Aamir Khan reaches Nepal to attend a meditation program

Amidst several speculations about his forthcoming venture, Aamir Khan is in no hurry to announce his next project. The superstar, who has taken a break from acting since 2022, seems to be making the best of his time as he has been seen attending several functions, from personal to popular Bollywood events. Now, he has taken some time off alone to spend in a peaceful environment and has taken off to Nepal.

A photo of Aamir Khan visiting Nepal has found its way on social media. As per recent reports, the actor is currently in the country for a 10-day meditation program but further details are not revealed. As per a statement given to PTI by an Immigration Officer, “Aamir Khan arrived in Kathmandu Sunday morning on board Vistara Airlines.” Staff of the meditation centre confirmed Aamir’s arrival adding, “Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has joined the ten-day vipassana program which started from Sunday.” From what we hear, the actor is attending the program in Vipassana Meditation Centre in Budhanilkantha, which is about 12 kilometers away from the capital city of Kathmandu.

 

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For the unversed, Aamir Khan was last seen in the film Laal Singh Chaddha, which released on the big screens on August 11, 2022. The film was the official remake of the Oscar winning American drama Forrest Gump (1994) starring Tom Hanks. As for Laal Singh Chaddha, the film featured Kareena Kapoor Khan as the leading lady along with Naga Chaitanya making his Hindi debut and Mona Singh playing a pivotal role. The film, which was produced by Aamir Khan Productions in association with Paramount Pictures and Viacom 18, failed to do good business at the box office, after which, Khan announced that he would be taking a break from acting.

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Naga Chaitanya reveals feeling worse about media speculations about third party involvement in divorce with Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Naga Chaitanya opened up about his divorce from Samantha Ruth Prabhu for the first time, recently while interacting with the media. The actors separated in 2021 and their divorce was finalised last year.

Speaking to Times Of India, Naga Chaitanya said that he and Samantha have moved on in their lives. Commenting on, what makes media speculations worse, Chaitanya said, “It is only when the media speculates that things get awkward between us. In the public eye, that mutual respect is taken away. That’s what I feel bad about. And you do what is worse? They bring in a third party, someone who is not connected to my past to create headlines out of that. It’s very disrespectful to the third party whom they are unnecessarily involving with my past.”

The Custody actor was married to the Kushi star for almost four years before they announced their separation in 2021. While Chaitanya and Samantha have been tight-lipped about the reason behind their split, the actor confirmed that the divorce came through last year and they’ve been legally single for a year now.

On the work front, Naga Chaitanya will soon be seen in Custody.

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The Kerala Story Box Office Day 2: Adah Sharma starrer has a very good jump

After taking a very good start of Rs. 8.03 crores at the box office, The Kerala Story had further jump in numbers on Sunday as Rs. 11.22 crores more came in. This is simply phenomenal because even big budget films have struggled to get into a double digit score in the last 20 odd months and here comes a film with a budget of less than Rs. 20 crores achieving that feat and that too in a seamless manner.

This is the second such miracle that’s happening after The Kashmir Files, which was released exactly 14 months back in March 2022. That film too had a similar theme, tonality, execution and budget, and now The Kerala Story is repeating that tale with even higher numbers. That said, it isn’t as if the film will end up surpassing it on a day by day basis since the Vivek Agnihotri directed genocide drama was released on a small scale and its showcasing was gradually increased whereas the Vipul Shah produced conversion drama has started on a front foot.

No wonder, the film has netted Rs. 19.25 crores already, which means it has already recovered its cost of theatrical release, and now whatever comes in would be added bonus. The good deal is that when the bonus element is typically 10%-20% of the expected numbers for a regular Bollywood big budget film, here whatever comes in would be infinitely higher since the game has just started for the Adah Sharma enacted film and the collections are only going to be exponential.

Note: All collections as per production and distribution sources

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29 Years Of Yeh Dillagi: Kajol recalls Akshay Kumar cooking dal on set; laughing with Saif Ali Khan during ‘Hoton Pe Bas’ shoot

It’s been 29 years since Yeh Dillagi released in theatres. Reminiscing those beautiful days of the shoot, Kajol penned a heartfelt note on Twitter on Saturday. The actress revealed how Akshay Kumar would boast about his cooking skills. She also said choreographer Saroj Khan wanted to kill Saif Ali Khan and her for cracking up during the song shoot.

In the caption, Kajol wrote, “So much fun on this set.. and all the small memories. Akshay boasting about his cooking skills and finally making us a simple but amazing dal. Having to walk nearly 1.5 km uphill in the dark in the snow because the car got spoilt at the bottom of the hill and our hotel was at the top and no cellphones!”

She added, “Riding a horse in an itsy bitsy skirt and thinking my hat would at least cover my face!!! Saif and me laughing our heads off when we were shooting Hoton Pe Bas and Saroj ji wanting to shoot us instead of the film. Reemaji playing my mother for the first time and sitting and playing cards with her on set. Manish and me doing the trials and #Yashji giving his approval in the middle of trying to give us something to eat..It’s not the film you remember so much as what you were feeling at the time…”

So much fun on this set.. and all the small memories. @akshaykumar boasting about his cooking skills and finally making us a simple but amazing Dal.
Having to walk nearly 1.5 km uphill in the dark in the snow because the car got spoilt at the bottom of the hill and our hotel was…

— Kajol (@itsKajolD) May 6, 2023

Yeh Dillagi is a 1994 film starring Akshay Kumar, Kajol, and Saif Ali Khan in the lead roles.

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Ranbir Kapoor says Ayan Mukerji has a nice story for Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani sequel: “Never say never”

Ranbir Kapoor is known for his beloved romantic comedies and one of the most popular and loved one is Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani starring Deepika Padukone. In a recent fun chat with his fans on a zoom call, Ranbir Kapoor said that he believes that YJHD “would make a good sequel.”

When a fan asked if there’s a film apart from Brahmastra, he “would want to do a sequel of”, he chose the Ayan Mukerji romance drama. Ranbir said, “I think Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani would make a good sequel.”

He even revealed that Ayan has a nice story for the sequel but he eventually got busy with Brahmastra franchise. “Ayan also had a very nice story, I remember, but then he went into this Brahmastra journey. But never say never. He might make it after a couple of years,” he said. He added, “I think the story will be 10 years forward where Bunny, Naina, Avi and Aditi, where they are in their lives. I think it’ll be quite interesting and nice to explore those characters.”

Back in 2018, in an interview with Bollywood Hungama, the actor had said that YJHD sequel could be made between Brahmastra Part 1 and Part 2.  “Ayan is on the journey to make Brahmastra, which is very time-consuming. But we have often spoken about Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani 2. He also has an idea for it and he seldom says we should have just done that it would be an easier film. More easier than Brahmastra, because he is going quite crazy, making this film. You never know. Maybe between Brahmastra Part 1 and 2, we get a window of 6 months,” he said.

Meanwhile, Ranbir Kapoor was last seen Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar. He will be next seen in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal, releasing in August 2023. On the other hand, the second part of Brahmastra is now scheduled to release in December 2026 and the third part will be released in December 2027.

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