Have you heard? Fawad's series goes international

Fawadrsquos series goes internationalFawad Khanrsquos new series Barzakh has become the only South Asian selection for the Series Mania Festival in France To be screened as part of the International Panorama lineup the show is nominated in the Best Series Best Director Best Actress Best Actor and Student Jury Award categories Elated with the development director Asim Abbasi says ldquoIt is a momentous yet humbling occasion for us not only because the show is close to my heart but also because the selection is a strong validation of our belief in this story I am glad that it is now finding its way among the best inthe worldrdquoJust talkingCall it a blast from the past or what you may but Sara Ali Khan bumped into Kartik Aaryan in Udaipur Well she had gone to Rajasthan to celebrate her mom Amrita Singhrsquos 65th birthday oblivious that she would run into her Love Aaj Kal costar there We hear the two got talking mdash at first it was idharudhar ki baatein but they quickly progressed to fill each other in on their respective lives Sara and Kartik were said to be dating during the making of director Imtiaz Alirsquos 2020 romantic drama However after the film bombed their rumoured relationship too fizzled out Though the two actors crossed paths at a few events since then this was the first time that Sara and Kartik got chattySpy actWhile Salman Khan is synonymous with the Tiger franchise today he was set to play a reallife spy on screen not too long ago Director Rajkumar Gupta wanted the actor to play The Black Tiger in his biopic on the RampAW agent Ravindra Kaushik At the time Salmanrsquos brotherinlaw Atul Agnihotri was reportedly backing the project While the biopic didnrsquot materialise Anurag Basu has now announced a venture on the same subject Hersquoll double up as a producer on the film with R Vivek Asvin Srivatsangam and Divay DhamijaPrabhas takes a health breakSouth superstar Prabhas has taken a break from his professional commitments It turns out that he was pushing himself at work despite being unwell for a while The Baahubali actor who is reportedly suffering from exertion and running a high temperature recently visited a hospital in Hyderabad for a checkup We hear the doctors advised him to not exert at work and take it easy for a week or two Apparently after some coaxing Prabhas paid heed to his doctorrsquos advice and has informed his producers about his absence The actor who is working on Prashanth Neelrsquos Salaar and Nag Ashwinrsquos Project K is slated to return to the sets later this monthHirani reviving Amarnath biopicEven as he is readying his Shah Rukh Khanstarrer Dunki for a Christmas 2023 release Rajkumar Hirani is contemplating his next movie He is said to be reviving his biopic on the late cricket legend Lala Amarnath The director was originally planning to make the film after the release of Sanju 2018 Interestingly in 2019 when he began talks with SRK for a collaboration the filmmaker also suggested the Lala Amarnath biopic However at the time the actor chose Dunki Now Hirani has instructed his writing team to work on the movie about the former cricketer While he is joining forces with producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani for the project it remains to be seen who will play Lalaji on the big screenLife comes full circle for NamikUnlike many who singlemindedly pursue acting career Namik Paul shares that he had never planned to become an actor After starting his career as a journalist for a news channel in Oregon US he then pursued modelling in Delhi and learnt the ropes of acting by joining a theatre group Namik shifted to Mumbai when he got a big break with the popular show Qubool Hai He says ldquoThatrsquos when I realised that acting is something that I enjoy Now playing the role of Shiv in Lag Ja Gale is a stepping stone for me to turn my dreams into reality I am happy with how my journey is panning outrdquoDance attackAnupam Kher recently promoted his Shiv Shastri Balboa on The Kapil Sharma Show The veteran actor revealed that the one thing he is terrible at is dancing ldquoThe biggest tragedy of my life is that I have two left feetrdquo he confessed adding that he does the same step every time he comes for the show Thatrsquos when Archana Puran Singh recalled his argument with Aditya Chopra while filming a song for Mohabbatein 2000 She shared ldquoAnupam was hellbent on not dancing I believe that I am terrible at dancing but Anupam is worse than merdquo Itrsquos another thing that Anupam gave in to Adityarsquos diktat and shook a leg for the song