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Kareena Kapoor Khan Reveals
When She Will have her Next Baby

“My life is no more my own. My heart no more beats inside me. It beats in this gorgeous looking Motherhood is on Kareena’s mind once again experience. "My life is no more my own. My heart
boy that I sleep next to every night and everything is in his two tiny little hands” Kareena Kapoor Khan is certainly a super no more beats inside me. It beats in this gorgeous
mom. In the last one year, her baby Taimur has looking boy that I sleep next to every night and
everything is in his two tiny little hands," she said
become the nation’s and paparazzi’s darling, at the event.

being photographed everywhere! But it looks like

motherhood is on Kareena’s mind once again.

On a recent chat show, Starry Nights 2.0, with

trade analyst Komal Nahta, Kareena Kapoor,

in a candid moment, revealed that she and

Saif and planning to expand their family

and she might become a mother in

another two years. Nahta asked

her what kind of a mom she

was to Taimur and if she and

her husband are planning

another child. "Two years

more," Kareena said. Her

bestie Amrita Arora, who

was sharing the couch

with her, quipped, "I

just told her if she

decides to get

pregnant again,

let me know

because I'll be leaving

the country."

Motherhood has

changed Kareena's life

completely. Earlier

this year, at the India

Today Conclave

2018, she opened

up about the

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Chitrangada Singh: “Nawazuddin Siddqui
Could Have Taken a Stand Against
My Harassment, He Didn’t”

Chitrangada Singh, in the wake of “I pleaded that this was not in my comfort ‘Are you doing the scene?’. I said no.
the #Metoo movement, talks about zone. I said I was wearing only a petticoat He left. Nawaz could’ve taken a stand
the horrific experience she had on underneath the saree. The director told me against my harassment. He didn’t. When
the sets of a Nawazuddin Siddiqui film not to fuss and just do what was required. empowered men in the film industry

For Chitrangada Singh, the wounds of I was intimidated bullied and threatened do not take a stand, the harassers feel

the horrific incident that occurred on into doing it. Some crew members were encouraged.”

the sets of Kushan Nandy’s Babumoshai mortified. But Nawaz just sat there waiting

Bandookbaaz in 2016 are still raw and for the storm to blow over,”

hurting. For those who came in late, recalls Chitrangada.

Chitrangada was asked to do a vulgar After the harassment and

love-making sequence with the film’s bullying Chitrangada

leading man Nawazuddin Siddiqui. When retired into her van

she protested, she was taunted, jeered, to weep. A little later

admonished until she had to leave. she recalls the

Recalling the ghastly episode Chitrangada director Kushan

says, “I’d like nothing better than to forget Nandy paying

about it. But the incident refuses to her a visit. “He

go away. I had spoken about it when didn’t ask me if

it happened two years ago. But I was I was okay. He

declared ‘troublesome’ and ‘moody’ and just asked,

made to pack my bags. They found a

replacement for me overnight (Bidita Bag)

who went around saying how lucky she

was to get such a role.”

Chitrangada feels, unless women in the

film industry come together to protest

against exploitation it won’t stop. “How can

men take our voices of dissent seriously

when another actress walks right into a

role after one actress says she’s been

harassed ? It is true that women are the

worst enemies of their own kind. Even

when I was being harassed on the sets

of Babumoshai Bandookbaaz the film’s

lady producer was there, making things

worse for me.”

For the record, Chitrangada was asked to

take off her saree get on top of her hero

and rub herself.

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Arbaaz Khan to Tie the Knot Next Year?

to get married. zero in on the date.”The couple has been

After parting ways with Malaika Arora last seen together attending parties and family

year, Arbaaz Khan is reportedly all set to gatherings. They also don’t shy away from

marry his Italian girlfriend, Giorgia Andriani. the cameras and have been quite open

According to the reports, the couple will be regarding their relationship. Meanwhile,

getting hitched at a court next year. A reliable Malaika Arora seems quite comfortable with

A source said, “Both families approve of the Arbaaz’s newfound love. Malaika and Giorgia
rbaaz Khan might take his relationship relationship and, as things stand today, the met during the Ganapati celebrations at the
with Georgia Andriani to the next couple will wed in court next year. It will be Khan household and apparently, it all went
level as they have reportedly decided an intimate affair and the families are yet to well.

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Did You Know? Sunny Leone Was her a role in the iconic TV show saying that
the decision to have her on board in the cast
Offered a Role in ‘Game of Thrones’! was made at the last minute.
“I got this message one day. This guy’s like,
Sunny Leone reveals that she could have got scammed if she ‘I know it’s really last minute, but we want
had accepted a role in Game of Thrones which later on turned to cast you for a role in Game Of Thrones’,
out to be fake. She was apparently offered a role in Game of and I was like Oh my God! No Way!”
Thrones but she refused to take it up. Later, Sunny revealed that the offer
In one of her recent interviews, Sunny Leone shared that though, eventually turned out to be a fake one. She further
she was excited about the opportunity, she said no to the offer. In an told the daily, “And then they sent the IMDB link to see
interview, Sunny shared that someone contacted her and offered who it was and then… It was fake!”

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Happy News! Lisa Ray Becomes a Mother
of Two Girls Via Surrogacy

Lisa Ray gave details of the surrogacy that was held in Georgia! Mexico and tried surrogacy through an agency but the process
She is an inspiration in more ways than one. Actress and was unsuccessful there. She then moved to Georgia where it
former supermodel Lisa Ray, a cancer survivor, today finally took shape and babies were welcomed in her arms. She
announced that she has become a mother of twins via surrogacy. has named the twin daughters Soufflé (Sufi plus Soleil)!

In an interview to Bombay Times, Lisa said that they were born via Lisa made her Indian debut in 1994 with the Tamil film Nethaji but

surrogacy in Tbilisi, then found fame in Bollywood in the hit 2001 film Kasoor with

Georgia, in June, this Aftab Shivdasani. She is best

year. Incidentally, the known for her work in Water,

pregnancy was not directed by Deepa Mehta.

planned and last year, In June 2009, she was diagnosed

she decided to go for with multiple myeloma, a cancer

it because she wanted of the white blood cells but she

to feel what it was like was nearly cured of it after a

to be a mother. stem cell transplant. In 2012, she

“When my husband got engaged to management

and I decided to consultant Jason Dehni and the

pursue surrogacy, duo got married the same year

India was the obvious in California

choice...”. But, a week In February 2012, Ray

before the surrogacy announced her engagement to

could begin, India management consultant Jason Dehni On 20 October

outlawed commercial 2012, Ray and Dehni (then a banking executivNapa Valley, in

surrogacy. So, Lisa had to seek out a country California.

where surrogacy was legalised. The Water actress first moved to

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celebrated across the country
40 DALLAS |AUG 2017 | VOL 143 where women keep fast for the
good health of their husbands.
Actor Ayushmann Khuranna has
set an example as he has kept
a karva chauth fast for his wife
Tahira Kashyap, who has been
detected with pre-invasive breast
cancer.
Ayushmann on Saturday took to
Instagram, and put an Insta stroy
where he shared a photograph
of his palm on which the letter
“was written with henna. “She
can’t fast this time but I will. For
her good health and long life.
#karvachauth”.
On September 22, Tahira
revealed that she has been
detected with pre-invasive breast
cancer.
She posted on Instagram that
she was detected with DCIS
(ductal carcinoma in situ) in
her right breast with high grade
malignant cells.
“Simply put stage 0 cancer/pre-
cancerous stage, with cancer
cells multiplying in a contained
area.”
On the acting front, Ayushmann
is currently riding high on the
successes of his two latest
releases “AndhaDhun” and
“Badhaai Ho”.

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I just wanted to take

Tapsee Pannu is one helluva sport and this love for sports to
a sporty girl. To prove it she has now
a little more serious
acquired a badminton team in the
Premium Badminton League. level. I am going to be a

pretty hands-on owner

because I know about

this sport pretty well. I

follow it regularly.”

This makes Taapsee

one of the many

Bollywood stars to have

a finger in the sporting

pie. Stars like Ranbir

Kapoor, John Abraham,

Abhishek Bachchan

among others have

invested in teams

and sporting leagues

promoting Kabaddi,

football and hockey.

Among the actresses, it

is only Preity Zinta who

started the trend by

investing in an Indian

Premier League (IPL)

cricket team.

On the work front,

Taapsee has had a

fantastic year with
Taapsee Pannu joins the plethora of actors in Bollywood who have a some
stake in a sporting venture significant

movies releasing and
Tapsee Pannu is one helluva sport and a sporty girl. To prove it she getting appreciated.
has now acquired a badminton team in the Premium Badminton League. She won rave reviews
And Tapsee whose last release Manmarziyan fetched her rave reviews, for her acting chops
couldn’t be happier. “I just love sports. And badminton is a sport that all of in films like Mulk and
us have played at least once in our lives be it for fun.”
Manmarziyaan.
Interestingly Tapsee played a hockey player in her two films including

Soorma and Manmarziyaan. So one would have thought her to be hockey

girl. Tapsee laughs, “Yes I love hockey too. But badminton is my favourite.

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Is There a Hypocrisy in Hrithik Roshan,
Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Mot-

wane’s Stand on Vikas Bahl?

Sources say the roots of Kashyap and Motwane’s animosity with Bahl are
not moral but financial. Apparently Bahl has been making lavish use of the
now-dissolved company’s funds. Kashyap and Motwane want the financial
irregularities to be rectified. Plus there were creative differences too.
While the co-partners at Phantom fight it out , Hrithik Roshan who stars in
Vikas Bahl’s Anand Kumar bio-pic Super 30 , would find it difficult to explain
why he signed the film in the first place. Says a source, “When Hrithik signed
Super 30 Vikas Bahl’s sexual escapades were common knowledge. By taking
a high moral ground now, Hrithik cannot absolve himself from the guilt of working
with an alleged sexual offender. The truth is, most of the men in Bollywood are
known to sow their wild oats. Bahl’s crimes were never considered crimes by
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Wow! Did Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor
Have a Secret Engagement?

Ranbir Kapoor’s birthday saw his and Alia’s and spent it with girlfriend Alia Bhatt and her and have already taken their relationship to the
mothers, Neetu and Soni Razdan bond family. A cute picture of Ranbir’s mom Neetu, next level.
big time.Ranbir Kapoor turned a year older Alia’s mum Soni Razdan and Alia and Ranbir Says an informed source, “It was a very
themselves did the rounds of the internet. informal engagement ceremony that took place
There were also reports of Alia baking a cake on Ranbir ‘s birthday on Ranbir ‘s mother Neetu
for Ranbir. Kapoor ‘s insistence. There is nothing official
Immediately, fans wanted to know if there would about it. But we hear mom Neetu Singh has
be more to the meeting than just a birthday get- never been surer of any of Ranbir ‘s girlfriends.
together. Well, if sources are to believed, there So on Ranbir’s birthday, they did an impromptu
was! Alia and Ranbir are poised for marriage ceremony.”

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THIS is Why Neha Dhupia Hid Her Pregnancy

The reason will shock you and also make you question the “It’s not that I am against women who decide to take those months
patriarchal ways of Bollywood off. It’s my choice,” she said.

Neha Dhupia says that she hid her pregnancy from everybody

because she thought that she would lose out on work given the

patriarchal nature of Bollywood.

Her admission has sent shockwaves in the Bollywood fraternity. “I

was worried people would stop offering work. It was a good thing

my bump wasn’t showing till the sixth month because appearances

matter here, and one might be assumed to be unfit for a job.

Fortunately, my energy levels are high,” she told.

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Metoo: Akshay Kumar Speaks Up. Stops Shoot of
‘Housefull 4’ After Charges Against Director Sajid Khan

Now, superstar Akshay Kumar has taken a stand. He expressed

support to the movement by completely calling off the shoot of the

comedy film in which he is playing the lead. Akshay was on a break

with Twinkle and his kids and upon return, he issued a statement

on Twitter. Reports say, once he landed, the first thing he did was

to get an understanding of the entire issue and then decide to hold

the shoot completely till the people concerned have been cleared

of the charges.

Peepingmoon.com reports that producer Sajid Nadiadwala had

Both Sajid Khan, the director of ‘Housefull 4’ and Nana Patekar, erected a huge set for the film costing about Rs. 14 crore in
one of the actors in the film, have been accused of harassment Lokhandwala for the fourth schedule of his comedy franchise that
ment that has shaken Bollywood ever since Tanushree Dutta made was to begin today. However, Akshay put his foot down despite the
sexual harassment allegations against Nana Patekar has had its fact that both, Sajid Khan and Nana Patekar are his good friends.
first big casualty - Housefull 4, the movie that starred Nana Patekar Incidentally, even Akshay’s wife Twinkle has been supportive of the
and was directed by Sajid Khan. Incidentally, Sajid’s name has movement. “Appalled hearing multiple incidents of harassment and
now popped up in a blog by actress Saloni Chopra who detailed it is truly horrific to hear what these women have been through.
how he harrassed her. Another journalist has also spoken up about Everyone involved in Housefull needs to take a firm stance on this
the Heyy Baby director’s obnoxious behaviour with her during an issue. This cannot go on.”
interview and thereafter. Kudos to Akshay Kumar for taking a film stand against sexual
exploitation.

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Prateik Babbar found himself in trouble
after meeting with an accident in Goa

Mulk actor Prateik Babbar allegedly knocked down a smashed his car’s window-shield, the police official said. “We
youth in Goa’s Porvorim town Wednesday and have seized the car,” said inspector Mr Naik, adding
then held an argument with him, reported news that a case under the Motor Vehicles Act has
agency PTI. A case of dangerous and rash been registered and further probe is on.
driving has been filed against him after his “We have registered the case of an accident
car dashed a scooter. under the Motor Vehicle Act. One person
The incident happened on Panaji- was injured, but not seriously,” police
Mapusa highway on Wednesday inspector, Porvorim, Paresh Naik said.
evening, said inspector Paresh Naik The accident took place in Porvorim,
of the Porvorim police station. Paulo north of Panaji, at around 8:30 pm.
Correa, the complainant, alleged that
a car driven by Prateik Babbar dashed Prateik Babbar made an impact in the
against his scooter when he was riding critically-acclaimed Mulk co-starring
with his sister. After the accident, there Taapsee Pannu and Rishi Kapoor where
was an altercation and Prateik Babbar he played a young man in a Muslim family
used filthy language against them, he who turns fundamentalist.
alleged.
Prateik Babbar, on his part, filed a complaint
against Mr Correa, alleging that Correa

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