MUMBAI: Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, and Gulshan Grover on Wednesday turned nostalgic as their superhit comedy ‘Hera Pheri’ completed 21 years of release. The Priyadarshan directorial had opened on 31 March 2000 and is counted among the greatest comedies ever made in Bollywood.

“No wonder we underestimate how quickly time flies. It seems I blinked, and 21 years went by. What a film we made @priyadarshandir @akshaykumar @SirPareshRawal @GulshanGroverGG #Tabu. Missing #OmPuri ji very dearly today,” tweeted Suniel. Commenting on his tweet, Akshay wrote: “Agreed! Even we didn’t know back then what a film we were making, each scene better than the other. Specially love this one: dhoti. Genius of Priyadarshan sir and epic dialogues by late Neeraj Vora.” Gulshan Grover tweeted: “21 years of #Herapheri , what a film by director Priyadarshan @priyadarshandir Producer #firozNadiadwala and brilliant actors @akshaykumar @SunielVShetty @SirPareshRawal #Tabu #Asrani ji , late #OmPuri ji and #KabiraSpeaking.”

Mumbai: Ranveer Singh is proud of how his music label IncInk has grown over the past two years. The actor, who started the initiative with Navzar Eranee, says he doesn’t want newcomers to go through what he experienced when he began his career as an actor. “When I had decided to chase my dream of becoming an actor years ago, it wasn’t easy getting my foot in the door. I was fortunate enough to build my career through a combination of hard work, passion, and self-belief. I told myself back then that when I become relatively successful, I will try and do something for my fellow dreamers. That’s when the germ of IncInk was sown in my head,” he says.

Ranveer is “blown away” by the talent he has seen so far. “Today, I feel grateful to have been able to provide a platform to some outstanding new talents. I am blown away by the music that these brilliant young artistes have created, and I am continually impressed at their ability to express and create art that is disruptive.”

The actor is especially proud of discovering some artists such as Kaam Bhaari, Spitfire, Devil – The Rhymer, and SlowCheeta. “They have evolved into serious musical prodigies of our generation who are now being appreciated far and wide. IncInk has tried to be a vehicle for their artistic growth, becoming the wind beneath the wings of these rare gems,” he asserts.

Ranveer wants to work on his label and make it a genre-fluid collective. “Being fluid in this endeavour through genre music, video, visual art, and experiences is what we do here. Ink is a beacon for artists. I would like it to be a lighthouse on the shore. If we can inspire something new, reach somebody unreachable and touch someone so they feel included that would be fulfilling,” he says.

With this initiative, the actor urges budding artists not to give up. “People who work just as hard, oftentimes don’t get that chance and may never get it. Mine was a million to one shot, I was prepared to risk it all and found my opportunity. Even though I often felt discouraged, I persevered. If you don’t get it, if you fall, don’t stay down, get up, keep playing. Always be inspired to play. I want to lead by example. So, that’s what we will do through IncInk,” concludes Ranveer.

Priya Banerjee started her career with the Telugu film ‘Kiss’ and is winning our hearts since then. Her web show ‘Bhanwar’ came in the lockdown which made it to the headline before its release. Priya has also been shooting for a South web series, ‘11th Hour’. She mesmerised her fans with her bold and beautiful avatar in ‘Twisted 3’. The actress will also be seen in ‘Jamai Raja 2.0’ and ‘Bekaboo 2’.

Priya spoke exclusively to The Sunday Guardian and told us about ‘Bekaboo 2’.

Q.How excited are you for being a part of ‘Bekaboo 2’?

 Well, ‘Bekaboo 1’ did so amazingly well that I was sure that people would be waiting for Season 2. Being a part of a hit franchise is always great.

Q.How different is Season 1 from Season 2? 

 Season 2 is a continuation of Season 1 so to understand what’s going on in Season 2 you must watch Season 1. Also, there are many more new characters this season with new twists and turns. It will keep you hooked to your seats.

Q.What does your character look like in the series? How relatable is it?

Kashti is very different in this season. She’s just like a girl next door who’s fun and loves doing exciting stuff. She’s more relatable this season for sure. I have put in a lot of efforts to make sure I entertain the audience and my fans with my performance as Kashti. Because of ‘Bekaboo’ people know me as Kashti so I have to live up to the name always.

Q.How different is the experience of working for a web series from a film?

Other than the medium where it releases it’s no different at all. The process of shooting is always the same but not denying shooting for OTT gives you a lot of liberty to explore your character and acting skills. You can play with the script and the way you want your character to be portrayed.

Feeling nostalgic about the iconic song of his film ‘Swades’, Shahrukh Khan shares his reaction to the viral tweet of US Navy members singing ‘Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera’ at a dinner meeting between US Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Michael M Gilday and India’s Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu.

SRK tweeted, “Thank you for sharing this sir. How lovely. Got all nostalgic about the time spent making this beautiful film and the belief sung in the song. Thanx @AshGowariker @RonnieScrewvala @arrahman and everyone who made it possible.”

The video got viral on social media when Taranjit shared a video on Twitter on Saturday, which sees the US Navy officers singing ‘Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera’ from ‘Swades’. He wrote: “This is a friendship bond that cannot be broken ever.” The song was originally composed and sung by AR Rehman for the 2004 film ‘Swades’. The clip shows a team of singers and musical instrument players from the US Navy band dressed in their uniforms as they present the song.

The song from ‘Swades’ revolves around Mohan (played by Shah Rukh), an Indian expatriate employed with NASA, who travels to his country to track down his beloved nanny Kaveri. During his stay, he finds himself advocating for reform in a village.

The film accumulated many awards including two National Awards for ‘Best Male Playback Singer’ to Udit Narayan for another iconic song ‘Yeh Taara Woh Taara’ and for ‘Best Cinematography’ to Mahesh Aney. Two Filmfare awards for ‘Best Actor’ to Shahrukh and ‘Best Background Score’ to A.R. Rahman who also has sung ‘Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera’. Shah Rukh also bagged the Global Indian Film Award for ‘Best Actor’ in 2005. 

NEW DELHI: Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP has finally unveiled the much-awaited look of Yami Gautam as a teacher from their upcoming direct-to-digital thriller, ‘A Thursday’ with Blue Monkey Films. Directed and written by Behzad Khambata, the film is based on unthinkable events taking place on A Thursday. Taking to their social media, RSVP movies shared Yami’s look as they wrote, “The Mastermind Presenting the first Look of @YamiGautam from #AThursday”

 Yami will be essaying the role of a simple school teacher Naina Jaiswal. Her look is kept very clean and pristine, which speaks volumes about her intriguing character. 

The film revolves around the story of an intelligent playschool teacher who takes 16 toddlers as a hostage. This interesting thriller, also stars a multi-talented cast of Neha Dhupia, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Kulkarni and Maya Sarao in important roles. ‘A Thursday’ will release digitally in 2021. 

LOS ANGELES: Brad Pitt’s upcoming outing ‘Bullet Train’ will feature stunts performed by the star himself. The film’s second-unit director and stunt coordinator Greg Rementer shared that the actor ‘did 95% of his physical stunts’ and ‘the fight’ sequences for the thriller film. As per People magazine, Rementer told Vulture that Pitt has performed the majority of his own stunts in the upcoming film. Praising him, Rementer said, “Pitt did 95% of his physical stunts — the fighting. He’s like a natural-born athlete. He really got in there.” ‘Bullet Train’ is an adaptation of the Japanese book Maria Beetle by Kotaro Isaka and follows a group of hitmen and assassins with conflicting motives on a train in Tokyo. ‘Deadpool 2’ fame David Leitch is directing the film. “Never have I ever done so many huge actors in one feature where all of them excelled at the physical movement of our training,” said Rementer. He added, “So Pitt, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Shannon, Hiroyuki Sonada, Andrew Koji – who was already a stud in terms of where he comes from with the show Warrior – all these actors put out some great action and did a lot of their own stuff.”