QuickE: Akshay in Modi Biopic; Priyanka’s Next in Hollywood & More
Akshay Kumar might essay our current PM in his next; Shah Rukh’s latest song Radha is finally out and more stories.
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1. Akshay Kumar to Play PM Modi in Biopic? Nihalani Is All for It!
It’s the season of political films in Bollywood. After Indu Sarkar and The Accidental Prime Minister, it looks like we will see a film based on the our current Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. According to reports, the role will be essayed by Akshay Kumar.
After initially considering Paresh Rawal and Victor Banerjee for the role, Kumar was chosen for his “clean image” as well as reach as a star.
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2. Priyanka Chopra Joins Claire Danes In Her Second Hollywood Flick
Priyanka Chopra’s Hollywood debut Baywatch may have been globally slammed by critics but the actress has already moved on to her second international project. News is that PC is on the cast of the indie film A Kid Like Jake directed by Silas Howard. Priyanka was spotted on the sets of the film along with co-stars Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) and Claire Danes (Homeland). According to reports, A Kid Like Jake revolves around a couple played by Jim and Claire, who are trying to get their son into a top private school in New York. Priyanka apparently plays Amal a single mom and friend of the couple.
3. SRK-Anushka’s ‘Radha’ Has a Punjabi Flavour to It
The first song of Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma starrer, Jab Harry Met Sejal is finally here! Radha has been composed by Pritam and voiced by Shahid Mallya and Sunidhi Chauhan.
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4. Three-Time Oscar Winner Daniel Day-Lewis Bids Adieu to Acting
This one’s a shocker. Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis has reportedly quit acting. His last film would be an untitled drama set to release this December. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed Lewis in the Oscar-winning There Will Be Blood, the film is said to be set in the world of high fashion.
According to Variety, Day-Lewis’ retirement plan was announced through a statement by his spokesperson and no reasons were proffered.
5. Kalki is ready to make some ‘Noise’ on World Music Day
It’s World Music Day and even as everyone is busy celebrating music in different forms, actor Kalki Koechlin would rather make some “noise”. As part of her second innings with Culture Machine’s Blush, Kalki, the slam poetess, has just penned and released some rap poerty, titled Noise.
Drawing attention to the piercing interminable noises of the city - from azaans and chantings to fish markets to traffic - that blend into the tremendous noise of connectivity and its accompanying isolation at a very personal level, Noise is as important as it’s relevant. Kalki deftly points out how we all but drown our own individual voices in the surrounding cacophony that’s become our life.
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