Sonu Sood offers hearing-impaired ‘Roadies’ contestant a role in ‘Fateh’
Mumbai– Actor Sonu Sood, who is known for his charity during the Covid-19 pandemic, recently offered a role to a hearing-impaired contestant named Shubham, from Uttar Pradesh in his upcoming film ‘Fateh’ during the auditions for Season 19 of ‘MTV Roadies – ‘Karm Ya Kaand’.
‘Fateh’ is Sonu’s home production. The actor began hosting the reality show last year for its 18th season in South Africa. Though he holds a tough hand in ‘Roadies’, Sonu Sood has shown his compassionate side many times. This was most evident during the Covid-19 pandemic, when the actor and his team worked diligently, providing social, medical and financial aid to lakhs of migrant workers who were severely impacted.
His work during the pandemic was recognised for which he gained recognition from both the Delhi government and the United Nations Development Programme.
Sonu Sood has a varied career, having acted and produced many films though he is best known for his roles in films such as ‘Shaheed-E-Azam’, ‘Jodha Akbar’, ‘Dabangg’, ‘Singh is King’, ‘Kung Fu Yoga’, ‘Devi’ and most recently ‘Tamilarasan’.
‘MTV Roadies – ‘Karm Ya Kaand’ airs on MTV and is available to stream on JioCinema.
SRK calls ‘Jawan’ co-star Vijay Sethupathi one of his favourite actors
Mumbai– Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, whose film ‘Pathaan’ broke box-office records, is known for his witty remarks, and his recent social media activity solidified the same. During the recent #AskSRK session, SRK said that the ‘Vikram’ and ’96’ star Vijay Sethupathi is one of his favourite actors.
The actor engaged with fans in a fun session of #AskSRK in which he answers the questions of his fans.
His replies in the session are always something to watch out for, as they’re not only witty and funny but full of his amazing sense of humour.
A Twitter user asked Shah Rukh Khan and Vijay and the superstar responded by saying, “@VijaySethuOffl is awesome one of my favourite actors and in ‘Jawaan’ he is toooooo cool”.
One Twitter user asked SRK about his evening plan for the day, to which the actor replied, “Was thinking will watch ‘Jawaan’ with Atlee”.
Another user asked Shah Rukh Khan which was physically more challenging for him ‘Dunki’ or ‘Jawaan’. SRK gave a categorical reply as he said, “‘Jawaan’ for sure lots of action”.
SRK, who returned to the big screen after a gap of four years with ‘Pathaan’ after the 2018 release ‘Zero’, has ‘Dunki’ in which he will share the screen with Taapsee Pannu and ‘Jawaan in the pipeline.
Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor-starrer ‘Bawaal’ takes direct-to-digital route
A source close to the development has said that the film revolves around the subject which is a little off beat and doesn’t fall in the category of an out and out commercial masala entertainer. The makers then decided that OTT will be the best suited medium for the exhibition of the film.
The film will now be released in October on Prime Video and an official announcement shall be made soon. The source told Bollywood Hungama, “Sajid Nadiadwala (producer) got into conversation with his actors, Varun and Janhvi, and it’s only after having all been on the same page did he take this call. The entire team believes that ‘Bawaal’ will win over the audience’s love on OTT”.
The source further mentioned, “The film is a poetry in motion and is expected to reach out to an even wider audience base on digital medium, which might not have been possible with theatrical release. The idea is to go global with Bawaal and Amazon is the perfect partner for that reach”.
In a month of weddings, countdown starts for Karan Deol & Drisha
Mumbai– Bollywood superstar Dharmendra’s grandson (and Sunny Deol’s son), Karan Deol, and Hindi cinema legend Bimal Roy’s great-granddaughter Drisha Acharya set in motion their pre-wedding festivities late on Monday night with a cake-cutting ceremony.
Apart from the extended Deol family, Sunny, Bobby and Abhay Deol, Ranveer Singh’s parents, Jagjit Singh and Anju Bhavnani, and his sister Ritika Bhavnani, and producter Karim Morani joined the pre-wedding bash.
Interestingly, Dharmendra plays a key role in Ranveer’s upcoming film, ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ and he also acted in Bimal Roy’s last film, ‘Bandini’ (1963).
During the pre-wedding ceremony, Karan and his fiancee Drisha — he wearing a blue kurta and she in a bright yellow sari — cut a cake and fed a piece to each other, according to a video doing the rounds on social media.
Karan, an aspiring actor, and Drisha, who’s based out of Dubai, where she works at a travel agency, have been seeing each other for quite some time. They got engaged a couple of months back at a private ceremony and are going to get married this month.
Drisha is the great granddaughter of acclaimed filmmaker Bimal Roy. She is based in Dubai, where she works as a manager at a travel agency.
When Rakul Preet felt like a ‘zombie’ after intense shooting sequence for ‘I Love You’
Mumbai– Actress Rakul Preet Singh, who is gearing up for her streaming release “I Love You”, revealed that the 15-day intense shoot sequence for the upcoming romantic thriller left her so drained and stressed out that she felt like a “zombie” for a week and suffered from sleeplessness.
Rakul said that she gave her one hundred percent to the role in “I Love You”, where she stars opposite Pavail Gulati.
About how she dealt with sleeplessness, the actress said: “We had 15 days of intense shoot where I had to be in a stressed state of mind. I actually got sleepless which has never happened to me in my life. It did not go well with my body. I thought that maybe I am over hectic. I tried taking Melatonin and I doubled the dose. For the first time in my life, I took that also but nothing helped.”
“For a week, I was a complete zombie. My mind was all over the place. My body turned acidic and I was burping out water. I had to take medication. I spoke to my nutritionist, and she said your mind is playing tricks. She told me that your body is thinking that ‘you are depressed or you are really sad’ and that was while I was shooting for 15 days. That’s when I truly realized what method acting truly is.”
Rakul took three days off to recuperate, and travelled out of the city and completely disconnected herself.
Presented by Jio Studios, “I Love You” is an Athena Production, and produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Sunir Kheterapal, and Gaurav Bose.
The film is directed by Nikhil Mahajan and also stars Akshay Oberoi and Kiran Kumar in key roles.
It will release on June 16 on Jio Cinema.
Gulshan Devaiah starts shooting for ‘Ulajh’ with Janhvi Kapoor, Roshan Mathew
The movie is about Indian Foreign Services (IFS) and the major portion of the shoot is expected to be done in various foreign locations.
Talking about the same, Gulshan said, “It’s been a good year for me so far and ‘Ulajh’ has a great cast put together and I’m really looking forward to filming this film with them. To say the least, it’s a complicated part that I’m playing in this one.”
The film, which is directed by National Award winner Sudhanshu Saria, follows the journey of a young IFS officer, played by Janhvi Kapoor, and the ups and downs that she goes through.
The film is being produced by Junglee Pictures, and also has Rajesh Tailang, Meiyang Chang, Sachin Khedekar, Rajendra Gupta and Jitendra Joshi in pivotal roles.
Meanwhile, Gulshan’s upcoming movie, ‘Guns & Gulaab’, which is a comedy crime thriller, is set in the 1990s. It also stars Dulquer Salmaan, Adarsh Gourav, and TJ Bhanu. (IANS)
