Latest Entertainment News Today Transcript at 11:30 am on 2nd November 2022
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“Let’s begin with news on Shah Rukh Khan, who celebrates his 57th birthday today. Like every year, fans gathered outside his sea-facing mansion in Mumbai, Mannat, to wish him many happy returns of the day. To acknowledge the love and adulation of his fans, King Khan greeted them from an observation deck at the boundary wall of his house.
Shah Rukh, dressed in all-black, was accompanied by his younger son AbRam as he greeted his fans. Several videos and photos of the actor’s birthday celebrations from outside Mannat surfaced on social media. One of the videos showed him taking a bow before his fans as they cheered on. He blew flying kisses, and also tried to click a selfie with them in the background. “
“Meanwhile, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan visited the Siddhivinayak Temple with her daughter Aaradhya Bachchan on her 49th birthday yesterday.
The actor was clicked posing with Aaradhya and bowing before the Ganesha idol inside the temple.
Earlier, Aishwarya Rai’s husband and actor Abhishek Bachchan had shared a black-and-white image of the actor and captioned it, “Happy Birthday, wifey! Love, light, peace and eternal success.”
In the still, from her debut film Iruvar, Aishwarya could be seen adorning her hair with some pretty flowers. The post got a lot of love from her fans, including celebrities like Zoya Akhtar and Bipasha Basu”
“Actors Sonakshi Sinha and Huma Qureshi say working on their upcoming feature Double XL has been a “personal and cathartic” experience. The slice-of-life comedy-drama, directed by Satramm Ramani of “Helmet” fame, explores the journey of two plus-size women — Rajshree Trivedi played by Huma from Meerut and Saira Khanna, played by Sonakshi from New Delhi — as they navigate society’s beauty standards.
Sonakshi said working on the film felt like reliving her college days when she was often body shamed. “Even before we started our career, we faced a lot of body shaming because we were big children. It’s important to make people believe that it’s not always about how you look.”””
“Priyanka Chopra is back home in Mumbai, after three years. The actor has been sharing updates ever since her touchdown, including how she is beating jetlag by watching Karan Johar’s chat show, Koffee with Karan. Priyanka on Tuesday evening posted a new photo of herself dressed in green, wearing a high ponytail, while looking out of the window.
Priyanka captioned her post, “Home. Looking forward to the next few days…” Nick Jonas commented on the post with several hearts.
While there’s been much discussion about Priyanka’s daughter Malti Marie Chopra in India, she wasn’t seen at the airport. Priyanka and Nick welcomed Malti via surrogacy in January this year.
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“Actor Amala Paul has joined the cast of Ajay Devgn’s fourth directorial, Bholaa. Amala, who has starred in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, will make a special appearance in the action extravaganza. The actor will join the film’s team in the next schedule, which is planned for December this year. The movie stars Ajay Devgn and Tabu in the lead roles
Bholaa is a remake of the Tamil hit Kaithi. In August, Tabu shared a photo with Ajay, mentioning that one film schedule had been wrapped. She wrote, “Look!! We finished our 9th film together! #wewrap #bholaa @ajaydevgn @adffilms,”
The original film Kaithi was written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj and had Karthi in the lead.”
“Meanwhile,
Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan steps into a new genre with Amar Kaushik’s Bhediya, where he plays Bhaskar, who is a werewolf.
Varun Dhawan said in a statement, “I agreed to do Bhediya after hearing just the one-line idea. I’ve never wanted to let go of the film ever since and was in constant touch with the producers. This is the wildest character I have played. While it may have been my first foray into the creature comedy genre, Amar had done Stree earlier and was very hands-on with the whole process. My biggest dream as an actor is to entertain through a diverse array of roles.””
Bhediya, also starring Kriti Sanon, will release in theatres on November 25″
“Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan wished his girlfriend and actor, Saba Azad on her birthday. Saba, who was last seen in SonyLIV’s web show Rocket Boys, turned 37 on Tuesday. Hrithik and Saba have been dating for several months, and have been spotted together at various events.
Hrithik chose to wish Saba by sharing her picture from probably one of her stage shows. In the picture, Saba looks immersed in her performance as she holds a mike in her hand. Along with the photo, the Vikram Vedha actor wrote, “🌈The rhythm of you, the voice of you, the grace of you, the heart of you..and oh that insanely amazing mind of you. melody in motion girl, that’s what you are. 🌈””
“Moving on,
Actor Sanjay Dutt is set to star in a horror comedy movie, titled The Vir-gin Tree. The 63-year-old actor will also back the project through his banner Three Dimension Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd along with Deepak Mukut’s Soham Rockstar Entertainment. The movie will be directed by debutant Sidhaant Sachdev from a script he wrote with Vanuksh Arora.”
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