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Ayan Mukerji's directorial Brahmastra has been in the making for a long time now. After several delays, in the beginning of the year it was announced that the film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt will be released in December 2020 but the pandemic has caused a further delay in release.

There have been several reports about the film being made on a massive budget. Turns out the total budget of the film is way over Rs. 300 crore. Uday Shankar, Chairman of Star and Disney India, revealed some interesting details about the film at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2020. "It is the biggest-ever movie made in this country," he said. When asked about the film being mounted on a budget of Rs. 300 crores, he refused to give away a number but said, "Just to tell you, it is way more than that."

“Any movie like that, the experience that it seeks to create, needs to straddle across everything. It cannot be denied that most intense experience that only a theatre can generate,” he added.

Brahmastra has been in the production since 2018. It will bring together real life couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt together for the first time. The film is the first of the proposed fantasy trilogy and also stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Dimple Kapadia, and Mouni Roy.

The makers have decided to release the film in theatres when normalcy prevails.

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Zee TV recently presented a heart-warming story that captures the essence of the ever-evolving dynamics of the saas-bahu relationship in Indian society. Titled Hamariwali Good News, it showcases a unique role reversal between the daughter-in-law Navya (Srishti Jain) and her mother-in-law Renuka (Juhi Parmar) to give their family the much awaited ‘Good News.’ Versatile actress Juhi Parmar plays the role of Renuka in the show, who is the mother-in-law and the lifeline of the Tiwari family. Shakti Anand, on the other hand, is seen essaying the pivotal character of Mukund, who is Renuka’s husband and Navya’s father-in-law. A grocery shop owner, known for being a miser, he follows the motto of, 'Jaisa chal raha hai badiya hai, what is the need for change?’

We’ve seen how Renuka and Mukund have been distant from each other and while we’ve seen the duo clash and argue like every couple, recently Renuka was trying to make an attempt to get closer to Mukund once again. However, it looks like a new character is all set to take their arguments to a whole new level. Manish Goel is all set to enter as Dr. Raghav in Hamariwali Good News and it is his past equation with Renuka that will take the Tiwaris by storm.

Apparently, Raghav and Renuka were in love and he was going to ask for her hand in marriage. However, Mukund’s rishta came in before he could make his move and the rest is history. While her husband was initially unaware, he came to know after 7 - 8 years of marriage and since then his relationship with Renuka has never been the same. Mukund felt that he has been betrayed and has been suspicious of her ever since. When Raghav and Renuka bump into one another after so many years, how will Mukund react? And what will Raghav do after meeting Renuka? Well, the audience is in for a treat as a lot of twists and turns are set to play out in the next few episodes.

Talking about his entry into the show, Manish Goel mentioned, “When I was told about the concept of this show, I was immediately hooked. Hamariwali Good News has a novel and unique story and having been associated with several interesting shows, I could not give this one a miss. While I have worked in several shows, this one is quite different and so is my role. I will be playing Doctor Raghav and the role indeed comes with its own set of responsibilities and I hope I’m able to live up to that. As an actor, the role is really fantastic as Raghav has several layers to him and while some will associate with his emotions, others will hate him for creating havoc in Mukund and Renuka’s life, especially since they have just begun to see a glimmer of hope about them getting close once again.  I’m sure I’ll get a lot of opportunities to play around and demonstrate my acting prowess with this show and I hope I can keep the audience at the edge of their seats with my entry.”

With Raghav all set to enter Hamariwali Good News and create chaos in Renuka and Mukund’s life, the audience will surely want to know what will happen next in the Tiwari parivaar.

Also Read: Here’s why Srishti Jain was scared of Juhi Parmar on the sets of Hamariwali Good News

Bhumi Pednekar will be featuring in a romantic ballad - 'Baras Baras' alongside Karan Kapadia in her next release Durgamati – The Myth. The song gives you a glimpse of the budding romance between Bhumi and Karan’s character in the film which also marks their first film together. While the audiences got a peek of their love in the trailer of this thriller, the first song from the film 'Baras Baras' will release tomorrow.

The song sung by B Praak and composed - written by Tanishk Bagchi will the first association of the Punjabi singer who has already created a stir by lending his voice to several hit songs and Tanishk who is on a roll with his various musical hits. The additional vocals for the song is given by Altamash Faridi.

Directed by Ashok G, Presented by Akshay Kumar (Cape of Good Films) and Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series, produced by Bhushan Kumar & Krishan Kumar (T-Series) and Vikram Malhotra (Abundantia Entertainment), the film releases on 11th Dec on Amazon Prime Video.

ALSO READ: “It’s an honour to play the lead in this conspiracy thriller” – says Bhumi Pednekar on Durgamati

On National Organ Donation Day (November 27), it has been revealed that Ranbir Kapoor had decided to pledge his organs at an event organised by Amar Gandhi Foundation.

“Pledge & donate my organs, I hope that by me doing this it will make a difference to one person or two person lives, and it keeps going forward and it will make a difference, so please do consider pledging your organs,” Ranbir said.

The Amar Gandhi Foundation was formed by a few like-minded nephrologists who identified the need to create awareness about early detection of kidney disease to prevent dialysis and about Organ Donation and motivate people to pledge/donate organs.

Interestingly, Alia Bhatt also said, “It is important to make people aware of the process behind it. I think it is important to come and talk about the health issues and Amar Gandhi Foundation and Organ donation awareness drive. Make people aware of the prospects of their organ donation, alive or post-death”.

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Kiara Advani has been on a roll with back-to-back shoots and movie releases. The actress has been signing film after film and her upcoming release after Laxmii, Indoo Ki Jawani, has some heavy dialogues that have been chopped by the CBFC. With Aditya Seal as the male lead, Indoo Ki Jawani has been in the news for its peppy dance numbers including ‘Sawan Mein Lag Gayi Aag’. As per the Central Board of Film Certification, there are a few PG-13 dialogues and sexual innuendos that have been chopped.

The first dialogue being, “Apne ghode ko astabal mein thodi rakhunga”, that went along with a lewd gesture has been deleted from the film. There was a scene where Satish is seen with his hands in his pants, but that has been replaced with a scene where he’s seen with a hand on his phone. Along with deleting the dialogues, there have been convenient changes made in the script. A dialogue that says, “Ab toh Supreme Court ne bhi…till…legal hai” has been replaced with, “Arre main bol raha hoon na tujhe hum cheating kar sakte hai”.

Another dialogue that says, “Crime against women jitna tumhaare capital…till…fraud ho tumlog” has been deleted as is replaced with, “Crime against women aaj kal jitna ho raha hai na uska koi jawab nahi hai tumhare paas…tolerant ke naam par fraud ho tumlog.”

Coming to the curse words, the use of word h*rami has been deleted, along with h*ramzade and is replaced with aatankwadi. The word ch*tiya has been replaced with gadha and the word f*ck has been muted wherever it has occurred.

Also Read: Kiara Advani learns local lingo for Indoo Ki Jawani from director Abir Sengupta