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Mumbai, May 4: Filmmaker Karan Johar on Thursday announced that he will be co-producing the upcoming biopic of Kargil War hero Vikram Batra, starring actor Sidharth Malhotra in the lead. The 45-year-old helmer took to Twitter to share that he will be backing the project under his Dharma Productions banner along with producer Shabbir Boxwala. "Time to relive - Yeh Dil Mangey More. Dharma

New Delhi, May 3: More than 60 National Film Awards recipients on Thursday said they will skip the ceremony this evening because President Ram Nath Kovind will be presenting only 11 awards, a departure from established tradition. The artistes from across the country have written a letter addressed to the Directorate of Film Festival, Office of the President of India and the Information and

Mumbai, May 3: Veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar on Thursday said it is "shameful" that the portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah hangs in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) but people, who are protesting against it, should also oppose the "temples made to honour Godse". The 73-year-old writer took to Twitter to voice his opinion on the ongoing controversy at the university which was triggered

Mumbai, May 3: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who has written the upcoming superhero film 'Bhavesh Joshi', today said a mask does not make an actor a superhero. 'Bhavesh Joshi', featuring Harshvardhan Kapoor in the lead, is directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. Asked about younger generation of actors not getting acceptance in the superhero genre and if that is one of the reasons why filmmakers are not

Mumbai, May 2: TV comedian Kapil Sharma has sent a legal notice to a digital portal and a journalist working in it, seeking a public apology and Rs 100 crore in damages for allegedly publishing defamatory articles against him, his lawyer said. Sharma claims that Vicky Lalwani, working with 9X Media Pvt. Ltd, allegedly published "false, malicious, fraudulent articles" on the digital platform

Mumbai, May 2: Author-producer Twinkle Khanna on Sunday responded to a message by a Navy officer who warned her against auctioning a costume piece worn by her husband Akshay Kumar in the film ‘Rustom’, saying she “will not retaliate with violent threats but by taking legal action”. She had recently supported Akshay's announcement to sell off the “actual naval uniform” he donned in the 2016 film

Mumbai, May 1: Veteran film writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar, on Tuesday, hit back at the Madariya Sufi Foundation for allegedly threatening singer Sona Mohapatra to take down a music video. Mohapatra, in a series of tweets on Monday, had alleged that the foundation had sent her a notice to remove her latest video 'Tori Surat' as it doesn't conform with their norms of a 'Sufi song'. Akhtar took to

Mumbai, May 1: The shooting of Abhishek Varman's Kalank has kickstarted. Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Madhuri Dixit, and Kunal Khemu have started shooting for their portions. Others from the stellar ensemble cast which includes Sonakshi Sinha, Aditya Roy Kapur, and Sanjay Dutt are expected to join soon. However, the shoot was disrupted on Monday evening due to two snakes. Alia and Varun were shooting

Los Angeles, Apr 30: "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" director Christopher McQuarrie has revealed that Hollywood star Tom Cruise will do his "most difficult stunts" in the upcoming film. The director said the movie will not only be high on action sequences but will also have a much deeper story. "Without question the biggest and most difficult stunts that he's ever done. Some of the most

Mumbai, Apr 29: Actor Anil Kapoor today remained tight-lipped on the reports of his daughter Sonam Kapoor's wedding and said people will get to know everything 'at the right time'. There have been reports that Sonam is set to tie the knot with beau Anand Ahuja early next month. The pictures of Anil's bungalow decorated with lights, with wife Sunita overseeing the preparation, are doing the rounds