Bollywood Roundup: Priyanka Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan, Huma Qureshi, and more…
Priyanka Chopra’s mother Madhu shares a peek into ‘The Bluff’ world
Mumbai– Indian actress Priyanka Chopra, who is currently shooting in Australia for ‘The Bluff’, was joined by her mother Madhu Chopra who shared a glimpse into the sets of the upcoming film.
Madhu re-shared a post on Instagram stories which gave a glimpse into the world of ‘The Bluff’, which also stars Karl Urban, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Safia Oakley-Green and Vedanten Naidoo.
“On set #TheBluff movie with @Priyankachopra @madhuchopra,” is the post’s caption.
‘The Bluff’ is set in the Caribbean islands during the 19th century, and sees Priyanka in the role of a former female pirate who must protect her family when her past catches up to her.
Priyanka recently posted a picture from the sets of the film which shows a vintage gun.
She wrote on the picture: “Wild! Our period appropriate props are so cool #thebluff #moviemaking.”
The actress had also celebrated 20 years of her film ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karoge’ co-starring Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar and shared a throwback photograph on her Instagram.
She captioned the picture: “20 years of being Rani! Woah! Those brows tho.”
Directed by David Dhawan, ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karoge’, was a blockbuster released in 2004. The film traced the story of a hilarious love triangle involving Samir essayed by Salman, Rani played by Priyanka and Sunny as Akshay Kumar.
The film was an amalgamation of comedy, romance, and a series of quirky misunderstandings.
Priyanka Chopra’s daughter Malti Marie’s ‘roti making’ skill is commendable
Mumbai– Global star Priyanka Chopra has shared insights into her life, giving a cute glimpse of her little bundle of joy, Malti Marie, making ‘roti’.
Priyanka, who has 91.7 million followers, has shared a string of photos in which she can be seen flaunting her bruises as she is shooting for the movie ‘Bluff’.
She is donning a beige coloured crop top, and black biker shorts.
Priyanka is wearing pads on her knees.
The second photo shows Malti wearing a cute green outfit and making ‘roti’.
There is also a video of Priyanka’s mother Madhu Chopra making ladyfinger vegetable.
A snippet shows Priyanka singing with Malti at their residence.
The last photo is a selfie of Priyanka, where she is flaunting her long curls.
The post is captioned as: “Lately. 1: partial padding for stunts. Takes forever to get into costume. Sorry, ADs 2: m making roti @maltimarie 3: miss ercell from cayman * is one of my inspirations for the #thebluff ‘God has given me this day to use that will ..l’m exchanging a day of my life for it… So I shall not forget the price I paid for it’.”
She further said: “4: coming back home after a really hard day at work, to a home cooked meal by my mom, and on this instant, my girl, Anjula and my team was such a blessing and exactly what I need to recuperate and go and do it again tomorrow, @khushboobajpai06@tylerwincott15@oysterlily 5: Moana, Malti and Mama.”
“6: main chefs in the kitchen @anjula_acharia @drmadhuakhourichopra 7: long days, sometimes you just need to recharge onset in between shots 8: the Olympics 2024 baby, go team India!! and also the best athletes from all around the world. I love the Olympics. 9: just me on another day at work. Boring,” Priyanka concluded.
On the personal front, Priyanka is married to American singer and actor Nick Jonas. They had tied the knot in December 2018.
In January 2022, the couple had their first child, a girl, via surrogacy, named Malti Marie.
On the professional front, she made her acting debut with the 2002 Tamil film ‘Thamizhan’.
Her Bollywood debut came in 2003 with the spy thriller film ‘The Hero: Love Story of a Spy’. She had last featured in the 2023 American romantic comedy drama ‘Love Again’, co-starring Sam Heughan, and Celine Dion.
Priyanka was also the narrator of the wildlife documentary named ‘Tiger’, directed by Mark Linfield, Vanessa Berlowitz, and Rob Sullivan.
The 42-year-old also has ‘Heads of State’ in the pipeline. The action comedy film is directed by Ilya Naishuller. It also stars Idris Elba and John Cena.
Amitabh Bachchan drops childhood photo of his ‘good old days of Boy Scouts’
Mumbai– Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan took a stroll down the memory lane and shared a throwback picture of his school time and the scout troop.
Big B took to Instagram, where he has 37.5 million followers, and shared a group school photo, which has “Boys High School Scout Troop… The winner of inter troop challenge shield… Allahabad District 1954.”
He has captioned the post as: “Those good ol’ days of Boy Scouts.. the special scarfs… the badge… the special salute… Baden Powell its Founder .. and how many of those learnings still being practised…”
With a cinematic career spanning over five decades, Big B has essayed roles in more than 200 films, and is hailed as the ‘Shahenshah of Bollywood’.
Hailing from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Amitabh was born to the Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his wife, the social activist Teji Bachchan.
He has been a part of hit movies like — ‘Deewaar’, ‘Sholay’, ‘Kabhi Kabhie’, ‘Hera Pheri’, ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Parvarish’, ‘Kasme Vaade’, ‘Trishul’, ‘Don’, ‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’, ‘Suhaag’, ‘Dostana’, ‘Naseeb’, ‘Laawaris’, ‘Namak Halaal’, ‘Coolie’, ‘Sharaabi’, ‘Mard’, ‘Namak Haraam’, ‘Majboor’, ‘Mili’, ‘Chupke Chupke’, ‘Kaala Patthar’, ‘Shaan’, ‘Yaarana’, ‘Kaalia’, ‘Shahenshah’ and ‘Agneepath’.
Big B took a break from acting in the 1990s, and then marked his return in 2000 with ‘Mohabbatein’.
Since then he has featured in several successful movies like ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’, ‘Aankhen’, ‘Baghban’, ‘Khakee’, ‘Black’, ‘Bunty Aur Babli’, ‘Sarkar’, ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’, ‘Cheeni Kum’, ‘Shootout At Lokhandwala’, ‘Paa’, ‘Piku’, ‘Pink’, ‘Badla’, ‘Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva’, and ‘Kalki 2898 AD’.
On the personal front, he has been married to actress and politician Jaya Bachchan. They have two children — Shweta, who is an author, and actor Abhishek.
A peek into Huma Qureshi’s ‘love story’ with croissants
Mumbai– Actress Huma Qureshi, who is currently enjoying her vacation in France, shared a peek into her “love story” with croissants.
Huma recently celebrated her 38th birthday in Europe with her ‘best family’, which includes her brother Saqib and actors Rajkummar Rao and his wife Patralekhaa.
On Thursday, she took to Instagram, where Huma has 3.8 million followers, and dropped a string of photos, enjoying croissants in France.
The photos show Huma wearing a black tank top and accessorised her look with a cap.
She is seen eating a croissant in a French cafe. There is also a picture of Huma, donning a white sleeveless top and basking in the sun.
There is also a snap of some colourful drinks and accessories.
The last photo shows Huma in a white and green floral co-ord set.
The post is captioned: “Croissant love story part deux #french #summer #love.”
On the work front, Huma made her film debut in 2012 with a supporting role in Anurag Kashyap’s directorial two-part crime drama ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’.
The movie featured Manoj Bajpayee, Richa Chadda, Reema Sen, Piyush Mishra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathi, and Tigmanshu Dhulia.
She then starred in movies like ‘Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana’, ‘Ek Thi Daayan’, ‘Badlapur’, ‘Jolly LLB 2’, ‘Bell Bottom’, ‘Double XL’.
Huma was last seen in the biopic ‘Tarla’, which is based on Indian chef and cookbook author Tarla Dalal.
It features Huma in the titular role and is directed by Piyush Gupta and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Nitesh Tiwari. The film is streaming on ZEE5.
She also featured as ‘Madness ki Malkin’ in the comedy show ‘Madness Machayenge-India Ko Hasayenge’.
Huma will next be seen in comedy film ‘Jolly LLB 3’ starring Akshay Kumar, Arshad Warsi, Amrita Rao and Saurabh Shukla. She also has ‘Pooja Meri Jaan’, ‘Gulabi’, and ‘Bayaan’ in the pipeline.
Kartik Aaryan reveals why director Anees Bazmee wielded a sword
Mumbai– Kartik Aaryan has shared why filmmaker Anees Bazmee wielded a sword at the Bollywood actor, and the reason is hilarious.
Kartik took to his Instagram stories, where he shared a monochrome picture of Bazmee sitting while holding a sword. The picture seems to be taken from the sets of his upcoming film ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’.
Sharing the reason why Bazmee is holding the weapon, Kartik hilariously wrote: “When I say 15 ghante ho gaye sir ghar jane do. @aneesbazmee #BhoolBhulaiyaa3.”
Kartik has often shared glimpses from the sets of the upcoming film, which also stars Triptii Dimri and Vidya Balan.
In May, the ‘Chandu Champion’ star shared a video from ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’ sets with Rajpal Yadav grooving to the song ‘Satyanaas’ from the sports drama film directed by Kabir Khan.
Details about the film are still under wraps.
‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’ is the third installment of the Hindi horror-comedy franchise film ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’, which was first released in 2007 and had Akshay Kumar and Vidya in the lead role along with Shiney Ahuja, Ameesha Patel, Manoj Joshi and Rajpal Yadav in key roles.
The 2007 film was directed by Priyadarshan. The second part released in 2022 and featured Kiara Advani and Tabu alongside Kartik. (IANS)
