Parineeti Chopra to star in Yash Raj Films` next Meri Pyaari Bindu

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Harshvardhan Rane draws
attention to abused elephants
Actor Harshvardhan Rane, who
has ventured into Bollywood with
“Sanam Teri Kasam”, is trying to
draw people’s attention towards
the condition of abused elephants,
which are used for tourist joyrides.
In Harshvardhan’s new campaign
for animal rights organisation
People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals (PETA) India, he
stands bare-chested in chains
next to the tagline, “It’s Not Just
a Ride. It’s Their Life. Elephants
Used for Rides Are Beaten,
Chained, Broken”. “Elephant
rides are not at all joyful for the
animals. I don’t think it is cool
at all to apply force
and make someone
do
something
which they are
not willing
to,” Harshvardhan, who has also
starred in Telugu films, said in a
statement. A PETA-commissioned
investigation of elephant training
in Nepal and of elephants used
for rides in Jaipur revealed that
the tuskers are physically and
emotionally abused at every
juncture. Often when they are
just two years old, elephants are
torn away from the tender care of
their mothers and are either tied
up between trees with heavy
chains and ropes,
which cause
painful
burns, or confined to a tiny
wooden enclosure, read the PETA
statement. Trainers then beat the
young elephants with sticks and
jab them with ‘ankuses’ until
they lose all hope and begin to
obey commands, a process that
sometimes lasts for months.
These iron prods are also used to
pierce their sensitive ears, yank
on them and force them to walk
in a certain fashion or direction.
ctress Parineeti Chopra has
finally announced her new
project, “Meri Pyaari
Bindu”, after a year of no-show.
The Yash Raj movie, which will
also mark her singing
debut, features her in
the titular role. Parineeti,
27, made the announcement
through a video shared by the
official Twitter handle of YRF.
The short clip features her
crooning a slow tempo track
“Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin”,
which will be included in
the movie. “This is a song from
my new film… After a gap of
a year, I am announcing my next
movie. It is a Yash Raj project, which
will be produced by Maneesh Sharma
and directed by debutant Akshay
Roy. It will also feature my ‘singer
buddy’ Ayushmann Khuranna,” said
Parineeti. His co-star Ayushmann
too expressed his excitement about
the project. “So excited for my
new -@yrf announcement Meri
Pyaari Bindu with lovely and
talented -@ParineetiChopra!
Woot.” The actress, who
made her Bollywood debut
with Maneesh’s directorial
venture “Ladies vs Ricky
Bahl”, was last seen in
YRF’s “Kill Dil” (2014).
Wednesday 10 February 2016
Parineeti
Chopra
to star in
Yash Raj
Films’
next Meri
Pyaari
Bindu
Nervous to
share screen
space with Hrithik
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ctress Yami Gautam says she is both excited
and nervous about working opposite superstar
Hrithik Roshan in “Kaabil”. The 27-year-old
actress, who made her Bollywood debut in 2012 with
“Vicky Donor,” has been paired with the “Bang Bang”
actor in Sanjay Gupta’s next venture to be produced by
Rakesh Roshan. “I am very excited and feeling great to
get such a huge opportunity. I am really lucky to have been
paired with Hrithik. I am nervous to share screen space
with him. I have never met him before but have always
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