QuickE: Priyanka Chopra Meets Rohingya Refugees; Tabu Joins Bharat

Akshay Kumar talks about Menstrual Hygiene; Oprah, Meryl sign open letter on gender equality; ‘Mowgli’ trailer out.

Priyanka Chopra on meets Rohingya Refugees; Tabu joins Salman Khan & Priyanka Chopra For Bharat. 

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1. The World Needs to Care: Priyanka Chopra on Rohingya Refugees

Quantico actor Priyanka Chopra is currently in Bangladesh, spending time with children in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. On a UNICEF mission, Priyanka is doing her bit for the children from the neighbouring country of Myanmar, where they face persecution for belonging to the ethnic group of Rohingya Muslims.

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2. Tabu Joins Salman Khan & Priyanka Chopra For ‘Bharat’

Filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar says he is excited to work with actress Tabu on Bharat. Zafar on Tuesday tweeted a photograph of Tabu, who was last seen on screen in Golmaal Again.

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3. Men Need to Understand Need of Menstrual Hygiene: Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar in a poster of PadMan.(Photo Courtesy: Sony)

Actor Akshay Kumar says men should understand the need of menstrual hygiene for the women in their lives. Akshay also featured in PadMan, which tells a story of social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham's journey to make affordable sanitary napkins.

“With the world television premiere of ‘PadMan’, I am glad that the movie will reach every household. I would like to urge the audience to watch the movie with the entire family.”

Akshay Kumar (in a statement to IANS)

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4. Oprah, Meryl Among 140 to Sign Open Letter on Gender Equality

Meryl Streep, Ryan Reynolds and Oprah Winfrey. (Photo courtesy: Facebook)

Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Ryan Reynolds, Chadwick Boseman and Lena Dunham are among the 140 signatories from Hollywood will sign an open letter to promote gender equality. The letter campaign, which puts the world leaders "on notice", is being spearheaded by international charity ONE.

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5. ‘Mowgli’ Trailer: The Andy Serkis Film Is Not a Fairy Tale

Warner Bros. has released the first trailer of Mowgli which seems to be a dark adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. The live action film is directed by Andy Serkis and features Rohan Chand in the lead role. It also stars Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Freida Pinto.

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