Have you heard? Everybody loves Roshan

In a recent interview filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker revealed that his 2016 film Mohenjo Daro starring Hrithik Roshan is his favourite even though it turned out to be a critical and commercial failure Apart from having a great canvas the filmmaker says he was supported by Roshanrsquos phenomenal performance He however acknowledged that the screenplay failed to evoke the desired emotional response from the viewer Asserting that the story will always be more worthy than the scale on which a film is mounted Gowariker suggested that his period film couldnrsquot be salvaged regardless of the scale on which it was made He concluded by calling the film his ldquofavouriterdquo and said he hasnrsquot abandoned it yetNo baggage for ZoyaSpeaking at a festival Zoya Akhtar said she and writer Reema Kagti didnrsquot want to cast established names for their upcoming The Archies as stars come with the baggage of their image The Indian liveaction musical based on the American comics of the same name marks the acting debut of Shah Rukh Khanrsquos daughter Suhana Khan Boney Kapoorrsquos daughter Khushi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchanrsquos grandson Agastya Nanda ldquoWe were clear that we wanted newcomers because they are such iconic characters and getting anybody who is already very wellknown would bring their baggage onto it good or bad Also we needed kids who looked like teenagersrdquoTricks of the tradeEven before he makes his acting debut Raj Kundra appears to have learned the tropes of teasing fans Shilpa Shettyrsquos husband who will feature in UT69 took to social media to share ldquoWe have separated and kindly request you to give us time during this difficult periodrdquo Given that the duo has been showering praise on one another in the recent past fans were quick to call his bluff however some speculated that the couple was indeed parting ways Kundra subsequently shared that his message was addressed to the mask that he had been sporting since he got out of jail ldquoFarewell masks hellipitrsquos time to separate now Thank you for keeping me protected over the last two yearsrdquoWords that matterFrom finding fans in cinema icon Kamal Haasan and veteran singer Usha Uthup to becoming a countrywide favourite and following it up with a National Award win the success attained by the music of Pushpa The Rise is something composer Devi Sri Prasad says he never anticipated lsquolsquoWe knew that we were making something really good in terms of the film the music and the lyrics We knew that we were doing all the right thingsrsquorsquo DSP said The soundtrack of the Telugu movie became a hit with numbers like Srivalli Oo antava and Saami saami topping the charts Top stars became fans of the music too lsquorsquoWhenever I meet Kamal Haasan sir he hums Srivalli He loves it We know that he is an amazing singerrsquorsquo the music director said adding that the Vikram star was one of the first to call and congratulate him on the National Award win Haasan also posted a lengthy tweet praising DSP for his work on the film ldquoThat made me so happy I got a call from Chiranjeevi sir Suriya sir and Prabhu Deva sir so that in itself was an award for me They all congratulated me and said lsquoYou deserve itrsquordquoWhen SRK turned down DDLJIf it wasnrsquot for the cityrsquos radio stations giving us a peek into the past we wouldnrsquot have even realised how much we missed the wonderful soundtrack of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge which released 28 years ago Interestingly lead actor Shah Rukh Khan had initially rejected the film four times The actor was not convinced that the audience would accept him in a romantic avatar given that he had shone in his antihero roles in films like Baazigar and Darr In the documentary made on DDLJ Khan once revealed ldquoBy the time I joined films I was 26 Normally romantic films were for those who started off in college and then worked their way up into romance I thought I was too old to be a romantic herordquo It was Yash Chopra who told him he needed to ldquotake up romantic rolesrdquo to thriveVoice for allNikita Dutta was on the panel of a recent OTT festival and reiterated that the platform has opened new horizons for content from various regional industries ldquoItrsquos heartening to see regional industries like the Malayalam Gujarati and Marathi industries thrive The key is to ensure that everyone has a level playing field so that we can encourage the diverse voices of our countryrdquoPeeCee backs cousinPriyanka Chopra Jonas extended support to her cousin actor Mannara as the latter set foot in the house of the reality show Bigg Boss 17 Mannara has worked in Telugu Tamil Hindi and Kannada films Priyanka who enjoys a massive fan following of 896 million followers on Instagram took to the Stories section and shared a throwback picture with her cousin ldquoThrowback to little Mannara Good luck little onerdquo she wrote