Welcome To The Jungle, the third installment in the Welcome franchise, is one of Bollywood’s most-awaited films of the recent years. Fans were ecstatic when the film was first revealed in September of this year and featured a humorous promo.

The film, which is directed by Ahmed Khan, stars Paresh Rawal, Jacqueline Fernandez, Suniel Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Sanjay Dutt, and Akshay Kumar among its ensemble cast. Today taking to Instagram Akshay Kumar surprised everyone by posting a behing the scenes video (BTS) before the Mumbai film shoot began.

In the hilarious BTS video, actor Lara Dutta can be seen carrying a hunter in her hand and gesturing for Arshad Warsi and Akshay Kumar to go as Krushna Abhishek and Tusshar Kapoor stand aside. In a rather funny sequence of events, Akshay trips and falls from a height. Disha Patani and other actors, on the other hand, are seen climbing the ladder to reach the height.

Sharing the video on Instagram, Akshay Kumar wrote, absolute madness of masti begins as they start the shoot of Welcome To The Jungle. He further added they need your (audiance) well wishes for this wild and exciting rollercoaster. #Welcome3

Lara Dutta, who costarred with Akshay, responded to the post he uploaded and taking to the comment section she said, Lets’ Go! and added a flexed biceps emoji.

A number of fans and followers also responded to the video as they excitedly anticipate the release of the film. One fan said, everyone look is nice, while another said, can’t wait to see. A third fan added, Akshay Kumar looks flawless and in form. Others also said, Impatiently waiting for Welcome To The Jungle.

Welcome To The Jungle, the third installment in the Welcome series, features a group of actors. In addition to the actors listed above, it also features Tusshar Kapoor, Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Sayaji Shinde, Mukesh Tiwari, Zakir Hussain, Yashpal Sharma, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, Daler Mehndi, Mika Singh, Sayaji Shinde, and Vrihi Kodvara.

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Carlos Alcaraz’s maiden Wimbledon title win, after defeating Novak Djokovic in the men’s singles final, received high praise from Bollywood celebrities. Sonam Kapoor took to Instagram, sharing multiple pictures and a video from the match at Wimbledon Centre Court in London. She posed with her husband Anand Ahuja and friends, showcasing their excitement. Additionally, Sonam provided glimpses of the match and shared images of Carlos and Novak holding their trophies.

Watching the match from her hotel room, Kareena Kapoor also lauded Carlos Alcaraz on her Instagram Stories. She posted a picture of Carlos folding his hands and described him as a superstar in the making, accompanied by rainbow, red heart, and dizzy emojis. Karisma Kapoor joined in, extending congratulations to Carlos and offering support to Novak. She shared a clip of Novak smiling, trying to speak, and breaking down.

On Twitter, Ayushmann Khurrana posted a photo of Carlos and praised him as a young legend. Khurrana emphasized the rarity of possessing talent and temperament at the age of 20, referring to Carlos’s outstanding abilities. Arjun Rampal tweeted about the extraordinary game, noting Carlos Alcaraz’s victory over the legendary Novak Djokovic in a nail-biting match. Rampal declared the arrival of the new generation of tennis and congratulated Carlos on his win.

Riteish Deshmukh also shared a clip on Twitter, acknowledging the epic gameplay witnessed at Wimbledon. Deshmukh hailed Carlos Alcaraz as a true champion. Neha Dhupia expressed her sentiments about the match, feeling heartbroken for Novak Djokovic while cheering for both players. She commended Carlos Alcaraz for his true sportsmanship until the last point.

Lara Dutta took to Twitter to describe the match as the most incredible tennis match ever, adding clapping emojis. Carlos Alcaraz, a 20-year-old player, showcased a masterful comeback against the seven-time champion Novak Djokovic, securing victory in the men’s singles final match with a score of 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 at Centre Court. This triumph marked Carlos’s second major title, following his win at the 2022 US Open.

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It’s a proud moment for Indians today as Harnaaz Sandhu has won the crown of Miss Universe 2021. Chandigarh based model and actress has brought the crown home after 21 years. The pageant was being held in Israel.

The first and the second runners-up were Paraguay and South Africa, respectively. Before Harnaaz, only Lara Dutta and Sushmita Sen from India have won the title of Miss Universe. Lara Dutta won in 2000 and Sushmita Sen in 1994.

The official Instagram handle of Miss Universe shared a historic win where the announcement was made that the new Miss Universe is India. But how did Harnaaz end up with the crown? In the final round, it was undoubtedly her crisp and precise response to the question.

It’s always been the last question and answer that lead to the Miss Universe’s great win.

Harnaaz Sandhu along with the other finalists, was asked what advice would you give to young women watching on how to deal with the pressures they face today?

To this she replied, saying, the biggest pressure the youth of today is facing, is to believe in themselves. To know that you are unique makes you beautiful. Stop comparing yourselves with others and let’s talk about more important things that are happening worldwide. Come out, speak for yourself, because you are the leader of your life. You are the voice of your own. I believed in myself and that is why I am standing here today.

Check Lara Dutta and Sushmita Sen’s final question and answer.

Sushmita Sen: In 1994, Sushmita Sen became the first Indian woman to be crowned Miss Universe. In the final round, the actress was asked, what for you is the essence of being a woman?

She replied saying, Just being a woman is a gift of God that all of us must appreciate. The origin of a child is a mother, who is a woman. She shows a man what caring, sharing and loving is all about. That’s the essence of being a woman.

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Lara Dutta: Lara Dutta was crowned Miss Universe in 2000. Protests occurred at that time, accusing the beauty pageant of objectifying women. In the final round, Lara was asked to convince the protesters that they were mistaken.

Lara responded by saying, I think pageants like the Miss Universe pageant gives us young women a platform to foray into the fields that we want to and forge ahead, be it entrepreneurship, be it the armed force, be it politics. It gives us a platform to voice our choices and opinions and makes us strong, independent that we are today.

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India woke with elation on Monday, December 13 as Harnaaz Sandhu has been crowned Miss Universe 2021. She brought home the crown 21 years after Lara Dutta won the title in 2000.

The 70th Miss Universe 2021 commenced in Eilat, Israel. Miss Paraguay Nadia Ferreira and Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane ended up as runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

Harnaaz Sandhu is just 21-year-old and belongs from Chandigarh, Punjab. Earlier, she had bagged multiple pageant titles including LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2021 and Times Fresh Face Miss Chandigarh in 2017. In 2018, she won the title of Miss Max Emerging Star India and later was titled Femina Miss India Punjab in 2019.

In 2021, Harnaaz represented Chandigarh at Miss Diva that took place on September 30, 2021, in Mumbai. After bagging the title of Miss Diva 2021, she represented India at Miss Universe 2021 and made the nation proud.

Everything you need to know about Harnaaz Sandhu

A resident of Chandigarh, Punjab, Harnaaz went to Shivalik Public School. The gorgeous is currently pursuing her Masters’ degree in Public Administration. She began participating in pageants at the age of 17. As per media reports, she considers her mother as an inspiration and mentioned her in the Miss Universe delegate bio.

Talking about her mother, Harnaaz wrote that she broke the shackles of patriarchy and became a successful gynaecologist. This has inspired Harnaaz and she went on to support women’s causes and boost women’s empowerment. She is also a strong advocate of climate change and environmental degradation.

Apart from contesting for beauty pageants, Harnaaz Sandhu also acted in quite a few Punjabi films like Bai Ji Kuttange and Yaara Diyan Poo Baran.

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Harnaaz made all of us proud. After 21 years, India had a historic win and she became the third Indian woman to be crowned Miss Universe.

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Bollywood actor Lara Dutta stunned her fans with her masterpiece acting in the film Bell Bottom. Her character and look as India’s former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has garnered her immense applause.

Lara’s resemblance with the original character was unrecognised by the audience. The former Miss Universe has now revealed how she was able to portray the character of Indira Gandhi with perfection. Apart from the efforts made by the makeup crew, Lara got inputs for Bell Bottom from her father.

Speaking to an entertainment portal, Lara said, “It wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of a brilliant makeup and prosthetics team. I had to spend three hours in the makeup chair.”

“I studied a lot of videos and I got inputs from my father who was Mrs Gandhi’s personal pilot in the airforce. He gave me a lot of insight on her”, she said further.

Earlier, sharing her experience and the preparation for her character, Lara Dutta had said, “As you all know that the film deals with a hijack situation that happened during her tenure. Given the dramatic events that were unfolding, she was somebody who was very centered and not prone to any dramatics. So it was important to portray her in that form. “I had a great time. There was a lot of homework and research that went behind it. But it was an opportunity of a lifetime that I’m thankful for.”

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Meanwhile, Bell Bottom has received rave reviews from both critics and audiences. The film is based on a hostage rescue mission carried by a RAW agent (played by Akshay Kumar) in Dubai in the 80s. Helmed by Ranjit M Tewari, the film also features Vani Kapoor, Lara Dutta, Huma Qureshi, and Adil Hussain in lead roles.

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Akshay Kumar’s recently released film Bell Bottom has been banned in three gulf nations including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar. These countries have denied the facts shown in the film. Film Certification Authority says Bell Bottom has been tampered with historical facts. Bell Bottom is a spy thriller film. Kumar plays a RAW agent in the film, based on the true incident of plane hijacking that took place in the 1980s. As per reports, in the second half of the film, Akshay and his team negotiate and fight with hijackers to rescue 210 people trapped in the plane.

However, the case of plane hijacking in Real was handled by UAE Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum himself in 1984. He had caught the hijackers of the plane that reached Dubai from Lahore. It is believed that due to these wrong facts in the film, the film has been banned in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar.

Meanwhile, Bell Bottom was released worldwide on August 19 amid the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic. The film has made a box office collection of Rs 4.40 crore on the fourth day on Sunday. The film got a good benefit of Rakshabandhan due to which the total collection of first four days of Bell Bottom has become around Rs 13 crores.

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Bell Bottom is a spy thriller based on a true event that took place in 1984 when an Indian aeroplane was hijacked with all of its passengers taken hostage. Apart from Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Vaani Kapoor and Huma Qureshi are also seen in lead roles in the film. The film is directed by Ranjit M Tewariand.

Watch trailer here:

In other India news, the hashtag #BoycottMyntra and #UninstallMyntra is trending on Twitter on Monday.

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Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt is one of the most talked-about couples of the Bollywood industry. While fans are waiting eagerly for the couple to announce the wedding, actor Lara Dutta believes that they might tie the knot this year. 

In a recent interview with Times Now, Lara was responding to a question on a rumour about Bollywood celebrities that might be true. She said she belongs to the older generation and is not aware of which couples from the younger generation are currently dating. She might say something about some couple and wouldn’t even know if they are still together or not, she said.

However, when she was given an example of a couple of Alia and Ranbir, she said, she believes that they are getting married this year. Her statement on the speculations of their 

Ranbir and Alia have been dating since 2107. They have even mingled well with each other’s families. Ranbir’s mother Neetu Kapoor and his sister Riddhima Kapoor are fond of Alia. They often share photos and shower her Instagram posts with love.

Earlier, in an interview with journalist Rajeev Masand, Ranbir was quoted saying that he would have already married Alia were it not for the Covid-19 pandemic. He did not want to jinx it by saying anything and want to tick that goal very doon in his life, he had said.

Recently, Ranbir’s cousin sister and actor Karisma was taken off guard at the suggestion that Alia is counted as a part of the Kapoor family. During an episode of Super Dancer Chapter 4, as Karisma named the actors in the family, her co-judge Anurag Basu jokingly said that she can add Alia to that list now. In response to which she simply smiled and pretended to zip her lips.

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Meanwhile, the couple will be soon sharing the screen space together for the first time in Ayan Mukerji’s supernatural drama Brahmastra, which also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia, Nagarjuna Akkineni, and Mouni Roy. Shah Rukh Khan will reportedly be seen in a cameo appearance

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We all will agree that actor Lara Dutta looked absolutely unrecognizable in the trailer of Akshay Kumar starrer Bell Bottom in which she plays the role of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Kumar on Thursday shared a video of Dutta’s transformation on his Twitter account and wrote: What bringing a character to life looks like. Lara Dutta you’ve nailed it and how in #BellBottom! Catch it on the big screen, also in 3D, on 19th Aug.

In the video, Dutta can be heard as saying of all the people who are really, really responsible between all of this happening, I’m only being able to bring a character alive, if I can get into the skin of it. Super happy, I think the shoot went really well. I can’t wait to see it on screen.

Soon after the trailer dropped on Tuesday, fans initially struggled to spot Lara. At the trailer launch, even Lara challenged saying that if anyone was able to guess, then she would take all their family members free to the theatres. Later, the actor herself revealed that she is playing Mrs. Indira Gandhi in the film. 

Dutta also shared the video on her Instagram handle and wrote: Never had I imagined portraying a personality this pivotal & when I saw how this transformation translated on the screen, everything felt surreal & worth it. Can’t wait for you all to watch my performance in #BellBottom on the big screen in 3D.

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Bell Bottom is a spy thriller based on a true event that took place in 1984 when an Indian aeroplane was hijacked with all of its passengers taken hostage. The film headlined by Akshay also stars Vaani Kapoor, Huma Qureshi in key roles. Bell Bottom is directed by Ranjit M Tewariand.

Watch trailer here:

In other India news, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Congratulates Lovlina Borgohain

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Actor Lara Dutta looked absolutely unrecognizable in the trailer of Akshay Kumar starrer Bell Bottom. The actor plays the role of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the film.

Soon after the trailer dropped on Tuesday, fans initially struggled to spot Lara. At the trailer launch, even Lara challenged saying that if anyone was able to guess, then she would take all their family members free to the theatres. Later, the actor herself revealed that she is playing Mrs. Indira Gandhi in the film. 

The actor went on to say that she received a call from the makers about playing the former PM in the movie. The makers had told her that the film was being made and they are casting for Indira Gandhi’s role. She accepted the offer before hearing the script. 

Talking about her character, she further said that there is a great responsibility when you’re portraying somebody who is an iconic figure like her. It was a challenge to get the body language of the character right, she said. 

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Bell Bottom is a spy thriller based on a true event that took place in 1984 when an Indian aeroplane was hijacked with all of its passengers taken hostage. The film headlined by Akshay also stars Vaani Kapoor, Huma Qureshi in key roles.

Watch the trailer here:

Further, Lara said that the film deals with a hijack situation that happened during Indira Gandhi’s tenure. Given the dramatic events that were unfolding, Gandhi was somebody who was extremely centered and not really prone to any dramatics. So it was important to portray her in that form, said the actor.  She had a great time. A lot of homework and research went behind the scenes, it was an opportunity of a lifetime that she is thankful for, she added.

Bell Bottom is directed by Ranjit M Tewari and it will release in cinemas on August 19.

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Priyanka Chopra on Monday took a trip down memory lane and treated her fans with an old photo of herself when she was 17 years old. Several Bollywood celebrities like Lara Dutta, Dia Mirza among others reacted to her throwback picture.

Sharing a major throwback picture from her modelling days on Instagram,Chopra described herself as Lean, mean and all of 17. She also captioned the image along with the hashtag #Unfinished, which is the title of her much-awaited memoir.

In the photo, the actor flaunted her lean body as she posed for the camera. Wearing a black hipsters teamed up with a crop top and black jacket, she looked gorgeous flaunting her radiant smile for the picture. Within a few minutes, the picture garnered more than six lakh likes on Instagram.

Her celebrity followers Katrina  Kaif, Hrithik Roshan, Rajkumar Rao were quick to shower love for Chopra’s post in the comment section. While Katrina and Rajkummar expressed their love with a heart emoji, Hrithik thought the photo was sweet.

At the age of 18, Chopra was crowned Miss World in 2000, marking the fifth Miss World win from India. The fellow Miss India winners Lara Dutta and Dia Mirza also commented on the post. Both of them reacted, saying they remember this girl.

For the past couple of months, Priyanka Chopra has been sharing unseen photos from life for the past couple of months. She has been hinting at the release of her much-awaited memoir Unfinished, in which the actor has presented important facets of her past life.

Meanwhile, on the professional front, Chopra recently wrapped the shooting of her upcoming Hollywood film titled Text For You directed by Jim Strouse. Beside it, she will also be seen in Matrix 4 co-starring Keanu Reeves.

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Chopra is also awaiting the release of her film titled The White Tiger, co-starring Rajkummar Rao. Her latest release includes We Can Be Heroes.

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