Deepika Padukone and Sara Ali Khan will appear before NCB today. (Photo: Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan/Instagram)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.
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.
On Friday, Karan Johar took to social media and issued an official statement refuting media reports alleging that narcotics were consumed at one of his house parties. “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,” he said in the statement.
SP Balasubramaniam's demise has pained many from various film industries in India.
In a career of more than five decades, SPB crooned 40,000 songs in a staggering 16 languages, including Tamil, Telugu Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and others. He made an unparalleled contribution to the musical landscape without even receiving a formal education in music.
Here are some rare pictures of the icon.
Amish Tripathi’s latest bestseller, 'Suheldev: The King Who Saved India' is being adapted into a major feature film. This is Amish's first book to be translated to celluloid. The film will be helmed by debutant director Senthil Kumar. It will be a joint production of Wakaoo Films, Casa Media and Immortal Studios.
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Asha Bhosle mourned SP Balasubramaniam's death on Friday. In a statement, the veteran singer said, “This year has seen a lot of unfortunate events. And the news of SP Balasubramaniam's demise that I have heard just now makes me even sadder. He was an amazingly versatile artiste. His first songs after South, in Hindi with Lakshmikant Pyarelal were amazing. His duet with Lata didi was very memorable. Balu sang a lot of songs for RD Burman and was his friend. He had helped me a lot with my Tamil pronunciation in my song for Ilayaraja. The loss of such a great artiste has left a huge void in the music world. I wish his soul to rest in peace in this musical journey to be one with the almighty. RIP Balu.”
As the release date of Mirzapur season 2 nears, Amazon Prime Video has uploaded the entire first season of the series on their official YouTube channel for the viewers to watch it for free from September 25 to September 30.
Produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under their banner of Excel Media and Entertainment, the second season of Mirzapur will premiere on October 23 on Amazon Prime Video.
SP Balasubramaniam passed away on Friday after battling Covid-19 for over a month.Many Bollywood actors like Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Renuka Shahane and music artistes like Salim Merchant and Kailash Kher took to their social media platforms to mourn SPB's death.
Sunil Gavaskar on Friday hogged controversy for making an unsavoury comment against Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma after the Indian captain’s forgettable outing in the IPL.Anushka On Friday took to her Instagram stories expressing her disappointment on Gavaskar's comments. She wrote, “That, Mr Gavaskar, your message is distasteful is a fact but I would love for you to explain why you thought of making such a sweeping statement on a wife accusing her for her husband’s game?”She further wrote, “I am sure over the years you have respected the private lives of every cricketer while commentating on the game. Don’t you think you should have equal amount of respect for me and us? I am sure you can have many other words and sentences in your mind to use to comment on my husband’s performance from last night or are your words only relevant if you use my name in the precess?”“It’s 2020 and things still don’t change for me. When will I stop getting dragged into cricket and stop being used to pass sweeping statements? Respected Mr Gavaskar, you are a legend who se names stands tall in this gentleman’s game. Just wanted to tell you what I felt when I heard you say this,” Anushka concluded.
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Varun Dhawan took to Instagram on Friday to share that he has resumed work after a gap of seven months. Production work in Bollywood was halted owing to the outbreak of coronavirus.
Varun Dhwana was last seen in Remo D'Souza's Street Dancer 3D. His next is father David Dhawan's directorial Coolie No. 1.
Veteran playback singer, SP Balasubramaniam died on Friday at MGM Healthcare in Chennai. His son, musician SP Charan shared the news of his father's demise.
He said, “SPB belongs to everyone. He will live on in his songs. My dad passed away at 1.04 pm.”
The trailer of romantic comedy Ginny Weds Sunny, starring Yami Gautam and Vikrant Massey, is out.
The film is directed by debutant filmmaker Puneet Khanna and produced by Vinod Bachchan. It will release on Netflix on October 9.
Veteran actor Surekha Sikri, who was admitted to a Mumbai Hospital after suffering a brain stroke earlier this month, has been discharged.
Sikri's manager Vivek Sidhwani told indianexpress.com, "Yes, Surekha ma'am has been discharged from the hospital earlier this week. Her recovery continues at home now."
Actor Rakul Preet Singh reached the Narcotics Control Bureau office in South Mumbai on Friday morning to record her statement in the drugs probe linked to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.Rakul has been summoned by NCB as part of its probe into the alleged Bollywood-drugs nexus.
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Late actor Irrfan Khan's son Babil, who left for London last week, took to Instagram today to share a post about missing his father and how he hates waking up to realise that Irrfan is no more.
Irrfan died on April 29 this year, after battling cancer for two years.
Veteran playback singer S P Balasubrahmanyam, who has been battling Covid-19 since the last month, is in an “extremely critical” condition.
A bulletin from MGM Healthcare in Chennai said that his condition has deteriorated, warranting maximal life support.
Today, Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor, along with other actors, took to social media to wish SPB a speedy recovery.