Kanikka Kapur to Play a Righteous Teacher in Dabang Teacher, Says Her Look Is Inspired by Sushmita Sen and Alia Bhatt

Kanikka Kapur, who won hearts with her portrayal of Major Suman Tiwari in Ek Duje Ke Vaaste, is all set to woo audiences with a completely new avatar in Shakeb Sayed Studioz’ upcoming vertical series, Dabang Teacher for Story TV.

Sushmita Sen confirms break-up with Rohman Shawl

 

Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen took to Instagram to announce that she has ended her three-year-long relationship with Rohman Shawl. She added, however, that they shall remain friends.

Shishir Sharma roped in to play RAW chief in Ullu App's Peshawar..

We had earlier reported that Ullu App is coming up with an interesting web-series 'Peshwar'. Now we heard, versatile actor Shishir Sharma has been roped in to play a RAW chief in the series.

Sushmita Sen’s brother, Rajeev talks about his debut

Ullu App is coming up with a series which is based on a terrorist attack on Peshawar's Army Public School on 16th December, 2014, in which more than 148 people, most of them children, were killed. Now we heard, Sushmita Sen’s brother, Rajeev will be making his debut with the series.

Rakshanda Khan roped in for Ullu App's Peshawar

We have exclusively reported that Ullu App is coming up with a series which is based on a terrorist attack on Peshawar's Army Public School. Now we heard, gorgeous Rakshanda Khan has been roped in to play a challenging role in the series.

Ullu App to produce a web-series on Peshawar's terrorist attack

Remember the brutal terrorist attack in Peshawar's Army Public School on December 16, 2014, in which more than 148 people, most of them children, were killed? At that time not only Pakistan, but the whole world, including Indian felt the pain and sorrow. We heard, Ullu App is making a series on the brutal attack.

Sushmita Sen brings rare honour to Bollywood

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Popular actress and Miss Universe Sushmita Sen is the only Bollywood actor to be featured in a coffee table book titled ‘The Indian Woman’ curated for the President of India’s gift for visiting international diplomats.

Sushmita features alongside Kiran Majumdar Shaw, Naina Lal Kidwai, Mary Kom, Gita Gopinath, Ela Bhatt, Bhanu Athaiya, Alisah Abdullah and Lata Mangeshkar, among other 20 women who are pioneers in their fields.

Her story is written by Priyanka Jain, who has co-authored a book on Vinod Chopra Productions and is also working on another on Paan Singh Tomar for UTV Disney. ‘The Indian Woman’ is curated by Shobit Arya, edited by the CNN-IBN anchor Richa Anirudh and published by Wisdom Tree.

The story celebrates Sushmita’s journey from a young Miss Universe to a single mother with two kids and a successful career. Talking about celebrating inner beauty, she suggests, “If you go beyond limiting beauty by the length of your hair, size of your butt or parameters of your figure, you will find a beauty that’s ethereal.”

“Nature doesn’t say wrinkles are ugly. Should I give up smiling – a thing that fills me with joy – just because I might get a few lines,” asks the diva, who completes two decades since she was crowned Miss Universe in her teens in 1994.

The book, which is a collector’s edition, “Reflects India’s pride and succeeds in passing on the enduring legacy of our highly creative and dedicated womenfolk to future generations,” remarks Bollywood public relations impresario Dale Bhagwagar.

Narrating her experiences in the book, Sushmita urges women to find beauty through their confidence and surround themselves with real people, who are supportive of who they are, and are not around because of how they look.

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Sushmita Sen likely to pair opposite Manish Paul

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Manish Paul, recently replaced Drashti Dhami as a host in Colors' dance reality show. Ever since he was called back to host Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, he has been talking about his next film. However, he is not keen to divulge any details about his upcoming film. Well...we heard he will be paired opposite ex-Miss Universe Sushmita Sen.

According to our sources, “Manish & Sushmita are finalized to play protogonist in the rom-com. The makers are planning to make an official announcement soon.”

Sen has been missing from silver screen for the past few years. Her last film was 'No Problem' which was released in 2010.  The talented diva is all set to make debut in Bengali cinema with Nirbhaak.

Manish Paul in..Drashti Dhami’s Jhalak journey comes to an end!  

Manish remained unavailable for comment.

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Rakul Preet's discipline stems from her army connection!

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Actress Rakul Preet who is set to make her foray into Bollywood with Yaariyaan; the directorial debut of T-Series’ head honcho Bhushan Kumar’s wife Divya Kumar, has a habit of reaching her sets half an hour before time!

When asked about it, she credits her tendency to her army connection. Rakul’s dad is a colonel in the army and she has done her final years of schooling from Army Public School in Delhi. A mathematics graduate, she has studied financial management.

“They say discipline is the soul of an army. I have grown up inculcating the values of timeliness, obedience, restraint and commitment. I’m realizing that qualities like these go a long way in shaping life,” she says with dreams in her eyes.

Rakul’s family background puts the gal in a unique league of Bollywood beauties like Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Sushmita Sen, Anushka Sharma, Chitrangada Singh and Lara Dutta; all of whom hail from military backgrounds; with parents posted in various rungs of the military hierarchy.

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Rakul Preet to debut in Bollywood with Yaariyaan

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The glamorous industry of Bollywood owes a lot to the Miss India pageant; a talent house which has produced some of the biggest film stars. The names include Nutan, Zeenat Aman, Juhi Chawla, Meenakshi Seshadri, Sushmita Sen, Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra.

And now another Miss India participant Rakul Preet is all set to enter the glittering world with Yaariyaan; the directorial debut of T-Series’ head honcho Bhushan Kumar’s wife Divya Kumar.

“Yaariyaan is about five college friends and I play a nerd in the film. One who is very good with numbers,” quips the leading lady. The character is quite of her liking, as the tall and lissome Rakul is a mathematics graduate, who has studied financial management.

Moreover, like many previous beauty pageant winners, she comes from a family background of the Indian Army. Rakul won various titles in the Miss India pageant of 2011. She bagged Miss India People’s Choice, Miss Beautiful Eyes, Miss Beautiful Smile, Miss Fresh Face, Miss Talented and emerged the third runner-up finalist.

Soon after, she participated in Miss Tourism in China and rose to the sixth position in the international pageant. But that’s not all to her Libran multi-faceted personality! Apart from Hindi, English and Punjabi, the gal has now learnt to speak Tamil and Telugu and also acted in Southern hits.

Her die-hard interests include horse riding, Bharatanatyam, and hold your breath; golf too. Now, now! How many Bollywood actresses would have engaged in playing golf! But if you think, that’s enough for Rakul, you are mistaken!

The girl is a fitness freak with gymming and swimming being her daily addictions. She’s a Blue Belt in Karate, plays cricket, basket ball and even lawn tennis! And wait, did we tell you, she’s particularly proud of her 36-24-36 figure! Ooh la la!

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Madhuri, Sushmita honoured for excellence

Gurgaon, June 26 - Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit and former beauty queen and actress Sushmita Sen were honoured for individual excellence in the field of acting and entrepreneurship respectively here Monday night.

While Sushmita was honoured with woman entrepreneur award for successfully running her organisation --I AM SHE, Madhuri was conferred with platinum diva award, at Planman Media's Powerbrands Hall of Fame awards held at Kingdom of Dreams.

"I am very proud and honoured after receiving the award. It reiterates the fact that people still look at me with integrity. I have come here with a lot of hard work," said Madhuri, who was accompanied by husband Sriram Nene, after receiving the award.

While thanking for the honour, Sushmita said: "It has been a journey for me. I won Miss Universe in 1994, got to do my first film 'Dastak' in 1996 and now I receive this woman entrepreneur award for I AM SHE, which I opened two years ago."

Sen said she opened it with the idea of making "Our Indian beauties capable enough to win international titles. All you people have been a source of great strength".

Actors Parineeti Chopra and Prateik also received the awards for rising star female and rising star male respectively.

"Just a year ago I was not even planning to become an actress. I was working in corporate industry. I always thought of becoming a banker. But I think destiny has its own role to play," said Parineeti who is enjoying new found fame after the success of "Ladies v/s Ricky Bahl" and "Ishaqzaade".

"It feels really good that I have been getting so many awards. I promise to keep working harder and I hope to keep everybody happy," she added.

Prateik, who has films like "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na", "My Friend Pinto" and "Aarakshan" to his credit, dedicated his trophy to the people he has worked with so far.

"This is really encouraging. I would like to dedicate this to all the people who I have worked in all my films," he said.

Theatre veteran Tom Alter was given an award for exemplary contribution to Indian theatre while recently crowned Miss Asia Pacific Himagini Singh Yadu was honoured with the title of inspirational youth icon.

Celebrity chef Vikas Khanna was given an award in the category, India Ki Shaan- culinary. People from various corporate and marketing fields were also honoured at the awards ceremony.

The event saw the unveiling of Planman's second edition of "Powerbrands", a research-driven book, which talks about 100 most powerful brands of India.

SOURCE: IANS





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