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Jagdeep passes away: Sons Jaaved Jaaferi, Naved Jafri, Johnny Lever at the funeral
Veteran actor Jagdeep passed away on Wednesday, July 8 in Mumbai. The actor, who was 81-year-old, was fondly known for playing the role of Soorma Bhopali in Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra starrer Sholay. "He passed away at 8.30 pm at his residence in Bandra. He was not keeping well due to age-related issues", producer Mehmood Ali, a close family friend, told PTI. The funeral took place at Iranian Shia Isna cemetery at Mazgaon, Mumbai.
Jaaved Jaafri at the funeral in Mazgaon.
Jaaved Jaafri and Naved Jafri, his two sons, were clicked at the funeral by the shutterbugs. Owing to the current situation of the country, the funeral took place at a cemetery in South Bombay, by following the protocol provided by the government.
Naved Jafri at the funeral
Comedian-actor Johnny Lever was also present at the funeral.
Johny Lever, Jaaved and Nawed at Jagdeep's funeral at Iranian Shia Isna cemetery at Mazgaon
Born on March 29, 1939, as Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri in Amritsar, Jagdeep acted in ove..
B-town buzz: Prajakta Koli to make her acting debut; Mukesh Tiwari's on-the-set fun
YouTube sensation Prajakta Koli, who goes by the moniker Mostly Sane, makes her acting debut in Khayali Pulav, co-starring Yashpal Sharma. The short film, written and directed by Tarun Dudeja, is set in a Haryana village. Koli plays a handball enthusiast, who is determined to break gender-oriented prejudice. "The film is a reminder of how precious the freedom to live your life the way you want to is and how even the seemingly simple act of being able to wear shorts becomes a complicated mission for a girl," says Koli. Known for her funny antics, the film, which drops on her channel today, will portray her in a new light.
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#KhayaliPulao 09.07.20 ♥ï¸ All this film has been for the past 7 months is a constant thought, a dream, a discussion. I kept telling myself, “We’ll deal when we get there.” And now that we are there, I don’t know how to deal. But your support has been tremendous. It’s helpi..
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Michael Clarke's daughter Kelsey Lee is priority; refuses details on relationship with Pip Edwards
Former Australia cricket captain Michael Clarke has revealed that while his life may not be ideal right now, his priority remains his daughter Kelsey Lee, four, with ex-wife Kyly.
"Nothing is ever perfect, but I feel like I am in the right place. The one thing Kyly and I will always do is prioritise our little girl. Kyly is a great mother. When you see our little girl, you see the way Kelsey-Lee is, that's because of her mum, there is no doubt about it," Michael was quoted as saying by The Daily Telegraph.
Pip Edwards and Kyly Clarke
In February, Michael and Kyly announced that their seven-year marriage was over and they had agreed to co-parent Kelsey Lee.
Meanwhile, when asked about his relationship with fashion designer Pip Edwards, Michael refused to give any details. He just said: "I have always tried to keep my personal life as private as I possibly can and right now is no different. It is private, and it is personal, and I do want to be respectful to everyone who is involved."
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Mumbai lockdown: Chembur couple's homemade snacks keep cops going
At a time when the city's police force is working day and night to ensure that lockdown rules are strictly implemented, a Chembur-based couple has taken up the responsibility to ensure they don't go hungry due to too much work pressure and also feel energetic through the day. For over three months now, Rosemond D'Souza, 48, and Sweety D'Souza, 45, have been distributing tea and snacks among officers on duty at nakabandi checkpoints across the city and they manage to serve at least 100 cops a day.
While Rosemond is a civil contractor, Sweety is a homemaker. Between 3 pm and 7 pm everyday they pack and take the snacks in their car to various nakabandi checkpoints, including Mankhurd, Chembur and Wadala.
Speaking to mid-day, the couple said, "Looking at the way the cops are doing their duty since the lockdown was imposed, we decided to help them out. Initially we thought of distributing cold drinks but then realised it would not be suitable in the current situation. So we decided to prep..
Sharmila Tagore: Enjoyed inventive ways of storytelling
"I'd rather binge-read than binge-watch," chuckles Sharmila Tagore, taking us by surprise. After all, in the past few weeks, the veteran has done more than her fair share of viewing as a jury member of the Lockdown Film Festival. The festival is an initiative of Carrot Films, which partnered with the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) to stream the chosen 20 films on its homegrown OTT platform, Cinemas of India.
As part of the 12-member jury, Tagore enjoyed "a diverse and delectable treat" as she watched over 300 short films. "I was amazed to see the level of competency. The films were so engaging — some had humour, others were cynical. Some brought out the claustrophobia and the mental stress [that is brought on by] the lockdown while others beautifully dwelled on the positive aspects. I enjoyed the inventive ways of storytelling with limited resources and time."
The selection of short films was based on several categories, including plot, ability to tell a co..
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Mumbai: 'Lockdown worse than Emergency for taxi drivers,' says Taximen's Union leader
COVID-19: Mumbai Metropolitan Region active cases doubled in 15 days; meet to decide on lockdown today
The number of COVID-19 cases in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has doubled in the past 15 days with the number of active cases being 50 per cent more than that of Mumbai. While all the municipal corporations in MMR are under lockdown and four commissioners were replaced two weeks ago, the numbers worryingly continue to rise unabated.
Mumbai has been recording lesser daily numbers for the past month with 29,720 active cases on June 22, which came down to 23,359 on July 7. On the other hand, the number of active cases increased from 16,929 to 35,541 in the MMR during the same period.
SJ Kunte, additional chief secretary
Most of the cities in the MMR are currently under lockdown. "After the relaxing of the lockdown, people started wandering in public places or meeting in groups. It spread the virus rapidly. The lockdown helps to cut the chain of spread," said S J Kunte, additional chief secretary and in-charge of MMR for COVID-19 management.
"Even if a lockdown is there, employ..
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Mumbai lockdown: Door-to-door screening failing in Malad hotspot
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) ambitious door-to-door screening drive in slum pockets to find symptomatic COVID-19 patients, seems to have fallen flat on its face in densely populated Malwani, Malad West. While local residents are not cooperating with the civic teams, some of them claimed the latter are not implementing the drive strictly.
This reporter, who accompanied them for few days, found volunteers appointed by the civic body were merely asking the slum dwellers if they wanted to get screened for symptoms associated with COVID-19, and if they got 'no' in response, they would go onto the next dwelling.
But both sides can be blamed, for on learning about the civic team's visit in the area, a few slum dwellers were also seen locking their houses on the pretext of going to the market, to escape getting screened for COVID-19. In most of the slum pockets in Malwani, the residents have been putting off screening to avoid getting admitted to COVID hospitals in case they..
Mumbai Rains: Chembur teen drowns in swollen pond
Heavy rain and strong winds lashed the city for the fourth day in a row. Several tree-falls were reported on Tuesday and a boy, aged 16, was killed.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai, said rain activity was expected to lessen on Wednesday but will pick up pace again from Thursday.
Part of a house collapsed in Sharda Niwas, Bhandup West. Pic/Datta Kumbhar
According to IMD Mumbai, the observatory in Colaba recorded 49.4mm rainfall until 5.30 pm, while the one in Santacruz recorded 45.2mm. Though the rainfall recorded on Tuesday is lesser compared to Saturday's, when the IMD had issued a Red alert; there were strong winds and an intense spell of rains for a long time at different places in the city.
"Intense clouds around Mumbai and around as seen from the radar and satellite images. Intense rainfall was expected over Mumbai and around with pauses in between," tweeted K S Hosalikar, deputy director general of meteorology, India MET Department, Mumbai. "Due to active monso..
Producer Vijay Babu on Sufiyam Sujatayam: Don't consider it a compromised release
Ashish Shukla: Sanjay Mishra's Bahut Hua Sammaan to release on a leading OTT platform
Director Ashish R. Shukla, whose most talked about web series, Undekhi, is releasing this month, was also the creative head on Dev D, and has directed films like Prague and his upcoming Sanjay Mishra, Ram Kapoor and Raghav Juyal-starrer Bahut hua Sammaan, is also coming out soon. The Varanasi-set is produced by Yoodlee Films.
On talking about the film, he said, "Bahut Hua Sammaan is a satirical comedy about two Mechanical Engineering students, played by Raghav Juyal and Abhishek Chauhan, whom you've seen in TVFs series Cubicles. Both are small-time conmen who decide to rob a bank as per a masterplan by been-there, know-it-all soul in their college Baba Sanjay Mishra. Both students are all set to get their hands dirty and rich before their paper perfect plan falls spaer, opening a Pandora's box and awakening the beast, played by Ram Kapoor. I hope it'll release on a leading platform as soon as possible. It was supposed to come by summer itself but then the lockdown happened...
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Lockdown: Vasai owners offer relief to tenants, waive off lakhs in property rent
With the shutters down and no income for over three months due to the lockdown over COVID-19 pandemic, several businessmen took a massive blow, and appealed for a rent waiver. Even the state government had asked the owners of commercial and housing properties to provide relief to their tenants by deferring the rent collection.
A few people in Vasai heard the requests and have waived off lakhs in rents for those who could not afford. The proprietor of KT Builders, Rakesh Shah, has waived off more than Rs 80 lakh in rent for several of his properties in Vasai and Boisar.
"We had given our properties on rent to various businessmen who ran their shops, like bakeries, beauty product stores, ready-made clothes shops, etc. But they were all shut during the lockdown. Though a few of them resumed businesses after Unlock 1.0, it was only for a few hours. So we have waived off 50 per cent rent," Shah told mid-day.
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Warna Herzog ho jayenge hum!
Stylistically an Indian film lately that's come closest to the master Werner Herzog's latest, Family Romance, LLC (that premiered on Mubi app) is Prateek Vats's Eeb Allay Ooo! (2019) — the title refers to the sound that the lead-character makes to ward off wild monkeys in posh New Delhi for a living.
This guy is an under-study of an actual veteran in the profession, who's been cast for the said role. Of course, there are many examples of Indian films with non-professional actors, right from Sairaat to Salaam Bombay; why, even Pather Panchali.
The lead character Ishii Yuichi in Herzog's Family Romance, LLC, though runs an agency that supplies stand-in human beings for anybody you want — from a father, work-mate, lottery-winning messenger, to the paparazzi. You could call them relationship equivalents of sex-workers, I guess.
In an ironic interpretation of acting that involves playing characters, Yuichi plays himself. He actually runs the agency the film in Japanese, set in J..
COVID-19: Family finds Thane man still in ICU three days after cremation
In a case of gross misman-agement that has caused two families unnecessary grief, a civic-run COVID-19 hospital, Thane Global Impact Hub in Kalwa, handed a body wrapped and taped in a PPE suit to a family saying their relative, Janardhan Sonawane, 67, had died. However, a few days later, the family got to know that Sonawane is alive and the body they cremated was of Bhalchandra Gaikwad, 71.
Sonawane's son Sandeep received a call from the hospital at 6.30 am on July 3 informing him that he had died of COVID-19. "We reached the hospital immediately. The body was wrapped in a PPE suit and the face was not visible. We could not tell the hospital staff to show us the face as it was not advisable," said Sandeep.
Sandeep Sonawane shows the document he was made to sign by the hospital after he was told that his father is alive. Pic/Sameer Markande
"We were advised to wear a PPE suit to conduct the last rites. We followed the instructions given by the hospital staff. The last rites were conduct..
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Mumbai Diary: Wednesday Dossier
In deep waters
As heavy rain lashed the city, two boys were stranded on a water-logged road in Chembur on Tuesday. Pic/Ashish Raje
A new chapter
Former New York Times journalist and administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, American Dana Canedy has been appointed senior vice-president and publisher of Simon & Schuster (S&S), one of the world's marquee publishing imprints.
"With God's Grace, I am looking forward to this new "chapter" of my career! Sorry, couldn't resist [sic]!" Canedy tweeted, while Rahul Srivastava, MD, S&S India, shared, "In our 96-year history, the S&S imprint has been led by only a dozen publishers, starting with Richard L Simon. Dana Canedy is the youngest person, first woman, and first person of colour to serve as administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes. We believe Dana will be an agent of change who will bring new voices."
Picking up the creative pieces
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Ayushmann Khurrana: Great to be back on set after so many months
Ayushmann Khurrana got a taste of the new normal as he returned to the set after over three months to shoot for his first commercial in the post-COVID world. The actor, who had headed to Chandigarh to visit his parents, filmed an endorsement for a lifestyle brand in the city. In adherence with the shooting guidelines, the commercial was shot in an eight-hour shift with a skeletal crew.
The artiste in him comes to the fore as he says he sorely missed facing the camera during the lockdown. "It was great to be back on the set after so many months. We all have been home, waiting to get back to what we love doing," he enthuses. A far cry from the bustling sets of the recent past, it was a novel experience for Khurrana as he shot with an 18-member crew, each armed with a mask and gloves, and mindful of maintaining social distancing. "I saw how people have prepared themselves for the shoot," says the actor, maintaining an optimistic stance in the face of the crisis. "Eventually, normalcy wil..
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Mumbai lockdown: 'If parlours can open, why not gymnasiums?' ask gym owners
As several industries get the green light to open with certain guidelines, gym owners and top tier management of exercise studios, are searching in vain for any signs that they will be allowed to open, even partially. With salons being allowed to operate from last week, the All India Gym Owners Association and fitness professionals under the umbrella name 'India Active!' met with the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Nitin Gadkari, to push for their cause.
The meeting took place via a webinar on Wednesday.
Gym owners are afraid they will have to permanently shut shop if they are not allowed to open soon
Nikhil Kakkar, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Gold's Gym India said, "As an industry, we were one of the first to close down, and are sure to be one of the last to reopen. We need to open, of course with adherence to strict guidelines and provisions. We have just witnessed hotels being allowed to reopen with certain norms. If salons have been allowed to open with certain g..
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Mumbai Diary: Thursday Dossier
Beat the blues
These skateboarders make the most of a rainy evening at Carter Road, Bandra West, on Wednesday. Pic/Shadab Khan
Now's the time for change
Nearly two years since the reading down of Section 377 by the Supreme Court, the LGBTQIA+ community continues to grapple with basic civic liberties. To demand for equal rights in every sphere of life, Mumbai-based The Humsafar Trust recently launched an online petition on change.org.
Their demands include recognition of same-sex marriage, adoption rights for community members, inheritance rights for LGBTQIA+ people who are cohabiting with their same-sex partners but cannot inherit their property, right to jointly own property, take housing loans, insurance, and employment benefits for same-sex spouses, among other things.
"The petition was an outcome of the International Pride Month celebrations. We wanted to start a dialogue with this petition because social acceptance is still a big challenge for us," said advocacy manager Tinesh Ch..
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Amyra Dastur on Dilli: Shooting in Delhi helped ground our characters in reality
No stranger to the OTT world, Amyra Dastur is awaiting the release of Dilli, which has her sharing screen space with Saif Ali Khan. "Unfortunately, in the first season, there isn't much interaction between our characters. But, I'm told our characters will steer in different directions in the second edition," says Dastur of the series that was initially titled Tandav.
Touted as India's answer to House of Cards, the Ali Abbas Zafar-helmed political thriller is among the most awaited offerings of Amazon Prime Video. Dastur reveals she plays a Kashmiri girl who influences the proceedings in the capital. "My character has shades of grey and a dramatic arc. Shooting the political thriller in the heart of India's capital helped us ground our characters in reality."
Saif Ali Khan in Dilli
Having dabbled in films and digital projects, the actor admits that the long-format storytelling offers actors the advantage of character development. Dastur analyses, "In digital projects, actors are critiqu..
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A user asks Iulia Vantur to choose between Salman, Arbaaz, and Sohail Khan, this is what she replies!
Chat sessions with fans on Instagram are a treat for them as they get a fantastic opportunity to interact with their favourite stars. And the latest celebrity to do that was the Romanian singer Iulia Vantur.
One of the users on Instagram asked her to choose between the three Khan brothers- Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, and Sohail Khan. It was indeed a tough question and look what she replied to that user:
Iulia sang the song Selfish in Salman Khan's Race 3 in 2018. Coming to Salman Khan, he's now gearing up for his next action-packed drama, Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai, which also stars Randeep Hooda, Jackie Shroff, and Disha Patani. The film was slated to release this year on EID but now has been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Superstar has been on a roll since the last decade at the box-office. His successful streak started with Dabangg in 2010 and then he delivered one blockbuster after another in the form of Ready, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger, Dabangg 2, Kick, Bajrangi Bha..
