Have you heard? Another first for Kajol

The OTT space has surely opened doors for many actors After making her web debut with Renuka Shahanersquos film Tribhanga 2021 Kajol is now stepping into a series directed by Suparn Verma Set to play a woman in her 40s who returns to work after spending years taking care of her family Kajol will be seen as a newage mom in this crime drama Interestingly the series will stream on Disney Hotstar which also happens to be the platform where husbandactor Ajay Devgn made his OTT debut with Rudra Sources claim that The Family Man 2 director has already kickstarted preproduction and will begin shooting in Mumbai soon The series is expected to stream by early next year and we canrsquot waitPrabhas Anushka to reuniteAlmost five years since Baahubali 2 The Conclusion Prabhas and Anushka Shetty are set to reunite However the duo will come together for a horrorcomedy film titled Raja Deluxe which will be helmed by Telugu director Maruthi It has indeed been a long wait for fans who are desperately hoping that there is more than what meets the eye between the two actors to see them romance on screen Prabhas who is currently working on Prashanth Neelrsquos Salaar and Nag Ashwinrsquos Project K also starring Deepika Padukone is waiting to wrap up the postproduction of his next release Adipurush The makers plan to make the grand announcement on Dussehra and hope to begin shooting early next yearAlso Read Have you heard Delight for ShahidMira after allBusy beeArjun Kapoor seems to be on a roll The actor who is gearing up for the release of Ek Villain Returns recently wrapped up the shoot of Ajay Bahlrsquos The Lady Killer Even as his comic caper titled Meri Patni Ka Remake with director Mudassar Aziz is yet to go on floors Arjun has already finalised another film The actionthriller helmed by Aditya Sarpotdar for producer Jay Shewakramani is apparently a twohero project The makers are looking to finalise the parallel lead soon and kickstart the shoot at the earliestDirectorrsquos actorThe 2021 hit Pushpa the Rise paved the way for Rashmika Mandanna who later bagged the lead role opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Sandeep Reddy Vangarsquos Animal In a film that was purely focussed on leading man Allu Arjun Rashmika managed to hold her own Impressed by this the filmmaker who originally sought to rope in Parineeti Chopra for the part approached the south star for a collaboration While the narrative of the story and working with the Arjun Reddy director was a tempting offer it was starring opposite Ranbir that finally drew her in Who can resist the charm of the Kapoor kidAlso Read Have you heard Ranbir Kapoor Sanjay Dutt Vaani Kapoorrsquos triple treatVijay dares to bareIf Arjun Reddy 2017 had women going gaga over Vijay Deverakonda then the poster of his Bollywood debut Liger will definitely make them swoon The actor shared a poster of the Puri Jagannadhrsquos film on Saturday which left the Internet in a tizzy The poster has him baring it all except for a strategically held bouquet of roses Along with the poster he wrote ldquoA film that took my everything As a performance mentally physically my most challenging role I give you everything Coming Soonhellip Ligerrdquo Reacting to the poster Sara Ali Khan wrote ldquoRoses are red violets are bluehellip Herersquos Vijay Deverakonda looking smoking hot for you and me toordquoRaj bids adieu to TapuRumour mills are rife with reports of Raj Anadkat who plays Tipendra Gada aka Tapu on Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah quitting the show While the actor and the producer havenrsquot commented Mandar Chandwadkar who essays the character of Bhide in the longrunning sitcom revealed that he hasnrsquot seen Raj on the set of late ldquoAs artistes we donrsquot know if he has quit the show but he had some health issues owing to which he hasnrsquot been shooting in the past few daysrdquo Mandar was quoted as saying Incidentally Raj is said to be holidaying in Dubai with his familyAlso Read Have you heard Battling the big CMaking a comeback Itrsquos been over 18 years since director Rajiv Rai last helmed Asambhav 2004mdashthe Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Choprastarrer Now the director is yearning to make a comeback Putting the turbulent phase of his life behind him Rajiv is now busy prepping for his next film albeit without big stars Reports claim that the director wants to work with newcomers and has roped in close to 30 newbies for his suspense thriller Slated to go on floors later this month the filmmaker hopes to complete the shoot in a single marathon schedule Considering his innumerable attempts to make a comeback didnrsquot materialise before we hope this one works in the favour of the director of Tridev 1989 and Mohra 1994 fameToo pretty to believeFilmmakers often have a gazillion reasons to reject an actormdashfrom acting skills to the body from language barrier to not being popular enough However Gauahar Khan in an interview claims she was rejected for being too beautiful Apparently director Danny Boyle felt she looked too pretty for someone from the slums for his Academy Awardwinning film Slumdog Millionaire 2008 Gauahar recalled doing five rounds of audition for the role and was hopeful when the acclaimed filmmaker was impressed with her acting chops Wonder if Danny would consider her again