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India is a unified nation belonging to diverse cultured people. Where each and every lane has something distinguishing to tell, here comes megastar Amitabh Bachchan to describe Kolkatta, Delhi and Gujarat in his blog.

The 72 years-old actor is about to begin the second schedule of his upcoming film ‘Piku‘ and on that note wrote- “I see some cut and edited scenes from ‘Piku‘ with Shoojit as we discuss the next schedule in Kolkata, Delhi and Gujarat, a longish outdoor. Kolkata shall bring back old memories of my seven year stint as an executive in a Company .. it shall bring back the films shot there. The love and the passion of Bengal is overwhelming. Whenever in doubt or discomfort of your disposition, visit Kolkata… the people shall pick you up as their own and fill you with their cheer and affection… always,”

While, voicing his description about Delhi and Gujarat, Sr. Bachchan posted “Delhi has been home for many years.. its detailing has often been repeated.. but no matter how extensively we may express our feelings for a city that has been your abode for long, it is never enough to completely describe it.

Gujarat is the new home. Those visits for the tourism campaign has given me the love of the lovable affable and most hospitable people of the region.”

Whether you call it coincidence or type-casting, actress Shruti Haasan is gearing up for the forthcoming year in full action with her three back to back films- ‘Welcome Back‘ with John Abraham, ‘Gabbar‘ with Akshay Kumar and ‘Yaara‘ with Vidyut Jamwal, all backed by full-fledged stunts in it.

As per the sources, all the three films fall in different genres and have a unique space from story-line point of view. The only common factors between all these films are Shruti’s presence and action filled stunts performed by her costars. All the three men are known for their distinguishing style and positioning in the film industry- Akshay being the superstar fighter and daredevil, John being the beefy macho man and Vidyut being the young generation’s crusader of combat based action without cables or doubles based on his extensive martial arts background.

Action being the common factor in all her films, we hope to see Shruti indifferent shade of characters in her films.

Shedding the “Just Friends” tag, Anushka Sharma makes an open public appearance with her cricketer beau Virat Kohli at the Indian Super League’s football match in Pune on October 26.

Virat’s team FC Goa was battling with Hrithik Roshan‘s FC Pune City on the football ground. Though, cricketer’s team had to face the defeat, still his lady Anushka was by his side to cheer him up. Off lately, the duo has been hiding from the shutterbugs, but this recent screen presence clearly states that public opinion no more bothers them.

“FC Goa V/S FC Pune City” match was the high-profile event, also attended by Arjun Kapoor and Esha Gupta, who dropped in to support Hrithik’s team.

After turning heads round with her spoof video ‘Genius Of The Year’, Alia Bhatt hits YouTube again with a short film named ‘Going Home’ posted by Vogue India as part of their “women centric” #VogueEmpower campaign. Gaining word of appreciations on her homeland, she has also found a new fan in Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher with this short film.

Directed by filmmaker Vikas Bahl, ‘Going Home’ stars Alia as a young woman whose car breaks down in the middle of the night on a vacant road and then she encounters a gang of rough looking men. But, without any hesitation she approaches them to drop her home. Seeing this unusual take, Ashton shared the link of this video on Facebook along with a title- “Wow. Just wow.”

Overwhelmed by Ashton’s response, Alia took Twitter to share her excitement by posting a snapshot of his Facebook’s page, followed by a caption “*unable to form a sentence due to immense joy* Wohoooooooooooooooooo”.

Vishal Bhardwaj‘s take on Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’, ‘Haider‘ won the People’s Choice Award in the Mondo Genere (world genre) at Rome Film festival, becoming the first Indian film to attain the mark.

Shahid Kapoor took Twitter to share his excitement with his followers by writing, “1st festival 1st win. Too much. Wowzaaaa. People’s choice in the main category at the Rome film festival… A first for an Indian film. #haider. Proud and humbled,” on Sunday.

While, Shraddha Kapoor tweeted, “We WON! #Haider – the 1st Indian film to win the main category of people’s choice award at Rome film festival! So humbled, grateful & proud!” on Sunday.

Set at the backdrop of Kashmir’s turmoil, ‘Haider‘ effectively pictured the intense human relationships on screen. The phenomenal performances given by the lead cast and Vishal’s flawless direction ultimately gained the film a strong word of mouth from the people.

When, whole nation was celebrating the bond of brother and sister’s unconditional relationship with Bhai Dooj. ‘Finding Fanny’ director Homi Adajania became the unfortunate one, losing his sister Zia to a heart attack on October 25.

As per the sources, Zia was recovering after a recent surgery. But all of a sudden on Saturday morning, she collapsed and was later declared dead because of a cardiac attack.

Adajania family is in the state of shock and is mourning Zia’s untimely death.

Shah Rukh Khan owns a fate of breaking the records. And here he does it again with his latest release ‘Happy New Year‘ making it attain the biggest Box-office collection stature in India over its opening weekend.

‘Happy New Year‘ has collected Rs. 108.86 Crs on the opening weekend all India, with Rs. 104.10 Crs in Hindi, Rs. 2.92 Crs in Telugu dub and Rs. 1.84 Crs in Tamil dub. Thus, the film is currently ranking number one in the weekend opening slot, all over Indian film industry.

Speaking about the numbers, Venky Mysore, CEO RCE said, “We are thrilled that after Chennai Express had set a new record in 2013, Happy New Year has set another new benchmark. We are grateful for the ongoing love and support of audience.”

Gaurav Verma, Chief Revenue Officer RCE said, “We are thankful to all our partners, exhibitors and especially YRF for helping us achieve this significant milestone.”

Produced by Red Chillies Entertainment, ‘Happy New Year‘ also stars Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah.

For number of decades, India was synonym to cricket. But no more, as other sports take a lean forward to grab the mass interest. After the much publicized Pro Kabbadi League, here comes football game to get its feet fixed in Indian land with the start of Indian Super League. With several stars on the board, Indian Super League is a super-shot hit.

The recent match held between ChennaiyinFC and Kerala Blasters saw the victory of Abhishek Bachchan‘s team. Delighted the win of his son Amitabh Bachchan wrote on his blog, “In distinguished company, Rajinikanth and Sachin, and the glory of victory by our team ChennaiyinFC has added that extra zing in our moods and in our steps. The Chennai cheers have been astounding and welcome, the Football fever catches on gradually and the enthusiasm shows.”

Big B also hoped for the better days of football in cricket captivating India by writing, “I do believe that this shall gradually grow into a most interesting and captivating sport in the years to come..”

The day when our country’s rules and regulations got sanctioned, will now see the battle of Akshay Kumar‘s ‘Baby‘ and Mahesh Bhatt‘s ‘Khamoshiyaan‘ next year.

Both the films are schedules to release next year on January 26. Earlier, this clash was going to take place between ‘Welcome Back‘ and ‘Baby‘. But, ‘Welcome Back‘ backed off the competition by forwarding its release to March. That’s when ‘Baby‘ thought the way is clear, but then ‘Khamoshiyaan‘ arrived at the slot giving it a threatening competition.

Mahesh Bhatt has announced the release date of his film stating that it won’t affect Akshay’s film as both the films are based on varied genre. ‘Baby‘ happens to be an espionage thriller, while ‘Khamoshiyaan‘ is the combination of erotica, supernatural and great music.

The youngest Bollywood actress to turn film producer, Anushka Sharma has got no term called “rest” in her dictionary. Even before she could wrap her maiden production venture ‘NH10‘, she is up with her second film.

Anushka and her brother Karnesh Sharma are happy with the way their first film has turned out. Therefore, they have assigned Sudip Sharma to write the script and Navdeep Singh to direct their second film, as they own an experience in materializing ‘NH10‘.

The film is said to go on the floor next year in an abroad location. Anushka has always believed in taking up challenges and doesn’t mind paying extra charges in order to create a cinema that truly excites her as a producer and as a viewer.