Have you heard? Party toh banti hai

Shah Rukh Khan has lots lined up tomorrow For starters it is his 58th birthday and hersquos leaving no stone unturned in making it memorable especially since the last few years have been rather lowkey The eventful day will begin with the unveiling of the teaser of Dunki his next release with Rajkumar Hirani It will be followed by a screening for and an interaction with fans travelling to Mumbai for his special day Later in the evening SRK will host a mega bash at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Bandra Kurla Complex which will be attended by his industry friends like Karan Johar Deepika Padukone Kajol Siddharth Anand Alia Bhatt and Atlee Sources say his Khan dostsmdashSalman and Aamirmdashare likely to join the revelry too Insiders claim that the day will also mark the celebration of his unprecedented comeback with blockbusters Pathaan and JawanDhanush to play RaajaChatter in Chennai is that Dhanush is set to play music maestro Ilaiyaraaja in his biopic The project is being backed by Connekkt Media which is also producing Mohanlalrsquos panIndia period action drama Vrushabha Interestingly a few months ago the legendary composerrsquos son Yuvan Shankar Raja had said that he would love to see the Captain Miller actor play his father in his biopic A fan of Ilaiyaraajarsquos work Dhanush is immensely excited to portray the icon on screen We hear he will be prepping extensively before the movie goes on floors early 2024SiddhantNavyarsquos dinner dateFor a while now Siddhant Chaturvedi and Navya Naveli Nanda granddaughter of Amitabh Bachchan are said to be dating However they have always refrained from talking about their relationship to the media The rumoured couple were recently spotted when they went out dining together Siddhant and Navya were accompanied by his Gehraiyaan director Shakun Batra Reportedly the young entrepreneurrsquos mother Shweta Bachchan Nanda also joined them soon After dinner Shweta was the first to step out of the venue Later Siddhant Navya and Shakun left together in the same car Reports of Siddhant and Navya being a couple first appeared after Karan Joharrsquos 50th birthday bash last year when videos of them dancing together went viral on social media Since then even though they are said have been on holidays together they have always remained noncommittal about their relationshipCompleting deal with incomplete filmTalk in the trade is that Arjun Kapoor and Bhumi Pednekarrsquos The Lady Killer will release this Friday in theatres in an incomplete avatar Reason the producers had inked a lucrative contract with a streaming partner and are keen to deliver as committed Any delay in the theatrical release would jeopardise their OTT deal which would cause substantial losses Rumours are rife that the producers pulled the plug despite a weekrsquos shoot left as Ajay Bahlrsquos directorial venture crossed the stipulated budget Apparently theyrsquove tried to salvage the film with smart editing and dubbing to show the lead characters as narrators for the missing portions It is also being said that The Lady Killer will have a limited release to meet the specific clauses in its OTT dealDirect to OTTEven as filmmakers are vying for the best release dates to make the most for their delayed movies we hear that Ishaan Khatterrsquos period drama Pippa will arrive directly on OTT Industry sources claim that the makers signed the deal with a streaming giant for its OTT premiere to cut their losses Helmed by Raja Krishna Menon and also starring Mrunal Thakur the war drama is said to have gone overbudget and the delay in release only added to the producerrsquos woes According to a source ldquoReleasing Pippa in theatres would also add the PampA print and advertising costs to the overall budget Despite several movies having done well in cinemas one canrsquot say for sure what will work with the audiences Rather than risking additional expenditure the makers preferred to minimise their losses by going the OTT wayrdquoWedding festivities beginTollywood couple Varun Tej and Lavanya Tripathi kicked off their destination wedding festivities in Tuscany on Monday night with a cocktail party The venue turned out to be a starry specatacle with the arrival of the groomrsquos cousins Allu Arjun and Ram Charan who was accompanied by wife Upasana The couple had a haldi ceremony yesterday morning followed by mehndi in the evening Varun and Lavanya will take the pheras tomorrowThrilling times aheadSunny Deol who will soon begin working on Aamir Khanrsquos production Lahore 1947 with director dost Rajkumar Santoshi has reportedly finalised his next with AbbasMustan This marks Sunnyrsquos first collaboration with the men in white who have previously made five films with his brother Bobby In keeping with director duorsquos love for the genre the yetuntitled movie will be an action thriller with AbbasMustanrsquos trademark plot twists