ENTERTAINMENT

Saiyami Kher opens up on nepotism in Bollywood, says ‘star kids have to struggle even more’ 

Saiyami Kher is currently winning hearts with her performance in Faadu. Next up, she also has Ghoomer and Sharmajee Ki Beti. Ahead of that, Saiyami sat down for an exclusive conversation with IndiaToday.in where she opened up about her projects. Not only that, the actress also reacted to nepotism in Bollywood and said that the struggle of star kids is even more comparitively as they have to meet the audience’s expectations. Saiyami even gave Anil Kapoor’s son Harshvardhan Kapoor’s example. SAIYAMI ON NEPOTISM IN BOLLYWOOD It’s a popular belief of the film industry that it favours the star kids and is cruel to outsiders. Reacting to that, Saiyami said, “I feel that everyone has their share of struggles. I was…

Read More »

Varun Dhawan’s wax figure unveiled at Madame Tussauds India

Madame Tussauds India unveiled the wax figure of actor Varun Dhawan on Wednesday. This is the second wax figure of the ‘Bhediya’ actor, the first of which was unveiled five years ago at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong. The new figure will join other prominent icons, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Virat Kohli, Shah Rukh Khan, Kapil Sharma, and Justin Bieber, at the famed wax attraction. Announcing the news, Anshul Jain, general manager and director, Merlin Entertainments India Pvt. Ltd., said, “For a long time, Varun Dhawan’s followers have been awaiting his wax figure at Madame Tussauds. The inclusion of Varun Dhawan’s wax figure to the Madame Tussauds collection alongside other industry role models is a great moment for the star’s admirers and followers.”…

Read More »

Priyanka Chopra says she would earn 10% of her male co-star’s salary in Bollywood

 Priyanka Chopra made the entire nation proud when she was named in the ‘BBC 100 Women list for 2022’. The global icon revealed that she received equal pay to her male co-star for the first time in her 22-year career for her upcoming series ‘Citadel’. “I’ve never had pay parity in Bollywood. I would get paid about 10% of the salary of my male co-actor. It (the pay gap) is large, substantially large. And so many women still deal with that. I’m sure I will too if I worked with a male co-actor now in Bollywood,” the Bollywood icon told ‘BBC’. “My generation of female actors have definitely asked (for equal pay). We’ve asked, but we’ve not got it,” Chopra Jonas added.…

Read More »

Mahesh Babu-Namrata’s new restaurant is now open to public

After the successful collaboration with AMB cinemas, actor Mahesh Babu and wife Namrata Shirodkar have recently ventured into restaurant business with ‘AN Restaurants’. AN stands for ‘Asian Namrata’. The couple has collaborated with Hyderabad’s popular food chain Minerva group, besides the Asian group. The very first café, ‘AN Restaurants’ – Minerva Coffee Shop, was unveiled on Wednesday, at Banjara hills. The restaurant is now open to the public. The Formal Pooja ceremony 🪔 of #ANRestaurants – Minerva Coffee Shop was held today!Grand Opening Tomorrow, 7 AM onwards ❤️‍🔥A Joint venture of @AsianSuniel @BharatNarangA & #NamrataMaheshGhattamaneni 💫@urstrulyMahesh #NarayanDasNarang #Minerva #PalaceHeights pic.twitter.com/61a8SAT0cT— 𝐕𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐢𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐫 (@UrsVamsiShekar) December 7, 2022 Announcing the news on Instagram, Namrata wrote, “Minerva Coffee Shop!! opens its doors today at Banjara Hills Road…

Read More »

UK royals had a problem with Meghan’s acting career, reveals doc series

The first three episodes of ‘Harry & Meghan‘, the highly-anticipated Netflix docuseries about Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, dropped on Thursday after a frenzy of speculative reporting in the British media about the content and how damaging it would be for King Charles III and Prince William, reports ‘Variety’. None of the royal family members agreed to be interviewed for the series, which contains a number of revelations on the Harry-Meghan love story — they met over Instagram and Harry was late for his first date! — and also about the early bumps in their relationship with the family. The first three episodes, however, do not contain anything that may upset the royal family, but…

Read More »

An Action Hero box office collection Day 6: Even Rs 10 crore is a dream for Ayushmann Khurrana’s film

Ayushmann Khurrana is known for his unique choice of films which are often a hit. He has given some strong performances as well. However, with his recently released film An Action Hero, the actor has left fans unimpressed. The comedy thriller, which released on December 2, has hardly been pulling the audience to the theatres. On Day 6, December 7, An Action Hero hardly collected any money. Helmed by Anirudh Iyer, the film is facing stiff competition from Ajay Devgn’s Drishyam 2 and Varun Dhawan’s Bhediya. AN ACTION HERO BO COLLECTION Ayushmann Khurrana and Jaideep Ahlawat’s An Action Hero released on December 2. The film is Ayushmann’s first full actioner. The film opened with Rs 1.50 crore (India nett) on December 2.…

Read More »

Vishal Jethwa on a long gap after debut film: ‘I received the best debutant award for Mardaani 2, spent pandemic looking at it’

Vishal Jethwa had just tasted success in Bollywood after giving years to television serials when the pandemic struck .Vishal made an impressive debut with Rani Mukerji’s Mardaani 2 (2019), he was last seen in Disney+Hotstar’s Human. In this interview with indianexpress.com, Vishal talks about how he accepted the long gap in his career induced by Covid-19 “practically and realistically”. He says, while it was frustrating, it was not only him or the film industry, but the whole world going through testing times. Vishal is excited for Salaam Venky, where he’ll be seen playing the role of Venkatesh, who suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He calls the film an inspiring one, and he’s learnt to live his life to the fullest from the…

Read More »

Ioan Gruffudd begging court to enforce sale of $2 million marital home

The 49-year-old ‘Fantastic Four’ actor says his ex-wife Alice Evans, 54, has been living at the Los Angeles mansion for free since they split in January last year, while he pays a $6,750 mortgage as well as insurance and property tax. He added in a filing reported by the DailyMail.com on Wednesday (07.12.22) he wants a judge to list the three-bed property in La Jolla for sale before it goes into foreclosure as neither he nor Alice allegedly have the money to cover missed mortgage payments said to total $15,271, as well as an unpaid power bill of $4,616 and $11,793 in back tax. Ioan, who also details how he is getting little work or pay, added in his court…

Read More »

Bhumi Pednekar on having 7 films releases in 2023: ‘I feel blessed and fortunate’

Actress Bhumi Pednekar has stamped her presence in Bollywood with some of the most breath-taking performances. She is now one of the busiest actors with seven back-to-back releases in a calendar year. Bhumi says, “It feels amazing to be one of the most prolific actors in the Hindi film industry today and I’m proud that I have been able to reach here through my hard work and determination. Bring a complete outsider to Bollywood, the journey to be where I’m today, has taken a bit of time for sure but honestly, I have no regrets.” She adds, “My journey makes me the artiste that I’m today and I couldn’t be happier that today, top filmmakers of my country can trust…

Read More »

Aamir Khan was paid Rs 1000 per month when he worked on QSQT, on how stardom changed his life: ‘Mera jeena mushkil ho gaya tha’

Did you know that Bollywood star Aamir Khan earned Rs 1,000 per month while he worked on his debut as a male lead in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak? The actor made the revelation in a recent chat as he opened up about tasting success with QSQT, and understanding what stardom meant. The Mansoor Ali Khan movie earned a total of seven Filmfare awards post its release, but even as a newcomer, Aamir was not bothered about how much money he earned or what credits his film bagged nationally. Speaking to Humans of Bombay about that time, Aamir said, “I don’t care about awards. I shouldn’t be speaking like this but I had doubts regarding the awards. I didn’t have so much regard…

Read More »