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A video of Bollywood star Sonam Kapoor is resurfacing on social media, from her last appearance on Koffee With Karan.
In the video, the Neerja star is asked by the host Karan Johar that with whom she shares the best chemistry?, Sonam’s brother Harshvardhan Kapoor jumped in and took Fawad Khan’s name. The Delhi 6 star stated that she thinks the same and she loved her chemistry with Fawad. She concluded on a humorous note by saying that Karan sent him back to Pakistan.
Her statement left Karan shocked but he let it pass.
Kapoor worked with Khan in Disney’s Khoobsurat. The film gave Fawad his first break in Bollywood, for which he even received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.
Sonam grabbed headlines earlier this year for her pregnancy and the unfortunate robbery at her Delhi residence did not take place in just a day, rather, the thieves gradually stole precious items over a span of 10-11 months.
“The jewelry and cash were stolen in a span of 10-11 months, as and when the accused nurse got a chance,” a Delhi Police official told IANS.
A complaint was lodged two months back, on February 23, regarding a theft at the residence of Harish Ahuja at Amrita Shergil Marg in Delhi. Notably, Harish Ahuja is the father-in-law of Sonam Kapoor.
The Saawariya star’s father Anil Kapoor thanked Delhi Police on twitter for their successful investigation.
Actor Eshal Fayyaz has clapped back at a troll on Instagram for slut shaming her under the comment section of her recent post.
The troll told her to show her talent and not her body. He also used some derogatory terms for the Kaaf Kangana star.
Eshal replied to him by saying that it is her social media account and he can unfollow her. She also stated that the dirt is in his mindset and not her post.
Last year, in a rare and candid interview, Fayyaz opened up about being sexually assaulted by her abusive stepfather.
Speaking to Nida Yasir on her Ramzan special show Shaan e Sahoor, Eshal said: “My biological father died when I was 3-4 years old after that my mother got married again.”
“My stepfather tried to rape me multiple times and I decided enough is enough when he attempted for the fourth time. I shared it with my sister and together we told my mother. After that, she divorced him and never got married again.”
The actress also clarified rumours of her alleged marriage with Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar (KRQ).
When Nida asked her about these rumours, Eshal said that she had no idea who spread these rumours.
“When the rumours of my and Khalil-ur-Rehman’s marriage spread, I was so afraid that I locked myself in the room and I was sitting alone, crying in my room,” said Eshal. “My mother explained to me that sitting in fear will not do anything. Go in front of people and explain, after which I faced the public and clarified all the rumours.”
The actor further said that Qamar is like family to her and lashed out at social media for spreading false rumours. Fayyaz further remarked that life was very easy when social media didn’t exist but after its takeover people have become negative and harass others.
Talking about her next project, Eshal said that she is working on her next film Mein Hoon Teri Gulnaz, which will also be produced by KRQ. Qamar and Eshal had earlier also worked together in Kaaf Kangana.
Eshal had appeared on the show with Ismat Zaidi, Javeria Abbasi and Nazish Jahangir.
Bollywood actress Chitrangada Singh was recently asked about her resemblance to the Pakistani star-actor Mehwish Hayat, who is riding high on the success of Ms Marvel and London Nahi Jaunga.
The Bollywood star, in an interview addressed the resemblance with Hayat, “I keep getting tagged on Instagram saying that she’s my doppelganger and fans keep telling us that we look alike, or ask if we’re twins or sisters.”
Singh added, “I haven’t seen Mehwish Hayat’s work in Ms. Marvel yet, but she’s beautiful and lovely. I do think that sometimes there is a look that is very similar – I do agree that there is a resemblance. Let’s just say that we’re both very hot women.”
Taking to Instagram, the Punjab Nahi Jaungi diva recently shared a video of herself training at the gym. In the caption, Hayat wrote: “Now bring it on Nimra Bucha aka Najma, Aisha is getting ready!”
Bollywood singer Honey Singh commented on Mehwish’s training video: “Brilliant.”
In June 2022, Indian actor and singer Gippy Grewal took to his Instagram handle to praise the trailer of Mehwish’s Eid-ul-Azha release, London Nahi Jaunga.
Thank you @GippyGrewal – glad you liked LNJ’s trailer. Wish you all the best for your upcoming movie #Posti . It looks fun
In 2020 also, the Carry On Jatta star said while speaking to the local media in Pakistan, Gippy said that he has seen Punjab Nahi Jaungi and would like to work with Mehwish.
A screenshot has been surfacing on social media featuring the Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Marriyum Aurengzeb. The picture is being claimed from a drama that the politician supposedly did in her teenage.
The post has even been liked by celebrities Muneeb Butt and Ghana Ali.
However The Current can confirm exclusively that the viral screenshot is not a from a PTV drama but is from a Lok Virsa program.
Aurengzeb attended a Lok Virsa event alongside Mustafa Qureshi and Rubina Qureshi in Islamabad.
Veteran singer Naseebo Lal’s son Murad Hussain’s powerful vocals have won the hearts of netizens. The young crooner sang Coke Studio’s chartbuster song, ‘Tu Jhoom’, and shared the video on social media. The video has garnered an overwhelming response and social media users have lauded the newbie for his musical talent.
A video originally published by musician Arbaz Khan on his Instagram handle sees the young lad serenading him with his rendition of soulful track ‘Tu Jhoom’ from Coke Studio season 14.
The track sung by legendary artists duo, Abida Perveen and Naseebo Lal in the latest season of the musical show, was brilliantly performed by the star son, as he aced the high notes and beats of the track.
After concluding his performance, the emerging artist was complimented and questioned by Khan about his parents, to which the performer proudly confirmed, “I am the son of Madam Naseebo Lal.”
The now-viral video was reposted by several entertainment pages on the photo and video sharing platform, which received acclaim and heartwarming compliments for the budding singer from social users.
Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt recently discussed in an interview how she has occasionally encountered casual misogyny and has heard sexist remarks in Bollywood.
The Raazi star claimed that she did not recognise the sexism in such remarks early in her, however now such sexist remarks irritates her.
When asked if she had faced casual sexism in Bollywood like fellow women producers and actors, the Student Of The Year actor replied, “I think from time to time I have faced that– casual sexism. Many times I would not notice it. When I think back now because I am so much more aware of it, it just makes so much sense as ‘oh my god that was such a sexist comment, or that I was basically a subject of extreme misogyny in that moment. That’s why now I am so much more sensitive. Sometimes my friends go like ‘what’s wrong with you, why have you become so aggressive?’”
The actress said, ‘But it is not about her, people say don’t be so sensitive, you are being so sensitive, have you had periods.’ I say, ‘I am not getting sensitive and even if I am on my period, then what? You were also born because of this because women have periods.’
She added, “I get very angry when people say these random things. Things like ‘Your bra shouldn’t be on the bed, hide your bra. Hey, why hide it? It’s clothes, you’re shining your underwear, so I’m not saying anything. It’s not that all this happened to me but I understand how you as a woman should hide a lot of things.”
She further mentioned, “But it’s not about that, just random things like ‘don’t be so sensitive, you’re being so sensitive, are you PMSing. To hell with you, I am not being sensitive, and even if I am PMSing so the hell what? You were born because women were PMSing. It gets me so annoying when people say these random things. It’s just casual.”
Earlier this year Alia took to her Instagram stories to share a screenshot of a post by Pinkvilla that claimed the Gangubai Kathiawadi star would return to Mumbai, India in mid-July and that her husband Ranbir Kapoor would especially fly to the UK to bring his wife back home as she is pregnant and needs care.
The post also read that Bhatt will be taking a rest after she returns from her shoot, suggesting that the diva had planned her pregnancy in a way that doesn’t affect her shoot schedule. The post concluded that Bhatt would be wrapping up her films Heart of Stone and Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani before the end of July.
Alia captioned her post while re-sharing that in some “peoples heads we still live in some patriarchal world” and confirmed that nothing has been delayed. “No one needs to PICK anyone up. I am a woman, not a parcel!!!! I do not need to REST at all but good to know you’ll have a doctor’s certification as well.”
She emphasized that this is 2022 and requested that people could get out of the “archaic” way of thinking. “Now if you would excuse me.. my shot is ready,” she concluded suggesting that she won’t be “resting” at home.
Multiple Pakistani actresses have extended their support to Bhatt with heartwarming posts.
Pakistani actors Zara Noor Abbas and Durefishan Saleem lent support to the Bollywood star and took to their Instagram stories to write that women don’t have to prove anything.
Zara wrote that she thought this happens only in Pakistan, recounting how brands wanted to drop her after finding out that she was expecting.
“Becoming pregnant and being an actress makes the society feel you are not good for work anymore. Well guess what, WOMEN are good enough for everything and anything and it’s time the dictators realise so. We don’t have to prove our motherhood and craft to any patriarchy,” penned the Zebaish star.
Kesi Teri Khudgarzi diva Dur-e-Fishan Saleem also shared Alia’s Instagram story to her own and wrote, “We can get married/make babies and still be kick a** fab. Marriage is a part of life not a [halt].” She also said people need to stop telling women that their career goals don’t align well with that.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Alia is all set for the release of her maiden production film, Darlings, which is scheduled to release on August 5, 2022, on Netflix.
Coke Studio’s season 14 song ‘Pasoori’ has reached another milestone of success after crossing 300 million views on YouTube. Singer Ali Sethi took to his Instagram to share video clips from the chartbuster song along with the caption,”300 million.”
‘Pasoori’ generated quickly climbed up to third spot in Spotify’s global chart. It was recently featured in Ms Marvel as well.
‘Pasoori’ was an international hit. Indian celebrities expressed their love for the song. Alia Bhatt in a recent interview revealed that Pasoori is her favourite Pakistani song.
Indian actor Manasi Parekh said that It’s the greatest song to be made in the last one year.
Indian choreographer of viral songs ‘Dil Dooba’ and ‘Lamborghini’, Shazeb Sheikh, could not avoid praising this masterpiece in the comments. Director Mira Nair and Indian playback singer Harshdeep Kaur also dropped down in the comments section to say how great the song is.
BhargavicPillai, the voice behind ‘Pappu can’t dance Saala’ dropped a heart in the comments section to show her love for the song.
‘Pasoori‘ has been written by Sethi and Fazal Abbas, while the composition has been done by Sethi and Zulfiqar J Khan, popularly known as Xulfi. The music has been produced by Abdullah Siddiqui and Xulfi.
Actress Ratna Pathak Shah ofKapoor & Sons fame has landed in hot water after her recent comments on a Hindu festival. This trolling is owing to the actress’ recent statements about India moving towards becoming an ‘extremely conservative society’ and slamming the concept of ‘Karwa Chauth’.
During a recent chat with an entertainment portal, the Golmaal 3 star spoke about how women in the 21st century, are still observing age-old traditions like Karwa Chauth – a Hindu ritual in which the wife prays for her husband’s long life by fasting.
While she revealed it was for the first time last year she was asked if would fast for her husband, Ratna also said that India is becoming ‘a conservative society’ and the first thing it does ‘is clamp down on its women’ – just like they have done in a country like Saudi Arabia.
Netizens aren’t happy with Ratna Pathak Shah’s comments and have taken to social media to slam her for both dissing women keeping the Karwa Chauth fast and calling Saudi Arabia a conservative society while making comparisons.
Ratna said that she was asked for the first time last year if she would fast for her husband, actor Naseeruddin Shah.
“Nothing has changed for women or very little has changed in very crucial areas. Our society is becoming extremely conservative. We’re becoming superstitious, we’re being forced into accepting and making religion a very important part of one’s life. Someone asked me for the first time last year if I’m observing Karwa Chauth. I said, ‘Am I mad?’ Isn’t it appalling that modern educated women fast to pray for the long lives of husbands?”
She continued, “We are moving towards an extremely conservative society. The first thing a conservative society does is clamp down on its women. Look at all the conservative societies in this world. Women are the ones who are most affected. What’s the scope of women in Saudi Arabia? Do we want to become like Saudi Arabia? And we will become because it’s very very convenient. Women provide a lot of unpaid labour within the home. If you have to pay for that labour, who will do it? Women are forced into that situation.”
Alia Bhatt’s latest love ballad Kesariya has taken over the music charts in India. The song was recently in hot waters when called out for copying Pakistani band Call’s Laree Chootee, but while that’s contested, Bhatt came to defend her song by claiming that Kesariya has dethroned the global favourite Coke Studio song Pasoori.
Amidst a promotional interview for her Netflix’s debut film, Darlings, Bhatt was directed with a question that asked how she feels after the massive critique Kesariya, which she calls her and husband Ranbir Kapoor’s love song, has gotten for including the phrase “love storiyan”.
Defending the lyrics, Bhatt shared she believes its “great” however the song got attention from people. “I don’t think people are having issues with the song. I think it’s great. I think it’s lovely that there is so much given to even two words in a song. I think there was so much anticipation with the song that the ones who weren’t liking those two words just wanted the song to be so perfect.”
She further added, “Like we dethroned, which I want to say very proudly, Pasoori which is one of my favourite songs but it’s been number one for 85 days and Kesariya went straight to number one. I proudly want to scream on the rooftop and say this because any kind of attention to a creative unit, good bad, is attention at the end of the day and it adds on people knowing more about the film that’s about to release and it just shows that they care that much.”
Bhatt recently added her name to the list of Indian actors who opted for Pakistani designer Faraz Manan’s couture collection for a public event.
The Highway star recently shared pictures of her on Instagram in which the actor could be seen wearing Faraz’s dress.
The designer also shared pictures of the Udta Punjab diva on the official Instagram handle.
Earlier, this year in October, Shah Rukh Khan donned Faraz Manan’s white royal jacket on a shalwar kameez. The jacket was customised for the Don 2 star with detailed embroidery work.
Faraz has alo collaborated with India’s top actors like Sridevi, Jacqueline Fernandez and Karishma Kapoor.
On the work front, Alia is gearing up for the release of Darlings and Brahmastra.
The much-awaited trailer of the second season of the reality show, Indian Matchmaking has been released. The new season will be released on Netflix on August 10.
The caption of the trailer read: “If you’re not getting married this year, you can meet us at the buffet.”
Matchmaker, Sima Taparia, said while talking to People magazine, “Every new client brings a new adventure, and the people I worked with in season 2 gave me all sorts of challenges,”
“From height to hair to very specific dietary requirements, it seems clients are getting pickier by the day. But I love what I do so I am up to the task,” she added.
Taparia also said, “My goal is always to help my clients see beyond the superficial and focus on the qualities that will matter for a lasting relationship.”
“But that is getting harder and harder with every new generation,” she added. “Especially when dating apps have made everyone feel like choices are limitless.”
“I don’t want to give anything away, but let’s just say the stars aligned more than once in season 2,” she concluded.
You are cordially invited to season 2 of Indian Matchmaking ✨
The first season of the show was released in July 2020. It threw light on the highly controversial Indian (and Pakistani) wedding and matchmaking culture, stirred debate online and received mixed reviews about the toxicity ingrained in the country’s age-old process of finding a life partner.
