1. Anushka Sharma Slams Leading Daily for Carrying Fake Interview
A leading daily has come under the fire after Anushka Sharma revealed on social media that their regional supplement had published a fabricated interview attributed to her.
The headline from the screenshot shared by Sharma roughly translates into: ‘In life, some things happen out of the blue, just like this movie...’
Deblina Ghosh Mukherjee, reporter from the regional supplement, Ei Samay, who ‘conducted’ the interview admitted that the interview in question was published.
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2. The First Look Poster of Varun Dhawan’s ‘October’ Is Here
The first teaser of Shoojit Sircar’s slice-of-life love story, October starring Varun Dhawan and newbie, Banita Sandhu was out on Valentines’ Day. The first look poster of the film slated to release on April 13 was unveiled on social media by Taran Adarsh.
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3. Janhvi Kapoor Resumes Shooting for ‘Dhadak’
Janhvi Kapoor is back at work. The young actor was spotted shooting for Dharma Productions’ Dhadak, which is her debut film opposite Ishaan Khattar. The shooting of Dhadak was stopped mid-way after the tragic demise of Janhvi’s mother Sridevi on 24 February. Boney Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Manish Malhotra, Amar Singh and others performed the “asthi visarjan” ceremony in Hardiwar for Sridevi on Thursday, while Janhvi resumed shooting for Dhadak. The film is scheduled to release on 6 July.
4. Aishwarya Rai, Dimple, Farah Khan at Shammi Aunty’s Chautha
A chautha ceremony was held for actor Nargis Rabadi, popularly known as Shammi Aunty in the film industry, on Thursday evening. The actor passed away on Monday and her cremation took place at the Oshiwara cemetery on Tuesday, which was attended by several family members, friends and colleagues including Farida Jalal, Boman Irani, Annu Kapoor and Priya Dutt.
The prayer ceremony held at ISKCON in Juhu, was attended by Jaya Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Dimple Kapadia and Waheeda Rehman among others.
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5. Rapid-Fire Session With ‘Fitoori’ Girl Plabita Borthakur
Fitoori girl, Plabita Borthakur answers some questions. She even hums the tune with music composer Kingshuk Chakravarty on the guitar.
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