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BollywoodSep 24, 2020

Now, a Film City in UP

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chaired a meeting with representatives of the Bollywood fraternity over Film City in the state on September 22. Comedian Raju Srivastava, Singer Kailash Kher and Anup Jalota were also present at the meeting. Several other dignitaries including Anupam Kher, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri virtually took part in the meeting. Nearly 1000 acres of land has been identified for the proposed this Film City project.
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BollywoodSep 23, 2020

NCB summons Deepika, Sara, Shraddha and Rakul Preet

In what comes as a big development in drug syndicate that supplied narcotics to Bollywood, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) summoned top actors Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, and Rakul Preet Singh to record their statements. While Padukone has been summoned on September 25, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan have been summoned on September 26 by NCB. NCB officials also visited Shraddha Kapoor’s house on Wednesday evening to serve the summons.Earlier on the same day, the agency recorded the statement of film producer Madhu Mantena, who co-produced 2016 film Udta Punjab i
BollywoodSep 23, 2020

Ranjit Bawa trolled for misreading Kangana Ranaut's tweet

Punjabi singer-actor Ranjit Bawa found himself amidst a Twitter war after he misread a tweet posted by Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut. Ranjit Bawa misread Kangana’s words regarding farmer suicides, owing to which he was trolled by the Twitteratis. It so happened that Prime Minister Narendra Modi tried to clear certain things regarding the new agriculture legislations with a tweet where he said that MSP will not be affected in this new legislation. Replying to which Kangana tweeted that people did raise a hue and cry about CAA but nothing happened eventually. She mentioned in the tweet that
BollywoodSep 23, 2020

Rhea Chakraborty’s bail plea rejected

Rhea Chakraborty, whose 14-days-long judicial custody was supposed to end on June 21, has been rejected by the High Court yet again. Rhea was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) with regard to the drugs probe in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case on September 8. This is for the second time that Rhea’s bail plea has been rejected, the first one was on September 11. As per sources, Rhea’s bail plea was rejected on the basis of the possibility of the actress alerting the rest of the convicts involved in this drug cartel case that could eventually lead to destroying the evidence. D
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BollywoodSep 22, 2020

Richa Chadha’s name appears in Me Too case against Anurag Kashyap

Actor Richa Chadha released her lawyer’s statement after her name was mentioned by actor Payal Ghosh who has accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual assault. The statement condemns the act of falsely dragging her name into controversies.The statement reads: ‘Our Client ‘Ms. Richa Chadha’, condemns the act of her name being unnecessarily and falsely dragged in a derogatory manner into controversies and allegations being recently raised by third parties. Though our Client believes that genuinely wronged women should get justice at all costs, there are legislations that are intended to
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BollywoodSep 21, 2020

Official complaint filed against Anurag Kashyap over alleged sexual misconduct

Model turned actress Payal Ghosh who has levelled sexual harassment allegations against Anurag Kashyap has filed an official complaint against the filmmaker in Oshiwara Police Station Mumbai. The actress along with her lawyer Nitin Satpute arrived at the Police station for registration of an FIR.If found guilty under this offence, the accused can get 3 years of imprisonment under section 354 and 509 of Indian Penal Code. The 'Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi' fame actress said that she wanted to speak about this for a long time, and now she has finally decided to get it off her head.Meanwhile, Anurag K
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BollywoodSep 21, 2020

NCB to summon Deepika Padukone in Bollywood drug probe

The Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) is all set to summon Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone in connection to the drug case that sprung out of the investigations into the Sushant Singh Rajput death probe.As per a news channel in India, NCB has come across a few drug chats that mentions name of individuals with initials D and K. While D has allegedly been identified as Deepika Padukone, K is Karishma is a Talent Management Agency employee. The report mentions that Karishma, who manages Deepika, will also be questioned by the agency.The same news channel also stated that Bollywood actresses Shraddh
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BollywoodSep 17, 2020

Rakul Preet Singh moves High Court alleging a media trial

The Delhi High Court issued notices to the Information & Broadcasting ministry, Prasar Bharati, News Broadcasters Association (NBA) and Press Council of India (PCI) on Thursday after actor Rakul Preet Singh moved court alleging a ‘media trial’ in a drug investigation related to Sushant Singh Rajput case. It was earlier reported that Rakul Preet Singh was named by Rhea Chakraborty during a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) investigation into a drugs angle related to Sushant Singh Rajput case.In her submission before Delhi HC, Rakul Preet also said that she learnt that she had been named in
BollywoodSep 17, 2020

Jaya Prada backs Ravi Kishan, says Jaya Bachchan doing politics over Bollywood drug row

Amid tussle between Jaya Bachchan and Ravi Kishan over Bollywood drug row. Jaya Prada supported Ravi Kishan by saying, "I completely support Ravi Kishan ji's remarks about saving youth from the problem of drug trafficking/addiction. We need to raise our voice against the use of drugs and we need to save our youth. I think Jaya Bachchan ji is doing politics over the issue."ANI

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