Expresso Bollywood News Update at 11:30 am on 26th August 2022

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“Let us begin this bulletin with some news from the upcoming action film Pathaan as a new poster for John Abraham’s villainous character in the film has been unveiled. The film serves as Shah Rukh Khan’s grand return to the big screen after a four-year gap. The film also stars Deepika Padukone in a pivotal role.

Pathaan motion poster begins with a ticking timer, which then transitions to a shot of John looking menacing in combat gear.

Siddharth said in a statement, “John Abraham is THE antagonist, THE villain of Pathaan. And I have always believed in the fact that the villain’s projection should be as big, if not bigger than that of the hero’s.”””
“Meanwhile,

Ryan Reynolds’ love for Bollywood is known to all. The Hollywood star has often spoken about his love for the celebration of life showcased in Hindi cinema. Recently, the Deadpool star shared that he wants to slip into the DMs of Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh and added that he is “pretty sure everyone in India wants to do it too”

Ryan Reynolds is currently promoting his docu-series Welcome to Wrexham. The series will be streamed on Disney+Hotstar”
“Actor Anupam Kher, who is celebrating the success of Karthikeya 2, recently shared his two cents on why south Indian films are doing better than Hindi films. Kher said that filmmakers in the south are concentrating on telling stories as opposed to Bollywood which seems to be more focused on packaging a film around a movie star.

Kher told ETimes, “I think over there, I’m not differentiating between the two but I think (their) cinema is relevant because they are not aping Hollywood. They are telling stories, over here we are selling stars.”

Anupam Kher’s upcoming films include Sooraj Barjatya’s Uunchai, which also stars Amitabh Bachchan and Boman Irani. He will also be seen as Jayaprakash Narayan in Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency.”
“Moving on,

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as queen Nandini is the epitome of beauty in the new BTS pictures from the sets of Ponniyin Selvan: 1. In the leaked picture doing the rounds on the internet, Aishwarya is dressed up as her character in the film. Fans were quick enough to comment on the photo showering love on her look

The 48-year-old actor will make a comeback with Mani Ratnam’s Tamil period film. She was last seen in Fanney Khan that released in 2018. In an interview with ETimes, the actor said during the pandemic, “My priority is still my family and my child. I stepped out to complete Mani sir’s Ponniyin Selvan, but that doesn’t change my focus for my family” ”
“Priyanka Chopra Jonas has been living in the US ever since she forayed into America with the ABC show Quantico and built a successful career there with a list of prestigious titles. While she does travel back to India time and again for work, she recently got a pleasant surprise from her friends and colleagues from Bollywood. Producer Boney Kapoor and his daughter sent some Indian snacks to Priyanka, who lives in Los Angeles.

Priyanka uploaded a story on her Instagram account showing gratitude to Boney and Khushi. In the picture, one can see Indian snacks like poha, khakhra, namkeen and many other traditional Indian munchies. Priyanka wrote on the Instagram story, “Thank you @boney.kapoor and @khushi05k for a taste of home! So kind!”. ”
“The third song of Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra, titled Dance Ka Bhoot, was released by the makers on Thursday. Featuring Ranbir Kapoor in the music video, the song has him dancing at a huge festival. His character in the film, DJ Shiva, is enjoying dancing at a local, but huge festival, which eventually turns into a dance party as the sun goes down, and he starts DJing.

The song will be Ranbir’s introduction in the film. Keeping in line with all the promotional material that we have seen so far, this video too is massive in scale.

Composed by Pritam, the song has been written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and sung by Arijit Singh.

Brahmastra will release in theatres on September 9.
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“We end this bulletin with news from the film ‘Emergency’

Kangana Ranaut on Thursday revealed another key character from her upcoming directorial. The political drama, wherein Ranaut herself will be seen playing former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, will see model-actor Milind Soman as war hero Sam Manekshaw.

Sam Mankeshaw was the chief of the army staff during the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971. He was also the first army officer to be promoted to the distinguished designation of field marshal. A film on his life is in development, with Vicky Kaushal in the lead role.

The film also stars Anupam Kher as Jayaprakash Narayan and Shreyas Talpade as Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Mahima Choudhary will play Pupul Jayakar.”

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