Shoojit Sircar’s “October” which is a story of a very different shade of love had the actors go through drills to be able to perform their roles with utmost honesty.

Varun Dhawan who will be seen playing the lead character in the film was asked to not sleep for an entire week to be able to look a certain way for his character in the film.

Shoojit, who is known to keep his movies authentic, wanted Varun to look as natural as possible and not use makeup. For a few scenes in the film, he wanted Varun to look sombre, for which he instructed him to not sleep for a few days or have minimum sleep of an hour or two every day for a week. Varun without hesitation followed the directors vision and what translated on camera was spectacular.

The film has already gained immense anticipation with the distinct movie telling which the director has crafted for us again with Varun Dhawan to be seen in a very different avatar.

Shoojit Sircar shares, “Yes I usually do this with many of my actors, used this during “Pink” as well. A couple of scenes with Varun required extensive emotional burstouts, a performance that showed him quite exhausted..depth and weight in his overall demeanour and eyes, coupled with a tired voice, so i asked him to not sleep at night prior to the scenes.”

The makers will be launching the trailer of the film early next week.

Produced by Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar, “October” stars Varun Dhawan and Banita Sandhu. A Rising Sun Films Production, directed by Shoojit Sircar the film is set to release on 13th April 2018.

Sridevi is no more. It’s been five days since she breathed her last, on February 24, 2018. As we try to come to grips with her tragic passing away, throwback videos and pictures of the actress have been going viral on the internet, which only makes us miss the icon dearly. Sridevi’s untimely death shook the entire nation, including her friends from the industry, some of whom she had met in the recent past. Condolence messages still continue to pour in for Boney Kapoor, his two young daughters and the Kapoor family. Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Karan Johar, Manish Malhotra, Madhuri Dixit, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone lent their support to the Kapoors in their grieving time and even Salman Khan made it a point that he paid his last respects to the legendary actress soon after her mortal remains were brought to Dubai.

Years ago, Salman Khan had hosted Sridevi and Boney Kapoor on his show 10 Ka Dum 3. The team of Wanted, starring Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia, directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Boney Kapoor, had come on Salman’s show to promote the then-upcoming film. As the show unfolds, Boney Kapoor revealed all that he had to go through before he proposed to Sridevi and got her to say yes. He told Salman that it took him 10 years to muster the courage to confess his love to the actress and that he was passionately love in with her but it was one-sided until the yesteryear diva accepted his proposal. With a blushing Sridevi beside him, Boney also adds that he had lost 20-22 kgs but he gained weight all because of Sridevi’s love and affection

In the latter part of the video clip, Salman Khan questions everyone, Prabhu Deva, Ayesha Takia, Sridevi and Boney Kapoor, if they believe that marriages are made in heaven. While the Prabhu Deva and Ayesha agree, he then asks Sridevi’s beautiful daughters Janhvi and Khushi the same question. Khushi is seen replying as saying, “I don’t know” but it is Janhvi’s response which bowls over Khan. She says, “I know Mom’s and Dad’s is made in heaven.” Janhvi’s revelation about her parents’ marriage will definitely bring tears to your eyes at the current time.

#SalmanKhan @BeingSalmanKhan@SrideviBKapoor #Sridevi#DusKaDum pic.twitter.com/0KJPXZVSpj

— Sardar Singh (@iSalmansCombat) February 26, 2018

Sridevi was in UAE to attend her nephew Mohit Marwah’s wedding. Boney Kapoor was with Sridevi at the time of her death. Her daughters Janhvi and Khushi were in Mumbai. Janhvi couldn’t attend Mohit Marwah’s wedding as she was busy filming her debut project Dhadak in Mumbai. The actress passed away after she fell unconscious which led to her accidental drowning.

Last seen in Mom, Sridevi leaves behind her husband Boney Kapoor and two daughters, Janhvi and Khushi.

Clover Wootton, who designed the eerie look for actor Anushka Sharma in “Pari”, says she once lied about the actor’s role to Ranbir Kapoor. Clover, who is also working on the Dutt biopic with Ranbir, decided to trick the star into believing that his “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” co-actor was playing the character of a dog woman in the upcoming movie.

“Given that I’m working on The Sanjay Dutt biopic and Anushka being a very good friend of Ranbir, she had anticipated that he will be asking about ‘Pari’. Between us we decided to plan a prank on him. We decided to fill him in with some lies and see how far the story goes…

“So when Ranbir asked me about ‘Pari’, I told him that Anushka is playing a dog woman – half human and half dog. I went on to tell him how much she is working towards getting into her character, and how she is observing Dude (her pet dog) to get it all right,” the look designer said in a statement. Clover said she and Anushka let Ranbir be under the false impression, which resulted in her “Sui Dhaaga” co-star Varun Dhawan also falling prey to the Chinese whispers.

“After giving all that nonsense, we let Ranbir stew. After, four or five months, Anushka and I met again for ‘Sui Dhaaga’, which stars Varun Dhawan. And, the first thing he asked her was – ‘I heard you are playing a dog in ‘Pari’, how’s that going?’ “We still laugh our hearts out thinking about where it came from!” she added. Produced by Clean Slate Films and presented by KriArj Entertainment and Kyta Productions, “Pari” releases tomorrow. The movie, directed by Prosit Roy, will be released worldwide by Pooja Films.

CNN News18 film critic Rajeev Masand assembled six of Bollywood’s most talented actors, each of whom had a major standout moment last year for the Breakouts Roundtable. Meher Vij (Secret Superstar), Pankaj Tripathi (Newton), Seema Pahwa (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan), Vikrant Massey (A Death in the Gunj), Shweta Tripathi (Haraamkhor), and Manav Kaul (Tumhari Sulu) spoke candidly about their long road to recognition, the difference between actors and stars, the frustration of being overlooked for parts because they aren’t “commercial” enough, and about the joy of giving a good shot.