Salman to campaign in Sl
Salman Khan is in Sri lanka to prop up the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa's re-election bid, the first Indian actor to be roped in for a poll campaign in the country. Khan, along with Jacqueline Fernandez and five other Bollywood performers are set to appear on stage in support of Rajapaksa. Khan was invited to participate by parliamentarian and Rajapaksa's son Namal. Jacqueline is a friend of younger Rajapaksa. Beset by mass defections from his ruling coalition to the opposition Maithripala Sirisena, Rajapaksa is believed to have suffered a loss of popular support. The Bollywood stars are expected to boost the sagging morale of the incumbent's campaign.
Amid demands by Hindu outfits to ban alleged objectionable scenes from Aamir Khan PK, the Censor Board has refused to take any such action. leela Samson, chairperson of Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC), said the board will not remove any scenes from the film as it has already been released.
The film, which hit theatres on December 19, stirred controversy after the religious outfits staged protests, demanding a ban on the movie and removing the scenes to ensure communal harmony.
“Every film may hurt religious sentiments of somebody or the other. We can't remove scenes unnecessarily because there is something called creative endeavour where people present things in their own way.
We have already given certificate to PK and we can't remove anything now because it's already out for public viewing,” she said.
PK, directed by Rajkumar Hirani, is a satire on India's proliferating godmen and Aamir plays the lead role in it.
The film also stars Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt and Sushant Singh Rajput besides Aamir.
Alicia welcomes second child
Singer Alicia Keys welcomed her second son with husband Swizz Beatz. The baby has been named Genesis Ali Dean and his mother took to photo-sharing site Instagram to share her feelings and posted “The joy of joy is joy!! It's a boy!! We are so greatful!! #blessings!! (sic).” The couple is already parents to their four-year-old son, Egypt, who was ‘‘so ready’’ to be a big brother long ago. “He's not going to be the baby anymore. He's already preparing. He has like a little doll where he's like, ‘Am I supposed to be doing thisIJ Am I supposed to be doing thatIJ' He's so ready. It's a blessing,” Keys said previously.
While this is the second child for the singer, her husband has three kids from past relationships.