1. What Did Fawad Khan Actually Say Against India?
With all the debate and discussion around whether Pakistani actors should or should not be allowed to work in India, you couldn’t have escaped the “news” of actor Fawad Khan’s comments on India once he had “safely landed” in Pakistan. Fawad’s “ingrate statement” about Bollywood and India must have reached you through Facebook posts, retweets on Twitter, pings on your mobile via WhatsApp - the avenues are endless.
Many of you might have shared or forwarded the same message to your friends, relatives and spread it further via WhatsApp groups with the added comment of how Fawad’s attitude reaffirmed our carefully informed opinion about “the ungrateful Pakistani”.
Some of you who strongly believe that Pakistani actors need to be shown the door must have quickly sent it to your friends or colleagues who don’t hold the same view with a “we told you so” smirk.
So where exactly did Fawad Khan say what he had to say about India? I did a quick scan of the websites carrying Fawad’s statements to figure that out.
A website called Thegodofsmallthing.com ran a report with the headline – Fawad Khan Speaks Up About Indian’s after Landing In Pakistan and it Will Break Hearts of Many (sic) with the actor’s quotes. The article, which has 394,902 views till now and has over 13,000 shares on Facebook quotes Fawad as having said, “My first priority is Pakistan. Pakistan comes first, Indian person’s heart is so small. Only money is important for these people, there is no love for country and our soldiers.”
The article goes on to berate Fawad for making this statement and ends the piece by saying – We do not authenticate the story by our own. Source of this post includes: Internet Hindu, Threemad.com (sic)
2. Farhan Writes To Daughter About Sexual Assault On Women
Farhan Akhtar wrote a hard-hitting open letter to his daughter to talk about the reality of sexual assault in India. And he also acknowledged how the movies were to a large extent responsible for it.
You must also have seen movies in which the entire supporting cast conspires to help the ‘hero’ know the girl he’s interested in. They get together to help him (not her); they block her path wherever she goes. They conspire to bring them face to face, to the point where he’ll hold her, catch her dress, even jump on top of her in some instances. Such behaviour — which flies in the face of consent that I’ve always tried to talk to you about — has been normalised by movies.Farhan Akhtar, Actor-Director
3. It’s time for a lesson in Tamil with Tamannaah!
Tamannaah, who has done innumerable films down south, is actually a Sindhi girl born and brought up in Mumbai. So we thought if she can learn Tamil, why can’t we? And so we took a crash course from the actress who gave us tips to survive in Tamil Nadu.
Camera: Ashish Bhalla
Editor: Kammaljiit Kainth
4. Is Dhoni Biopic Heading Towards Rs 300 Cr?
MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, directed by Neeraj Pandey is having a dream run at the box office. The biopic had the second biggest opening day collection this year after Sultan when it opened to Rs 21.30 cr on Friday. The Sushant Singh Rajput starrer witnessed a slight dip on day two after recording a collection of Rs 20.60 cr on Saturday, but more than made up for it on Sunday by earning Rs 24.10 cr.
The film’s first weekend total now stands at Rs 66 cr and by average estimates, it could end up earning approximately Rs 300 cr in its lifetime.
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Teaser Is Out
The teaser trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales begins with Javier Bardem's ghostly villain, Captain Salazar who is looking for Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). He has a message for the pirate, "Death will come straight for him."
Depp is, however, nowhere in sight in the teaser of the fifth installment.
The fifth film of the Pirate franchise stars Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Kaya Scodelario and Brenton Thwaites.
The film is co-directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will hit theaters on 26 May 2017.
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