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Even though Aashiqui 3 is not happening Kartik Aaryanrsquos film with director Anurag Basu and producer Bhushan Kumar is very much in the works Triptii Dimri who is currently working with the actor on Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 will reunite with him for the yetuntitled romantic musical Sources claim that the preproduction for the movie has begun and the makers are also working on creating an interesting soundtrack Basu is set to wrap up the shoot of his upcoming offering Metrohellip In Dino which stars Sara Ali Khan Aditya Roy Kapur Ali Fazal Fatima Sana Shaikh Konkona Sensharma Neena Gupta and Pankaj Tripathi The filmmaker is slated to begin his next with Kartik and Triptii in August Kartik who has Chandu Champion releasing on June 14 also has Vishal Bhardwajrsquos next slated to roll in DecemberBlame the date diaryLast June Aanand L Rai and Dhanush announced that they were teaming up for their third film together Tere Ishk Mein If there has been no progress on the film it is due to the actorrsquos busy date diary He has multiple Tamil movies lined up including Kubera with Nagarjuna and Rashmika Mandanna Mari Selvarajrsquos Karnan and music maestro Ilaiyaraajarsquos biopic Dhanush who is gearing up for his 50th release Raayan is keen to first wrap up his prior commitments before blocking twoodd months for Tere Ishk Mein Understanding the actorrsquos predicament Rai is planning to begin filming in October They will shoot Tere Ishk Mein in a starttofinish schedule in Varanasi and other locations in Uttar PradeshTop heroes wantedFollowing reports of Jee Le Zaraa being revived it is now being said that director Farhan Akhtar is committed to making it only with Priyanka Chopra Jonas Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt The roadtrip film will go into production only after Farhan is through with Don 3 starring Ranveer Singh One reason why the filmmaker is not rushing his womenled movie is that the male leads are equally crucial We hear Farhan wants three AList heroes in keeping with Priyanka Katrina and Aliarsquos stature Casting of the male leads could take longer because more often than not heroes are apprehensive when it comes to heroinecentric stories Few would remember that when Sanjay Leela Bhansali set out to make Padmaavati Shah Rukh Khan had declined to play second fiddle to the female protagonist So it remains to be seen who Farhan manages to rope in for Jee Le Zaraa Southside inspiration for Dhadak sequelEarlier this week Karan Johar announced his upcoming production Dhadak 2 starring Triptii Dimri and Siddhant Chaturvedi Director Shazia Iqbalrsquos love story set against the backdrop of social barriers will arrive on November 22 this year However not many are talking about the fact that the film is an adaptation just like its predecessor Dhadak 2018 which marked Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoorrsquos Bollywood debut was a remake of Nagraj Manjulersquos 2016 Marathi hit Sairat Dhadak 2 is a remake of Pa Ranjithrsquos Tamil production Pariyerum Perumal 2018 The Kathir and Anandhistarrer revolves around caste discrimination and struggle for equality Interestingly the makers of Triptii and Sidrsquos film also credited the Tamil original in the announcement recentlyOfficially shelvedAbout a week ago Ranveer Singh reportedly opted out of Prasanth Varmarsquos next tentatively titled Rakshas due to creative differences Now the actor director and Mythri Movie Makers the production house behind the collaboration have issued a statement saying this is ldquonot the ideal time for this projectrdquo On his part Ranveer stated ldquoPrasanth is a very special talent We met and explored the idea of a film together Hopefully we will collaborate on something exciting in the futurerdquo The HanuMan director added ldquoRanveerrsquos energy and talent is rare to find We shall manifest our forces combining sometime in the futurerdquo The production house also maintained that while everyonersquos intentions were right some things arenrsquot meant to happen until the time is rightProtecting his individualityJackie Shroff is grateful to the judiciary for passing an order that safeguards his personality rights including his name image likeness voice and other unique attributes He said ldquoFor a long time celebrities had little to no recourse against the misuse of their persona I am heartened by the fact that courts have progressively recognised and protected these rights as demonstrated in landmark cases involving Mr Amitabh Bachchan and Mr Anil Kapoor These precedents have been very encouraging and motivated me to assert my rightsrdquoShilpa wraps up her nextShilpa Shetty Kundra is hopeful of ending 2024 with a bang She recently completed shooting for the Kannada film KDmdashThe Devil Part 1 which stars Dhruva Sarja and Sanjay Dutt Shilpa plays the character Satyavati in director Premrsquos action drama based on true events of 1970s Bengaluru Sharing a video on social media Shilpa wrote ldquoItrsquos a wrap for KDmdashThe Devil Part 1 Canrsquot wait for you to see Satyavati in action All set to be yours this Decemberrdquo