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The Echo of India Kolkata Monday August 8, 2016
'Fukrey 2' will
be madness: Ali
MUMBAI, AUG 7 /--/ Actor Ali Fazal says
the sequel to his hit "Fukrey" will be several
notches higher than the original. The 2013
coming of age comedy was directed by
Mrighdeep Singh Lamba and also featured
Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma and Richa
Chadda. Set in Delhi, "Fukrey" chronicled
the story of four friends who come together
to make easy money. When asked if the sequel will continue from where if left, Ali
told PTI, "That is a creative question which
I am not allowed to answer. We just read the
final draft and I am extremely happy with
it. The movie is madness. I hope we can
pull it off because it has certain angle
which is hard to shoot." "If Fukrey was this
(level) then Fukrey 2 will be above everything, on a different level," he added. The
"3 Idiots" actor said the movie, which will
have all the cast members return, will have
the similar comic feel. "It will be in the
same comic space. The same principle cast
is back and also some new interesting characters and roles. I am really excited for it. I
will begin shooting for it shortly." The 29year-old actor will be next seen in "Happy
Bhag Jayegi". The film stars Abhay Deol,
Diana Penty, Jimmy Shergill among others.
(PTI)
Angelina Jolie not
part of 'Murder on
the Orient Express'
LOS ANGELES, AUG 7 /--/ Actress
Angelina Jolie will not star in the remake
of "Murder on the Orient Express". The 41year-old Oscar-winning actress, who was
reported as being in early talks and was in
negotiations to join the cast, never signed
a deal to appear in Kenneth Branagh-directed movie, reported Variety. The makers are now trying to interest a number of
other big stars, with Charlize Theron
among the actresses being considered.
Branagh will also star as detective Hercule
Poirot.
"Blade Runner 2" fame Michael Green
is writing the screenplay based on Agatha
Christie's novel, with Steve Asbell overseeing the production for Fox Studios. First
published in 1934 the book revolves
around a murder of an American businessman on-board the famous train. The film
follows Poirot as he tries to figure out which
passenger is the murderer. Sidney Lumet
previously made a version of Christie's
novel in 1974 with Albert Finney as Poirot.
Branagh will produce the film with Ridley
Scott, Simon Kinberg and Mark
Gordon. (PTI)
Big B wishes Dharmendra,
Shatrughan on Friendship's day
MUMBAI, AUG 7 /--/ Megastar
Amitabh Bachchan today
wished his friends from the film
industry, Dhar mendra and
Shatrughan Sinha, a Happy
Friendship's Day. The 73-year-old
"Piku" star shared a few pictures
of himself along with the two
veteran actors on his Twitter
page, captioning it, "Happy
friendship day... ever." Bachchan
and Dharmendra, 80, redefined
the bond of friendship on screen
with the 1975 blockbuster
"Sholay", where they played best
friends and partners-in-crime
Jai and Veeru. Bachchan posted
a shot in which he is holding a
photoframe having his and
Dharmendra's
still
from
"Sholay". "Kuch pal yadg ar ho
jaate hain... Humesha ke liye...
(Some moments become memo-
'Game of Thrones'
star Sophie Turner
dyes hair blonde
LOS ANGELES, AUG 7 /--/Actress Sophie Tur ner, who plays
red-haried Sansa Stark on "Game
of Thrones", has surprised her
fans by dying her hair platinum
blonde. The 20-year-old British
beauty showed her new hair colour off on Instagram. "I did a
thing....," she wrote in the caption
of an image of her freshly dyed
locks. The followers of the popular fantasy drama cannot help
speculating about what will happen to Turner's character in season seven of the HBO series as
the actress ditched her red locks,
reported Aceshowbiz. "ok so is she
a targaryean?!" one of her followers commented. "You become a
Lannister!!" another speculated.
"what about sansa!" another fan
added, while another simply
wrote, "Nooooooooo." While fans
may know Turner as a red-haired
Sansa, the actress is naturally
blonde. She and other cast members of "Thrones" are not going to
start filming season 7 until later
this summer, so she may have
dyed her hair platinum just for
fun during the break.
Cara Delevingne finds
hard to get emotional
LONDON, AUG 7 /--/ Actress Cara Delevingne revealed
that she has been an unemotional person since her childhood and only yoga has helped her to fight difficult circumstances. The 23-year-old star said she practices yoga that
has completely changed her life and helped her to release
the negativity from her body, reported Elle magazine. "For
me, yoga's the only way I can really feel things and check
how I am. Because there is always pain somewhere, even if
it's completely irrational pain, and it's always good to find
it and get it out.
"If I don't cry pretty much every day I will hold it in,
and it will manifest in me in things that are destructive,
like my skin," Delevingne said. The "Suicide Squad" star
said she hardly remembers if she has ever cried in front of
more than one person in her life. "I don't think I have ever,
ever cried in front of more than one person ever. Because I
grew up in this very 'emotion is weak, head up, move on, onward and upward' kind of way. Which is not healthy. (PTI)
Reese Witherspoon in talks
to join 'Home Again' cast
LOS ANGELES, AUG 7 /--/ Actress Reese Witherspoon is
in negotiations to star in the indie comedy "Home Again". Hallie
Meyers-Shyer, daughter of filmmaker Nancy Meyer, is writing
and directing the movie, reported Variety. Meyers is producing
alongside Black Bicycle Entertainment's Erika Olde, who is
also financing the movie. The story revolves around a recently
separated mother of two whose new life in Los Angeles is
overturned when she decides to take in three young, charismatic guys. The project has been in the works for some time
with Rose Byrne attached to star at one point. (PTI)
rable forever) Happy Friendship
Day." He shared another picture,
showing him greeting his
"Dostana" co-star Sinha, 70, with a
bouquet. Referring to Sinha's famous dialogue 'Khamosh',
Bachchan wrote, "Aye dost teri
dosti ki kami, Har pal mehsoos
hoti hai... Jab sunte hai
KHAMOSH! lafz kisiki juban se.
Tumhari yaad aapne aap aajati
hai... (PTI)
New ‘Bridget Jones’ book
to release on Thursday
LONDON, AUG 7/--/A ne w
Bridget Jones novel is set to be
released on October 11. "Bridget
Jones's Baby: The Diaries" will
accompany the new film
"Bridget Jones's Baby", which
follows Bridget becoming a first
time mother.
Fans had previously thought
that no new book was on the way,
after the last installment "Mad
About the Boy" was released in
2013, repor ted BBC. Author
Helen Fielding said, "At heart,
Bridget Jones is about the gap
between how we all feel we're
expected to be and how we actually are; and as Bridget discovers with her somewhat bumpy
pregnancy how we expect life to
turn out and how it actually
does."
"I am excited to see Bridget's
world on the big screen again,
and delighted to be published
by Jonathan Cape." The last
Bridget Jones novel, "Mad
About The Boy", was set years
into the future, after the death
of Bridget's husband Mark
Darcy. But the new book will see
Bridget dealing with her unex-
pected pregnancy and trying to
figure out who her baby s father
is. Fielding's first novel "Bridget
Jones Diary" was published in
1996 and became an international best-seller.
It was followed by sequel
"Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason" in 1999. Both books were
made into films starring Renee
Zellweger and Colin Firth. (PTI)
Cara Delevingne opens up
about mother’s addiction
LONDON, AUG 7/--/
Supermodel and actress
Cara Delevingne has
opened up about her
mother's struggle with
heroin addiction during
her childhood. Speaking
to Esquire, Cara, 23, described how her mother
Pandora used to be in
and out of hospital when
she was a child, something which she only
found out the reason behind year s later, reported Contactmusic.
"She was sick a lot, in
hospital a lot. And there
were times when she
would leave for quite a
long time and I wouldn't
know where she was,"
she said.
Cara went on to describe
how her mother's absence caused her to stop
eating at eight years old.
"I didn't feel like I had
any control of anything
in my life so I just kind of
went on a food strike. I
was like, 'I'm not going
to eat until someone tells
me where she is," she
said. Eventually Cara
found out what was
wrong with her mother,
through her older sister
Poppy. "My mum feels a
lot of guilt for everything. She was an incredible mother, she always
had so much love. And I
felt like when I was a kid
I was kind of like her
confidante. I really felt
like I understood her and
how she was feeling and
why." When asked if her
mother was doing okay
now Cara said, "She is
now. But it's a constant
up and down. She'll
never be cured, she'll
never be fixed. It's about
all of us learning to communicate about it and
constantly support each
other. (PTI)
CREATIVE WORLD
Jared doubts
H’wood is
ready for gay
leading man
LOS ANGELES, AUG 7 /--/
Actor Jared Leto says Hollywood is still not gay friendly
and may not give as much
opportunities to a gay leading as it will to a straight one.
The 44-year-old actor said he
would totally accept a gay
leading man, but thinks the
industry will not react in the
same way, reported Entertainment Weekly. "I definitely don't think a gay leading man would have the
same opportunities as a
straight leading man. I don't
think that. Not for a single
second.
I don't know if that's offensive or not, but that's my
thought right now. "It
shouldn't be that way. I don't
think you'll have as many
opportunities. And I think
you could say the same for
minorities. What a word, 'minority.' Have we taken that
word off the list yet? 'Cause
it should be. Anyway, no, I
think that this is still a very
conservative business." Leto
said. The actor, who won a
best supporting actor Oscar
for playing a transgender
woman in "Dallas Buyers
Club," also shared his
thoughts on his own masculinity. "We're in an interesting time right now where
people are exploring all
kinds of different ideas of
identity, not just masculinity
or femininity. Maybe a
whole new paradigm. "I
think that's great. Because a
lot of people probably are
marginalized still, and finding a sense of identity is
critical to empowering people. For myself, I have never
had a specific idea of masculinity. I think it's okay just to
be yourself and whatever
that entails," he said. (PTI)
Focusing on films, not
TV: Akshay Kumar
KOLKATA, AUG 7 /--/
Bollywood
superstar
Akshay Kumar, who had
hosted reality TV show
'Fear Factor: Khatron Ke
Khiladi', today said his focus these days is only
films. "No. I am now concentrating only on films,"
Kumar told reporters when
asked about plans to return
to the small screen. The superstar, whose 'Rustom' releases on August 12, said he
does only 3-4 films a year
but can easily do six. "For
one film, you need 40-45
days and even if I do four
films in a year it will take
only about 230 days. For
the remaining days, I
spend with f amily, etc. I
can also do six films as
there is a lot of time for it,"
he said. Now this trend of
doing less films has decreased, he said hoping
that others will soon start
doing three films a year.
Asked about competition,
the 'Khiladi' series actor
said there is no competition
as the industry makes
about 180 films annually
which ensures space for
everyone. On what is new
in 'Rustom' as there are several films made in the past
taking cue from real life incident of naval officer K M
Nanavati, Kumar said this
film's screenplay has taken
4-5 incidents to make one
story. (PTI)
Brendan Fraser to
star in 'The Affair'
LOS ANGELES, AUG 5 /--/ Actor Brendan Fraser is set to
star in the third season of TV series, "The Affair". The 47year-old actor, however, is yet to reveal the character he will
play in the show, which made its debut on Showtime network in 2014, reported Deadline. According to sources, "The
Mummy' star has been signed up for the role by Gersh. (PTI)
Hollywood is my next
plan: Esha Gupta
Ruby lashes
out at haters
LOS ANGELES, AUG 7 /-/ Actress Ruby Rose has hit
out on Twitter after fans
questioned her tonsillitis.
The 30-year-old "Orange Is
The New Black" star took ill
during a break in Ibiza with
pals and has been told by
doctors not to fly but Ruby
got annoyed when fans
questioned her illness. She
wrote: "It's upsetting to see
people questioning me getting tonsilitis.. And cancelling 2 of 15 shows in a
month... Off the back of
filming a movie. "But I don't
party, I've not been to one
club except when playing
here and I've had a 3 day vacation with childhood
friends I flew out. ".. Where
we slept, watched movies
and went to the beach. I don't
drink as everyone knows,
I'm run down and got tonsillitis its that simple. "Lastly,
I trained hard for 3 films and
continue to train hard, more
than ever in my life.. I'm fit
(well before I got sick). Thats
all. I dint care what 'people
think' but I wanted to clear
it up for the fans. however
you should know me by now.
Off socials again while
I rest (sic).
MUMBAI, AUG 7 /--/ Actress Esha Gupta might be
taking slow steps to establish a strong footing in the
Hindi film industry but the
"Raaz 2" star is already eyeing Hollywood and says it
is next on her wishlist.
The 30-year-old actress,
whose looks have long been
compared with Hollywood
star Angelina Jolie's, says
she is hoping to begin a career in the West soon. "I
would really love to do a
Hollywood film. I have not
tried anything now. Not
even given any audition or
meeting but I am looking
forward to it. I think that's
my next plan," Esha told
PTI.
Heaping praise on
Bollywood stars Priyanka
Chopra
and
Deepika
Padukone, who are gearing
up for their big Hollywood
debuts, Esha said the two
actresses have taken India
to the next level, globally. "I
respect Priyanka and
Deepika, where they have
reached. They have taken
not only themselves but India on a different level of
map. We have spor tsmen
who are known and otherwise there are film stars
who are more famous than
anyone," she said. "People
may not know who is the
PM but they will know
which country a particular
star comes from.
Now, people are going to
say Priyanka and Deepika
are from India." Esha will
be next seen in Akshay
Kumar-starrer "Rustom",
which hits theatres on August 12. Her other forthcoming ventures include Vipul
Amrutlal Shah's "Commando 2" and Milan
Luthria's next directorial
venture
"Baadshaho",
alongside Ajay Devgn and
Emraan Hashmi. (PTI)