Cinesprint Magazine June 2020

Kiara Advani was born to Jagdeep opposite Sushant Singh Rajput, Advani
Advani, Businessman and Genevieve played the real-life character of Sakshi
Jaffrey, a teacher of Punjabi, Scot- Rawat. Her performance and chemistry
tish, Irish, Portuguese, and Spanish with Rajput was well appreciated by
ancestry. Born as Alia Advani, Advani critics.
changed her first name to Kiara prior
to the release of her first film, Fugly. The following year, Advani appeared
The elder of two children, Advani has a opposite newcomer Mustan Bur-
younger brother, Mishaal. She is also mawalla in Machine, an action romantic
related to several celebrities via her thriller from the director duo Abbas–
maternal family. Actors Ashok Kumar Mustan, narrating about two racing
and Saeed Jaffrey are her step-great- enthusiasts, Sarah & Ransh, who fall in
grandfather and great-uncle, respec- love and get married after the death of
tively, whereas model Shaheen Jaffrey Sarah's friend. Machine met with mixed
and actress Juhi Chawla are her aunts. to negative reactions, and Advani's per-
formance was also largely criticized.
Advani made her acting debut with
Kabir Sadanand's comedy-drama Fug- 2018 was a critically and commercially
ly, in which she featured alongside an successful period in Advani's career,
ensemble cast including Mohit Marwah, as she was cast in two successful films,
Arfi Lamba, Vijender Singh, and Jimmy the first of which was the anthology film
Shergill. Advani's next film role was in Lust Stories, a Netflix film consisting
the Neeraj Pandey-directed biographi- of four segments dealing with woman
cal sports drama M.S. Dhoni: The Un- sexuality. She featured in Karan Jo-
told Story, about the life of MS Dhoni, har's segment, playing Megha, a newly
an Indian cricketer who was the former married wife whose husband fails to
captain of the Indian cricket team. Cast recognize her sexual dissatisfaction.

Later that year, she made her debut
in Telugu cinema with Koratala Siva's
political thriller Bharat Ane Nenu,
about the story of a student (played
by Mahesh Babu) who unexpectedly
becomes the chief minister of Andhra
Pradesh. Advani was cast opposite
Ram Charan in Vinaya Vidheya Rama,
a Telugu film. She then signed a bunch
of Bollywood films and she recently
featured in the female lead's role in
Kabir Singh that has Shahid Kapoor in
the lead role. Her recent offering Good
Newwz is a smashing hit and it is col-
lecting massive numbers all over.

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R isingstar Karthikeya ayekihtraK
tollywood
Finding new paths in Tollywood
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R isingstar
Tollywood

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Kartikeya Gummakonda is Kartikeya's father, Gum-
an Indian film actor, who makonda Vital Reddy is the
works predominantly in Chairman of Nagarjuna Group
Telugu film industry. He of Schools. He completed
made his acting debut in his schooling in Naagarjuna
the upcoming film RX 100 School in Vanasthalipuram
alongside Payal Rajput, ,Ranga Reddy district, Telan-
directed by Ajay Bhupathi. gana. After his schooling,
Kartikeya was born and he pursued his education
brought up in Hyderabad, from Sri Chaitanya College,
Telangana. He studied at in Vijayawada. His next film
Fiitjee in the same city and Hippi ended up as a mas-
did her higher education sive disaster at the box-office.
in NIT, Warangal, Hanam- Karthikeya tested his luck with
Guna 369 which is his third
konda, Telangana. attempt. The film too failed to
impress the audience. Kar-
His debut film RX 100 is an tikeya is lined up with a bunch
of films which are under shoot.
incredible love story in which
Kartikeya played a negative
the theatrical trailer of the film role in Nani's upcoming project
Gang Leader. The actor loved
was released a few days back the role and signed the film.
Vikram Kumar is the director
and created a buzz on social and Priyanka Arul Mohan is
the female lead. Gang Leader
media for its raw and bold produced by Mythri Movie
Makers released last year and
content. The film seems like it ended up as a disappoint-
ment. Karthikeya is even open
another honest attempt from a for challenging roles and he
hinted that he would essay
small team. The actor's perfor- negative roles if he likes the
content and character.
mance and screen presence
He is shooting for Chavu Kab-
received a top class response uru Challaga and has a couple
of interesting projects.
from the audience. He took up

his career in acting and made

some short films, and later

debuted into the film industry

in the year 2016.

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R isingstar
Bollywood

Malavika Mohanan

The new Sensation

Malavika Mohanan is an Indian film ac-
tress, who has predominantly worked in
the Malayalam language films. Mohanan
was born in 1992 and is the daughter of
cinematographer K. U. Mohanan. She
hails from Payyanur in Kannur, Kerala,
but brought up in Mumbai. She has also
appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Kannada
language films. The daughter of cinema-
tographer KU Mohanan, she made her
acting debut with the romantic drama
Pattam Pole.

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Following a series of lead roles won good reviews but also met
in Malayalam and Kannada films, with a tepid response commercial-
she won critical acclaim after ap- ly. In 2016, Mohanan worked on
pearing in Majid Majidi's drama her first Kannada film, Naanu Mat-
film, Beyond the Clouds, portray- tu Varalakshmi opposite a debu-
ing a dweller of Mumbai's dhobi tant actor, Prithvi. Her performance
ghat area. was widely appreciated. She then
featured in the role of a police of-
Mohanan completed a degree in ficer in the crime thriller The Great
Mass Media at Wilson College, Father where she starred along-
Mumbai, hoping to emulate her fa- side an ensemble cast including
ther as a cinematographer or as a Mammootty, Arya and Sneha. The
director. Post her graduation, while film opened to positive reviews and
she was contemplating taking up performed well at the box office.
higher studies, she accompanied
her father to a commercial shoot Mohanan's breakthrough as an
for a fairness cream, starring vet- actress came through her role as
eran Malayalam actor Mammootty. Tara, a poor girl from Mumbai's
The actor subsequently enquired dhobi ghat area, in Majid Majidi's
about Mohanan's interest in act- drama film, Beyond the Clouds.
ing, before offering her a role op- Mohanan won positive reviews for
posite his son, Dulquer Salmaan, her portrayal. She played a crucial
in an upcoming Malayalam film. role in Rajinikanth's Petta. She is
Mohanan took time to consider the romancing Vijay in Master directed
proposal before passing an audi- by Lokesh Kanagaraj which is
tion and accepting terms to star in aimed for release soon. Malavika
Pattam Pole in 2013 and gradually Mohanan is a sensation across the
learned about the process of act- internet and her Instagram pictures
ing as the shoot progressed. are going viral across the internet.
Her film with Vijay Devarakonda
Her second film, Nirnayakam, Mo- which was titled Hero got shelved.
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Sh ting
Location

Shamshera

Shooting Locations

@ Hyderabad

Ranbir Kapoor and Vaani Kapoor have finally started shooting for their
much awaited film Shamshera in Ladakh. The two actors were spotted
at Mumbai airport on Monday while leaving the city. According to re-
ports, the director wants to shoot some of the most crucial portions of
the film in Ladakh. The team will be in the region for 10 days. A source
close to the development told Filmfare, "Shamshera will have the most
breath-taking visual experience that audiences have seen on screen and
the director (Karan Malhotra) has left no stones unturned to make his
film a spectacle! He was certain that he wanted to shoot some of the
most crucial portions of the film in Ladakh because it would add to the
visual appeal of the film. Ranbir and Vaani have both left Mumbai for
this shooting schedule." Ranbir Kapoor and Vaani Kapoor were spotted

at Mumbai airport on Monday.

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TEA NEWS

Tom Hanks And Rita Wilson
Volunteer To Help During
This Pandemic

The two Hollywood stars Tom
hanks and Rita Wilson aiming
to do their best by offering to
donate their blood and plasma
to see if there is a way to find a
vaccine for this virus. These two
stars were suffering from the
virus themselves and recently
they recovered from this virus.
The actor and actress had been
diagnosed with this virus on
March 11th.

Scarlett Happy Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris
About The Pratt To Share Good News Soon
Black Widow
Role That She Soon Chris Pratt and author Kath-
Was Denied erine Schwarzenegger are going to
Earlier have their first child soon, it is may-
be a baby girl. Once, both of them
For the Avengers series, Scarlett Johans- were spotted while on the bike and
son is quite happy about receiving the role her baby bump was visible. The
of a Black Widow. Scarlett is delighted to second time, in Los Angeles,.
have built her career in a manner that the
studio considered her as a second choice.
Earlier the Avengers director wanted Emily
Blunt to do the role of a Black Widow. How-
ever, due to a conflict, she had to back out.

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Is It Aamir Khan The Hero Behind Leaving 15000
Cash In Wheat Packets?

It is being said that to extend support to the underprivileged, Aamir khan has silently
donated money in wheat packets, the video is going viral. In one of the verified Tik-
Tok videos yet unknown, in one of the underprivileged areas in Delhi, a big truck
filled with one-kilo wheat packets were sent to the needy due to this ongoing CO-
VID-19 virus. Many people didn’t take the flour thinking 1 kilo wouldn’t suffice. How-
ever, the ones who picked the packets surprisingly found 15000 cash.

Online Petition Signed By 13000 People To Angelina Jolie
Disable WhatsApp On Amitabh Bachan’s Phone holds hand the
daughter Zahara,
According to one of Amitabh Bachan fan’s tweet, 13000
people signed a petition to have WhatsApp disabled on 14 on sweet
Amitabh Bachan’s phone. The star is experiencing a lot mother/daughter
of problems due to his tweets about coronavirus through
WhatsApp forwards, memes and fake news. The peti- outing
tion reads that Amitabh Bachchan is being the victim
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want his WhatsApp to be disabled to keep his dignity.

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HIND

SCENES

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DIRECTED BY STAR CASTING PRODUCTION COMPANY:
Shoojit Sircar Amitabh Bachchan Rising Sun Films
Ayushmann Khurrana Kino Works

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HIND

SCENES

DIRECTED BY STAR CASTING PRODUCTION COMPANY:
Lokesh Kanagaraj Vijay XB Film Creators
Vijay Sethupathi

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OVER STORY

Ananya Panday

Next Generation of
Hindi Cinema

Ananya Panday is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films.
The daughter of actor Chunky Pandey, she ventured into act-
ing in 2019 with leading roles in the teen film Student of the
Year 2 and the comedy Pati Patni Aur Woh. Panday was born
to actor Chunky Pandey on 30 October 1998. She graduated

from Dhirubhai Ambani International School in 2017. She
participated in Vanity Fair's Le Bal des débutantes
event in Paris in 2017.

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Panday next starred in Pati Pat-
ni Aur Woh (2019), a remake of
the 1978 film of the same name,
alongside Kartik Aaryan and

Bhumi Pednekar.

Panday made her acting debut in 2019 with the teen film
Student of the Year 2, co-starring Tiger Shroff and Tara
Sutaria, which was produced by Dharma Productions.
Writing for Scroll.in, Nandini Ramnath felt that Panday
showed potential in an unremarkable film. With world-
wide earnings of Rs 978 million, the film underperformed
at the box office.

Panday next starred in Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019), a re-
make of the 1978 film of the same name, alongside Kar-
tik Aaryan and Bhumi Pednekar. She played a secretary
who indulges in an affair with a married man, which was
portrayed by Ranjeeta Kaur in the original. It emerged
as a commercial success. Ananya is the female lead
in Vijay Devarakonda's next film Fighter which is a pan
Indian film and is directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film
produced by Puri Jagannadh and Karan Johar releases
next year.

Panday will next star in the action film Khaali Peeli, co-
starring Ishaan Khatter, and in Shakun Batra's as-yet-
untitled romantic drama, alongside Deepika Padukone
and Siddhant Chaturvedi. She is in huge demand and is
rushed with several offers. Her Instagram handle too has
millions of followers and the actress is thrilling her fans in
glamorous outfits and pictures. On the whole, Ananya is
sure the new face of Bollywood for the younger genera-
tions of Hindi cinema.

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OF THE MONTH

S NaniTOLLYWOOD

Natural Star of Telugu Cinema

Nani is an Indian film actor, producer, media personality, and televi-
sion presenter known for his work in Telugu cinema. He was an assistant
director and worked with Srinu Vaitla and Bapu, before working as an RJ

for World Space Satellite in Hyderabad.

Nani made his film debut in 2008 with the was also nominated twice for the Filmfare
hit romantic comedy Ashta Chamma. He Best Telugu Actor Award, for the films
then starred in commercially success- Bhale Bhale Magadivoy and Gentleman.
ful films such as Ride, Bheemili Kabaddi He is referred to by his fans as 'Natural
Jattu, Ala Modalaindi, Pilla Zamin- Star'.
dar, Eega, Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu,
Yevade Subramanyam, Bhale Bhale Nani was brought up in Hyderabad,
Magadivoy, Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Andhra Pradesh, India. He did his school-
Gaadha, Gentleman, Nenu Local, Ninnu ing from St. Alphonsa's High School and
Kori, and MCA, some of which rank then studied in Narayana Junior College,
among the highest-grossing Telugu films. S.R Nagar before graduating from Wes-
ley's. Nani got engaged on 12 August
In 2013, Nani produced his first film, D 2012 to Anjana Yelavarthy. The couple
for Dopidi, which became a commercial married on 27 October that year in a
success at the box office. His second private ceremony in the city. Nani is lined
production venture, Awe, was released up with a bunch of films and is one of the
in 2018. In 2018, Nani hosted Bigg Boss highest-paid young actors of this gen-
Telugu 2, the second season of the eration. His recent outing Gang Leader
popular reality TV show Bigg Boss in bombed badly at the box-office.
Telugu. The second season began airing
on 10 June 2018 and concluded on 30 Nani completed the shoot of 'V' which is
September 2018. directed by Mohan Krishna Indraganti.
The film features Nani, Sudheer Babu,
He won the State Nandi Award for Best Aditi Rao Hydari and Nivetha Thomas in
Actor for Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu, and the lead roles. The film's release is put on
the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor hold due to coronavirus. Nani is shoot-
– South for Bhale Bhale Magadivoy. He ing for Tuck Jagadish directed by Shiva
Nirvana. The film releases next year.

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OF THE MONTH
TOLLYWOOD

Pooja Hegde

On THe Top In Tollywood

Pooja Hegde is an Indian model and film ac-
tress who appears mainly in Telugu and Hindi

films. A former beauty pageant contestant,
she was crowned as the second runner-up at
the Miss Universe India 2010 competition,
before going on to make her acting debut in
Mysskin's Tamil superhero film Mugamoodi.

She then featured in the Telugu films Oka
Laila Kosam and Mukunda, while signing on

to feature as the lead actress in Ashutosh
Gowariker's Mohenjo Daro along with
Hrithik Roshan.

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S TOLLYWOOD

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Pooja was born and brought opposite Bellamkonda Sreenivas and
up in Mumbai, Maharash- Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava,
tra. Her parents Manjunath a Telugu action film directed by Trivi-
Hegde and Latha Hegde are from kram Srinivas opposite Jr NTR.
Mangalore, Karnataka. Her mother
tongue is Tulu, and she is also fluent In 2019, she appeared in Maharshi, a
in English, Marathi, Hindi. She went Telugu action film, directed by Vamsi
to M.M.K College, she revealed. Paidipally opposite Mahesh Babu.
She regularly sought to enter in Her next release was Gaddalakonda
intercollegiate competitions, partici- Ganesh, a Telugu action-thriller film
pating in dance and fashion shows. directed by Harish Shankar. Remake
of the 2014 Tamil film Jigarthanda,
She competed in the Miss India featured Varun Tej and Atharvaa along
2009 competition but was eliminated with her. The film received decent re-
in an early round despite winning the sponse and the collections have been
Miss India Talented 2009 honour. good.
She re-applied the following year
and was the second runner-up in the Pooja Hegde is riding high with the
Miss Universe India 2010 competi- super success of Allu Arjun's Ala
tion, while also being crowned Miss Vaikunthapuramlo. The film has been
India South Glamorous Hair 2010 in declared as the second biggest hit in
the subsidiary competition. Tollywood after Baahubali: The Con-
clusion. Pooja Hegde is quite delighted
In 2017 she appeared in Duvvada with the response. She recently joined
Jagannadham a Telugu film by Allu the shoot of Jaan featuring Prabhas
Arjun. In 2018, she appeared in an in the lead role. Pooja Hegde will also
item number in the film Rangas- romance Akhil Akkineni in his next film
thalam in the song "Jigelu Rani". that is directed by Bommarillu Bhas-
Then in Saakshyam, a Telugu film kar. Pooja is also in talks for a bunch
of Hindi films that will start rolling soon.

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ELEBRITY

OF THE MONTH

Ranbir Kapoor

Young Superstar of Bollywood

Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian film actor. He is one of the
highest-paid actors of Hindi cinema and has featured in
Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2012. Kapoor
is the recipient of several awards, including six Filmfare
Awards. Kapoor was born on 28 September 1982 in Bom-

bay to Rishi and Neetu, both actors of the
Hindi film industry.

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He subsequently assisted His most widely seen film in
Sanjay Leela Bhansali this period came with the politi-
on the film Black and cal drama Raajneeti.
made his acting debut with
Bhansali's tragic romance The romantic drama Rockstar,
Saawariya, a critical and in which he played a troubled
musician, and the comedy-
commercial failure. drama Barfi! in which he played
a cheerful deaf-and-mute man,
He is the great-grandson of earned Kapoor two consecutive
Prithviraj Kapoor and the grand- Best Actor awards at Filmfare.
son of actor-director Raj. His A starring role opposite Deep-
elder sister, Riddhima is an ika Padukone in the romantic
interior and fashion designer. comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai
The actresses Karisma and Deewani established him as a
Kareena Kapoor are his first leading Bollywood actor. He fol-
cousins. Kapoor was educated lowed this with roles in a series
at the Bombay Scottish School of films that did not perform well
in Mahim. As a student, he found commercially, with the excep-
little interest in academics and tion of the romance Ae Dil Hai
would rank low among his peers. Mushkil. This changed in 2018
However, he has stated that he when Kapoor portrayed San-
performed better in sports, par- jay Dutt in Rajkumar Hirani's
ticularly football. biopic Sanju, one of the high-
est-grossing Indian films of all
Ranbir Kapoor pursued film- time, for which he won another
making and method acting at Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
the School of Visual Arts and
the Lee Strasberg Theatre and In addition to acting in films,
Film Institute, respectively. He Kapoor supports charities and
subsequently assisted Sanjay causes. He is also a co-owner
Leela Bhansali on the film Black of the Indian Super League
and made his acting debut with football team Mumbai City FC.
Bhansali's tragic romance Saa- Kapoor has been the recipient
wariya, a critical and commercial of six Filmfare Awards: Best
failure. Kapoor rose to promi- Male Debut for Saawariya
nence in 2009 with his perfor- (2007), Critics Award for Best
mances in the coming-of-age Actor for Wake Up Sid (2009),
film Wake Up Sid, the romantic Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
comedy Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab (2009), and Rocket Singh:
Kahani, and the drama Rocket Salesman of the Year (2009)
Singh: Salesman of the Year. and Rockstar (2011), and Best
Actor awards for Rockstar,
Barfi! (2012), and Sanju (2018).
The actor is currently lined up
with several big-budget projects
which will release soon.

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ELEBRITY

OF THE MONTH

Katrina Kaif

Beauty with a Beast

Katrina Kaif is an English actress
who works in Hindi films. Despite

receiving mixed reviews from
critics for her acting prowess, she
has established herself in Bolly-
wood and is one of India's highest-

paid actresses.

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Born in Hong Kong, Kaif and her fam-

ily lived in several countries before She followed this with roles in a series

she moved to London. She received of films that did not perform well com-

her first modeling assignment as a mercially but received praise for play-

teenager and later pursued a career ing an alcoholic actress in the romantic

as a fashion model. At a fashion show drama Zero, for which she received a

in London, filmmaker Kaizad Gustad nomination for the Filmfare Award for

spotted Kaif and decided to cast her in Best Supporting Actress. In addition to

Boom, a critical and commercial failure. acting, Kaif is involved with her mother's

While filming in India, Kaif received charity and participates in stage shows.

modeling assignments and established She is guarded about her personal life,

a successful modeling career. How- which is a subject of media scrutiny, as

ever, filmmakers is her background.

were hesitant to cast She followed this with Kaif's personal life
her due to her poor

command of Hindi. roles in a series of films has been the sub-
ject of extensive

After appearing in that did not perform media attention.
the Telugu film, Mal- well commercially but She is reluctant to
liswari, Kaif earned discuss her ro-

commercial success received praise for play- mantic life: "I have
in Bollywood with always believed

the romantic com- ing an alcoholic actress that there is life
edies Maine Pyaar before marriage

Kyun Kiya? and in the romantic drama and after mar-
Namastey London. riage. Although

She followed with a Zero, for which she re- rumors of a re-
series of box-office
hits, but was criti- lationship with
cized for her acting,
repetitive roles and ceived a nomination for Salman Khan first

emerged in 2003,

the Filmfare Award for it was not until

inclination to male- Best Supporting Actress. after their 2010
dominated films. breakup that Kaif

spoke of it, calling

Kaif's performance in the terrorism it her first serious relationship.

drama New York was better received,

earning her a Filmfare Award for Best The reported reason for their breakup

Actress nomination. After roles in Ajab was Kaif's increasing closeness to

Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Raajneeti and Ranbir Kapoor during the filming of Ajab

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, she received Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. In February

her second Filmfare nomination for her 2016, the media reported that they had

performance in Mere Brother Ki Dul- broken up. She is currently single and is

han. Kaif's highest-grossing films came not in a relationship with any actor. After

with the spy thriller Ek Tha Tiger and completing Bharat, the actress joined

its 2017 sequel, and the action thriller the sets of Akshay Kumar's Sooryavan-

Dhoom 3, all of which rank among the shi.

highest-grossing Indian films of all time.

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Akshay Kumar

On the top in Bollywood

Akshay Kumar, is an Indian-born Canadian ac-
tor, producer and television personality who

works in Bollywood films. In a career spanning
over 29 years, Kumar has appeared in over 100
films and has won several awards, including the
National Film Award for Best Actor for his per-
formance in Rustom and two Filmfare Awards

for Ajnabee and Garam Masala.

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Akshay Kumar was born in Amritsar, Khiladi. In 2009, he founded the Hari Om
Punjab, India to Hari Om Bhatia and Entertainment production company and
Aruna Bhatia in a Punjabi family. His fa- Grazing Goat Pictures production company
ther was an army officer. From a young in 2012. In 2014, Kumar launched the TV
age, Kumar was very interested in reality show Dare 2 Dance. He also owns
sports. His father too enjoyed wrestling. the team Khalsa Warriors in the World
He lived and grew up in Delhi's Chandni Kabaddi League. As of 2019, according to
Chowk and later he moved to Mumbai Forbes, Akshay was the fourth highest-paid
when his father left Army to become an actor in the world and the highest paid in
accountant with UNICEF. India.

Kumar is one of the most prolific actors In 2008, the University of Windsor con-
of Indian cinema, having starred in 110 ferred an honorary Doctorate on Kumar in
films, of which many were commercially recognition of his contribution to Indian cin-
successful. He was the first Bollywood ema. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma
actor whose films' domestic net lifetime Shri by the Government of India. In 2011,
collections crossed Rs 20 billion by The Asian Awards honoured Kumar for his
2013 and Rs 30 billion by 2016. Hav- outstanding achievement in cinema.
ing done so, he has established himself
as one of the prominent actors of Hindi His close friend recommended Kumar into
cinema. When he began his acting ca- modelling which ultimately led to a model-
reer in the 1990s, he primarily starred in ling assignment for a furniture showroom.
action films. Later, Kumar also gained Kumar effectively made more money within
fame for his drama, romantic and comic the first two days of shooting than in his
roles. entire month's salary and therefore chose
a modelling career path. He worked as an
Apart from acting, Kumar has worked assistant for photographer Jayesh Sheth
as a stunt actor; he has often performed for 18 months without payment to shoot his
many dangerous stunts in his films, first portfolio. He also worked as a back-
which has earned him the sobriquet "In- ground dancer in various films. One morn-
dian Jackie Chan". In 2008, he hosted ing, he missed his flight for an ad-shoot in
the show Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Bangalore. Disappointed with himself, he
visited a film studio along with his portfolio.
That evening, Kumar was signed for a lead
role by producer Pramod Chakravarthy for
the movie Deedar.

After being engaged twice to actress Twin-
kle Khanna, the daughter of actors Rajesh
Khanna and Dimple Kapadia, Kumar mar-
ried her on 17 January 2001. Together they
have a son, Aarav and a daughter Nitara.
The actor is quite consistent and scored
back to back hits. His recent offering Good
Newwz is a massive hit and it raked mas-
sive revenues all over.

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OLDEN MOVIE
TOLLYWOOD

SS Rajamouli Baahubali:
The Beginning
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A Game Changer

Baahubali: The Beginning is a 2015
Indian epic action film directed by S.
S. Rajamouli. The film was produced
by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad

Devineni and was shot in both
Telugu and Tamil. This film was also
dubbed into Malayalam and Hindi.
The film stars Prabhas, Rana Dag-
gubati, Anushka Shetty, and Taman-
naah in the lead roles, with Ramya
Krishna, Sathyaraj, and Nassar in

supporting roles.

Movie name : Baahubali: The Beginning
Director : S. S. Rajamouli

Produced By : Prasad Devineni

Music : M. M. Keeravani

Year of relese :10 July 2015

The first of two cinematic Cast : Prabhas
parts, the film follows Si- Rana Daggubati
vudu, an adventurous young
man who helps his love, a Tamannaah
rebellious warrior intending Anushka Shetty
to rescue the former queen
of Mahishmati. In the pro- fuelled his interest in the story. the highest-grossing dubbed
cess, he learns of his true However, it took the writers the film in India. Both budget
identity as the heir to the three months to complete the and box office records have
throne of Mahishmati, the final draft. The soundtrack and since been surpassed by
son of Amarendra Baahubali, background score were com- Baahubali 2: The Conclusion,
whose tale is narrated to him posed by MM Keeravani while the second highest-grossing
by Kattappa, a loyal warrior. the cinematography, production Indian film of all time.
When asked about Amaren- design, and VFX were handled
dra's whereabouts, Kattappa by KK Senthil Kumar, Sabu It received several accolades.
reveals that he was the one Cyril and V. Srinivas Mohan It won the National Film
who killed him. The reason respectively. Award for Best Special Ef-
behind this is explained in fects and Best Feature Film,
the follow-up Baahubali 2: The film was made on a budget becoming the first Telugu
The Conclusion. of Rs 180 crore (US$25 million), film to win the award. At the
making it the most expensive 63rd Filmfare Awards South,
The film was conceived by Indian film at its time of release. the Telugu version won five
Rajamouli's father KV Vijay- The film opened worldwide on awards from ten nominations,
endra Prasad, who randomly 10 July 2015, garnering critical including Best Film, Best
told him a story about Siva- acclaim and record-breaking Director for Rajamouli and
gami, a woman who carries box office success. With a Best Supporting Actress for
a baby in her hand while worldwide box office gross of Ramya Krishna respectively.
crossing a river, and a few Rs 650 crore (US$91 million), Baahubali: The Beginning be-
years later about Kattappa, it became the highest-grossing came the first Indian film to be
which intrigued Rajamouli. film in India, third highest-gross- nominated for Saturn Awards,
His fascination with mythol- ing Indian film worldwide, and receiving five nominations at
ogy and the tales of the Amar highest-grossing South Indian the 42nd ceremony, including
Chitra Katha comics further film, at the time of its release. Its Best Fantasy Film and Best
Hindi dubbed version also broke Supporting Actress.
several records by becoming

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Changing Faces

Childhood & Now

sunny leone

aishwarya rai

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mahesh babu

balakrishna

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aram

gMasala

Sanjjanaa Galrani

Sanjjanaa Galrani is an Indian model and film actress. She made
her film debut in the Tamil-Telugu bilingual film Oru Kadhal
Seiveer and soon known for her controversial role in the Kan-
nada film Ganda Hendathi. Her supporting role in the 2008
Telugu film Bujjigadu directed by Puri Jagannadh was her de-

but into the Telugu film industry. In 2017, she played Chandri in
the bilingual crime drama Dandupalya 2. She appeared in over
60 television advertisements, the most notable being a Fastrack
advertisement with John Abraham. She has a sister Nikki Gal-

rani, who is also an actress.

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