Coronavirus Outbreak: Vivek Agnihotri to sell his paintings to raise money for daily wage workers

Covid-19 has created not just a health emergency but a financial crisis. As the coronavirus spreads globally, celebrities are doing their part to help. Amid the pandemic, stars have been using their platforms to spread awareness, whether it’s by sharing videos of themselves washing their hands or advising fans to stay home and practice social distancing. In the midst of this, Bollywood director Vivek Agnihotri is putting his creative skills to good use.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Vivek Agnihotri to sell his paintings to raise money for daily wage workers

Vivek Agnihotri, who directed The Tashkent Files last year, has taken up painting to raise money for daily wage workers. “There are a lot of people in the industry whose livelihood has been affected. I will sell these paintings for them,” he shares.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Vivek Agnihotri to sell his paintings to raise money for daily wage workers

The filmmaker has also tied up with the federations for junior actors, the art department, stuntmen, and other technicians and is trying to raise funds for them too through his contact with NGOs. “I can only help in my limited way, but hopefully, it will encourage others to come forward,” he says.

Vivek has completed two paintings and the third is a work-in-progress. “It takes two days to complete a painting. I don’t know how long this lock-down will continue, so it’s best to keep working on my art. It’s important to be positive and put creativity to good use,” he reiterates.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Vivek Agnihotri to sell his paintings to raise money for daily wage workers

Meanwhile, Vivek Agnihotri’s next directorial The Kashmir Files, which was to go on the floors on March 16, was cancelled at the last minute. The film was to be shot in parts of Jammu, Kashmir, Delhi, and Mumbai.

ALSO READ: Anupam Kher joins Vivek Agnihotri’s next, The Kashmir Files

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Tom Cruise was reluctant on doing CGI stuff for fighter jet scenes for Top Gun – Maverick

Hollywood’s favourite action star Tom Cruise is set to back with yet another breathtaking film. The actor will reprise the role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in the highly anticipated film of 2020 – Top Gun: Maverick. The trailer showcased some real action-packed sequences and fans are quite excited.

Tom Cruise was reluctant on doing CGI stuff for fighter jet scenes for Top Gun - Maverick

Speaking to Empire magazine recently, Tom Cruise revealed that he was stoked to be part of the sequel. But, he did not want to do any CGI stuff in the film. He wanted to perform the action in real-time like he has always done with his films and made it very clear to the production house. “We just started talking,” Cruise said. “And I realized that there were things that we could accomplish cinematically. And I started getting excited about this big challenge of, ‘How do we do it?’ So I said to Jerry, ‘I’ll do it if…’ meaning, I’m not going to do the CGI stuff.”

“What’s different about this movie is that [in Top Gun] we put the actors in the F-14s and we couldn’t use one frame of it, except some stuff on Tom, because they all threw up,” said Jerry Bruckheimer, director of the film. “It’s hysterical to see their eyes roll back in their heads. So everything was done on a gimbal. But in this movie, Tom wanted to make sure the actors could actually be in the F-18s.”

“I said to the studio, ‘You don’t know how hard this movie’s going to be. No-one’s ever done this before,’” Tom further said. “There’s never been an aerial sequence shot this way. I don’t know if there ever will be again, to be honest.”

Glen Powell and Miles Teller, both, underwent flight training for the film!

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose”.

Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.

Top Gun: Maverick is set to release on June 24, 2020. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis and Danny Ramirez star in the upcoming movie.

ALSO READ: Tom Cruise starrer Top Gun: Maverick to release two days before its scheduled release

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Kangana Ranaut celebrates her 33rd birthday with her family in Manali

Kangana Ranaut celebrated her 33rd birthday with her family on Monday. The actress has been staying at her Manali home ever since the coronavirus outbreak. A pooja was held at her residence followed by a gathering as the family celebrated her big day!

Kangana Ranaut celebrates her 33rd birthday with her family in Manali

Her team shared pictures on her handle and wrote, “The Ranauts organised a birth pooja for the birthday of #KanganaRanaut. Goddess Durga is worshipped during this Pooja in the form of Kanyas. This is pure joy, guys.”

Kangana Ranaut celebrates her 33rd birthday with her family in Manali

Kangana’s older sister Rangoli Chandel shared a throwback picture from their childhood as the three siblings were seen with their father! “Happy birthday Chotu (on the left side) typical summer evening back in the 90’s Papa getting home work done, we look very calm but deep down even our bone marrow’s trembling,” she wrote.

On the work front, Kangana has a couple of projects in the pipeline including Thalaivi in which she is starring as actress-turned-politician Jayalalithaa and Dhaakad.

ALSO READ: Rangoli Chandel wishes ‘Chotu’ Kangana Ranaut on her birthday with a throwback photo

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Hrithik Roshan reminisces ‘different kind of self isolation’ spent with kids Hrehaan and Hridhaan

Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan took a path down memory lane on Tuesday and shared an adventure that he took in 2015 with his sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan.”Throwback to different kind of self isolation when we slept under the stars with nobody around for miles except foxes, wildebeest, snakes and lizards. The Makgadikgadi Pan is a salt pan situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana. It’s one of the largest salt flats in the world. An area larger than Switzerland. .Adventures of 2015.#neverstopexploring #neverstopcreating #adventurers #BFF #staycurious #funtakeswork”, writes Hrithik Roshan.

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Disha Patani and Tiger Shroff’s sister Krishna’s TikTok video will leave you in splits. Watch

Bollywood actress Disha Patani is very active on social media. While she is self-quarantine, she is keeping her fans entertained with videos and photos. On Monday, Disha shared a hilarious video on social media in which she was seen bonding with rumoured boyfriend Tiger Shroff’s sister Krishna Shroff. The two divas have often seen bonding on Instagram through comments on each other’s posts. In their video, Krishna and Disha were seen recreating a popular scene.

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Banff World Media Festival 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus scare

The 2020 Banff World Media Festival, scheduled to run from June 14 to 17 in Canada, has been cancelled amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos was among the keynote speaker at the annual Canadian Rockies event dedicated to world television and digital content and its creation and development.

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Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt to reunite for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Baiju Bawra?

It’s been more six months since Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next project Baiju Bawra started making headlines. While the filmmaker has not announced the film officially yet, the rumours around lead cast continue to grab attention! Now, it seems like the film might see the reunion of Gully Boy pair Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt.

Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt to reunite for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Baiju Bawra?

If the latest reports are anything to go by, Baiju Bawra might star the Gully Boy actors in the lead roles. The film will be a remake of the 1952 film with the same name that starred yesteryear actors Meena Kumari and Bharat Bhushan.

In the original film, in Mughal Emperor Akbar’s court, young musician Baiju challenges maestro Tansen to a musical duel in order to avenge the death of his father, which he holds Tansen responsible for.

Meanwhile, Alia Bhatt is already shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi which is due for September 2020 release. This is the first time the actress is working with the ace filmmaker.

Ranveer Singh has already given three hits with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and all films starred Deepika Padukone – Ram Leela, Bajirao Mastani and Padmaavat.

On the other hand, Ranveer Singh is prepping for the role of Dara Shikoh in Karan Johar’s first-period drama Takht. The film stars an ensemble cast and is slated for December 2021 release. Before that, he will be starring in 83 as Kapil Dev and as a Gujarati man in Jayeshbhai Jordaar.

ALSO READ: Lovebirds Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone turn home gym buddies during self-isolation

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From marriage to favourite heroine, Sonakshi Sinha gives savage replies during Instagram QnA session!

With the sudden outbreak of the coronavirus, everybody is following social distancing and self-isolation across India, social media sites are also filled with updates on what people are doing in their homes to pass the time. Actress Sonakshi Sinha took to Instagram to do an “Ask Sonakshi” QnA session which turned out to be absolutely hilarious.

From marriage to favourite heroine, Sonakshi Sinha gives savage replies during Instagram QnA session!

Be it questions on her personal life or professional life she answered them all in the quirkiest way. Here are a few of them:

A fan asked her about her marriage plans – “When u r going to get marry”. To which, she replied back with some sarcasm. – “Kaha pe milta hai yeh? Where can I get it? Koi bata do.” She added further ‘Ps: itni chinta toh mummy papa ko bhi nahi rehti’

This isn’t the only reply that Sonakshi had a hilarious answer to. When a fan called Sonaksi his “favorite heroin” and she went on with “say no to drugs.”

From marriage to favourite heroine, Sonakshi Sinha gives savage replies during Instagram QnA session!

When asked by someone if she does gym, she replied “nahi exercise karti hu.”

From marriage to favourite heroine, Sonakshi Sinha gives savage replies during Instagram QnA session!

A user asked her about she was staying at home- “kaise rahe ghar mein” to which she had a witty answer- “bachpan se lekar aaj tak jese rahe ho vaise he.”

From marriage to favourite heroine, Sonakshi Sinha gives savage replies during Instagram QnA session!

Another user asked her if she would marry her husband’s name? The answer she had to this was quite savage. She replied- “No will marry full husband not just his name.”

From marriage to favourite heroine, Sonakshi Sinha gives savage replies during Instagram QnA session!

Well Sonakshi’s QnA session does prove that she has a great sense of humour! On the work front, Sonakshi Sinha was last seen in Dabangg 3.

From marriage to favourite heroine, Sonakshi Sinha gives savage replies during Instagram QnA session!

ALSO READ: “Let’s not forget about the safety of our home and office staff” – says Sonakshi Sinha during Coronavirus pandemic

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Kamal Haasan writes open letter to PM Modi to save ‘livelihood of millions’ amid coronavirus pandemic

South Indian superstar and politician Kamal Haasan on Monday wrote an open letter to PM Modi, urging him to take measures to save the livelihood of millions of workers, agriculture and manual labourers, fishermen during the coronavirus outbreak. In his letter, the actor requested the Prime Minister focus on the ‘unsung heroes’ on the country along with taking necessary steps to keep people protected at this time. 

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American actor Aaron Tveit tests positive for coronavirus: Experienced loss of taste, smell

American actor-singer Aaron Tveit on Monday has announced that he has tested positive for Coronavirus. The 36-year-old star revealed the same on his Instagram handle and penned a lengthy note explaining about the detection. “Hey everyone. I just wanted to update you all that I’ve found out that I’ve tested positive for Covid-19. I’ve been in quarantine since Broadway shows shut down on Thursday, March 12th, and I’m feeling much better,” he said.

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