Priyanka Chopra to make American comedy series on this Bollywood star’s life

Other names attached to the project include Mark Gordon and Nick Pepper through the Mark Gordon Company (MGC), while ABC Studios will co-produce the show with MGC.

Priyanka Chopra, who recently broke the internet with her went blonde for L’Officiel India photoshoot, is back in the news again. A lot of was being said about the actress producing comedy series in the US and, now everything is out. PeeCee, who was last seen in the Hollywood film Baywatch, is  executive producing a comedy series about Bollywood's dancing diva Madhuri Dixit's life for US network ABC, fresh reports suggest.

According an exclusive report by variety.com, the yet untitled series is based on the real life of Madhuri, who will also executive produce the project. The story would follow how Madhuri settles down in the suburbs of the US with her bi-cultural family and tries to bring her colourful lifestyle to an otherwise dull town.

In reality, Madhuri had taken a break from showbiz when she married Sriram Nene, who was based in US back then and shifted to Denver from Mumbai to start a family. The mother of two sons returned to showbiz around five years ago, and continues to be one of the most charming beauties in the Hindi film industry.

Sri Rao, a writer for shows like "General Hospital: Night Shift", will pen the pilot and executive produce the series, as will Madhuri's husband.

Just last month, Madhuri had teased something new and exciting was going to be announced. "Loving downtime in the US. Back up soon with announcements. Til then enjoy," she had tweeted.

Other names attached to the project include Mark Gordon and Nick Pepper through the Mark Gordon Company (MGC), while ABC Studios will co-produce the show with MGC, reports variety.com.

Priyanka currently stars on American show "Quantico", which is going into its third season. Earlier this year, she made her Hollywood debut with "Baywatch", and she is now shooting for romantic comedy "Isn't It Romantic" with Liam Hemsworth.

Meanwhile, The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will honour actress Priyanka at its annual soiree on September 6, the day before the event kicks off with its opening night film. Helping kick off its 42nd edition, the gala at Bell Lightbox will feature Priyanka in conversation with festival artistic director Cameron Bailey. 

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8 dialogues by Munna Bhai aka Sanjay Dutt that still make as much sense as it did back then!

On the work front, Sanjay Dutt will be featuring in Omung Kumar’s Bhoomi which will also have Aditi Rao Hydari in an important role.

Sanjay Dutt is celebrating his 58th birthday today and we couldn’t keep calm. After all, it’s our Sanju Baba’s birthday. There’s no denial that the man has given a lot of Indian cinema with more than 100 films. Sanjay has tried his hands in diverse roles ranging from romance to comedy. He was never a typecast, which makes him one of the most versatile actors of his times. He’s often referred to as ‘Deadly Dutt’ for his larger than life roles and acting finesse. 

In a career of more than 35 years, Mr. Dutt has bagged two Filmfare Awards, two IIFA Awards, two Bollywood Movie Awards, three Screen Awards, three Stardust Awards, a Global Indian Film Award and a Bengal Film Journalist's Association Award. 

On Sanjay Dutt's birthday, let’s recall some of his famous dialogues that still makes sense as much as it did back then. 

⇒ Zindagi jeene ka mazaa tab aata hai ... jab maut ki ungliyan thamkar bhaga jaye- Aatish 

⇒ Luck jitna ghista hai ... uski dhaar utni hi tezz hoti hai- Luck 

⇒ Tum kya leke aaye the ... aur kya leke jaoge- Agneepath 

⇒ Jaan dene se lakeerein mitt jaati hai ... aur zinda rehne se shayad lakeerein badal sakti hai- Luck 

⇒ Insaaf na kanoon de sakta hai na police ... agar koi insaaf de sakta hai ... to ek insaan doosre insaan ko de sakta hai- Khalnayak 

⇒ Taqdeer banane waale tune kami na ki ... ab kisko kya mila yeh muqaddar ki baat hai- Saajan 

⇒ Bewajah log kahan marte hai ... yaar hi bewafai karte hai- Annarth 

⇒ Time time ki baat hai, kabhi din hai kabhi raat hai ... khatam ho jaye joh coffee ke bina, woh mulaqat koi mulaqat hai- Shaadi No. 1

On the work front, Sanjay Dutt will be featuring in Omung Kumar’s Bhoomi which will also have Aditi Rao Hydari in an important role. Ranbir Kapoor will be playing Sanjay Dutt in Rajkumar Hirani’s next which is the biopic on the actor. It will also have Manisha Koirala, Sonam Kapoor and Dia Mirza in pivotal roles.

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Munna Michael Movie Review: Nawazuddin shines brighter than ‘teacher’ Tiger Shroff, Collects ₹ 27.57 cr

Munna Munna Michael Movie Review: Nawazuddin Siddiqui shines brighter than ‘teacher’ Tiger Shroff                                                                        

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Tiger Shroff, Nawazuddin Siddqui and Nidhhi Agerwal starrer Munna Michael released on July 21, 2017. The action dance film talks about following your passion, father-son relationship and intense love. However, the film doesn't connect with the audience even though the messages contained in it are actually strong. The director Sabbir Khan could have utilized the characters in a much better way. At some points, you just feel some kind of a disconnect from the whole scenario, which may annoy you.

Nawazuddin all the way 

                                                                            

Munna Michael movie mostly belongs to Nawazuddin Siddqui rather than Tiger Shroff. Nawaz’s character Mahindar is refreshing to the fullest and, to see him in a commercial avatar for the very first time is sheer delight to the eyes. His Haryanvi accent, dance moves and cool dude look impresses all the way. The Swag song is a definite watch where we can see Nawaz flaunting some really cool dance moves. 

In the film, Nawaz is a Delhi based gangster trying to turn modern and learn dance in order to impress a girl Dolly, played by Nidhi Agerwal. This is where Munna aka Tiger steps in as Nawaz’s dance mentor. The student-teacher relationship becomes strong and the duo, pledge as blood brothers. However, as Nidhi enters into the scene, something goes wrong. Will Mahindar and Munna remain friends or turn into foes?

Tiger’s tribute to Michael Jackson is wow

Since the very beginning of the Munna Michael film, Tiger is shown as a die-hard fan of the dancing legend Michael Jackson. His dance moves are simply spot on and, his chiseled physique will definitely make you go gaga. In terms of acting, there is improvement as compared to his debut film Heropanti. However, Nawaz as a strong and experienced actor overshadows him.                                  

Nidhhi is just a pretty face

The new girl Nidhhi Agerwal doesn't contribute much to the film. She is just a dolled up face with no much acting skills. Any other girl could have played her character and, audience too can’t connect with the leading lady at any point of time. Even when she talks about her troubled relationship with her father, the emotion is just not there.

Thumbs up or down?

As a whole, the Munna Michael movie is entertaining and also keeps you engaged at some points. The major problem is the direction. Sabbir Khan had stars such as Nawazuddin Siddqui and Ronit Roy, who plays Tiger’s father in the film. However, we don’t get to see or feel the aura of such strong personalities.  Tiger Shroff could also have done much better rather than just dancing or performing stunts. Even debutante Nidhi had the scope of being more than just a pretty girl.

If you are expecting a fun-filled ride with full-on dance and action, then Munna Michael is definitely for you. There is nothing to learn from the film. It’s more action-based where stunts are great and dance pops up now and then. Just a one-time watch movie where you can leave your brains behind and, simply chill!

                                                                                                                                 

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Let Mahira Khan tell you the truth about dating Ranbir Kapoor

Raees actor Mahira Khan had a caustic response for rumours about dating Ranbir Kapoor.

It's been a while since Pakistani actor Mahira Khan was linked with Ranbir Kapoor. The grapevine has been churning out stories on how Ranbir is completely besotted with Mahira and how the latter is only too happy to reciprocate to Kapoor Jr's advances.

However, seems like there's no truth to the rumours. Or that is what Mahira Khan would have you believe.

The actor, who made her Bollywood debut earlier this year with Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Raees, took to Instagram to share a message, with her tongue firmly in cheek.

Given her clarification on the photo-sharing site, seems like Mahira is in no mood to indulge baseless rumours about her and Ranbir Kapoor.

BollywoodLife quoted a source as saying, "Mahira is mighty pissed with the reports. Just because she and Ranbir met for a couple of times and are still in touch with each other through common friends doesn't mean they are dating!"

Mahira is mother to a three-year-old boy, Azlaan. She was married to Ali Askari from 2007 to 2015. Before Raees, Mahira was a household name because of TV shows like Humsafar.

Ranbir Kapoor, meanwhile, was just seen on the big screen in Anurag Basu's Jagga Jasoos, in which he was paired opposite ex-girlfriend Katrina Kaif.

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Supreme Court junks plea against Indu Sarkar, film to release tomorrow

A similar plea by the woman was dismissed by the Bombay High Court on July 24 on the grounds that the petitioner was unable to make her case seeking stay on the release of the movie. The court had further observed that none of the acknowledged descendant of Sanjay Gandhi had raised an objection to the movie.

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the plea of a woman, who claims to be the biological daughter of late Sanjay Gandhi, seeking a stay on the release of the movie ‘Indu Sarkar’. The movie will now release tomorrow as scheduled. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said the film, based on the 1975-1977 Emergency period, is an “artistic expression” within the parameters of law and there was no justification to stall its release, PTI reported.

Film’s director Madhur Bhandarkar also brought to the court’s notice that he had carried out the cuts as suggested by the revising committee of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The counsel for the petitioner had submitted that the movie was “full of concocted facts and is totally derogatory”.

A similar plea by the woman was dismissed by the Bombay High Court on July 24 on the grounds that the petitioner was unable to make her case seeking stay on the release of the movie. The high court had said the court could not interfere after the CBFC had already granted a certificate to the movie. The court had further observed that none of the acknowledged descendant of Sanjay Gandhi had raised an objection to the movie.

The film ran into trouble with the CBFC earlier and the board had demanded 14 cuts in the political drama. Abiding by the CBFC’s suggestions, Bhandarkar made revisions to the film and was granted a certificate by the board to release the movie.

Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court also dismissed a plea on Thursday to revoke the censor board’s clearance given to Indu Sarkar. Merely stating that one is a strong believer of Gandhis does not give a right to seek a stay on the release of the film, it said. The petition, filed by a lawyer, claimed the movie depicted late Indira Gandhiand her late son Sanjay in a bad light and was a “propaganda film”

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Sensex at new peak of 32,533.34 on fund inflow, F&O expiry

Rising for the second day in a row, the 30-share index rose by 150.88 points, or 0.46 per cent, to hit a new peak of 32,533.34.The benchmark BSE Sensex soared to a fresh life-time high of 32,533.34 and the NSE Nifty hit a new high of 10,068.40 in opening trade today on continued buying by investors driven by encouraging earnings by corporates amid positive global cues. Short-covering of bets, today being the last session of July expiry in the derivatives segment, kept the sentiment upbeat. 

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➣ Rising for the second day in a row, the 30-share index rose by 150.88 points, or 0.46 per cent, to hit a new peak of 32,533.34. 

➣ The gauge had gained 154.19 points in the previous session to close at a record high at 32,382.46. It had also touched an intra-day lifetime high of 32,413.63. 

➢ Reflecting the overall trend, all the sectoral indices led by realty, bank, IT, technology and power were trading in the positive zone, with gains of up to 1.93 per cent. 

The 50-share NSE Nifty gained 47.75 points, or 0.47 per cent, to trade at its lifetime high of 10,068.40. Stock of India's fourth-largest software services exporter, HCL Technologies climbed 3.20 per cent to Rs 920 after the company today reported a 6.1 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 2,171 crore for the first quarter ended June. Major contributors to the indices were HDFC Ltd, Asian Paints, Maruti Suzuki, HDFC Bank, Hindustan Unilever, TCS, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors, Axis Bank, M&M and Infosys, rising by up to 2.55 per cent. 

Brokers said that the market mood remained buoyant, bolstered by domestic and foreign institutional investors' buying coupled with better-than-expected Q1 earnings numbers posted by some blue-chip companies.  Moreover, a firming trend overseas, especially the US markets which ended at record high yesterday with expectations for another US interest rate hike this year dented by a tepid Federal Reserve inflation outlook, too enthused investors. In the Asian region, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 0.34 per cent, Japan's Nikkei gained 0.220 per cent while Shanghai Composite index edged lower by 0.32 per cent in early trade today. 

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Jio Average 4G Speed Slowest, Redmi Note 4 Blast Video ‘Fake’, Nokia 8 Launch Date, and More

Jio might have been the fastest telecom operator to reach a subscriber base of more than 100 million in just six months, but this surge in users has come at a cost. According to a report by London-based OpenSignal, Reliance Jio currently has the slowest average 4G LTE speed of 3.9Mbps while its average peak speed was actually quite good, which stands at 50Mbps. For its test, OpenSignal told Gadgets 360 it collected data from 93,464 users in the three months between December and February. Airtel was recorded to have the best average speed, followed by Vodafone and Idea.

The company also made its foray into the feature phone world with the announcement of Jio Phone, which has now been confirmed to be a single SIM phone that will be locked to the Jio network. Meanwhile, in the ongoing debate about dropping IUC charges, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal has urged the Indian telecom regulator to reject the 'Bill and Keep' (BAK) method and said it should continue with the interconnection usage charge (IUC) regime. Mittal wrote to TRAI chairman R.S. Sharma, saying, “BAK should be rejected and India should not be subjected to a regime which is alien to the mobile industry the world over."

Redmi Note 4 blast video 'fake', says Xiaomi

The other day, a video claiming a Redmi Note 4 unit caught fire in Bengaluru spontaneously in Bengaluru went viral but Xiaomi has now responded by saying, the video was actually fake. While the company did acknowledge that the customer’s Redmi Note 4 (Reivew) did catch fire (as seen in the pictures), the video circulating the web of the incident was actually fake. Xiaomi also condemned the blog that circulated the video of the exploding handset, calling its behaviour "irresponsible and disturbing." It added it is "currently evaluating legal action against this publication." Speaking to Gadgets 360, the owner of the blog said the video came from the customer himself.

Nokia 8 and Lenovo K7 Note expected to launch soon

HMD Global’s upcoming flagship has recently been tipped to be the Nokia 8. Now that the Finnish manufacturer has reportedly sent media invites for a launch event in London on August 16, it is expected the Nokia 8 launch is not too far. According to earlier leaked renders, the phone is supposed to feature a dual rear camera setup with Carl Zeiss optics and be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC. It will also most likely have a home button with a possible fingerprint sensor integrated inside and two capacitive buttons. From the images, it also looks like HMD Global is sticking to the 3.5mm headphone socket.

Lenovo is also getting ready to announce a new smartphone in India. Based on a video teaser on the company’s social media channel, we get a glimpse of a phone with the hashtag ‘KillerNote’, which suggests the K7 Note launch is imminent.

Driverless cars won’t be allowed in India

While other countries are embracing the future, it seems like India has some major reservations when it comes to automating public transport. Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said driverless cars will not be allowed in India as it will lead to joblessness. He further said that instead the government will focus on training drivers as adequate driving skills can provide employment to about 50 lakh people through a cab aggregator platform. While he is against driverless cars, he did say that the government welcomes electric vehicles.

Meanwhile, Uber is trying to improve its tap-and-ride cab experience for commuters by rolling out a Driver Profiles feature in India. This will give you more information about the driver and also let you see complements and feedback left by previous commuters for that driver.

Moto Z2 Force live images leak

Lenovo is all set to launch a host of new smartphones at an event on July 25 and new live images suggest the Moto Z2 Force will be part of this ensemble. Notably, the newly leaked images suggest a design similar to earlier leaks about the upcoming Moto smartphone. Tuesday’s event will also see the launch of the Moto Z2, Moto X4, Moto G5S, and Moto G5S Plus. The Moto Z2 Force is expected to run on Android 7.1.1 Nougat, a 5.5-inch Quad HD display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC.

iPhone 8 renders reveal key design details and price

As we inch closer to Apple’s next big event, the floodgates are starting to open for the company’s new iPhone. The latest render hints that the iPhone 8 will sport a 5.8-inch OLED display with reduced bezels up to 4mm thin on all sides. It claims that the top bar will only show the connectivity and battery status, and the notifications will be moved to the bottom ‘Function Area’ for a more clean and non-jarring iOS 11 interface experience. As for pricing, the report notes that the iPhone 8 is expected to be priced starting at $1,100 to $1,200 (roughly Rs. 70,800 to Rs. 77,200).

Yu Yunique 2 with Truecaller integration launched in 

India

Yu Televentures, a Micromax subsidiary, has launched a revamped version of its Yunique smartphone, the Yunique 2 with Truecaller integration for caller ID and spam protection features. Other highlights include Corning Gorilla Glass 3, 4G VoLTE support, Android 7.0 Nougat, a 13-megapixel rear camera, and a budget price of Rs. 5.999. The Yu Yunique 2 will go on sale from Thursday exclusively via Flipkart.

Gionee A1 Plus ‘selfie-centric’ smartphone launched in 

India

Gionee has launched the A1 Plus in India at a price of Rs. 26,999, whose main highlights are its big 4550mAh battery and a 20-megapixel front camera. The dual-SIM phone runs Amigo 4 OS based on Android 7.0 Nougat and sports a 6-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) IPS display. The smartphone is powered by a MediaTek Helio P25 octa-core SoC clocked at up to 2.6GHz, coupled with 4GB of RAM.

Android O Developer Preview 4 and MIUI 9 preview are 

out

Google has started rolling out Android O Developer Preview 4 for compatible devices. These include Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Pixel C, Nexus Player, and Android Emulator users enrolled in the Android Beta Program. The Developer Preview 4 is a release candidate build with the latest bug fixes, making it up-to-date for app testing by developers. It is the final preview build before the stable release later this year.

Xiaomi too will launch the Xiaomi Mi 5X smartphone tomorrow, and it will be the first phone to run on MIUI 9 out of the box. MIUI 9 will be launched alongside, and will include new themes, new design elements and shortcuts on lock screen, split screen feature, and much more.

Elon Musk says Mark Zuckerberg's understanding of AI 

is limited

A day after Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Musk's doomsday prediction of AI is "irresponsible." The Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity founder returned the favour by calling Zuckerberg's understanding of AI "limited." Responding to a tweet Tuesday, which talked about Zuckerberg's remarks on the matter, Musk said he has spoken to the Facebook CEO about it, and reached the conclusion that his "understanding of the subject is limited."

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