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After months ofspeculations, herecomes the official

confirmation that two of thebiggest film stars of the In-dian film industry are all setto star together in a bilin-gual film. The film will bedirected by Nag Ashwinwho is known for the Na-tional Award-winningbiopic Mahanati. Prabhasand Deepika starrer filmwill be a science-fiction

drama and will bebankrolled by VyjayanthiMovies.

Prabhas too confirmedthe news on social mediaand wrote, "We are very ex-cited to have @deepika-padukone on board, wel-come?? @nag_ashwin@vyjayanthimovies @swap-naduttchalasani@priyankacdutt #Prab-has21 #DeepikaPrabhas"

Nag Ashwin said in a

statement, ̀ I'm very excitedto see Deepika play thischaracter. It is somethingno mainstream lead hasdone before and will bequite a surprise for every-one. The pairing of Deepikaand Prabhas will be one ofthe main highlights of thefilm and the story betweenthem, I believe will be some-thing audiences will carry intheir hearts for years tocome.`

Prabhas will also be seenin Radha Krishna Kumar'sbilingual romantic dramaRadheShyam, along withPooja Hegde.

Deepika Padukone waslast seen in MeghnaGulzar's Chhapaak, a filmbased on the life of an acidattack survivor Laxmi. Shewill be next seen in 83, asports drama on the 1983Cricket World Cup-winningIndian team. The film fea-tures Deepika's husbandand actor Ranveer Singh asKapil Dev.

It's official! Deepika andPrabhas to star together!

Taapsee Pannu,who was seen inSujoy Ghosh's

'Badla', a mystery thrillerfilm, recently shared athrowback picture with hisco-star Amitabh Bachchanfrom the sets of Badla.

Tapsee shared a still from

the scene where she isstanding along with Sujoyand Amitabh Bachchanwho can be seen as rehears-ing the script. Tapsee ex-presses the picture in a sar-castic way as she talks aboutherself being watching thescript and wondering how

many scenes are left for theday.Here is what she wrote,''Me looking at how much ofthe scene is left for theday.Mr. Bachchan contin-ues to rehearse non stop,Sujoy is thinking of wherecan he find good pizza fordinner post packup .Theusual on #Badla set#Throwback #Archive#QuarantinePost . Checkout her post here -

The film 'Badla'(2019)wasc loved by the public be-cause of the great chemistryof Tapsee and AmitabhBachchan throughout thefilm. Amitabh and his familymembers including Ab-hishek Bachchan , Aish-warya Rai and Aaradhya re-cently tested COVIDpositive and have been ad-mitted to the hospital inMumbai.

Taapsee Pannu shares this throwbackmoment with Amitabh Bachchan!

Kangana Ranauthas proved thatshe is a strong-

headed lady of Bollywoodwith her vigorous opin-ions and outspoken atti-tude. Amid the Coron-avirus lockdown, the

actress is enjoying herquarantine in her home-town, Manali. Recently,Kangana`s team who han-dles her social media ac-counts shared the actresspicture when she visitedher Kul Devi temple in Hi-

machal Pradesh.Kangana Ranaut`s team

shared her beautiful pic-ture in a dark blue suitwith yellow dupatta whileholding hands towards thecamera on Instagram.They captioned it, "#Kan-ganaRanaut visited herKul Devi Maa Ambikatemple in her native vil-lage of Mandi in Himan-chal Pardesh today ????".Check out her post here -

On the work front, lasttime we saw Kangana Ra-naut in Ashwiny Iyer Ti-wari's directed 'Panga'(2020) along with JassieGill and Richa Chadda incentral roles. Her upcom-ing projects include VijayA L's 'Thalaivi', RazneeshGhai's 'Dhaakad', andSarvesh Mewara's 'Tejas'.

Kangana Ranaut looks alluring inher visit to her Kul Devi Temple!

There are many hiddengems of people in Indiawho tend to astonish

people with their extra-ordinaryabilities and one such personwas Shakuntala Devi, who wasan Indian writer and mental cal-culator, popularly known as the"human computer". She wasalso a world-class educator whopassed down her knowledge tostudents to strive for a better In-dia!

Good news for all of the audi-ence as they get to see a filmbased on her life in AmazonPrime Video's upcoming bio-graphical drama film titled'Shakuntala Devi'! Much like thefilm 'Dangal' explored father-daughter dynamics, being a fa-ther-daughter stand-off story,Shakuntala Devi will be explor-ing the dynamics of a motherand a daughter in a mother-

daughter standoff story.Apart from Shakuntala Devi's

life and achievements, the filmwill also explore the story of therelation between ShakuntalaDevi and her daughter Anu-pama Banerjee in some heart-warming and heart-capturingmoments. Anupama Banerjeeherself was a special visitor onthe sets and even got emotionalwhen some of the scenes werebeing shot!

The upcoming film 'Shakun-tala Devi' is directed by AnuMenon and produced by SonyPictures Networks Productionsand Vikram Malhotra. The filmstars Vidya Balan in the leadalong with the stellar cast of Jis-shu Sengupta, Sanya Malhotra,and Amit Sadh. So make sure tograb some popcorn and tune-into Amazon Prime Video on 31stJuly to watch the film!

Amazon Prime Video's upcoming film 'Shakuntala Devi'will explore absorbing mother-daughter dynamics

Started her career as anassistant casting directorat Yash Raj Films for six

years, Bhumi Pednekar madeher film debut as an overweightbride in the romantic-comedy'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' (2015), forwhich she won the 'FilmfareAward for Best Female Debut'.On Saturday, the actress turned31 and shared a few glimpses ofher birthday celebration on so-cial media. In the photos, Bhumican be seen smiling as she cutsher birthday cake while adding,how grateful she is for the loveshe has been showered with, onher special day.

Bhumi Pednekar shared thebirthday pictures on Instagramand captioned the post, "As I turna year older, all I can think of ishow fortunate & grateful I am. Tobe surrounded by such love and

support. To have such incredible peoplein my life. To be able to follow my pas-sion and have a job that I love. To have thelove the audiences give me. To be able togive back and work towards making thisworld a better place. To have the means toprotect the ones I love. I am so grateful foreverything. With everything happeningaround us, am so so overwhelmed by thelove that everyone has shown... Thankyou so much ?? #gratitude #thankyou".Check out her birthday post here -

On the professional front, last time wesaw the actress in Bhanu Pratap Singh's'Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship' op-posite Vicky Kaushal, in which Bhumiwas seen playing a small role. BhumiPednekar will be seen next in a multi-starrer film ̀ Takht̀ , directed by KaranJohar, Amit Sharma's 'Badhaai Do', G.Ashok's 'Durgavati', and Alankrita Shri-vastava's `Dolly Kitty Aur WohChamakte Sitare ,̀ which is set to streamon Netflix.

Here's a sneak-peak intoBhumi Pednekar's birthday!

Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, Shruti Haasan isliving alone in her house with her pet cat and ad-mitted that it's not easy to stay alone and wishes to

go back to film sets. The actress keeps on sharing the wittyposts on social media which are full of anecdotes, how she isspending her quarantine. Recently, Shruti shared a head-turning picture of herself for fans on Instagram and advisedthem to wear the mask.

While sharing the picture on Instagram feed, Shruti cap-tioned the post, "YEAH YOU ... wear a mask #somanypeo-plenotwearingmasks#itreallydoeswork #besafeeveryone".Check out her post here -

The actress has 'Yaara' in her kitty, which stars VidyutJammwal, Amit Sadh, Vijay Varma, Kenny Basumatary,and Sanjay Mishra, directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. Thestory is reported to be about a group of four friends andbased on the rustling operations across the Nepal-Indiaborder and ready to stream on Disney+Hotstar on July 31st.Apart from that, she will be going to be seen next in Gopic-hand Malineni`s Telugu action-thriller film 'Krack', whichfeatures Ravi Teja in the lead role.

Shruti Haasan's valuableadvice for her fans!

Fashion and style lover Ananya Panday alwayssurprises us with her gorgeous and stunning looks.Lately, the actress shared a beautiful picture on

Instagram wearing a white top and posing with the mes-merizing sunset in the background.

Ananya, who made her Bollywood debut with Karan Jo-har's 'Student Of The Year 2' won the Filmfare Award forBest Female Debut. The actress recently shared her pic-ture with her fans where she is looking super cute with herdelightful smile. Check out her post here -

Ananya was last seen in Mudassar Aziz's 'Pati Pati AurWoh', a comedy film that also stars Kartik Aaryan andBhumi Pednekar in the lead roles. She will be next seen inMaqbool Khan's 'Khaali Peeli', a romantic action film thatalso stars Ishaan Khatter with her in the lead role.

Ananya Panday looks adorablycute in her latest post!

Tamannaah Bhatiais among those In-dian actresses who

predominantly appears inTamil, Telugu, and Hindifilms. The actress has a pro-found talent and gives mas-sive hits in multiple languagefilms. Recently, Tamannaahshared a workout post on so-cial media, in the photo, shecan be seen doing Yoga whileenjoying the rain.

Tamannaah Bhatia shareda blissful picture on Insta-gram where she can be seenmaking the most out of themonsoon season wearingsports attire in the picture.She captioned the post, "Ex-ercise, therapy and ashower....all at the sametime! #MumbaiMonsoonsyou make my workouts bliss-ful ???????? #RainsMakeEv-erythingBetter#WorkoutEv-eryDamnDay". Check outher post here -

More about her film ca-reer, Tamannaah Bhatia waslast seen in Sundar C.'s Tamilfilm, `Action` oppositeVishal. The actress will beseen next in Bollywood film'Bole Chudiyan' oppositeNawazuddin Siddiqui, helmed by Shamas Nawab Siddiqui.

Tamannaah Bhatia knows howto get the most of monsoon!

The series, featuringactors AnthonyMackie (Falcon)

and Sebastian Stan (WinterSoldier) reprising their Mar-vel CinematicUniverse(MCU) roles, wasscheduled to premiere onDisney Plus in August butwas not included in the plat-form's list of releases for themonth.

The series picks up afterthe events of 2019'sAvengers: Endgame, whichsaw Chris Evans' CaptainAmerica pass his shield toSam Wilson (Mackie).

According to Variety, the team was about to start the Prague schedule of the series inMarch, but the production had to be shut down in the wake of coronavirus outbreak lead-ing to several weeks of delay in the making.

Though we don't have a full-length trailer for the show, Disney did debut a brief teaser inFebruary during the Super Bowl. The footage sees Mackie's Sam Wilson wrench CaptainAmerica's shield from a tree trunk and Bucky Barnes (Stan) pointing a gun to his adversary'sface.

Disney Plus is expected to announce the new premiere date for the series once the mak-ers get back to the sets.

Two other big Marvel Studios productions, Black Widow and The Eternals have alsohad their theatrical releases delayed. Black Widow moved from 1 May to 6 November,while The Eternals shifted from 6 November to 12 February, 2021.

Marvel Studios has multiple shows in the works for Disney+, including WandaVision withPaul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen; Tom Hiddleston-starrer Loki and Jeremy Renner'sHawkeye.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Disney Plus delaysFalcon & the Winter Soldier release

The very well known as PunchnamaBaby, Kartik Aaryan is still re-membered for his trademarked-

monologue scene from the 'Pyaar KaPunchnama' series where the actor's charac-ter Rajat vents out his frustration to hisfriends for non-stop 7 long minutes. Re-cently, the actor's film is trending on 7thnumber on the OTT platform and Kartikhas expressed his happiness by sharing ascreenshot of the same on his Instagram.

While sharing the post on the Instagramfeed, Kartik asked his fans to share theirfavourite scene from the film. He captionedthe post, "#PunchnamaBaby ???? Trend-

ing on #Netflix today ?? ?? Sab Apna ApnaFav Scene Bataiye???#PyaarKaPunch-nama2".

Kartik Aaryan asks fans to share theirfavourite scene from this film!