Have you heard? Bobby, Lara to join epic cast

The mammoth success of Animal has given a boost to Bobby Deolrsquos career The actor who is set to make his Tamil debut in Suriyarsquos Kanguva is said to be in talks for the part of Kumbhakarna in Nitesh Tiwarirsquos Ramayan trilogy Reportedly the filmmaker and his team are keen that Lord Bobby as the actor is now known sign up for the project based on the mythological epic However the actor who has been flooded with offers over the last couple of months is being cautious and weighing his options before giving his nod Interestingly Sunny Deol is in advanced talks to play the role of Hanuman in the same project We hear that Nitesh is keen to onboard Lara Dutta for the role of Queen Kaikeyi in his magnum opus While the filmmaker feels she is perfect for the part the actor herself is equally excited to collaborate with him on this epic trilogyFinally the release is nearYesterday Vidya Balan and Pratik Gandhi piqued netizensrsquo curiosity with their social media post that read ldquoDo aur do milenge Pyaar ke raaz khulenge Tomorrow at 11 am wait for itrdquo Turns out that the post was about their film initially titled Lovers with firsttime director Shirsha Guha Thakurta Announced in the second half of 2021 the romance drama is finally set to release The makers were contemplating a unique title for the film that also stars Ileana DrsquoCruz and American actor Sendhil Ramamurthy who was previously seen Shor in the City 2010 However neither of them posted anything about the movieTo new thrillsAfter The Freelancer Mohit Raina continues to explore the thriller genre This time around he teams up with director Chandan Arora for Kan Khajura the Hindi adaptation of the globally acclaimed crime drama Magpie The upcoming SonyLIV show also stars Roshan Mathew SarahJane Dias Mahesh Shetty Ninad Kamat Trinetra Haldar Heeba Shah and Usha Nadkarni Sharing that it is a great responsibility to portray the various shades of his character he says ldquoTo get into the skin of the character we tried on different looksrdquo Glad to be part of this story with filmmakers like Chandan at the helm backed by an interesting cast and talented writing creative and production teams he adds ldquoMagpie a global sensation was always a story waiting to cross borders and be adapted for the Indian audiencerdquoReturn of the queenOver a year since Maharani 2 Huma Qureshi is set to return with the third edition of the series created by Subhash Kapoor The political drama now sees her character Rani Bharati having cleared her intermediate exams ready to face her bete noir Naveen Kumar Amit Sial The teaser ends with Rani stating that despite being a school dropout she gave a hard time to her rivals So they can very well imagine the havoc she can wreak in their lives if she graduates Sources claim the third edition series is likely to drop this summerWhose show is it anywayThe Pongal and Makar Sankranti weekend witnessed fireworks of a different kind in theatres in Hyderabad Rumours are rife that the southern cityrsquos Prasads multiplex cancelled nearly soldout shows of Teja Sajjarsquos HanuMan on Monday and replaced them with those of Mahesh Babursquos Guntur Kaaram Apparently HanuMan which opened with 15 shows was soon playing 11 shows while Guntur Kaaramrsquos score increased from seven to 11 Besides these two movies the last weekend also saw Venkateshrsquos Saindhav and Nagarjunarsquos Naa Saami Ranga arrive in cinemas However the Tejastarrer which was the dark horse of the lot not only emerged as the biggest moneyspinner in Telugu but also surpassed expectations in its Hindi version Yesterday Prasads multiplex reportedly played six shows of HanuMan and eight of Guntur KaaramRanbir shares his favourite moments with RahaAlia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor have spoken about how they dote on their daughter Raha In a recent interaction the Animal actor shared that his favourite memory with their little munchkin would be ldquolocking eyes with her and having that instant recognition of who I am smiling looking at me and giving me a hug and kissrdquo He admitted ldquoI donrsquot think there is any other better moment than thisrdquo When asked about his ideal Sunday Ranbir promptly replied ldquoSpending lots of time with Raha unhealthy cheat meals play a sport either football golf or table tennis and ending the day with watching a movierdquo CoolBatting for environmentAnshuman Jha will mark one year of his production venture Lakadbaggha with a special screening for the Environmental Minister Bhupendra Yadav and his officials this weekend The actorproducer who is preparing for the second instalment of the film costarring Ridhi Dogra says ldquoIf we can spread the message for the conservation of the Indian striped hyena and adoption drives for Indie dogs that will be our biggest victoryrdquo Earlier this week the film was screened at Cinema Paradiso in Auroville