1. Kareena Kapoor is All Praises for ‘Takht’ Co-Star Ranveer Singh
Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan, who will be seen sharing screen space with Ranveer Singh in the upcoming magnum opus Takht, says he is a phenomenal actor.
“I am very excited to do the movie finally with Karan (Johar) and Ranveer of course. I have not worked with him but I know he is a phenomenal actor and it will amazing,” Kareena told IANS.
The 37-year-old says she is "really honoured" to share screen space with Ranveer in Takht, a period drama. This will be the first time Kareena and Ranveer will be seen working together in a film.
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2. Ravi Shastri Calls Reports of Link-up to Nimrat Kaur “Cow Dung”
After Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli, another Cricket-Bollywood romantic liaison is in the news. According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, Airlift actor Nimrat Kaur is reportedly courting the Indian Cricket Team coach, Ravi Shastri. We didn’t see this coming!
But Ravi and Nimrat have denied the reports. Shastri, in an interview with Asian Agefrom England, called the reports, “Biggest load of dung” and nothing else.
When pressed further, Shastri repeated: “Nothing to say when it is the biggest load of cow dung. Cow dung says it all.”
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3. Teaser Alert! Malaika Arora’s Desi Number Hello Hello in Pataakha
The Munni Badnaam Hui girl will be back in her sizzling desi avatar in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Pataakha with a dance number ‘tailor-made’ for her, according to producer Ajay Kapoor.
Penned by Gulzaar, Hello Hello is composed by Vishal Bhardwaj and choreographed by Ganesh Acharya. The song will be picturised on Malaika Arora Khan. The song is set to release on 5 September.
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4. ‘Jalebi’ Poster Inspired by Iconic ‘Korean War Goodbye Kiss’?
The makers of Jalebi- The Everlasting Taste Of Love released the poster of the film. Speaking about his film, Mahesh Bhatt says Jalebi- The Everlasting Taste Of Love tells a story about how to live in an age of bewilderment.
Many on social media are sharing the iconic ‘Korean War Goodbye Kiss’ - captured by the Los Angeles Times photographer Frank Brown in 1950. The inspired Jalebi poster, though, has the girl leaning out of the window for the embrace.
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5. Lata Mangeshkar Saddened by Atif Aslam’s ‘Chalte Chalte’
For those who revere Lata Mangeshkars "Chalte chalte yuhi koi mil gaya tha", the mellow 'mujra' melody composed by the great Ghulam Mohammed for the mythic Meena Kumari’s swan song in Pakeezah, the new version of the song by Pakistan singer Atif Aslam for a Bollywood film titled Mitron, is a shocker.
It takes the delicate notes of the original tune, wrenches them out of context and leaves us with a spill-over version of the original which no one can identify as the memorabilia from Pakeezah, except those responsible for this duplication.
And the composition is credited to Tanishk Bagchi.
Lata Mangeshkar, the living legend who sang the song in Pakeezah to immortality, has luckily not heard Atif's version.
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