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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 19 : Ace director Rajkumar Hirani's son, Vir Hirani is all set to make his acting debut with play 'Letters from Suresh'. Directed by theatre veteran Feroze Abbas Khan, the play narrates a hauntingly beautiful story of human relationships through letters. Presented for the very first time in India, Rajiv Joseph's 'Letters from Suresh' is a rare dramatic gem that tells the story of four unique characters, tethered by love, loss, tenderness - and a yearning for human connection. Vir Hirani is a recent graduate of the prestigious RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art). Vir has been making short films since his teenage years.He made his directorial debut with 'Return Gift', which premiered at the 18th edition of the International Children's Film Festival of India in Hyderabad.Meanwhile, Rajkumar Hirani is basking in the success of his directorial 'Dunki', which features Shah Rukh Khan and Taapsee Pannu in the lead roles. 'Dunki' focuses on the issue of immigration. Its title is taken from the term "donkey journey", which refers to the long, winding, and often dangerous routes that people across the world take to reach the places they want to immigrate to.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 17 : After the teaser of the much-awaited film 'Ulajh', actor Rajkummar Rao gave a shout-out to his 'Mr and Mrs Mahi' co-star Janhvi Kapoor.Sharing the teaser, he wrote on his Instagram stories, "Looks fab Mrs Mahi. Looking forward to #Ulajh @janhvikapoor @jungleepictures."Makers of 'Ulajh' on Wednesday dropped the teaser of the film starring Janhvi Kapoor in the lead role.In the 56-second video, Jahnvi is shown determined to seek revenge on those who betrayed her and her country.Sharing the teaser on her Instagram, the 'Mili' actress wrote, "Enter the world of lies, deceit and betrayals- #Ulajh in cinemas on the 5th of July."Directed by National Award winner Sudhanshu Saria, the film also stars Gulshan Devaiah and Roshan Mathew, of 'The Poacher' fame, in lead roles.Produced by Junglee Pictures, the project follows the journey of a young IFS officer, belonging to a prominent family of patriots, who gets embroiled in a dangerous personal conspiracy while far from her home turf, at a career-defining post. It is written by Parveez Shaikh and Sudhanshu Saria, with dialogues by Atika Chohan.It also stars Rajesh Tailang, Meiyang Chang, Sachin Khedekar, Rajendra Gupta and Jitendra Joshi in pivotal roles.'Mr and Mrs Mahi' marks the second collaboration between Janhvi Kapoor and RajKummar Rao after their successful stint in 'Roohi.'The film promises to be a captivating sports drama, offering audiences a compelling narrative coupled with stellar performances from the lead actors.On Monday, the makers shared the new poster introducing the characters.Taking to Instagram, producer Karan Johar treated fans with new poster and captioned the post, "It's time to follow YOUR dreams, the field is yours to own!#MrAndMrsMahi in cinemas on May 31st, 2024!"The poster captures Rajkummar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor facing the stadium as they cheer for the Indian cricket team while wearing blue jerseys with the number 7 written on it.The poster also introduces Janhvi as Mahima and RajKummar as Mahendra.Originally slated for an April release, the sports drama is now set to hit cinemas on May 31, 2024.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 16 : The release date for RajKummar Rao and Triptii Dimri-starrer 'Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video' has been locked. On Tuesday, the makers announced that the film will hit theatres on October 11, 2024. Helmed by Raaj Shaandilyaa, 'Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video' promises a "perfect blend of laughter and drama, immersing viewers in the charm and energy of the swinging 90s."Rajkummar shared a poster from the film to announce the same.The caption of Rao's post read, "Buckle up for a retro nostalgia trip! Excited to take you on a joy ride in #VickyVidyaKaWohWalaVideo coming on 11th October 2024."'Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video', the film is created by Gulshan Kumar, T-Series, Balaji Telefilms & Wakaoo Films In Association with Thinkink Picturez.Besides this film, RajKummar will also be seen in 'Mr and Mrs Mahi' alongside Janhvi Kapoor. The film will be out on May 31. It is a sports drama. 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' fame Sharan Sharma has directed the film. He also has 'Srikanth' in his kitty. Rajkummar portrays the life of Srikanth Bolla, an industrialist who fearlessly pursued his dreams despite his visual impairment.Srikanth Bolla is an Indian entrepreneur who founded Bollant Industries, providing employment to unskilled and differently-abled individuals. Born visually impaired in 1992 near Hyderabad, his life story is inspiring.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 15 : Actor Akansha Ranjan Kapoor can't wait as 'Mr and Mrs Mahi' film of her rumoured boyfriend and director Sharan Sharma will soon release in theatres.Starring RajKummar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor in the lead roles, 'Mr and Mrs Mahi' is a sports drama.On Monday, the makers shared the film's first poster. The new poster, which serves to introduce the lead characters, shows Rajkummar and Janhvi facing the stadium as they cheer for the Indian cricket team. In the poster, the duo can be seen wearing blue jerseys with the number 7 written on them. Furthermore, the poster also introduces the audience to the names of their characters, Mahima and Mahendra, played by Janhvi and Rajkumar respectively.Akansha took to her Instagram and shared the poster.In the post's caption, she wrote, "I'm the proudest girl in the world today. Proud of this film and everyone involved in it."'Mr and Mrs Mahi' will hit the theatres on May 31.Sharan and Akansha's dating rumours sparked off after the duo's old image went viral.In December 2022, Sharan took to Instagram and shared the image with his rumoured ladylove. Soon after he posted the seflie, Akansha's BFFs Alia Bhatt and Athiya Shetty chimed in the comment section and reacted to the post. "Cool looks," Alia commented. Back in October 2022 also, Sharan shared Diwali pictures with Akansha, Janhvi Kapoor and other friends. However, the two have not addressed the rumours yet.Akansha, the younger sister of actress Anushka Ranjan, is best known for featuring in projects like 'Guilty' and Netflix's latest, 'Monica, O My Darling'. She was seen alongside Rajkummar Rao, Radhika Apte and Huma Qureshi. On the other hand, Sharan made his directorial debut with 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl', which features Janhvi Kapoor in the lead role.

Rajkummar Rao and Nushrratt Bharuccha starrer drama film 'Love Sex Aur Dhokha' completed 14 years on Tuesday.With 'Love Sex Aur Dhokha', director Dibakar Banerjee and producer Ektaa R Kapoor have indeed taken a bold step in the realm of entertainment and delivered a film that people can relate to.On this special day, director Dibakar Banerjee shared, "It's been 14 years since Love Sex Aur Dhokha was released. I am overwhelmed by the love that audiences have shown for LSD. I must say, it was a bold step and worth mentioning that it's been a journey of its own, one that Ektaa and I started 14 years ago. Now, we are coming back with a new story for this generation with Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2, and we hope the audience will love this one too, just as they loved Love Sex Aur Dhokha. Additionally, as we mark the anniversary of LSD today, we're exactly a month away from the release of the second installment."'Love Sex Aur Dhokha' had an ensemble cast of Rajkummar RaoNushrratt Bharuccha, Amit Sial, Anshuman Jha and Neha Chauhan.After 14 years of 'LSAD', Ektaa and Dibakar are uniting again for the sequel, 'Love Sex aur Dhokha 2'.'LSD 2' will hit theatres on April 19. The film was earlier slated to hit theatres on February 16.Earlier, Ekta Kapoor and Dibakar Banerjee, arrived at the 'Bigg Boss 16' house to cast for the sequel of their film and reportedly, the contestant Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia has been roped in as the leading lady of the sequel.

View this post on InstagramA post shared by RajKummar Rao (@rajkummar_rao)Soon after the actor shared the picture on social media, fans flooded the comment section with red heart emoticons."Mother love always precious," a user wrote.Another user wrote, "love you brother..always."Meanwhile, on the work front, RajKummar will be next seen the sports drama film 'Mr and Mrs Mahi' opposite Janhvi Kapoor.The film is directed by Sharan Sharma, who made his directorial debut with 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl'.'Mr and Mrs Mahi' is all set to hit the theatres on April 19.He will also be seen in the upcoming biopic 'SRI.' The story of 'SRI' revolves around the inspiring journey of an industrialist Srikanth Bholla, who did not let his visual impairment come his way, and eventually founded Bollant Industries.'SRI' is all set to hit theatres on May 17.Apart from this, he also has 'Stree 2' opposite Shraddha Kapoor and a family drama film 'Vicky Vidya Ka Wo Wala Video' opposite Triptii Dimri.

Ali Fazal has joined the cast of Sunny Deol-starrer 'Lahore 1947'.As per a statement, Ali Fazal has come on board to play an important role in the film, which is being directed by Rajkumar Santoshi.Last week, it was revealed that the actor Abhimanyu Singh who has worked in Sooryavanshi, Dhol, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, Kisi Ki Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan has joined to play the antagonist opposite Sunny Deol in the film.This project marks the teaming up of Sunny DeolRajkumar Santoshi along with Aamir Khan. Interestingly, this film will also mark Aamir Khan Productions' (AKP) 17th production under their banner.The film also stars Preity Zinta and Shabana Azmi.Recently, Santoshi expressed his excitement about having Preity in the film."After a long time, Preity Zinta is again playing a very important role for the silver screen with Lahore 1947. She is indeed an extremely talented, finest, and most natural actress in our industry. Whichever character she plays she totally invests herself in it and makes the audience feel that she is made for that character.Interestingly, the audience will see her again with Sunny Deol. This on-screen pair has always been immensely loved by the audience. Above all, this film's script demands a pair that is as accurate as Sunny and Preity," Santoshi said.'Lahore 1947' marks the reunion of Preity and Sunny after a long time. The duo has earlier featured together in a couple of films such as 'The Hero: Love Story of a Spy', 'Farz', and 'Bhaiaji Superhit'.Meanwhile, Ali is set to come up with 'Girls will be Girls', a film made under their production banner.Directed by Shuchi Talati, the film is a compelling story set in a boarding school in a small Himalayan hill town in northern India. It follows the journey of Mira, a 16-year-old girl whose rebellious awakening is intertwined with her mother's unfulfilled coming-of-age experiences.The cast includes multi-award winning Malayalam film actress Kani Kusruti, Jitin Gulati alongside debutants Preeti Panigrahi and Kesav Binoy Kiron in lead roles.

Patralekhaa's birthday today. Her husband, actor RajKummar Rao, conveyed his best wishes to his lovely wife.Taking to Instagram, RajKummar dropped adorable pictures with his wife and wrote, "Happy birthday my love, the most beautiful and strongest girl @patralekhaa. You are the love and light of my life and always remember you are God's favourite child. You complete me."In the first picture, the couple can be seen looking at each other on a snowy landscape.In one of the photos, the 'Citylights' co-stars are seen posing for a selfie.Fans and film industry members chimed in the comment section and wished Patralekhaa a happy birthday."Happy happy bday @patralekhaa," author Tahira Kashyap commented."Wish you very very happy birthday my dear bhabhi ji," a fan wrote.The couple tied the knot on November 15, 2021, in an intimate ceremony in Chandigarh. They worked together for the first time in Patralekhaa's debut Bollywood film 'Citylights' in 2014.Meanwhile, on the work front, RajKummar will be next seen in 'Mr and Mrs Mahi' opposite Janhvi Kapoor.He will also be seen in the upcoming biopic 'SRI.' The story of 'SRI' revolves around the inspiring journey of an industrialist Srikanth Bholla, who did not let his visual impairment come his way, and eventually founded Bollant Industries.'SRI' is all set to hit theatres on May 17.Patralekhaa will be seen in 'Phule', which is based on the remarkable lives of the social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and his wife Dnyanajyoti Savitribai Phule.

Rajkumar Santoshi's lawyer Binesh Patel confirmed that the filmmaker has been granted bail in the cheque-bouncingcase and that the court has postponed the judgement for the next 30 days.During a hearing in the case on Saturday, the court ordered a two-year jail sentence for Santoshi while asking him to repay double the amount that he owes to a businessman. The Jamnagar court in Gujarat allowed filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi 30-day stay on the order to appeal against an order. It will allow Santoshi to challenge the verdict in a higher court.In the same context, Santoshi's advocate Binesh Patel stated that they will appeal against the magisterial court's judgement. As per the statement from Rajkumar Santoshi's advocate, "First of all, the court has stayed its judgement for 30 days and granted Mr Santoshi bail after we sought time to appeal against the judgement at a higher forum," Patel said.He added, "The prosecution didn't produce any documentary evidence to prove that Mr Santoshi had taken money at all. The prosecution itself has admitted that a third party had collected the said money from the complainant. In return the third party had provided altered 11 cheques of Rs.10 lakh each, which Mr. Santoshi was not aware. The magisterial court overlooked these facts and ruled against us. Therefore, on the ground of invalid and false claims, alterations happened in the cheques, the fact that the complainants do not want to present or call-in the said third party who had collected the money, about Mr.Santoshi does not know. So we shall appeal at a higher forum with the above highlighted points and even more."The complainant, Ashok Lal, a prominent industrialist and shipping magnate from Jamnagar, claimed that he received 10 cheques of Rs 10 lakh each from the filmmaker, totalling Rs 1 crore, which subsequently bounced.Piyush Bhojani, the advocate for the businessman in the case, confirmed the sentencing to ANI on Saturday.According to the advocate, Lal contributed Rs 1 crore to Rajkumar Santoshi's film.Repaying the magnate, Santoshi allegedly sent him 10 cheques of Rs 10 lakh each.Once the cheques were deposited in the bank within the stipulated time frame, they bounced, the businessman alleged, adding that he first tried to establish contact with the filmmaker over this matter.However, he claimed that all attempts to establish contact with the filmmaker failed after which he filed a lawsuit under the Negotiable Instruments Act.Meanwhile, on the work front, Santoshi is set to come out with his next directorial venture 'Lahore 1947', which is being produced under the banner of Aamir Khan Productions. This project marks the collaboration of Sunny Deol, Santoshi, and Aamir Khan for the first time.This film will also mark the 17th venture under Aamir Khan Productions (AKP).Rajkumar Santoshi and Sunny Deol combined previously to deliver three box office hits in the form of 'Ghayal,' 'Damini,' and 'Ghatak.'

Rajkumar Santoshi, who is set to come out with his next directorial venture 'Lahore 1947', featuring Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta in lead roles, was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment by a Jamnagar court in a cheque bouncing case.The complainant, Ashok Lal, a prominent industrialist and shipping magnate from Jamnagar, claimed that he received 10 cheques of Rs 10 lakh each from the filmmaker, totalling Rs 1 crore, which subsequently bounced.Piyush Bhojani, the advocate for the businessman in the case, confirmed the sentencing to ANI on Saturday.According to the advocate, Lal contributed Rs 1 crore to Rajkumar Santoshi's film. Repaying the magnate, Santoshi allegedly sent him 10 cheques of Rs 10 lakh each.Once the checks were deposited in the bank within the stipulated time frame, they bounced, the businessman alleged, adding that he first tried to establish contact with the filmmaker over this matter.However, he claimed that all attempts to establish contact with the filmmaker failed after which he filed a lawsuit under the Negotiable Instruments Act.During a hearing in the case on Saturday, the court ordered a two-year jail sentence for Santoshi while asking him to repay double the amount that he owes to the businessman.Santoshi's upcoming film 'Lahore 1947' is being produced under the banner of Aamir Khan Productions. This project marks the collaboration of Sunny Deol, Santoshi, and Aamir Khan for the first time.This film will also mark the 17th venture under Aamir Khan Productions' (AKP).Rajkumar Santoshi and Sunny Deol combined previously to deliver three box office hits in the form of 'Ghayal,' 'Damini,' and 'Ghatak.'