Have you heard? No rajneeti for Dutt

Should he contest elections Sanjay Dutt would probably draw huge crowds However the actor put speculation about his political aspirations to rest yesterday by stating that he is ldquonot joining any party or contesting electionsrdquo Taking to social media he shared ldquoIf I do decide to step into the political arena then I will be the first one to announce it Please refrain from believing what is being circulated in the news about me as of nowrdquo There were social media posts claiming that the 64yearold actor would be contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as a Congress candidate from Haryanarsquos Karnal In 2009 Dutt was part of the Samajwadi Party SP but resigned as the general secretary of the partyBack the girls says KritiDays after the release of her film Crew also starring Tabu and Kareena Kapoor Khan Kriti Sanon weighed in on notions that femaledriven films fail to ldquopullrdquo viewers to cinema halls ldquoA film doesnrsquot have to be led by a man to pull the audience to the theatre For the longest time people have not taken the risk of scaling femaleoriented films as they do for malecentric ones They feel audiences wonrsquot come to the theatre and they wonrsquot recover the money This is the start of a change I hope people will risk putting money into a womanled film because that also translates to the same amount at the box officerdquo she saidThe real celebrationAfter three long years Sai Tamhankar will return to the comfort of her hometown Sangli to celebrate Gudi Padwa the Maharashtrian New Year ldquoItrsquos been three years since I last visited my hometown and the realisation struck me hard when my mother mentioned itrdquo the actor said adding ldquoThe feeling of going home is calming giving me a sense of peace and satisfactionrdquo For her Gudi Padwa holds special significancemdashan opportunity to cherish traditions and indulge in the warmth of family bondsSmall steps for big changeThere is universality to womenrsquos experiences across classes and a lot of it goes unrepresented in cinema says director Kiran Rao who has attempted to tell a story of selfdiscovery through two brides in her critically acclaimed Laapataa Ladies Rao who promoted her second directorial venture across tierone cities and small towns said the women she met have probably not experienced being under the veil but they could still identify with the issues explored in the movie set in rural India in the year 2001 ldquoItrsquos possible to change the status quo with small interventions and reclaim some space for ourselvesrdquo said the directorGuess whorsquos backKahin Kisii Roz actor Mouli Ganguly is back on the scene with Janani AI Ki Kahani a show that she describes as a ldquofresh and uniquerdquo take on the tale of a single mother ldquoI have been offered many roles before but nothing like this Mrinal Jha is one of the best writers in television I have worked with her and know her potential so I was really thrilled and hope this new breath of fresh air works for televisionrdquo she said adding that the show isnrsquot like the regular ldquosaasbahurdquo dramas seen on televisionAddressing filmrsquos failureAddressing her underperforming film Bhumi Pednekarstarrer Thank You For Coming producer Ektaa R Kapoor said in an interview with Variety ldquoIt has left a very strange pain in my heart The way that film was and the kind of reception it got in India visavis the reception it got overseas I donrsquot know what happenedrdquo Speaking about the response to the film based on female sexuality she added ldquoAnd the hate spamming we went through was immense Our walls used to be spammed every day with hatred because we attempted to discover and make a movie on female sexuality I can only imagine whatrsquos gonna happen when LSD 2 Love Sex Aur Dhokha comes out Irsquoll have to hide againrdquoA long road for womenRaveena Tandon feels that despite the existance of progressive laws patriarchy is prevalent in the current times with women needing to bear the brunt of it in their personal and professional lives Elaborating on the subject Tandon who plays a lawyer in her recent outing Patna Shuklla said ldquoThe film is a journey of a woman commanded by patriarchy and one who breaks away from it My character doesnrsquot see patriarchy as a challenge she chases justice and breaks the glass ceiling of patriarchy along the wayrdquoFirst glimpse of next editionThe makers of Pushpa 2 The Rule unveiled the teaser of the anticipated film on the occasion of lead star Allu Arjunrsquos 42nd birthday Directed by Sukumar the film follows the first installment which sets up a clash between Arjunrsquos titular character and that of Malayalam star Fahadh Faasil