Deepika 'Blesses' KJo, Rohit Shetty & 'Simmba' Cast
Rohit Shetty’s Simmba has been a roaring success at the box office, crossing the Rs 100 mark on day 5. Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Rohit Shetty, Sara Ali Khan, Ajay Devgn, Kajol and Akshay Kumar were seen partying at Karan Johar’s home to celebrate the film’s success.
Deepika was spotted ‘blessing’ Karan, Rohit Shetty and Ranveer as they bowed down to her. The actor starred opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Shetty’s 2013 hit Chennai Express.
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SRK Treats His Films Like His ‘Daughter’
“I believe every film I do is like my daughter. People spend lavishly on their daughter’s wedding, so why can’t I spend on my film? Let whatever I am doing for my daughter, be nice, and inshallah, the money will follow,” said Shah Rukh Khan.
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Sound Designer Resul Pookutty Elected Sound Editors Guild of America Board Member
Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty on Tuesday announced that he has been named one of the board members of Motion Pictures Sound Editors Guild Of America (MPSE).
The 47-year-old sound artiste took to Twitter to share the news.
"Absolutely delighted to share with you all that I'm elected as one of the Board Members of #MPSE (Motion Pictures Sound Editors Guild Of America).
"Sharing my name and seat with some of most prolific names in the industry... Huge honour for Indian Film Industry. First of it's kind!" Pookutty, who is currently in Los Angeles, his "second home", wrote.
He also called the city "a land that has given me everything!"
Pookutty earlier shared a WhatsApp screenshot which also mentioned other names of members, who along with him have been elected for a two-year term.
They include James Barth, Perry LaMaca, Paulette Victor Lifton, David Barber, Garrett Montgomery, Daniel Blanck, Miguel Araujo and Jamey Scott.
According to its website, MPES, founded in 1953, is an organisation "dedicated to improving the recognition of its members by educating the public and the rest of the filmmaking community as to the artistic merit of sound editing".
I-T Office Wants Kannada Film Fraternity to Pay Taxes
The Income-Tax (I-T) department will soon hold a meeting with the Kannada film industry fraternity on the need for paying taxes and filing returns, a top official said on Monday.
"We will soon hold a meeting with the Karnataka film industry to convey that they (fraternity) should pay taxes and file returns," said Karnataka Director-General Income -Tax (Investigation) B.R. Balakrishnan told reporters here.
The department's sleuths found recently that many in the film industry like cameramen, make-up personnel and crew were not filing tax returns. "Through the meeting, we want to appeal to the film fraternity to pay their taxes," said Balakrishnan a day after his office on Sunday revealed that searches on 4 Kannada super stars and 3 producers resulted in seizure of undisclosed assets valued at Rs 11 crore, including Rs 2.85 crore in cash and 25 kg gold jewellery.
Incriminating evidence found during the searches from January 3-5 also resulted in the defaulters admitting to Rs 109 crore unaccounted income. "Rs 109 crore concealed income was found so far in all the searches on actors and film producers. The searches are going on," the DG said.
(Source: IANS)
Arshad Warsi on 'Munna Bhai 3': The Script Is Ready, Will Go on Floors This Year
Actor Arshad Warsi says if everything falls into place, the third installment of the “Munna Bhai” franchise will go on floors by the end of the year.
Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, the series chronicles the story of an affable goon, played by Sanjay Dutt, and his loyal sidekick Circuit (Arshad), who, in the previous two films, took on the conditions of hospitals and the diminishing Gandhian values in the country, reports PTI.
When asked about the third installment, Arshad told PTI, “I do know that the script is pretty much ready. I do know from Raju that the film will go on floors this year- either mid or the end of the year. The work on the script is going on. As of now, yes it’s Sanju and me. These are the things I’ve been told.”