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Southern Belle Vedhika to Make Bollywood Debut BOLLYWOOD voice entertainment Friday, June 1, 2018 www.WeeklyVoice.com Section B Ranbir Is Fine Without Links To Social Media MUMBAI:Actor Ranbir Ka- poor, who isn’t on any social me- dia platform unlike other actors of his generation, says he is ine with being away from it. Ranbir was interacting with me- dia at the trailer launch of “Sanju” along with co-stars Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Sonam Kapoor, Dia Mirza and Vicky Kaushal, di - rector Raj Kumar Hirani and pro - ducer Vidhu Vinod Chopra here on Wednesday. Asked whether his availability on social media would have got extra mileage for his ilm, he said: “I don’t think so. On social me- dia, I will be showing myself and not really what the ilm is. “I agree that through social me- dia, you have a reach to the larger audience but I don’t miss it and I am ine being away from it. Nev- Southern Belle Vedhika To er say never, may be tomorrow, I will come but right now, I am happy being away from it.” Ranbir, who has gone nude Make Bollywood Debut for one scene in “Sanju” when he is being interrogated by po- lice, asked if was intimidated Southern ilm actress Vedhika in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and journey. Emraan Hashmi is such a while shooting that scene, said: “I Kumar is all set to foray into Bol- Kannada, said: “I’m so glad that fabulous actor and I look forward went nude in my irst ilm (“Saa- wariya”) itself when my towel lywood with Emraan Hashmi- I waited for the right project to to working with him.” dropped. I am very shy in my real starrer “The Body”. She says she come my way and this seems The actress, who earned promi- life but when the cameras are on, was waiting for the right project. perfect. nence with Tamil period drama I am not shy as I am portraying a character so you have to be nude The ilm will be directed by Jee- “I’m very excited and thank- “Paradesi”, was chosen for the in your emotions and physically.” tu Joseph and will be produced ful to the director Jeetu Joseph, role in “The Body” after a nation- “Sanju” is based on the life of by Sunir Kheterpal of Azure En- producer Sunir Kheterpal and wide hunt and several auditions. Sanjay Dutt. The cast includes Anushka Sharma, Dia, Sonam, tertainment and Viacom 18 Mo- the entire team at Viacom18 Mo- “Her character is that of an in- Manisha, Paresh Rawal, Jim tion Pictures, read a statement. tion Pictures for this opportunity. nocent college girl. She its the Sarbh, Vicky, Boman Irani, and Vedhika, who has appeared I can’t wait to start this exciting role beautifully,” Joseph said. Karishma Tanna. The ilm is set to be released on June 29. ‘Love & Shukla’ To Open 2nd Ottawa Indian Film Festival OTTAWA: The 2nd edition of the Otta- Lansdowne Park (325 Marché Way, Unit wa Indian Film Festival Awards (OIFFA) 107, Ottawa). For more information, go to will open on June 13 with director Sid- www.oiffa.com. dartha Jatla’s irst feature ilm,Love and OIFFA is the National Capital’s and Shukla. Eastern Canada’s preeminent festival dedi- Cowritten by his frequent ilm partner cated to Indian cinema. Now in its second Amanda Mooney, Love and Shukla comes year, the event is dedicated to cultivating to Ottawa carried by worldwide acclaim an audience for Indian cinema and culture since its premiere at the Busan Interna- in Ottawa. It showcases Indian ilms, sup- tional Film Festival, last fall. ports Indian ilmmakers and promotes the The Festival will take place from June diverse perspectives of the Indian dias- 13 to 17, 2018, in the heart of Ottawa. pora. OIFFA is presented by MeraTango.com. A ive-day showcase of multi-genre In- Love and Shukla is a story of sex, love dian ilms, the Festival hosts a number of and the search for privacy in a small, one- participating ilmmakers as well as a roster room Mumbai chawl. Shukla, an auto- a conversation. ilm stars Saharsh Kumar Shukla, whose of events, including a panel session, a spe- rickshaw driver from an orthodox Brah- Self-produced on a microbudget by co- recent ilms include Bollywood blockbust- cial screening and the celebrated OIFFA min family, has never known a womanscreenwriters Siddartha Jatla and Amanda ers Raees, Rangoon, Highway and Ugly. VIP Lounge with Indian music and dance. intimately. Mooney of Momo Films, Love and Shukla OIFFA’s full programme will be an- ` In 2018, OIFFA is also launching two When his mother suddenly arranges a has been called cathartic by Screen Maga- nounced very soon, including its ilm -comnew activities: its 1st Bollywood Poster marriage for him, Shukla and his new wifezine and “arresting … moving, thought- petition and special events. Tickets and Competition for Youths and its 1st oficial face the experience of so many couples in provoking” by Asian Age. passes for the event can be purchased on- Canadian Short Film Competition. Mumbai: a new marriage, no knowledge The Better India writes, “The Big Pic - line at www.oiffa.com/ticket-terms/. The OIFFA Gala Award Night will take of relationships and a joint family/love ture: Indie Films Are Fuelling a Much- All screenings will take place at Cin- place on Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the In- nest that offers no space for sex, much lessNeeded Change in Indian Cinema.” The eplex Cinemas Lansdowne and VIP, at inity Convention Centre. Salman Says He Was Initially Scared Of Coming On Television MUMBAI: When Bollywood “Dus Ka Dum” is coming back father whether I should do it ... I on TV, that’s when his or her own the power of TV.” superstar Salman Khan made on Sony Entertainment Televi- was scared of being me or who I personality comes out. He, however, inds it strange his television debut with “Dus sion on June 4 after nine years. am,” Salman said at the show’s “People accepted me the way I that a lot of the younger stars of Ka Dum” back in 2008, he was “This show came in irst in launch on Monday night. am, they got to know who I am,” Bollywood today seem to “look scared to open up his real self in 2008, and there was a little neg- Salim Khan told him “this is he said, narrating how after the down upon the medium”. front of the audience. But as he is ativity about me that time and I what you are. Go and show the show, villagers near his Panvel On the satisfaction that he set to come face-to-face with the was scared to show my original world who you are. If you’re farmhouse forgot about “’Maine draws from television, he said it’s common man through a revamped personality through ‘Dus Ka accepted, it’s okay, if not, thenPyar Kiya’, Prem, Samir, Raja, about meeting people who come version of the game show, he said Dum’. change yourself.” Karan of ‘Karan Arjun’, and they with no pretence and in that pro- he has come to terms with being “I felt that TV is the most pow- He said unlike ilms, when an remembered him and “Dus Ka cess, he lets go of the veil of su- who he is in front of the people. erful medium around, I asked my actor takes on a non-iction show Dum”. “It was then that I realised perstardom too..
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