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BollywoodJun 27, 2021

Imran Khan urges Pak filmmakers to focus on original content, not copy Bollywood

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the country's filmmakers to focus on original content and adopt new approaches to filmmaking instead of copying Bollywood. During an event at the short film festival in Islamabad, Khan said mistakes were committed at the beginning since the Pakistani film industry was "impressed" by Bollywood which resulted in copying and adopting another culture. "So the most important thing I want to say to young filmmakers is that according to my experience of the world, only originality sells -- the copy has no value," he said, as quoted by Dawn newspaper. While
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BollywoodJun 27, 2021

Former Bigg Boss contestant found with drugs

Maharashtra police on Sunday busted an alleged rave party at a private bungalow in the Igatpuri hill station of Nashik district and took 22 people including Bollywood celebrities including actors, choreographers, ex-contestants of reality show Bigg Boss into custody. According to police officials, a police team raided the bungalow after a tip-off, where the people were seen consuming alcohol and other intoxicants were being served illegally. Police also recovered a huge amount of narcotics substance and cash in the raid. The Superintendent of Police (SP), Nashik Rural police, Sachin Patil said
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BollywoodJun 26, 2021

Jaya Bachchan to make her digital debut

Bollywood actor-politician Jaya Bachchan is all set to make her OTT debut. The veteran actress is all set to appear in Endemol Shine India's upcoming project titled Sadabhar. According to reports, the actress started shooting way back in February. Jaya Bachchan will return to screen after 5 years. She was last seen in Arjun Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan Ki & Ka (2016), in which she made a special guest appearance.
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BollywoodJun 26, 2021

Sonu Sood to create volunteer programme for COVID-19 vaccination registration in rural India

There's no stopping actor Sonu Sood! On Friday, he came up with one more initiative to extend his support to people amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. He has now launched COVREG, which aims to create a volunteer programme for COVID-19 vaccination registration in rural India. The particular initiative is powered by rural fintech leader Spice Money, which will provide the technological expertise for building the application, and will onboard volunteers through the website www.covreg.in. Opening up about the initiative, Sonu said, "Rural India continues to struggle in coping with the pandemic
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BollywoodJun 26, 2021

Malaika Arora calls Arjun Kapoor her 'sunshine'

On the occasion of Arjun Kapoor's birthday on Saturday, his ladylove Malaika Arora penned an adorable wish for him. "Happy birthday my sunshine," she wrote on Instagram. Along with it, she posted a picture of her hugging Arjun. The loved-up post of Malaika has garnered a lot of likes and comments.
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BollywoodJun 26, 2021

Abhay Deol announces his new Disney film 'Spin'

Actor Abhay Deol is all set to come up with new project, titled 'Spin'. Taking to Instagram, Abhay unveiled the details of the upcoming project. He shared that 'Spin' will first be available to only US audience, and it will stream on Disney channel from August 13. He wrote: "I am aware that most of my audience love me for making edgy, alternative narratives, that challenge the status quo. Which is why this film is all the more special as it is a departure from my own status quo, and catering to a much younger audience." "Spin is a Disney film that will go live on their platform for US audience
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BollywoodJun 26, 2021

SRK completes 29 years in Bollywood, thanks fans for love, support

Proclaimed as 'King of romance', superstar Shah Rukh Khan clocked 29 years in the Hindi Film Industry on Friday. The actor whose debut film 'Deewana' was released in 1992, thanked his fans for all the love they have been showering on him for almost three decades. Taking to his Twitter handle, SRK wrote, "Been working. Just saw the 'overwhelmed ness' of the lov of nearly 30 yrs u r showering on me here. Realised it's more than half my life in the service of hoping to entertain u all. Will take out time tomorrow & share some love back personally. Thx needed to feel loved...." To commemorate
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BollywoodJun 24, 2021

1984 riots victims send legal notice to makers of web series 'Grahan'

Victims of the 1984 riots in Delhi and Jharkhand's Bokaro have sent a legal notice to HotStar Disney for the web series "Grahan" for allegedly twisting the narrative of the riots in their show in a "deliberate" attempt to hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community. The Producer of the Web-series named Grahan and the Head of HotStar have been served with legal notice over its series namely Grahan based on the killing of Sikhs during the 1984 riots. The Legal Notice sent through their lawyer Harpreet Singh Hora from Delhi states that thousands of Sikh men, women, and children were butchered in di
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BollywoodJun 24, 2021

Taapsee Pannu's 'Thappad' wins Cannes Lions Silver

Actor Taapsee Pannu's 'Thappad' has made it to the Cannes Lions winners' list as it bagged the silver medal for 'The World's Most Reported Trailer' on day three of the event. Film's director Anubhav Sinha took to his Instagram handle and shared the news by posting a short video of the results released digitally on Wednesday. In the caption, he wrote, "THAPPAD wins Cannes Lions SILVER for its 'Most reported trailer campaign'. What a birthday gift Team. @triggerhappyentertainment #AmitChandrra ZINDABAD!!!". According to the official 2021 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity website,

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Veteran Bollywood actor Meenakshi Seshadri is all set to make a fresh start in the entertainment world after moving back to Mumbai nearly 30 years after leaving India. Famous for memorable performances in films like Hero, Damini, Ghayal and Ghatak, the 62-year-old actor shared that she is now looking forward to taking up strong and meaningful roles once again. Meenakshi, who stepped away from films after getting married in 1997 and settled in the United States, announced her return through a heartfelt Instagram video. Thanking fans for their continued love and support, she revealed that she ha
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Jasbir Jassi Slams Honey Singh’s Appointment as Face of Punjab’s Anti-Drug Drive

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