QuickE: Shahid Trains For ‘Padmavati’; Kangana’s Leaked Message
Priyanka Chopra turns heads at Emmy Awards 2017 and other stories.
1. First Look: Shahid Kapoor Trains for ‘Padmavati’
Shahid Kapoor is busy preparing for his role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati, including a strict diet, workout and training regime.
Going by the looks of it, Shahid is training hard for his role of in the film.
2. Kangana Ranaut Calls Hansal Mehta “Spineless” in Leaked Message?
Even as Simran is off to a slow start at the box office, new reports of a serious rift between Kangana Ranaut and director Hansal Mehta during the shoot of the film in Atlanta have surfaced.
According to Huffington Post, who has accessed some “leaked” messages between Kangana and the film’s writer Apurva Asrani, things got so sour between Hansal and Kangana that the director didn’t even visit the sets for days.
3. Emmys 2017: PeeCee Slays on the Red Carpet; Trump Wins His Trophy
The 69th Emmy Awards brought together the best in the business and among several entertaining highlights were Alec Baldwin’s generous offer of his trophy to US President Donald Trump, and Quantico girl Priyanka Chopra killin’ it on the red carpet.
Satirical sketch show Saturday Night Live took the Emmys 2017 by storm, winning three awards that were peppered with multiple jabs at Trump. Alec Baldwin won the comedy supporting actor Emmy for his withering impersonations of Trump. Kate McKinnon won for her spoofs of his presidential election rival Hillary Clinton and White House aide Kellyanne Conway. The show also won for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.
4. Malayalam Actor Dileep Denied Bail for the Fourth Time
In a major setback for Dileep, the Malayalam actor was denied bail for the fourth time. Dileep, who has now spent 71 days in custody, was denied bail again by the Angamaly Magistrate Court on Monday.
5. ‘Lakshmi’s NTR’: RGV Confirms ‘Naked and Exposed’ Biopic
Ram Gopal Varma has confirmed via his FB page that he’ll be making a biopic on former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao’s life. Popularly known at NTR and Anna, not only was he a hugely popular actor and filmmaker, but he held sway over Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three terms.
Naming the biopic Lakshmi’s NTR, referring to his marriage to Telugu writer, Lakshmi Paravathi, RGV has sworn to showcase visceral details about ‘those who punched in his stomach and stabbed his back’.
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