1. Karan Johar “Regrets” Nepotism Rocks Act, Says Only “Talent Rocks”
Karan Johar, who came under heavy criticism for his “nepotism rocks” act at the IIFA awards recently with actors Saif Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan, has now said that the whole act was meant to be a joke. The filmmaker said that the “joke” has been misplaced, misunderstood and he felt that it went wrong and he regrets it.
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2.‘Bareilly Ki Barfi’: Rajkumar’s Performance Stands Out, As Usual
The makers of Bareilly ki Barfi just dropped the trailer of their latest film starring Kriti Sanon, Rajkumar Rao and Ayushmann Khurana.
Bareilly ki Barfi is a love triangle with Bitti (played by Kriti) at the centre of it.
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3. Guess How Much Rent Salman Khan Would Earn From One Property?
Mumbai’s realty business is of course one of the steepest in the world. And if you happen to own properties that you can rent out, you are, financially speaking, sorted. Ask Salman Khan. The Tubelight star has leased out 2,140 sq m of his commercial building on Linking Road in Bandra for a whopping Rs 80 lakh per month.
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4.Bollywood’s Jailhouse Rock: 2 Films on Music Behind Bars
After Rock On!! actor and singer Farhan Akhtar seemed all excited about his next musical-drama Lucknow Central. The premise of the film was interesting - it revolved around a man from UP, who wants to form a music band but gets falsely accused and jailed for murder. He then goes on to create a band with other inmates in the prison in Lucknow where he is lodged.
In an industry that’s not really known for being out-of-the-box or innovative with its storyline, Lucknow Central promised to be different. But that was until Yash Raj Films put out their trailer of Qaidi Band yesterday. As the title suggests, the film is about a music group formed in jail and it has two newcomers - Aadar Jain and Anya Singh heading its cast.
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5.‘Haseena’ Orders DDLJ Out of Maratha Mandir For 1st Time in 22 Yrs
It was a double first for Mumbai’s iconic Maratha Mandir. The theatre has been running shows of the Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol-starrer Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) for the past two decades. But on Tuesday (18 July), for the first time in 22 years, the film’s matinee show was cancelled for the trailer launch of Shraddha Kapoor’s Haseena Parker. It’s also the first time a trailer has been launched at this venue.
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