Have you heard? New OTT plans for Akshay and Rakul starrer?

Blame it on the pandemic that Akshay Kumar has films nearing completion and yet awaiting a date with cinemas The actor who is known to wrap up his movies in 45odd days had released his Laxmii 2020 directly on a streaming platform Now we hear that his next film with director Ranjit Tiwari and costarring Rakul Preet Singh will drop directly on OTT What is surprising is that it may be streamed in episodic form like a series Insiders state that the narrative is such that it can be treated like a web series with a different style of editing Moreover the makers are also ready to reshoot some sequences to add to the thrills at the end of each episode Of course the final call will be taken after producers Vashu and Jackky Bhagnani decide on the format they deem best suited for the storylineSpeaking her mindIf there is one person who speaks her mind without worrying about consequences it is Sona Mohapatra The singer took off on Jacqueline Fernandez for her association with Sukesh Chandrashekhar who is under arrest for his alleged involvement in a Rs 200 crore moneylaundering case Sharing a picture of an ad featuring Jackie Sona wrote ldquoAnd also apparently free expensive unearned luxury gifts my personal decision is to avoid any brand with a brand ambassador of this kind Person of substance have a worthy skill set something to admire No If not please donrsquot sell me anything with your vacuous self IndiardquoTherersquos a difference Okay so Kiara Advanirsquos spokesperson is going around town saying that the actor hasnrsquot yet been approached for director Sandeep Reddy Vangarsquos next Spirit starring Prabhas Whoever said she has been approached or any conversations are happening on that front Kiara or any other actor for that matter can be considered or shortlisted by Sandeep or any other filmmaker Never heard that any filmmaker needs any actorrsquos consent to consider himher for their film Have youSonalrsquos long brsquoday weekendSonal Chauhan who turned a year wiser yesterday brought in her special day in Goa She had taken off to the beach state along with her friends including Sussanne Khan for the weekend celebrations They brought in her birthday on Sunday night and the party continued till the wee hours The actor who has Adipurush with Prabhas and The Ghost with Nagarjuna in her kitty apparently cut a dozen cakes during her birthday weekend The gang returned to the bay last afternoon to ldquoget back to workrdquo say sources With some interesting films lined up therersquos enough reason for Sonal to celebrate some more Big Brsquos savage and savvy repliesYou have to hand it to Amitabh Bachchan for his sharp responses to trolls for their nasty comments The icon was barraged with mean comments when he wished his followers lsquoGood Morningrsquo on social media past 11 am Replying to a userrsquos comment on wishing rather early the actor wrote ldquoI am grateful for the taunt But I was working till late night shooting wrapped up this morning I got late in waking up so sent wishes as soon as I did If it hurt you then I apologiserdquo When another follower call him lsquobuddhersquo Big B retorted ldquoI hope you have a long life and I pray to God that nobody insults you when you grow oldrdquo While we wish Bachchan had borrowed from one of his moviersquos titles to say lsquoBuddha hoga tera baaprsquo we have to admit his calm replies were savage and savvy nonethelessA script for SalmanOver 12 years ago south director Harish Shankar adapted Salman Khanrsquos Dabangg 2010 in Telugu as Gabbar Singh with Pawan Kalyan Now we hear that the filmmaker who was in Mumbai recently is scripting a film for the Bollywood superstar Harishrsquos meeting with Salman was facilitated by Naveen Yerneni who is a producer of Mahesh Babursquos recent release Sarkaru Vaari Paata An informer reveals that the director will pitch his script with Salman at the right time only after he is completely satisfied with the draftAnother award for JitendraJitendra Joshi who shot to fame for his portrayal of constable Ashok Katekar in Sacred Games recently won the Best Actor Award at the New York International Film Festival for his performance in Godavari Previously he won the Silver Peacock in the International Competition at IFFI Nikhil Mahajanrsquos directorial venture is part of the six Indian movies selected by the IampB Ministry to be screened at the 75th Cannes Film Festival Joshi plays Nishikant who having strayed away from his family for long returns home to discover corners he didnrsquot know existed and to mend relationships that had never really broken