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Choreographer Ganesh Acharya losing 85 kgs in a year is truly inspiring!

Jul 062017

Ganesh Acharya

Bollywood’s ace choreographer Ganesh Acharya is no newcomer to fame, but this time he is in news for a completely different reason. The choreographer who has made many actors dance to his tunes is breaking the Internet for shedding a whopping 85 kgs in one year and half years. It is unbelievable that at one point he weighed 200 kgs. Although obesity wasn’t a hindrance, Ganesh was asked by a lot of people to lose weight.

Losing weight wasn’t a piece of cake for Ganesh, but he took one and half year to lose it all.

He explains how he had to undergo a proper workout regime and regular gyming which led him to his weight loss. The actor had gained 30-40 kg for his home production ‘Hey Bro’.

He has shared pictures of himself after his transformation and it is hard to believe this is the same Ganesh Acharya.

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Actress Carol Lee Scott passes away

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Jul 062017

Carol Lee Scott. Pic/YouTube

‘Grotbags’actress Carol Lee Scott died after a battle with cancer. She was 74. Her niece Gina Mear announced the news that she lost her aunt on Thursday on Twitter, reports mirror.co.uk.

She shared a photo of Scott as Grotbags, as well as a recent family image of her, and wrote: “My dear aunty Carol passed away yesterday, RIP Grotbags, I will miss you.”Mear gave more details in a public Facebook post, writing: “My dear aunty Carol lost her brave fight against cancer yesterday. To many of you she was Grotbags – a legend! To me she was just aunty Carol. I shall miss her hugely, rest in peace Carol.”

A tribute to Scott was posted on the official fan site for Grotbags. It read: “It is very sad that I have to report that Carol Lee Scott has passed away. “A larger than life lady with a much larger heart of comedy, kindness and generosity!

“Carol was a great lover of music and comedy and one of the songs she used to like was ‘Ain’t it grand to be blooming well dead’ by Leslie Sarony and it was Carol’s request that there be no sadness but music and laughter!” Among those remembering the performer was comedian Rufus Hound, who said she was “an icon for folk of my generation”.

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Rajkummar Rao flaunts pot belly for 'Bose'

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Jul 052017

Rajkummar Rao’s body transformations. Pic/ Rajkummar Rao’s Twitter account

He underwent drastic weight loss to play a man striving for survival in ‘Trapped’. Now for web series ‘Bose’, actor Rajkummar Rao has been hogging pizzas and biryani to get the pot belly that he now sports to shoot the show.

During the promotion of ‘Trapped’, Rajkummar had said he was on a diet of black coffee and two carrots a day for about 20-22 days in order to look real for his character.

For ‘Bose’ — helmed by Hansal Mehta for ALT Balaji — the actor has been working on his look for two months. He also went half bald to play the part of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. “I have gained 11 kg as of now and I have been eating a lot… ten times of what my diet was,As an actor, I am always conscious of what I eat. I always keep a check, but with ‘Bose’, I had to let go of everything and just hog whatever I liked eating but couldn’t. Starting from cheesecakes, pizzas, sweets, aloo parathas, biryani and what all.I had to look on the heftier side for ‘Bose’, so that’s how I started putting on weight.I’ll have to reduce all this weight once we are done shooting, which will most probably be by this month’s end and also will grow my hair back. I am hopeful that by the time my hair will grow back, I’ll be able to get rid of all this extra weight,” Rajkummar told IANS over social media

He is still gaining weight for the role, and says he would have to lose it also in no time. Rajkummar Rao, who has earlier featured in films like ‘Queen’ and ‘Shahid’, feels it will be easy for him to shed the extra kilos.

“I like being fit and have always been a sports enthusiast, and knowing my body, I should be able to do it in two months’ time at the maximum,” he said.

Giving a glimpse into his physical transformation role after role, he posted on Twitter an image with snapshots of his physique for ‘Behen Hogi Teri’, ‘Trapped’ and ‘Bose’. “Building a character. Nothing gives me more high than the process of exploring someone else’s life on screen,” he tweeted.

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Shoojit Sircar: Ban reality shows featuring kids

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Jul 052017

Shoojit Sircar

Looks like filmmaker Shoojit Sircar had been tuning into children’s reality shows and was appalled by what the youngsters had to go through. Yesterday, the Piku (2015) director made a clarion call to ban reality TV shows that have children as participants. He tweeted, “Humble request to authorities to urgently ban reality shows involving children. It’s destroying them emotionally and their purity (sic).”

The shows on air currently range from finding the kid with the perfect voice to the one with the best comic timing. Earlier this year, Shoojit had directed a short film, Release The Pressure, to create awareness among parents about their kids’ performance anxiety.

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui: Can't put labels on my characters

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Jul 042017

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

He can morph into any character he chooses to play on screen, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui says he consciously takes up roles that keep him from getting stereotyped. “I have played over 2,000 characters in theatre through seven years. I have a lot of ‘masala’ to show. I have confidence, which allows me to try different roles. The ones who get scared are those who have nothing left to show. I have a lot of characters stored in my bank,” the actor says.

Siddiqui is inspired by roles that showcase the different aspects of human nature. “I like doing grey roles since they have more depth and complexity. I can’t do these larger-than-life hero or villain-like characters, because they don’t interest me. I hate these two extremes, they don’t have any shades. I observe characters from real life and know that people have both good and bad characteristics in them. When you put both of them together, what you get is a complete human being.”

The actor will next be seen in Sridevi-starrer ‘Mom’, followed by ‘Munna Michael’ and ‘Babumoshai Bandookbaaz’.

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Manini Chadha to star in a sci-fi film next

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Jul 022017

Manini Chadha

Manini Chadha, who was last seen in Sujoy Ghosh’s ‘Kahaani 2’ (2016) as Arjun Rampal’s wife will be seen in the director’s upcoming short film. A source close to the development says, “It’s a sci-fi film, Sujoy has always preferred dabbling in different genres.

He believes Manini fits the role for one of the lead characters.”

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