Salman Retracts Controversial Tweets
After a late night (or early morning!) tweeting binge about Yakub and Tiger Memon, Salman Khan decided to retract his tweets on Sunday. Salman apparently got an earful from his dad Salim Khan for tweeting on the Memons without realizing the implications of his tweets. On Sunday evening the actor deleted his controversial tweets and posted the following clarification:
Meanwhile, speaking to a news channel his father, Salim Khan said, “Whatever Salman has written is ridiculous and meaningless. Salman is ignorant of the issue and people should not take him seriously.”
However, the BJP has already demanded a cancellation of the bail granted to the actor in the 2002 hit-and-run case. For more, read the full report on timesofindia.com.
PM Modi Meets Team Baahubali
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took out time from his busy schedule to meet with the team of Baahubali on Sunday. The big budget Telugu film which was dubbed and released in other languages including Hindi has reportedly grossed over Rs 385 crore worldwide.
Modi however has not watched the film himself. Prabhas, the lead actor of Baahubali told media that the PM did say that he would watch it if he has the time.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan Crosses Rs 200 Crore
Salman Khan starrer Bajrangi Bhaijaan has now crossed the Rs 200 crore milestone at the box-office. Film trade analyst, Taran Adarsh, tweeted about the film’s collections on Saturday.
This Kabir Khan directed Eid release has already set a record of having earned the highest ever week one collection by any Bollywood film by grossing Rs 185 crore, beating films like PK and Happy New Year. Bajrangi Bhaijaan could well end up being Salman Khan’s biggest film till date in terms of life-time box-office collections.
Milind ‘IronMan’ Soman Is Back
After completing the world’s toughest triathlon, ‘Ironman’ Milind Soman returned to India on Saturday night. The model and actor received a grand welcome at the Mumbai airport and Milind posed for pictures with the tricolour and admirers, while obliging photographers.
Milind participated the Ironman triathlon title held in Zurich in Switzerland on July 19 and completed the triathlon in 15 hours and 19 minutes. The triathlon involves 180.2 km of cycling, 3.8 km of swimming and 42.2 km of running!
Sunny Leone Wants to Play a Superhero!
Former porn star and now Bollywood actress, Sunny Leone has been typecast ever since she made her debut with Jism 2 over three years ago. Sunny who has either been seen in sex comedies or erotic thrillers now wants to do something completely out -of-the-box. While interacting with a fan on Twitter, Sunny was asked about her dream role and the actress replied by saying that she wanted to play a superhero!
Do we hear some producers already scrambling for sexy superhero scripts?
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