From Salman Khan sharing a glimpse of his special appearance in Riteish Deshmukh's 'Ved', to Shah Rukh Khan talking about social media negativity amid 'Pathaan' protests, and to Malaika Arora sharing her insecurities with Nora Fatehi on her show, 'Moving In With Malaika', let's take a look at the top stories of this week that ruled headlines.
Updated On: 2022-12-18 11:30 AM IST
Actor Riteish Deshmukh is currently gearing up for the release of his debut directorial Ved. The Marathi film also marks a first for Genelia D'Souza, who plays the lead opposite Riteish in the film. , the film will also see a special appearance by superstar Salman Khan. On Saturday, when Riteish celebrated his 44th birthday, Salman dropped the first glimpse of the song Ved Lavlay in which the latter will be seen making a special appearance. In the song, Salman and Riteish are seen dancing to the hook of the song. Sharing the first glimpse, Salman Khan wrote, "Bhau cha birthday aahe - @riteishd. Gift to Banta hai." Read full story here
Makers of the upcoming spy thriller film 'Mission Majnu' on Friday, unveiled the official teaser. Taking to Instagram, Sidharth shared the teaser, which he captioned, "Iss Majnu ke kaam karne ka tarika alag hai. Presenting the Official Teaser for Mission Majnu. Only on Netflix, 20th Jan, 2023." Directed by Shantanu Bagchi and produced by RSVP and GBA, 'Mission Majnu' also stars Rashmika Mandanna in the lead role and is all set to premiere exclusively on the OTT platform Netflix from January 20, 2023. Read full story here
There's no stopping to Bollywood's most favourite couple, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, when it comes to online PDA. From dropping cheesy comments on each other's Instagram posts to engaging into sweet banter on stories, DeepVeer have done it all. On Thursday, when Deepika Padukone went live on Instagram to launch another product from her new skincare range, 82E, her actor husband, Ranveer Singh posted flirtatious (read hilarious) comments on her video that caught everyone's attention. Read full story here
Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty shared a precious moment with 'The Wonder Boy' of football. Taking to Instagram, the 'Dhadkan' actress posted a snap with Wayne Rooney by her side. "Football Fever With the legend himself @waynerooney , Welcome to India," the 47-year-old wrote in the caption.The 37-year-old footballer took to the comment section of the post to reply."Pleasure to meet you and your family," the English footballer wrote, along with a smile emoji. Read full story here
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday said the social media is often driven by a narrowness of views that "enclose" collective narrative and makes it more divisive and destructive. In his address at the inauguration ceremony of the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) in Kolkata, he said that the collective narratives in recent times have often been shaped by social media, which is often driven by a narrowness of views that limits human nature to its baser self. "This sense of negativity often increases the social media consumption and such pursuits often enclose collective narrative and makes it more divisive and destructive," said Shah Rukh Khan, who is also the brand ambassador of West Bengal. Read full story here
Who can ever forget the awesome pairing of the two superstars Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan in their film ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karogi’, which also had Priyanka Chopra. Besides this, the duo also did another film called ‘Jaan-E-Mann’. Besides being great actors on the silver screen, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan also share a great friendship in real life. Today, Salman Khan took to social media and posted an audio clip of Alka Bhatia (Akshay Kumar’s sister) on a reality show. After sharing the audio clip, Salman Khan had captioned it stating, "I just came across something that I thought that I must share with everyone. God bless you Akki, truly amazing, felt so good seeing this. Keep fit, keep working and may god always be with you brother. @akshaykumar." Read full story here
Bollywood diva Malaika Arora, who has made her debut in on the digital platform with her show "Moving In With Malaika", has talked about her insecurities and how she deals with them. In a candid conversation with her dear friend, Norah Fatehi, Malaika spilled the beans on her insecurities and how she handles it with utmost grace even today. "I'm a human at the end of the day. There are days when I sit and I'm like s**t man, that job could've been mine," she said. Read full story here
A war of words erupted between filmmakers Vivek Agnihotri and Anurag Kashyap on Twitter on Wednesday after the 'The Kashmir Files' director shared his disagreement over Anurag's recent statement. Taking to Twitter, Vivek shared a screenshot of Anurag Kashyap's interview which reads, "Films like Kantara and Pushpa are destroying the industry: Anurag Kashyap." Sharing the post, Vivek wrote, "I totally totally totally disagree with the views of Bollywood's one & only Milord. Do you agree?" Replying to Vivek's tweet, the 'Gangs of Wasseypur' director wrote, "Sir aapki galti nahin hai, aap ki filmon ki research bhi aisi hi hoti hai jaise aapki mere conversations pe tweet hai. Aapka aur aapki media ka bhi same haal hai. Koi nahin next time thoda serious research kar lena .." Read full story here
Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor are all set to share screen space for the first time. On Tuesday, the makers of the film unveiled a new poster of their film with the title initials 'TJMM' and asked the fans to guess the final title of director Luv Ranjan's next film. Now, the makers have finally unveiled the title of the much awaited film. Shraddha Kapoor took to her Instagram handle to share the title reveal video. The film has been titled 'Tu Jhooti Main Makkar'. In the video we also get to see the first look of lead actors Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor. While there are no dialogues, the actors make goofy faces to a background song sung by Ranbir. Read full story here
The short film 'Highway Night', which stars actor-director Prakash Jha has been shortlisted and is under consideration for selection by the Academy Awards. The film, directed by Shubham Singh, sees Prakash Jha essaying the role of a truck driver named Seetaram, who on a particular night picks up a sex worker called Manju from the highway one fine night. During the journey, they strike up a conversation. An unusual bond develops between them by the time it is morning, Seetaram feels a paternal affection for Manju. Read full story here