A quick look at all things bright and shiny in Cinema today!
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Aishwarya Rai, Ram Charan likely to be a part of Mani Ratnam’s next
Arshad Warsi, Anil Kapoor and Ajay Devgn will join hands for a new film
SuBa and PC Sreeram have been signed on for Telugu actor Kalyan Ram’s next film
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Junior NTR’s Jai Lava Kusa is not a remake of Varalaaru.
Amy Jackson credits her 2.0 co-star for her new-found patience and serenity
Sachin: A Billion Dreams has been declared tax-free in India
Mom might face trouble over its Pakistani cast members, reports indicate.
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Kamal Haasan said that anybody with the Tamil unarvu (Tamil spirit) can enter politics. “One’s feeling as a Tamil is more important rather than being born as a Tamil. Gandhi. Nehru, Subash Chandra Bose are not Tamils by birth, but many Tamil people keep the names of those leaders for their children. Many Malayalees consider me a Keralite. If you ask whether I would try to become the CM of Kerala, I would say I am not interested in that.”
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Behen Hogi Teri’s makers are reportedly in legal trouble over posters depicting a man dressed as Lord Shiva. An Indian Express report cites a source:
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“The first poster of the film where Rajkummar Rao has worn a Shiva look has been reported as hurting religious sentiments for a particular religious group. And now the producer and the director are arrested, they are not speaking up right now because they are worried that something wrong shouldn’t happen any further. They are yet to receive a bail!”
Let them eat cake!
Actor Christopher Lee, Singer Lisa Lopes, Cricketer Ravi Shastri, will all turn a year older today!