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Kamal Haasan Joins Cast Of ‘Project K’

By LokMarg 25th June 2023

Legendary actor Kamal Haasan is the new addition to the action thriller film ‘Project K’ which also features Prabhas, Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan.

Taking to Instagram, Prabhas, on Sunday shared an announcement video of the ‘Vikram’ actor joining the cast of ‘Project K’.
He captioned the video, “A moment that will be etched in my heart forever. Honored beyond words to collaborate with the legendary @ikamalhaasan sir in #ProjectK. The opportunity to learn and grow alongside such a titan of cinema is a dream come true moment.”

Helmed by Nag Ashwin, the film is all set to hit the theatres on January 12, 2024.

Confirming the news, Haasan said in an official statement, “50 years back when I was a dance assistant and an assistant director the name Ashwini Dutt loomed large in the production sector. Both of us are coming together after 50 years. A brilliant director from our next generation is at the helm. My co-stars MPrabhas and Deepika are also of that generation . I have worked with Amit Ji before . Yet every time it feels like the first time. Amit Ji keeps reinventing himself. I am also emulating that inventive process. I am eagerly waiting for Project K. Whatever position the audience place me at, my primary quality is that I am a film buff. That quality will keep applauding any new attempt in my industry. Let mine be the first applause for Project K. With our director Nag Ashwin’s vision I am sure that applause will echo across our country and the world of cinema.”

Director Nag Ashwin also shared his excitement about Kamal Haasan joining the cast of the film. He said, “For an actor like Kamal sir, who has done so many iconic roles, it’s a huge honour to attempt to do something new. We are all super excited and privileged that he agreed to come onboard and complete our world.”

‘Project K’ is a bilingual film shot simultaneously in two languages i.e Hindi and Telugu across various locations. The film will also mark Deepika’s debut in the Telugu film market.

Disha Patani is also a part of Project K. (ANI)

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Amitabh Mourns The Demise Of Sulochana Latkar

By LokMarg 5th June 2023

Amitabh Bachchan paid an emotional tribute to legendary actor Sulochana Latkar, who passed away on Sunday. She was 94.

In his blog, Big B informed that he had been monitoring Sulochana Latkar’s condition with her family. He also added that the news ‘has taken away all the cheering and joy of the well-wishers at Jalsa.”
“We have lost another great of our Cinema World – Sulochana ji .. the gentle, generous, caring Mother that played in several films with me .. she had been ailing for some time .. and this afternoon she left for her heavenly abode .. I had been monitoring here condition with her family .. but finally the sad news ! We can only pray in such unforgiving circumstance. There was work today as well and the timed schedule allowed me to be back for the GOJ .. happily .. but the news of Sulochana ji has taken away all the cheering and joy of the well wishers at Jalsa .. I am hesitant to write anymore .. so do excuse ..More another DAY,” he wrote.

Amitabh had worked with Sulochana Latkar in several films like ‘Reshma Aur Shera’, ‘Muqadddar Ka Sikander’, ‘Majboor’ and ‘Roti Kapada Aur Makan’ among others.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed grief over the passing away of a veteran actor. He wrote in his tweet that she has left a “big void”.

He wrote, “The passing of Sulochana Ji leaves a big void in the world of Indian cinema. Her unforgettable performances have enriched our culture and have endeared her to people across generations. Her cinematic legacy will live on through her works. Condolences to her family. Om Shanti.”

Born on July 30, 1928, in Khadaklat village of Chikodi taluk of Belgaum district in Karnataka, she made her acting debut in 1946. ‘Sasurvas’ in 1946, ‘Vahinichya Bangdya’, ‘Meeth Bhakar’, ‘Sangtye Aika’, ‘Laxmi Ali Ghara’, ‘Moti Manse’, ‘Jivacha Sakha’, ‘Pativrata’, ‘Sukhache Sobti’, ‘Bhaubheej’, ‘Akashganga’, and ‘Dhakti Jau’ were among the Marathi films in which she starred as the lead actress from 1946 to 1961. Throughout her career in Hindi cinema, she frequently appeared opposite Nazir Hussain, Trilok Kapoor, and Ashok Kumar.

She worked with Bollywood stars like Sunil Dutt in ‘Heera’, ‘Jhoola’, ‘Ek Phool Char Kante’, ‘Sujata’, ‘Chirag’, ‘Reshma Aur Shera’, among other movies. Apart from him, she was seen with Dev Anand in ‘Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai’, ‘Pyar Mohabbat’, ‘Duniya’, and many more. Since 1969, she has frequently worked with Rajesh Khanna in films like ‘Dil Daulat Duniya’, ‘Bahraon Ke Sapne’, ‘Doli’, and others.

Among many roles that she portrayed on-screen, the seasoned actor was loved and appreciated for bringing out the traits of a mother in the most effective manner on-screen. Sulochana Latkar was awarded the Padma Shri Award, in 1999. In 2004, she received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. She received the Maharashtra Bhushan Award from the Maharashtra government in 2009. (ANI)

Tu Cheez Badi Hai Musk Musk: Amitabh After Twitter’s Tick

By LokMarg 22nd April 2023

Bollywood veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan took to his inimitable style to thank Twitter chief Elon Musk for restoring the blue checkmark on his social media handle.

The Musk-owned social media platform had earlier removed blue ticks from legacy accounts, which had not purchased its paid Blue service and several celebrities including Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and others had lost their blue ticks.
“Tu cheez badi hai musk musk” posted the superstar on Friday, writing in Hindi using an eastern Uttar Pradesh dialect, after the trademark blue verification badge was back on the megastar’s Twitter. Big B interchanged the lyrics of the song “Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast” from the 1994 film “Mohra” to thank “big brother” Musk .

“Hey Musk brother! We thank you very much! Blue Lotus (blue tick) is added in front of my name! Now what do I tell you, brother? I feel like singing a song, Will you like to listen? Ok listen “Tu cheez badi hai musk musk… tu chiz badi hai musk”

Bachchan had earlier taken to the social media platform to return his blue tick which he referred to as the “neel kamal.”

The ‘Piku’ actor also folded his hands (he used an emoticon) urging for the return of his verification badge. The megastar claimed that he had already paid for the services.

Twitter had earlier announced the implementation of paid subscription service which charges USD 8 for blue verification badge on the microblogging site. Those who didn’t pay up or buy the service in time lost the blue checkmark on their handles.

This creativity by the Bollywood legend left his fans in splits.

The blue tick served as a way of protecting well-known individuals from impersonation and tackling false information.

“On April 1st, we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks. To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue,” Twitter said in a post in March.

Twitter first introduced the blue check mark system in 2009 to help users identify that celebrities, politicians, companies and brands, news organizations and other accounts “of public interest” were genuine and not impostors or parody accounts. The company didn’t previously charge for verification.

Musk launched Twitter Blue with the check-mark badge as one of the premium perks within two weeks of the company’s takeover last year. (ANI)

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Ab To Paisa Bhi Bhar Diye Hum: Amitabh On Twitter’s Blue Tick

By LokMarg 21st April 2023

Legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan never fails to entertain whether it is on-screen performance or on his social media posts. On Friday the ‘Sholay’ actor made a request for the restoration of the Twitter blue tick with a funny and somewhat sarcastic comment.

Bachchan’s tweet, made in a dialect of eastern Uttar Pradesh, reflected his characteristic humour.
“T 4623 – Hey Twitter brother! Are you listening? Now I even paid…so put back the blue lotus (tick) in front of my name, so that people know that it is Amitabh Bachchan only. I have already made request with folded hands, now should I fall at your feet?” Bachchan said.

Apart from Amitabh Bachchan, B-town celebrities including Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt, politicians CM Yogi Adityanath, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi and cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are among those who have for the present lost their verified blue ticks from their Twitter accounts.

Twitter has started following a pay model and many of high-profile users are losing verified blue ticks.

Earlier it was announced that the microblogging site will remove the verified check-mark status of accounts that Twitter had verified before Elon Musk’s takeover unless they have subscribed to Twitter Blue or the business-focused Twitter Verified Organizations plan, Variety reported.

The blue tick served as a way of protecting well-known individuals from impersonation and tackling false information.

Musk launched Twitter Blue with the check-mark badge as one of the premium perks within two weeks of the company’s takeover last year. (ANI)

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Amitabh Captures 5 Planets Aligned Together

By LokMarg 29th March 2023

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday beautifully captured the rare view of the sky with five planets aligned together.

Taking to Instagram, Amitabh treated fans with a video of five planets in one frame.
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In the video, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus are all are beautifully aligned in a straight line.

Sharing the video, he wrote, “What A Beautiful Sight…! 5 Planets Aligned Together Today… Beautiful And Rare… Hope You Witnessed It too.”

As soon as the video was posted it garnered more than eight million views and 2 million likes. The members from the industry also chimed in the comment section.

Shilpa Shetty wrote, “Wow.”

Sanjay Dutt’s wife Maanayata wrote, “Amazing!”

Siddhanth Kapoor dropped a comment, “Amazing this was so so beautiful, captured this by Stellarium this amazing App. I posted this too sometime back.”

Meanwhile, Megastar is recovering from the injury sustained on the sets of ‘Project K’ and also has resumed work.

He also restarted his Sunday ritual of greeting his fans stationed outside ‘Jalsa’.

Taking to his blog on Monday, Amitabh shared pictures from his meet and greet session with fans. In the images, he can be seen wearing a homemade sling.

“And the work continues .. the Sunday blessings of the well wishers .. my love affection and gratitude .. they still come .. me in homemade sling and the grey. PS .. a patch of grey behind the hair ; ‘no time to get the nature fair .. but now that resumption does invite, shall attend to it and make it bright,” he wrote.

He also added, “The breathing done in the ‘yaam’ for now ; off to work, in defiance somehow ; the Ef renders, this is beyond allow ; but work I must , to them I bow !!! There is a flood of well wishers here, but space and limits do not allow ..so shall be posting another Blog , patience please, doing it now!!”

Big B also shared pictures of the fans who were gathered outside his residence with his posters and banners.

It was earlier in March when Amitabh revealed that he suffered the injury during the shooting of ‘Project K’ in Hyderabad. He shared that he broke his rib cartilage.

“In Hyderabad at the shoot for Project K, during an action shot, got injured, rib cartilage popped broke and muscle tear to the right rib cage. Canceled shoot, did doctor consult & scan by CT at AIG Hospital in Hyderabad and flown back home,” posted Amitabh.

He got injured during an action sequence of the film. He, unfortunately, suffered a muscle tear to his right rib cage.

Helmed by Nag Ashwin, ‘Project K’ is a bilingual film shot simultaneously in two languages i.e., Hindi and Telugu across various locations. Deepika Padukone and Prabhash are playing pivotal roles in the film. Apart from that, he will also be seen in Ribhu Dasgupta’s next courtroom drama film ‘Section 84’. (ANI)

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‘Can’t Wait To Say Action’, Says Aryan Khan

By LokMarg 6th December 2022

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is all set to mark his directorial debut soon.

Aryan, on Tuesday, announced on Instagram that he has completed the writing of his first project which he will also be directing.
Taking to Instagram, Aryan Khan, on Tuesday, shared a picture and captioned the post, “Wrapped with the writing…can’t wait to say action.”

In the post, Aryan shared a picture of the screenplay of the project under the Red Chillies Entertainment clapboard kept on a blue pool table.

Meanwhile, Aryan hid the title of his debut project written on the screenplay with his hand, and only gave a glimpse of the title which beings with the letter “A”.

Soon after Aryan shared the picture, users flooded the comment section with red hearts and fire emoticons.

Shah Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan commented, “Can’t wait to watch.”

“I m SCREAMING All the veryyyy best,” a fan commented.

Another fan wrote, “OMGGG LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE CHAMP.”

Further deets about the project are still under wraps.

Previously in 2019, Shah Rukh appeared on David Letterman’s talk show, where he talked about his son Aryan’s career ambitions. On ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman’, Shah Rukh told the eponymous host that Aryan doesn’t want to be an actor.

Shah Rukh said that though his son is a ‘good writer,’ he doesn’t have what it takes to be an actor.”He (Aryan) doesn’t have what it takes to be an actor and he realises that too but he’s a good writer… I think wanting to be an actor has to come from within. Something you really need to do and find a set of skills that helps you do it and learn it. But I think I realised it from him when he said that to me,” Shah Rukh had said.

Meanwhile, Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana is following in her father’s footsteps. She is all set to make her acting debut with Zoya Akhtar’s film ‘The Archies’.

Based on the backdrop of the 1960s, the film also marks the debut of producer Boney Kapoor’s daughter Khushi Kapoor and megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson Agastya Nanda. The film will exclusively stream on Netflix. The film is the Indian adaptation of the iconic comics ‘The Archies’. Produced by Tiger Baby and Graphic India, ‘The Archies’ is a coming-of-age story that will introduce the teenagers of Riverdale to a new generation in India. The official release date of the film is still awaited. (ANI)

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Ananya Wished Bestie Navya Nanda On Birthday

By LokMarg 6th December 2022

Navya Nanda turned a year older on Tuesday, and while many of her friends took to social media to wish her, the most special one came from her bestie Ananya Panday.

Ananya took to her Instagram story to wish her “cozy corner” on her birthday and wrote, “happy birthday to my cozy corner, my anchor, my mummy, my sous chef, my partner in everything. Love you the most my navzu @navyananda.”

Navya Nanda is the founder of Project Naveli and co-founder of Aara Health. Navya Naveli Nanda’s Project Naveli is an initiative to fight the issue of gender inequality in our country, India. Aara Health is a women’s health platform aiming to build awareness and services around feminine health in India.

She is the granddaughter of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. Her mother Shweta Bachchan is a writer while her father Nikhil Nanda is a businessman.

Navya’s brother Agastya is all set to make his film debut in Zoya Akhtar’s Netflix series ‘Archies’ alongside other star kids Khushi Kapoor and Suhana Khan.

Currently, Navya is gaining popularity through her podcast ‘What the hell Navya’ which she does alongside her mother Shweta, and grandmother Jaya Bachchan.

Talking about Ananya, on the work front, Ananya was last seen in a Pan-India action film ‘Liger’ alongside south superstar Vijay Deverakonda.

Produced by Karan Johar, the film failed to impress the audience at the box office. She will be next seen in a comedy film ‘Dream Girl 2’ alongside Ayushmann Khurrana.

The film also stars Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Annu Kapoor, Manoj Joshi, and Vijay Raaz in prominent roles and is all set to hit the theatres on July 7, 2023.

Apart from this, she also has Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Kho Gaye Hum Kahan’ opposite actors Siddhant Chaturvedi and Adarsh Gourav.

Helmed by the debutant director Arjun Varain, the official release date of the film is still awaited. (ANI)

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Amitabh’s Voice, Image, Characteristics, Can’t Be Used Without Consent: Delhi HC

By LokMarg 25th November 2022

Bollywood legend and veteran Actor Amitabh Bachchan filed a suit in Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights, image, voice, or any of his characteristics without his consent, following which the court passed an interim ex-parte injunction in his favour.

Eminent lawyer Harish Salve along with Ameet Naik and Pravin Anand, instructed by Anand and Naik, appeared for Bachchan in the High Court. The matter was heard before Justice Navin Chawla.
Salve submitted that there is a complete misuse of Amitabh Bachchan’s name, image, voice, or any of his characteristics without his consent.

“The misuse of his name, image, and voice, especially by the mobile application developers, and people conducting lottery by illegally associating with KBC, book publishers, T-shirt vendors, and various other businesses, has prompted Mr. Amitabh Bachchan to approach the High Court, seeking a restraining order against the use of his personality traits,” Salve said.

The lawyer for Amitabh Bachchan also brought to the notice of the Delhi High Court that alleged infringers have illegally registered Bachchan’s name as web-domain names such as www.amitabhbachchan.com and www.amitabhbachchan.in.

Delhi High Court’s Justice Navin Chawla noted that the plaintiff/Amitabh Bachchan alleges a violation of his publicity right as a celebrity.

The court further noted that it could not seriously be disputed that the plaintiff is a very well-known personality and is aggrieved by the usage of his name, image voice, etc without his consent.

“I am of the opinion that the plaintiff has been able to make out prima facie case in his favour. The defendants appear to be using celebrity status without his authorization, permission, and consent,” the HC judge said.

Justice Navin Chawla in his interim order passed an interim ex-parte injunction in favour of the Plaintiff/ Amitabh Bachchan and against the defendants.

The plea stated that there is an infringement of the Plaintiff’s personality through various manners like digital means, instant messaging apps, physical means, etc.

The digital means include several websites and mobile apps that have been found misappropriating the plaintiff’s photographs and/or other characteristics, to create popularity amongst the public and to entice members of the public to download such mobile apps.

The instant messaging apps include several unscrupulous parties that have been found using Bachchan’s photograph along with his name, and the representation of a TV Show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ (which is associated with Bachchan), to scam the public into believing that Kaun Banega Crorepati is offering lottery prizes to the members of the public.

The physical means include the cases where dishonest traders physically affix the actor’s images and posters on their places of business, on billboards, or even on products that they engage in the manufacture and sale of, with the aim to unlawfully show a nexus/affiliation/sponsorship/association with the plaintiff, so as to boost their illegal profits. (ANI)

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Mission Mangal Actor Vikram Gokhale’s Health Critical

By LokMarg 23rd November 2022

Veteran actor Vikram Gokhale has been in a hospital in Pune for some time now and as per the latest reports, his condition continues to remain critical.

ANI confirmed his health condition and as per the latest report, it is critical.
There are no details concerning his illness, and neither the family nor the hospital has released any statement yet.

The actor made his film debut at the age of 26 in 1971 in Amitabh Bachchan-starrer ‘Parwana’. Over a career spanning more than 40 years, Gokhale has appeared in various Marathi and Bollywood films, including ‘Agneepath,’ starring Amitabh Bachchan in 1990, and ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam,’ with Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 1999.

In 2010, he received the National Award for Best Actor for his work in the Marathi film ‘Anumati’. With the Marathi film ‘Aaghaat’, he also made his directorial debut.

Other notable work of the actor includes ‘Mission Mangal’, ‘Hichki’, ‘Aiyaari’, ‘Bang Bang!’, ‘De Dana Dan’, and ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’.

He was last seen in ‘Nikamma’ alongside Shilpa Shetty and Abhimanyu Dassani. The film hit the theatres in June this year. (ANI)

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