QuickE: Ranveer Responds to Will Smith; Vicky Kaushal On Pulwama
Ranveer Singh responds to Will Smith and Vicky Kaushal reacts to Pulwama terror attack.
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1. Ranveer Singh Replies to Will Smith For His Gully Boy Shout-Out
Actor Ranveer Singh has responded to Hollywood star Will Smith’s shout out to him recently via Instagram on the release of his film Gully Boy. Smith had praised Ranveer Singh’s work in the film through a video, in which he said, “Yo Ranveer! Congrats man. I am loving what you doing. Gully Boy. I have seen old school hip hop, seen hip hop all over the world. I am loving it. Go get it.”
Reacting to Will Smith’s Insta video, Ranveer created a couple of Instagram stories and wrote, “Shoutout from the original rapper slash actor - Big Willy! Respect.” He continued, “Salaam tumko bade bhai, boht hard.”
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2. Pulwama Attack Not to be Forgiven and Forgotten: Vicky Kaushal
Bollywood actor Vicky Kaushal has condemned the February 14 Pulwama terror attack in which at least 49 CRPF troopers lost their lives. The actor described the episode as "sad". In his latest release Uri: The Surgical Strike, Vicky played the role of an army officer. He received a lot of praise from the audience for his performance in the film.
The actor made the remarks on the sidelines of the final day of Act Fest, organised by Cine and TV Artistes' Association (CINTAA) and the 48 Hour Film Project. Actress Kubra Sait also condemned the attack and urged people to be kind towards humanity.
"The film fraternity is coming together to say that what happened is incorrect... it is extremely heartbreaking and shocking. I will not support terrorism in any way especially when terrorism is faked in the mask of faith. I'm not somebody who agrees to this. I think its high time that humans started loving each other with kindness with respect and just with love," she said.
Meanwhile, talking about the Act Fest, Vicky said: "This is a great initiative where actors of different generations are coming together to celebrate films and the art of acting. We usually see festivals of films but this is great to see a gathering initiated by the actors for the actors."
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3. Soundarya Rajinikanth Trolled for Posting Honeymoon Pics
Tamil star Rajinikanth’s daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth was trolled online for posting pictures from her honeymoon and not paying tributes to the dead CRPF jawans after the terror attack in Pulwama on 14 February. Soundarya who got married to Vishagan Vanangamudi, a businessman, on 11 February and the couple went on for their honeymoon to Iceland.
On 15 February, Soundarya posted pictures on social media from her honeymoon in Iceland with husband Vishagan. This was one day after the tragic terror attack on CRPF jawans in Pulwama which killed over 40 CRPF personnel.
Soon after Soundarya’s Twitter post of pictures of her honeymoon, she began to be criticised by users on Twitter for being insensitive to the terror attack.
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4. Archana Puran Singh to Replace Sidhu On Kapil Sharma Show
While Sony TV is yet to give out an official statement about having removed politician, commentator and TV personality Navjot Singh Sidhu from their popular comedy show The Kapil Sharma Show, sources close the channel have confirmed that Sidhu has indeed been asked to step down from the show. Sony TV has taken the decision following the criticism that Sidhu has received for his statement on the Pulwama terror attack on CRPF jawans. It is also likely that actor and TV host Archana Puran Singh will replace Sidhu on The Kapil Sharma Show from its next episode.
Reacting to the suicide attack on CRPF jawans in Pulwama, Sidhu in a media interaction had earlier said, “Nations cannot be held responsible for the dastardly acts of terrorists. The terrorists do not have deen, mazhab (sect and religion). There are good, the bad and the ugly. Every institution has them. Every nation has them. The ugly need to be punished. But individuals cannot be blamed for the dastardly act.”
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5. T-Series Drops 2 Pak Songs from YouTube Post Pulwama Terror Attack
Music label T-series has removed two songs sung by Pakistani singers Atif Aslam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan from their YouTube account after the recent terror attack on CRPF jawans in Pulwama. The two songs are Baarishein by Atif and Zindagi by Rahat, which were uploaded on 13 February and 15 February respectively. According to sources, T-Series took the decision on the request of their fans and given the current situation.
The film wing of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Saturday had also asked all music companies to stop working with Pakistani singers. Speaking to PTI, Amey Khopkar, head of the MNS Chitrapat Sena had said, “We have verbally communicated to Indian music companies like T-Series, Sony Music, Venus, Tips Music etc to not work with Pakistani singers. These companies should stop it immediately or we will take action in our own style.”
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