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It looks like rumoured exes Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan will be bumping into each other a lot more often in the near future And this is not merely because of director Anurag Basursquos plan to cast them in his next Aashiqui 3 After Sara bought an office space in a commercial highrise in Andheri West in July news is that Kartik too has invested in one in the same premises Thatrsquos not all mdash reportedly he has bought his space on the fourth floor of the building just like she did The only difference is that his acquisition is a few square feet more than hers measuring about 2100 sq ft for which he paid R1009 crore He also paid a stamp duty of Rs 4755 lakh for the transaction that was registered on September 4 This is Kartikrsquos second real estate purchase in recent months He previously bought a sprawling apartment in Juhu for about Rs 1750 croreTesting for her debutEven though she comes from a film family it wasnrsquot a cakewalk for Paloma Dhillon to bag her big debut movie Actor Poonam Dhillon and producer Ashok Thakeriarsquos daughter queued up among a pool of over 100 talented newcomers and gave a few rounds of auditions before she was confirmed to essay the leading lady in Avnish Barjatyarsquos Dono which also marks the debut of Sunny Deolrsquos second son Rajveer Paloma waited for seven months before bagging the lead role in Sooraj Barjatyarsquos production venture which arrives in cinemas on October 5The long and the short of itAyushmann Khurrana likes to experiment with his hairstyles as much as he likes to do with his roles and films The Dream Girl 2 actor who is now sporting a shorthaired look credits his new avatar to his followers Conceding that he is particular about personal grooming Ayushmann says ldquoI like to sport different looks and love experimenting with my hairstyle constantly For me a good hairstyle adds confidence and that extra zing to a personalityrdquo Revealing that he has been styling his hair differently since his college days he adds ldquoThankfully because Irsquom an actor I get to sport different hairstyles in my films too People are vocal to me about how they find my hairstyle or what I should be doing with it I was getting repeated requests to cut my hair short and to style it sharprdquo It is not surprising that he has been receiving praise for his new hairdo on social mediaDoctor Javed saab nowVeteran writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar was conferred with the Honorary Doctorate of Literature by SOAS University London recently ldquoThis came as a pleasant surprise and I am deeply honoured and humbledrdquo said the wordsmith He was accompanied by actorwife Shabana Azmi and actorfilmmakerson Farhan Akhtar Talking about the felicitation Shabana shared ldquoThere was also a dinner given in Javedrsquos honour by the President of SOAS Zainab Badami who along with the director paid glowing tributes to him Javed also recited a few of his poems while Farhan and I read out the English translationsrdquo She added ldquoThere was also a reception in Javedrsquos honour at the House of Commons by Members of Parliament of the UK so it has been an amazing triprdquoNew player in the fieldBabil Khan is the newest member of Bunty Waliarsquos All Stars Football Club Sharing a picture of his appointment the late Irrfan Khanrsquos son wrote ldquoLook mama I made itrdquo Babil has some interesting projects lined up including YRFrsquos The Railway Men based on 1984rsquos Bhopal Gas TragedyNothing personal just businessJust last week everyone was talking about how Sunny Deol has buried the hatchet with Shah Rukh Khan after the latter called the former to congratulate him for the success of Gadar 2 The Katha Continues and attended the celebrations over the weekend With the release of SRKrsquos Jawan it appears that cutthroat competition thrives individual interests come first and friendship later Talk in the trade circuit is that despite decent footfall the theatrical run of Sunny paajirsquos Gadar sequel is being cut short with the arrival of SRKrsquos latest Veteran trade analyst and distributor Amod Mehra posted a picture of Sunny saying ldquoGadar2 earned R500 crore Now will it cross R600 crore Not likely Gadar2rsquos collections even on Wednesday were excellent Still the distributors of Jawan forced the single screen exhibitors to discontinue the film Thursday being a big festive day Gokulashtami Gadar2 would have continued breaking new records Dost dost na rahardquo Point toh hai