Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan are being questioned at NCB office. Filmmaker Karan Johar took to social media and broke his silence on the ongoing drug probe. He clarified that neither he consumes narcotics nor does he promote usage of any such substance. His statement came after an old video from one of his house parties started doing rounds on social media.
In his statement, KJo wrote, “Certain news channels, print/electronic media and social media platform(s) are wrongly and misleadingly reporting that narcotics were consumed at a party that I, Karan Johar hosted on July 28, 2019 at my residence. I had already clarified my position way back in 2019 that the allegations were false.”
“In view of current malicious campaign, I am reiterating that the allegations are completely false and baseless. No narcotics substance were consumed at the party. I would like to unequivocally once again state that I do not consume Narcotics and I do not promote or encourage consumption of any such substance,” he added.
The filmmaker also distanced himself from Kshitij Ravi Prasad and Anubhav Chopra who were questioned by NCB on Thursday in relation with the drug-nexus in the Hindi film industry.
“Chopra was briefly associated with us for only two months in the capacity of 2nd assistant director for a film, between November 2011 and January 2012 and as assistant director for the short film in January 2013. He has thereafter never been associated with Dharma Productions for any other project,” the director said.
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Meanwhile, Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan will appear before the NCB today in connection with the summons issued to them in regard to a narcotics case lodged following actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.
Ananya Panday wished father Chunky Panday on his birthday. She wrote on Instagram, "happy bday Pip ❤️ thank you for making me fall in love with the camera, I’ll always be ur baby."
On Saturday, ANI reported, "Dharma Productions executive producer Kshitij Ravi Prasad to be arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau soon, in connection with a drug probe. Formalities are being completed."
Supporting Karan Johar after he released a statement on Friday, filmmaker Hansal Mehta wrote on Twitter, "Dear @karanjohar, Thank you for setting the record straight and finally breaking your silence on all the slander and fake news around us. Not many from the industry will share this unfortunately. This lack of unity and fear of persecution has rendered us looking like cowards...Unless we put up a united front against this deliberate vilification and speak up I'm afraid this witch hunt will continue. There are many like me who support you. I hope people with greater power than us raise their voices to request an end to this continued abuse and slander."
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Deepika Padukone's manager Karishma Prakash, who was interrogated for about seven hours on Friday, has been summoned for another round of questioning today.
Neha Dhupia took to Twitter to wish her mother on her birthday.
Veteran Bollywood and television star Surekha Sikri, who was hospitalised after she suffered a brain stroke earlier this month, is recovering well at her residence in suburban Mumbai, her agent Vivek Sidhwani said on Saturday. He said the 75-year-old actor got discharged from a city hospital earlier this week. She was taken to the hospital on September 8.
“She is recovering well. She has started physiotherapy along with her continuing medical treatment. The recovery is going to take some time,” Sidhwani told PTI.
Deepika Padukone is being questioned at Evelyn House, a guest house owned by the Mumbai Port Trust in Apollo Bunder, Colaba. Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan are being questioned at NCB office in Ballard Pier.
Actor Sara Ali Khan has arrived at the NCB office to join the probe into a drugs case lodged following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June this year.
The NCB probe team will record Shraddha Kapoor's statement regarding the drugs case related to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death and Bollywood-drugs nexus as well, the official told PTI. Shraddha’s name cropped up during the interrogation of some persons, who were earlier summoned by the probe team, sources said.
On Dev Anand’s 97th birth anniversary (he left us on 3 December 2011), a viewing of his 1965 classic Guide assumes the mantle of an ode. Spend some time in the company of Guide and you won’t regret it.
Guide is not exactly what anyone would call ‘joyous.’ It gives you a Dev Anand you had never seen before. The film (with Waheeda Rehman headlining one of her career’s most stellar performance, not to forget the absolutely knockout dances that elevate Hindi screen to a classical stage) is a spiritual bridge between Anand’s frothy romcoms (Taxi Driver, Tere Ghar Ke Saamne, Nau Do Gyarah etc) and noirs/thrillers (Baazi, Kala Pani, CID etc).
Kapil Sharma extended his warm wishes to former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on his birthday today. He shared a photo with him and wrote, "पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री आदरणीय Dr Manmohan Singh जी को जन्मदिन की ढेर सारी शुभकामनाएँ 🤗 आप हमेशा स्वस्थ और ख़ुश रहें ऐसी मैं ईश्वर से प्रार्थना करता हूँ🙏 #HappyBirthdayDrManmohanSingh"
Priyanka Chopra paid tribute to legendary singer SP Balasubrahmanyam who passed away on Friday.
The Narcotics Control Bureau has registered two FIRs as part of its probe that followed the death by suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The first case (FIR 15/20) was on the basis of purported chats of actor Rhea Chakraborty that were retrieved by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that is probing a money laundering case against her. The ED provided these chats to NCB as they claimed that some of the chats were about marijuana.
NCB officials said they summoned Deepika and her manager Karishma Prakash, another Kwan employee, based on some WhatsApp chats of Jaya Saha. Apart from them, even producer Madhu Mantena, also a Kwan director, was summoned on the basis of Saha’s questioning. Since Saha is named as an accused in the first FIR all of them have been called in connection with this case. Rakul Preet Singh too has been summoned in connection with this context.
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Deepika Padukone’s name cropped up in some WhatsApp conversations purportedly between her manager Karishma Prakash and one “D” discussing drugs during a probe into a drugs case lodged following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June this year.