Shoojit Sircar’s directorial ‘October’ has been earning a lot of accolades from the audience as well as the critics. With moving performances by the lead stars of the film, fans are raving about it being Varun Dhawan’s best performance.
However, as per latest reports, Marathi filmmaker Hemal Trivedi claimed that the film is plagiarised from 2017 Marathi film titled ‘Aarti – The Unknown Love Story’, directed by Sarika Mene. As reported by a tabloid, Hemal Trivedi wrote on a Facebook post, “The filmmakers of ‘October’ never acquired any rights to the Marathi film and they never contacted Sarika.”
Sarika Mene reportedly told the daily that she wants the audience to watch both the films and be impartial towards their opinions. She revealed when she watched ‘October’ the characters that were portrayed in the film were similar to her film except for a few details which were different.
Reportedly, the Marathi film is based on the life of Sarika’s brother Sunny Pawar and his girlfriend Aarti Makwana, who was apparently paralysed in a car accident. Sarika further questioned the authenticity of the story and asked as to how the writer possibly imagined the exact events that had occurred in her brother’s private life. She also emphasised that she wants to know the origin of the idea in Shoojit’s mind about ‘October’.
When the ‘October’ team was asked about the same, the production house said that the story came from Shoojit’s personal space wherein his mother was in a comatose in the year 2004 and he took care of her. The source also revealed that they will be soon releasing an official statement in response to the plagiarism accusation.
Actor Ranbir Kapoor has said the notion of masculinity has to be changed to empower women. Ranbir said this on Thursday while interacting with the media along with Deepika Padukone, Shabana Azmi, and Manish Malhotra. Ranbir and Deepika walked the ramp for designer Manish Malhotra, in an event organised by Shabana Azmi’s Mijwan Welfare Society.
What happens when a crook who bullies others for a living is bullied in his own home? Welcome to Nanu Ki Jaanu – 2018’s first madcap horror comedy about a crook dealing with a very singular situation – a ghost in love. Starring Abhay Deol and Patralekhaa in lead roles, expect lots of horror, tons of laughter and dare we say, love? You will not be ready for this roller coaster of emotions.
Salman Khan‘s much awaited film Bharat has gone on floors and the actor has started shooting for it. Yesterday, director Ali Abbas Zafar shared a sneak peek from the first day of the shoot and intrigued us with never before seen avatar of the superstar! According to the director, “Bharat is rooted in India & its culture, spans over seven decades & travels across the world.”
If reports are to be believed, then Shah Rukh Khan has been roped in to star in the Hindi remake of R Madhavan’s ‘Vikram Vedha’. However, it’s not easy to woo over the Badshah of Bollywood. Reports suggest that SRK had put forward two conditions for him to accept the project. Condition one is that R Madhavan will play his role even in the remake and that he reprises the part of Vijay Sethupathi; the other one is that Neeraj Pandey will not only produce but also direct the film.
Akshay Kumar is one actor who has been constantly starring in socially relevant films for quite a while now. Be it ‘Jolly LLB 2’ or ‘Toilet Ek Prem Katha’, he went on to make the audiences rethink on a lot of social issues. And with his latest release ‘PadMan’ focussing on menstrual hygiene, he went on to garner a positive response from all over. The actor is always ready to go that extra mile for his role. The latest news reports cite that Akshay, who was shooting for his upcoming film ‘Kesari’ in Wai in Maharashtra’s Satara district, went onto injure his ribs while he was shooting the action-heavy climax sequence of the film.
Ranveer Singh is playing a rapper in his next film ‘Gully Boy’. Now as if on cue, the actor shared an epic throwback moment on his social media account with a famous international rapper.
Priyanka Chopra recently paid two visits to her homeland, India a few days back. The first time when she came was for about 2 weeks and her recent visit was for merely 16 hours for attending an event in Mumbai. Now she is back in Ireland to resume her shooting for the third season of her American TV show ‘Quantico’. While her Bollywood projects still pose a question in the media’s and the fans’ minds, it was recently reported that she will be a part of Salman Khan starrer ‘Bharat’ which is being headlined by Ali Abbas Zafar. 
At a recent award function, actress Kareena Kapoor Khan was seen joking with Akshay Kumar, wherein, she joked about her 1-year old son, Taimur being a threat to the actor. In the video, which has now gone viral, she is seen saying, “Akshay (actor Akshay Kumar), Taimur is a threat to you, I am telling you.”
The National Film Award winners reacted with surprise and elation as their name was announced today but it came as a bitter-sweet moment for the family members of Sridevi, who was named the best actress posthumously for her role in “Mom”. The 54-year-old actress featured in the film alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Akshaye Khanna. Her cameo appearance in Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma starrer Zero will be her last performance on the celluloid. Sridevi’s producer-husband Boney Kapoor became emotional to know about her win at the 65th National Film Awards.