Several celebrities were clicked at Chunky Panday’s Mumbai residence on Thursday as the family celebrated Alanna Panday’s baby shower. Aneet Padda was among the guests, and an inside video from the celebration has now surfaced online, showing her playing a game with Ananya Panday.

In the video, guests can be seen standing in pairs with a sheet held between them. A toy placed on the sheet has to be passed to the person on the other side. Ananya, who is Ahaan Panday’s cousin, and Aneet were seen participating in the fun activity, giving fans a glimpse of their camaraderie.

The video has also caught fans’ attention amid ongoing dating rumours surrounding Aneet and Ahaan. The two actors made their theatrical debuts as lead actors opposite each other in Mohit Suri’s Saiyaara, which became a major box-office success. Their on-screen chemistry and appearances together outside work have fuelled speculation about their relationship, although the two have not publicly confirmed that they are dating.

For the occasion, Aneet opted for a white top paired with a pink shrug and jeans.

Check out the video below: 

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On the work front, Aneet was most recently seen in Hunkkaar: The Roar, a series that also stars Fatima Sana Shaikh and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. She is also set to feature in Shakti Shalini and will reunite with Ahaan and director Mohit Suri for their next film, an untitled project expected to release in 2027.

Ahaan, meanwhile, is set to star in Ali Abbas Zafar’s upcoming film. He will also reunite with Aneet in Mohit Suri’s next, which is expected to blend romance and action. The film is slated to begin shooting in October 2026, with portions planned in Mumbai and Goa. Talking of Ananya Panday, she has Call Me Bae season 2 in the pipeline.

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There have been original Bollywood movies that have been adapted by Hollywood. These include a Wes Anderson favourite from Bollywood, Charulata (1964), being the inspiration behind the making of Forty Shades of Blue (2005) and A Common Man (2013) was remade as A Wednesday (2008). While these movies have been adapted on foreign soil, the projects were handled by foreign directors.

Dating back to Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Parinda in 1989, Nana Patekar gave a stellar performance as a ruthless, unpredictable, and charismatic don from the underworld, going by the name Anna. The Hindi crime thriller went on to win many Filmfare awards, with Jackie Shroff winning Best Actor in the Leading Role (Male), Nana Patekar winning Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male), Vidhu Vinod Chopra winning Best Director, Shivkumar Subramaniam winning Best Screenplay, and Renu Saluja winning Best Editor. Nana Patekar also won a National Award for this performance.

While Parinda was loosely inspired by On the Waterfront (1954), they varied significantly in the character progressions and the overall narrative outcome. The English remake, Broken Horses, was an ambitious project under the direction of the same filmmaker, Vidhu Vinod Chopra. During an interview, he said, “We wanted to make an English film of our own movie.”

The movie followed a similar storyline, with small changes implemented with respect to the twists that occurred. There were also slight changes made in the characters, with Vincento D’Onofrio’s Julius Hench functioning in a more composed manner as opposed to his counterpart from Parinda, Nana Patekar’s Anna’s volatile nature.

Nana Patekar sadly passed away on October 8, 2026, after suffering a cardiac arrest. He will last be seen in the upcoming horror-comedy film Shakti Shalini featuring Aneet Padda under the direction of Aditya Sarpotdar.

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Alert Lady Whistledown, there’s news from the ton. Netflix and Shondaland officially announced a brand-new Bridgerton spinoff on October 8, and this one’s been a long time coming for fans. The untitled limited series will chronicle the early life of a young Lady Violet and her romance with Viscount Edmund Bridgerton, the parents of the franchise’s eight beloved siblings.

Netflix’s own press release frames the project clearly. “Similar to the massive global hit Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, the series will chronicle the early life of a young Lady Violet and tell the story of her romance with Viscount Edmund Bridgerton.”

This isn’t exactly a surprise pick either. Shonda Rhimes, who returns as co-writer and showrunner alongside Nicholas Nardini, had been dropping hints about this very idea for a while. Speaking on Craig Melvin’s podcast Glass Half Full back in March, she said, “I’ve always said that I thought, if we were going to do another spinoff, Violet would be a great person to tell the story about, the Bridgerton mom.” Current Bridgerton showrunner Jess Brownell echoed the same sentiment in a Radio Times interview that same month, admitting, “I would so love a young Violet spin-off… I would watch the hell out of a young Violet spin-off, for sure.”

Tom Verica, a longtime Rhimes collaborator with credits on Bridgerton, Queen Charlotte, Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, will direct and executive produce, with Betsy Beers also on board as EP.

Fans actually got their first glimpse of a young Violet back in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, where Connie Jenkins-Greig played a 12-year-old version of the character, though it’s still unclear whether she’ll return for this new chapter. Ruth Gemmell continues to play the older Violet in the mainline series.

The timing lines up nicely too, with Bridgerton Season 5, centred on Francesca and featuring the franchise’s first same-sex lead couple, currently filming in London.

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