Have you heard? Facing off

Riteish Deshmukh will be seen as the antagonist in the upcoming Ajay Devgnstarrer Raid 2 Directed by Raj Kumar Gupta the film will see the two actors facing off on screen for the first time following their collaboration in comic films Filming which commenced in Mumbai last week will subsequently be held in Delhi Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan On my termsSonam Kapoor is ready to explore streaming platforms if she is approached with a tentpole film or series she says ldquoFor me being a part of good cinema is all that matters The platform where itrsquos releasing is immaterial because the world has changed Irsquom excited to lead a project on a streaming platform that bowls people over Irsquom loving the diversity of the content I have always wanted to make my foray into streaming provided Irsquom headlining a tentpole film or a series on a global streaming platformrdquo she saidFeel the loveActor Randeep Hoodarsquos infant male horse has been named Veer after the revolutionary Veer Savarkar The actor who will feature as Savarkar in his next Swatantrya Veer Savarkar shared ldquoHe is cute athletic and shy Irsquove named him Veer My other mare Hope has grown up so much and turned out so beautiful My retired warrior Rommel is having a good retired life on the farm too Feeling blessedrdquoOne languageVeteran lyricistwriter Javed Akhtar discussed the history of the origins of the Urdu language in India and said ldquoItrsquos been about 200 years since the separation of Hindi and Urdu was accepted by the authorities But they were always one Unfortunately people canrsquot speak any Urdu phrase without using Hindi terms Why canrsquot some of us scholars writers and researchers put together a common dictionary in the forgotten language which we call Hindustani A dictionary with some excellent words of both languages Hindi and Urdu in one place Imagine how rich our vocabulary will berdquo Akhtar also spoke about the plight of young actors when sharing that he writes Hindi dialogues in the Roman script for them because ldquothey canrsquot read anything elserdquoGetting politicalActor Abhishek Bachchan joined the league of actors whorsquove extended their support to the government ahead of the Ram Mandir opening in Ayodhya ldquoI also want to go to Ram temple and have darshan The way the general public is enthusiastic about the Ram temple in Ayodhya is noteworthy This kind of enthusiasm is also on my mind I want to see how the temple is builtrdquoDad againJumping from one mythological show to another actor Arav Chowdharry spoke of how his outing as Bhishma Pitamah in Mahabharata differs from his act in the newly released show Shrimad Ramayan ldquoI had a lot of time on hand to prepare for Bhishma I had a lot of time to explain how Bhishma is aging talking and walking Bhishma had a very mighty personality When it comes to King Dashrath there are a lot of dialogues He is extremely emotional about his sons There is an emotional complexity to his character that I must portray in every scene And thatrsquos a challengerdquo he added