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Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has shared a picture of herself flaunting her armpits, in reply to the trolls claiming they are “too perfect” in the latest photoshoot of a lifestyle magazine.

The 34-year-old “Quantico” star, who is currently vacationing in Paris, took to Instagram to share the photo.

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“Heres another “pit-stopping” picture to add to the debate. #WillTheRealArmpitPleaseStandUp #nofilter #armpitdiaries,” she captioned the photo.

Heres another “pit-stopping” picture to add to the debate. #WillTheRealArmpitPleaseStandUp #nofilter #armpitdiaries pic.twitter.com/KhwSn9m8XU

— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) June 21, 2016

Wearing a casual striped top and shades, the actress has posed with her hands behind her head.

Priyanka’s cover for a men’s magazine recently faced a lot of flak on Twitter for photoshopping her armpits.

Twitter users called it a unrealistic expectation and yet another way to body shame.

On work front, Priyanka will next be seen playing an antagonist Victoria Leeds in “Baywatch” movie, which also stars Dwayne “The Rock Johnson” and Zac Efron.

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Music composer Lalit Pandit says that it was difficult to compose the song “Mast Hawa” based on the lyrics written by former union Minister Kapil Sibal for the film “Shorgul”.

“Two of the songs were really difficult and for one of them, composing music on Kapil Sibal’s words was a bit difficult. But by playing the words in a tune, the song ‘Mast Hawa’ written by him was made. I like the beat of the song a lot and its rhythm is unusual,” Pandit told IANS.

“Pratibha Baghel has sung the song, which is an unusual item number and has a hip-hop feel to it. We have not kept bass and it is a rhythm-based song, picturised on Hrishitaa Bhatt,” he added.

“Shorgul”, starring Jimmy Sheirgill and Ashutosh Rana among others, is directed by Pranav Singh and Jitendra Tiwari and is loosely based on the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.

Talking about his experience of composing music for such a story, Pandit said: “As it is a love story against the background of riots, it is different and the music of the film caters to that. Our attempt was that the songs go according to the storyline of the film”.

“The songs are unusual. There are not too many songs and all of them are situational,” he added.

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Producer Prem Prakash Gupta, who is coming up with his new project “Love Ke Funday”, says newcomers are easy to work with while established stars might sometimes trouble you.

Gupta, who has produced the movie “Super Model” as well as Punjabi film “Munde Kamaal De”, has now joined hands with lyricist Faaiz Anwar for the romantic comedy “Love Ke Funday” — slated for release in July.

The film boasts a star cast full of newcomers. Gupta says that the decision to take fresh faces for the film was the demand of the script.

“Established actors trouble you while newcomers are ready to work with you at your convenience. In any case, it was the demand of the subject that made us choose newcomers for the film,” Gupta said in a statement.

He added: “If we do not give a break to new faces, who will? Newcomers come with a lot of hope from all over the country. Those who are in demand today were also newcomers at one time. If somebody had not given them a break, they would not have been able to reach greater heights now. If a film is good, it will run, whether it boasts new faces or megastars.”

Produced by FRV Big Business Entertainment Private Limited by Faaiz Anwar and Prem Prakash Gupta, and written and directed by newcomer Indervesh Yogee, the film revolves around four heroes and four heroines — one is a married couple while another pair is in a live-in relationship. And then there are two bachelors who keep changing their girlfriends.

The film, with music by Prakash Prabhakar and Faran Faaiz, has dialogues with a humourous punch too.

Gupta is a successful business man in Bengaluru who deals with steel and his company is known as Triveni Enterprises.

When asked as to how he entered the field of films, Gupta shared that he “came into this field thanks to my friend like Faaiz Anwar”.

It’s not only glamour that made him come to showbiz. He says that “I have come here to treat filmmaking as a business revenue model”.

Gupta’s journey in the industry has been good till now. He shared that: “Till date, whoever I have worked with has been very good to me.”

He is also producing “Faaizbhai” and “Sachhi Muchhi Love Ho Gaya”.

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From announcing that he had left every vice “like cigarettes, alcohol and coffee except women” and that his punishing training routine for the film Sultan, where he essays the role of a wrestler, left him feeling like a “raped woman”, actor Salman Khan was doing what he does so effortlessly — no, not Being Human, just himself.

Unfortunately, he is not the only one.

Rape is a word tossed around casually, often by men, sometimes by women. Sometimes to compare a violation, sometimes just to evoke a few laughs. When the boys in the hugely popular Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots play a prank on their irritating and weak-in-Hindi South Indian classmate Chatur, they replace the word ‘chamatkar’ (miracle) with ‘balatkar’ (rape) in his speech welcoming the education minister and praising his college Dean. Balatkar was mentioned innumerable times in the speech. “Seeke inse seeke…dika denge sabko jo balatkar karne ki kshamtaa yaha ke chaatro mein hai wo sansaar ke kisi chaatro mein nahiii (Learn from him. We will show everyone that no other students have the power to rape as we do).”

It was harmless fun and entire families laughed helplessly as an oblivious and chuffed Chatur bumbled on but it comes from a culture, the world over, where such words are used casually, robbing them their actual meaning.

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We hear such phrases in conversations on streets and in homes all the time. Unfortunately, much of the abuse refers to women — and women often mouth them with equal ease. Everyone draws their own line but sometimes aggression and violence in language crosses all limits, spilling out into the realm of action.

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So, when a superstar uses a simile in public, it should show us all up in the mirror reflection. It should also be the starting point for a discussion about serious issues that concern women, especially in a country like India where crimes against women have only been on the rise.

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No one but those who have been raped knows what it is to be raped, However, people will use the term casually, use it to compare a situation that just doesn’t compare. Like Salman. The next time you are tired and your muscles hurt and you want the world to know, just try painful.

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Anushka Sharma too seem to be have a high on Game of Thrones mania, and hence she decided to have her own GoT moment.

The 28-year-old actor took to Twitter to post a video from her ‘Budapest’ shooting Days for ‘Sultan,’ and wrote alongside, “A girl has no name. Just fierce sword fighting talent. #GameOfThrones moment on #Sultan sets at Budapest.”

A girl has no name. Just fierce sword fighting talent. #GameOfThrones moment on #Sultan sets at Budapest ⚔ pic.twitter.com/tIeUES3FDQ

— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) June 21, 2016

The video showed the PK actress fighting with two swords in slow-motion.

Anushka will portray a female wrestler, named Aarfa, opposite Sultan Salman Khan.

The film, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, is set to release this Eid.

Anushka will also be seen in Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.

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Leading Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut slammed Salman Khan for comparing himself to a raped woman in a group interview.

At the press conference of short film Kriti, Kangana – when asked if she was hurt like many others after listening to Salman’s ‘raped woman’ comment – the actress told IndianExpress.com, “We all agree that it’s a horrible thing to say. Something that is extremely insensitive. But let’s not encourage that mentality where we want to point fingers at each other and want to feel greater by running people down by trolling them.”

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Agreeing that she and every feels collectively sorry for Salman’s comment, Kangana said, “As a society we have to take responsibility and stand united. It’s a disgrace for the whole society and not an individual. So, like what Salim uncle says is right, that we are all sorry about it. It’s not about an individual. We all collectively feel sorry for that thought process.”

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Actors Jacqueline Fernandez, John Abraham and Varun Dhawan have shot with a real python for a song for the upcoming film Dishoom.

Jacqueline says she and the two actors were initially scared to shoot with the python for the song, which has been picturised in Morocco.

“Shooting for the song was too much fun, though all of us were scared when we got to know that we had to shoot with real pythons,” Jacqueline said in a statement.

The actress added that there were a bunch of people who were looking after the creatures and made sure that the shoot went off smoothly.

Directed by Rohit Dhawan, “Dishoom”, which also features actor Saqib Saleem, is slated to release on July 29.

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Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto will make her debut at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) gala in Madrid. The US-based Indian actress will be honoured with International Icon award at the 17th edition of the gala, which will begin on Thursday.

IIFA — often known as Bollywood’s Oscars — is held every year to honour the best of Hindi cinema. A source from the IIFA team confirmed that Freida will be getting the honour.

In a short span of her career in the entertainment industry, Freida has carved out a niche of her own in world cinema through her roles in films like “Slumdog Millionaire”, “Miral”, “Day of the Falcon”, “Immortals”, “Desert Dancer” and “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”.

The actress is not all about glamour and films. She has also done her bit for the society — be it aligning herself with social cause like “Girl Rising” campaign or getting together with female stars for a production house to solve the issue of gender disparity in Hollywood.

After attending the awards ceremony on Sunday, Freida will fly off straight to Monrovia (capital of Liberia) to join the First Lady of the US Michelle Obama for Let Girls Learn — a government initiative aimed at helping girls obtain quality education.

Freida, along with Michelle Obama, her daughters Sasha and Malia and their grandmother Marian Robinson – will travel to Liberia, Morocco and Spain at the end of June and early July as part of the Let Girls Learn initiative.

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The song “Qatl-E-Aam’ from filmmaker Anurag Kashyap’s forthcoming film Raman Raghav 2.0 has garnered one million views on YouTube.

“I’m delighted with the success of the song, especially because it captures the essence of characters as intriguing as Raghav and Simi in ‘Raman Raghav 2.0’,” Ram Sampath said in a statement.

The song features actress Shobita Dhulipala and Vicky Kaushal. “Raman Raghav 2”, releasing on June 24, also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

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Arbaaz Khan and Supriya Pathak-starrer Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai is set to release on November 18.

Produced by Purnima Mead of Bibia Films, the film is directed by Keshhav Panneriy.

It also stars Ashutosh Rana, Prem Chopra and Manjari Phadnis.

“’Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai’ for me is a very special film as it would be my first full-length Hindi commercial film. More importantly, the story of this film is very intriguing and I am really excited about this project,” Panneriy said in a statement.

Commenting on her decision to back this project, Mead said: “Getting a good script these days is not an easy task. We are all very excited about this project and are sure audiences will share the same sentiment when the movie hits the theatres.”

The film, shot in Mumbai, Udaipur and New York, is in the last leg of its shooting schedule.

“Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai” is the story of Alia – a young village girl whose courage helps her break the shackles she was born with and discover herself.

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The 17th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) — which celebrates the soft power of Bollywood in taking India to global audiences — is set to celebrate 60 years of India’s diplomatic relations with Spain here starting Thursday with close to 150 celebrities and over 20,000 fans in attendance.

Regarded as the football capital of the world, Madrid is the fourth European nation that IIFA is visiting after London, Yorkshire and Amsterdam. And the four-day gala which will conclude with a colourful and exuberant awards ceremony on Sunday, will play host to some of the most celebrated stars of the Indian film industry, notable guests, and dignitaries from India and the region along with Indian cinema fans from across the globe.

Not only this, the event also promises to present an amalgamation of two richly diverse countries and cultures. The aim is to bring the magic of Indian cinema not only to Spain, but to Latin America as well, says Andre Timmins, director, Wizcraft International, the producers and creator of the IIFA.

“We treat IIFA as India because ultimately, through the platform we are selling India,” Timmins told IANS in an interview.

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Some celebrities who will be walking the ‘green carpet’ at the event will be Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Sridevi, Boney Kapoor, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Boman Irani, Kabir Khan, Ranveer Singh, Bipasha Basu, Huma Qureshi, Vivek Oberoi, Dia Mirza and Riteish Deshmukh.

The event has also been timed to integrate with the city’s Mulafest. A Movement of Urban Life and Arts event and exhibition, it is Madrid’s annual culture fest that brings together music, art and food all in one place. Adding an Indian musical touch to that will be the Raghu Dixit Project, Midival Pundits, Karsh Kale and Nucleya.

“We are collaborating with them, and have become the partner country. We have integrated our programming with Mulafest,” Timmins said, adding that the IIFA celebrations in Madrid will be about collaborations at every step.

Going ahead with the weekend celebration, IIFA Rocks, a music mega event, will take place on Friday. It will be a melange of dancers and musicians from India, as well as from Spain to give the audience a desi treat with the joy and high-on-energy flamenco.

Some of the performers at IIFA Rocks event are Pritam Chakraborty, Kanika Kapoor, Meet Bros, Benny Dayal, Neeti Mohan, Monali Thakur, Papon along with Shilpa Shetty, Ameesha Patel, Mauni Roy, Sooraj Pancholi, Eli Avram and Daisy Shah.

Pakistani actor Fawad Khan and Bollywood’s celebrated filmmaker Karan Johar will host the IIFA Rocks gala, while Farhan Akhtar and Shahid Kapoor are all geared up to host the Nexa IIFA Awards which will see six acts by Bollywood stars including Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan, Sonakshi Sinha and Tiger Shroff.

Also, since 2016 marks six decades of diplomatic relations between India and Spain, a slew of activities have been planned as sidebars to IIFA. Shilpa Shetty will be hosting a yoga fest on the streets.

Madrid will also get to experience IIFA Stomp and Rang Jam – a Holi celebration, with Indian dances, henna artistes and a plethora of Indian street food on offer.

“IIFA is not only about the awards, it’s to do with a lot of business-to-business activities, we even have a volunteer program, a panel discussion on environment, and more,” said Timmins.

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Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has confirmed that his next directorial venture will be a psychological-horror, titled “Giddy”.

It is one of the three projects, which are a part of the collaboration between Kashyap’s Phantom Films and US production house, Blumhouse Productions.

“I will direct ‘Giddy’ next. It is a psychological-horror. We are almost done writing the script. Once that’s done, we will decide the cast,” Kashyap told PTI in an interview.

The other two projects under this tie-up are— “Ghoul”, a horror movie starring Radhika Apte in lead, and Hindi remake of Qaushiq Mukherjee’s horror film “Ludo”.

Mukherjee, popularly known as Q, will helm the remake.

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Phantom Films has also partnered with Netflix for the streaming giant’s first original Indian series.

Talking about these international collaborations, Kashyap says, “It’s good for our (Phantom’s) growth, we are also four different partners so somewhere this gives us freedom. The company is growing and anything that helps it in growing will give us more power to make the kind of stuff we want to.”

Phantom Films and Netflix will adapt Vikram Chandra’s novel “Sacred Games”, work on which is yet to begin.

Meanwhile, Kashyap is gearing up for the release of his crime-thriller “Raman Raghav 2.0”.

Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vicky Kaushal in lead roles, the film will hit theatres this Friday.

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Rather than getting bothered by his link-up rumours with Yami Gautam, actor Pulkit Samrat says such stories only prove the popularity of their on-screen chemistry.

The two have been rumoured to be seeing each other since they began shooting together for “Sanam Re”.

Pulkit says he and Yami are “way beyond” the stories written about their apparent off-screen romance.

“It’s been nice that people have been loving the pairing. I haven’t seen such a response to any pairing for a long time. It feels very nice. It is a huge compliment for the hard work that we have put in. We really appreciate that. I am very happy,” the actor told PTI in an interview.

“Gossip or rumour about personal life does not bother me. If people are saying whatever they are saying, I take it as a compliment for the on-screen chemistry that we share. That means people like our work. Had people not liked our chemistry, they wouldn’t have said anything about us. I don’t care about the rumours. We are way beyond that.”

Pulkit and Yami have re-teamed for another love story, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri’s “Junooniyat” and the most of the buzz around the movie is courtesy their much talked-about equation.

The actor says people might feel that he and Yami decided to be a part of the film after working on “Sanam Re” but it was “Junooniyat” which the pair had signed first.

“‘Junooniyat’ was the first film that we signed. ‘Sanam Re’ happened later and we both did not know that the other person is doing ‘Sanam Re’. We started shooting for ‘Junooniyat’ before ‘Sanam Re’ and after 10-15 days we were on the sets of ‘Sanam Re’. We shot the two films simultaneously.”

“Junooniyat” follows the romance between an Army officer, Jahaan Bakshi (Pulkit), and a simple yet strong-headed girl, Suhaani Kapoor, played by Yami.

For Pulkit, the fact that “Junooniyat” is a love story of two similar people sets it apart from other romantic films.

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“A highlight of the story for me was that it is love between two very similar people. Normally, we see the story of two opposites falling in love but that’s not the case here. I found that interesting.

A love story definitely demands a great on-screen chemistry between its actors but according to Pulkit chemistry not only depends on the performing artists, but the whole crew which works to get each romantic scene right.

“Definitely, the most important part of a love story is the chemistry between the two actors because a love story is about a guy and a girl meeting and falling in love. You don’t see love coming across if the chemistry is not there.

“But the chemistry is also not only about the two people playing the characters. It is also about how well they are written and performed and that happens only when the entire team is in sync.”

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Actors Ajay Devgn and Emraan Hashmi have teamed up again for Milan Luthria’s historical fiction Baadshaho, set against the backdrop of Emergency.

Apart from Ajay and Emraan, the film will also feature Ileana D’Cruz, Esha Gupta ad Vidyut Jamwal in prominent roles.

Co-produced by Milan and Bhushan Kumar and written by Rajat Aroraa, “Baadshaho” is a thriller set in the Emergency era of the 70s.

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“This is a historical fiction film. We have used some facts, there is lot of stuff that was unusual and exciting. It (Emergency as subject) is a great backdrop for action and thrills. We have done extensive research on the subject,” Milan told PTI.

In India, the ‘Emergency’ refers to a 21-month period in 1975–77 when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi unilaterally had a state of emergency declared across the country.

When asked if any of the actors would play real life characters, Milan said, “It’s a historical fiction film, all characters are grey.”

Ajay and Emraan played gangsters in Milan’s 2010 blockbuster “Once Upon A Time In Mumbai”. In “Baadshaho” they will sport a different look.

“Their (Ajay and Emraan) look will be completely different. It will be rustic…the look will be timeless,” Milan said.

The “Dirty Picture” helmer will collaborate with a foreign action director for “Baadshaho”. The music includes Rajasthani folk with a funky twist, composed by Ankit Tiwari.

The multi-starrer film is all set to go on floors this August with a 15-day schedule in Mumbai, followed by a two month schedule in Rajasthan.

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Anushka Sharma, who was brought up in an army family and transited from modelling to acting, feels she is self-made and is “very proud” of this.

“As an actress, I feel I have been given this life and I want to make the most of it. I don’t want to be seen everywhere. I am grateful for the fame. I am self-made and I feel very proud of that. At the same time, I treat my work with a lot of respect so it’s like a gift for me,” Anushka, who has shared screen space with superstars like Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan, told IANS.

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“I never really worked towards it (working with the Khans of the film industry). For me, it’s always been about the script and the director. In my career, I feel fortunate I could work with them,” added the actress, now paired with Salman Khan in the forthcoming film “Sultan”.

What changes has she seen in showbiz as far as women are concerned?

She said: “I think it’s to do with things changing in the world. Ten years ago, on the film sets you would not find so many girls working. Nowadays, so many assistants… whether it’s costume or cinematography, so many assistants are women. I would say it’s a welcome change.”

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In his
three-films old career, Vicky Kaushal is already being touted as the new poster-boy of independent cinema but the actor says he wants to stay away  from such labels because they are limiting.

He made an impressive debut as Deepak in “Masaan” and his turn as a man on a self-discovery journey in “Zubaan” cemented his standing as an able actor.

The 28-year-old star says it’s the audience who has categorised him in a certain type but for him, he is just an excited performer who wants to keep exploring different characters as he grows in the industry.

“The moment I start categorising myself, I will start limiting myself as an actor. I don’t know what I am capable of as of now. I did not know I could play Deepak in ‘Masaan’ or do ‘Zubaan’… And that’s how I want to keep it. When you are not sure if you can do a film, then you feel excited as a performer,” Vicky told PTI in an interview.

The actor says audience’s perception is something that he would like to break with every film.

“I want them to believe in an image and then break it. I want to create an image and then break it. I don’t mind the perception of being an indie actor though because it means ‘Masaan’ stayed with them. It’s a compliment.”

Vicky is ready to surprise his fans again with Anurag Kashyap’s crime-thriller “Raman Raghav 2.0”, where he is ditching his romantic, boy-next-door image by playing a troubled cop.

“That is a deliberate effort from my end. Whatever I do, should surprise me and the audience and I want that with every film people should feel ‘What is he upto now?’.”

Vicky says it was a huge deal for him that a director of Kashyap’s stature had shown trust in him.

“I feel very fortunate that in my third film, I am playing a character like this and a director like Anurag Kashyap has shown trust in me. It means a huge deal… I also had to push myself as far as I could to portray this role.”

Vicky, who started his career as an assistant director on Kashyap’s “Gangs of Wasseypur”, has known the filmmaker since he was 12. The actor says Kashyap wasn’t initially sure that he would be able to pull off the complicated character.

“Anurag sir told me he had three-four actors on his mind and I was last on his list so he wanted me to audition for it. The reason he was skeptical because he knows me inside out and nothing in my life comes close to Raghav.”

But the director believed in his capabilities as an actor and was surprised to see Vicky finally transform into the drug-snorting cop that was needed for the movie.

Losing on sleep, locking himself up in a room for days and detaching himself from family and friends were few of the things that Vicky had to follow to get into the skin of Raghav. This is why, the actor was more than happy to get rid of the character once the film was over.

“When you play a character like Deepak in ‘Masaan’, you want to stay in that space for as long as possible because he is such an endearing person. So, it becomes more difficult to move out of it. You start enjoying it and it becomes difficult to clean your slate.

“With a character like Raghav, it’s so complex that you don’t enjoy being in that space. It takes a toll on you because it’s not you. You want to get out of it.”

Also starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, “Raman Raghav 2.0” releases this Friday.

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Director of the upcoming investigative thriller “Missing On A Weekend” Abhishek Jawkar has denied that he has shown Goa in bad light after receiving criticism over the film’s trailer.

“After showing the trailer, I have received lot of criticism saying that ‘you’re showing Goa in bad light and it will affect the tourism of India’. But there is nothing like that,” Abhishek told IANS.
He added that all the characters in “Missing On A Weekend” are fictitious and it was the script’s demand that he chose Goa to shoot the film.

“My illusion is what if Goa was like Delhi. We always read about several crimes happening in Delhi. I could have shot the film in Delhi, but the script demanded a tourist destination like Goa,” Abhishek said.

The film is about a group of seven friends whose trip to Goa goes haywire when they go missing one by one. The media also gets into the case and questions the safety of Goa and starts comparing it to Delhi.

“I have observed that people from Delhi who have not seen the sea do crazy things when they come to Goa. They take freedom for granted,” he said.

“The film’s story is about a group of seven friends who visit Goa over the weekend and feel they can do everything. But their plan fails when they encounter an unwanted person and they all go missing one by one,” the director added.

“Missing On A Weekend” stars Pavan Malhotra, veteran singer Hariharan’s son Karan and is presented by The Red Bulb Studios and Adept Films. The film will hit the screens on July 1.

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Actor Hrithik Roshan, whose “Mohenjo Daro” trailer has been lauded for its scale, is happy about getting a positive feedback for it from his fans.

“We all have worked very hard on this film and so we were super excited to present our trailer to the audiences. My fans mean the world to me and getting a thumbs up from them is all I ever aim for,” Hrithik said in a statement.

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The “Bang Bang!” star says he is “truly humbled with the response and all the lovely messages” that have come his way.

Hrithik shines in the trailer as Sarman, an indigo farmer in search of his association with the town of Mohenjo Daro.

His look and the attention given to the minute details like the skin tone and appearance have been appreciated by the audience.

Produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and Sunita Gowariker, “Mohenjo Daro” is directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and is slated to release on August 12.

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Actress Deepika Padukone, who really missed her home while she was shooting of her upcoming Hollywood debut flick xXx: The Return of the Xander Cage, said India is my home and that’s never going to change. She recently returned to India after wrapping up the xXx shoot with Vin Diesel and other cast of the film in Toronto.

“India is home, and that’s never going to change,” Deepika said, who is trying to make up for all the time she was away from India.

“My roots are here, and at the end of the day, it’s about your roots. You can’t take India out of me. People go for holidays, but eventually, come back home. So, no matter where I go in the world, this [India] is home, and that will never change,” she added.

Ask her about how different is working in Hollywood from Bollywood, she says, “It was the same in terms of every minute detail. That’s what made me feel at home; made me feel comfortable. Most importantly, like any other film, all of us were on a journey.”

Elaborating on her experience shooting in Hollywood with people of different ethnicities, Deepika shared, “It was great fun. It was not about different people from different parts of the world coming together. We all came with our cultures to make a fun-filled and interesting movie. I am sure that will translate on screen too.”

The Bajirao Mastani actress is currently in Madrid to attend one of Bollywood’s most extravagant annual award show IIFA 2016, where she will be seen performing on the Spanish stage.

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Actress Zareen Khan will miss the 17th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) award as her mother Praveen Khan is unwell.

“Zareen had her visa in place but she decided to give the IIFA a miss and take care of her mother,” said a source close to the actress.

The source said her mother underwent a heart surgery recently and so Zareen has been taking special care of her. Zareen has been hands on with her mother’s doctors, her diet and medication.

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