautiful detailing around her shoulders. Even though the outfit was an elegant one, the way Bhumi carried it was astonishing. Leaving her short hair in soft curls, Bhumi Pednekar opted for a blush-pink makeup look and skipped the accessories. Her look was styled by Pranita Shetty and we can’t wait to see what more aesthetic looks these two come up with in the future.

Bhumi Pednekar, on the work front, will next be seen in Bhoot: Part One – The Haunted Ship and Durgavati.

Lokmat Style Awards 2019: Deepika Padukone redefines grace and elegance in a Sabyasachi saree

Deepika Padukone has mentioned multiple times that Sabyasachi is one of her favourite designers and she makes sure to wear his designs whenever she can. Even for her wedding, Deepika Padukone’s wedding outfits and her trousseau box had all of his latest bridal collection. The man surely knows to bring out the best with his work.

For the Lokmat Style Awards hosted last night, Deepika Padukone walked the red carpet in an orange Sabyasachi saree with bold floral prints spread across. She opted for a brown-hued makeup as she had her hair up in a bun with multi-coloured roses around it. Rounding her outfit off with drop-down diamond earrings, Deepika Padukone’s look was styled by Shaleena Nathani.

All set to be seen in Chhapaak, Deepika Padukone will portray the role of an acid attack survivor in the film.

Five decades of ‘Mera Naam Joker’: Epic timelessness

On 18th December 1970, Mera Naam Joker hit the screen. It was a path-breaking film and storyline at the time. Commercially, it did not do well, but within the next few years, it came to be ranked as a classic. Today, but for the economic aspect, which might have gone worse, fans even wonder why this sweepingly majestic epic was not made in 70mm, as Raj Kapoor had starred, just three years before it, in India’s till-then only 70mm film, Around The World.

Here is a fact file about the epic and timeless classic.

*In those times, multi-star films were unknown. There had been only two examples on a big scale, Mother India (1957) and Waqt (1965), the latter film originally planned by B.R. Chopra with Prithviraj Kapoor and his three sons, Raj himself, Shammi and Shashi Kapoor! This made Mera Naam Joker the biggest multi-star film until then.

*Rajendra Kumar, Dharmendra and Manoj Kumar starred in it besides Raj. And there were three heroines—Padmini. Simi Garewal and Russian actress Kseniya Ryabinkina, later seen in the 2009 Rishi Kapoor film Chintuji.

*The movie had two intervals—one of the only two movies to have them in Hindi movie history, and was 25 reels and 255 minutes long. Its international version on DVD is 233 minutes long, while the Indian DVD is just 184 minutes. The only other movie with two intervals (not in all prints though) was Sangam, the film produced and directed by Raj Kapoor just before Mera Naam Joker.

*Rishi Kapoor made his screen debut as the adolescent version of his father’s character. Raj Kapoor had wanted to cast elder son Randhir Kapoor in this role, but he did not lose enough weight!

*The music was a chartbuster even though the film fared poorly at the box-office: those were the days a music score had a separate quality-based fate from the parent film!

*However, Lata Mangeshkar’s absence was keenly felt and even sensed, as she had had a tiff with Raj Kapoor as well as Shankar after Sangam. Jaikishan, who had split from Shankar by then (both composed separately here), was still working with Lata.

*Lyricist Hasrat Jaipuri revealed that a third verse for his classic ‘Jaane Kahaan Gaye Woh Din’ was written by him but not used. Mukesh loved it and would often incorporate it when performing at a live concert.

*The film won the Filmfare awards for Best Music (Shankar-Jaikishan), Male Playback (Manna Dey), Cinematography (Radhu Karmakar), Sound Recording (Allauddin) and above all for Raj Kapoor as the Best Director.

*Manna Dey and Raj Kapoor also won the National awards for that year.

*Rishi Kapoor is the only big star to have won a National award for his acting debut, apart from Amitabh Bachchan a year earlier. By a coincidence, they are the only stars in 2019 from that generation who are still relevant. But the tangy part was that Rishi won the National Best Child Actor award!

*Rishi Kapoor has a standout memory of when he won this award. “I showed my father the trophy and he told me to take it to my grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor. My grandfather began weeping. and just when I was wondering why, he said something that I did not understand then, “Aaj Raj ne mera karzaa utaar diya (Today, my son has paid his debt to me)!”

*Incidentally, Raj’s character in the film was called Ranbir Raj, his real name, and his grandson and Rishi’s son Ranbir now carries his name as well.
*Two stalwarts from the RK cinematic household—Mukesh and Shailendra—were a part of the team, sharing credits with their debut-making sons,

*Nitin Mukesh and Shaily Shailendra. The senior Shailendra had passed away in 1966, but his song (Raj Kapoor always kept a bank of songs), ‘Jeena Yahaan Marna Yahaan’ was used, completed by Shaily.

*‘Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye’, a song by Phil Park and Harry Parr-Davies, first sung during the Second World War by Gracie Fields, was used with a romantic implication between the married teacher Simi Garewal and student Rishi Kapoor in the film. The chorus song had Rishi’s portiosn sung by Nitin Mukesh! Nitin Mukesh was to later sing more than once for Rishi Kapoor, notably in the chartbuster ‘Zindagi Ka Naam Dosti’ in the 1987 Khudgarz.

*Mukesh himself gave playback for ‘Teetar Ke Do Aage Teetar’, the only song he sang for Rishi, Raj Kapoor’s son and the next generation Kapoor.

*Manoj Kumar has revealed, “For the first chapter that starred Rishi Kapoor, Simi Garewal and me, I also worked with Raj Kapoor-ji as a writer – the solah baras concept and philosophy were mine, and Raj-ji was big-hearted enough to mention to many people in the film industry that I had a hand in shaping the screenplay.”

*Dharmendra, who played the circus owner in the film, has let on that he would stand outside RK Studios as a struggler, wondering when he would get a chance to even enter the premises! Later, as a star, he had requested Raj to give him an opportunity to work with him, and Rishi Kapoor recollected that the then-big star had taken a much lower fee than his market-rate. As Dharmendra put it, “It was a dream come true. I was not only acting with Raj-saab but also under his direction, which was a chance very few others got!”

*Raj Kapoor gave the names of these two leading men, as well as of Rajendra Kumar and Dara Singh, in the ‘Acknowledgement’ credits of the movie, for this gesture at accepting smaller roles.

*The film was released in Russia (Raj Kapoor’s international citadel, so to speak, since the 1951 Awara) in three separate parts, and was such a hit that, inflation adjusted to times today, the three chapters did a combined business of over Rs 840 crore!

*The financial crisis that Mera Naam Joker landed Raj Kapoor in finally made him produce his modestly-budgeted record-smashing Bobby, in 1973, his biggest hit ever as producer, His biggest hit as a director came in 1985 with Ram Teri Ganga Maili.

*Nevertheless, what is most important is that Raj Kapoor declared Mera Naam Joker as his favourite film.