Laxmmi Bomb stars Akshay Kumar in the lead role (Photo: PR Handout)The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has asked the high court to reject Rhea Chakraborty’s bail plea in the drug case that has been linked to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. Stating that Rhea had brought drugs for Sushant and hid his habit, the NCB said that Section 27A of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act providing punishment for financing drug trafficking and harbouring offenders applied to Rhea. The court has been hearing the bail pleas for Rhea and her brother since this Tuesday.
On the other hand, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor and Deepika Padukone were called by the NCB in the Bollywood-drug cartel nexus case on Saturday. The NCB has taken the mobile phones of the stars to verify the claims they made during the interrogation.
Meanwhile, Sushant Singh Rajput’s family is concerned about the direction of the investigation in the actor’s death case. The family reportedly feels that the Rhea Chakraborty drug case is distracting attention from the SSR case.
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Sushant’s Shweta Singh Kirti took to Twitter and wrote, “I urge all the warriors to stay STRONG and UNITED! Understand and realize whatever we are doing, we are doing for a bigger cause. Our fight for Justice Unites us and everything else is secondary. I believe in each and every one of you that you will make us win! #WarriorsRoar4SSR”
In conversation with indianexpress.com, Khaali Peeli producer Ali Abbas Zafar said, "I wanted the film to come in theaters. You have to understand that cinema is made for the big screen. When we started work on Khaali Peeli and Maqbool got the script, the idea was to work with young actors, but the vision was to make a quintessential Indian film which has songs, dance, emotion and comedy, and that’s what comes across in the teaser, trailer and songs. The idea was to take it to a big screen and then the whole Covid-19 situation happened."
"We held on to the film for a really long time. Zee is a big studio. They have a big distribution wing. We had discussions with them. We had discussions with other people in the business, and we learnt that the situation right now with regards to the box office and theaters looks bleak. We don’t know when theaters will open, and even if they open, we don’t know to what capacity will they open," he concluded.
Arjun Mathur has been nominated in the best performance by an actor category for Made in Heaven at the 2020 International Emmy Awards.
Mathur, who learnt about being nominated through actor Sayani Gupta, told PTI, "The last two-three days are blurry, slowly it has started to sink in.”
MS Dhoni will produce a mythological sci-fi web-series based on an unpublished book by a debutant author. Sakshi Dhoni, the managing director of Dhoni's production house, told PTI that the story is a "thrilling adventure."
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Karanvir Bohra has begun shooting for his next film Kutub Minar, which also stars Sanjay Mishra. The actor said the film is a beautiful story of a father and a son.
On No Filter Neha season 5, Bhumi Pednekar told Neha Dhupia that Kartik Aaryan is somebody who would keep giving you 'gyaan.'
Baba Sehgal dropped his Hindi version of hit track Luis Fonsi Despacito. The singer calls the song "love story of 2020" and asked fans to not "miss the RAP."
Guru Randhawa and Dhvani Bhanushali's song titled "Baby Girl" will release on Thursday at 11 am.
Akshay Kumar's film Laxmmi Bomb will hit theaters in Australia, New Zealand and UAE on November 9. However, in India, the movie will have an OTT release. The Raghava Lawrence directorial will premiere on Disney Plus Hotstar on November 9.
Sharing a video on Instagram, Randeep Hooda celebrated 9 years of Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster.
Sudhir Mishra spoke about the process of adapting the novel Serious Men for the screen. He said, "The better the book, the more difficult it is to adapt. To turn the words, images, and abstracts in a literary work into a scene with actors is a difficult task. Screenwriter Bhavesh Mandalia took about 10 months to adapt it for the screen, keeping the novel’s essence intact. We worked on it with Manu’s approval. When we went to Goa to work on the final draft, we took Manu along. He enjoyed the process of creating something else instead of recreating the book. However, the film owes a lot to the book. The movie could not have existed without the novel."
Director Hansal Mehta has said that appointment of Shekhar Kapur as the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) chairperson is a "welcome move." Kapur, replying to Hansal Mehta's tweet, wrote, "huge responsibility too."
Mumbai Police has summoned filmmaker Anurag Kashyap in connection with the alleged sexual assault against actor Payal Ghosh.
In a video shared by Netflix, choreographer Melvin Louis along with Sandeepa Dhar danced with Yami Gautam and Vikrant Massey.
Sharing a photo on his Instagram profile, Amitabh Bachchan informed fans that he is headed for a 15-hour-long shoot today.
Amaal Mallik is excited for his debut single. The composer shared, "Done with the shoot mix of my debut single... Penned by @therashmivirag , this one is really special and listening to it at this hour is the most blissful experience ever."
On Tuesday evening, Shah Rukh Khan's daughter Suhana Khan dropped a long post on Instagram with a photo of hers and a couple of screenshots of hateful comments or direct messages she receives for being dark-skinned.
Suhana wrote, 'I’ve been told I’m ugly because of my skin tone, by full grown men and women, since I was 12 years old. Other than the fact that these are actual adults, what’s sad is that we are all Indians, which automatically makes us brown — yes we come in different shades but no matter how much you try to distance yourself from the melanin, you just can’t.' READ MORE.
Sonu Sood was conferred with Special Humanitarian Action Award by the Department of Planning of the Government of Punjab, with the support of the Sustainable Development Goals Coordination Centre. The awardees were selected based on the recommendation of an independent jury.
Priyanka Chopra on late Tuesday left her fans excited as the actor said she has something exciting to announce. On Wednesday morning, Chopra shared a glimpse of her memoir Unfinished.