Name: Deepika appointed as chairperson of 21st MAMI film fest
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Description: 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.’

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.’

Days after Producers Guild asked the state governments to allow&nbsp;filmmakers to begin the production work, the Multiplex Associations of India has now requested the Central&nbsp;government to allow them to reopen the theatres from June 30. According to Mid-Day, the association has shared the&nbsp;guidelines and plans to ensure the safety and hygiene at the theatres &amp; is now waiting for a response from the government. Hoping that the government approves the guidelines, an association member said they&nbsp;hope that theatres will reopen&nbsp;between June 15 and June 30.

Late actor Irrfan&nbsp;Khan's wife Sutapa&nbsp;Sikdar has penned a heartfelt&nbsp;post remembering the actor the first month after his death.&nbsp;Sutapa&nbsp;took to Facebook&nbsp;&amp; shared some never seen before pictures of the actor. She tweaked a famous quote of Rumi and wrote, "out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and right-doing there is a field and she will meet Irrfan there".&nbsp;Irrfan's&nbsp;wife further&nbsp;added that she will soon talk to him as it's just a matter of time till they meet again.

From Priyanka&nbsp;Chopra to Lisa Ray to&nbsp;Beyonce&nbsp;and&nbsp;Cardi&nbsp;B&nbsp;several Bollywood&nbsp;&amp; Hollywood celebrities have condemned&nbsp;the killing of George Floyd in the US. Sharing his last words 'Please, let me breathe',&nbsp;Priyanka&nbsp;took to Instagram &amp; wrote that we all have a responsibility to educate ourselves and end this hate and race war. Beyonce&nbsp;asked fans to sign a petition to&nbsp;demand more charges against those involved in the death of Floyd. The pop star wrote she she feels broken and disgusted.&nbsp; Expressing her anger,&nbsp;Cardi&nbsp;B wrote she is tired &amp; feels America is really not the land of free.

Bollywood actress Nushrat&nbsp;Bharucha&nbsp;who rose to fame with 2011 hit film 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama' is all set to venture into the horror genre with her upcoming film&nbsp;'Chhori'.&nbsp;&nbsp;Reports are the actress will be seen playing the lead role in the&nbsp;Hindi remake of the hit Marathi horror film, 'Lapachhapi'.&nbsp;The film will also star&nbsp;Pooja Sawant,&nbsp;Vikram Gaikwad&nbsp;among others. Filmmaker&nbsp;Vishal Furia, who helmed the original Marathi&nbsp;film, will direct the Hindi remake.
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After two TV actors,&nbsp;Manmeet Grewal&nbsp;and&nbsp;Preksha Mehta&nbsp;allegedly committed suicide, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has written to broadcasters and producers of TV serials to clear due payments of artistes.&nbsp;
The ministry, in its letter, urged that broadcasters and producers to take a compassionate view of the current situation and ensure that they clear the dues of&nbsp;TV artists engaged&nbsp;in the production of serials &amp; shows up to March 2020.

Veteran Bollywood lyricist Yogesh Gaur, who is known for writing the famous song such as 'Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaaye'&nbsp;and 'Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli' in Rajesh Khanna&nbsp;starrer&nbsp;'Anand' has passed away in Mumbai.
Known by his first name, Yogesh was a prominent lyricist in &rsquo;70s Hindi cinema and gave many hits songs like 'Badi Sooni Sooni Hai', 'Maine Kaha Phoolon Se', 'Na Jaane Kyon Hota Hia Yeh Zindagi Ke Saath', 'Jaaneman Jaaneman Tere Do Nayan' among others.
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Former actress Zaira&nbsp;Wasim&nbsp;has deleted her Twitter and Instagram accounts after she was trolled for using a verse from the holy Quran to justify the locust attacks in India. The actress deleted the social media accounts after netizens&nbsp;slammed&nbsp;her out for sharing a verse from&nbsp;Quran, which included a reference to locust attack and related it to people&rsquo;s arrogance.&nbsp;

After Sonu&nbsp;Sood, megastar Amitabh Bachchan&nbsp;has now arranged buses to send migrant workers home. Reports say Big B flagged off 10 buses on Thursday from Mumbai's&nbsp;Haji Ali Dargah&nbsp;and will drop the&nbsp;stranded workers to their homes in Uttar&nbsp;Pradesh.

After providing buses for migrant workers, Bollywood actor Sonu Sood&nbsp;has now&nbsp; helped airlift 177&nbsp;girls from Odisha who were stranded in Kerala&nbsp;due to Covid-19 lockdown.&nbsp; According to a report in IANS, the actor arranged for a special&nbsp;aircraft to help the girls stuck in Ernakulam&nbsp;who worked as embroidery labourers at a local textile factory.&nbsp;Rajya Sabha MP Amar Patnaik tweeted thanking&nbsp;Sonu&nbsp;Sood&nbsp;for the gesture.

Filmmaker Kabir Khan has made it clear that he will not&nbsp;release his upcoming&nbsp;sports drama &lsquo;83 until&nbsp;things are back to normal and people comfortable with watching movies in theatres.&nbsp;
Adding that a lot of&nbsp;effort, resources, and energy goes into making films,&nbsp;Kabir&nbsp;Khan said that they won't&nbsp;throw their films to test the waters and will wait till they feel comfortable.

Varun Dhawan and Kiara Advani&rsquo;s rehearsal video for&nbsp; 'ABCD 2' song 'Sun Saathiya' is unmissable. Take a look at this video shared by&nbsp;Kiara Advani&nbsp;in which Varun ends up accidentally bumping Kiara's head into his nose and later almost&nbsp;drops her while rehearsing.&nbsp;

'Four More Shots Please' actress Maanvi&nbsp;Gagroo&nbsp;has hit out at a Delhi based clothing brand for fat-shaming her in their&nbsp;distasteful advertisement.
Slamming the brand for using her&nbsp;picture in an ad that talks about hiding fat, the actress took to Twitter &amp; wrote that she didn't wear the dress to hide her curves &amp; the brand&nbsp;definitely doesn't have her permission to fat shame, anyone.&nbsp;
Maanvi&nbsp;further clarified that the clothing brand has used her picture without permission &amp; she stands&nbsp;against everything distasteful that the&nbsp;tagline points to.

The Federation of Western India Cine Employees wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday, recommending guidelines to resume shooting once the lockdown is lifted. In its 24-point submission, the parent body with more than five lakh members, said, they are highly concerned about the health, safety and security of all its members who are now eager to join works post the lockdown is over. The proposed guidelines also emphasised that work will happen in 8-hours shifts over two shifts, post production activities should be carried out with minimum work force and that all the equipments would need to be sanitised before and after each use.

Actor Manas Shah who was last seen in ZeeTv's show 'Hamari Bahu Silk' is going through a rough phase financially. In an interview with a leading daily, Shah who is the sole earner of his family revealed that he had to sell his car and move out of his rented apartment to sustain himself. Talking about non-payment of dues, the actor revealed that after October 2019 he has not been paid a single penny by producers of shows he's worked in.

Taking a cue from Sonu Sood, actress Swara Bhaskar&nbsp;has helped migrants to reach their home. The 'Veere Di Wedding' actress who had travelled to Delhi from Mumbai along with her team last week, put out a form to collect data of people wanting to go back and also coordinated with the Delhi government to ensure that migrants get their tickets to board the train.&nbsp;Bhaskar&rsquo;s initiative has till now helped around 1,300 workers to safely get back to their homes in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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Amid the nationwide lockdown, a football ground which was built in Mumbai for the sports drama 'Maidaan' has been demolished. According to reports, maintaining the set was costing the filmmakers a whopping ₹50 crore&nbsp;and with the rains only weeks away, it did not seem feasible to retain the set any longer. Reportedly the makers are planning to erect the Ajay Devgn starrer set again in September-October and start the shoot possibly in November as the movie has&nbsp;30 days of shoot left.&nbsp;

Alia Bhatt has joined the list of celebrities reading out Harry Potter books as part of a virtual initiative, 'Harry Potter At Home'. The 'Kalank' actress on Thursday read out the eighth chapter from Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone along with Hollywood star Alec Baldwin. The move makes Alia Bhatt the first Indian celebrity to read out a chapter from Harry Potter for the ongoing series.

T-Series' 'Hanuman Chalisa', sung by veteran singer Hariharan, featuring T-Series founder Gulshan Kumar has become the first devotional song to cross over 1 billion views on YouTube. Bhushan Kumar, son of Gulshan Kumar and head of T-Series, shared the news on Twitter, terming it as 'moment of joy'.&nbsp;

Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani starrer&nbsp;'Laxmmi Bomb' is all set to hit OTT platforms. According to reports, the film has been sold for a whopping amount of ₹125 crore which makes it the biggest ever Hindi film purchase for an OTT platform. Reports claim that the filmmakers want to wait for another month to announce the date of release for 'Laxmmi Bomb' on Disney + Hotstar as there&rsquo;s still a lot of post-production work that needs to be finished.

A video of filmmaker SS Rajamouli's&nbsp;magnum opus 'Baahubali&nbsp;2' airing on a&nbsp;television channel in Russia is taking the Internet by storm. Fans started sharing the video as soon as&nbsp;the Russian Embassy posted the video on Twitter &amp; wrote, Indian cinema gains popularity in Russia. Look what Russian TV is broadcasting right now:&nbsp;Baahubali with Russian voiceover.'&nbsp;

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