Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who was recently seen in the streaming movie ‘Heads of State’, has recollected the interesting journey behind her casting for one of her most heartfelt works, Jhilmil from ‘Barfi’. On Saturday, the actress took to her Instagram, and shared a video, showing different scenes from ‘Barfi’. She penned a long note in the caption, as she shared she almost lost out on the role as director Anurag Basu couldn’t picture her as an …

Kochi, Aug 9 (IANS) With just days to go for the election of new office bearers, the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) has directed its members to refrain from speaking to the media about internal matters until polling day on August 15. The gag order follows an escalating war of words between actors Ponnamma Babu and Mala Parvathy over the association’s finances.Election officials have warned that strict action will be taken against members violating the directive. Sources say the mo…

Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who was last seen in ‘KD: The Devil’, is celebrating Raksha Bandhan with his sisters Priya and Namrata. On Saturday, the actor took to his Instagram, and shared a picture with his sisters, as he called them his strength.He wrote in the caption, “Priya and Anju, having you as my sisters is the biggest blessing life could give me. Thank you for filling my life with love and strength. Happy Raksha Bandhan @priyadutt @namrata62”.Sanjay, Namra…

Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Actor Aditya Thakare, who has made his film debut with the recently released film, ‘Dhadak 2’, has shared that getting selected for the part was a moment of joy and blessing. The actor said that he got the offer for the film when he was at a Ganpati Visarjan with his friends. The actor recently spoke with IANS, and shared that before ‘Dhadak 2’ happened to him, things were quite “dry” for him professionally.He told IANS, “‘Dhadak 2’ came to me as a blessing…

Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) Malayalam actor Rahman, who has made a name for himself in both the Malayalam and Tamil film industries, has now come out strongly in support of actress Shwetha Menon, saying that he was shocked by the baseless accusations being made against her. Taking to his Instagram page to pen a lengthy post expressing support to Shwetha Menon, who is contesting the polls for the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA), Rahman wrote, “Dear Shwetha, I was deeply shocked when I re…

Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) The makers of director Jains Nani’s action comedy K-Ramp, featuring actors Kiran Abbavaram and Yukti Thareja in the lead, on Saturday released the lyrical video of the peppy, upbeat romantic number ‘Onam Song’ from the film much to the delight of fans and film buffs. Taking to its X timeline, Hasya Movies, the production firm producing the film, wrote, “Kickstarting the #KRamp Musical Fest with a Mass Melody Banger.#ONAMSONG Out Now. A @chaitanmusic Musical. Lyrics by #Sure…

Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan on Saturday, actor-humanitarian Sonu Sood wished his sisters, whom he lovingly called his “forever safe space” and said that the bond will always be my strongest thread. Taking to Instagram, Sonu shared two pictures featuring him with his sister Monika and Malvika.Alongside the image, he wrote: “Happy Raksha Bandhan, Monika & Malvika! From pulling each other’s legs to pulling each other out of trouble, from sharing chocolates to …

Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Director Faruk Kabir, whose recently released streaming series ‘Salakaar’, has shared that he did not do the look test of actor Mukesh Rishi before casting him as the antagonist. ‘Salakaar’ is a period spy drama-thriller, and alternates between two timelines, the 1970s and 2025. It follows the story of an Indian spy, who is tailing the nuclear weapon development in India’s arch-nemesis, Pakistan.Mukesh Rishi essays the role of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the Pakistani dic…

Los Angeles, Aug 9 (IANS) Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston has shared that Selena Gomez has been an “angel” in helping her to “lean into social media”. It was in late 2019, when Aniston joined Instagram to launch her hair conditioner. Speaking with People magazine, the former Friends star said: “Selena helps me lean into social media. She’s so effortless when it comes to that. And she’s just an angel who I love spending time with.”Aniston shared that her Friends co-star Courteney Cox had …

Hyderabad, Aug 9 (IANS) Actor Mahesh Babu, who took to his X timeline on Saturday to thank everyone for the love that was being showered on him on the occasion of his birthday, has now triggered speculation on social media on whether his eagerly awaited upcoming film with director S S Rajamouli had been titled ‘Globe Trotter’. It all started on Saturday morning with director S S Rajamouli choosing to put out a major update on the eagerly awaited film that was being tentatively referred to as SSM…