Have you heard? Heroines welcomed

Talk in tinsel town is that the heroines for Welcome 3 have been finalised This will be the first of Akshay Kumarrsquos latest collaboration with producer Firoz Nadiadwala to go on floors early next year In keeping with the franchise template of the conflict centred on the female leads the makers have roped in Jacqueliene Fernandez and Disha Patani for the third instalment While the first two editions were helmed by Anees Bazmee the third part will see Ahmed Khan pick up the directorial baton Akki reprises his character Rajiv while Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi step in to play Uday Shetty and Majnu respectively The five actors and the makers reportedly did a photoshoot at Empire Studios last week Firoz and Ahmed plan to announce their new laugh riot soonTo new beginningsNow that the verdict on Bawaal is out Varun Dhawan has moved on to his next He begins filming director Kaleesrsquos Hindi adaptation of Atleersquos Tamil hit Theri in Mumbai today While Keerthy Suresh and Wamiqa Gabbi have been signed on as the leading ladies Varun is said to be filming solo portions today Apparently the actor will shoot for the announcement promo and some key scenes Atlee and Murad Khetani are jointly producing this action entertainer and will announce the collaboration with a special teaser packed with action and drama Though Varun has played twins before in Judwaa 2 the Theri remake is said to present him in a neverseenbefore avatarA new dawnFarhan Akhtar is set to announce his next Don 3 with Ranveer Singh He shared a post revisiting the journey of the enigmatic character first created by SalimJaved and played by Amitabh Bachchan and later reimagined by him with Shah Rukh Khan ldquoThe time has now come to take the legacy of Don forward and joining us in this new interpretation will be an actor whose talent and versatility I have long admiredrdquo Farhan wrote hoping the new actor gets the same love as the two iconic actorsPooja reminisces her journeyDuring a recent conversation with cocontestants Abhishek Malhan Manisha Rani and Bebika Dhurve on Bigg Boss OTT 2 Pooja Bhatt revealed how she grew tired of acting and made her transition into production and direction She reminisced ldquoI felt the desire to escape to a place where anonymity prevailedrdquo Pooja who returned to acting after 21 years with Bombay Begums added ldquoThroughout my journey I consistently collaborated with new talents aspiring to elevate them into stardom When my actors used to be appreciated I felt my work paid offrdquoA special pop art for SonuRecently Team India Creative Unity comprising a cohort of skilled artists paid a tribute to Sonu Sood who has emerged as a reallife hero for the masses in recent years They created a pop art piece spanning 117 lakh sq ft in Ajitwal Moga where the actor hails from to acknowledge his contribution as an actor and a humanitarian The art piece encapsulates Sonursquos journey as an actor and a philanthropist The actor is currently working on his next Fateh revolving around ethical hacking which he is also producingParasrsquos sneakers obsessionKundali Bhagya actor Paras Kalnawat is an avid collector of accessories However few know that he has a huge closet dedicated only to his sneakers Apparently he owns about 400 pairs wearing a different one to the shoot every day ldquoI believe life is too short to wear the same sneakers every dayrdquo he said about his obsession Calling his footwear wardrobe his ldquohappy placerdquo the actor added ldquoThese arenrsquot just shoes they are footprints of my soulrsquos journey And Irsquoll keep walking taking one stylish step at a timerdquoSame but differentDuring the success meet of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani recently Karan Johar shared that Alia Bhatt shot the wedding sequence with Ranveer Singh just four days after tying the knot with Ranbir Kapoor The filmmaker added that the mehendi her character Rani Chatterjee has is the same and was just darkened for the shoot Mehendi designer Veena Nagda shared some pictures of Alia clarifying ldquoYou can clearly see her wrist is empty in the last photo which is after her wedding For the movie we did the entire wrist design We also made changes to the design on her fingers Few other changes were made to overall designrdquo