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South superstar Jyothika has praised Kangana Ranaut for her appearance in ‘Chandramukhi 2’ and tagged her as "one of the most talented actresses of Indian cinema," adding that she is a huge fan of her work. 

August 16 may have been a working day, but Rajinikanth's  'Jailer' and Sunny Deol's 'Gadar 2' not only did well, but also left the Akshay Kumar-starrer 'OMG 2' and Chiranjeevi's 'Bholaa Shankar' way behind.

When four much-awaited films -- 'Gadar-2', 'OMG-2', 'Jailer' and 'Bhola Shankar' -- released simultaneously, there was huge scepticism in industry circles, but on Monday, that has been proved unfounded.

But the initial numbers that both the movies will garner is not fully certain, because while 'Gadar 2' is likely to have a higher revenue with its opening expected to be somewhere around Rs. 25 crore, 'Jailer' is also expected to open to the same amount.

Acclaimed Bollywood art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai, who was found hanging in a case of suspected suicide this morning, was reeling under a financial crises with accumulated debts of over Rs 250 crore and insolvency proceedings initiated against him only last week.

Actress Shilpa Shetty recollected the memories of the shoot for her Telugu film 'Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya', where she played the role of a mermaid, and said as she is hydrophobic, she was afraid to shoot the climax.

Actress Sonam Kapoor, who has been a part of films like 'Raanjhanaa', 'Neerja', 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo', among others, said she wants to pick commercial, family entertainers for her comeback to the cinemas. 

The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) has announced the nominations for its 14th edition, which includes titles such as 'Darlings', 'Kantara', 'Pathaan' and 'Bhediya', among many others.

The court also directed the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to submit personal affidavits in response to pleas seeking the ban.

The court took to task the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for approving controversial dialogues and scenes in the film and asked the board to spare religious texts like the Ramayan, Quran, Guru Granth Sahib and the Bhagavad Gita.

Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav said the Censor Board should check the "political character certificate" of those who play with people's faith by making films with an agenda using the money of their political masters.

They claimed that the film has misrepresented the characters of Ramayana and shown Hindu deities in a 'distorted' manner -- Hanuman -- being shown with a beard and without a moustache.

The national spokesperson of the Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha, Shishir Chaturvedi had lodged an FIR with the Hazratganj police against the makers and the star cast of film 'Adipurush'.

Cinema halls across Kathmandu on Friday stopped the screening of 'Adipurush', a day after Mayor Balen Shah warned that no Indian movie will be allowed in the Nepal capital if the film based on the Hindu epic Ramayana does not correct the "mistake" about the birthplace of Sita.

The DCP's driver Chetan Kumar lodged a complaint with the Jubilee Hills Station against the actress and her friend for damaging the vehicle which was parked in the allotted parking place in the cellar. The complainant alleged that the duo intentionally damaged the car.

The police said, "In an effort to protect the right to freedom of speech and expression of the petitioners, the state has taken adequate measures to safeguard multiplex owners from any potential threats and repercussions of screening the film..."

This comes a day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee decided to ban the movie, citing "threat to law and order in the state".
Uttar Pradesh has become the second state after Madhya Pradesh to make the controversial film tax-free.

The restored version of the 1990 Manipuri film 'Ishanou', directed by renowned filmmaker Aribam Syam Sharma, is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival to be held from May 16-27.

The Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a fresh attempt by a petitioner seeking a stay on the release of the film 'The Kerala Story, saying that a filmmaker invests a lot of money and time in making a movie and actors also put in a lot of work, and the market will decide if it is not up to the mark.

Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty will be seen sharing screen space with his actor son Namashi Chakraborty in a new track titled 'Janabe Ali' from 'Bad Boy'. The makers of 'Bad Boy' have unveiled a new song from the film called 'Janabe Ali'.

Star Ravi Teja's upcoming film 'Tiger Nageswara Rao', which also features actor Anupam Kher, will be releasing on October 20. Anupam took to Twitter, where he shared a poster of the film unveiling the release date.

While the audience enjoyed watching the camaraderie of the two characters in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Pathaan', this time around with the new addition to the spy-universe, the invincibles will be taking each other head-on.

Actor Ram Charan's wife Upasana took to her social media handles to share some of the magic moments at the after-event party. Needless to say, the pictures and videos are being lapped up by 'RRR' fans.

Tollywood is celebrating the historic achievement of Rajamouli's epic movie 'RRR' at the 95th Academy Awards. Several Telugu film stars and celebrities conveyed their compliments to the 'RRR' team Monday after the award for Best Original Song category was announced.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated music director M.M. Keeravani and lyricist Chandra Bose after their song "Naatu! Naatu!" from the Telugu film "RRR" won the prestigious Oscar award.