Have you heard? Adopting sobriety

Adopting sobrietyMahesh Bhatt has recalled the time he battled alcoholism and ended up spending a night on a footpath Speaking to Arbaaz Khan on his show he shared ldquoOne day I woke up and found myself sleeping on the footpath of JVPD scheme My face was on the concrete and dawn was just breaking I had gone to a party and had fallen down on the road I walked up to my house Soni Razdan said lsquoWhat happened to yoursquo I said I donrsquot know Irsquove become an alcoholicrdquo It was when his daughter Shaheen was born that he realised he needed to mend his ways ldquoI went to the hospital and was holding Shaheen in my arms I leaned in to kiss her and got the feeling that she moved away She couldnrsquot bear the fumes of alcohol Perhaps this is what I hallucinated But that made me want to changerdquoTale of two IndiasThe trailer of the upcoming film Bheed which stars an ensemble cast was unveiled recently The film plays out in monochrome and tells the story of Indians against the backdrop of the nationwide lockdown It chronicles how the migrant workers were treated by authorities as they walked miles for days together to reach their homes It portrays Dia Mirzarsquos character as a privileged person who is stranded Pankaj Kapur is seen as a bigot who refuses help from MuslimsNaach na jaaneOften criticised for his dancing skills veteran actor Dharmendra decided to address the claims in a nowdeleted social media post Sharing a throwback picture of him dancing he wrote ldquoI danced to everyonersquos tunes and yet people said Dharmendra cannot dancerdquo Jaaved Jaaferi responded stating ldquoWhen you danced with joy the world danced with you toordquo Evidently something irked the actor who is seen in the project Taj Divided by Blood He will play the role of Sheikh Salim Chisti in itKaran channels his inner Sima TapariaVidya Balan recently shared how she and her husband Siddharth Roy Kapur first began dating She stated that it was Karan Johar who paired the two together at his party Speaking to a portal she revealed ldquoKaran has played Cupid in this relationship At his party Siddharth walked in and because we had just watched a play together we ended up having a chat Thatrsquos when probably something happened Later of course I got to know that Karan had wanted us to meet This was an intentional invitationrdquoRajamouli as director of Marvel filmRam Charan hopes his RRR director SS Rajamouli directs a Marvel movie Charan is currently in the US to promote the period epic actioner which is nominated in the Original Song category for Naatu naatu He shared snippets of his interview with a website online Quizzed about Rajamoulirsquos chances of directing a Marvel film Charan said ldquoWow We are going to host a big party if that happens I really hope that happens It is for my directorrdquo Asked if he would like to feature in the Marvel or Star Wars franchises the actor said he would want to be in ldquoevery film in every country where people appreciate cinemardquo ldquoI want to be in every franchise that people are watching and buying tickets forrdquo he sharedThank God for thatVeteran actor Ratna Pathak Shah has aptly pointed out that in the absence of comedy her body of work would have comprised ldquotragicrdquo roles alone Pathak who pulled off the iconic comic role of Maya Sarabhai in a TV show said in a recent conversation ldquoI was on my way to becoming a great tragic actress Thankfully Idhar Udhar happened and I was relieved of the weight of becoming this lsquogreat actressrsquo aspiring to do Lady Macbeth It gave me the chance to learn Comedy gave me the opportunity to acquire new skillsrdquoReady for releaseFilmmaker Shekhar Kapurrsquos latest directorial venture Whatrsquos Love Got to Do with It will release in theatres countrywide on March 17 The British romantic comedy which delves into how different cultures look at love and marriage features Lily James and Shazad Latif in lead roles The filmrsquos ensemble cast also includes Shabana Azmi and Emma Thompson as well as music maestro Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in a guest appearance It is about a modern British woman living in the messy world of lsquoright swipesrsquo and lsquoonline datingrsquoPC celebrates Asian culturePriyanka Chopra Jonas and her American popstar husband Nick Jonas are celebrating South Asian excellence Speaking at the South Asian Excellence preOscars celebration where they highlighted the importance of celebrating the culture she said ldquoTo be able to look around me and see my peers and colleagues who have hustled and pounded the pavement for years and to be able to have them receive a moment thatrsquos just theirs makes me cryrdquo Nominated films at this yearrsquos ceremony include RRR Turning Red All that Breathes The Elephant Whisperers and Everything Everywhere All at Once