Latest Entertainment News Today Transcript at 11:30 am on 1st December 2022
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“Let’s begin with our first story. Amitabh Bachchan recently went down memory lane in his latest blog and wrote about working in Kolkata during his youth. In the late 1960s, the ‘Shahenshah’ of Bollywood revealed that he earned Rs 1640 per month and shared his room with seven others. He shared a screenshot too, of a tweet that mentioned how the company he used to work for, still had a file containing records about his salary in 1968.
He described his time in the City of Joy as the most “independent” period of his life.”
“Moving on, earlier this year, during the promotions of Masaba Masaba 2, designer-turned-actor Masaba Gupta, in a chat had confessed about her mother trying to play matchmaker at one point in her life. She revealed how her mother Neena Gupta had tried all means, even getting her admitted to a business school, where she could find a good match. As she gears up for the release of her upcoming film, Vadh, the concerned mother opened up in an interview, about the phase in her life. She laughed at Masaba’s statement and said she was being just a ‘normal mother’ like any other mother.
Written and directed by Rajeev Barnwal and Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Vadh is set to hit cinema halls on December 9.”
“Actor and dancer Nora Fatehi recently performed at the FIFA fan fest to some of her hit numbers, including the remix of “”Saki Saki””.The actor wore a shimmery fitted dress as she grooved to the music with the dancers. The video has since been shared, by one of her fan pages.
Nora Fatehi is currently in Qatar for the ongoing FIFA World Cup. On the work front, she starred in the song “Jeda Nasha” from the upcoming Bollywood film, An Action Hero. The actor will also be seen in the 2023 release, 100 per cent, which is yet to be announced. Nora was last seen in the Ajay Devgn and Sidharth Malhotra film, Thank God.”
Actor Kartik Aaryan gave one of the biggest blockbusters of 2022 with his hit horror-comedy Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. Recently, during the promotion of his upcoming film Freddy, Kartik gave his opinion on the North vs. South debate that has consumed the film industry in 2022. He said that, the discussion should be more about good films working at the theatres and that one cannot say that the South films are working better just because some ‘four films’ managed to earn ‘big bucks’ at the ticket counters. Before Kartik, there were many stars like Ranveer Singh and Kamal Haasan, who have shared their views on South Indian films giving better entertainment to movie-goers this year.
“The Kashmir Files director, Vivek Agnihotri has promised to make a sequel of sorts to the movie, titled The Kashmir Files: Unreported. This comes a day after challenging everybody to identify factual inaccuracies in his film. He didn’t clarify if this would be a narrative feature, a short, a documentary, or a series. The Kashmir Files attracted a new wave of controversy earlier this week when Israeli director Nadav Lapid described it as a ‘vulgar’ piece of propaganda at the closing ceremony of the 53rd IFFI, where he served as the president of the jury.
Agnihotri began his spiritually connected ‘Files’ trilogy with The Tashkent Files. He will also direct the films, The Delhi Files and The Vaccine War, next.”
“Meanwhile, Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who was recently in New Delhi for an event, opened up about the failure of Hindi films at the box office. The actor said the films might not work, but he always would.
The actor also mentioned how when a film flops, it is never considered the director’s fault, and that actors take the blame for a bad movie. He then cited the example of even superstar Shah Rukh Khan, whose movies consecutively tanked at the box office, prompting him to rethink and take a sabbatical. SRK returns to screen with Pathaan next year. On the work front, Nawazuddin Siddiqui will next be seen in the noir feature Haddi.”
Actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who is currently promoting An Action Hero, took to Instagram, to honour Ajay Devgn’s action avatar from the 1990s and recreated his iconic pose from the 1991 film Phool Aur Kaante. This was Ajay’s big Bollywood debut that established him as an action star. Earlier, Ayushmann had shared a video with contemporary action star Tiger Shroff, where the two battled for the spot of the ultimate action star in a fun ‘thumb battle’. An Action Star is Ayushmann’s first foray into action movies. This will be his third release of the year after Anek and Doctor G.
“Dharma Productions is set to release its Sidharth Malhotra-led action film ‘Yodha ‘in theatres on July 7, 2023. The movie is directed by debutant duo Pushkar Ojha and Sagar Ambre. Filmmaker Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and Shashank Khaitan’s Mentor Disciple Films have bankrolled the film. It was earlier supposed to release on November 11 this year. The makers announced the release date of Yodha in a press note.
Yodha also features Raashii Khanna and Disha Patani, in pivotal roles.”
“Lastly,
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan wrapped up a schedule for ‘Dunki’ in Saudi Arabia. SRK took to Instagram to share a video of himself in a desert and thanked the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture for the picturesque locations and warm hospitality.
Dunki, directed by Rajkumar Hirani, is slotted for a December 2023 release. The film also stars Taapsee Pannu. Dunki is expected to highlight the rampant use of an illegal backdoor route called the ‘Donkey Flight’ by Indians to migrate to countries like Canada and USA.”
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