The Indian government has issued notices to Bollywood A-listers Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgan for appeared in gutka advertisements despite a ban on promoting the addictive and harmful products.
The actors have been issued notices by the government after a court hearing in which the state lawyer mentioned that the Supreme Court is already looking into the. matter. The actors appeared in the ads years ago. Akshay Kumar has even apologized to his fans for doing the advertisement.
Gutka is an addictive substance made from areca nuts and tobacco. Once extremely popular in the subcontinent, gutka is known to cause cancers of the mouth, head and neck.
Actor Alyy Khan recently revealed in Nadir Ali’s podcast that he will be featuring in an international web series with famous Bollywood actor Kajol. The British Pakistani star opened up about filming an intimate scene with the Dilwale diva.
Talking about Kajol, he said, “I used to be a fan of Kajol, she was my childhood favorite, I have been seeing her for many years. Now, I got a chance to work with Kajol, I played her boyfriend’s role, the upcoming web series with Kajol is eight episodes American web series which was later bought by Disney, in that web series, I played Kajol’s Boyfriend, it is produced by Ajay Devgan.”
He added, “there was a kissing scene with Kajol, we have almost completed the shoot, we did rehearsals and also discussed our scene which was together, the scene went well. It was quite a professional shoot and we all were satisfied with the outcome. I and Kajol objectively monitored the scene”.
He concluded by saying, “when you work professionally with the burden of doing good, you never hesitate to perform any kind of scene.”
Alyy has been a part of several Bollywood films, including Don 2.
Bollywood director Rohit Shetty has revealed at the trailer launch of Ranveer Singh starrer Cirkus that actor Deepika Padukone has joined his cop universe. She will play the role of a cop in Ajay Devgn’s Singham 3.
At the event, Rohit Shetty said, “We are making Singham next. Everyone kept asking me who is the lady cop in my universe. So today, let me confirm that Deepika Padukone will be the lady Singham, the lady cop in Singham 3. We start shooting next year.”
Ranveer said that Deepika Padukone’s performance as Meenaamma in Rohit Shetty’s Chennai Express is one of her best performances. He also expressed that he can’t wait for Deepika and Rohit to join forces once again. “Deepika’s best performance for me is Meenaamma from Chennai Express. She has done so many great films, but this one is just special. I can’t wait for Rohit Shetty and Deepika to team up on a feature film.”
Singham 3 marks Ajay Devgn and Deepika’s first on-screen collaboration.
In 2011, Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn and director Rohit Shetty collaborated on the cop entertainer, Singham, followed by its sequel which culminated into a cop universe today with Simmba and Sooryavanshi joining in.
“Singham was set in Goa, followed by Singham Returns which went a notch higher with the premise being set in Mumbai. And now, Rohit and Ajay are all set to take things to the next level as Singham 3 is set again the backdrop of terrorism with the protagonist traveling all the way to Pakistan to grab hold of terror outfits,” reported Pinkvilla.
In Singham 3, it’s going to be a battle between Ajay Devgn and Jackie Shroff. “The story takes off from where Sooryavanshi ended. The lion-hearted cop will be off to Azad Kashmir to trace down the head of terror outfits, who have an eye to destroy India from the world map,” the source added.
Kajol and Ajay Devgn’s daughter Nysa Devgan may not have forayed into Bollywood yet, but she is already a digital sensation. The star kid has multiple fan pages on Instagram, and pictures of her partying with her friends often go viral on social media.
Nysa recently slayed in glamorous ethnic outfits, and while her fans shower her with love, there is also a certain section of social media users who troll her and leave nasty comments that are uncalled for. Now, Kajol has reacted to it and has shared her opinion on social media trolling.
In a conversation with ETimes, the DDLJ diva was asked how she reacts to social media trolling. She replied that she feels trolling has become a strange part of social media. She then laughed and added that if one is trolled, it just means they’re famous. “If you are trolled, you are noticed. If you’re trolled you’re famous. It’s like you’re not famous till you’re trolled,” she said. When asked if it affects her, she said that it does, but that there’s only a limit to which these things can be taken seriously. “I will be stupid and I will be idiotic to say that it does not affect me. But yes, there is a certain level that you can take it seriously.”
She further added that numerous articles are written about trolling, but when she goes and checks the comments, she finds that there are hundreds of positive comments and only one or two negative comments on which the articles are based.
Kajol then added that she explains Nysa that for every one or two trolls who post nasty comments, there are a thousand other fans who think she is fantastic. “And most important of all, what do you see in the mirror? Whose opinion matters? My opinion matters. Not your own,” she joked.
The reality series Lock Upp has lately been gaining a lot of attention on social media and most of it has to do with the secrets that are revealed by the contestants every once in a while. In a recent episode of the show, contestant Munawar Faruqui was seen opening up on the traumatic sexual abuse he went through, as a child and everyone seemed visibly moved by his claims.
Host Kangana Ranaut also decided to join the conversation as she shared her own experience with child abuse.
For the unversed, the show kicked off in February this year and has been experiencing record-breaking viewership numbers, ever since. Its premise revolves around a group of controversial celebrities who have to survive on minimum utilities while fulfilling a bunch of tasks to keep themselves safe. It is being produced by Ekta Kapoor and actor Karan Kundrra is also a part of it as a jailor.
In the Judgement Day Special episode of Lock Upp, inmate Saisha Shinde was under the threat of getting eliminated when Munawar Faruqui decided to reveal one of his secrets to save her for the week. He shed some light on how he was sexually abused by two of his relatives for five years at a time when he was too young to even understand what was happening. He further explained how he had to face both of them every day, which was one of the reasons why he could never really speak about it in the past.
Host Kangana Ranaut was extremely touched by his story and added to the discussion by revealing how she had been a victim of s*xual abuse as well.
“This is something that even I have witnessed. I was too young, and there was a guy in our hometown, who was a few years older than me. So, he used to touch me inappropriately… but I didn’t understand his intention at that time.”
“That guy was exploring his sexuality, so he used to call us, asked us to strip down our clothes, and he used to check us…. we were around 6-year-old.”
Earlier the Woh Lamhe diva strongly criticised a video of a little female vlogger who recreated a scene of Alia Bhatt’s upcoming biopic film, Gangubai Kathiawadi.
An Instagram influencer, Kiara Khanna who is also known as ‘chhoti Alia Bhatt’, re-enacted a dialogue of Alia from her upcoming film which went viral across social media. She shared two screenshots on Instagram stories and tagged Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani.
She penned, “Should this child imitate a sex worker with a beedi in her mouth and crude and obscene dialogues? Look at her body language, is it ok to sexualize her at this age? There are hundreds of other children who are being used similarly.”
The film is based on the life of a real sex worker based in Mumbai who is mentioned in the book ‘Mafia Queens of Mumbai’ by S. Hussain Zaidi. This film is being released under the banner of Bhansali Productions with the collaboration of Pen India Limited. Ajay Devgn and Vijay Raaz will also be seen in interesting roles.
Prior to it the Queen actress, also slammed Deepika Padukone‘s newly released film, Gehraiyaan.
She wrote, “I am also a millennial but I identify and understand this kind of romance … in the name of millennial/new age/urban movies don’t sell trash pls … bad movies are bad movies no amount of skin show or p*rnography can _ save it … it’s a basic fact koi gehraiyaan wali baat nahi hai (there is no depth in it).”
Bollywood film, The Kashmir Files has recently been released in India which has ignited the environment of hatred against Muslims. It is based on the 1990 exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley.
The film is written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. The film cast includes Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, and Pallavi Joshi.
Some hatred incidents were reported after people watched the film in cinemas. Anti-Muslim slogans were chanted by the audience.
After watching the film, One man stood from his seat and loudly said, “If every (Hindu) man started marrying (Muslim) girls then their population will be reduced to half after three generations. They will give birth to less number of children. We are watching a film here and Muslims are increasing population at home.” Later, people started chanting “Jai Shri Ram”.
This is call for extermination.
Theatres used to be a safe space for everyone: for couples, for minorities, for friends. Muslims have been robbed of one more comfortable public space today. Muslims going to theatres now stand the risk of mob violence. pic.twitter.com/Uwe8XHBRZa
Indian Journalist, Mohammed Zubair has shared a clip from a cinema hall where a man was shouting to boycott Bollywood films, especially of Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan. He used vulgar language against these actors.
The audience joined with him and started chanting, “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and “Vande Mataram”.
The film has fuelled the violence and hate against Muslims in the current radical situation of the country.
This is a video from outside a cinema hall in #Delhi, the capital of the #india. #KashmirFiles has spoiled the atmosphere of the country by showing the film Request to the Chief Minister of Delhi @ArvindKejriwal, please protect Delhi or save the environment from getting worse. pic.twitter.com/5BRqnGgfTV
The Indian government openly endorsed the film in the public. Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut recently crictised A-list celebrities for not promoting ‘The Kashmir Files’.
One user also slammed Ajay Devgn for not saying a single word for ‘The Kashmir Files’ but he is promoting the ad campaign of Shah Rukh Khan instead.
Akshay Kumar and Yami Gautam are among A-list Bollywood stars who talked about the film.
Hearing absolutely incredible things about your performance in #TheKashmirFiles@AnupamPKher Amazing to see the audience back to the cinemas in large numbers. Hope to watch the film soon. Jai Ambe. https://t.co/tCKmqh5aJG
Being married to a Kashmiri Pandit, I know first hand of the atrocities that this peace-loving community has gone through. But majority of the nation is still unaware. It took us 32 years and a film to get to know the truth. Please watch and support #TheKashmirFiles . https://t.co/rjHmKVmiXZ
HUM TV’s drama serial Parizaad starring Ahmed Ali Akbar as the titular character has been making headlines ever since the drama went on-air.
Recently, Indian designer Manish Malhotra used the OST of the hit drama for his promotional video proving that Parizaad is not only loved in Pakistan but has a strong following across the border as well.
The highlight of the video became the background music. which the Laal Kabootar star was quick to notice, “I like the music,” shared Ahmed on his Instagram story.
Now multiple Bollywood actors including Vikram Kapadia of Bazaar fame, Darshan Jariwala of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani fame and Namit Das of Wake Up Sid fame indulged in an online chat about the drama, when the Kapoor & Sons star posted an appreciation note for the drama and it’s star Ahmed Ali Akbar.
He also gave a special mention to Mashal Khan.
The actor also mentioned that he enjoyed working with Fawad in Kapoor & Sons and would like to work with the cast of Parizaad.
Journalist Rana Ayyub highlighted the ‘Islamophobic’ elements in Bollywood’s Sooryavanshi in her article for Washington post. The acclaimed journalist tweeted about the same, reinstating that, “yet another exercise in criminal Islamophobia that seeks to normalise Narendra Modi’s anti-Muslim agenda. She claimed that it “feeds into the Muslim as terrorist narrative.”
Starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in the lead, it also features Ranveer Singh and Ajay Devgn. The film has already raked in over INR 150 crores at the Box-office.
Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi expressed his disappointment on the same.
He added, “The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, destroy its history.”
Dangerous for India. In this Islamophobic hatred India will destroy itself, no less. I hope & pray that sane elements within Indian society prevent this. Milton Kandera wrote that ‘the first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, https://t.co/gcyX1sNnIE
Earlier, Riz called out English films for their misrepresentation of Muslims, “The game right now is messed up. The game right now is rigged,” Ahmed said in a new interview with news outlet Muslim. “Muslims are either not on screen or they are [and] they’re the bad guys. They’re perpetrators or victims of violence. We’re either invisible or we’re villainized, cause the stories we tell about our community affect the laws that get passed, the people that get attacked, the people that get invaded.”
