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Singer-actress Sophie Choudry, who has been battling back spasms and muscle pulls during the shoot of the seventh season of celebrity dance show “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa“, has ended up getting injured.

“Very proud of the act we put up yest but a background dancer missed his cue due to which I badly fell & injured my back..again! #jhalak,” she tweeted Wednesday.

“I know it’s human error but am super upset about it & in a lot of pain! Need lots of love & prayers from u guys to heal #StayStrong,” she added.

Renowned Marathi actress, director and theatre personality Smita Talwalkar passed away early Wednesday at a private hospital where she was being treated for ovarian cancer, her doctor said. She was 59.

The end came at 2.30 a.m.

Murlidhar Kamat, who was treating the actress, told IANS that she was first treated for the disease six years back.

“It recurred after sometime and she was treated again. She responded quite well and she faced this disease with great courage. Yesterday she was very serious and this morning she passed away,” he said.

Actress Jessica Alba, who has recently featured in a sensuous photo shoot for a magazine, says there was a time when she was a tomboy and had to make an extra effort to look “sexy”. But now, she is confident of her sexuality.

“I just have an ownership of my body and of myself as a woman that I didn’t really have before,” Alba told eonline.com.

If all goes as planned, some girl power may be coming to add weight to the Hollywood’s “Spider-Man” franchise.

Sony Pictures is said to be planning to expand the franchise by recruiting one of its female superheroes for a spin-off film, reports deadline.com.

The studio hopes to release the film as early as 2017.

Earlier this year, “The Amazing Spider-Man” director Marc Webb had shared the possibility of having a Spider-Woman come to life on the big screen.

“This hasn’t been on my mind. But it’s an interesting idea,” he had told eonline.com.

Nobody wants to be part of a ‘drowning ship’, and this seems to be the case of actors who are part of Colors’ Uttaran (Film Farm India).The successful show has had a long run and has gone through its best phase. Now at the fag end of its tenure, the show does not offer much to the artists involved.

Colors’ Balika Vadhu (Sphere Origins) has recently seen the comeback of Gauri (Deblina Chaterjee) into the life of Jagya (Shashank Vyas). With Gauri all set to undergo her plastic surgery, Jagya will accompany her to Jaipur. This will upset Kalyani (Surekha Sikri).

Her mesmerizing eyes, sunny smile and enchanting beauty made Shruti Kanwar an instant hit amongst all her viewers. Having portrayed the much loved character of Ovi in Zee TV’s popular sitcom Pavitra Rishta, the actress shot to fame and became a household name.

In a tête-à-tête with Tellychakkar.com, the beautiful damsel answered a few fun questions for our Quickie section. Take a look.

What is your comfort food after a hard day’s work?

I am a big time foodie and I love chicken. So my comfort food is anything with chicken in it.

Time to applaud the efforts of the entire team associated with Star Plus’ Ye Hai Mohabbatein (Balaji Telefilms). Yes, it is because the show completed 200 glorious episodes yesterday (4 August).

Well, the fact remains that the show has become one of the most loved and well appreciated shows for its different story and exceptional star cast and their performance.

Hum Aapke Hain Kaun starring Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit is one film that gave people a reason to flock theaters in hordes at a time when single screen cinema halls ruled the roost. Today 20 years later the cinema continues to hold as much charm as it did then. And as luck would have it the charismatic duo of Salman and Sooraj Barjatya have teamed up again, this time for their new project, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, their new family drama.

The very talented artist Amit Behl is on a roll these days. After having featured in Life OK’s Hatim and recently shot for Savdhan India, he will now begin shooting for the channel’s popular series Shapath (Fireworks Productions).

Here he will be seen as a flamboyant Punjabi producer working on his late producer father’s incomplete horror film.