Big B to play Vijay Barse
After playing a Bal Thackeray doppelganger in Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar series, it is time for the indefatigable Amitabh Bachchan to play yet another real-life character in Sairat director Nagaraj Manjule’s first film in Hindi.
In the film, which is yet to get a title, Big B plays Vijay Barse, who more than a decade ago established the Nagpur-based NGO, Slum Soccer, which helps slum kids find their bearings through the game of football. Though he is more than happy to speak about his adulation for Bachchan, Manjule is reluctant to talk about the project. He will start shooting with the megastar in October.
“let's just say, it is based on a real-life character. But the way I've written the part and the film, it moves very far away from the original source,” he said.
‘There was a phase when I was doing whatever was being offered to me without doing any analysis. At that time, I didn't want to sit at home and keep on working. But at this moment, I am very focussed on good stories and don't want to do film just for the heck of it’
—Emraan Hashmi
The 16th annual San Diego International Film Festival will screen 117 films and feature a salute to English actor Patrick Stewart, who will be given the Gregory Peck Award for Excellence in Cinema.
The festival will be held from October 4 to 8 and Stewart will be feted on October 5 at the Variety Night of the Stars Tribute in Downtown San Diego.
Earlier this year, Stewart starred as Professor Charles Xavier in the latest X-Men film logan. He reprised the role that originated in the first instalment of the franchise in 2000.
Katy Perry sued by stagehand
Katy Perry is being sued by a stagehand, who claims she lost a toe after working on the singer's Prismatic World Tour.
Christina Fish has filed a lawsuit against Perry saying that she was asked to move a wall before her show in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2014, but it rolled across her foot and started bleeding.
The stagehand claims nobody called an ambulance so her friend had to take her to hospital, but she was offered ice for her foot. Christina also said she suffered emotional distress after doctors told her to keep her “dead toe” on for as long as possible before it was amputated. She says she wasn't able to use her foot for months.