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Bollywood actress Nora Fatehi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for recording her statement in connection with the money laundering probe against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Nora has been questioned multiple times in the past and she was called again on Friday. However, neither the actress nor her legal team has issued any official statement, as of now.

On the other hand, Jacqueline Fernandez has also been extensively questioned in this case. The actress was included as an accused by the ED in its charge sheet. Jacqueline received bail last month after posting a personal bond for Rs. 2 lakh. Pinky Irani, who is reported to have introduced Jacqueline Fernandez to Sukesh Chandrashekhar, was detained by the police earlier this week. The ED claims that Sukesh Chandrasekhar sent various pricey gifts and luxury cars to Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi.

According to the statement of Nora’s spokesperson, published in a report by Times Of India, the actress was helping the investigating agency as a witness. In a statement, the spokesperson had said, “Nora Fatehi has been the victim around the case and being a witness, she is co-operating and helping the officers in the investigation. We would like to make it very clear that she has not been a part of any money laundering activity, she does not know or have any personal connection with the accused and has been called by ED to strictly help with the investigation.”

#WATCH | Nora Fatehi arrives at the Enforcement Directorate office in Delhi for questioning in Rs 200-crore money laundering case linked to conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. pic.twitter.com/LwEOogQDTJ

— ANI (@ANI) December 2, 2022

For the unversed, Sukesh Chandrashekar is currently in jail. He is accused of cheating various people, including some high-profile personalities such as former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh's wife, Aditi Singh.

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The theatrical trailer of the much-awaited film, Cirkus, is finally out. Directed by Rohit Shetty, this film featuring Ranveer Singh, Varun Sharma, Pooja Hegde and Jacqueline Fernandez looks like a complete laugh riot from the trailer. The promo also has two surprises in the end. Firstly, it shows Deepika Padukone shaking a leg with real-life husband Ranveer Singh on 'Current Laga' song. Secondly, the characters of Golmaal also feature in the trailer. The makers have dropped a clear hint that Rohit Shetty has attempted a crossover between Cirkus and Golmaal.

At the fun-filled trailer launch of Cirkus, Ranveer Singh was asked to comment on this aspect. In his dramatic style, he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, issi baat pe, I humbly welcome you all to the Rohit Shetty Comedy Verse!"

An amused Rohit Shetty remarked, "Bahut smart aadmi hai. Abhi Golmaal mein aayega yeh!"

As audiences laughed, Ranveer Singh joked, "But mereko Cirkus 2 bhi chahiye." To which, Rohit replied, "Toh fir Simmba nahin banate hai." Ranveer, like an excited child exulted, "Mereko Simmba 2 bhi chahiye."

As this banter ended between the actor and the director, Ranveer Singh said, "Who all have seen Golmaal 1, 2, 3 and 4? Since 15 years, Rohit Shetty's family has been making India's most loved comedy. Since 15 years, I have been waiting to do a film like this. So, I'd say it’s a dream come true to work with genuis talents like Johny Lever saab, Sanjay Mishra saab and all other senior actors. Rohit sir mere sapne poore karte hai. Pehli baar khakee mein leke aaye. Pehli baar comedy bhi karaya full on."

This would not be the first franchise created by Rohit Shetty. He did a crossover of his cop films - Singham, Simmba and Sooryavanshi. Ranveer Singh played the lead role of the cop in Simmba (2018)

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For the past few days, the comments made by Nadav Lapid during the IFFI 2022 in Goa have been in the news. The Kashmir Files, which was screened in one of the categories of the film festival, was called ‘vulgar’ and ‘propaganda’ by the Israeli filmmaker. His comments didn’t go down well with a certain section of society and received a lot of flak for the same. And now, in a recent media interview, the filmmaker apologized adding that he didn’t mean to disrespect the Kashmir tragedy but it was only his opinion about a movie and not the Kashmir state issues itself.

At the closing ceremony of IFFI 2022, Nadav Lapid addressed the uproar that kicked off after his comments on The Kashmir Files. Responding to CNN-News18 about the matter, he said, “I didn't want to insult anyone. My aim was never to insult the people or their relatives, who have suffered. I totally apologize if that's the way they interpreted it." He continued, "But at the same time, whatever I said and I said clearly that for me and my fellow jury members, it was and it is a vulgar propaganda movie that didn't have a place and was inappropriate for such a prestigious competitive section. I can repeat it again and again,"

Furthermore, he went on express his respect and support towards the victims of the Kashmir exodus tragedy adding, “I have enormous respect for the tragedy, victims, survivors and for whoever suffers there. It (my remarks) was not at all about this. I'll repeat these words 10,000 times if I have to say that I was not talking about the political issue, historical equation, or disrespecting the tragedy that happened in Kashmir. I was talking about the movie and that such serious topics deserve, in my opinion, a serious film.”

Directed by Vivek Agnihotri, The Kashmir Files released on March 11, 2022. The film garnered a massive response at the box office owing to its hard hitting content.

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Yash Raj Films has left no stone unturned for their hugely awaited action extravaganza Pathaan. News is just out that in order to make the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer a spectacle of sorts, the makers have shot not in three of four but eight countries, which include, Spain, UAE, Turkey, Russia and Siberia, Italy, France, India and Afghanistan.

While reasoning out the decision, director Siddharth Anand said in a statement, “Locations always play a huge role in my films and they became even more important for Pathaan as we intended to deliver an action spectacle for audiences that they have never seen before. To achieve that scale and variation in visuals we went to 8 countries to shoot the film and its lavish action sequences!”

Siddharth also shared how they planned the whole film accurately. “We were clear that every scene of Pathaan needs to be breath-taking and we meticulously went about planning to achieve this,” said the filmmaker. “I remember the pre-production of Pathaan took close to two years because we wanted to be absolutely sure that we are going to try and raise the bar of action spectacles in India.”

He also revealed that they explored some novel locations to shoot the film. “We have shot in some of the most remote and most exquisite locations in the world that have helped us create a visual experience that is immersive and outlandish,” said Siddharth. “I simply hope that audiences love our effort to create a cinematic milestone when Pathaan releases in theatres on Jan 25.”

Produced by Aditya Chopra’s Yash Raj Films, Pathaan also stars John Abraham and Deepika Padukone in pivotal roles.

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In exactly 55 days, fans will be all set to welcome Shah Rukh Khan back to the silver screens again. Though he never left, his hiatus has been for five years now. The actor now is gearing up for the upcoming action entertainer Pathaan which is a part of Yash Raj Films’ 50^th anniversary. Directed by Siddharth Anand, the actor recently said that no one was approaching him for action films before Pathaan came along.

Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday attended the Red Sea Festival in Saudi Arabia for the special screening of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. The actor spoke to Deadline about Pathaan and why he wants to do action movies. “I’ve never done an action film, I’ve done really sweet love stories, I’ve done some social dramas, I’ve done some bad guys, but nobody was taking me for action," he explained. "I’m 57 years old, and I thought for the next years I have to do action films, I want to do Mission Impossible-ish kind of films. I want to do over-the-top kind of action films."

Shah Rukh Khan went on to explain that India is evolving massively in terms of technology. "I think we've gone ahead leaps and bounds so I want to use all that knowledge," Khan added.

Back in June 2022, Shah Rukh Khan had revealed why he wanted to do Pathaan. “When we started shooting Pathaan, it was a lot of fun. It is an action film with wonderful co-actors Deepika Padukone, John Abraham and Ashutosh Rana among others,” he explained, “It is the kind of film I wanted to do for 30 years. I always thought of myself as somebody who can do some cool action stuff. So, I think my impression about Pathaan is that what I really wanted to do when I first came to Mumbai, hopefully I have achieved that in Pathaan as an actor.”

He admitted that he wanted to be an action hero in his 20s but is enjoying the process in his 50s too. “I enjoyed it. It is fun having to do action. It is a little late (referring to his age). At the age of 56, I am being macho and solid, trying to make it work. Siddharth and the whole action team has put in a lot of hard work. Hopefully, it will work,” he smiled.

“I remember Siddharth narrating a lot of films to me. Unfortunately, we could not find the right time to collaborate for years. He had this title called Pathaan with him. And he would tell me that, ‘Sir, maine film ready kar li hai.’ One fine day, when we could not work on the two scripts he narrated, he sent me a sweet message, which read, ‘I have this title. I have not been able to get a film with you. Now, please take the title and make a film whenever you want,'” Shah Rukh Khan said revealing that Siddharth Anand came back to him with a new script. “The film has had a long journey. And soon, you all will be able to see it,” he said.

Pathaan is set to release on January 25, 2023, in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu!

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Akshay Kumar might not have had a good 2022 but, looking at his overall career, he is easily one of the most successful and well-known actors to have emerged from Bollywood. But despite achieving this much, he wants one more blessing from life, which is to be fit at any age.

Akshay felt this after reading the book Fit At Any Age, written by Former Air Marshal PV Iyer. The actor shared a picture of himself on Instagram while reading the book and wrote, “If I could have only one blessing in life, it would be ‘fit at any age’. Former Air Marshal PV Iyer’s book is titled just that. What an inspiration at 92 years of age, Sir! Hope to learn so much from your book.”

 

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Akshay is known to be a fitness freak who makes it a point to wake up in the wee hours of the morning to go through his exercise regime. So it doesn’t really come as a surprise that he found this book so inspiring.

Iyer launched the book just two days back on Tuesday November 29.

On the work front, Akshay recently announced his entry into Marathi cinema with Mahesh Manjrekar’s Vedaat Marathe Veer Daudale Saat, where he will be essaying the character of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

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