Karan’s crowning glory with Takht
Filmmaker Karan Johar is returning to direction with a historical on royal intrigue starring Ranveer Singh, who has acted in films like Bajirao Mastani and Padmavat, Kareena Kapoor Rs n, Alia Bhatt and Anil Kapoor. Titled Takht, the film also features Bhumi Pednekar, Vicky Kaushal and Janhvi Kapoor. Karan took to Twitter and said, “I am excited and honoured to announce the lead cast of Takht.” Kareena is expected to play the role of Jahanara, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan’s daughter caught between her father and brothers.
“Politics shouldn't be taken as a career. If someone like me wants to join politics, then he or she first needs to leave all pains and pleasures of the material world and become an ascetic. You have to give up your family and other things in your life.”
—Kangana Ranaut
Actor Sooraj Pancholi will be visiting an army base camp in Amritsar to prepare for his role of an Indian soldier in his next untitled project, directed by Irfan Kamal. He will begin shooting from October in Kashmir. “I am looking forward to meeting army officers. More than being excited, I am really nervous because they are respected personalities. It's a proud moment for me that I will be meeting them for movie role prep,” Sooraj said.
I am a dancer first: Jlo
Singer-Actress Jennifer lopez says she always considers herself a dancer first. “I always consider myself a dancer first because I became a singer and an actress after I was a dancer,” she said. “That was the first thing my mom put me in when I was five years old. That was my first form of artistic expression,” she added. lopez added that she is enjoying her stint as a judge on the reality show World of Dance. “It is so part of who I am that to watch it now and to be able to see kids who are — whatij — 9, 10, 11 or 12 years old and then to see people who have been doing it for so long and are a seasoned couple dancing together, it just reminded me of all of the reasons why I love dancing, why I wanted to do this in the first place,” said she.