Aditi rao hydari's floral red and white lehengas for new pics is how new brides should be dressing for summer weddings

 Aditi Rao Hydari will soon be seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's multi-starrer Heeramandi along with Sonakshi Sinha, Manisha Koirala, Richa Chadha, Sharmin Segal, and Sanjeeda Sheik, among others. The cast of the movie recently got together for a magazine photoshoot. A few pictures from the shoot show Aditi looking as regal as ever, dressed in two gorgeous lehengas fit for a newlywed bride to wear to a spring or summer wedding. Scroll through to see Aditi in the floral embroidered ethnic looks.

Aditi Rao Hydari in a red and white lehenga sets

The pictures from the magazine photoshoot show Aditi Rao Hydari dressed in red and white heavily embroidered lehengas. Aditi's traditional yet modern ensembles are from the shelves of the clothing label Mishru. Celebrity stylist Ayesha Amin Nigam styled Aditi in the two ensembles, and Elton J Fernandez did her hair and makeup. The first look Aditi donned for the photoshoot shows her in a red lehenga featuring a bralette, lehenga skirt, and a dupatta.

The bralette features red flower applique embroidered straps, similar floral embellishments done across the bust, a cropped hem length, sequinned embellishments, a fitted design, and a square neckline. She styled the blouse with a matching lehenga featuring heavy floral work done on a sheer overlay.

Lastly, a flower-embroidered chiffon dupatta, a golden nath, ornate bangles, a dainty bindi, centre-parted long locks styled in soft curls, muted smoky eyes, feathered brows, berry lips, winged eyeliner, mascara-adorned lashes, and beaming highlighter rounded off the styling.

Aditi's second look features the actor dressed in an ivory lehenga set. It has a corset blouse featuring flower embellishments, structured boning, a plunging neckline, an asymmetric hem, and a backless design. She teamed the choli with a matching voluminous lehenga featuring floral applique work done on a sheer overlay, an A-line layered ghera, and sequin work.

Meanwhile, Aditi accessorised the ensemble with a statement ring and an ornate choker necklace adorned with shimmering gems. Lastly, she chose rouge on the cheekbones, darkened brows, shimmery eye shadow, pink lip shade, mascara on the lashes, and beaming highlighter for the glam picks. A centre-parted messy ponytail styled in soft curls and a few loose strands sculpting her face completed the look.

Varun dhawan birthday special: 5 upcoming project of the bawaal actor

 One of Bollywood’s most charming actors, Varun Dhawan turns 37 today. The actor who made his debut in 2012 with Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year alongside Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra didn’t take long to make a mark for himself in the industry. Ever since he has proven his versatility with a variety of roles in several movies. As the nation celebrates the Bollywood hunk's birthday today, Let’s take a quick look at his upcoming project. 

Baby John

The movie is an official Hindi adaptation of Atlee’s 'Theri'.  Keerthy Suresh and Wamiqa Gabbi are also will feature in the film. The film is set to deliver a narrative filled with high-octane action sequences, compelling music, and performances by its ensemble cast. It also stars Jackie Shroff, Rajpal Yadav, and Sheeba Chaddha in pivotal roles.

Citadel: Honey Bunny

Citadel: Honey Bunny is an upcoming Indian spy-thriller series set in the 1990s, featuring Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu in lead roles. The show combines gripping espionage elements with a heartwarming love story. Although the release date is yet to be announced, fans are eagerly anticipating its premiere on Amazon Prime Video.

No Entry 2

Boney Kapoor and Zee Studios have collaborated to bring together Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor, and Diljit Dosanjh for No Entry 2. "No Entry 2 is a hilarious script that has got every single person excited. The No Entry sequel will go on floors in December 2024 and have a big theatrical release in 2025, marking 20 years of the first part".

Bhediya 2

Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon will continue to portray their characters of Bhaskar and Dr. Ankita, respectively. "Bhediya 2" According to the upcoming slate shared by Jio Studios, Bhediya 2 will hit screens in 2025. Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon will continue to portray their characters of Bhaskar and Dr. Ankita, respectively. "Bhediya 2"

Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari

Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari marks the third collaboration of Varun with Shashank after Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania and Badrinath Ki Dulhania, and the second collaboration of Janhvi Kapoor with the director after her debut film Dhadak. The film also marks Varun and Jahnvi's second collaboration after their romantic drama film Bawaal.

Varun Dhawan is all set to enthrall the audience by his cameo apperence in Shraddha Kapoor starrer 'Stree 2'. 

Madhuri dixit, karisma kapoor recreate dance of envy from dil to pagal hai, suniel shetty gives standing ovation. watch

 

The upcoming episode of the talent show Dance Deewane will hit peak '90s nostalgia. Karisma Kapoor will serve as the guest judge, joining her Rakshak co-star Suniel Shetty and Dil To Pagal Hai co-star Madhuri Dixit on the show. Madhuri and Suniel serve as the judges on Dance Deewane. 

Madhuri, Karisma recreate Dance of Envy

‘90s kids have a reason to rejoice. A promo for the upcoming Dance Deewane episode shows Madhuri and Karisma recreate their iconic face-off Dance of Envy, composed by Uttam Singh, from Yash Chopra’s 1997 blockbuster romantic musical Dil To Pagal Hai. In the film, both actors were cast opposite Shah Rukh Khan and they engaged in an impromptu dance face-off as part of their one upmanship.

While they were dressed in black athleisure for Dance of Envy in the film, on the show, Karisma and Madhuri chose black and yellow ethnic outfits respectively. They put on an energetic face-off as the live audience cheered on. Suniel Shetty gave them a standing ovation and hailed them as “the greatest dancing stars of our industry.” Host Bharti Singh also showered praises on the two actors.

The internet couldn't control its excitement either. An Instagram user wrote in the comments section, “My all time favourite dance (heart eyes emoji).” Another commented, “Seems like it was yesterday (red heart emojis) they still young omg (red heart and fire emojis).” “The reunion we didn't know we needed,” posted a third one.

Karisma's role in Dil To Pagal Hai

Interestingly, a lot of leading ladies were approached to play Karisma's role of Nisha in Dil To Pagal Hai, but they didn't want to play the supporting role in a Yash Chopra romance led by Shah Rukh and Madhuri. Moreover, they didn't want to square off against Madhuri in the dance-off. After Kajol, Juhi Chawla, Urmila Matondkar, Manisha Koirala, and Raveena Tandon declined the part, Karisma eventually went for it and even won a National Award for her performance.

Karisma will be next seen in her debut show, Brown. Meanwhile, Madhuri is rumoured to play a ghost alongside Vidya Balan's Manjulika in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3.

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.”

More details

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.