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Thousands Lines Up On Either Side Of The Streets For The Final Journey Of Sridevi.

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  After much heartache and sorrow, and a universal outpouring of grief, the cremation for Sridevi has finally taken place, after her husband Boney Kapoor performed the last rites.   The Kapoors had announced that well-wishers can visit the Celebration Club near Sridevi's home, where a prayer meeting will be held between 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. The prayer hall has since opened its doors to allow the grieving public to pay their last respects to the late actor.   Inside the club, the actor’s body was placed on a raised platform in a hall decorated with flowers. Her extended family, including her husband, the producer Boney Kapoor, and her two daughters besides brother-in-law Anil Kapoor and step son Arjun Kapoor, stood by the platform as fans and colleagues walked past in respect.   Stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Jeetendra, Rekha, Hema Malini, Madhuri Dixit, Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Akshay Khanna, Tabu, Jacqueline Fernandez and m

Sridevi: 'Case Closed'. 'Body Reaches Dubai Airport'. 'Funeral Tomorrow'.

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Police in Dubai have closed the case into the death of Sridevi. Following the completion of a "comprehensive investigation" into the circumstances of Sridevi's death, her body has now been approved for release. Her family members were handed the letters for the release of her mortal remains this afternoon. It took the family three days to receive her mortal remains due to police and forensic investigations.   Her body is now being embalmed before being flown to India for her funeral. The actress, 54, died on Saturday. It had initially been reported that she died of cardiac arrest but police and forensic investigations later revealed the cause of death as accidental drowning in the bathtub following loss of consciousness. Ever since the police challenged the initial cause of her death there was a tremendous amount of confusion on exactly what transpired in the last hours of Sridevi's life. Sridevi was in her room in the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hot

Movie Review - Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety – by Suhel Johar

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Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Follows A  Bizarre Love Triangle Plot. Is director Luv Ranjan a misogynist? Given the stance of his films he seems to be a women hater portraying all women as a negative influence terming them as manipulative, opportunists and gold diggers. The men in his films though are portrayed as gullible fools, unsure and insecure who enjoy women bashing. Except for his second film Akaash Vani Ranjan’s Pyaar Ka Punchnama 1, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 or the latest Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety are all films based on misogyny plots . So it's time for Ranjan to actually grow up in his thoughts rather than serving up the same mentality again and again. Sonu ke Titu ki Sweety revolves around the three characters Sonu (Kartik Aaryan), Titu (Sunny Singh) and his Sweety (Nushrat Bharucha). Sonu and Titu are childhood friends cum buddies who are inseparable. They are together since kindergarten. They share the same roof, family, and alcohol. They are so close that Sonu ca

Sridevi’s Mortal Remains To Be Flown in From Dubai On Monday. R.I.P. Sridevi.

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Veteran Actress Sridevi (54) passed away following a massive cardiac arrest in her hotel room in the Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai, at 11pm on Saturday. She reportedly had a fainting spell in her bathroom and was immediately rushed to Rashid Hospital in Dubai. Sridevi who was born in Sivakasi went on to rule Bollywood industry in her career. She's fondly called as the first Female Super Star of Hindi Cinema. She had gone to U.A.E. along with her husband Boney Kapoor and younger daughter Khushi to attend nephew and actor Mohit Marwah's wedding, which was held in another emirate, Ras Al Khaimah. While some of the family members returned from Dubai after the wedding, Sridevi, Boney and Khushi stayed back. Ironically, her elder daughter Jahnvi could not be with her for the family wedding since she was shooting in Mumbai for her debut film Dhadak . Something that one is sure that Jahnvi will regret all her life. It is reported that she took a lot of

Abhishek, The Little Known Film Of Farha Khan. – Suhel Johar

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  The film journey has been a long one for Farha Khan. From a very popular break dancer in India she became a background dancer in films like Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya , Jalwa, Ramsay’s horror film Saamri , another horror film 7 Saal Baad and Sada Suhagan ( Hum Hai Naujawan song) .   In between she also assisted director Shanker Nag in the cult comedy series Malgudy Days . She then became a choreographer in Mansoor Khan’s Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar with the cult track Pehla Nasha . And as they say she never had to look back after Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar and soon became a sought after choreographer.   From being a popular choreographer she rose to become a hit director with films like Main Hoon Na , Om Shanti Om , Tees Maar Khan and Happy New Year . But very few know that before she started making fleeting appearances in films she was associated with as a choreographer and then playing a lead actress in Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi in 2012 she had made her acting

Check Out Six Replacements In The Sequels Of Popular Franchises. - Suhel Johar

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2017 saw successful instalments of popular franchises making money at the box office. Films like Ajay Devgn’s Golmaal Again , Pulkit Samrat’s Fukrey Returns , Salman Khan’s Tiger Zinda Hai , Baahubali 2 hit the bullseye with the same cast and but new plotline. The makers made it a point to reunite the same family of actors and give the audience a treat of nostalgia plus newness. But will the instalments run successfully if the cast gets changed? Well, 2018 is full of such instalments. The old popular franchises will come with sequels and a NEW cast.   Race 3 : We saw two popular instalments of Abbas-Mustan’s Race with Saif Ali Khan in the lead. Initially, it was reported that Saif Ali Khan will repeat his character from the previous films. However, for the third one, the producer has not only replaced Saif Ali Khan with Salman Khan but also replaced the directors of the franchise Abbas-Mustan with Remo D'Souza. Shah Rukh Khan was offered a negative role in Race 3 ,

Teasers and Trailers: Oru Adaar Love Teasers Have Killed The Internet.

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Teasers and Trailers:  Oru Adaar Love  Teasers  Have Killed The Internet. Watch the Valentine's Day Special Teasers of upcoming Malayalam film Oru Adaar Love , featuring newcomers Priya Prakash Varrier and Roshan Abdul Rahoof. After the teaser went viral on the social media, Priya Varrier, who is active on Instagram, has earned more than 6 lakh followers within a day. According to reports, Varrier is the third celebrity in the world after Kylie Jenner and Cristiano Ronaldo to hold this record on Instagram. Kylie Jenner clocked more than 8 lakh followers within a day, while Ronaldo had 6.5 lakh followers in a day. Priya Prakash Varrier has over 1.6 million followers on Instagram so far. Set in the 1980s,   Raid , starring Ajay Devgn, Ileana D'cruz and Saurabh Shukla in pivotal roles, is based on one of the most high profile income tax raid the country has ever known. A fearless Income Tax officer Amay Patnaik carries out a non-stopincome tax raids at the

Movie Review – PadMan – by Suhel Johar

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PadMan Appears To Be A Big Budget Social Service Campaign Film. With so many films based on social messages these days, PadMan is another addition to that list. Akshay Kumar is currently on an Operation Clean-up Drive; PadMan is his second film after Toilet: Ek Prem Katha that deals with sanitation. Unfortunately, like in Toilet ... and so in PadMan Akshay Kumar looks a bit old to play a newly married guy. Through PadMan , R Balki tells the real life inspiring story of Arunachalam Muruganantham (played by Akshay Kumar), a social entrepreneur from Coimbatore, who introduced low cost sanitary napkins in India, despite the massive opposition and humiliation he was subjected to. While retaining the core of his courageous story, the director changes the film's setting to Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, though he could have named it any place in Mumbai since the characters sound so very Bambaiya. Laxmikant Chauhan (Akshay Kumar) marries Gayatri (Radhika Apte) and it does

Salman Khan Pulls a Fast One On Fans By Tweeting, ‘He Has Found A Girl’. – Suhel Johar

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On Tuesday, February 6, in the afternoon Salman Khan pulled a fast one on his fans, friends and well wishers by tweeting a cryptic message, ‘Mujhey ladki mil gayi’ (I have found the girl). Here’s his tweet: Salman Khan’s marriage has been a hot topic since many years. So the tweet made a happy reading to all his fans since whenever the actor has been asked about his marriage plans his has always responded by saying that he will get married the day he finds the right girl. Obviously all his fans thought that finally their bhaijaan Salman is getting married. Soon enough, hash tag #SalmanKiShaadi started trending on social media. The tweet immediately went viral, and congratulatory messages started pouring in from fans. Salman is arguably one of the country's most eligible bachelors, and his much-awaited wedding has been the hot topic of discussion for the longest time. But soon enough bhaijaan posted another tweet to put the gossip mills to rest by revealing that