1. Salman Khan’s Bharat to Have a Chapter on Partition 1947
Salman Khan and Ali Abbas Zafar’s film, Bharat, which is being pitted as the actor’s “patriotic pitch”, will have one of India’s most difficult chapters, the Partition of 1947.
According to a report in DNA, “Salman will sport five different looks in Bharat, which begins with him witnessing one of the most dramatic chapters of our history — the Partition. It’s an Indian adaptation of the Korean movie, Ode to My Father and will be a commercial film with a mix of action, drama and music.”
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2. Taimur, Misha, AbRam and Aaradhya at Roohi-Yash’s B’Day
Karan Johar celebrated his twins, Yash and Roohi’s birthday with the star kids of his best friends in B-town. Taimur with Kareena Kapoor, Misha with Mira Rajput, Lakshya with Tushar Kapoor, Aaradhya with Aishwarya Rai, AbRam with Shah Rukh Khan were spotted outside Karan’s residence.
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3. Jeetendra Denies Sexual Assault Allegations by Cousin
Veteran actor Jeetendra’s cousin filed a complaint of sexual assault against him in Himachal Pradesh. According to reports, the alleged incident occurred when the victim was 18 years old and Jeetendra was 28. Advocate Rizwan Siddiquee, Jeetendra’s Lawyer issued a statement responding to the allegations and said that Jeetendra categorically denies any such incident took place.
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4. Deadpool 2 Trailer: Wade Wilson Is Snarky as Ever
When Deadpool released a couple of years back, it proved to be a turning point for actor Ryan Reynolds, who starred in the film as the wisecracking Wade Wilson. Deadpool aka Wilson doesn’t take the superhero genre seriously even as he ticks all the superhero boxes. The film was hailed as the funniest superhero film ever. Now Reynolds is back with Deadpool 2, where his nemesis is Cable (Josh Brolin), a time-traveling cybernetic mutant soldier
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5. Abhishek Bachchan’s Twitter Hacked by Pro-Pak Turkish Cyber Army
Actor Abhishek Bachchan's Twitter account was on Wednesday hacked by pro-Pakistani Turkish cyber army Ayyildiz Tim, which had earlier hacked veteran actor Anupam Kher's Twitter account.
As a result of the hacking, the verification tick on Abhishek's Twitter account vanished, and his cover photograph featured a missile that read "Ayyildiz Tim" in chalk.
Abhishek's profile also had several tweets in Turkish.
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