SRK chief guest at Melbourne festival
Actor ShahRukh Khan is all set to be felicitated with the Excellence in Cinema Awards on August 8 at the Awards Night of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. He is also the chief guest at the festival.
Helmed by the Victorian government, Australia, the IFFM will celebrate ‘courage’ as its central theme.
SRK says, “I am humbled and honoured for this recognition. It will be a great experience to share the stage with my fellow industry members.”
He will be presented the award by Linda Dessau, first female Governor of the State of Victoria.
‘I feel like I don't belong here. I feel like a newcomer. I need to figure out this new room and this new club that I've entered. Even though I've been here for 15 years, it's not my comfort zone. I need to get my head around it. I can't feel that I know exactly what's going on and what I need to do next. So, I'm trying to keep it simple and go with my instinct and my gut.’
—Shahid Kapoor
After an overwhelming response to Fankind, an online fund-raising platform founded by Anshula Kapoor, Varun Dhawan’s experience is now live on the platform where one lucky fan will get to play a game of paintball with the actor.
Commenting on his association with the brand, he says, “The severe water crisis in Maharashtra has affected the farmers the most resulting in the loss of their agricultural livelihood. That is why we are raising funds.”
The campaign is live on its website.
Rose comes up with new series
Hollywood actress, Ruby Rose suffered the slings and arrows from schoolmates about being different before the rise of social media.
The 33-year-old gender-fluid actress who came out as a lesbian at the age 12 in her native Australia hopes her title role on The CW’s new series, Batwoman lets the audience know they’re not alone.
It’s the first TV series headlined by an out LGBTQ superhero.
Rose, who has said she is bipolar, believes that society has come a long way in accepting different groups and says, “I am seeing greater representation of them on television.”
She wants young people to be able to identify and relate to characters on Batwoman.
