Sonakshi is Lady Rajini of Mumbai: A.R. Murugadoss (Movie Snippets)

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Last Updated : May 21 2015 | 12:57 PM IST

Filmmaker A.R. Murugadoss, who is busy shooting for his next film "Akira" starring Sonakshi Sinha, has named the actress as "Lady Rajini of Mumbai".

Murugadoss shared a Dubsmash video of the "Tevar" actress on micro-blogging website Twitter, where she was seen mouthing a dialogue of southern superstar Rajnikanth.

"Lady Rajini of Mumbai," the "Kaththi" director tweeted.

Being produced by Fox Star Studios, "Akira", a thriller movie, is the Hindi remake of 2011 Tamil hit "Mounaguru" and it features Sonakshi's father Shatrughan Sinha as well.

"Akira" marks Murugadoss's third Hindi venture after back-to-back hits "Ghajini" and "Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty"

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Karan Johar praises 'Baahubali - The Beginning'

Filmmaker Karan Johar has called S.S. Rajamouli's upcoming Telugu film "Baahubali - The Beginning" as the "largest motion picture made in India".

The "My Name Is Khan" director took to micro-blogging website Twitter to share his views about the film on Thursday.

"The largest motion picture made in india..Baahubali!! Bhallaladeva is revealed today...@ssrajamouli LiveTheEpic," Karan tweeted along with a poster featuring Rana Daggubati.

Slated for release on July 10 worldwide, the film features Prabhas Varma, Anushka Shetty, Tamannah Bhatia, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj and Nasser in important roles.

Karan has bagged the release rights of the Hindi theatrical version of "Baahubali - The Beginning". Johar will release the film in partnership with Anil Thadani.

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Nargis Fakhri shares a 'work selfie'

Actress Nargis Fakhri loves her hair, she has revealed via a behind the scenes selfie.

The "Madras Cafe" actress took to photo-sharing website Instagram to share an image where she was getting her hair done up by a stylist.

Sporting nude makeup, light pink lips and styling her hair into loose curls, Nargis looked very chic and feminine.

The 35-year-old actress captioned the photograph, which she shared on Thursday: "Working Hard. Love this hair!"

On the big screen, Nargis was last seen in David Dhawan's "Main Tera Hero", in which she starred with actors Varun Dhawan and Ileana D'Cruz.

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First Published: May 21 2015 | 12:50 PM IST

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