QuickE: B-Town Seeks Bappa’s Blessings; ‘2.0’ Teaser Review
B-Town celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi at Nita and Mukesh Ambani’s home and more stories.
1. Sunny Leone, Rishi Kapoor & Other Stars Celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi
On the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi on Thursday, Bollywood celebrities like Madhuri Dixit, Anushka Sharma, Varun Dhawan, Sunny Leone and many more sent online greetings to their friends, family and fans, wishing that the good lord blesses them all.
Celebrities like Anushka, Varun and Vishal Dadlani also urged all to celebrate an eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi.
Sunny Leone and husband Daniel Weber took fans inside their new home on the first day of Ganpati.
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2. ‘2.0’ Teaser Review: Chitti, Chitti, Bang Bang. End.
With an estimated budget of Rs 543 crore, production time of three years and a team of over 3,000 technicians worldwide, director Shankar’s 2.0 starring Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson is by far the biggest Indian film.
Anticipation peaked when the teaser released on YouTube at 9:00am, September 13th.
The teaser has clocked close to 10 million views (Telugu, Tamil and Hindi combined) in less than five hours.
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3. Ganpati 2018: Aamir Khan, Anil-Tina, Big B at Mukesh-Nita’s Home
Nita and Mukesh Ambani hosted Ganpati celebrations at Antilla in Mumbai. Bollywood celebrities Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff and more arrived in droves to seek Bappa’s blessings. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Sanjay Nirupam, Anil and Tina Ambani also made an appearance.
4. Being a Parent Is Above All, Says Shahid Kapoor
Actor Shahid Kapoor, who has not been able to take out time for promotions of his upcoming film Bati Gul Meter Chalu because of his children, says "being a parent is above all."
Shahid became parent one more time when he and Mira welcomed the arrival of their son Zain a week ago. They already have a two-year-old daughter Misha who is not keeping so well nowadays.
The actor on Wednesday took to Twitter to explain his absence from work.
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5. Changed ‘Sanju’ Script to Create Empathy for Him: Rajkumar Hirani
Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani revealed he shot additional portions for Sanju starring Ranbir Kapoor, his biographical drama on Sanjay Dutt, to create empathy for the actor after people “hated” him in test screenings. Hirani said the initial edit featured the actor’s story as it was and thus was not liked by people.
“During the shoot I felt ‘What am I doing, I’m going wrong.’ In fact, when the first edit was ready and we screened for people, they hated him. They said we don’t like this man, we don’t want to watch him,” he said.
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