QuickE: Nana Patekar With Rajini; Shruti Haasan Out of Sangamithra
Anand Mahindra wants to acquire Rajinikanth’s Thar and more stories.
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1. Nana Patekar and Huma Qureshi Join Rajinikanth In ‘Kaala’
Can you handle Nana Patekar’s intensity and Rajinikanth’s charisma in the same frame? Well, the Tamil superstar’s new film Kaala now has Nana Patekar on board along with Huma Qureshi. Directed by Pa Ranjith, the man behind Rajinikanth’s recent run away success Kabali, Kaala is being produced by Dhanush’s Wunderbar Films and shooting for the film has already commenced in Mumbai.
A Rajinikanth fan club Twitter handle tweeted out a list of the cast members of Kaala recently.
Other known Bollywood names on the list include Sayaji Shinde and Pankaj Tripathi.
Kaala is expected to be shot over 40 days in Mumbai and scheduled for a release in 2018. The music director of the film is Santhosh Narayanan, while G Murali is the cinematographer and A Sreekar Prasad is handling the edit.
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2. Shruti Haasan Drops out of ‘Sangamithra’ After Cannes Unveiling
In a shocking turn of events, Shruti Haasan has dropped out of Sangamithra. The film is being touted as Sundar C's magnum opus.
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3. Shabana Azmi Is Floored By Suhana’s Acting, Here’s How SRK Reacted
For an artist there is nothing more satisfying than getting complimented for your work, and when it comes from one of the finest actors of the Indian film industry it’s just all the more gratifying. Something like this happened to Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan recently.
Shabana Azmi took to Twitter to share what she thought about Suhana’s acting capabilities after chancing upon her in a school play.
The proud daddy, Shah Rukh Khan, immediately replied to Shabana’s tweet, thanking her for the “big encouragement”.
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4. Anand Mahindra Wants to Acquire Rajinikanth’s ‘Kaala’ Car
Rajinikanth’s Kaala has been creating a lot of buzz on social media. And its caught Anand Mahindra, the Executive Chairman of Mahindra Group’s eye as well.
On seeing the poster of Kaala, in which Rajinikanth is sitting on a Mahindra Thar, he requested to have the car placed in his auto museum.
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5. What ‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’ Earned In Its First Weekend
Sachin Tendulkar’s docu-drama Sachin: A Billion Dreams has collected Rs 27.85 crore in its first weekend at the box-office. Considering that the film is in the docu feature format, these collections are quite impressive.
The Sachin biopic saw a steady climb in its earnings as it began with earning Rs 8.40 crore on Friday, which increased to Rs. 9.20 crore on Saturday and finally rose to Rs 10.25 crore on Sunday.
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