Sonam kapoor thinks this is the biggest misconception about working mothers

Ever since Sonam Kapoor Ahuja became a mother with the arrival of son Vayu Kapoor Ahuja in 2022, she is often seen talking about her motherhood journey on social media. In a new interview with India Today, the actor opened up about the biggest misconception around working mothers and how every mother goes through ‘mom guilt.’ 

What Sonam said

In the interview, Sonam said: “The biggest conception about working moms is that people think we don’t care about our kids and that we care more about our work. It’s not true. We care about our children enough to want to work.”

She further continued about the issue of mom guilt and said, “One can never be prepared for motherhood. Whether you’re a stay-at-home mother or a working mother, everyone goes through mom guilt. Whether you’re doing a load of laundry or you’re cooking in the kitchen or you’re doing an interview with someone, there will always be guilt.”

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Earlier this year, Sonam had shared that it took her over a year to 'feel like myself again' after the birth of her son. On Instagram, she wrote: "It’s taken me 16 months to feel like myself again. Slowly steadily without any crash diets and crazy workouts just consistent self care and baby care. I’m not there yet but almost where I want to be.. still very very grateful for my body and how incredible it has been."

Sonam and Anand tied the knot on May 8, 2018. On March 2022, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child together. Sonam gave birth to Vayu in August 2022.

The actor was last seen in Blind, which was directed by Shome Makhija. It also starred Purab Kohli, Vinay Pathak, and Lillete Dubey in prominent roles. The film released on July 7 on JioCinema.

 

mrunal thakur says this heartbreak is 'crazier' than a romantic breakup

Actress Mrunal Thakur is currently basking in the success of The Family Star, in which she starred opposite Vijay Deverakonda. In a recent interview, she spoke about how heartbreak with reel characters is crazier than actual romantic heartbreaks.

Mrunal Thakur on her love with characters

Mrunal Thakur has made a name for herself despite tough competition in Bollywood and South Indian films. She has quickly risen the ranks thanks to her acting chops and a humble personality. During a conversation with a media outlet, Mrunal shared that she gets attached to her reel characters so much that it feels like heartbreak for her when the project gets over.

When asked to share the challenges of acting, Mrunal described the toughest thing for an actor is going back home to reality after the shooting for a film ends and feeling the void of reel characters. She also revealed that the magic only happens when you are in sync with your character.

"What is difficult is when a movie ends, and when you come back home, it feels like heartbreak. It’s like, I love those characters, and I’ll never get to be them. This heartbreak is actually crazier than an actual romantic heartbreak," Mrunal told Pinkvilla.

Mrunal Thakur on her favourite character

In the same interview, the Hi Nanna actress also revealed that her favourite character is Sita Mahalaxmi from the romance mystery film Sita Ramam. If there’s one character that she wants to be, it would definitely be Sita Mahalaxmi. Mrunal described how she often faces the difficulty of moving on with her characters, but she tries to do this because that’s part of the journey.

"The most difficult part is to move on, because for me, I have lived through those characters, and someone just told me that I need to leave those characters behind. I am trying to do so, and that is the toughest part," the Jersey actress further added.

On the professional front, Mrunal will be seen next in Navjot Gulati’s Pooja Meri Jaan, alongside Huma Qureshi and Vijay Raaz.

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amar singh chamkila review: the imtiaz ali we missed, the diljit dosanjh we deserve

Amar Singh Chamkila Story

Amar Singh, the artist who turned into Amar Singh Chamkila (Diljit Dosanjh), grew up in a poverty-stricken environment where the only things he was exposed to were evils. Growing up, he turned the misery around him into something artistic. But to the world, his art was obscene. But who decides this? He and his wife, Amarjot Kaur (Parineeti Chopra), continued to sing the same songs until the day bullets with their names were fired from a gun by people who are to date unknown. Will the world ever ask for justice for Chamkila? Or did his art, considered small, take away his right to live?

Amar Singh Chamkila Review

What is high art? What is low art? What is ART? Who defines who consumes what? Do you kill art that doesn’t align with your idea? “Jis wajah se chamka, woh us wajah se tapka,” reads a line in the epic song Baaja, composed by AR Rahman and penned by Irshad Kamil. A line that defines what led to Chamkila’s rise is what brought doom to his doorstep, and what follows is an almost two-and-a-half-hour dissection of a man through the eyes of those who saw him because they are the ones who defined him. Imtiaz Ali, in his return to feature format and form after half a decade, explores a man who chose anything that came his way but never let the word dejection join his name.

Directed by Imtiaz Ali, who wrote Amar Singh Chamkila with his brother Sajid Ali (Laila Majnu), the movie pays homage to an artist who died at the hands of an unknown system because it saw the artist in him as a criminal. That system decided that what he did shouldn’t be consumed by anyone around, but did that system even ask anyone? Imtiaz, in his first Netflix directorial, explains exactly that with a lens that looks at Chamkila as a research subject. Everyone has dissected him enough, and everyone has criticised him more than they should have. Now it’s time they put all of it together and connect the dots.

Amar Singh Chamkila, for the most part, is the world looking at Chamkila, a man who was born into poverty where his education was mostly the slurs and slang thrown around him, and the curiosity to know their meaning raised a man who found art in it. But what was art to him was garbage to many, and that led to the conflict. Imtiaz never looks at Chamkila with empathy; he rather looks at him with judgement and lets Chamkila be his attorney who clears the claims against him. Amar Singh Chamkila stands tall only because of this trait, where Chamkila’s image is neither whitewashed nor given a pedestal. He is always the man who wrote ‘Gande Gaane’.

The first half is an Imtiaz Ali we have never seen before. He has multiple storytellers scattered throughout, all telling their own version of Chamkila’s stories. Some have seen him rise, some have lived it with him, but everyone has one thing to say: ‘he was a wild artist’. The second half is where Imtiaz comes into being and explores the wild with a spectacular Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra. Even with timid steps, Imtiaz Ali made sure he tackled the politics of the time. Chamkila was a victim of caste politics, the class divide, and even the power play. While you can see Imtiaz not letting politics take centre stage, he scatters the points quite cleverly. In a key moment, Chamkila says, “Chamar hoon par bhukha mahin marunga,” when a contractor reminds him of his class. A moment that reminds you this is an Imtiaz Ali movie and this is a man who now aligns with his mind.

Amar Singh Chamkila is, in many ways, Imtiaz Ali’s return to form. This is not a surface-level exploration. Here is a filmmaker who wants you to not just look at Chamkila and his descent into madness and fearlessness but also at the surroundings that have forced him from one margin to another. The journey in between is where Chamkila died many deaths that led to his losing it completely. The most hurtful moment is when Imtiaz shows you how the world exploited Chamkila even after his death. When you see his father being okay with his singing only because he brings money and the world being happy because he donates a hefty sum, it is all triggering. 

But nothing triggers more than the world trying to juice out the last drop of profit from his dead body. They pose with his and Amarjot’s mortal remains like they always supported them while the haunting Vida Karo plays, a song equivalent to Pyaasa's Yeh Duniya (1957), reminding you that not much has changed for artists who went against extremists of any kind. 

Talking of Vida Karo, the music of Chamkila is iconic. One must not compare it with Rockstar only for the names involved; the Ranbir Kapoor-led film is a different beast that cannot be recreated. With Amar Singh Chamkila, Imtiaz Ali, AR Rahman, and Irshad Kamil entering boundaries, they haven’t. They blend Chamkila’s world into their music and what is born is a unique album. Naram Kaalja is a rebellion that reminds us that our culture has song forms like that of Chamkila’s; we never questioned them. Baaja is a beast, and so are the rest of the songs. All hail the trio that never disappoints. Chamkila becomes a social commentary through its songs that build a successful parallel narrative. Exactly how music must be approached.

Speaking of acting performances, Diljit Dosanjh gives one of the finest performances of his career. Chamkila is as complex as a character can be and even more so in the head than physically. To be that is a challenge and Dosanjh aces it. The acting performance touches the heart and wins it. Parineeti Chopra as Amarjot Kaur will be one of the most celebrated performances of the year. The actor understands the responsibility that comes with this and does it well. However, the script at one point sidelines her and brings Chamkila as supreme. It is felt and will not be appreciated. She paid for his bravery, and Amarjot should have gotten the opportunity to vent it out.

Kumud Mishra plays a very confusing part this time. The excitement we had seeing him the first time in Chamkila is boiled down to two scenes that don’t create much impact because we haven’t been introduced to him well and have not been given any time to know him. We don’t even know when he met Chamkila for the first time. The entire gang that plays various people from Chamkila’s team is impeccable. Robbie Johal, Tushar Dutt, Apinderdeep Singh, and others are actors who definitely deserve more gigs.

Imtiaz Ali’s direction is brilliant as he explores the man, and I have written enough about it; anything more would be spoilers. Once the tension reaches its peak, the filmmaker tries to dodge the politics, and one can sense his urge to not go into sensitive lanes. But it all is compensated for as he begins the last act and how he chooses to open and end the film. You see bodies rotting slowly, and I might be reading too much between the lines, but it is what the harsh society does to artists who dare to do something that doesn't fit the norms.

DOP Sylvester Fonseca gives Amar Singh Chamkila a vibe like someone is shooting this on their phone and that gives the movie a very interesting and fresh layer. The editing is peppy with its jump cuts and constant change in screen ratio. Imtiaz Ali gives the technical department a free hand to experiment and one can see it. Suman Roy Mahapatra’s production design is authentic to the core and so rustic. Everything has rough edges and almost nothing is polished, which gives Amar Singh Chamkila its relatability visually. Watching it on the big screen at the MAMI Year Round Programme had its own charm. I wish the world could experience it. 

Amar Singh Chamkila Verdict

“Har kisi ki sahi galat chunne ki aukat nahi hoti; kuch ko bas zinda rehna hota hai,” Chamkila tells a journalist who criticises him and later heaps praise on him once he is dead. This is what Imtiaz Ali sets out to explain and you must watch the film with an open mind. The ‘ganda’ Chamkila wants to tell you what made him ‘ganda’."

Amar Singh Chamkila is now streaming on Netflix. Stay tuned to OTTplay for more such reviews and everything else from the world of streaming and films.

 

emraan hashmi-mallika sherawat just reunited and their cordial interaction will take every murder fan on a nostalgic trip – watch

Among the many unexpected things 2024 brings, here comes another delightful collab. Emraan Hashmi and Mallika Sherawat, who were the IT couple in 2000s (their film Murder released in 2004 and the steamy scenes have been a big hit since), have reunited and it is the best thing on the internet today. Emraan and Mallika shared a cordial bond when papped at an event. They posed together and their chemistry is sure to make every Murder fan (or Emraan, or Mallika fan, which is basically everyone) nostalgic.

The reunion

Emraan was posing for the paps, when he noticed Mallika Sherawat at a wedding reception being held in Mumbai. The actor, last seen in Tiger 3 opposite Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, went and greeted his Murder co-star with a warm hug. Expressing delight, Mallika hugged him back and the two caught up on life. This time, instead of posing alone, Emraan asked Mallika to join him. He paved the way for her and joined Mallika for the photos and videos that followed. Both the actors flashed a wide smile for the cameras and they were an absolute delight at the event. Some time after, Emraan asked the paps to click Mallika’s solo photos.

Emraan-Mallika, the IT couple of 2004

When Murder released in 2004, Emraan and Mallika’s chemistry was the most-spoken-of. Their songs from the film, especially Bheege Honth, are still among the most loved among the Hindi-speaking public.

Unfortunately, they worked in only one movie and then went their different ways in movie career. Emraan continued working in movies which had steamy scenes but eventually (although slowly) moved out of that zone. Meanwhile, Mallika (real name Reema Lamba) left Bollywood altogether for a career in the US. Her last appearance was at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where she locked herself in a cage for 12 hours to send a message on behalf of Free A Girl India NGO.

 

taapsee pannu makes first post-wedding appearance in red saree; mallika sherawat-emraan hashmi reunite. watch

The wedding of producer Anand Pandit's wedding was a star-studded affair. A host of Bollywood celebrities, from Shah Rukh Khan to Taapsee Pannu, attended the reception held in Mumbai. 

Taapsee's first post-wedding appearance

After tying the knot with longtime boyfriend and badminton player Mathias Boe in hush-hush fashion last month, Taapsee made her first post-wedding appearance. She wore a red sari and covered her chooras (red bangles) with a red cloth. Wearing gold danglers and with her hair tied in a bun, Taapsee grinned for the paparazzi. As the photographers congratulated her, she kept saying, “Thank you,” before telling them, “Abhi kisi aur ki shadi mein aayi hu (I've come for someone else's wedding now).” When the paparazzi asked her, “Sir nahi aaye? (didn't her husband come with her),” she replied, “Marwaoge tum log mujhe?” (You guys are going to get me in trouble).

Emraan Hashmi, Mallika Sherawat reunite

Twenty years after starred together in Anurag Basu's blockbuster romance Murder, Emraan Hashmi and Mallika Sherawat were seen posing together at the wedding. While Emraan wore a white shirt and black suit, Mallika sported a pink gown. They were also seen catching up with each other inside the wedding.

Other celebrities who graced the wedding included Shah Rukh, Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra, Ameesha Patel, Rajkummar Rao, Patralekha, Rakesh Roshan, Manoj Bajpayee, Pratik Gandhi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Adah Sharma, Avika Gor, Tanisha Mukherjee, and Neil Nitin Mukesh.

Shah Rukh looked dapper in a black sherwani as he posed with the father of the bride. Earlier in the day, he was seen waving at scores of fans from the balcony of his bungalow Mannat. He wore a white kurta on the occasion of Eid.

Anand Pandit also wore an all-black suit and posed with his entire family, including daughter Aishwarya and son-in-law Sahil. He's best known for producing films like Total Dhamaal (2019) and PM Narendra Modi (2019) among others. He's also a distributor under his company Anand Pandit Motion Pictures.

 

janhvi kapoor makes relationship official with shikhar pahariya, flaunts necklace with his name | see pic

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Janhvi Kapoor has been reportedly dating Shikhar Pahariya for a while now. They haven't confirmed their relationship status yet; however, the duo is often seen in public. Recently, when Janhvi attended Maidaan's screening in Mumbai, the actress flaunted a necklace with her rumoured boyfriend's name. In a way, she made her relationship with Shikhar official. Janhvi wore a neckpiece with 'Shiku' written on it. Needless to say, the Bawaal actress' photos and videos with her necklace have gone viral on social media.

Janhvi Kapoor flaunts Shikhar Pahariya's name on her necklace

Janhvi Kapoor looked elegant in an all-white ensemble at the screening of Maidaan. The film, backed by her father, Boney Kapoor, stars Ajay Devgn in the lead role. As soon as she reached the venue for the special screening, Janhvi happily posed for the paparazzi. Later, when her pictures surfaced online from the event, netizens noticed the 'Shiku' pendant in the actress' necklace. If you haven't seen it yet, check out the same right below:

Last month, Janhvi attended Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's pre-wedding festivities with Shikhar Pahariya. A video of Janhvi and her sister Khushi Kapoor with their respective rumoured beaus, Shikhar and Vedang Raina, went viral on social media.

Boney Kapoor on Janhvi Kapoor and Shikhar Pahariya's relationship

Meanwhile, in an interview with Zoom, Boney Kapoor spoke about Janhvi and Shikhar's bond. The producer also admitted that he loves the actress' rumoured beau.

"I love him (Shikhar) and, in fact, a couple of years ago, Janhvi was not seeing him, but I was still friendly to him. I was convinced he could never be an ex," he said. Boney added that he is blessed to have Shikhar in his family set-up.

Talking about Janhvi's work front, the actress was last seen in Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya with Shahid Kapoor. She had a cameo appearance in the movie. Her upcoming projects include Devara, an untitled film with Ram Charan, Ulajh and Sunny Sanskar Ki Tulsi Kumari.

 

amar singh chamkila celeb reviews: onir, ishwak singh, sheeba chadha praise diljit dosanjh and parineeti chopra's film

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Several celebrities, including Onir, Shabana Azmi, Mrunal Thakur, Sheeba Chadha, Ishwak Singh, Saiyami Kher, and Pratik Sehajpal attended the special screening of Amar Singh Chamkila. Directed by Imtiaz Ali, the Parineeti Chopra and Diljit Dosanjh-starrer was screened in Mumbai on Monday evening. 

Onir says he is ‘very deeply moved’

The X (formerly Twitter) account of MAMI Mumbai Film Festival posted a string of videos sharing the reactions of the celebrities after watching the film. Filmmaker Onir said, “It is an absolutely gorgeous film. It's also something that hits you in the end, hits you in the beginning and hits you in the end."

Sheeba Chadha, Ishwak Singh praise film

He also added, "I am personally very deeply moved while watching the film. I'm feeling very happy that it's a celebration of a life that is precious because it’s also a life that is lived despite all the opposition, the way an artist should without being forced to shut up, and that's what's precious.” Sheeba Chadha also said, “Good music. Diljit is always such a delight to watch. Imtiaz, AR Rahman and Diljit are quite a combo.”

Ishwak Singh shared, "I know it's going to be something very special. I'm a huge huge Imtiaz Ali fan and love the actors. It's one of those special films. After a long time, I'm really excited. As quoted by Indian Express, he said, “It has to be on everyone’s must-watch list. It’s a very special film. It’s very inspiring, moving and rooted. And, it’s got Imtiaz Ali’s spunk and wildness. It’s quite vibrant and gives you a taste of Punjab. To sum it up, it gives you a spiritual experience.”

Rajat Barmecha said, "There is nothing nothing at all that you don't like in the film. The reason I'd like to recommend the film is because I think Chamkila is a story and as a person is a person which a lot of people and in the world we live in today need to understand where he comes from and what he did.”

About Amar Singh Chamkila

Amar Singh Chamkila presents the untold true story of Punjab's original rockstar of the masses, who emerged from the shadows of poverty and rose to the heights of popularity in the 80s due to the sheer power of his music, angering many along the way, which led to his assassination at the young age of 27.

Diljit portrays Chamkila, the top-selling artist of his era. Parineeti Chopra will be seen essaying the role of Amar Singh Chamkila's wife, Amarjot Kaur. Amar Singh Chamkila will be out on Netflix on April 12.