Have you heard? Completely Indian again

The long weekend gave Akshay Kumar double the reasons to celebrate First is the audiencesrsquo response to his latest release OMG 2 The actorproducer hosted a special dinner for the filmrsquos team at his Juhu home Coactors Yami Gautam Pankaj Tripathi and others joined in the revelry The bigger cause for celebration was getting his Indian citizenship Akki who had been criticised for having a Canadian passport for the past many years shared a glimpse of the official document on social media on the occasion of Independence Day Some months ago the actor had revealed that he had applied for Indian citizenship and he hoped that the paperwork would be processed in due time Alongside a picture of the official government documents confirming his status the actor wrote ldquoDil aur citizenship dono Hindustani Happy Independence Day Jai HindrdquoSequel updateNow that Gadar 2 The Katha Continues has become a blockbuster Sunny Deol was asked about the sequels to his other films Yamla Pagla Deewana and Apne Conceding that the three films have their own space the actor said ldquoYamla Pagla Deewana had all of us together papa Dharmendra and younger brother Bobby Deol We made the audience laugh a lot Many people want us to do the film again but for that itrsquos important to first have a storyrdquo Sharing that he has the story of Apne 2 which will see son Karan Deol join Bobby chacha dada Dharam and him Sunny added ldquoLetrsquos see when we begin Itrsquos a beautiful story of family values an extension of what we have shown in Apne Bas abhi mujhe lagta hai koi actresses thi jo role karne se dar rahi thi shayad ab karegirdquo Until then Sunny has Baap with Mithun Chakraborty Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff being readied for release soonPrem Suman bat for newbiesPrem and Suman from Sooraj Barjatyarsquos Maine Pyar Kiya 1989 are now batting for the filmmakerrsquos son Avnishrsquos directorial debut Dono The upcoming musical romance drama marks the screen debut of Sunny Deolrsquos son Rajveer and Poonam Dhillonrsquos daughter Paloma Salman Khan and Bhagyashree who essayed the iconic characters in Soorajrsquos maiden venture will release the first song of Dono today The Maine Pyar Kiya duo who redefined love in the early 1990s will also crown Rajveer and Paloma as the new Rajshri Productionsrsquo reel jodi While Bhagyashree took a break from movies some years after her big debut Salman continues his association with the Barjatyas The actor is slated to team up with Sooraj again for his next directorial ventureWhy say sorryDuring a promotional event for Dulquer Salmaanrsquos King of Kotha in Hyderabad recently Rana Daggubati shared an incident from the latterrsquos Hindi film with a Bollywood heroine Without mentioning names Rana recalled dropping in when the team was shooting near his home While Dulquer was standing in a corner talking to a spot boy his Bollywood heroine was ldquoengrossed in a phone conversation about shopping in London with her husband Her lack of focus affected the shotsrsquo quality frustrating those on setrdquo Netizens were quick to point out that the instance was about Sonam K Ahuja from the shoot of The Zoya Factor Yesterday Rana clarified that he was ldquogenuinely troubled by the negativity that has been aimed at Sonam due to my commentsrdquo He said ldquoAs friends we often exchange playful banter and I deeply regret that my words have been misinterpretedrdquo However social media users questioned Ranarsquos diplomatic apology for stating the truthWin some lose someElvish Yadav emerged victorious in Bigg Boss OTT 2 which is hosted by Salman Khan Besides the coveted trophy the YouTuber also takes home the prize money of R25 lakh However it looks like he got carried away with his win when he revealed that a JioCinema official told him that he got lsquo280 million votes in 15 minutesrsquo that saw him win the reality show Several netizens trolled Elvish terming his revelations as ldquoa big jokerdquoPost hasteSunny Deolrsquos Gadar 2 has made everyone sit up and take notice of the noholdsbarred massy entertainer Varun Dhawan is no exception and he too shared a post The Bawaal actor posted a picture of Paaji captioned ldquoSunny Deol is letting Gadar 2 numbers do all the talking while he politely gets into the car todayrdquo Alongside he wrote ldquoPower moves silentlyrdquo While Varun deleted the social media post he uploaded another one instead This time he shared a picture of himself posing with a standee of Sunny wielding a hammer with a water pump in front of him Why Varun deleted his first post and uploaded another instead well your guess is as good as oursAll praise for Juniorrsquos nextA film has to be really special for an actor to see it twice in as many days Guess thatrsquos what Ghoomer is for Amitabh Bachchan Firstly it is helmed by one of his favourite directors R Balki and secondly it stars his son Abhishek Bachchan Late Monday night the Indian cinema legend shared the experience on his blog He wrote ldquoThe verdict is beyond mention simply incredible Eyes have been in the aqua flow from the very first frame and when the progeny is involved they flow copiouslyrdquo He also lauded ldquothe deftness with which R Balki has knitted before us in the simplest of manner a most complex idea of losers and winners of what each one of us has been throughrdquo