Have you heard? Kangana Ranaut ready to return Padma Shri if proven wrong

Kangana Ranaut

Under attack for describing India's Independence as "bheek," a combative Kangana Ranaut on Saturday asked which war took place in 1947 and said she would return her Padma Shri and apologise if anyone could provide answers. The actor, known for her provocative statements, posted a series of questions on Instagram, also bringing in Partition as well as Mahatma Gandhi and alleging that "he let Bhagat Singh die" and "did not support Subhas Chandra Bose". She shared a passage from a book quoting freedom fighters, including Lokmanya Tilak, Aurobindo Ghosh and Bipin Chandra Pal, and said she knew about the "collective fight for freedom of 1857, but nothing about a war in 1947." Ranaut claimed that even a "small fight by the INA" would have got us freedom and Bose could have been prime minister. "Why was freedom placed in the begging bowl of the Congress when the right-wing was prepared to fight and take it? Can someone please help me understand," she posted.

Adding to the green cover

Juhi Chawla and buddy Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan share their birthdays. On Saturday, she turned 54, and the star kid, 24. As a birthday gift, Chawla planted 500 trees in Aryan's name. "Our wishes in all these years remain the same for you, may you be eternally blessed, protected and guided by the Almighty," she posted. The actor also asked fans to plant trees as a birthday gift for her. "It's for your children, for our Earth, for our well-being," wrote Chawla

First look

On Saturday, Rakul Preet Singh unveiled her look in Chhatriwali. Tejas Deoskar's directorial venture sees her play a condom tester. "Bin mausam barsaat kabhi bhi ho sakti hai... apni chhatri taiyaar rakhiye," she posted. Singh is shooting for the social comedy in Lucknow.

Engaged

Karishma Tanna and businessman beau Varun Bangera got engaged in a low-key ceremony on Friday. The Naagin 3 actor, who is holidaying in Dubai, dropped a hint by sharing a picture of a slice of cake with ‘congratulations' written on the plate. The two, who have been together for over a year, preferred to keep their relationship under wraps.

Love is a shade of blue

After Sanjay Gupta's Mumbai Saga, Prateik Babbar's next is Cobalt Blue based on Sachin Kundalkar's 2013 book of the same name. Set in the early '90s, it explores the various shades of relationships, sexuality and love. Kundalkar also wields the directorial baton for the film, which drops digitally next month. The story revolves around an aspiring author and his free-spirited sister, who fall in love with the same man, their enigmatic paying guest. Neelay Mehendale and Anjali Sivaraman also feature in the unusual love triangle.

A ride to remember

In one of the scenes in Bunty Aur Babli 2, Rani Mukerji drives an ATV bike. Her character Vimmy is trying to do something out of the ordinary. "She [Vimmy] has taken her anger to a comic level. It is the closest that I could come to do a comedy-action film," says Mukerji.

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