MUMBAI: Here we bring you the hot news and happenings from B-town. Take a look at what your favourite Bollywood stars are up to.
Sanju crushes Tiger Zinda Hai
Ranbir Kapoor’s Sanju has turned out to be a huge blockbuster at the box office. The film has earned Rs 339.75 crore till now, and with this total, it has surpassed the lifetime business of Tiger Zinda Hai (Rs 339.25 crore) to become the fourth highest grosser of all time. Sanju will now cross the collections of PK (Rs 340 crore) to grab the third spot in the list after Baahubali 2 and Dangal. The film will also become filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani’s biggest hit of all-time. It has shattered the records of many biggies, which includes Padmaavat, Sultan and Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh shared a tweet regarding the box office collections of Sanju.
#Sanju crosses *lifetime biz* of #TigerZindaHai... Now FOURTH HIGHEST GROSSING *Hindi* film... Chasing #PK *lifetime biz* now... [Week 5] Fri 45 lakhs, Sat 87 lakhs, Sun 1.15 cr. Total: ₹ 339.75 cr. India biz. ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTER.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 30, 2018
Katrina Kaif replaces Priyanka Chopra in Bharat
Since Priyanka Chopra opted out of Bharat, Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif has been roped in for the movie. Katrina will star opposite Salman in Bharat and will begin shooting in September. Salman and Katrina have worked in many films earlier including the highly successful Tiger Zinda Hai and Ek Tha Tiger as well as films such as Partner and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya. Ali Abbas had directed the duo in Tiger Zinda Hai. Ali said he is very excited to work with the duo again.
Akshay Kumar requests not to compare Gold with Chake De India
Since the promo of Akshay Kumar‘s Gold was out, audiences knew the actor was playing a hockey coach and was joining the dots to Shah Rukh Khan’s successful Chake De India. Recently, when Akshay was asked about the same he said not to compare the movies as they are very different from each other. “Gold is different. It is frivolous to even think like that or competing with that film. Don’t compare it, it is all different.
Maanayata’s birthday message for hubby Sanjay Dutt
The Baba of Bollywood, Sanjay Dutt celebrated his birthday yesterday. Sanjay’s wife Maanayata took to Instagram to wish her ‘companion, comforter and friend’ a happy birthday. She also stated how lucky she was to find a man like him as her husband. While Sanjay is not very active on Instagram, Maanayata keeps us posted by putting up pictures from their exotic holidays abroad. The party held at his residence last night and was attended by a few friends.
Salman Khan poses with a fan while shooting for Bharat
Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif are sharing the screen space together in Ali Abbas Zafar’s Bharat. And now to raise your excitement, we share a picture of Salman, where he is posing along with a fan. The 52-year old star is seen in a vest and as usual looks super charming. The makers of the film are currently shooting some of the circus sequences, for which they took international trapeze artists on board.
Salman Khan On The Sets Of #Bharat pic.twitter.com/u96ExnRQ38
— Salman Khan Universe (@salmanuniv) July 29, 2018
Angry Farhan Akhtar lashes out at Indian man’s ‘sexual perversion’ in wake of animal abuse case in Haryana
If case of abuse against women and children weren’t disturbing enough, we all woke up to the horrifying news of a pregnant goat being sexually assaulted by eight men in Haryana. This happened in a village called Mewat and police has swung into action after the owner of the animal filed a police complaint. People are horrified and a trend #JusticeforGoat is on Twitter. Actor Farhan Akhtar, who is one of the strongest voices against abuse in the Hindi film industry, took to social media to condemn the incident. Check out Akhtar’s tweet here…
Women and children living in fear of the Indian man’s power politics and sexual perversion was not enough.. now goats and dogs will too. Something has gone seriously wrong in our evolution and our education. Where’s the light at the end of this tunnel?
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) July 29, 2018
Raees team to team up again
Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani and director of Raees, Rahul Dholakia, are coming together for a film. Unfortunately, it’s not for Raees part 2 but an action thriller movie. The film is on a firefighter called Tukaram who teaches his colleagues how to treat major SOS calls. There will be a father-son story and a few real-life incidents in the midst of all this along with a formidable antagonist. So will Shah Rukh Khan be part of it? Dholakia didn’t deny it. The director said that they will definitely cast an A-list director and the title and the cast are in discussion stage.
Are Hrithik and Sussanne going to re-marry?
Since their divorce happened Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Khan have been spotted together on various occasions. Recently, there were rumours doing the rounds that the two were going to remarry. But as per sources, these are only rumours and no such thing is going to happen. The duo is together only for their children so that the kids can have the best of both their parents. The source further added that both Hrithik and Sussanne are independent, free-thinking individuals and will take a call about the same only when they are sure they want to be back together as a married couple but until these are only baseless rumours.
Anil Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor’s sweet wish for Anand Ahuja
Sonam Kapoor got married a few months ago and today it’s her hubby’s birthday. Anil Kapoor has shared a sweet post for his son-in-law and Sonam also wished her hubby Happy Birthday. She has also shared a lovely quote which defines what an adorable couple they are.
Vidyut Jammwal declared among the top six martial artists around the world
Looper, a highly coveted platform in the US, has recently released a list of top martial artists across the globe and Vidyut Jammwal is the only Indian to have made it to this prestigious list. Vidyut says that this is indeed an honour and reconization like this inspired him to work harder and this moment makes him feel like a proud Indian. Vidyut, whose dream has been to bring Kalaripayattu to the world seems to be succeeding and has given Indians another reason to celebrate. The Commando actor has recently finished shooting for his upcoming family adventure film – Junglee- with the renowned filmmaker Chuck Russell.
Ranveer Singh and Mahesh Babu to share screen space for first time
Two superstars, Ranveer Singh and Mahesh Babu, are all set to share screen space for the first time and it is not for any film but a commercial. Nevertheless, we are sure fans are going to love it. The two are going to be a part of a commercial of a very popular soft drink brand for which they shot recently. The two looked dashing as always and if sources are to be believed than the script of this commercial is similar to that of a two Bollywood-film heroes.
Salim Khan shares Salman’s response to Priyanka opting out of Bharat
Since the news of Priyanka Chopra opting out of Bharat broke, there were reports doing the rounds that Salman Khan will not be working with Priyanka again and is upset about the same. But now Salim Khan has said that neither he nor Salman is upset with Priyanka. He also stated that such things happen, no one is upset with her decision.
They set couple goals
There are many Bollywood couples who are loved by vast set of audiences and they keep giving relationship goals by posting adorable pictures. Recently, the power couple Virat Kholi and Anushka Sharma shared a lovely photo of the two where Virat said that just walking together is so blissful. The second couple to share a lovely photo was Shahid Kapoor and his wife Mira Kapoor. Mira shared a sweet photo captioning it saying what kind of a partner Shahid Kapoor is and that’s the kind of partner you should search for.
Tiger Shroff wore the same shoes in all his films
If there’s one guy in Bollywood who has created a perfect niche for himself, it’s Tiger Shroff hands down. Tiger has been juggling with a different kind of cinema, it is Tiger who has proved his acting chops clubbed with high octane stunts and the results are for everyone to witness. Tiger while talking to an online media portal said that he wears the same shoes. He said whenever he is dancing or doing any action sequences he wears Onitsuka Tiger shoes. “While I am shooting they have to hide the brand, they paint over it, but it is always these shoes. They are my go-to shoes, I can’t live without them.”
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