Priyanka quits 'Bharat' in 'Nick of time', says director

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is not going to be a part of superstar Salman Khan starrer "Bharat" any more. Director Ali Abbas Zafar broke the news saying the reason for her opting out in the "Nick of time" is "very special".

Zafar took to Twitter on Friday to announce the new development.

"Yes Priyanka Chopra is no more part of 'Bharat' and and the reason is very very special, she told us in the Nick of time about her decision and we are very happy for her... Team 'Bharat' wishes Priyanka Chopra loads of love and happiness for life," he tweeted.

Details about the actress coming in place of Priyanka have not been revealed yet.

The shooting for the film has already begun. The first schedule includes shooting for a grand circus sequence.

Priyanka Chopra to Salman Khan: Influential Indians in Variety 500 List

PRIYANKA CHOPRA

The Quanitco star Priyanka Chopra is recognised by Variety as one of the most influential leaders in the global entertainment industry.Chopra has set up her own production company, Purple Pebble Pictures, which released “Ventilator,” a Marathi-language film in 2016.Chopra is also active philanthropically and is a global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights.

ANIL AMBANI

Reliance ADA Chairman Anil Ambani also features in the Variety's 500 list. Anil Ambani became chairman and CEO of Reliance Group (aka Reliance ADA) in 2002 when Reliance Industries, a conglomerate formed by his father Dhirubhai Ambani, was split in two.

KARAN JOHAR

Indian Filmmaker Karan Johar features as one of the most influential leaders in the global entertainment industry in Variety's List. As per Variety Johar’s Dharma Productions is one of India’s leading production houses.

SALMAN KHAN

Actor Salman khan is also mentioned  as one of the most influential leaders in the global entertainment industry in Variety's List. As per Variety, Salman Khan is one of the unrelated Khan triumvirate comprising Aamir and Shah Rukh that has been ruling the Bollywood box office for decades

Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar among world's 100 highest-paid in showbiz: Forbes

Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan are among the world's 100 highest paid Actor, according to a Forbes list topped by American boxer Floyd Mayweather.

Akshay is ranked 76th on the Forbes list of the World's Highest Paid Celebrities 2018 while Salman is on the 82nd spot.

Forbes said the world's 100 top-earning entertainers pulled in a combined $6.3 billion pretax over the past 12 months, up 22 per cent from last year and 11 superstars crossed the $100 million thresholds, more than double the number from the last two years combined.

Akshay, 50, had earnings of $40.5 million. Forbes said "one of Bollywood's leading men has transitioned to socially-conscious roles," citing his films such as "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" that focussed on government campaigns to improve sanitation, and "Padman", about a man hoping to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to rural communities. He also mints millions from profits and endorsing about 20 brands.

Salman Khan believes Sanjay Dutt must have performed himself in Sanju. right here’s Ranbir Kapoor’s respond

A few days in the past, Salman Khan had an offer for Rajkumar Hirani’s upcoming film Sanju. He stated that Sanjay Dutt might have performed himself in the film, specifically the previous few years of his life.

Now, the star of the movie, Ranbir Kapoor has reacted to Salman’s comments. in keeping with a instances Now record, Ranbir become speakme at a media occasion whilst he stated that nobody has ever played themself in their personal biopic and to have some other man or woman play the person makes the target audience experience like they’re watching an artiste. “It has never occurred that someone played himself in his very own biopic. This destroys the impact of a character. I knew that I might be as compared to Sanjay Dutt and that is why i have tried my excellent to do justice to his function,” he stated.

“whether humans see me in forty-year vintage Sanjay Dutt’s avatar or 20-yr old, they have to experience that they’re looking an artiste who is playing Sanjay Dutt. it is correct that I cannot become a 2nd Sanjay Dutt,” he added.

Salman had suggested that Sanjay must have played the last few years of his existence on his own inside the film. “For Sanju, i used to be questioning why is any individual else gambling this bit? The ultimate eight-10 years. You cannot do justice to that. Sanju must have performed the last bit,” Salman said in a set interview in Mumbai in advance this month. “i’ve visible the trailer. Raju Hirani is a very practical filmmaker so he has made a movie,” he delivered.

Salman additionally said that he wouldn’t need a biopic made on his existence.

at the same time as Sanju awaits a June 29 launch, Salman’s Race 3 launched on Friday and is playing exceptional success on the field office. It has made a shade over Rs 106 crore in only three days.

Blackbuck case: Salman Khan bail plea hearing adjourned until July 17

Salman Khan's bail plea hearing in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case was on Monday adjourned to July 17 by a Jodhpur trial court. The Bollywood actor arrived in Rajasthan's Jodhpur on Sunday afternoon to appear before the court. Khan had on April 5 been convicted in the 19-year-old case and sentenced to five years in jail for killing two blackbucks in Jodhpur during the shooting of the 1998 movie Hum Saath Saath Hain.

Subsequently, Salman was granted bail after spending two nights in the Jodhpur Central jail. Salman's Hum Saath Saath Hain co-stars Tabu, Sonali Bendre, Saif Ali Khan and Neelam and Jodhpur resident Dushyant Singh, another accused in the case, were all acquitted due to lack of evidence.

The blackbuck case is not the only instance of legal trouble Khan is facing. Also in April, a Mumbai court cancelled the bailable warrant against Khan in connection with the 2002 hit and run case. The court had issued the bailable warrant as Khan had not completed the procedure of providing surety on the past two dates. Further, a Ludhiana court on May 1 rejected a petition against Salman and Shilpa Shetty that sought action against them under the SC/ST Act for allegedly using derogatory words against the Valmiki community. In the same case, the Supreme Court on April 23 put on hold proceedings pending against Khan before several courts across the country in cases registered under the SC/ST Act.

Salman is set to be back on the small screen as the host of Dus Ka Dum and is shooting for the big screen venture Race 3, among other projects.

2016: Demonetisation, piracy disappoint Bollywood box office result

Breaking News - Only eight out of the approximately 230 Hindi films released in 2016 surpassed the glorified Rs 100 crore ($14.5 million) club in India, giving the industry only an average tally of around Rs 2,700 crore, according to industry insiders.

This, in a year when the central government's demonetisation move in early November disturbed the projected earnings for some movies, when piracy ate into some films' business and when some producers got into a tussle with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

Barring Shah Rukh Khan, whose "Fan" did not prove to be like most of the superstar's box office wonders, Bollywood other A-listers, including Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar, had a bright year with their films raking in the moolah and making it to the Rs 100 crore club.

There is no centralised agency to record Bollywood's box office numbers. But going by film trade experts and industry sources, Salman registered good returns with "Sultan", Akshay won the audiences' hearts with "Airlift", "Housefull 3" and "Rustom", and Aamir's "Dangal" Christmas release added to the festive season's celebratory mood.(Read More)