Filmy News

Like Rohit Dhawan‘s debut venture ‘Desi Boyz‘, his next film will also be a two hero film starring his own blood-brother Varun Dhawan and his close friend John Abraham in the lead. And as per the recent reports, he has found the leading lady of his film in Jacqueline Fernandez.

Starring John and Varun was Rohit’s call, while Jacqueline was brought on the board on the command of producer Sajid Nadiadwala, who had earlier directed her in ‘Kick‘.

The yet-untitled film is said to go on the floor in April 2015.

Saif Ali Khan and Ileana D’cruz starrer ‘Happy Ending‘ hit the theatres yesterday, on November 21, garnering average reviews from the critics. Let’s check out what fortune it met at the box-office on its opening day.

Mostly filmed at the gorgeous international locations having contemporary subject in its plot, ‘Happy Ending‘ had an urbane feel to it. Therefore, it attracted mainly the multiplex audience of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune, but failed to maintain the same moolah in the single screens of small towns. Releasing in over 1800 screens, film’s theatre occupancy was limited to 35%. On the first day of its release, ‘Happy Ending‘ has earned approximately 6 Crores at the box-office.

Directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K., ‘Happy Ending‘ is expected to perform well over the weekend and in the followed week days, as there’s no such big competition for it, this week. Other release of 21st November, ‘Titoo MBA‘ met with a disastrous opening earning just 2 lakhs at the box-office.

Khan family gave their adopted daughter Arpita Khan, a fairy-tale wedding at royal Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad on November 18. She tied knot with her beau Ayush Sharma and has now officially turned into Mrs. Arpita Khan Sharma. To celebrate her latest achievement of “Being Mrs. Sharma”, Khan Family and Salman Khan threw a grand reception for her at the Taj Land Ends Hotel in Mumbai.

As expected, several B-Town dwellers turned up at Arpita’s reception at the sea-link facing hotel. The renowned guest list included the big names like Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Prem Chopra, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Anupam Kher, Govinda, Ajay Devgn, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia D’Souza, Sonakshi Sinha, Karisma Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Amisha Patel and many others.

The grand reception has marked an ending to Arpita’s wedding celebration, but has opened a new chapter in her life.

Model turned actress Neha Dhupia has joined the starry list of Shahid Kapoor, Pamela Anderson and Hema Malini with her association to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) organisation. She recently, launched their V-Card in Mumbai which is India’s first vegan card.

All the V-Card holders will get 10 % discount on vegan food at the specially designed Vegetarian food menu at the participating restaurants in Mumbai and Bangalore.

Neha is amongst those handful of celebs who have extended their helping hand to the social causes. She recently participated in the “Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan” launched by India’s PM Narendra Modi on Gandhi Jayanti.

“You are never too old, to learn something new”- following these words Amitabh Bachchan holds an aspiration deep in his heart to learn playing Sitar, someday.

For a particular sequence in his next film ‘Piku‘, Big B was required to film a shot with Sitar in his hands. So, he stole those moments in a click and shared it with his fans on his blog, writing “And then for the shot a small effort at the sitar myself .. been a while since I held the sitar .. magic .. never learnt how to play one and still have no idea .. but just to pretend that I do is in itself such a feel .. Well someday I shall learn and learn to be at the piano and the classical ragas of our music .. someday .. !!”

Going by these updates, it seems Big B is having his blissful times on the sets of ‘Piku‘ in Kolkatta, revisiting his younger day’s memories.

The killer combination of filmmaker Neeraj Pandey and action-hero Akshay Kumar is back on the screen with their upcoming film ‘Baby‘. Giving us the glimpse of their high-octane drama film, today they have released the teaser taking our expectation bar to the next level.

Starring Akshay, Rana Daggubati, Taapsee Pannu and Anupam Kher in the lead roles, film ‘Baby‘ teaser makes us expect even more. The highlights of this 22 seconds clip being the action and Akshay. At the end, the teaser reveals the release date of its trailer on 3rd December 2014.

‘Baby‘ will hit the theatres next year on January 23.

Few years back, Zoya Akhtar dreamt of casting the sibling pair of Ranbir Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in her film ‘Dil Dhadakne Do‘. But things didn’t work out, however the things are very much clear for the next famous sibling pair of the film industry- Huma Qureshi and Saqib Saleem, as the two have been signed to star together in a horror film.

Huma and Saqib starrer horror genre based film will be directed by Prawaal Raman who has earlier helmed the films like ‘Darna Mana Hai‘, ‘Gayab‘ and ‘Jungle‘. A source mentioned the reason of starring this sibling duo as the film revolves around a brother and sister who get trapped in a creepy location and how they navigate their way out of it.

Though there are many siblings working in the film industry, but not many have been as fortunate as Huma and Saqib to work together.

In the current swapping times, Akshay Kumar‘s two forthcoming films have reportedly swapped their release dates. ‘Singh Is Bling‘ which was earlier slated to release on 31st July 2015, will now hit the theatres on 2nd October 2015. While, ‘Brothers‘ release date of Gandhi Jayanti has now been proponed to next year’s 31st July.

Ashvini Yardi of Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna‘s film production house- Grazing Goat Productions announced the news by tweeting “The Big Switch #singhisbling now releases on 2nd Oct 2015 n #brothers on 31st july 2015 @akshaykumar @karanjohar @GrazingGoatPix”

‘Singh Is Bling‘ stars Akshay and Kriti Sanon, while ‘Brothers‘ will be pictured on Siddharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez and Akshay.

Not many know that glamorous Aishwarya Rai has a philanthropic side too. Ever since, she was crowned with the Miss World title in the year 1994, she has involved herself in many social activities. But it was yesterday on November 19, her charitable side came into the focus as she pledged to sponsor the cleft surgeries of over 100 kids with her organization ‘The Aishwarya Rai Foundation’.

Aishwarya was seen in an upbeat mood. As first of all, she was celebrating her own success of the 20th anniversary of her Miss World title. Secondly, she wanted to rejoice her father Krishnaraj Rai’s 76th birthday and lastly, her daughter Aradhya’s 3rd birthday. And what’s better than celebrating your happiness, enlightening others lives.

With her unconditional support, Aishwarya has not just brought smiles on the faces of those 100 kids but she has also enlightened the lives of their families and friends.

Very soon Bollywood will get to see a new pair in Yami Gautam and Pulkit Samrat, as they both have been locked to star in Divya Khosla Kumar‘s next film.

Actress turned filmmaker Divya marked her directorial debut in Bollywood with ‘Yaariyan‘ in 2013 and now she is up with her second venture with Yami and Pulkit. As per the sources, film will go on the floor by December 20 and will be mostly shot in Shimla.

The yet untitled film is said to be based on an intense love story.