Sonu Sood attends Shanghai film festival

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Sonu Sood recently attended the screening of Stanley Tong’s action adventure film Kung Fu Yoga at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival.

He shared a picture, above, and tweeted: ‘With my #kungfuyoga team at 19th Shanghai International Film Festival ..#RedCarpet #JackieChan.’ 

‘With the best team @EyeOfJackieChan, Renny harlin (Director of #Cliffhanger #DieHard) & Stanley tong,’ he added with a picture of his team. 

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Sonam, Kareena, Swara come together for a click flick

Anil Kapoor’s daughter Rhea is all set to make her directorial debut with home production Veere Di Shaadi.

The actor confirmed the news and tweeted: ‘This will be one wedding you wouldn't wanna miss! @RheaKapoor exciting new project! #VeereDiWedding.’

Buzz is that the film is adapted from the Hollywood drama The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants.

Co-produced by Ekta Kapoor, the film will star Sonam Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania.

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SS Rajamouli shoots climax scenes for Baahubali 2

Filmmaker SS Rajamouli has started shooting for the war sequence for his film Baahubali 2 at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad.

He shared a picture from the sets, above, and tweeted: ‘Fantastic first day at war... Months of planning helped everything roll out smoothly.. Jai Mahishmathi..!!’

Lee Whitaker, who has worked on films like Fast & Furious 5, Pearl Harbor and Jurassic Park 3, is the action director for the war scenes.

The film, which is a sequel to Baahubali: The Beginning, stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah Bhatia and Anushka Shetty. It will release on April 14.

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Anupam Kher ‏signs his 500th film

National Award-winning actor Anupam Kher has signed his 500th film: the romantic comedy The Big Sick.

‘Happy to announce my 500th film 'The Big Sick'. And who else but to have Robert De Niro congratulate me. Jai Ho,’ Kher tweeted with a congratulatory video from Hollywood actor Robert De Niro.

‘My 500th film #ThaBigSick stars Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Zoe Kazan & @kumailn. It has been a great journey,’ he added.

Meanwhile, the 61-year-old actor met American actor Willem Dafoe in New York.

‘With great actor Willem Dafoe & his talented wife @giadacole at their residence in NY.:) #TheHeadHuntersCalling #DeliciousLunch,’ he wrote on Instagram. 

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Salman Khan releases new song from Sultan

Salman Khan took to social media to release a new song titled 440 Volt from his upcoming film Sultan.

‘440 Pata nahi but apna version 12 volt toh hoga minimum =-D , Hope barah volt is kafi fr now? #440Volt,’ Khan tweeted.

The song is sung by Mika Singh.

Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, the film also stars Anushka Sharma, Randeep Hooda and Amit Sadh.

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On the sets of Sabash Naidu

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan is busy directing portions of his trilingual film Sabash Naidu in Los Angeles.

Kamal is filling in for the film’s director, T K Rajeev Kumar, who has been hospitalised.

His daughter Akshara is working as an assistant director on the project. She shared a picture, above, and tweeted: ‘A day @longbeach LA.’

The film, which is being simultaneously made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, also stars Shruti Haasan, Ramya Krishnan, Brahmanandam, Saurabh Shukla and Roger Narayanan.

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Here’s what Shabana Azmi is up to

Shabana Azmi is busy shooting for Piyush Panjuani's film Idgaah.

She shared a picture of herself with co-star Yohan, above, and tweeted: ‘Dont be fooled by his angelic expression! Yohann is a terror.'

The film is said to be based on Munshi Premchand's short story by the same name.

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Priyanka Chopra shoots for an advertisement

Priyanka Chopra, who recently lost her grandmother, is back to work.

The Quantico star recently shot for an advertisement with director Punit Malhotra.

Puneet shared a picture on Instagram, above, and wrote,‘Great fun on set yesterday... Shot an ad with the "coolest chic" ever @priyankachopra. Am a PC fan.’ 

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Neel Sethi’s fan moment with Freida Pinto!

Neel Sethi of The Jungle Book fame recently met actress Freida Pinto at the Greenwich International Film Festival.

‘Honored to meet Freida Pinto @greenwichfilm as the Girl Rising Ambassador and a real #changemaker @BecauseImFreida,’ Neel tweeted. 

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Ali Zafar shares a selfie with his wife

Pakistani actor Ali Zafar ‏took to Twitter to share a picture of himself with his wife Ayesha Fazli.

‘Ran in the rain in the forest with Cinderella,’ Zafar tweeted.

The couple have a son and a daughter named Azaan and Alyza respectively.