Have you heard? Another Hollywood outing for Deepika Padukone

After xXx Return of Xander Cage 2017 Deepika Padukone has inked her second Hollywood outing She will not only star in the untitled crosscultural romantic comedy but will also coproduce it with STXFilms and Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowenrsquos Temple Hill Productions who previously backed The Fault in our Stars 2014 and the Twilight franchise On Tuesday the announcement was made by STXFilms chief Adam Fogelson ldquoDeepika is enormously talented with an infectious personality and her profile continues to grow as an international superstar We believe this project gives us the opportunity to tap into the spirit voice characters and vibrant settings of India and New York in ways that made Crazy Rich Asians 2018 feel so authentic and freshrdquo said FogelsonMarathi treatOn Tuesday Madhuri DixitNene launched a Marathi OTT platform at an event held in Andheri ldquoThis is something that global citizens of Maharashtrian origin were waiting forrdquo said the actorproducer Mads added that she often bingewatches films and shows in the language Perhaps she has something lined up on the Marathi digital front as wellSee you laterSaying farewell is never easy for Shefali Shah On Tuesday she finished shooting for Doctor G costarring Ayushmann Khurrana and Rakul Preet Singh ldquoYet another journey comes to an endrdquo she posted and added that it was the beginning of new friendships Shah began shooting for Anubhuti Kashyaprsquos campus comedy last monthBTown debutMalayalam filmmaker Mahesh Narayanan ventures into Bollywood with Phantom Hospital The film about a scandal in the healthcare sector is backed by Priti Shahani who earlier produced Talvar 2015 Raazi 2018 and Badhaai Ho 2018 The thriller is the first project from her new banner ldquoMy films have received so much love from the Hindi audience now I am looking forward to direct my first Hindi filmrdquo says Narayanan who helmed the Fahadh Faasilstarrer C U Soon 2020 and Malik which dropped digitally in JulyFilm studiesShweta Basu Prasad has fulfilled her dream of studying at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune She pursued a film appreciation course which was conducted online due to the pandemic As Prasad had not attended any acting school or pursued theatre she was keen to learn the craft ldquoThe quest for knowledge should never cease I am a student for liferdquo said the actor Prasad hopes to imbibe whatever she has learnt to better herself as an actorAnimal loveJohn Abraham features in the new Mercy for Animals India ad in a bid to encourage people to be kind to animals The campaign tagline reads ldquoIn a world where you can be anything be nicerdquo The actor who has created an Instagram handle for his two pet pooches Bailey and Sia says ldquoAnimals deserve our love respect and freedom I have and always will stand up for animals in needrdquo Abraham is at the forefront of initiatives that help strays and abandoned animalsFirst callEven before her Bollywood debut Sanjay and Maheep Kapoorrsquos daughter Shanaya has landed a brand endorsement She is the face of a hair straightener brand As soon as mentor Karan Johar shared the commercial on social media a section of netizens rekindled the nepotism and favouritism debate Others felt she was acting like buddy Ananya PandayToo difficult to digestThe two new ads for a food delivery app which feature Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif are facing the heat on social media for depicting ldquothe sad working conditions of the delivery staff who have no time to rest between ordersrdquo Some netizens also wondered why the company was ldquospending huge money on celebrities than pay their staff fair wagesrdquo Responding to the criticism the doorstep delivery app released a statement which read ldquoThe ads make delivery partners the hero and highlight that we should talk respectfully to them It demonstrates the pride with which they serve customers and reiterate that every customer is a star for usrdquoSlippery when wetRajveer Singh who plays Neel in the romantic drama Qurbaan Hua injured himself on the set in Malad ldquoThe scene required me to climb a tree and pluck a flower for Chahat played by Pratibha Ranta but I slipped and fell My knee was badly bruisedrdquo says the actor As it is a daily Singh continues to shoot with his bandaged foot ldquoI am on medication and might need to undergo a minor surgeryrdquo he addsAnother twistKumkum Bhagya which has been on air for over seven years will experience yet another twist in the tale with protagonists Abhi Shabir Ahluwalia and Pragya Sriti Jha tying the knot again Post the twoyear leap Pragya has emerged to be a successful entrepreneur while Abhi is a far cry from his rockstar image Determined to take revenge she agrees to the marriage which she sees as a lsquocontractrsquo to get even with him ldquoAbhi and Pragyarsquos union happens in the most unexpected scenario Their destinies are going to changerdquo says JhaAlso read Have you heard Priyanka Chopra is Nick Jonas snack