Have you heard? Women building women

Speaking at a film festival Priyanka Chopra Jonas revealed that when a femaleled film doesnrsquot work she considers it to be a lsquocollective failurersquo of all women She shared that she was advised against taking on Fashion 2008 and doing a femaleled film in the early stages of her career ldquoTherersquos a lot of pressure when you are part of a femaleled film because we have few of them being made We are seeing the success of femaleled films but achieving that is tough When such a film doesnrsquot do well I feel it is a collective failure of all women I feel we have taken them a few steps back This has to work because there are a few of us who get the opportunity to do this and we have to do it well whether we are filmmakers actors writers or hair and makeup artistesrdquoFrom the khiladiActor Paras Kalnawat has an undying love for action sequences and revealed that for a recent fight sequence in his show Kundali Bhagya he took inspiration from Akshay Kumarrsquos films ldquoItrsquos been such an exhilarating experience to delve into the world of action Irsquove been an admirer of the action sequences in Akshay Kumarrsquos films The way he seamlessly blends action and charisma in his portrayals has been a constant source of inspiration for me I watched some of his best action movies as soon as I got to know I would be shooting something similarrdquo he saidBeing my own designerSonam K Ahuja said she styled herself in her film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo ldquoIt was a film that reached the length and breadth of India It was one of those films of mine that worked very well I had styled myself in it I had picked the western wear while a designer designed the Indian wear I remember going to a couple of weddings after the film released and seeing a lot of girls wearing the same clothes I thought that was wonderful I realised that is the power of cinemardquo said the actor The movie also starred Salman KhanDekha na haye re socha naYou never know what can catch the fancy of social media users Something as innocuous as Cristiano Ronaldo failing to notice Salman Khan at an event appeared to be their fodder for a fair part of the day yesterday While fans questioned why the footballer ignored the actor and began to troll both rumours were put to rest after another picture of them chatting at a boxing match emerged ldquoShameless people are trying to degrade our superstarrdquo wrote one fan Guess this was a fire without any fuel thenSweet 26Yesterday Karisma Kapoor took to Instagram to celebrate the 26th anniversary of Dil To Pagal Hai with a heartwarming memory Sharing a photo in which she is seen in her characterrsquos look standing in front of an artwork of her face she captioned the image ldquoA very special film released on this day Join me in celebratingrdquo The dancebased film also featured Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri DixitNene Akshay Kumar featured in a cameoTrouble again for BadshahSingerrapper Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia alias Badshah was grilled by the Maharashtra Cyber Police for promoting an app in connection with the probe into a digital piracy complaint official sources said Badshah 37 was reportedly quizzed for over two hours for endorsing the app which had screened the IPL 2023 matches The complainant has contended that it held the broadcast rights to the tournament but the tourney was simultaneously screened on the app which was endorsed by Badshah Badshah had shared some of the videos on social mediaA win for dadActor Angad Bedi marked his international sports debut by winning gold in the 400 metres race at the International Masters 2023 Athletics Championship held in Dubai He dedicated the medal to his father former cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi who died last week at the age of 77 Bedi participated in the race to honour his father and his legacy as a cricketer He took to Instagram to share a set of pictures from the tournament and wrote ldquoThank you dad for being with me I miss yourdquo