Filmmaker Hansal Mehta has deleted his Twitter account after facing backlash over his tweets against “Queen” director Vikas Bahl, who has been accused of sexual harassment. Last year, a woman employee at Phantom Films, which had Bahl as one of the partners along side Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Actress Chitrangada Singh has come out in support of actress Tanushree Dutta, who has accused actor Nana Patekar of sexually harassing her on the sets of their 2008 film “Horn Ok Pleassss”. Asked about the MeToo movement gaining momentum in Bollywood, Chitrangada said: “Indian society is[Read More…]
Mumbai: Actress Alia Bhatt on Sunday started shooting for “Kalank” in Kargil. The 25-year-old took to Instagram on Sunday to share the update with a photograph. She can be seen posing with her team in an airport shuttle bus. The “Raazi” star captioned the image as “Kargil Calling”. Being helmed[Read More…]
Mumbai: As Tanushree Dutta’s sexual harassment allegations against Nana Patekar have sparked a debate in the Hindi entertainment industry, actor Pulkit Samrat has requested the film fraternity to come together and remove “toxic” people from the industry. The “Fukrey” actor Pulkit Samrat on Sunday took to social media to share[Read More…]
Following the news of Phantom Films getting dissolved, a sexual harassment survivor and Kangana Ranaut, the lead actress of the movie Queen directed by Vikas Bahl, have accused and spoken up about their experiences and raw of sexual harassment incidents by the Bahl. Anurag Kashyap, another partner of Phantom Film, has[Read More…]
Mumbai: Actor Vicky Kaushal, who is gearing up for the release of his forthcoming film “Uri” has said that it is the most physically demanding film for him until now. Vicky was interacting with the media at Elle Beauty Awards 2018 where he won the “Breakthrough Star Award” on Saturday[Read More…]
Mumbai: Actress Tanushree Dutta on Saturday filed a police complaint against Nana Patekar for allegedly harassing her on the sets of a film in 2008. According to the complaint, a copy of which is being circulated on WhatsApp, Tanushree has also complained against choreographer Ganesh Acharya, producer Samee Siddiqui, director[Read More…]
Offlate, the world wide web has been infested with a new type of men. The type that attends ‘Pride Marches’, attends your local stand-up gigs, band performances or experimental theatre. It is easy to spot them. They are usually the ones who wear t-shirts with a huge ‘The future is[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Comedian Kapil Sharma, who has been away from the spotlight for some months following allegations of unprofessional behaviour, on Saturday confirmed that he is returning to television with “The Kapil Sharma Show”. “Jalad wapas aa raha hoon ‘ The Kapil Sharma Show’ lekar aap ke liye[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Actress Tanushree Dutta, in the eye of a storm after her renewed allegation of facing harassment by veteran Nana Patekar, says while the entertainment industry is strewn with predators, not many women have so far come out and spoken. She hopes more voices join her. Excerpts:[Read More…]
Salman Khan’s brother-in-law Aayush Sharma is all in news making headlines for his latest release and debut movie Loveyatri. On one hand, where people are talking about his movie, work, and his performance in the film, something very different is also making rounds on Twitter. Guess what! It’s Aayush Sharma’s[Read More…]
Acclaimed author Chetan Bhagat on Saturday landed in a major controversy as his name surfaced in the raging #MeToo debate with screenshots of a WhatsApp conversation he had with a woman, after the allegation of sexual harassment Chetan Bhagat issued a statement and apologised to the victim and his wife.[Read More…]
Phantom Films, a production house started in March 2011, have concluded its journey on Saturday. Phantom films involved some highly appreciated names of Bollywood including directors like Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Behl and producer Madhu Mantena. Stating it quits after memorable 7 years, all the Phantom stars took to[Read More…]
While in conversation at 16th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Deepika Padukon and Ranveer Singh were apparently shot with the row of questions about their wedding. The first question had to be – when is the wedding – to which the couple neatly cornered saying “will speak about it when it[Read More…]
Film: “Andhadhun”; Director: Sriram Raghavan; Cast: Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte, Zakhir Hussain, Ashwini Kalsekar, Manav Vij, Chaya Kadam, Anil Dhawan, Gopal K. Singh; Rating: **** Take a deep breath. Now, brace yourself for an experience that simultaneously defies and defines all the rules of the suspense genre. The last[Read More…]
Mumbai: Actor Arjun Kapoor was in Patna for more than a fortnight in September shooting for Rajkumar Gupta’s “Indias Most Wanted”. He says he had the time of his life. “I feel proud that as a mainstream Bollywood actor, I was one of the first to make that journey to[Read More…]
Los Angeles: Actor Chris Evans was emotional as he hung up his shield as Captain America, a role he has played for nearly a decade. Evans made the announcement on Thursday via Twitter, reported The Hollywood Reporter. “Officially wrapped on ‘Avengers 4’. It was an emotional day to say the[Read More…]
Mumbai: Comedian Utsav Chakraborty, who has featured in some videos of comedy collective All India Bakchod (AIB), has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women who have come out about their experiences on social media. In his defence, he says the issue needs patience and context. The allegations came[Read More…]
New Delhi: As Tanushree Dutta’s sexual harassment allegations against Nana Patekar have sparked a debate in the Hindi entertainment industry, television actress Sayantani Ghosh has urged fraternity members not to question the victim’s intentions. In an interview to IANS here, the “Naamkarann” actress said: “It takes immense courage for a[Read More…]
Already caught in controversies with Nana Patekar, Tanushree Dutta is stuck in yet another controversy. Mumbai Police on Thursday filed a defamation case against Tanushree for her remarks against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray. The case was filed by the Kaij police in Maharashtra’s Beed district on Wednesday evening[Read More…]
Mumbai: Actor Parineeti Chopra wants more women to speak out about their #MeToo experiences now that Tanushree Dutta has brought the cat out of the bag by naming veteran actor Nana Patekar for allegedly sexually harassing her a decade ago. Parineeti spoke at the launch of “Proper patola”, a song[Read More…]
Sydney: Indian films “Sanju”, “Newton” and “Gali Guleiyan” have been nominated for the Best Asian Film Award at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The Bollywood movies will be in contention with South Korea’s “1987 When The Day Comes”, “The Bold, The Corrupt And The Beautiful” from[Read More…]
Hold on! It’s not going to be a month of Sundays if you are an SRK fan and desperately waiting for his upcoming film ‘Zero’. Yes! Aanand L Rai has officially announced the release of the trailer on Shah Rukh Khan’s Birthday on November 02 and the film will be[Read More…]
Mumbai: Vivek Agnihotri has denied that he has ever asked actress Tanushree Dutta for any improper action after she claimed that the filmmaker wanted her to remove her clothes and dance during the shooting of a song. Agnihotri’s lawyer Nidhish Mehrotra said: “The allegations levelled against my client Vivek Agnihotri[Read More…]
Film: “Andhadhun”; Director: Sriram Raghavan; Cast: Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte, Zakhir Hussain, Ashwini Kalsekar, Manav Vij, Chaya Kadam, Anil Dhawan, Gopal K. Singh; Rating: **** Director Sriram Raghavan’s “Andhadhun” is a taut, skillful and surgically effective murder mystery. It is the story of a man who finds himself trapped[Read More…]