NEW DELHI: Alia Bhatta is joining hands with S.S Rajamouli in his next project. She is opposite to Ram Charan and Jr NTR, according to reports.
However, there was no official confirmation from the filmmakers or the actress. According to the latest reports, a source close to the development has confirmed that Alia has been roped in for the film as the female lead. The film team is very excited to work with Alia.
KATHMANDU: Kriti Sanon (born 27 July 1990) is an Indian actress who appears in Sabbir Khan’s action movie, Heropanti (2014), for which she won the Filmfare Award for the Best Female Debut in Hindi films. Born and raised in New Delhi, she pursued an engineering degree from the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology. She made her acting debut with the Telugu psychological thriller Nenokkadine (2014).
And we always make time for a #PostPackUpShot by the amazinggg @avigowariker !! Thank u for always making shoots so much fun!! ?❤️ pic.twitter.com/4xq7eIQ3fw
— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) June 13, 2018
Sanon went on to play the lead female role in three commercially successful films, the action-comedy, Dilwale (2015), which ranks among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time; and the romantic comedies: Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017) and Luka Chuppi (2019).
Bulaave tujhe yaar aaj meri galiyaan
Basaun tere sang main alag duniya
Na aayein kabhi dono mein zara bhi faasle,
Bas ek tu ho ek main hoon, aur koi na! ?? #LukaChuppi #Rashmi pic.twitter.com/bSWVTKFxr4— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) February 24, 2019
Let the child within you always be alive!! No matter how you are dressed ??
Every memory has its own soundtrack.. this one’s from Laung Elaachi ❤️❤️ #Rashmi #LukaChuppi
Clicked by @harjeetsphotography pic.twitter.com/Zxd9rRoNNb— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) February 20, 2019
‘Do you think the universe fights for two souls to be together?’ •
-Only when they’re already fighting hard enough to make the stars align for them!! ♥️
P.S. Caption stolen from the awesome @NupurSanon ??♥️ pic.twitter.com/mKjxNjZmA0— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) February 15, 2019
Life is all about knowing when to hold on and when to let go.
Hold on tight to make sure you have no regrets.
And after a point,
Just LET GO.
To see whether it was actually worth holding on to in the first place!#RandomThoughts ?@GraziaIndia Feb issue!??Shot by @RohanShrestha pic.twitter.com/GrPrsUgyAo— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) February 5, 2019
Here’s my shot for Dabboo Ratnani’s 2019 Calendar!!?? Well there are some mornings i wake up at 5am looking like that?? @DabbooRatnani @ManishaDRatnani #DabbooRatnaniCalendar
Makeup by @jacobsadrian
Hair by @aasifahmed
Styled by Sukriti pic.twitter.com/H6BmRpmAYD— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) January 29, 2019
Welcoming the first morning of this new year in my favorite corner of my house with a big warm smile..! ☺️☺️ Have a meaningful new year full of happiness, love and memorable moments with people who matter!! ♥️♥️?? pic.twitter.com/KFiwJzcQls
— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) January 1, 2019
Maldives you were amazinggg..! Until next time.. ?????
Clicked by @NupurSanon ?? pic.twitter.com/H0rQc3FmUt— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) December 21, 2018
I love the sound of the wind
as it whispers sweet nothings in my ears
The warmth of the sun
Tht heals my soul & melts my fears
The rhythm of soft breeze
Tht makes my hair dance on its favorite track
& Oh,I love the touch of the waves
Tht kiss my feet with a promise to be back pic.twitter.com/285as8zLzK— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) December 20, 2018
Last night in @Monisha_Jaising , @MineraliStore , styled by Sukriti Grover, hair by @aasifahmed , makeup by @jacobsadrian , shot by Ranveer Dua pic.twitter.com/3xWeiv4Geq
— Kriti Sanon (@kritisanon) December 2, 2018
CALIFORNIA: US actor Luke Perry died at the age of 52 in California after suffering from a massive stroke. Perry shot to fame through Beverly Hills, 90210 and had been starring as Fred Andrews on the CW show Riverdale. He was taken to hospital on Wednesday in Los Angeles, where he had been shooting scenes for Riverdale at the Warner Bros film lot.
Perry’s children, Jack and Sophie, fiancée Wendy Madison Bauer, ex-wife Minnie Sharp, mother Ann Bennett, step-father Steve Bennett, and his siblings, Tom Perry and Amy Coder, were with him when he passed, publicist Arnold Robinson said in a statement.
“The family appreciates the outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to Luke from around the globe, and respectfully request privacy in this time of great mourning,” Mr Robinson said. Luke Perry fans remember him as a ‘nicest guy’. The family has not provided additional details at this time.
(Agencies)
KATHMANDU: Disha Patani began her film career with a Telugu film Loafer in 2015. SM Dhoni: The Untold Story, her debut Hindi film, brings her into the limelight in 2016.
She continues her Indian film career with Baaghi 2 (2018). Here are some scintillating pictures posted by her on her Instagram.
Here is the list of 10 movies you must watch. The movies listed below cover a wide range of subjects. The movies definitely give you entertainments. Further, they provide you the ideas of history, culture, love, betrayed, actions and other wide subjects.
1. Roma
2. BlackKkKlansman
3. Burning
4. Monrovia, Indianna
5. Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle)
6. Shoplifters
7. The Death of Stalin
8. Zama
9. Happy as Lazzaro
10. First Reformed
LONDON: British actor Albert Finney, who rose to fame on a post-war wave of gritty, working-class dramas and became an Oscar-nominated international star, has died at the age of 82. Finney died after a short illness, the BBC reported on Friday.
Born in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 1936, he began his career as a Shakespearean theater actor.
He made his name in 1960 with “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning,” one of a new generation of down-to-earth British films dubbed kitchen-sink dramas in which he played an angry young factory worker.
His fame spread further when he was cast as the lead in bawdy historical romp “Tom Jones” in 1963, which won four Oscars including Best Picture and brought Finney the first of his four nominations for Best Actor.
Finney, who twice refused official honors including a knighthood, also starred as Hercule Poirot in “Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and appeared in Erin Brockovich (2000) – for which he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor – and the James Bond film “Skyfall” (2012).
He also continued to grace the stage, tackling meaty Shakespearean roles including King Lear, Hamlet and Macbeth.
“His performances in plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov and other iconic playwrights throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s stand apart as some of the greatest in our 200 year history,” London’s Old Vic Theatre said on Twitter.
Finney revealed in 2011 he had been suffering from kidney cancer.
“We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Albert Finney,” the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) said on Twitter.
“…Finney will be warmly remembered for his powerful performances in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Tom Jones, Big Fish and many more.”
He was married three times, to actors Jane Wenham and Anouk Aimeé between 1957-61 and 1970-78 respectively, and travel agent Pene Delmage in 2006. He is survived by Delmage and his son Simon, from his first marriage. (Reuters)
NEW DELHI: Kangana Ranaut in and as Manikarnika, the queen of Jhansi, delivers exactly what was promised: a high-decibel, high-on-rhetoric hagiography of a queen who fought for her people and her land, till her last breath. There is not a single complex thought in this nearly three-hour movie, which runs out of steam in the third act because it needs to repeat its battle scenes ad nauseam to fill up the time till the end. It’s all kept deliberately simple (in some places, even simplistic), linear, first this happened, then this happened, and then. We the viewers have to do no work to get with the movie’s plan: we just have to sit back, go with the flow, flabby and clunky in bits, and admire Ranaut blazing on the screen.
Which she does, with such fierceness and gumption that you cannot take your eyes off her, especially when she is in full stride. She embodies the spirit of a very special young woman married into a ‘rajwada’, to an effeminate princely type (Sengupta), catapulted into the throne, not because she wants it, but because she is the only real man among the men who surround her.
Naturally, no other actor gets as much screen time as her: after a while it looks as if she is in practically every scene, as Manikarnika : The Queen Of Jhansi takes us from the ghats of Manikarnika in Banaras, to Bithoor where Manu’s prowess with words and swords catches the eye of the man (Kharbanda) responsible for her marriage and make-over as Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi.
The filmmakers (with Ranaut getting a co-director credit) have the usual caveat of the film taking creative liberties with the facts. So we don’t really have to worry our heads about whether all the stuff unfolding on screen happened or not. We are given a glimpse of palace intrigues where a black-hearted cousin (Ayyub) hankers for the throne, as Ranaut’s Laxmi, dripping more brocade and baubles to sink a thousand thrones, plays the part of wife and mother. It’s all very trying, this prelude to the real act, filled with Ranaut made up to the hilt (did they really have false eyelashes in 1830?) romancing, dancing, singing with ‘sakhis’ in age-old Bollywood style.
The film does make a brief stab at showing us how Laxmi created an army of women (and giving the film its chance to sling in a rousing ‘action’ song as they flash blades and swirl and twirl). Other characters come and go. There’s the faithful Ghaus baba (Denzongpa), Tantya Tope (Kulkarni), and a whole series of bumbling Englishmen, who make the mistake of thinking that Rani will be a weak puppet, just like her neighbouring princes who have keeled over at the slightest hint of British aggression, and are living on their pensions.
The 1857 Mutiny pops up too, and we get a glimpse of the ‘greased cartridges’ and the ‘chhaavni of Meerut’ and the ‘rebel’ armies falling by the wayside. But we know it’s all window dressing, a backdrop for the Rani to rise, and show us what bravery and valour and patriotism is all about. Ranaut in full battle mode is a sight to behold: harnessed, charged up, tearing and slashing through the rows of ‘dushman’ soldiers, all snarly and bloody. The battle scenes are impressive: lots of ‘josh’ right there.
The film skews, naturally, towards the ruling establishment in its exhortation of what nationalism means (there’s a great Scindia-Gwalior dig in there). A calf is saved from slaughter. Dialogues abound about ‘Bharat Mata’ and its ‘betis’, and a priceless one goes like this: ‘jab beti uth khadi hoti hai toh jeet badi hoti hai’. Claptrap, yes. But also clap clap.
As promised, Manikarnika does tick all the nationalistic boxes. It is getting a perfectly-timed Republic Day release. And there are plenty of eye-roll moments as it chases the red-faced Brits, and raises the flag. It may have been Jhansi, but it is clearly a prelude to the ‘tiranga’. But what keeps us with the film is Rani Ranaut, who in her best moments, owns her part, the narrative, and the screen.
(Agencies)
The second schedule of SS Rajamouli directorial RRR, starring Jr NTR and Ram Charan, kicked off on Monday.
Cinematographer KK Senthil Kumar also revealed an interesting tidbit about the camera used to shoot RRR.
“One of the first films in India to be shot on Arri Alexa LF and Arri Signature Prime Lens. Starting our second schedule today,” Senthil Kumar wrote on Twitter.
Back on the sets!
The second schedule starts, today. #RRR @tarak9999 #RamCharan @ssrajamouli@dvvmovies @RRRMovie @DOPSenthilKumar pic.twitter.com/Xh19YMNZik— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) January 21, 2019
One of the first film in India to be Shot on Arri #AlexaLF and Arri #SignaturePrimeLens.@ARRIChannel @RRRMovie.
Starting our 2nd Schedule Today.@DVVMovies@tarak9999 @ssrajamouli#RamCharan pic.twitter.com/0JVUWbhbuG— KK Senthil Kumar (@DOPSenthilKumar) January 21, 2019
According to sources, the team will film some crucial scenes in specially erected sets during the second schedule of RRR. Both Tarak and Charan will shoot for the sequences.