Mumbai, Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar and Randeep Hooda have paid a tribute to the 21 Sikhs who fought valiently against 10,000 Afghan tribesmen as it was Saragarhi Day on Thursday.

Earlier this year, Akshay starred in "Kesari", which is based on the historic battle of Saragarhi. He took to Twitter to pay his tribute.

Mumbai, "Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan", the second instalment of the hit film "Shubh Mangal Saavdhan", will release on March 13, 2020.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh on Tuesday announced the release date of the project on Twitter.

He wrote: " 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' begins... Release date finalised: 13 March 2020.."

The film, which is being directed by Hitesh Kewalya, stars actor Ayushmann Khurrana. Neena Gupta and Gajraj Rao will also be seen in the movie. The two had earlier shared screen space with Ayushmann in the 2018 hit movie "Badhaai Ho".

New Delhi, Miss Universe winner (2000) and actor Lara Dutta Bhupathi has turned entrepreneur. She recently launched of her own beauty brand, and is advocating better skincare for women.

She says most women are more willing to spend their hard-earned money on an array of make-up products, rather than on one that betters their skin from within. "Make-up can do wonders, but if its canvas is not healthy to begin with, then you won't be able to correct much," Lara told IANS in a telephonic interview.

Mumbai, Writing a book on his father, late Bollywood legend Balraj Sahni, was redemption for veteran actor Parikshat Sahni, because he was self-confessedly not a very good son.

"I was trying to be objective and subjective at the same time because I intended to be as truthful as possible. The process of writing the book was quite elevating and it was like catharsis. It was redemption for me because I was not a very good son to him, though he was a great father. Now, when I look back, I feel I could have been a better son," the 73-year-old Parikshat said, with a nostalgic pause.

Mumbai, A new poster and a group photo of the upcoming Priyanka Chopra-starrer, "The Sky Is Pink", is being attacked by netizens because it features actress Zaira Wasim. The young Kashmiri actress has drawn ire of movie buffs for announcing a while back that she was quitting films owing to her religious beliefs.

Priyanka had tweeted a photo of the cast, including Zaira, at a beach, in the wake of promoting the film ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 13.

Mumbai, Actress Raveena Tandon, 44, is all set to become a 'nani' soon as her daughter Chhaya is expecting her first child.

Chayya is Raveena's adopted daughter. When the "Mohra" actress was in her 20s, she adopted two girls, Chhaya and Pooja.

Raveena also recently hosted a baby shower for her daughter. Several pictures are doing the rounds on the Internet in which Raveena is seen posing with Chhaya, who proudly flaunts her baby bump.

Mumbai, Hrithik Roshan has called Katrina Kaif a "mazdoor" (labourer). He insists it is a "well-intentioned compliment" but she takes it as a kind of "insult". Social media is lapping it all up, if Twitter trends are to go by.

"This is something that I've always told Katrina, which she kind of takes as an insult, but which I mean as an incredibly well-intentioned compliment. I regard Katrina as a ‘mazdoor'. She is a labourer, a worker. She is one of the best labourers and workers that I've ever come across," Hrithik said in a recent interview to hindustantimes.com.

Mumbai, Fans have been gushing over the super-hot pictures that Ileana DCruz has been posting on Instagram lately. The latest to be clean bowled is her "Main Tera Hero" costar Varun Dhawan.

Ileana posted posted a snapshot on Insta where she poses seductively, lying down in a white swimsuit. "Waiting for the sun to come out…" she captioned the image.

New Delhi, An over-the-top (OTT) viewer in India is spending approximately 70 minutes a day on video streaming platforms, with a consumption frequency of 12.5 times a week, a new report said.

Viewers are accessing more than 2.5 platforms at a given time and movies are their preferred choice on smart TV and larger screens, said the Eros Now-KPMG report.

"Almost 96 per cent of the viewers preferred Eros Now on large screen compared to 92 per cent for Netflix and 89 per cent for Hotstar. Thirty per cent of the respondents prefer watching movies on OTT platforms," the findings showed.

Mumbai, Director Siddharth Anand says actors Hrithik Roshan and Vaani Kapoor in film "War" brings a lot of freshness.

"Hrithik and Vaani's pairing brings a lot of freshness on screen. They are good looking actors, have steamy chemistry in War and are brilliant dancers," Anand said.