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“Let’s begin this bulletin with news on the Film Heritage Foundation, which, on Saturday, announced a film festival to celebrate late cinema legend Dilip Kumar’s 100th birth anniversary.
The Dilip Kumar Hero Of Heroes festival will be held on December 10 and 11.
During the film gala, organised in partnership with leading multiplex chain PVR Cinemas, Kumar’s critically-acclaimed movies, including “Aan”, “Devdas”, “Ram Aur Shyam” and “Shakti”, will be screened in over 30 cinema halls and 20 cities across the country.
Dungarpur said the festival is an incredible opportunity to bring back “one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema on the big screen”.
Dilip Kumar died at the age of 98 in July 2021.”
“Amitabh Bachchan took to his blog on Sunday and mourned the loss of actor Vikram Gokhale, who passed away on November 26. He also remembered actress Tabassum, who had passed away earlier.
Bachchan expressed his grief for his ‘dear ones’ and wrote, “The days are lined with sadness… friends and colleagues… artists of huge merit, leave us day by day… and we listen to see and pray… Tabassum… Vikram Gokhale and some dear ones that are close and known… they came to us in our lives… they played their parts and left the stage empty forlorn and desolate by their absence…”
Vikram Gokhale made his Hindi film debut with Amitabh Bachchan’s Parwana and won a National award for Anumati in 2013.”
“Bollywood actor Sunny Deol took to his Instagram handle and penned a heartfelt message for his son Karan Deol on his birthday. Sunny recalled how he pushed his son beyond his limits
Sunny posted a video of Karan rappelling and taking a dip in the Himalayan lakes and wrote in the caption, “As a director, I pushed your limits, and made you do everything. You rappelled off of high peaks in the Himalayas, jumped into frozen lakes, swam in Grade 6 Rapids water streams, got stuck between rocks, and got hurt, but kept going on and on without a second thought…just because you believed in me!”
Karan Deol made his debut with the Sunny Deol directorial ‘Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas'”
“Meanwhile,
The Salman Khan-starrer Tiger 3 is trending on Twitter. The film is in the headlines after Salman and Revathy shared that they will be seen together in the film.
Salman was Revathy‘s first leading man in Hindi cinema as the two were paired opposite each other in the 1991-released romantic film titled Love. The movie Love, directed by Suresh Krissna, was a remake of the same director’s Telugu hit Prema and is remembered for its song ‘Saathiya tuney kya kiya’.
Reportedly, Revathy will step into the character of Shenoy, previously played by the late Girish Karnad.”
“Author and former actor Twinkle Khanna recalled a situation in which a director wanted her to wear transparent clothes during a rain sequence. The author, who goes by Mrs Funnybones, said the filmmaker asked if she could “do a Mandakini” for a song scene.
Twinkle said in a conversation with Waheeda Rehman, “I was wearing a white kurta, and ready for the quintessential rain song, and the director comes with a shawl wrapped around, imitating Guru Dutt. And he says, ‘If I tell you to do a Mandakini, what will you say?’ I said I will say two things. First, I will say ‘no’, and secondly, ‘You’re not Raj Kapoor’.””
“Asha Parekh, currently in Goa, attending the ongoing 53rd International Film Festival of India, voiced her regret at the westernisation of Indian women who have stopped wearing traditional outfits, especially for special events.
While speaking at a session, Parekh said, “Everything has changed. The films that are being made. I do not know, we are so westernised. Why don’t they wear our ghagra choli, saree and salwar-kameez? They just watch the heroines on the screen and wish to copy them.””
A few days ago, veteran actor Jaya Bachchan also voiced a similar opinion. On the podcast What The Hell Navya, Jaya had asked her daughter Shweta Bachchan and granddaughter Navya Nanda why Indian women were wearing more western clothes.”
“In other news,
Be it theatre, radio, novels or short films, Tahira Kashyap Khurrana says she has inherently been a storyteller all her life but the journey to director’s chair was full of apprehensions.
Tahira said she decided to listen to her “inner voice” and made her first short film Toffee in 2017, with the help of her husband, actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who served as the producer on the project.
She said, “I borrowed money from my husband to make my first short film, about which I was very conscious. I knew this is what I wanted to be but I needed a sort of push. I’m very grateful for those little openings. But after a point, you are on your own””
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“Actor Ayushmann Khurrana‘s upcoming film An Action Hero will see him play the role of an action movie star, who is faced with life-threatening situations in real life as well. The second song from the film’s soundtrack has been released. Titled Aap Jaisa Koi, the song is a remake of the hit 1980 track, and features Malaika Arora looking glamorous as she takes to the dance floor.
The song is performed by Zahrah S Khan and Altamash Faridi. The original song, which was sung by Nazia Hassan, was picturised on Zeenat Aman and was a touchstone track in the disco movement.
The track has been recreated by Tanishq Bagchi.”
“Lastly,
The Ajay Devgn starrer Drishyam 2‘s success has brought some much-needed cheer to the Hindi film industry. However, many would be surprised to know that the quintessential action hero has a fear of being stuck in closed spaces, especially elevators.
In an earlier episode of The Kapil Sharma Show, Ajay said he is scared of lifts. “Once I was in a lift and it came hurtling down from the third or fourth floor to the basement. We were stuck inside the lift for more than one and a half hours, I feel claustrophobic in the lift ever since. I have stopped taking lifts since then and I only take stairs.” “
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