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Aamir Khan applauds Sunil Grover for his impeccable impersonation: “I won’t even call it mimicry, it was so authentic”

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On The Great Kapil Sharma Show on Saturday, comic virtuoso Sunil Grover brought the house down with his bang-on impersonation of Aamir Khan. It was clearly the highlight of the evening. While earlier impersonations of well-known actors on Kapil’s show have invited the ire of the impersonated individuals, this time Aamir surprised this writer with his appreciation of Sunil Grover’s mimicry. Said Aamir, “I won’t even call it mimicry. It was so authentic, I felt I was watching myself. I saw a small clip. Now I’m going to watch the whole episode. But what I saw was priceless. I was laughing so much I couldn’t breathe!!” Aamir says he felt nothing but joy at Grover’s Aamir. “There was no malice in it at all. I must have laughed the loudest.” Also Read: Aamir Khan gets candid on finding love with Gauri Spratt at 60: “She brings a lot of calm, she brings a lot of steadiness” The post Aamir Khan applauds Sunil Grover for his impeccable impersonation: “I won’t...

23 years of Talaash: “This is perhaps the first Hindi movie to be shot on Palace on Wheels,” shares director Suneel Darshan

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Suneel Darshan’s Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor Khan starrer Talaash: The Hunt Begins completes 23 years today. On the film’s anniversary, the filmmaker looked back at the movie in an interview with us. Talaash was your biggest multi-starrer after Ek Rishtaa The tremendous audience response to Jaanwar (1999) and Ek Rishtaa (2001) enthused me to launch  Talaash: The Hunt Begins , which was diverse in its world from the earlier movies. Akshay Kumar was a foregone fixture for whom the action-oriented role and the then recent emotional performances fitted like a glove and with Kareena Kapoor cast opposite him, they made an amazingly watchable lead pair. The movie featured Raakhee, Suresh Oberoi, Raj Babbar, Kabir Bedi, Gulshan Grover, Shakti Kapoor and Pooja Batra in important roles. Producer Pahlaj Nihalani and music composers Sanjeev Darshan and lyricist Sameer were amongst the principal credits. It was released worldwide on 3rd January 2003. What according to you were ...

Border 2’s ‘Ghar Kab Aaoge’ song launch at Longewala-Tanot: Varun Dhawan sweetly clicks Sunny Deol’s pic with jawans; Nidhi Dutta reveals grandmother’s ‘Mera beta ghar aayega’ radio vigil that led to birth of an ICONIC song

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Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh, producers Bhushan Kumar and Nidhi Dutta and singer Sonu Nigam attended the launch of the song ‘ Ghar Kab Aaoge ’ from Border 2 at Longewala-Tanot in Rajasthan. Bollywood Hungama attended the memorable event, which turned out to be a truly one-of-its-kind experience. Significantly, the song was launched at the historic site of the Battle of Longewala, the very battle on which the first part, Border (1997), was based. It added a powerful layer of emotion and nostalgia to the occasion. Sunny and Varun gave powerful speeches and then Nidhi Dutta surprised with her heartfelt anecdote. Nidhi Dutta revealed, “My chacha, Squadron Leader, Deepak Dutta, was a part of the Air Force contingent that fought in Battle Of Longewala and destroyed Pakistani tanks.” The jawans clapped at this point. She then said, “When he returned from the battle, he told my father (J P Dutta) about it. My father then wrote the story of Border in a rough book in his colle...

Photos: Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan, Ahan Shetty and others grace ‘Ghar Kab Aaoge’ song launch from film Border 2

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Anurag Kashyap gets candid about his equation with Karan Johar: “People say my downfall happened because I shook hands with him”

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Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has once again addressed long-standing perceptions around his relationship with Karan Johar, revisiting the narrative that emerged after their collaboration on Bombay Velvet . In a candid conversation with Screen, Kashyap spoke about how public perception shaped the discourse around the film and, in turn, his professional association with Johar. Reflecting on the contrasting images both filmmakers carried at the time, Kashyap explained why audiences struggled to accept the collaboration. “People saw me and Karan as rivals, as two different ends of a spectrum. Him doing that film was also kind of disappointing for many people. A lot of those who used to follow my work felt that I had sold out, that I was making a film with a star and with Karan Johar involved. Whatever it was, that became the story from then on, and it still persists. Even now, people say that my downfall happened because I ‘shook hands’ with Karan. And I’m like, what do you mean by shaking ha...

SCOOP: Rajkumar Santoshi in talks for Sidharth Malhotra’s next, produced by Mahaveer Jain

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Bollywood Hungama was one of the first ones to break the news that Sidharth Malhotra has bagged an out-and-out commercial entertainer, which will be produced by Mahaveer Jain’s Mahaveer Jain Films. Now, Bollywood Hungama brings to you another exciting update about this film. We have learned that none other than Rajkumar Santoshi is expected to come on board for this film as a director. A trade source told us, “Rajkumar Santoshi’s forte is not just hard-hitting flicks like Ghayal (1990), Damini (1993), Ghatak (1996), Khakee (2004) etc., but also entertainers like Andaz Apna Apna (1994), Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009) etc. He knows how to make a wholesome entertainer and this film is right up his alley. The discussions are going on with him at an advanced stage.” Rajkumar Santoshi is currently providing finishing touches to his dream project, Lahore 1947 , starring Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Shabana Azmi and Ali Fazal. Aamir Khan serves as the film’s producer and he would al...

Photos: Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra snapped at Kalina airport

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