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Mumbai, Jul 27: Director Ali Abbas Zafar has said that Priyanka Chopra has left his next project "Bharat", starring Salman Khan, due to a "very special" reason. The 38-year-old director did not elaborate much on the "reason" but hinted that it has to do something with her romance with American singer Nick Jonas. "Yes Priyanka Chopra is no more part of 'Bharat' and the reason is very very special

Mumbai, Jul 27: Gangster Abu Salem has slapped a legal notice on the makers of the movie 'Sanju', for allegedly portraying wrong information about him in the movie. Salem's lawyer has sent the notice to Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the distributors and the production companies involved, demanding the removal of scenes which allegedly caused defamation to the gangster. In the notice, Salem

Mumbai, Jul 26: Filmmaker Boney Kapoor is elated with the success of his daughter Jahnvi's debut film "Dhadak". "I was somewhere sure it would do very well. I have told Janhvi to remain simple, honest, focused and hard working as she has been so far," Kapoor said in a statement here. The film, also starring Ishaan Khatter and Ashutosh Rana, released on July 20. Zee Studios and Dharma Productions’

New York, Jul 25: A representative for Demi Lovato says she is awake and recovering with her family after the pop singer was reportedly hospitalized Tuesday for an overdose. "Demi is awake and with her family who want to express thanks to everyone for the love, prayers and support," Lovato's representative said in a statement Tuesday evening. "Some of the information being reported is incorrect

Mumbai, Jul 23: Actor-director Dhanush will be travelling to Melbourne for the premiere of his film "The Extraordinary Journey of Fakir" at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM). The film, directed by Ken Scott, is an Indo- French co-production which is based on the international bestseller by Romain Puertolas, "The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe".

Mumbai, Jul 23: Deepika Padukone is the newest addition at Madame Tussauds with her wax figure set for attractions in London and Delhi. The team of Madame Tussauds expert artistes met Deepika in London for the sitting for her figures, where they took over 200 specific measurements, photographs to create an authentic likeness. "I am so delighted. The sitting with the team of experts was a special

Kochi, Jul 23: A leading jewellery chain on Sunday withdrew a one-and-a-half minute long advertisement featuring Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter after it came under attack from a bank union which said it was aimed at creating 'distrust' in the banking system. "We sincerely regret the inadvertent hurt caused and withdraw the advertisement from all media with immediate effect,"

Mumbai, Jul 21: Actors Kangana Ranaut and Hrithik Roshan, who have been engaged in a public war of words over their alleged affair, will battle it out at the box office as their films are scheduled to hit the cinema houses in January next year. Kangana's one of the most ambitious projects "Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi" is set to clash with Hrithik' "Super 30" on January 25, 2019. "Manikarnika"

Mumbai, Jul 21: She made an impressive debut as an unconventional heroine in Anurag Kashyap’s Dev D but actor Mahie Gill believes her decision to do a supporting role in commercial potboiler Dabangg was a wrong move. Post Dev D, Mahie featured in Gulaal and then came Dabangg, directed by Anurag’s brother Abhinav and starring Salman Khan. “After Dev D, I had won a lot of appreciation and awards

New Delhi, Jul 20: It seems to be the year of the newcomer in Bollywood and debutante Janhvi Kapoor says she is excited as an audience to see fresh faces but it is unfortunate that she and another aspiring actor, Sara Ali Khan, have been pitted against each other. Daughter of late actor Sridevi, Janhvi makes her debut with Shashank Khaitan-directed "Dhadak" on Friday, while Sara, daughter of actor