Dhadak director Shashank Khaitan says that he is impressed by the professional commitment of the film’s lead actress Janhvi Kapoor, a debutante, who finished shooting it on time, even after the sudden demise of her mother and legendary actress Sridevi.
“I think the whole credit goes to Janhvi and her family who supported me to finish the shoot of my film. I was ready to go back on set whenever Janhvi felt emotionally ready because at that time, for all of us, nothing was more important than her emotional security. But I am more than impressed to see her professionalism,” Khaitan told IANS.
Sridevi had passed away on February 24 when the shooting of Dhadak was still going on.
“Even we were heartbroken. Imagine what she went through,” recalled the director.
“So my immediate question was not when will we be able to finish the film, but how will she recover from her emotional loss. I think on the 13th day, she geared up to shoot and I was so impressed,” he added.
Remembering her mother, Janhvi said: “Mumma said that I have a sweet voice. She did not watch the full film as we were only halfway through. Before any big event of my life, Mumma used to be the most involved person. Before my exams, I used to study till late at night and she would stay awake with me. She would wake up to see me off to school every day.”
Asked if she recalls her conversation with her mother before the first day of her shooting, Janhvi said: “Mumma just said one important thing, ‘Your performance should come from the place of feeling and no pretention. The camera captures everything’.”
Dhadak, also featuring Ishaan Khatter, is releasing on July 20. – IANS

Nawabzaade actress 
Isha feels fortunate with 
her Bollywood debut

Actress Isha Rikhi, who is making her Bollywood debut with romantic comedy film Nawabzaade said she was very lucky to get such opportunity.
Isha told IANS on phone that she was feeling lucky to be a part of this film. “I know many actors who are equally hard working like me but yet to get the opportunity in Bollywood. I am very happy to make my debut with a rom-com.”
The trailer of the film was released this week and also a very special song which is composed by Guru Randhawa featuring Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor.
While Isha is getting a positive response from various online platforms asked about if she was worried about the audience’s reception, as she has popularity in Punjabi films the actress said: “Yes I was little worried how people will accept the film and me in the film.”
“This is my first ever Bollywood film which has a bigger exposure than my earlier Punjabi films, so I expected people to like me. thankfully it is happening.”
Isha started modelling at a young age and worked in some of the Punjabi films like Happy Go Lucky, Jatt Boys Putt Jattan De among others.
The story of Nawabzaade revolves around three boys who are running after one girl.
Asked about her on-set experience, Isha said: “Before the film, I did not know anyone and that was the reason I was quite nervous. Whenever we make a film as an actor we need full support from the co-actors, crew members and ofcourse director. Thankfully at the end of the shooting, we really become a close-knit family.”
The actress, soon to appear on popular rapper Badshah’s upcoming music video song titled Bamb, said that she wishes to work with Imtiaz Ali and Rajkumar Hirani in future. – IANS

Farah Khan poses with 
‘lovely ladies’ from Housefull 4

Choreographer-filmmaker Farah Khan posed with actresses Kriti Sanon, Pooja Hegde and Kriti Kharbanda, whom she calls “lovely ladies”.
Farah on Saturday shared a photograph of herself from the sets of Housefull 4.
“With the lovely ladies of Housefull 4, who really do get along because heroines fighting is so passe,” she captioned the image.
Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, Houseful 4 marks the return of Sajid Khan as the director for the franchise. The film will also see Bobby reuniting with Akshay, with whom he has previously worked in four films — Ajnabee, Dosti: Friends Forever, Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo and Thank You.
Housefull 4 is set for a Diwali 2019 release. – IANS

Anupam ‘panicked’ after losing Twitter followers

Veteran actor Anupam Kher says he was panicked and questioned his eyesight after losing 130,000 followers on Twitter.
Anupam on Saturday tweeted: “Losing almost 130,000 followers on Twitter had its initial side effects. Panic, memory loss, disbelief, anxiety, questioning my eyesight. Even though I was explained patiently that it is part of cleaning up policy. But I felt like they expelled me from their wealth.”
Twitter decided to sanitise the platform by removing inactive and locked accounts. So, a lot of popular names from the film industry ended up with reduced followers.
Twitter earlier this week announced it will remove locked accounts — which are disabled owing to suspicious activity — from follower counts across profiles globally. The locked accounts are different from spam or bots and in most cases, these accounts were created by real people.
Other big names, who lost their followers on Twitter, include Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, among other film celebrities as a result of the ‘sanitisation’ of the micro-blogging platform. The micro-blogging platform was yet to come up with an official statement on this. – IANS