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Telugu actor Mahesh Babu took to social media and announced the title and a first look poster of his upcoming film,  Sarkaru Vaari Paata,  written and directed by Parasuram of Geetha Govindham -fame. The image features Mahesh's slightly unkempt stubble, his pierced ear and a neck tattoo of a Re 1 coin. The actor chose his father and veteran actor Krishna's birthday for the big reveal. The makers are yet to announce a female lead and supporting cast. Here is the poster Here it is!!! #SarkaruVaariPaata 💥💥💥 Blockbuster start for another hattrick💥💥💥 @ParasuramPetla @GMBents @MythriOfficial @14ReelsPlus @MusicThaman pic.twitter.com/5JOCnPXjpC — Mahesh Babu (@urstrulyMahesh) May 31, 2020 Y Ravi Shankar, Ram Achanta, Gopi Achanta and Navin Yerneni are attached as producers. Thaman S, who has previously scored songs for films like Disco Raja , Venky Mama and  Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo , will score Sarkaru Vaari Paata.  Thaman has served as music director on ...

Sonu Sood met Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Saturday at Raj Bhavan to notify him of the work he was doing to help migrants amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown. Sood has reunited thousands of migrant families during these testing times by arranging safe road travel to their native places. (Click here to follow LIVE updates on coronavirus outbreak) Sood briefed about his ongoing work to help the migrant people to reach their home states and to provide them food. The governor applauded Sood for his work and assured him support in these endeavours, read a tweet by the governer’s Twitter account. Check out the post here Film star Sonu Sood met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan. He briefed Governor about his work to help migrant people to reach their home states and to provide them food. The Governor applauded Sonu Sood for his work and assured him fullest support in his endeavours. pic.twitter.com/JlXVbZiUB4 — Governor of Maharashtra (@maha_governor) May...

Salman Khan has donated one lakh hand sanitisers to the Mumbai Police, who are at the frontline in the fight against coronavirus pandemic. The sanitisers donated by the actor are manufactured under his recently launched grooming and personal care brand FRSH. (Click here for LIVE updates on coronavirus outbreak) The official Twitter handle of Chief Minister of Maharashtra thanked the actor for donating sanitisers. Here is the tweet Thank u 🙏 @CMOMaharashtra @Iamrahulkanal @MumbaiPolice #IndiaFightsCorona https://t.co/GtBL3UrTWC — Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) May 30, 2020 The 54-year-old actor has been constantly extending support to those affected due to the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly virus. He was the first one to provide financial aid to the daily wage workers of the film industry. Khan has also supplied ration to the villages near his Panvel farmhouse and has urged his fans to help those in need. On the festival of Eid, Khan sent...

SS Rajamouli's magnum opus Baahubali: The Conclusion may have been made in India back in 2017, but the film still has universal appeal. The film has now found adulation in Russia too. The Russian Embassy on Thursday tweeted a video from the telecast of the second part of Baahubali on its local TV channel. The scene in question is when Amarendra Baahubali introduces his newly wedded wife Devasena to his mother Sivagami. Check out the post here 🎬 Indian cinema gains popularity in Russia. Look what Russian TV is broadcasting right now: the Baahubali with Russian voiceover! pic.twitter.com/VrIgwVIl3b — Russia in India (@RusEmbIndia) May 28, 2020 The clip went viral in no time, with Indian fans hailing the film and thanking for receiving the blockbuster mythological action drama with such warmth. Baahubali, which stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Ramya Krishnan, Tamannaah Bhatia and Anushka Shetty ,  was released in two parts in 2015 and in 2017 as  Baahubali: ...

Paris has a cinematic identity quite unlike any other. For if you're a cinephile in Paris, it's impossible not to conjure memories of all the beloved movies that have been shot in the city. Walking along the banks of the Seine, you might imagine yourself accompanying Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant in Charade . You stroll down the Champs Elysees with Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo in Breathless . At Shakespeare & Co, you smile at the thought of Jesse and Celine’s Before Sunset reunion. At Montmartre’s Café des Deux Moulins, you crack a crème brûlée with a spoon, like Amélie would. It's the Paris invented for the cinephile's imagination: the Polaroid version of it rendered through La vie en rose -tinted glasses. However, hidden and out-of-focus in most of the city's filmography are its crime and inequality, its issues with racism and police brutality. Before La Haine , few had imagined a Paris beyond its obvious romanticised associations. In 1995, then 28-yea...

Fresh off Paatal Lok , viewers cannot stop raving about Jaideep Ahlawat, who plays the lead role of Inspector Hathiram in Sudip Sharma's Amazon Prime Video India Original show. Many are claiming he is a true find in Paatal Lok . But the truth is he has been making waves across film industries and platforms. He broke through in Anurag Kashyap's 2012 crime drama Gangs of Wasseypur , a film that is credited with introducing numerous gifted talents like Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadha, Huma Qureshi, Pankaj Tripathi, Viineet Singh, Neeraj Ghaywan (assistant director), and Vicky Kaushal (AD). Ahlawat then subsequently appeared in short roles (mostly as an antagonist), most notably in Kamal Haasan's Tamil action entertainer Vishwaroopam . However, he grabbed the most eyeballs as the trainer of Alia Bhatt's Sehmat in Meghna Gulzar's 2018 espionage thriller Raazi. Thereafter, he had memorable turns in Dibakar Banerjee's short in Netflix anthology Lust Stories, and ...

Sutapa Sikdar has penned a touching note in memory of her late husband and actor Irrfan Khan, a month after his demise . “It’s just a matter of time...Till we meet again,” wrote Sikdar as she shared two throwback photos with Irrfan Khan. While one features her hugging the actor, the other one shows Irrfan lying down on grass and looking at the camera. Sutapa captioned the images, “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about. It's just a matter of time...milenge, baaten karenge... Till we meet again.” She was quoting a verse from Sufi poet Rumi’s A Great Wagon . Check out the post Earlier this month, she had shared a song the actor loved, writing, “My eternal love to him and gratitude to the universe and prayers for everyone in these extraordinary times while I pray for him... The song he loved and listened when sad and it soothes me now in the most difficult tim...

Canadian singer Grimes has planned to legally sell her soul as part of an upcoming digital art exhibit titled Selling Out. According to Fox News , the 32-year-old singer, whose real name is Claire Boucher, is opening a new exhibition, in which she'll accept payment for a slew of artwork, including prints, drawings, photographs and more. However, according to Bloomberg , the most peculiar addition to the list of things going up for sale is a legal document she drafted with her lawyer that will entitle someone to purchase her soul. As for how much the celebrity's soul goes for, the artist first set the price at a staggering $ 10 million. The ' Oblivion ' singer said, "I didn't want anyone to buy it, so I said we should just make it $ 10 million, and then it probably won't sell." However, she noted that "the deeper we got with it, the more philosophically interesting it became." She added, "Also, I really wanted to collaborate with my...

Actor Sam Neill, who played the role of Dr Alan Grant in the 1993 film Jurassic Park and 2001's Jurassic Park III,  has now said that there is still some hope that the production of the upcoming Jurassic World: Dominion could resume in July. Shooting for Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World: Dominion,  starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum, was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Click  here  to follow LIVE updates on coronavirus outbreak) However, according to an interview Neill gave The Guardian , the shooting may soon start again. "I should be going into Pinewood at 6 am. All the sets are there, waiting," he said, adding, "I miss the company of friends and the conviviality around a table in a restaurant, sharing some good wine together. I can’t wait to get back to it. One hopes that people haven’t got used to being without it.” The plot of Jurassic World: Dominion still remains under wraps.  Jurassic World...

American guitarist Bob Kulick, known for performing with Rock band KISS, musician Lou Reed and singer Meat Loaf, has died. He was 70. According to Fox News , Kulick's brother shared the tragic news on social media on Friday, writing: "I am heartbroken to have to share the news of the passing of my brother Bob Kulick. His love of music and his talent as a musician and producer should always be celebrated. I know he is at peace now, with my parents, playing his guitar as loud as possible. Please respect the Kulick Family's privacy during this very sad time." Check out the post I am heartbroken to have to share the news of the passing of my brother Bob Kulick. His love of music, and his talent as a musician and producer should always be celebrated. Please respect the Kulick Family’s privacy during this sad time. RIP pic.twitter.com/LUWC6k69Ml — Bruce Kulick (@brucekulick) May 29, 2020 No other details about Kulick's death are currently known. Following the a...

Swapping the late-night format of video chatting, host Jimmy Kimmel interviewed his next-door neighbour and actor Dakota Johnson, live, but at a distance. The two stood in their own yards, separated by a fence. Kimmel interviewed his celebrity neighbour for the Thursday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!,  where both remained 12 feet away from each other as a fence separated them. Following the introduction, The High Note actor appeared from her yard donned in a pink ball gown and held a hose. "I was just about to wet my plants," The Hollywood Reporter quoted Johnson as saying. Clarifying his new set of interviewing, Kimmel added, "I want to point out we're socially distanced, so we're not setting a bad example with the face masks. We're at least 12 feet apart." During the chat, Kimmel showed that he is a helpful neighbour and offered to give Johnson homemade chicken drumsticks. He also tried to ask who her favourite neighbour has been over the...

Swapping the late-night format of video chatting, host Jimmy Kimmel interviewed his next-door neighbour and actor Dakota Johnson, live, but at a distance. The two stood in their own yards, separated by a fence. Jimmy Kimmel interviews Dakota Johnson Kimmel interviewed his celebrity neighbour for the Thursday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!,  where both remained 12 feet away from each other as a fence separated them. Following the introduction, The High Note actor appeared from her yard donned in a pink ball gown and held a hose. "I was just about to wet my plants," The Hollywood Reporter quoted Johnson as saying. Clarifying his new set of interviewing, Kimmel added, "I want to point out we're socially distanced, so we're not setting a bad example with the face masks. We're at least 12 feet apart." During the chat, Kimmel showed that he is a helpful neighbour and offered to give Johnson homemade chicken drumsticks. He also tried to ask who ...

Upping his meme game, John Cenaon Friday dubbed actor Ranveer Singh as 'Stone Cold Singh' and shared a photoshopped picture of Singh with dreadlocks. Cena merged the looks of the wrestler Stone Cold and Singh, in his 'Khilji' character from the film Padmaavat , into one picture and shared the meme on Instagram. Not just the morphed picture, the WWE wrestler's title to the photo was also a major attraction for the netizens. He dubbed the picture as 'Stone Cold Singh'. However, the picture has grabbed the attention of many Ranveer Singh's fans, who couldn't stop commenting at the hilarious post. Actor Ranveer Singh, too, was quick enough to notice the post and commented: "Hahahahaha," followed by laughing emoticon. Check out the post (With inputs from Asian News International) by FP Staff

The world paused and for the first time in his life Ricky Martin felt anxiety. From his home in Los Angeles, where he worked with his foundation to get protective gear and food to hospitals and people in Puerto Rico and beyond, he followed the pandemic news and tried to hide his distress from his family. Ricky Martin “I had never suffered from anxiety, and I left home when I was 12 (to join boy-band Menudo). I have seen things, I have lived, but this is a new level, this is a new monster and to top it all, it is invisible,” Martin told The Associated Press in a recent interview via Zoom. “I spent two weeks with a poker face so my family wouldn’t be affected, but finally I was able to raise my head and say ‘eh, something very good has to come out of this, get creative.’ And I started making music and it was my medicine, honestly, because I really felt like I was gasping for air,” he said. The result is Pausa , a surprise EP “with a lot of introspection” released Thursday, featur...

Inspired by Shahid Kapoor-starrer Bollywood movie Kabir Singh , a 31-year-old man allegedly posed as an orthopaedic surgeon on dating websites and extorted money from gullible women, police said. The police have arrested the accused Anand Kumar and his co-conspirator Priyam Yadav. The matter came to light after police received a complaint from a doctor who was conned by Kumar. Kumar created a fake profile on Tinder app and identified himself as Dr Rohit Gujral to the doctor after which both of them started talking to each other. A still from Kabir Singh. YouTube screengrab Kumar also promised that he would marry her and made her transfer Rs 30,000 into his bank account. He also blackmailed her by threatening to expose her private pictures and videos, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Cell) Anyesh Roy said Kumar used to run an event management firm and was in touch with a lot of men and women who aspired to become models and actors. "He used the pictures of...

The makers of the upcoming sports -biographical movie — Maidaan — starring Ajay Devgn, has decided to dismantle the film set owing to the ongoing coronavirus crises and also, in view of the coming monsoon season. (Click  here  to follow LIVE updates on coronavirus outbreak) "We took this decision looking into the current situation in the country as well as the monsoon is near," film producer Boney Kapoor told Asian News International . Poster of Maidaan He explained that most of the movie scenes are to be shot on the ground and hence the coming monsoon may spoil the sets. The 64-year-old producer told, "So after discussing it with my team we took this decision to dismantle the set. Hopefully, the state and Central Government will be taking some important steps in upcoming days for the film industry." Kapoor mentioned that he is 'hopeful' to start the shoot of the biographical movie from September, ensuring the guidelines given by the government. ...

Hollywood's movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who is currently serving a 23-year-long prison term on rape charges, was on Thursday hit with four additional rape cases. According to Variety , one of the four women who alleged rape on Weinstein was just 17 years old at the time of the crime. File photo of Harvey Weinstein. AP The woman, now 43, alleges Weinstein forced her to disrobe, demanded she perform oral sex on him and raped her in a hotel room in 1994 during what she thought would be a meeting about helping her break into the entertainment business, according to her allegations in the lawsuit filed Thursday in New York City. The woman, now living in Tennessee, alleges that Weinstein was nearly naked when she walked into the room and that he threatened her after the rape. She says that he made her hand over her driver’s license and told her that she’d never act in films and that he would have associates harm her and her family if she told on him. Another woman alleges Weinst...

Forbes magazine, which once declared Kylie Jenner a billionaire on its cover , says she no longer deserves the title, but Jenner is pushing back. Forbes said in a story posted Friday that an examination of financial filings after the reality star and beauty mogul sold a majority share in her cosmetics company revealed that Jenner’s worth was inflated. Jenner sold 51 percent of her Kylie Cosmetics company to Coty in a deal valued at $1.2 billion early this year. “Kylie’s business is significantly smaller, and less profitable, than the family has spent years leading the cosmetics industry and media outlets, including Forbes, to believe,” the magazine said in the story. “Forbes now thinks that Kylie Jenner, even after pocketing an estimated $340 million after taxes from the sale, is not a billionaire.” Jenner responded in a series of tweets, saying “what am i even waking up to. i thought this was a reputable site.. all i see are a number of inaccurate statements and unproven assumption...

"In my life, you will see glimpses of your life," said veteran actor Anupam Kher on 29 May as he announced the digital launch of his autobiographical play Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai . Kher, through a video message on Twitter, shared that the play will go online on 7 June 7, on his newly launched website. Delighted to share that I am finally launching my autobiographical play #KuchBhiHoSaktaHai digitally on my website https://t.co/qESpl8z92y on 7th June. I have done more than 450 shows of this play worldwide. More details to follow in the coming days. Jai Ho!🙏😍 #MyLifeOnline pic.twitter.com/JQTuysuHxG — Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) May 29, 2020 In the video shared, the 65-year-old actor said: "15 years back on the 8th of August 2005, I did my play Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai , my one-man autobiographical play when things were not looking good. I was almost on the verge of bankruptcy." "So I decided to do a play based on my life, not only on my life but also on ...

Actor Sonu Sood on Friday came to the rescue of 117 girls as he helped them reach home in Odisha. The actor airlifted the girls who were stuck in Kerala Ernakulam due to the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. (Click  here  to follow LIVE updates on coronavirus outbreak) As per sources, the girls had been employed in a factory in Kerala engaged in stitching and embroidery work. According to a source close to the actor, Sood was informed about the group of girls by a close friend from Bhubaneswar and he decided to help them. Also read on Firstpost —Sonu Sood opens up on his initiative to help stranded migrants: 'Expressing grief isn't enough, important to take action' "The actor started the process by taking several permissions from the government to have Kochi and Bhubaneswar airports opened. A special aircraft has been called from Bangalore to airlift these 177 girls from Kochi who will be now taken to Bhubaneshwar so they can finally reun...

Veteran lyricist Yogesh Gaur, who penned the famous ' Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli ' in Anand , passed away on Friday. He was 77. Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar on Friday paid tribute to lyricist Gaur after his demise earlier today. The 90-year-old singer expressed her respect to the artist on Twitter. Addressing her sorrow with the news about the sudden demise, the singer noted that she has sung many songs, which was written by the late lyricist. As she recalled about him, the ' Dafli Wale Dafli Baja ' singer explained about the calm and composed nature that the songwriter possessed. Yogesh Gaur was born on 19 March, 1943, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He penned lyrics for the song ' Kahin Door Jab Din Dal Jaaye ' in 1971 for the movie Anand and is widely considered as one of his best works. Known by his first name in film circles, Yogesh was a prominent lyricist in the '70s Hindi cinema and gave some of his best songs in the middle-of-the-road films of Hris...

Though the COVID-19 pandemic-fuelled lockdowns around the world have given little reason for cheer, a steady stream of free online concerts has offered music lovers some much-needed positivity. As live performances continue being shelved, several artists and bands have taken to the internet to organise fundraisers by giving us free access to some of their most memorable performances. From popular artists to prolific musical institutions, many of them have used YouTube and other such platforms to reach out to us, and raise funds for those in the music industry displaced by lockdown repercussions. THE AMAZING Take, for instance, renowned composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s #TheShowsMustGoOn series. He released one iconic production every Friday, for seven consecutive weeks. These free broadcasts of some of Webber’s greatest works would premiere on Friday (11.30 pm IST) and remain online for 48 hours. In this duration, people from some countries around the world could donate funds to charit...

Hollywood's movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who is currently serving a 23-year-long prison term on rape charges, was on Thursday hit with four additional rape cases. According to Variety , one of the four women who alleged rape on Weinstein was just 17 years old at the time of the crime. The woman, now 43, alleges Weinstein forced her to disrobe, demanded she perform oral sex on him and raped her in a hotel room in 1994 during what she thought would be a meeting about helping her break into the entertainment business, according to her allegations in the lawsuit filed Thursday in New York City. The woman, now living in Tennessee, alleges that Weinstein was nearly naked when she walked into the room and that he threatened her after the rape. She says that he made her hand over her driver’s license and told her that she’d never act in films and that he would have associates harm her and her family if she told on him. Another woman alleges Weinstein jammed his tongue into her mouth ...

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Friday announced a series of initiatives to help those affected by Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal. The 53-year-old actor has taken the help of IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and NGO Meer Foundation to help people in the wake of the devastation caused by the cyclone in the state. Cyclone Amphan has claimed 98 lives in the state so far. "Kolkata, with unity comes strength and resilience. Let''s get through this together and help out those affected by Amphan," Shah Rukh wrote on Twitter. The actor said Kolkata Knight Riders and Meer Foundation have contributed to the West Bengal CM's Relief Fund. He also announced that KKR Sahayata Vahan will distribute essential ration and hygiene items across severely affected regions. They will also provide help in rebuilding homes and lives of acid attack survivors and has pledged to replant 5000 saplings under KKR Plant A 6 initiative. In a note, Shah Rukh said Kolkata is more than ju...