Big B takes a dig at Shobha De while congratulating PV Sindhu

Joining twitteratis in ridiculing celebrity author Shobha De for her deriding tweet about Indian contenders at Rio Olympics, megastar Amitabh Bachchan took a dig at her while lauding shuttler PV Sindhu for assuring a medal for the country. 

Sindhu defeated Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara and qualified for women's badminton singles final late on Thursday evening, thus assuring at least a silver medal.

In a veiled attack on the writer without naming her, Big B in a series of tweets congratulated Sindhu and said that she has silenced ‘loud mouths’ and expressed his desire to take a selfie with her.  

“Aap "khaali haath" nahein, medal leke wapas aa rahein hain .. aur hum aapke saath 'selfie' nikalne chahate hain !! (you will be coming back not empty handed, but with a medal, and I want to take a selfie with you)”

“Never ever underestimate power of female gender! #PVSindhu you have destroyed so many 'naysayers' .. you are the PRIDE of INDIA!”

“aapne 'bolne walon' ki bolti bund kar di .. karm bolta hai aur wo kabhi kabhi 'kalam' ko bhi hara deta hai ! BADHAI !! (You have silenced the critics. Action speaks louder than words and sometimes even defeat the pen! Congratulations,” Amitabh Bachchan posted on the micro-blogging site.

Earlier last week, Shobha De had mocked the Indian sportspersons at Rio Olympics and tweeted, “Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. (Go to Rio, take selfies and come back with empty hands) What a waste of money and opportunity.”

De had had received huge backlash for her insensitive remarks from all corners. Former cricketer Virendra Sehwag also took a dig at her earlier after wrestler Sakshi Malik won the bronze medal, and wrote, “#SakshiMalik ke gale me medal kitna ‘Sobha De’ raha hai na.”

His witty tweet broke the internet and was hailed as the best response to the celebrated writer. Sehwag himself retweeted it with another witty comment, “Bilkul, isliye Shobha Na De aise kaam nahi karne chahiye.”

Riteish Deshmukh dances to ‘Bappa’ song from ‘Banjo’

As Ganesh Chathurthi is round the corner, Riteish Deshmukh released the first song from the much awaited film, ‘Banjo’ and the song is dedicated to Ganapati Bappa and is a perfect for the ocassion.

This beautiful Bappa track is sung by Vishal Dadlani and lyrics are penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

Releasing the song, Riteish tweeted# #BappaSong is here - Bolo Morya Re...

In the song, Riteish is seen in full festive mood, drenched in colours and dancing to Bappa tune. He is lively and energetic in the song.

Riteish previously shared that the project is close to his heart because of his unique role. Talking about his character, he elaborated, "I play a street musician. This may be the first Hindi mainstream film that focuses on a banjo band and their journey." Nargis adds, "When I heard the narration, I realised that it's one of those stories which touches your heart."

Riteish plays a slum dweller with big dreams in the film. The actor sports long tresses as he enthrals the crowd playing the banjo against the backdrop of Ganesh festival in Mumbai. Nargis is seen in multiple get-ups - in a tribal avatar to sporting a navvari sari, in the short clip. The ‘Rockstar’ actress, reportedly plays the role of a DJ in the film.   

‘Banjo’ is being directed by National Award winning Marathi director Ravi Jadhav who is making his Bollywood debut. The film will be produced by Krishka Lulla of Eros International. 'Banjo' is slated to hit the theatres on September 23, 2016.

Dhoom Reloaded: Shahrukh, Ranveer Singh to play villain-cop

YRF is planning on the fourth installment of the successful ‘Dhoom’ series. It is learnt that the makers have roped in Shahrukh Khan to play the antagonist and Abhishek Bachchan has been replaced by Ranveer Singh to play the good cop.

Says a source, “Shah Rukh has been approached by Chopra for D4. Talks about dates and remuneration are on. Salman was approached before SRK, but he’s very clear right now about not playing a negative character. Shah Rukh has done it in quite a few films before, so he has no reservations. Also, it’s not a baddie in the true sense of the word. Dhoom baddies are cool and stylish. It’s more in the Don space, which works for SRK.”

The source adds. “Adi’s strategy worked with each Dhoom being bigger than the earlier one at the box-office In Dhoom Reloaded, while Ranveer will now be ACP Jai Dixit, Uday Chopra, who played Ali, will sit out of this project.”

Aditya Chopra’s ‘Dhoom’ franchise is growing bigger and interesting with every franchise. In the first, second and third franchise John Abraham, Hrithik Roshan and Aamir Khan played the antagonist and now the fourth installment of ‘Dhoom’, titled, ‘Dhoom Reloaded’ will see Shahrukh Khan and Ranveer Singh playing the villain and the cop.

Kajol to play a single mom in her next

Kajol, who is away from the silver screen for quite some time will play a single mom in her next project. The film will be helmed by Kajol’s classmate ad filmmaker Rakesh Sathi. The untitled film co-written by Robin Bhatt and Anand Gandhi will mark Sathi’s Bollywood debut. 

According to the latest buzz, the entire film revolves around the actress, who will play single mom to an eight-year-old. It will see how Kajol deserted by her husband faces many hardships to raise her only child. It’s a story of her hardships and strong determination.

The film covers eight years of the mother-child’s life and ends at a point at 16-year-old when her child gets enrolled in a college. The subject suonds interesting and let’s see how it comes out. 

Kajol was last seen in Rohit Shetty’s Dilwale (2015) opposite Shah Rukh Khan.