Ranbir’s fierce and intense avatar
Actor Ranbir Kapoor will go all fierce and intense for the upcoming action-adventure film Shamshera, which marks his comeback to the Yash Raj Films (YRF) banner after nine years. A teaser of the project shows Ranbir leading an army of dacoits, and delivering the punch line of the film in a husky voice: “Karam se dacait, dharam se azaad”.
“Shamshera is exactly the film I was looking for. While growing up watching Hindi commercial cinema, I had an image of what a film hero should be doing. Shamshera allows me to do everything that I had imagined and it's a very exciting project for me,” Ranbir said in a statement.
“Karan is going to take me completely out of my comfort zone and I'm looking forward to this challenge,” Ranbir said.
‘Whenever I am doing an international film or series, in my mind I feel I am officially representing my country and I have to give my best. I get a sense of extra responsibility. Desh ki bhi izzat ka sawaal hota hai (it's a matter of my country's prestige too)!’
— Anupam Kher
Singer Ed Sheeran has given up smoking for a whole year and the singer celebrated his achievement on Instagram. He took to his social media account to celebrate the fact that he had managed 365 days without puffing on a cigarette. Sheeran vowed to give up the habit back in 2017 because he wanted to shed some weight. “Celebrating one year being a non smoker today,” the 27-year-old singer wrote alongside a black-and-white photograph of him performing on stage.
‘Star Wars is part of our culture’
Actress Thandie Newton, who features in the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story, says she has been a fan of the franchise since always.
Newton plays Val in the upcoming Han Solo stand-alone project directed by Ron Howard.
“Star Wars has been in our midst for so many years. I remember as a child, just absolutely loving Princess leia and Chewbacca and C-3PO, all these characters that just sort of entered your consciousness and never went away. So it's a modern set of films, but it feels like it's been part of our culture since the beginning of time. I guess that's partly because of the whole futuristic element of Star Wars,” Newton said in a statement.