No permit to shoot in J&K
Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal’s upcoming movie, Raazi is set to be directed by Meghna Gulzar. Based on Harinder Sikka's bestselling novel, Calling Sehmat, the film revolves around a Kashmiri spy (Alia Bhatt) who gets married to a Pakistani Army Officer (Vicky Kaushal). And taking the plot in mind, Kashmir forms an integral part of the narrative. However, before the project can go on floors, it has run into its first hurdle — the makers have been unable to get the necessary permissions to shoot. Now considering Kashmir is an important element in the film, the makers have now decided to recreate Kashmir in studios of Mumbai itself.
‘Of course I don't believe that nepotism rocks. If anything that rocks, it's your talent, hard work and conviction. It's the energy you bring to your job. What we said was meant to be a joke, which I think has been misplaced, misunderstood and I think it went wrong. I regret it.’
–––Karan Johar
Amitabh Bachchan got nostalgic about his daredevil stunt with a real tiger in the 1977 film Khoon Pasina, but got labelled as “mad” by some of the stunt directors of the current generation for doing so. The 74-year-old shared a black-and-white photograph on Twitter where he can be seen grappling with a tiger from the back. “Fighting a real tiger for Khoon Pasina… A real task… Shared it with stunt directors of today… They thought I was mad,” Amitabh captioned the image.
Comics legend lee honoured
Stan lee, 94, was honoured with a hand and footprint ceremony, the first ever held at Hollywood's TCl Chinese Theater. The legendary comic characters like Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America and Thor – joked that he “would have asked for a raise” if he'd known how good he was. “I've been the luckiest man in the world because I've had friends. And to have the right friends is everything – people you can depend on, people who tell you the truth if you ask for something,” he said.
He paid emotional tribute to his “wonderful” wife.