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Where were Shah Rukh Khan, Dilip Kumar, and Mithun Chakraborty during the 1993 Mumbai blasts? The answer will…

Where were Shah Rukh Khan, Dilip Kumar, and Mithun Chakraborty during the 1993 Mumbai blasts? The answer will…

The Mumbai 1993 bomb blasts left everyone shell shocked. Many innocent people lost their lives but our favourite Bollywood stars were not in the city at that time. Read on to know more about it. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

SRK pleaded with an old friend to buy title rights for Dunki, he thought it was a prank: ‘Mote Shah Rukh bol raha hoon’ | Bollywood

SRK pleaded with an old friend to buy title rights for Dunki, he thought it was a prank: ‘Mote Shah Rukh bol raha hoon’ | Bollywood

Actor Shah Rukh Khan brought the sensitive topic of illegal immigration to the big screen with his 2023 release, Dunki. But do you know how the Bollywood superstar managed to get the quirky title for Rajkumar Hirani-directed comedy-drama? Actor-filmmaker Akashdeep Sabir spilled the beans on how Shah Rukh secured the title from him in a recent podcast. Shah Rukh Khan in a still from Dunki. (Also read: John Abraham says he ‘started his life with Shah Rukh Khan’. Here’s how) Akashdeep owned the coveted title Dunki In a chat with Lehren Retro, Akashdeep disclosed that during the pandemic, he discovered how illegal immigrants would often travel through harsh terrains to enter America. He hired a writer to pen four seasons for a series which was set to be produced by Netflix. He had also secured titles like included The Donkey Route, The Road to Death and Dunki. Meanwhile, around the same time, Raj Kumar Hirani was also working on the same concept with Shah Rukh and they both decided to title their film Dunki. Recalling …

Sunil Dutt dismissed young Amitabh Bachchan, said he had ‘pahaadi kauwe ki awaaz’ before casting him in Reshma Aur Shera | Bollywood News

Sunil Dutt dismissed young Amitabh Bachchan, said he had ‘pahaadi kauwe ki awaaz’ before casting him in Reshma Aur Shera | Bollywood News

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is perhaps Indian cinema’s most iconic personality. And while it has taken incredible hard work and struggle for Bachchan to attain and maintain his stardom across decades, there was also a time in his initial years when he faced criticism and resistance from filmmakers. Recalling one such incident, actor Sheeba Agarwal’s husband, Akashdeep Sabir, recalled an incident where Sunil Dutt compared Amitabh Bachchan’s voice to that of a crow. Bachchan is known for his baritone, and has also narrated scores of popular projects. Recalling the incident, Akashdeep said in an interview with Lehren Retro, “When my father (Manmohan Sabir) was making Saath Hindustani, Sunil Dutt asked for some show reels because he had heard about an interesting actor and he wanted to cast him as a second hero in Reshma Aur Shera. It was 1972, we went and showed Saath Hindustani to him and after the trial my father and Dutt sahab were drinking in the Ajanta lobby. That’s when Sunil Dutt said, ‘Manmohan, this boy is intense, par yeh pahaadi kauwe …

Kareena Kapoor ‘couldn’t afford watchman’ despite charging ₹21 crore per film: Taunts Jigra actor Akashdeep Sabir | Bollywood

Kareena Kapoor ‘couldn’t afford watchman’ despite charging ₹21 crore per film: Taunts Jigra actor Akashdeep Sabir | Bollywood

Director-actor Akashdeep Sabir and his wife Sheeba spoke about the stabbing incident involving Saif Ali Khan. Speaking with Lehren Retro, Akashdeep taunted the actor, saying that, “with a price tag of ₹21 crore,” she couldn’t afford a watchman outside her house. (Also Read | Reddit convinced ‘it wasn’t PR stunt’ after spotting Saif Ali Khan’s injury marks on his neck: ‘He could have died’) Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan get their balcony fenced post stabbing incident Akashdeep and Sheeba talk about pay parity During the interview, Akashdeep and Sheeba spoke about pay parity between male and female actors in the film industry. Sheeba said that currently, the effect of a flop film is more on male actors than their female counterparts, and so the former is paid more. Contesting it, Akashdeep replied that pay parity started a few years ago when Kareena quoted her fees in double figures. Sheeba then said that there is a huge difference between the fees of male and female actors. Akashdeep taunts Kareena over Saif’s knife attack Akashdeep …