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Chennai, Oct 30 (IANS) Malayalam superstar Mohanlal has come up with a musical tribute to the FIFA Football World Cup, which is scheduled to begin later this year in Qatar.

Aashirvad Cinemas, the production house producing actor Mohanlal's first directorial venture 'Barroz', on Sunday made this announcement.

Taking to social media, the production house tweeted: "Releasing this October 30th 2022, from the people of God's own country, a musical tribute for the Fifa Football World Cup 2022. All for football. Football for all."

The song, which is to be released on Sunday, has been sung by Mohanlal himself. The musical video has been directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar while music for the tribute has been scored by Hesham Abdul Wahab.

Sources say that Mohanlal will be in Qatar for the launch of the music video.

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Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Actress Mrunal Thakur, who achieved a lot of positive responses and success for her film 'Sita Ramam' is all set for his next project 'Pooja Meri Jaan' alongside Huma Qureshi. The actress talks about her role in the film and how it is going to be different from the character of a princess in her previous film.

Like 'Sita Ramam', Mrunal will be seen playing the titular role in her next film. She explained: "The character I play is completely different from my role in 'Sita Ramam'. The way Pooja dresses is the way I talk, it's a whole new person I created."

Mrunal started her career with TV and during her college days got the lead role in 'Mujhse Kuchh Kehti...Yeh Khamoshiyaan'. Later, she signed the most popular show 'Kumkum Bhagya' and also appeared as a contestant on 'Box Cricket League 1' and 'Nach Baliye 7'. She was also seen in a titular role in the international film 'Love Sonia'. In 2022, she became part of 'Jersey' opposite Shahid Kapoor and made her Telugu film debut opposite Dulquer Salmaan in Hanu Raghavapudi's 'Sita Ramam'.

Mrunal said that she always looks forward to doing different kinds of roles and she is happy to get an opportunity playing distinct characters in her films.

"I have always been hungry for roles that are different from each other and I am grateful that directors chose me to do those parts. In this particular movie, I can promise that people will see a new side of my acting skills, which is also equally exciting for me," she added.

'Pooja Meri Jaan' also stars Huma Qureshi and Vijay Raaz. Recently, Dinesh Vijan's Maddock Films announced the shoot wrap for the film.

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Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) 'Double XL' producer Vipul D. Shah asked 'Indian Idol 13' contestant Senjuti Das to sing her version of the song 'Ki Jaana' from his film.

Post her performance, impressed by her singing, Vipul said: "I regularly follow 'Indian Idol' this time and the contestants wow me with their voice every single time. I feel they are very deserving. Hearing Senjuti today, I want to release her version of 'Ki Jaana'."

Talking about the show, he added: "I love 'Indian Idol' because everyone here is self-made including the judges."

Adding to the conversation, Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha also appreciated her talent and said: "Your performance seemed very effortless and beautifully sung. I felt like I was listening to a finished playback product."

Singer and judge Neha Kakkar who was the also impressed with her singing added: "Senjuti, you are a very intelligent singer. You are so balanced to sing two songs with balanced feelings. The 2 songs you have sung are of different styles. For me, you are a finale singer already."

Judged by Himesh Reshammiya, Neha Kakkar, Vishal Dadlani and hosted by guest host Harsh Limbachiyaa, 'Indian Idol 13' airs on Sony Entertainment Television.

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Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Actor-director Rishab Shetty, who has been garnering rave reviews for his recently released movie 'Kantara', recently sought blessings at the iconic Siddhivinayak Temple in the Prabhadevi area of Mumbai.

As Rishab Shetty visited the famous Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai along with his team, he witnessed a huge crowd of fans mobbing him at the temple. The actor was seen in a simple attire wearing a white shirt and jeans.

'Kantara' has created a big buzz for both right and wrong reasons. It film has emerged as a box-office winner, breaking into new territories, and several senior members of the fraternity, including Rajinikanth, have heaped praise on Rishab.

At the same time, the film has stepped on a plagiarism landmine with a Kerala-based fusion rock band Thaikkudam Bridge accusing the makers of ripping off their track 'Navarasam'.

Recently, the Kozhikode Sessions Court had issued an injunction barring the makers of the film from playing the allegedly plagiarised song 'Varaha Roopam' in theatres and other streaming platforms.

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Chennai, Oct 30 (IANS) After Karthi-starrer 'Kaithi' and S.S. Rajamouli's blockbuster 'RRR' featurning Ram Charan and Junior NTR, Vijay-starrer 'Master' is all set to hit screens in Japan.

Sources said that the film will screened in Japan from November 18. "The film's Japanese version has been titled 'Sensei'. The film is being dubbed in Japanese for its release there," the sources added. Like 'Kaithi', 'Master' has also been directed by Vijay Kanakaraj.

Rajinikanth's Tamil films have done considerably well in Japan. In fact, the Tamil superstar enjoys a reasonably big fan base in the Land of the Rising Sun as well. Not many south Indian films, however, have released in the East Asian nation until now.

Late last year, Lokesh Kanakaraj's Tamil superhit film 'Kaithi', featuring Karthi in the lead, released in Japan. The development occurred after one of the Japanese distributors evinced interest in showcasing the film to audiences in Japan.

"We were approached by a distributor who liked the film and wanted to showcase it in Japan. This is the first time that we are releasing one of our films in Japan. If this works, a new market will open up," 'Kaithi' producer S.R. Prabhu had then told IANS.

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Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Femina Miss India 2020 runner-up Manya Singh, who recently got evicted from 'Bigg Boss 16' has made some serious allegations against her co-contestant Soundarya Sharma. She said that Soundarya tried to ruin her career by saying false things about her to an agency where they both worked.

"I met Soundarya for the first time in an audition and we didn't have a very warm meeting post the audition. I got to know that she spoke badly about me to my agency, that I was playing the victim card and for which I had to see a rough phase in my career," said Manya.

Manya had never been on good terms with Soundarya and in one of the weekend ka vaar episodes, she questioned Soundarya's character and blamed her for getting work through casting couch.

Post her eviction when Manya came on the Krushna Abhishek-hosted show 'Bigg Buzz' where the evicted contestants from 'Bigg Boss' play interesting games and give their opinions about the housemates without any biases, she revealed a number of things of 'Bigg Boss 16' house and talked about Soundarya and her relationship with Gautam Vig, calling it 'fake'.

"Soundarya and Gautam are trying way too hard to show love for each other in the show but I don't think audiences see genuine love between them."

During a conversation with host Krushna on 'Bigg Buzz', Manya told him that she shared a very close bond with Gautam and Soundarya can never be 'good' for him.

"I'm very protective about Gautam, we share a special equation. While I was leaving the house I hugged him and whispered into his ears to take care. I am very much sure that Soundarya is not good for him," she wrapped up.

'Bigg Buzz' streams on Voot.

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Chennai, Oct 23 (IANS) Actress Shruti Haasan, who is now shooting for her international film, 'The Eye', in Athens and Corfu, has thanked the unit of the film for their sweet gesture of getting her crackers to ensure that she does not miss celebrating Deepavali.

Taking to Instagram to post a picture of her bursting crackers, Shruti wrote, "Wishing you and yours light and prosperity! Tomorrow is the start of amazing things for all of us.

"I thought I was away from my family on this special day and realised I found a lovely new film family in these beautiful people who took the time and effort to make Diwali so special!

"I'm so so filled with gratitude and never take these amazing moments for granted... there is magic and light in all places and all you have to do is open your heart and mind.

"Thank you to the amazing team of 'THE EYE' for this heart warming memory."

Directed by Daphne Schmon and written by Emily Carlton, the film, backed by Fingerprint Content, is being co-produced by Agronauts productions, Greece's biggest and most established production house.

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Chennai, Oct 23 (IANS) Shobu Yarlagadda, one of the producers of director S. S. Rajamouli's blockbuster 'Baahubali', has showered praise on director Rishab Shetty's recently released Kannada film 'Kantara', saying he was "Mind blown!" by the film.

Taking to Twitter, Yarlagadda wrote: "Kantara! Mind Blown! No film has touched me at the core as this film! It's cinematic brilliance!! The climax ... Oh My God!

"Please watch it in theatres! What performances, cinematography and music! Take a bow Rishab Shetty, Hombale Films and the entire team!"

Yarlagadda is the latest to have showered praise on the film which has not only come in for rave reviews but which is also setting the cash registers to ring all across the country.

Be it the Kannada or Hindi version, the film's box office collections are something that are constantly breaking all records.

After having emerged a hit in the southern parts of the country, the film, which opened with a decent collection of Rs 1.27 crore net on the very first day in the Hindi market, increased its collections to end the second-day at Rs 2.75 crore. And it ended day three, with a net collection of Rs 3.5 crore in the Hindi market.

On Monday, the film saw an impressive jump of 40 to 50 per cent in collections as compared to Friday with Rs 1.75 crore net in the Hindi market.

It registered a net of Rs 1.88 crore on Tuesday, Rs 1.95 crore on Wednesday and a steady growth with a net collection of Rs 1.90 crore in the Hindi market on Thursday.

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Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan recently shared that he was rushed to a hospital after he cut a vein on his left calf.

The senior actor, whose recent release 'Goodbye' received a lot of positive response, took to his official blog to share the news with his fans and admirers.

He shared that he had received stitches to control the bleeding. "A jutting piece of metal sliced my left calve and managed to cut the vein .. the vein when cut spurts out the 'red' uncontrollably .. but had the nerve to get the doc and so into an OT and the stitching up .. with the assistance of team of staff and docs in time (sic)," he wrote on his blog.

He mentioned that the injury seems to be a inoperative. "The throb is the control factor on KBC and it must be stated that those three-four hours on each episode, does take care of the... Its a little inoperative, but the will to continue in the similar spirit of measurement and tribe and class in range does give a hope and we cope... Its quite fresh and with opinion and advice."

For now, the medical experts have advised him to not strain or try walking, even on a treadmill. The Big B accepted the medical advice with a dash of resigned philosophy. He wrote: "At times the satisfaction of the extreme may bring the joys or the griefs of existence."

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Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who is known for hosting lavish Diwali parties at his home in the Juhu area of Mumbai, attended instead the Diwali-eve party of his friend and producer, Anand Pandit, right after his 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' shoot.

Pandit ensured that it was a curated group for the legend and the party lit up as Big B walked into the Pandit residence. Anand Pandit looked visibly emotional when Big B arrived.

"He was overwhelmed and deeply touched by his gesture proving that he is a friend who never forgets his friends," a source shared.

For Big B who was not even seen at his own film promotions or any other parties throughout the year, this is a departure from tradition as he is attending a party.

Anand Pandit and Big B have worked together in multiple films. Sources indicate that Big B also has a business interest in Pandit's real estate company.

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