Apart from keeping the audience on the edge of the seat on his quiz show, mega star Amitabh Bachchan often shares some lesser-known incidents of his life on the set of Kaun Banega Crorepati. Going down the memory lane with a KBC contestant, Amitabh recalled how his mother, Teji Bachchan, caught him listening to cricket commentary.

It all started when the contestant, Saurabh Shekhar, narrated that he would get beaten up by his father after trying to step out to watch a match. Upon this, Bachchan quickly shared that he is sailing on the same boat. The veteran actor said, “Once I was trying to hear a match on radio by going under a blanket and my mother caught me and I got beaten up.”

On the other, in another segment of the upcoming episode, the 79-year-old actor also talked about cropping his pictures “carefully” before posting them on his social media platforms. He asserted, “people will ask what is the glass doing behind? Where are you sitting? So I carefully crop my face and only post it so that people don’t comment.”

Meanwhile, the Kaun Banega Crorepati host also asked the contestant to share his experience of the “Play Along” section of the show. In response, Saurabh revealed he had earned some lakhs while playing KBC online during the pandemic.

Currently, Sony Entertainment is premiering the 14th season of the show with Big B. Along with contestants, actor Amir Khan, sports icons Mary Kom and Sunil Chhetri, and India's first Blade Runner, Major DP Singh, among others, have also graced the show.

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Debutant director Shubham Yogi's heart-warming coming-of-age sibling drama Kacchey Limbu starring Radhika Madan, Rajat Barmecha and introducing Ayush Mehra will have a world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF2022).

Kacchey Limbu is a heartwarming sibling drama that tells the story of Aditi, a wilful young girl who is in the race of fulfilling dreams imposed on her by everyone and being at the receiving end each time. A story of courage, determination and discovering herself, Kacchey Limbu is an emotional rollercoaster in which she decides to take matters into her own hands to prove to her family, friends and especially her elder brother that being confused is not necessarily a bad thing. With time, the right decision will find its way to you.

Shubham Yogi, Director, Kacchey Limbu, "I am very excited to embark on my journey as a filmmaker with Kacchey Limbu, a coming-of-age sibling drama. The film is primarily a story of two young, middle-class siblings who have to navigate their family’s conditioning to find their own unique voice. Kacchey Limbu is everyone's story, and I believe that a story worth telling will always find a way to be told. I was fortunate to find producers - my prime collaborators, Neha Anand and Pranjal Khandhdiya (Mango People Media) and Jio Studios who believed in the story from the get-go and batted for the film on the front foot. With their faith in me and my story, I feel fortunate that I was able to tell the story in the way that I wanted to.

He adds, "Along with my own debut as a director, Kacchey Limbu cast is led by Radhika Madan, Rajat Barmecha and Ayush Mehra. It is a story that will connect with all families, as it touches upon the crossroads of dreams and realities in life. We have aspired to capture sibling love in a way that would strike a chord with everybody. I couldn’t have asked for more than a World Premiere for Kacchey Limbu at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF2022)."

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Hollywood actors Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan and Pete Davidson are on board to star in Black Bear Pictures’ Dumb Money, an adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s book The Antisocial Network.

According to Variety, Dumb Money focuses on the January 2021 “short squeeze” movement around GameStop, where users of the Reddit page “Wall Street Bets” banded together to artificially increase the stock values of video game retail chain GameStop, which suffered from lagging stock prices for years. The situation resulted in major hedge funds as well as independent short sellers taking significant financial losses, and it caused calls for more regulation of the stock market.

Filming for the project, directed by Craig Gillespie, is set to begin this September. Rebecca Angelo & Lauren Schuker Blum are adapting with Ryder Picture Company’s Aaron Ryder, Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman and Gillespie producing. Per the report, Black Bear Pictures will fully finance the film, with Black Bear International handling the foreign distributions rights. Sales for the feature will be launched at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival this September. UTA Independent Film Group will represent the U.S. rights to the feature.

On the work front, Paul Dano will next be seen in Steven Spielberg’s coming-of-age drama The Fabelmans in November and the sci-fi drama Spaceman. He most recently played the Riddler in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Rogen will co-star with Dano in The Fablemans. He recently appeared in Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers. Stan is currently filming A Different Man. The actor, best known for playing Bucky Barnes in Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

Meanwhile, Pete Davidson, who recently quit Saturday Night Live after eight seasons, starred in the A24 slasher film Bodies Bodies Bodies this summer, and will appear with Kaley Cuoco in the romantic comedy Meet Cute this fall. He is currently filming the Peacock comedy series Bupkis, starring alongside Joe Pesci and Edie Falco.

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Pop titans BTS recently announced the venue and date for the Global Busan Concert, WORLD EXPO 2030 BUSAN KOREA CONCERT BTS in BUSAN. BTS in Busan is being hosted to support the bid to host the World Expo 2030 in Busan Metropolitan City. Previously, the concert was supposed to take place at Busan Ilgwang special stage in Gijang-gun, Busan on October 15. Now, the venue has been changed following a thorough check on the safety concerns. It will be now held at Asiad Main Stadium.

As per the official statement released by BIGHIT Music, "We are informing you that the venue for the WORLD EXPO 2030 BUSAN KOREA CONCERT BTS <Yet To Come> in BUSAN has been changed.
The venue for the main concert has been changed from Ilgwang Special Stage as previously announced and the concert will now be held at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium. In July, BTS was appointed as the honorary ambassadors for the 2030 Busan World Expo because they understand the importance of the World Expo and share the same values."

The statement continued, "As a first step to aid BTS's support of the bid for Busan in 2030, we planned a massive, festival-like global concert for audiences across the world. We made the global concert free for all so that not only fans of BTS but everyone around the world could enjoy the festival-like experience together. Our goal was to contribute to Busan's bid for the World Expo by promoting the culture of both the global city of Busan and Korea as a whole through a large-scale concert with next-level production. After careful review of many places in Busan and how suitable they were for that plan, we originally elected to hold the concert in Ilgwang. Based on cooperation with organizations including Busan City, police, the fire department, and the Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail), we carefully moved ahead with organizing the event so that the audience would be able to have the most convenient experience possible."

It further read, "Our decision to change the location of the concert was made in an effort to ensure that the focus remains on the performance's main purpose, which is to promote the bid for the 2030 Busan World Expo. Our top priority is to preserve the main purpose of the concert and for the audience to have a smooth, enjoyable and accessible viewing experience. While the venue has changed, we remain dedicated to the vision and we will still be holding the other events related to the concert as planned. We will be holding LIVE PLAY at Busan Port International Passenger Terminal Outdoor Parking Lot so that the audience gathered there can watch the concert live on a large screen and experience the performance up-close. The concert will also be streamed online for everyone around the world to get in on the excitement of the performance, and we have even more events coming around Busan to keep the spirit of the concert alive. We thank you for your continued interest and support in WORLD EXPO 2030 BUSAN KOREA CONCERT BTS <Yet To Come> in BUSAN. We will provide details of the new venue and seating for the concert in an upcoming announcement."

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Starting with the concert, BTS will kick off their activities as ambassadors for World Expo 2030 Busan, Korea. During the ambassador appointment ceremony last month, BTS said, “We will make extra efforts to not only support the bid, but also promote the beautiful nature and culture of the Republic of Korea worldwide.”

Back in June, it was announced that BTS, the newly appointed ambassadors for Busan’s World Expo 2030 bid, would hold the Global Busan Concert to support the nation’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo in Busan Metropolitan City. HYBE’s Chairman Bang Si-Hyuk and CEO Park Jiwon, and Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City Park Heong-joon signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Busan Metropolitan City Hall to promote Busan’s bid for the World Expo 2030. As part of the agreement, BTS as ambassadors will hold the Global Busan Concert in efforts to bring the World Expo 2030 to Busan.

The memorandum covers joint initiatives for Busan to succeed in its bid as the host. It includes BTS to: Act as the ambassadors;Hold Global Concert in Busan, activities to appeal to the members of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE); Personally introduce the proposed site for the BIE Enquiry Missions; Serve as the ambassadors at South Korea’s presentation session; Be present on the election day to support the bid; Provide photos and videos for the city's digital campaigns, and; Spread promotional videos via official social media channels, and more.

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Ganesh Chaturthi festival marked an important moment for Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza who purchased a new swanky car. The actors brought home a swanky BMW electric car worth whopping Rs. 1.4 crore on the special occasion.

The car comes with a 425 Km range of 325 horsepower that propels the car from 0-100 in 6.1 seconds. The model is worth Rs. 1.15 cr, on road goes to over Rs. 1.40 cr. This is his second electric car the first being a Tesla Model X that he got in 2017.

On Wednesday, the couple arrived at Arpita Khan Sharma and Aayush Sharma's residence for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in their swanky car. The couple was joined by their two sons.

On the work front, Riteish Deshmukh will next star in Netflix movie Plan A Plan B and Sajid Khan's 100%.

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Earlier this year in February, we saw the Madhuri Dixit starrer The Fame Game hit the popular streaming platform Netflix. Consisting of eight episodes, the show followed the story of a popular actress Anamika, played by Madhuri, India's most famous actress who goes missing. Following this a search for her is launched which gradually chips away at the flawless facade of her life and family, revealing painful truths. Though the first season of the show received rather good feedback from the audience, Bollywood Hungama has learnt that the OTT streaming giant has decided on dropping the second season from its catalogue.

Informs a well-placed industry source, “The Fame Game season 2 was set to commence towards the end of this year. However, now Netflix India has dropped the show from its catalogue essentially cancelling season 2 of the show.” Prod the source about the reason behind this cancellation and he continues, “Given the way things have been progressing and more filmmakers and content creators approaching OTT platforms, Netflix and the likes have a vast array to choose from. As for cancelling The Fame Game season 2, the reasons could be anything from lack of good content to production budgets. In fact, since season 1 did so well, ideally Netflix would be looking to up the game with The Fame Game season 2. But with the show being dropped it looks like the content wasn’t up to the mark.”

While it still remains unclear whether The Fame Game season 2 was dropped due to a lack of good content, the source claims that the makers of the show still have a chance of reviving the project. “Though Netflix India has dropped the show for now, if in case it was the content, the same can be reworked and adjusted. Once done, the second season can be reviewed by the OTT platform and even re-added to their catalogue. Right now, Netflix is concentrating on expanding a catalogue that features good content that will appeal and connect with the mass audience in India.”

As for the show, The Fame Game season 1 featured Madhuri Dixit in the lead role as Anamika Anand, alongside Sanjay Kapoor, Manav Kaul and Muskkaan Jaferi.

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Netflix on Friday confirmed that director Roh Deok and actors Jeon Yeo Been and Nana starrer Glitch is finally set to premiere in October. The series tells the story of Hong Jihyo, who attempts to track down her missing boyfriend with the help of members from a UFO club. In the process, she comes face to face with a mysterious secret.

The first poster along with the release announcement was made on September 2, 2022.

 

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Jeon Yeo Been plays the lead role of Hong Jihyo. In her quest to find her boyfriend, she and the UFO club come face to face with unknown beings and the mysterious secret they harbor.

The series is directed by Roh Deok, known for her genre-crossing agility. With her hit film Very Ordinary Couple, her keen insight and refined aesthetic approach earned the film the Best Feature Award in the Asian New Talent category at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival. 

Glitch will be released exclusively on Netflix on October 7, 2022.

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