QuickE: Akshay’s ‘Gold’ Prep; Ranbir-Kat Promote ‘Jagga Jasoos’
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1. Akshay Is Gunning For ‘Gold’: Film About India’s First Olympic Win
Akshay Kumar has embarked on a new cinematic journey with Gold. The actor says he needs all the love and best wishes from his admirers.
Akshay took off to London to shoot for the first schedule of the Excel Entertainment's film and took to Twitter to share his first look from the film.
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2. A Lungi & A Fairytale Gown: Ranbir & Katrina at SIIMA 2017
Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif landed in Abu Dhabi to promote their upcoming flick, Jagga Jasoos at South Indian International Movie Awards 2017 (SIIMA). Katrina looked elegant in a yellow fairytale gown accompanying Ranbir, Rana Daggubati and R Madhavan on stage.
Check out the event in pictures below:
3. Is Kajol Playing Rajinikanth In Soundarya’s Film?
It’s complicated. But intriguing. Maybe more so than the film itself. But it looks like the most creatively daring gender-switch ever achieved in an Indian film with the enterprising young filmmaker Soundarya Rajinikanth rewriting a role she conceived for her father for Bollywood’s spunkiest actress Kajol.
According to sources in the know, Soundarya’s original plan was to achieve a near-impossible casting coup in the Tamil film, Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 with her legendary father Rajinikanth as the main antagonist opposite her brother-in-law Dhanush.
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4. Can’t Wait for Roohi and Misha to be Best Friends: Karan Johar
Karan Johar and Mira Rajput recently met up at a book launch in Mumbai and spoke about turning parents for the first time. Remember, Shahid Kapur and Mira had their baby girl Misha in August 2016, while Karan became a parent to twins Roohi and Yash in February earlier this year.
Speaking about being a first-time parent at the event, Karan said, "It's daunting. It's exhilarating. It's shocking in my case as well. It's just everything that I thought it would be and yet everything that’s not. I still look at them and can't believe they are mine and I'm just blessed every morning, literally by their presence."
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5. Jab Harry Met Sejal: Making of Radha & the Sejal Wave, SRK Style
We have all been swinging away to Main Bani Teri Radha, the first song of Imtiaz Ali’s Jab Harry Met Sejal. Now, if you think it’s all easy-breezy and Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma have it all smooth, toodling around in exotic locations - think again. The makers have released ‘The Making of Radha’ video to give us a peek into exactly how difficult the business of making cinema is.
Watch the video here:
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