Sonam, Anushka join hands to slam body shamers

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Sonam Kapoor recently took to social media to slam body shamers and got the support from none other than Anushka Sharma.

The 30-year-old Khoobsurat actress tweeted, 'Fat shaming or skinny shaming.. It's still body shaming!'

Anushka was quick to catch wind of it and retweeted Sonam's comment, writing 'Word' along with thumps up emoji.

Replying to the PK star, Sonam then tweeted, '@AnushkaSharma people are just J of you! Coz you're a self respecting intelligent successful beautiful woman!!!'

Anushka, who will soon be seen in Sultan opposite Salman Khan, is leaving no stone unturned to perfect her role of a wrestler in the movie as after learning different wrestling techniques, the actress had also geared up hard for the movie's romantic track.

Ali Abbas Zafar's directorial, which is based on the life of a wrestler, is slated to be released on Eid and will clash with Shah Rukh Khan's Raees at the box office.

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Hema Malini: No roles for older actresses in Bollywood

Hema Malini says there is a  dearth of opportunities for older actresses in Hindi films unlike in Hollywood, where quality roles get written for female stars of all ages.

Malini, who has starred in more than 150 films during her career, feels she can still play a variety of characters on screen but feels quality roles are hard to come by.

"Internationally, such beautiful films are made with elderly actresses but that doesn't happen here. They don't want to invest money because filmmaking is too expensive so why would they risk it with me? That's the problem. No one comes to me with (good roles)," the 67-year-old actress said.

"Meryl Streep is doing fantastic work. She is of my age. I can also do so many things but I need opportunities for that," she added.

The actress, who is the BJP MP from Mathura, was last seen on the big screen in a guest appearance in Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Aarakshan (2011).

She will now be seen in Ramesh Sippy's upcoming production Shimla Mirchi, which also stars Rajkummar Rao and Rakul Preet Singh.

"It is a sweet comedy and I had fun doing the film. I say yes when interesting roles come up and I thought this part was really nice so I agreed to be a part of it."

Malini, meanwhile, has entered a new territory: singing. She launched her maiden album Dream Girl, which has been composed by Babul Supriyo and features his duet Aji suniye to zara, kya hai manjra with the actress.

The album also has two Bengali songs, which Malini had originally recorded for Kishore Kumar.

"I never thought I would sing professionally but it so happened that I made Babul hear a Bengali song I had sung many years ago. He thought I should sing and bring out an album. I readily agreed. I don't let any opportunity go."

When asked what was the reaction of her family to her songs, Malini said, "My family liked the tracks. Dharamji was surprised to hear me sing. To impress him, I even recorded a ghazal and made him hear that. He said, 'I never knew you sing so well'. I said that now whenever you write a ghazal next, I will sing."

Dream Girl was earlier launched in Mumbai by Dharmendra, Bachchan and his wife Jaya Bachchan.

The Baghban actress has also recorded a bhajan album, which she will release soon.

Text Courtesy: PTI