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Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Actress Soni Razdan got the rare opportunity to meet the Dalai Lama. Showing her gratitude for this special experience, Razdan dropped a couple of pictures from her meeting with the Dalai Lama on social media.Claiming that some experiences are beyond words, Razdan shared: "I still can’t believe that I was fortunate enough to meet His Holiness The Dalai Lama on this journey. Some experiences don’t need words. They don’t need explanations. Pure feeling is enough. Gratitude for this very special experience. Thank you. @exsultravel @the_freckled_indian for making this possible," along with a folded hands emoji.Meanwhile, a few days back, Razdan said that she is connected to the atrocities taking place in Palestine.Revealing a piece of her family history, she disclosed tha...

Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS) One of Tamil cinema's fastest rising stars actor Arjun Das was among the first to react to actor Shanthanu Baghyaraj's striking first look in director Unni Sivalingam's upcoming Malayalam sports action drama 'Balti', calling it "Killer". The makers of director Unni Sivalingam's upcoming Malayalam sports action drama 'Balti', featuring actor Shane Nigam in the lead, on Monday released the look of Tamil actor Shanthanu Baghyaraj, who plays a character called Kumar in the film.The makers also released a video clip that gave a glimpse of Shanthanu's character in the film.Arjun Das, who was impressed by Shanthanu's look in the film, took to X to congratulate his fellow actor. Sharing both the video clip and his first look poster from the film, Arjun Das wrote, "This looks...

Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Parag Tyagi used social media to wish 'happy birthday' to his late wife Shefali Jariwala’s mother, Sunita Jariwala on Monday. Parag dropped a video compilation of some of their precious family moments with Shefali, and wrote: "Pari wishing you a very Happy Birthday mom @jariwalasunita . Love u so much mom, always with you - Pari #shefalijariwala & @shivanijariwala19."Meanwhile, this Rakshabandhan, Parag tied rakhis to his househelp and pet dog Simba, keeping his late wife's ritual alive. He shared that although Shefali is no longer with them, he will continue to keep the tradition alive.Taking to his Instagram handle, Parag posted a video of himself performing the aarti of his househelp Ram and pet dog Simba. He was later seen applying tilaks to their foreheads an...

Los Angeles, Aug 11 (IANS) The upcoming biopic ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’, which is based on legendary musician Bruce Springsteen, has been added to the New York Film Festival lineup. The film stars Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen, and will be screened at the Spotlight Gala selection. It will be screened on September 28 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, reports ‘Variety’.Springsteen will attend the premiere along with White’s co-stars Jeremy Strong and Odessa Young. ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ will host its world premiere elsewhere at an earlier date.As per ‘Variety’, adapted from the biography by Warren Zanes, ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ is set at an early ’80s crossroads in Springsteen’s career when he was rising to fame while crafting the personal acoustic songs for the 1982 albu...

Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS) Director Cheran and actress Manju Warrier on Monday launched the much-awaited first look of director Amutha Sarathi's 'Sannidhanam (P.O)', featuring actor Yogi Babu in the lead. Produced by Sarvata Cine Garage, a renowned Kannada production house known for films like 'Tootu Madike', and Shimoga Creations, a leading Malayalam banner behind hits like 'Veerappan', 'Sooryavamsi', 'Vaanku' (Production), 'Nalla Samayam'(Distribution), and 'Rudhiram' (Creative Producer), Sannidhanam (P.O) has dialogues by director Amutha Sarathi. The film has been jointly produced by Madhu Rao, V Vivekanandan, and Shabeer Pathan.The stellar cast features the versatile Tamil actor Yogi Babu, who has captivated audiences in over 170 films, alongside Roopesh Shetty, one of Kannada cinema’s le...

Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Director-producer Om Raut, whose production ‘Inspector Zende’ is set to release on OTT next month, is a big time foodie.The director-producer recently spoke with IANS ahead of the release of the film, and shared a list of his favourite cuisines from different parts of Maharashtra. Om is the son of the noted journalist Bharat Kumar, and hails from Maharashtra.He told IANS, “I love food. It's very difficult to kind of pick what I would like to eat. If I go to Vidarbha, I would like to eat Saoji style curries. If I go to Pune, I like to eat the Misal from there. When I come to Konkan, I like to eat coastal food. If I go to Khandesh, I like to eat the Khandeshi cuisine. In Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, that belt, Marathwada, Western Maharashtra, that side, I'd like to eat t...

Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Actress Ameesha Patel aka Sakeena showed her gratitude to the audience for showering tremendous love and support to her action drama, "Gadar 2" and turning it into a box office tsunami.As the movie clocked 2 years of release, she treated her InstaFam with some precious moments from the drama, and wrote: "Celebrating 2 years today of India’s BIGGEST n ONLY ORGANIC BLOCKBUSTER!! Thank u all for ur tremendous love n support in creating a TSUNAMI at the box office."Additionally, Sunny Deol, who essays the role of Tara Singh in the much-appreciated sequel, also marked the milestone with a special post.He dropped a video of some of the movie's promotional activities on social media.The clip commenced with one of the scenes from "Gadar 2" featuring Sunny Deol, followed by th...

Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Popular television actor Abhinav Shukla recalled an audition during his early days in the film industry, which left a huge impact on him.He took to the stories section of his Instagram handle and revealed that back in 2014, when his film "Roar" was about to release, he met with Yash Raj Films' prominent casting director Shanoo Sharma, who told him that while he was good looking, he lacked “spark.”He described the entire incident via a note that read: "When my movie Roar was slated to release back in the day i was cajoled by my well-wishers to go meet Yash Raj Films 's casting director. I did and she told me: 'You are a good looking guy but that's it, spark is missing, you can audition but...(sic)'"However, years later, Abhinav had a very different conversation with th...

Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) The upcoming film ‘Echoes of Valour’, which stars Divya Dutta and Neeraj Kabi will be showcased in a closed-door screening at the upcoming edition of the Venice Film Festival. The film marks the Hindi debut of Indira Dhar, and was unveiled by Shekhar Kapur earlier at the Cannes Film Festival.The film is a poignant biopic on the mother of an Indian army soldier. It took over four years to go into production, and is a layered meditation on motherhood, loss, and the often-unseen strength of women in the shadow of conflict.Talking about the film, Indira Dhar shared “‘Echoes of Valour’ has been an intensely personal journey, one that explores the fragile terrain of love, loss, and the human instinct to seek redemption. For its first intimate showing to be at Venice feels...

Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Actress Sonali Bendre and her filmmaker husband Goldie Behl's son, Ranveer Behl, has turned 20 years old on Monday.Wishing her son, the 'Hum Saath-Saath Hain' actress dropped some rare and adorable photos of Ranveer on her official Instagram handle."No matter how tall you get, you’ll always be my little one ...Happy birthday Rann!," Sonali penned on the photo-sharing app.Veteran actor, Anupam Kher, also wished him in the comment section with the following words, "Happy Birthday! Wishing you long and healthy life."Raveena Tandon penned, "Happy happy Birthday !"Farah Khan shared, "Awwww happy birthday big boy".Several other celebs such as Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, Manisha Koirala, Namrata Shirodkar, and Sussanne Khan liked Sonali's post.Sonali and Go...