Bollywood’s leading lady Deepika Padukone has been appointed chairperson of the 21st MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Deepika takes over after Kiran Rao who has decided to step down and instead focus on her film projects. Deepika says, ‘It’s a huge honour and a big responsibility to be appointed as Chairperson.’

Kartik&nbsp;Aaryan,&nbsp;who is currently gearing up for his upcoming 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2', shared a sneak peek from the sets of the film. Revealing his look, Kartik&nbsp;posted a video where he can be seen smiling as he reportedly plays the role of fake&nbsp;religious guru. Kartik&nbsp;informed fans that he is shooting in Jaipur.&nbsp;

The first trailer of Karisma&nbsp;Kapoor's acting comeback 'Mentalhood' is out. Based on the life of 5 mothers, the series revolves around the women who juggle mommy duties to&nbsp;the best of their abilities. The series also stars&nbsp;Shilpa Shukla,&nbsp;Tillotama Shome, Dino Morea, Shruti Seth, Sanjay Suri, and Sandhya Mridul and will begin streaming on AltBalaji and Zee5 on March 11.
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Taapsee Pannu seems to be leaving no stone unturned in order to promote her upcoming 'Thappad'. The actor has now urged CBFC to add a disclaimer to films featuring domestic violence. The actor in a Twitter post supported a Change.org petition to add disclaimers &amp; also asked her fans to sign it. Directed by Anubhav Sinha 'Thappad' features Taapsee who portrays the role of a woman who is triggered into leaving her husband after he slaps her at a party in a fit of rage.

Controversies over Kiara&nbsp;Advani's bold photoshoot&nbsp;from ace photographer Dabboo&nbsp;Ratnani&nbsp;2020 calendar are refusing to die down. Now, German photographer&nbsp;Marie B&auml;rsch&nbsp;has accused Ratnani&nbsp;of plagiarising her artwork. Expressing her disappointment, Marie posted a comparison of her work with Kiara's&nbsp;photo and wrote she will just leave it online for people to judge.

Actor Kabir&nbsp;Bedi&nbsp;has rubbished media reports which claimed that&nbsp;he asked actor Sunny Leone for her number at photographer&nbsp;Dabboo Ratnani's recent calendar launch event. Criticising the defamatory reports,&nbsp;Bedi&nbsp;took to Twitter and asked the publication to apologise. Sunny Leone's husband Daniel also clarified, that the reports are not true and the publications must remove the article and apologise immediately.

After Shekhar&nbsp;Kapur, Sonam&nbsp;Kapoor has criticised director Ali Abbas&nbsp;Zaffar for announcing the 'Mr. India 2' trilogy. Slamming the filmmaker for making the announcement without permission, Sonam&nbsp;tweeted that it was disrespectful that no one&nbsp;consulted her father and Mr. India actor&nbsp;Anil Kapoor or filmmaker&nbsp;Shekhar Kapur about the remake. Sonam&nbsp;further added that she and her father learnt&nbsp;about the project after Ali's tweet and are deeply hurt.

Ayushmann&nbsp;Khurrana-starrer&nbsp;'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' has surprised&nbsp;everyone&nbsp;with its opening day collection. Trade Analyst Taran&nbsp;Adarsh&nbsp;tweeted that the&nbsp;film has earned a whopping sum of&nbsp;₹9.55 crores&nbsp;in India alone and is expected to rake in more, owing to the long weekend.&nbsp;'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' stars&nbsp;Jitendra Kumar, Neena&nbsp;Gupta &amp; Gajraj&nbsp;Rao among others.&nbsp;
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Actor Karisma Kapoor who was last seen in Vikram Bhatt's&nbsp;film 'Dangerous Ishhq', is all set to return to acting after a gap of 9 years. Karisma will be seen in Ekta Kapoor's upcoming web series 'Mentalhood' that will start streaming on ALT Balaji from March. The series revolves around five mothers who are juggling mommy duties to&nbsp;the best of their abilities.

After dating for almost 5 years, actors&nbsp;Richa Chaddha&nbsp;and Ali Fazal are all set to tie the knot. Reports say, after discussions with their families, the couple will tie the knot on April 15 in New Delhi. Richa&nbsp;and Ali's wedding is likely to be an intimate affair followed by a&nbsp;court registration and a reception in Lucknow, Mumbai&nbsp;&amp; Delhi.&nbsp;
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Singer Shaan&nbsp;has dropped a fresh new romantic number. Titled&nbsp;'Main Tujhko Yaad Karta Hoon', the song is shot in Goa&nbsp;and features 'Pyar&nbsp;Ka Punchnama' actor Sonnalli Seygall.&nbsp;Composed by Shaan, the bittersweet&nbsp;romantic number&nbsp;is an ode to&nbsp;love that is here to stay.
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Ayushmann&nbsp;Khurrana's latest offering 'Shubh&nbsp;Mangal&nbsp;Zyada&nbsp;Savadhan' has hit the screen. The film uses humour to sensitise and bring same sex relationships on screen. But Ayushmann&nbsp;is not the first&nbsp;Bollywood&nbsp;actor to essay a gay man or lesbian&nbsp;woman on screen. There are many Hindi films that have worked hard to showcase real and complex LGBTQ characters. Lets take a look
'Fire' 1996 Deepa Mehta's 'Fire' was the first film to explore the homosexual relationship in the Indian film industry. Considered as a pathbreaking film, it faced adverse reactions with vandals burning posters and destroying cinemas where the film was being screened. Following the scandal, Fire was retracted briefly and Mehta even led a candlelit protest in New Delhi to oppose the move.
 'My Brother Nikhil' 2005 Onir's film 'My Brother Nikhil' earned humongous appreciation from critics and fans for focusing on the issue of homosexuality in India. The film revolved around the relationship between actors Sanjay Suri and Purab Kohli.
 'The Pink Mirror' 2006 With two transsexuals as protagonists, Film The Pink Mirror became the first Indian mainstream film to star transsexuals. While it was a groundbreaking moment in Indian cinema, the Central Board of Film Certification had other opinions, calling the film 'vulgar and offensive'. The Pink Mirror remains banned in India but won several awards internationally&nbsp;&nbsp;
 'Aligarh' 2015 Hansal Mehta's film 'Aligarh' starring Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao was a biopic of a gay Indian professor who died under mysterious circumstances after being suspended from the Aligarh Muslim University because of sexual orientation. The film was banned in Aligarh &amp; several outfits protested against the subject of the film.
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas zoomed past 50 million followers on Instagram on Thursday, becoming the second Indian to achieve the feat. Earlier this week, cricket star Virat Kohli became the first Indian to cross 50 million followers and now has 50.3 million followers on Instagram.&nbsp;PeeCee and Kohli are also reportedly the only Indian celebrities who have managed to bag a position in the 2019 Instagram Rich List.

Bad news for movie buffs in the&nbsp;UAE as Ayushmann Khurrana's latest offering 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' has been denied a release for its homosexual content. According to reports, all the films with gay content are banned in Middle Eastern countries. The film's producers reportedly offered to edit out the the scene where Jitendra and Ayushmann&nbsp;are smooching, but that didn&rsquo;t help either. Directed by Hitesh Kewalya, 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' is a love story between two men in small-town India.

Desi Girl Priyanka&nbsp;Chopra Jonas will be playing the role of Ma Anand&nbsp;Sheela&nbsp;in a Amazon film titled 'Sheela.' Reports are abuzz on how Ma Anand&nbsp;Sheela&nbsp;will react to the news. She had earlier refused for Priyanka&nbsp;to play her&nbsp;on screen and expressed her desire to see Alia Bhatt&nbsp;portray her life.&nbsp;

Kareena Kapoor Khan and Shahid Kapoor&rsquo;s bitter break-up made headlines for a long time but both of them have refrained from talking about it. Recently Kareena opened up to Anupama Chopra of Film Companion and revealed that&nbsp;it was Shahid who asked her to consider the script for her most-loved film, 'Jab We Met' and convinced her to do the film. Although Shahid and Kareena had called off their relationship by the time 'Jab We Met' released, the movie turned out to be a blockbuster hit at the box office. Talking about the breakup she added that destiny had its own plan and life took its own course back then, we all kind of went our separate ways and this beauty of a movie came out of it.

The makers of 'Devi' have released a new poster from the all-women short-film. The movie has an ensemble star cast featuring Kajol, Shruti Haasan, Neha Dhupia, Neena Kulkarni, Mukta Barve, Sandhya Mhatre, Rama Joshi, Shivani Raghuvanshi, and Yashaswini Dayama. Shot in just two days, 'Devi' is a story of nine oppressed women coming from different social circles, navigating through an unusual sisterhood thrust upon them by circumstance. 'Devi' also marks Kajol and Shruti Hassan's digital debut.&nbsp; 
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While official reviews of Ayushmann Khurrana's latest offering 'Shubh Mangal Zyaada Saavdhan' are yet to be out, we get you what the audiences have to say. Is it a hit or a miss? Let's find out.

Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her husband Raj Kundra have become parents to a baby girl, born through surrogacy. The couple welcomed their second child on February 15 and named her Samisha Shetty Kundra. Taking to Instagram, Shilpa shared a photo of her newborn angel holding onto her finger, and revealed that her daughter's name Samisha means 'to have someone like God'. Shilpa and Raj got married in November 2009 and welcomed their first son Viaan in May 2012.
 
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Telegu star Varun Tej&rsquo;s upcoming boxing drama might just see &nbsp;Saiee Manjrekar&nbsp;as the lead. Reports claim, the actress has read the script, expressed interest but not signed the project yet. Saiee recently made her acting debut in Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg 3

The makers of Ayushmann Khurrana starrer 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' hosted a special screening of the film in Mumbai on Thursday. Ayushmann Khurrana along with his family arrived at the screening. Jitendra Kumar, Aparshakti Khurana, Huma Qureshi, Ayushmann's wife Tahira Kashyap, Neena Gupta and Urvashi Rautela were also in attendance. The film which deals with the subject of same-sex marriage has hit theatres .

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