Adah Sharma joins Shreyas Talpade in upcoming thriller The Game of Girgit, inspired by The Blue Whale Challenge

Adah Sharma, who recently featured in The Kerala Story, is all set to feature in the film titled The Game of Girgit produced by Gandhar Films and Studio Pvt Ltd. Starring Shreyas Talpade in the lead role along with Adah Sharma, the film is loosely based on the infamous ‘Blue Whale Game’ which became an instant hit among the youth but also led to various hazardous events and deaths that took place due to the ‘The Blue Whale’ challenge.

Helmed by Vishal Pandya, the film will star Adah Sharma in an unconventional role wherein she’ll be headlining the role of a police officer in the film, which is inspired by true events. Speaking about playing a cop, Adah Sharma said, “I play a cop in Bhopal in The Game of Girgit. The film is based on an app called the blue whale app. The game on the app is a series of tasks which finally leads to self-harm or harming someone else once one has taken the assignment there is no way out. I’m solving the case. I’ve played a cop before in Commando. Bhavana Reddy got very popular. Gayatri Bhargav is a very different cop. It’s fun to play a cop but differently this time.”

On the other hand, protagonist Shreyas Talpade too opened up about the film, adding, “The plot of the film is extremely interesting and that intrigued me to be associated with the film. The Game of Girgit is being directed by Vishal Pandya and I’m really looking forward to this journey, the thriller also has a powerful message that we strongly feel should reach the audiences, especially the kids and the youngsters of the nation.”

Giving us a further insight into the film, filmmaker Vishal Pandya, continued, ” The Game of Girgit is a story of today’s generation where the young kids have adopted friendship apps on mobile as their friends with whom they share all their private life without knowing what problem they are getting into. Shreyas Talpade plays an app developer who takes advantage of this vulnerable kids & Adah who is a cop, investigates the cases of kids committing suicide & how her own closed one becomes a victim. Now the challenge to catch Girgit is not professional, now it gets personal.”

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Rabia Khan calls the trial of Jiah Khan suicide case a ‘mockery of judiciary system’; asserts ‘CBI and prosecution have been compromised’

The Jiah Khan suicide trial, that recently had its final hearing at the Special CBI Court, seems to have not ended. Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan expressed her disappointment in the verdict of the court after they acquitted Sooraj Pancholi of all charges due to lack of evidence. In a recent statement given to the press by Khan, she continued to not only assert that the case is ‘homicidal’ in nature but also termed the trial as ‘mockery’ of the Indian judicial system.

In a statement given by Rabia Khan, she said, “This case was on the wrong track from the very beginning. All the evidence were pointing to homicidal death. Sooraj Pancholi was accused of the wrong crime to start with. How can it be possible that police accused him of the crime when they had no evidence? All the evidence that I had given to CBI like forensic experts reports that pointed to murder was simply ignored and was never pr”oduced before the honourable court by the prosecution.”

She went on to accuse the prosecution and CBI to be compromised. The entire trial was a mockery of the judiciary system. The court was following a higher court order, pre-trial, the path they predetermined for the trial court to follow to give an acquittal to the accused only to close the case. In long ten years both the agencies of India – the police and CBI did not find one single piece of legally relevant evidence for suicide, it requires convincing evidence of an accused having directly driven the victim to commit suicide immediately before the act, and prove any abetment of suicide allegations against the accused Sooraj Pancholi. The burden of proof was so high, all the parties involved must have known the outcome but none of it made legally or rationally any sense.”

“During the trial it was soon obvious to me that CBI and the prosecution had been compromised, because they never established the actual cause of death. Let me repeat this: The actual cause of Jiah’s death was never established. No evidence were sent for forensic analysis by the court, Instead, the CBI simply used the preliminary finding of the police appointed post-mortem report as the cause of death due to asphyxia,” she continued.

Despite the verdict, Rabia not only continued to accuse Sooraj Pancholi but also called him ‘merciless’ for distributing sweets to the media. “Sooraj was an accused and he lied through his teeth and both the agencies throughout honoured his lies for reasons best known to them,” she accused as she concluded by adding, “The fact that he handed out sweets outside the courtroom illustrates this and sums up his mercilessness. Sooraj will one day have to grapple with the demons that he walks with.”

As per recent reports, the court also observed that the suicide-note submitted by Rabia Khan was also ‘fake’. On the other hand, Rabia Khan, in an earlier statement, has asserted that she would be approaching the High Court to take this case further.

For the unversed, Jiah Khan was found hanging in her Mumbai residence on June 25, 2013. The actress was then reportedly dating Sooraj Pancholi, who is the son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab.

Also Read: Jiah Khan Suicide case: Court claims Rabia Khan has raised ‘suspicion’ on herself

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Deepika Padukone turns boss-lady for the cover of TIME Magazine; joins the likes of Barrack Obama, Oprah Winfrey

Deepika Padukone in her illustrious career has gone on to conquer the global arena with a string of achievements including making a Hollywood and Oscar debut. Adding another feather to her hat, the superstar has now featured on the cover of the prestigious TIME Magazine for its May 2023 edition. The actress, who is currently riding high on the success of Pathaan and gearing up for a series of interesting lineup of films like Project K and Fighter, was recently seen attending the Oscars as a presenter.

With this, Deepika Padukone gets added to the list of the rare Indian actors to be on the cover of TIME, as she joins the club of global figures like Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey and other influential personalities who’ve had the honour of featuring on the cover. It is not her first association with TIME since last year the actress was awarded ‘The Time100 Impact Award’ for her achievements in cinema and for her work in mental health advocacy.  She was also the only Indian to be honoured twice by TIME.

 

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Among her many achievements, Deepika Padukone not only made headlines for her Oscar presence but also for becoming the first Indian to unveil the FIFA World Cup trophy. The actress has also been a part of the eight-member jury at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in 2022.

 

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On the film front, Deepika Padukone is gearing up for the highly anticipated Nag Ashwin film Project K, a sci-fi drama that stars Prabhas in the lead along with Amitabh Bachchan and an ensemble cast. While this will be a pan India film, the actress will also be seen together with Hrithik Roshan for the first time on the big screen. She will be seen as the leading of Fighter, also co-starring Anil Kapoor, Karan Singh Grover, Akshay Oberoi, among others, which is set against the backdrop of air-force pilots. Both the films are expected to hit the screens in January 2024.

Also Read: Piku turns 8 years: Deepika Padukone misses Irrfan Khan, thanks team for the energy

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Photos: Celebs grace Sandeep Khosla’s house party

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BREAKING: Malayalam SUPER-HIT film 2018 to release in Hindi on May 12; Tovino Thomas makes an EMOTIONAL appeal: “We are trying our best but not many producers will spend a lot of money on promotions. Our film’s budget is lesser than the promotional budget of the biggest movie in Bollywood”

With Baahubali (2015), the trend of releasing South films in Hindi dubbed versions has become commonplace. Several films like Pushpa, RRR, KGF – Chapter 2, Kantara, Rocketry, Karthikeya 2 etc emerged as huge hits in Hindi due to which the trend is here to stay. Interestingly, hardly any Malayalam film has taken the Pan-India route. But things seem to be slowly changing. 2018, which was released on May 5 and is doing roaring business at the box office, will now be released in Hindi on May 12. The film’s actors Tovino Thomas, Asif Ali, Tanvi Ram, director Jude Anthany Joseph and producer Venu Kunnapally made this announcement on May 9 in Mumbai during a post-screening conversation.

Tovino Thomas, while speaking about this aspect, made an emotional appeal. He said, “Have you ever thought how hard it is for us to bring a film to national attention? We work on constrained budgets. We don’t work in extravagant setups. When we are working on a movie, our salary is a very small percentage of the movie’s budget. We don’t work for money. We work with passion.”

Tovino Thomas continued, “We are a small state in the southernmost corner of India. Our pioneers have been making very good movies. Our films, however, release in a very less number of theatres. I wish more distributors came to release Malayalam films. We don’t want them to distribute it for free or out of love for our cinema. Let them watch the film. If they like it and if they give it a proper release, it’ll be great. After releasing it on OTT or after people watch it on Telegram, we often get appreciation but it’s not worth it. It doesn’t do good to any of us. Hence, please understand how hard it is to bring a film to cinemas.”

Tovino then said, “We are trying our best but not many producers will spend a lot of money on promotions. Our film’s budget is less than the promotional budget of the biggest movie in Bollywood. These constraints make us work harder, and smarter. We work overtime and that’s how we are able to create these movies.”

2018, as the name suggests, the thriller is set in the backdrop of the 2018 Kerala Floods. As per reports, it has earned around Rs. 17 crores nett in Kerala with weekday collections being as strong as weekend ones. In U.A.E/G.C.C., 2018 has reportedly earned Rs. 17 crores gross.

Also Read: Tovino Thomas celebrates Minnal Murali director Basil Joseph’s win as Best Director at Asian Academy Creative Awards 2022, see photos

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Photos: Vicky Kaushal snapped outside the gym

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Photos: Bhumi Pednekar attends Taco Campaign Walk-For-A-Cause in Mumbai

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