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US Ambassador Eric Garcetti Recalls Meeting Shah Rukh Khan at Mannat: ‘Everybody in My Office Went Nuts

US Ambassador Eric Garcetti talked about how everyone in his office was shocked that he and actor Shah Rukh Khan had met during his first few weeks in India. Eric talked candidly about how he first learned about the love that Shah Rukh’s fans had for him on the most recent episode of the ANI podcast, which featured Smita Prakash.

Eric Garcetti on not realizing how famous SRK is

Eric claimed that following his 2023 meeting with Shah Rukh Khan, also known as SRK, he was asked in his workplace if he knew who he had really met. “I think when I visited Shah Rukh Khan (during) my first couple of weeks here (India), we talked cricket because, of course, Shah Rukh owns the IPL team KKR,” Eric said, recalling his conversation with the actor. Everyone in my office lost their minds. “Oh my God, did you know who you met?” they exclaimed. “Yes, Shah Rukh Khan,” I said. However, I was unaware of the extent of love that the nation had for Shah Rukh.

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When Eric Garcetti met Shah Rukh Khan

Meeting in May of last year at the actor’s Mumbai house, Mannat, the two talked about Bollywood’s ‘great cultural impact’ worldwide. At the time, Eric shared information about his visit to the actor’s house on X (now Twitter). Should I make my Bollywood debut now? “Had an amazing conversation with superstar @iamsrk at his home in Mannat, learning more about the Mumbai film industry and talking about the enormous cultural influence of Hollywood and Bollywood worldwide,” Eric posted. In addition, he posted photos of Shah Rukh wearing a black T-shirt with sleeves, black jeans, and a cap. There was also a photo of Gauri Khan.

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After Ranbir Kapoor’s Barfi, Illeana D’Cruz claims she stopped receiving offers from South films, saying “offers dwindled away.”

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After Ranbir Kapoor’s Barfi, Illeana D’Cruz claims she stopped receiving offers from South films, saying “offers dwindled away.”

Performing artist Ileana D’Cruz has made a stamp for herself in the Hindi film industry with movies like Primary Tera Saint and Barfi. In any case, her execution in Barfi, near Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, set her up as a family title. One result of her victory after Barfi was, in any case, that the performing artist halted getting work in the South as individuals accepted that she was not open to working in the South film industry anymore.

Speaking to India Nowadays, Ileana shared, “It wasn’t implied to be a move. It was me doing a Hindi film since I truly cherished Barfi as a story. I thought that it was an extraordinary film, and I didn’t truly see myself doing anything like that or having something like that come my way ever again. It was a one-off, and I thought it would be inept to let it up. It wasn’t like, ‘Oh, presently I am moving my base to Bollywood, and I am never going to do a South Indian film again.’

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But I feel that somewhere, when I signed up to do Barfi, there was this peculiar misinterpretation that she’s moving to Bollywood presently. She’s not going to be interested in doing South films.” “The offers are kind of fair and dwindled absent.

I didn’t truly get numerous offers at all, but yes, it’s genuine that what I did ended up being more particular—almost the work I need to do after moving to Bollywood,” she shared. Ileana, too, said that she hasn’t gotten her due credit in the industry. She shared, “I don’t feel like I’ve gotten my due. I unquestionably feel that a portion of the work that I’ve done has kind of gone unnoticed. And I don’t know why.” Meanwhile, on the work front, Ileana D’cruz was finally seen inverse Pratik Gandhi in Do Aur Do Pyaar. The film also featured Vidya Balan and Sendhil Ramamurthy. In 2023, the performing artist invited her to begin with a child, Koa Pheonix, and, as of late, reported her marriage to her boyfriend Michael Dolan.

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Imtiaz Ali says that after Amarjot, Chamkila had a child with Gurmail and that she “had to cut the scene.”

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Imtiaz Ali says that after Amarjot, Chamkila had a child with Gurmail and that she “had to cut the scene.”

Even more than two weeks after its discharge on Netflix, Imtiaz Ali’s Amar Singh Chamkila continues to be a topic of discussion on social media. The film has not, as it was met with a positive reaction from the faultfinders and the group of onlookers, but has also gotten a thumbs up from Chamkila’s family. The screening of the film in Mumbai was attended by his family, including his and Amarjot’s child Jaiman and the late musician’s spouse Gurmail.

In an elite chat with News18 Showsha, Imtiaz uncovers that he was instrumental in bringing together both sides of the family post-screening. “Amarjot and Gurmail’s families were there and were attempting to take pictures with me independently. But I told them, Ki ek picture saath mein lo. Jaiman calls Gurmail Mummy Ji. Things happen in life, but if they all can adhere together, it’s continuously good,” he tells us.

Talking about how Gurmail responded after observing the film with almost her late spouse and his momentary spouse, he says, “After she saw the film with her girl, son-in-law, and grandchildren, she told me that she adored it. She embraced me and cried. We all got enthusiastic. Her input at that point was truly positive.” Interestingly, Imtiaz accepts that ‘there was a scope for creating Chamkila and Gurmail’s story’ in the film. “There’s so much that happened in Chamkila’s life that’s so curious and too contributes to the scope of the story.

There’s so much more that happened between them. So, I had a truly extreme time condensing everything and still not losing the engaging and significant themes,” he remarks. He uncovers that not many know that Gurmail got pregnant once more after Amarjot gave birth to Jaiman, and the filmmaker had indeed penned a screenplay to depict it onscreen. “He had another child with Gurmail after having a child with Amarjot. The circumstances of that have been clarified to me by Chamkila’s sister. I’ve got it on record, and I had composed a scene almost like it, but I had to cut it down since it was in some way or another a bit less significant than the ones that were as of now there,” he states.

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The Rockstar and Poke We Met producer encourages, “I couldn’t appear as much of her in the film since that portion of Chamkila’s life was covered up by Amarjot and the entirety of of the world.” It’s as it were afterwards in the film that we uncovered that he has another spouse. I paper-edited the film in order to bring it to the term that it has nowadays.

But I concur that there’s a part that seems to have been found in their relationship.” Imtiaz goes on to spill the beans on a viewpoint of Chamkila and Gurmail’s marriage that couldn’t make it to the last cut of the Diljit Dosanjh starrer. “There is a part of curious stuff that happened in their lives. Chamkila was for a long time more youthful than Gurmail. When they got married, he got a bike. After the wedding, they cycled back domestically, with Chamkila being the pillion rider for most of the travel. They took turns, but he generally sat in the rearward sitting arrangement since he was less than 16 years old,” says an entertained Imtiaz.

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Tusshar Kapoor will make OTT film debut with Dunk: I prefer to challenge myself with non-comic characters that are outside my comfort zone

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Tusshar Kapoor will make OTT film debut with Dunk: I prefer to challenge myself with non-comic characters that are outside my comfort zone

Tusshar Kapoor, known for his comedic ability, is set to make a big appearance in the advanced domain with the up-and-coming OTT discharge Dunk. The on-screen character uncovers, “The enthusiasm with which the maker Prerna Arora and the executive Abhishek Jaiswal described the story was discernable. It’s an energy extended for the whole group, and the script quickly captivated me with its mix of dramatization, wrongdoing, and a compelling social message.”

Further expounding on his character, the 47-year-old tells us, “It’s a dim-shaded, genuine, and interesting character for me. It’s outside my consolation zone, which is exactly why I was drawn to it. Playing a legal counsellor is a modern challenge that energizes me, and I’m energetic to dive into this unfamiliar territory.” He too notices how he wishes to investigate more assorted characters in the future, opposing his comedy picture.

“All the characters that I am doing presently are diverse and don’t have a place in that commonplace comical part. I am not deliberately looking for parts that are non-comic, but when something like this comes up, I truly challenge myself to do it,” says Kapoor, including, ‘It truly opens up more up-to-date roads, like what happened with Khakhee, Shor in the City, or the Shootout arrangement; it took me out of my consolation zone, and individuals took note of something that is exceptionally distinctive. I will continuously esteem the comedian parts and cherish them since they have given me a parcel of acknowledgment, so that will not alter. I see up to and forward to those parts.

But presently and at that point, I need to challenge myself and do something exceptionally different.” Acknowledging the advancing scene of OTT stages while making his advanced appearance, Kapoor underlines the platform’s capacity to grasp novel accounts and exploratory narrating. “The group of onlookers inside the OTT field is more tolerating of performing artists wearing a modern cap. It’s not so much approximately how numerous groups of onlookers will observe it, but maybe almost the nuanced depiction of characters on the OTT screen,” he remarks.

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Dispelling misguided judgments encompassing OTT substance, Kapoor states, “There is a misinterpretation that individuals as a whole need to observe out-of-the-box substance on OTT, but that’s not genuine. The OTT medium caters to an assorted gathering of people, extending from conventional to speciality inclinations. It’s a universe out there, advertising something for everybody. I think the OTT medium too has its conventional gathering of people, masses, and family gathering of people. That bubble has to alter; it’s not like you have to make speciality stuff; the commercial stuff to works on OTT.”

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