Alia Bhatt eyes Hollywood like Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone

Alia Bhatt (22) is the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and has set her eyes on Hollywood like other Indian actresses Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone - hence, Alia has also expressed her desire to go to the West. Alia has admitted that nothing interesting has come her way so far. But she has thought of going to the West. She wants to focus on her work in Bollywood, make a mark for herself and then venture abroad.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 13 March 2016.

Alia had made her Bollywood debut with Karan Johar’s “Student of the Year” and then went on to give acclaimed performances in films like “Highway”, “2 States” and “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania”. She is now confident about her craft of acting and, even though she has gained popularity through her work, her family has kept her grounded. Alia will now be seen in Karan Johar’s production “Kapoor & Sons”. And, she is also working with superstar Shah Rukh Khan in Gauri Shinde’s next and will also be seen in Shahid Kapoor-Kareena Kapoor Khan starrer “Udta Punjab”.


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Katrina Kaif is happy that some Bollywood actresses are shifting to Hollywood

#KatrinaKaif #fitoor With many actresses of Bollywood moving out to Hollywood, the 32-year-old Katrina Kaif has indicated tat she would prefer to remain in Bollywood and grab good roles. The ‘Bang Bang’ star feels that the exodus would give her an opportunity to get meatier roles and enjoy, when others are busy trying their luck in the west.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 6 February 2016.

As she puts it, with many of the actresses going to Hollywood, she would face less competition. She can now sit and get better roles by default, become more available and capitalize on the good characters. Her upcoming film is ‘Fitoor’ and she wants to stay back and take up 'risky' projects like the Kashmir-based love saga.
In her opinion, 'Fitoor' is more of a risky film because it does not have the usual song and dance routine and, one would need to have guts to make such films. Her last outing was "Phantom" and it did not perform as well as the makers had expected it to. The film ‘Fitoor’ is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' celebrated novel ‘Great Expectations’ and Katrina plays the role Firdaus (Estella). She admits that working with Tabu was a "bonus" for her. Tabu, is playing the role of Katrina's mother in the film. It was, initially, supposed to be played by Rekha.
'Fitoor' is directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by UTV Motion Pictures and will hit the screens on February 12.


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Hollywood meets Bollywood when Vin Diesel teams up with Deepika Padukone

Hollywood action star Vin Diesel is excited about the prospect of sharing screen space with Bollywood star Deepika Padukone. They will team up for the upcoming “XXX: The Return of Xander Cage” and Vin Diesel admits that he had always wanted to work with the Bollywood beauty.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 29 January 2016.

Deepika would have got a break much earlier because she aas almost cast in Diesel’s “Furious 7” but things did not materialize. However, the 48-year-old actor Vin Diesel has revealed in a video that he is excited to finally get an opportunity to collaborate with the “Bajirao Mastani” star.
He has admitted that he was dying to work with someone from Bollywood. He feels workinh with her would be just such a delight because the world is going crazy over her character.
Deepika (30), on her part, has also endorsed that she is both excited and nervous about her big Hollywood debut. She has been training hard for “XXX: The Return of Xander Cage”, which would be directed by D J Caruso. Apart from Deepika and Diesel, the film’s cast would also have Samuel L Jackson and Jet Li.



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Nicole Kidman all praises for Bollywood -

Oscar-winner 48-year-old Nicole Kidman fell in love with Indian movies while working on Baz Luhrmann’s musical “Moulin Rouge!” - this movie was inspired by Bollywood dramas. She admitted that while she has not been offered any role in a Bollywood movie, she would love to do one.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 5 December 2015.

Speaking at a session at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2015, she revealed that Hollywood stole a lot from Bollywood on ‘Moulin Rouge!’ She admitted that she had watched plenty of Bollywood films while doing ‘Moulin Rouge!’ and that is when she fell in love with them.
Nicole Kidman had portrayed the role of a terminally ill cabaret actress and courtesan in 'Moulin Rouge', the 2001 Oscar nominated movie and she feels that Bollywood should not lose its uniqueness by emulating Hollywood movies.
However, even though she is not working in a Bollywood movie, Nicole is a part of a film 'Lion', which is partially set in Kolkata and stars Dev Patel.

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Priyanka Chopra impresses with first episode of ‘Quantico’ – an American TV serial

Priyanka Chopra is an accomplished actor and with the first episode of ‘Quantico’, an American TV serial, she has announced her arrival in the international arena. Bollywood’s ‘desi girl’ Priyanka Chopra, has earned kudos from Indian film fraternity veterans like Shabana Azmi, Prakash Jha and Shekhar Kapur.
They have hailed her as an ‘international star’ as reported in indianexpress.com dated 4 October 2015. She had earlier got international acclaim in the foreign market with her music singles ‘In my city’ and ‘Exotic’.

She is a former beauty queen and has now made her debut in the fiction space with TV series ‘Quantico’ as Alex Parrish, a rookie FBI recruit with a mysterious past. The show also features actors Jake McLaughlin, Tate Ellington and Graham Rogers. All of them are fellow recruits, and narrate their adventures and experiences as they train at Quantico base in Virginia, and, gradually, secrets of their past start to emerge.
The first episode was about a mysterious pitch with a terrorist attack in New York and the FBI agents under scanner. Priyanka’s character is also a suspect. The story keeps switching from the past to the present, and back and leaves a mysterious vibe about all of agents.
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Action packed movies are the trend of the day whether it is from Bollywood or from Hollywood – but, one finds that the movies from Hollywood are more slick as compared to that of Bollywood. Both sides spend millions but, the fact remains that Bollywood is no match for Hollywood where the action moves in a well-oiled manner to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
While speaking on his movie ‘Brothers’, Akshay Kumar, an action hero of Bollywood and a trained martial arts expert, the actor has revealed that budget constraints are the differentiating factor between Bollywood and Hollywood.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 12 August 2015.

In his movie “Brothers”, Akshay promises to show off some novelty in action — he and actor Sidharth Malhotra had dedicated a whopping 52 days to shoot the climax alone. The movie is an action-drama film, based on mixed martial arts and directed by Karan Malhotra. It is produced by Dharma Productions, Lionsgate films and Endemol India.
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However, he left for his heavenly abode on August 11 last year when he was only 63-year-old. In the initial report released on August 12, the Marin County Sheriff's Office deputy coroner had indicated that he had hanged himself with a belt and died from asphyxiation.
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Amitabh Bachchan. Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar in Vogue’s list of top 10 high earning actors but not SRK

Vogue has, for the first time, made public a list of highest paid actors and, as far as Bollywood goes, the list has Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar among the world's top ten highest-paid actors but Shah Rukh Khan does not find a place in the list.
The list has actors right from Hollywood to Hong Kong and Bollywood.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 5 August 2015.

Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan are placed at joint seventh place, with estimated earnings of $33.5 million in the past year while Akshay Kumar is placed at ninth place with $32.5 million.
As far as Shah Rukh Khan’s rankings goes, he is at 18th and Ranbir Kapoor at 30th position – their estimated earnings are believed to be $26 million and $15 million respectively.
Bollywood stalwart and superstar Amitabh Bachchan has starred in more than 150 movies in his 50 year career and he continues to earn good money for his roles in movies like the 2014 movie "Bhoothnath Returns."
In contrast, Salman Khan has appeared in some 80 movies since his 1989 breakout role "Maine Pyar Kiya" while Akshay Kumar has appeared in some 150 movies since his 1992 breakthrough movie "Khiladi."
The others in the top 10 are Robert Downey Jr (1) with earnings of $80 million, Jackie Chan (2) with $50 million. Then comes Vin Diesel (3), Bradley Cooper (4), Adam Sandler (5), Tom Cruise (6), and Mark Wahlberg (10).
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