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Netflix's 'Mowgli' opens up about challenges of shooting in jungle
Indian-American child actor Rohan Chand, who plays Mowgli in Andy Serkis-directorial 'MowgliSpeaking at the red carpet of the world premiere of the movie here - which was attended by Serkis, 'Batman' star Christian Bale and Freida Pinto - Rohan said it was a "humbling experience" to work with such big actors at this age. Apart from them, the international cast of the Netflix film also includes biggies like Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch and Naomie Harris, among others."It was so good to work with this bucket list of a cast. You really get to learn so much from them. Being on a level with them was a really humbling experience," he told media at the event.He further said that it is "really great" to get the opportunity to be able to bring Rudyard Kipling's short stories to the big screen. "I have grown up reading these stories," he said.The young actor also divulged details about "some great moments on the film's set.""Shooting in South Africa was really fun because that's the ...
'Jind mahi' a special love ballad: Diljit
Singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh says his new track titled "Jind mahi" is a special love ballad.
Kim Kardashian was high on ecstasy when she made sex tape
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West has revealed she was high on ecstasy when she first got married, and when she made a sex tape.
Stupid to ask for proof from women who've come out, says Karan on #MeToo
Filmmaker Karan Johar says the stories which came out in the wake of the #MeToo movement were heartbreaking and believes it is "lame and stupid" for people to say "there's no proof" to support the claims of women. Karan said women who have come out with their stories of harassment need to be applauded and believed. "Every woman, who has a voice, has to be respected, applauded for coming out there and it is essential to believe every given voice. You cannot say there's no proof. That is a lame, masculine, stupid thing to say. When a woman comes out, she expresses her heart out, she is right and you believe her," Karan said. The director was in conversation with journalist Barkha Dutt at We The Women event on Sunday. Karan said post the #MeToo movement, there is a "huge sense of accountability" that has set in. "When I read so many of those narratives and stories, they broke my heart. It made me realise we cannot be complicit to this and you have to wake up, smell the coffee and be ...
Kareena 'just could not say no' to Netflix's Mowgli
Kareena Kapoor Khan's voice-over as the shrewd python Kaa has won everybody's hearts in the recently-released Hindi trailer of Netflix's 'MowgliApart from her, other Bollywood actors who have lent their voices for the film - which is based on Rudyard Kipling's classic The Jungle Book stories - include Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Abhishek Bachchan, and Jackie Shroff.Kareena, in length, talked about her character and why she decided to say yes to it."Everybody has grown up watching The Jungle Book. Our whole youth has been about Mowgli, Bagheera, Baloo and other characters. These characters have actually lived with us. I think it's amazing that now we are getting to see them on a global platform like Netflix," she said at the red carpet of the film's world premiere on Sunday.Talking about the character that she likes the most, the 'Veere Di Wedding' star said that Kaa, one of the oldest characters in The Jungle Book, has been her favourite always."When the project was just offered to ...
Channing Tatum spends Sunday afternoon making slime with daughter
Channing Tatum has officially become the cutest dad in Hollywood, after he was seen spending his Sunday afternoon making homemade slime with his daughter, Everly.The 'Magic Mike' actor took to his Instagram account to document his fun and sticky afternoon with a series of Instagram stories. In the first video, Everly puts her hand in the bucket full of pink, beaded slime and lifts them out of with the slime trailing down her little hands. Tatum can be heard in the background saying "Ewwwwww"."I really need to get this off," the 5-year-old replied. "We're never getting this off," Tatum said sounding hopeless.In the following story, the Hollywood actor can be heard saying "I don't want to touch it," while holding the camera over the slime bucket."I made it less touchy," Everly responded. By less touchy, the little one obviously meant "less sticky".Failing to avoid the inevitable, the series of stories ended with Tatum's hands covered in slime as he tried to get it off. "Okay, this is a .
Lena Dunham shares revealing before, after images
Actress-writer-director Lena Dunham has shared her photographs showing the changes her body and state of mind have gone through between 2017 and 2018.
No more Dark Knight for Christian Bale, denies comeback saying "Three's plenty"!
The Dark Knight may not rise with Christian Bale playing the role of The Caped Crusader anymore!In a news that is sure to break the hearts of millions of fans of the Batman franchise, Hollywood actor Christian Bale, who played Batman in Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight Trilogy', on Sunday said that he is done with the role and is not planning a comeback in the series.Bale, who attended the world premiere of upcoming Hollywood movie 'Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle' in Mumbai made this statement while replying to a question posed to him by a scribe.On being categorically asked as to whether he was planning to make a comeback in DC's Extended Universe "No. No we are done. No. We, Christian and I three movies that's plenty."DC Extended Universe (DCEU) is the popular referral for the collection of films based on characters that appear in the publication by the DC comics.Christian Bale who plays the voice cast of Bagheera the panther in the upcoming Hollywood movie 'Mowgli: Legend of the .
Gary Barlow planning a year off
Take That frontman Gary Barlow is set to quit music for a year.
It's hard to define Arjun, Janhvi's relationship
Although actors Arjun Kapoor and Janhvi Kapoor are step-siblings who share the same father, but different mothers, their relationship is hard to define.
Freida Pinto opens up about Hindi part in 'Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle'
Actor Frieda Pinto, who attended the world premiere of upcoming Hollywood movie 'MowgliPinto, who plays the part of Messua- Mowgli's human mother- said that during the South Africa leg of their shoot, Andy had told her to play her part in Hindi too."So for me to go to South Africa and actually work with fellow actors all speaking in Hindi, and all the other things I associate with India came to life with this movie," she further said, while describing her journey with the movie.Walking down the memory lane, Pinto recalled how one would watch 'The Jungle Book' in Hindi every Sunday when it aired on Doordarshan. "There was so much of human life in the village that was captured in that version, and I have not seen that version anywhere else," she added.Pinto even credited Andy for making this film an "ode to India".The world premiere saw the unveiling of the Hindi trailer of the much- anticipated movie. Here, Hollywood met Bollywood, as the English and the Hindi voice cast that included .
Kim Kardashian gives makeup tutorial to North West
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian gave a make-up tutorial to her daughter North West on Saturday, and what happened next turned out to be hilarious.Kim bought her recently-launched beauty products, KKW Glam Smoky Bible, for the tutorial to proceed, reported Toofab.Kim posted the mother-daughter makeup tutorial in her official Twitter handle. North West put the KKW beauty blender makeup on her mother's face.In the make-up tutorial, Kim allowed her daughter to put make-up on her. During the process, the five-year-old started throwing tantrums, as Kim happened to move at one point.North was seen crying and screaming at the top of her voice because of the incident. Apologising to her daughter, Kim said " I'm sorry. I moved. I didn't know it would cause this much of big deal. Kim told her daughter that it is better to focus to keep a client ."My makeup artists usually don't act this way," added Kim.North, who was having a field day, also applied KKW's black eyeliner on her mother, but in a ...
'Mowgli...' voice-over was challenging, liberating: Abhishek Bachchan
Actor Abhishek Bachchan on Sunday said voice-over for the Indianised version of English movie "Mowgli: The Legend of the Jungle" has been challenging and liberating.
Was important to make 'Mowgli...' closely linked to Indian culture, says Serkis
Giving a twist to the classic "The Jungle Book" by going beyond and exploring the darker side, filmmaker Andy Serkis says it was very important for him to make "Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle" closely linked to the Indian culture.
Hollywood and Bollywood stars bond over Andy Serkis' 'Mowgli'
It was a rare sight to see two centres of filmmaking -- Hollywood and Bollywood -- share the same stage to talk about Netflix's Mowgli, Andy Serkis' take on Rudyard Kipling's classic story about a man cub raised by wolves in the jungles of India. The film's Indian voice cast -- Abhishek Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Anil Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan -- and their Hollywood counterparts -- writer-director Serkis, Batman star Christian Bale, child actor Rohan Chand and Freida Pinto -- introduced the film's Hindi trailer here on Sunday at a press conference ahead of its world premiere. It was interesting to see talents from two industries mingle over a story, written by a British writer, who was born in colonial India. The tale itself follows a boy caught up between two different worlds -- mankind and animal kind. Serkis, whose tone is darker than the earlier child-friendly versions of the story, said it was important for him to root it in India and bring the film here. "I am thrilled that .
State govt has increased grant to theatre groups: Basu
West Bengal minister and eminent theatre personality Bratya Basu on Sunday said efforts in some circles to belittle the work of the state government to promote theatre and art will not succeed. Addressing the inaugural function of the 18th theatre festival here, Basu said without directly naming anyone, "The work of this government to promote theatre and other forms of art cannot be suppressed and belittled by any narrow minded opinion of some people." There had been criticism by some Left intellectuals in recent times that the state government and state-run theatre academy was "doing little to promote" theatre and arts. Basu, who is in charge of the Science and Technology and Bio-technology departments said, "instead of the meagre grant for theatre groups during the rule of our predecessor, which did not exceed Rs 8,000-10,000, our government has increased the grant amount by several notches." "Again instead of making theatre as city-centric, in past seven years we have
Prime minister condoles Ambareesh, Sharief's death
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday condoled the demise of former Union ministers C K Jaffer Sharief and Ambareesh, and recalled their contribution in the development of the nation and raising people's voice. In a series of tweets he said Ambareesh will be remembered for his memorable performances as an actor and extensive contribution to politics. "He was a strong voice for Karnataka's welfare, at the state and central level. Pained by his demise. Condolences to his family & admirers," the prime minister said on his official twitter handle. Modi said Sharief enriched parliamentary proceedings. "He was an effective voice for Karnataka's aspirations in Delhi. Condolences to his family and supporters," he said. Kannada actor and politician Ambareesh has passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Saturday due to cardiac arrest. On Sunday, veteran Congress leader and former Union minister C K Jaffer Sharief passed away at a private hospital also in Bengaluru following a cardiac
'Mowgli...' is an ode to India: Freida Pinto
Actress Freida Pinto says actor-filmmaker Andy Serki's "Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle" is an ode to India.
'The Lion King' teaser trailer garners record-breaking views
The recently-launched teaser trailer of 'The Lion King' has garnered record-breaking views across several online platforms.According to Entertainment Weekly, the teaser trailer garnered 224.6 million views and broke the previous record of most views in a day for Disney Studios.Right now, the teaser has a whopping 34,356,043 views on YouTube alone, and only trails 'Avengers: Infinity War' produced by Marvel Studios, which had garnered 238 million views.The trailer comes at a time when Disney Studios is gearing up to launch live-action interpretations of classics like 'Aladdin' and 'Mulan'.The production house took to its official Twitter handle on Saturday to thank everyone for this new record."To the entire pride: Thank you for helping the teaser trailer for #TheLionKing become the most-viewed Disney trailer debut ever as it reached a record-breaking 224.6 million global views in 24 hours!" they tweeted.Unveiled on November 22, the teaser recreated the famous scene from the original ..
Patriarchal mindset greatest apartheid on the planet: Adil
Actor Adil Hussain says patriarchy is "the greatest apartheid" as it alienates half of the population in the world. Lending his support to #MeToo movement, the actor says it is appalling how people are putting women down when they are naming and shaming their abusers. "How do we get rid of the patriarchal mindset that men have been drilled to believe in that men are superior than women? I think that is the greatest apartheid on the planet. Not towards blacks, not towards Dalits, but towards women. Half the population on the planet is being done injustice to at any given time through words, actions, in society, in politics, everywhere. "And we don't even recognise it when they come out in public and say 'you have done this to me'. And we try to put her down?" Hussain told PTI on the sidelines of the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The actor says it is "tricky" to get a bigger picture today but at least there is a fear that has crept in the minds of the ...