The Entertainers: Akshay Kumar, Nora Fatehi, Disha Patani and others flash their million-dollar smile in BTS pic

On March 1, Akshay Kumar along with Disha Patani, Mouni Roy and Sonam Bajwa, jetted off for his US tour, The Entertainers. Later, Nora Fatehi and Aparshakti Khurrana also joined the team. Recently, the journey of The Entertainers began on March 3 in Atlanta in the US. In no time, the internet was flooded with numerous pictures and videos giving a sneak peek into their first show.

Among all those photos and videos of the stars setting the stage on fire with their performances, a BTS photo of the team is winning hearts on the internet. In the behind-the-scenes photo, Akshay along with his team of The Entertainers can be seen posing with an ear-to-ear smile. For the unversed, for the first show in Atlanta, the team had been rehearsing rigorously for their live stage performances.

Akshay started his performance by donning a red lehenga over his black outfit. Later, when Nora Fatehi joined him on stage in a short red shimmery outfit, he removed the lehenga to step out in a shimmery black blazer and black pants while showing off his abs in the shirtless look. Meanwhile, Disha Patani performed on her blockbuster songs of her including ‘Kaun Tujhe’ from MS Dhoni and ‘Malang Remix’.

 

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On the other hand, on Saturday, Khiladi Kumar dropped a video on his verified social media handle, in which he and his team members, including Aparshakti Khurana and Mouni Roy, are seen reciting the Gayatri Mantra backstage. The video also featured a bunch of background dancers and other crew members.

 

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Besides Atlanta, a concert in Dallas, Orlando and Oakland is also scheduled.

Also Read: Akshay Kumar announces The Entertainers tour in North America with Disha Patani, Mouni Roy, Nora Fatehi, Sonam Bajwa

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Sara Ali Khan calls 2020 “worst phase” of her life; says, “It started with a breakup”

With COVID-19 becoming a pandemic, the year 2020 was not so eventful for most of us, and many Bollywood celebs will agree with it. Among many others, Sara Ali Khan recently came forward and confessed that 2020 was the worst phase of her life while stating that it started with a breakup. For the unversed, Sara was reportedly dating her Love Aaj Kal co-star Kartik Aaryan. However, post the release of the Imtiaz Ali directorial, the rumoured couple parted ways.

It all happened during her recent appearance on YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcast The Ranveer Show. She candidly asserted, “2020 just got progressively worse. It started with a breakup and kept getting worse. It was a very bad year and most of it is on the internet.” As the conversation progressed further, she briefly spoke about criticism of her performance in Love Aaj Kal and explained it didn’t bother her much as she was not doing good on her personal front.

“Sometimes, when you know you deserve the trolling or when something is really bad, the fact that it is on the internet is so incidental and so trivial compared to the fact that it happened, that it doesn’t really matter. If you’re heartbroken, miserable, exhausted, scared, nervous, it doesn’t matter what 20 people are reading about it when you are so disturbed yourself,” said the 27-year-old actress.

Coming to the professional front, Sara was last seen in Atrangi Re, co-starring Dhanush. Directed by Aanand L Rai, the film was released directly on the OTT platform, Disney+ Hotstar. She has a bunch of projects in her kitty including Gaslight, opposite Vikrant Massey. The Pavan Kirpalani directorial is slated to release on Disney+ Hotstar on March 31.

Also Read: Gaslight, starring Sara Ali Khan, Vikrant Massey, set to directly release on Disney+ Hotstar on March 31, 2023

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Underworld Ka Kabzaa trailer out: Upendra shares he was “moved by the life of Arkeshwara”; Kiccha Sudeep calls it “good story”

Underworld Ka Kabzaa marks the entry of Anand Pandit into the South Industry. With an exciting teaser and gripping songs, the film has created excitement amongst the audiences to watch Upendra and Kiccha Sudeep have a face-off!  Today, the Shahenshah of Bollywood, megastar Amitabh Bachchan launched the high-voltage trailer of Underworld Ka Kabzaa on his social media. The trailer is filled with action and powerful dialogues from the film. 

Talking about his experience working on this film, Upendra shared, “When I heard the story of the film, I was really moved by the life of Arkeshwara and I decided to be a part of this period drama. And who better than R. Chandru to direct an action-packed film? Cannot wait for audiences to unfold my story as Arkeshwara in the film.” 

T 4574 – Happy to present to you .. the trailer of “Underworld Ka Kabzaa” .. a film produced by my dear friend @anandpandit63 and directed by @rchandru_movies ..

All the best to @nimmaupendra, @NimmaShivanna, @KicchaSudeep & @shriya1109https://t.co/8szKCvvKvf#KabzaaTrailer

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 4, 2023

Shriya Saran shared, “Knowing Underworld Ka Kabzaa has such talented actors like Upendra, Kiccha Sudeepa and the film being an R. Chandru directorial, it was impossible for any actress to not associate herself with a film so grand. I am glad that I got to work on a film like Underworld Ka Kabzaa and I can assure you that audiences are really going to love this film as much as we loved working on it.”

Kiccha Sudeep added, “Well, one rarely gets to be part of good stories and Underworld Ka Kabzaa is one such story that catches your attention and will get you hooked till the end of the film. All I can say is Audiences are really in for a whirl of entertainment with our film.” 

Director R. Chandru shared, “Since the minute the script was finalised, I knew whom to cast for it and fortunately I got all of them on board. And, Underworld Ka Kabzaa wouldn’t have been complete without Upendra, Shriya and Kiccha, they have really worked hard for this film and everyone will witness this once the film is released.”

Producer Anand Pandit shared, “Now with audiences treating cinema as one and accepting more good content from all over the world, I was sure that the story of Underworld Ka Kabzaa will definitely be appreciated. All the actors have done such phenomenal work, I cannot wait for the audiences to unravel this mass entertainer.” 

Underworld ka Kabzaa, a story about the mafia world starring Upendra, Shriya Saran and Kiccha Sudeep is all set to have a Pan-India release in five languages – Kannada, Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam and Hindi on March 17, 2023. The film is produced by Anand Pandit Motion Pictures in Association with Sri Siddeshwara Enterprise and Alankar Pandian and directed by R. Chandru.

Also Read: Underworld Ka Kabzaa: ‘Main Toh Chali Chali’ song launched in front of 1.5 lakh people in Bangalore

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Abhishek Bachchan recalls discontinuing sarod classes from Amjad Ali Khan, lauds the maestro’s sons and grandsons’ performance; calls it “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”

Recently, a concert was held in Mumbai to celebrate the legacy of sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan. Among many others, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, along with his wife and actress Aishwarya Rai, also attend the musical night. Giving a sneak peek into the concert, AB shared a video on his Instagram handle on Saturday. In the caption, he recalled learning sarod from Amjad Ali Khan as a child and why he had to discontinue his sarod lessons.

Speaking of the video, the legendary sarod player’s sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash as well as his grandsons Zohaan and Abeer performed together during the concert. Meanwhile, the caption of Jr Bachchan’s post read, “An absolute joy and honour to witness the mastery, brilliance, culture and tradition of @aaksarod sahab along with my brothers @amaanalibangash and @ayaanalibangash but happiest to hear young #Zohaan and #Abeer play and continue the legacy of the family. Two more maestros on the way!!! In my childhood, Amaan, Ayaan and I used to learn the Sarod together under our Guru Amjad uncle.”

The 47-year-old actor further added, “I didn’t continue learning as I moved to boarding school, a slight sore point with him still. But, to witness Amaan and Ayaan grow to be such wonderful students and children to both their parents and see them make their parents proud is just so wonderful. And now to see Ayaan and Neema’s sons join them and play together is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 3 generations on stage together! / The future of our music, Indian classical music is in safe hands.” Reacting to Abhishek’s appreciation post, Ayaan Ali Bangash commented, “Thank you for all your love as always,” followed by multiple blue-heart emoticons.

 

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Coming to the professional front, Abhishek was last seen in the third season of Prime Video’s original series Breathe: Into The Shadows. He has multiple projects lined-up, including the sequel of The Big Bull.

Also Read: Amitabh Bachchan shares a THROWBACK photo of himself from the 60s; fans find similarities with Abhishek Bachchan

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Anupam Kher congratulates “student” Deepika Padukone for her Oscars gig and the success of Pathaan

We have just reached the third month of 2023 but this year has already turned out to be memorable for Deepika Padukone. Her keenly-awaited film Pathaan with Shah Rukh Khan turned out to be supremely successful at the box office. Her act in the film too has received rave reviews. This was followed by she becoming one of the presenters for this year’s prestigious Oscars.

Taking note of her success this year, her teacher and mentor Anupam Kher has congratulated her in an emotional post. For those not in the know, Deepika was once a student at Kher’s acting institute called Actor Prepares.

While sharing an old picture of the actress at the institute on Instagram, Kher wrote, “Dearest @deepikapadukone! Congratulations on being one of the presenters at this year’s #Oscar ceremony! Every time you climb one step higher on the ladder of success, we at @actorprepares feel proud to have been part of your journey. On a personal note as your teacher I always knew sky is not the limit. You will go beyond!! Love and blessings always! Congratulations for #Pathan too! Jai Ho!”

 

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Kher’s gesture was met with positive comments from both his and Deepika’s fans. A fan club of the actress reacted to the post saying, “This is so sweet.”

On the professional front, Kher was recently seen in his slice-of-life movie Shiv Shastri Balboa, where he was cast with the veteran actress Neena Gupta. On the other hand, Deepika has another film with Pathaan director Siddharth Anand titled Fighter, which also stars Hrithik Roshan. It is touted to be India’s first aerial action film.

Also Read: Anupam Kher and Neena Gupta share their views on young actors; says, “We have to work on our body and youngsters have to work on their acting”

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Ahead of Oscars 2023, AR Rahman recalls his acceptance speech; says people “misinterpreted” his “love-hate” comment over “religion”

The 95th Academy Awards is around the corner and it has created a lot of buzz. From bagging a couple of nominations to Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone being one of the presenters, India has multiple reasons to rejoice in this year’s Oscars Awards. While many are going to step on this stage for the first time, Indian music maestro AR Rahman has already been there and lifted an award back in 2009. Refreshing our memory, the Academy’s official Instagram handle gave a glimpse of Rahman’s Oscars acceptance speeches. In the video, Rahman also recalled how people “misinterpreted” his acceptance speech while it has nothing to do with “any religion.”

It all happened when he spoke about his surreal experience of winning two Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire in 2009. In the video, Rahman asserted, “I went to all these amazing dinners before the Oscars. But still, I was unsure, and the whole of India was cheering. I felt like a gladiator. When they announced my name for the score, I was like, “Is this real? Or is this a dream? And because I had to perform next, I was like “A.R., don’t react. There’s this and more. Don’t mess up your performance.”

As he continued, the 56-year-old musician also talked about his acceptance speech, which he delivered after receiving the second award on the same night for the Best Song award with Gulzar for ‘Jai Ho’. For the unversed, he had said, “All my life, I had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I’m here. God Bless,” in his speech in 2009.

Commenting on the same, the Grammy Award winner told, “The second time when they announced my name for the best song, I had said in the speech that the essence of the film is optimism and hope, because the world was going through that economic depression, and Slumdog Millionaire was done in a way that anybody who sees it would feel high.”

Explaining his take further, he added, “Some people have misinterpreted that statement over some religion and this and that, which is not true. This is the state of every artist in the world and that’s what makes them the artist. They want to give and love is about giving, not taking.”

A.R. Rahman (@arrahman) reflects on winning the Oscar for Best Original Song and Score for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ at the 81st #Oscars. pic.twitter.com/Hry5GmTBzK

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 2, 2023

Coming back to this year, the 95th Academy Award will be held on March 12 at Los Angeles’ Dolly Theatre.

Also Read: This photo of Rajinikanth and his daughter Aishwarya flying with A R Rahman and his son A R Ameen is EPIC!

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