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No pension for Himachal MLAs who defect as assembly passes new bill
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No pension for Himachal MLAs who defect as assembly passes new bill

The Himachal Pradesh government, under CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, has approved a bill revoking pension benefits for state legislators disqualified under the anti-defection law. This legislative move aims to deter defection and preserve democratic values. Recently, six Congress MLAs were disqualified for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha elections, temporarily reducing the party’s strength. ​​The Congress government in the state had to grapple with a crisis as its strength had reduced to 34 legislators.

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EXCLUSIVE: Stree 2-helmer talks about Bala crossover of Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam in film; spills beans about vampire movie Thamba
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EXCLUSIVE: Stree 2-helmer talks about Bala crossover of Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam in film; spills beans about vampire movie Thamba

Amar Kaushik is riding high on success with his recently released blockbuster Stree 2. The filmmaker recently sat in an exclusive conversation with Pinkvilla where he spoke about the unexpected featuring of Ayushmann Khurrana and Yami Gautam’s Bala poster in his horror-comedy flick.

“I love crossovers. I enjoy seeing the characters I birthed featuring here and there,” Amar said while making mentions of how in one Stree 2 scene, Aparshakti Khurana’s character wipes out Yami Gautam’s Bala poster from a wall.

The Bhediya director continued, “I love this world of Alif Laila, Chandrakanta. Their magical universe really fascinates me. I love crossovers more than horror films.” Amar said that he haven’t watched Harry Potter yet. “My team often tells me to please watch it once and I tell them I am making my own Harry Potter. It’s better not to get inspired,” Kaushik told Pinkvilla.

We also asked Amar about which project he is planning to jump on next. In his response, Kaushik detailed, “Haven’t decided yet but will do it within a month. There’s Bhediya 2 and Stree 3 and something else as well so I am planning to read all scripts and whichever one pulls me more towards it, I will go that way.”

Watch hitmaker Amar Kaushik’s exclusive conversation with Pinkvilla here:-

Our host confronted the director about a vampire’s mention towards the climax of Stree 2 hinting at an addition of another character in this Maddock Supernatural Universe. For the uninitiated, Pinkvilla has exclusively reported that Amar is producing a vampire film in this franchise with Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna which has been titled Thamba.

Amar dodged detailing much about this film and said, “Kuch Kuch hoga aur aapne jo socha hoga wo nahi hoga (Something will surely happen but it might not be what audiences are expecting)”. He continued, “More than the audience, I am very excited. I come to the office with a feeling that yaar aaj maza aaega, aaj na iss character ke saath aisa ghumaenge, isko aisa karenge. You have no idea how excited I am.”

“I am like a child who used to be excited about comics in his childhood and today I have got one such base of a comic and I am now loving to play it,” Kaushik signed off.

ALSO READ: Who is Bhumi Rajgor? Actress who replaced Flora Saini in Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao’s Stree 2

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EXCLUSIVE: Director Amar Kaushik shares what he would have changed in Bhediya if given an opportunity
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EXCLUSIVE: Director Amar Kaushik shares what he would have changed in Bhediya if given an opportunity

Amar Kaushik’s film Stree 2 is doing staggering business at the box office. The film may also become the highest grossing Indian film in India for the Hindi language. Following the remarkable success of movie, the ace film director graced Pinkvilla with an exclusive interview of his. He shared the challenges he faced while working on Stree 2, his future course of action and a lot more.

Amar Kaushik Shares What He Would Change About Bhediya If He Could

In the exclusive Pinkvilla interview with Pinkvilla following Stree 2’s thumping success, director Amar Kaushik was asked if he would like to change something about his film Bhediya given an opportunity. Bhediya did roughly Rs 60 crore net in India and was an underperformer. One of the reasons given for the underperformance of the film was that it released right after Drishyam 2, which was doing excellent business even in its second week. The cameo of Bhediya in Stree 2 has now ignited a lot of excitement for the character.

Amar, reflecting on the performance of the film said, “Few things I might change. Like the climax part of it. Maybe in the climax, I don’t know I’m not sure because we were writing it in 2020 when nature was a hot topic of discussion; Maybe the message, I would be less preachy, or maybe not. But in terms of the actors, the way they performed, the kind of vfx that we used, the narrative, it would be the same.”

Watch the Pinkvilla interview of director Amar Kaushik following Stree 2’s success

Amar Kaushik Tells When He Decided That Bhediya Would Completely Turn Into A Werewolf

Amar also told when he felt he was convinced that the character of Bhediya would completely turn into a werewolf, instead of the character being half man and half werewolf. He said, “Half man and half werewolf, we have seen it in a 100 films in Hollywood. And I got to know when people showed it to me while working on Bhediya. First, I had planned to keep it like that (half man and half werewolf). Somewhere, I felt like we’ve already seen that and what if he completely turns himself into an animal. When he is in the nature, he fully converts himself into a werewolf, that idea was always there”.

Amar Kaushik Has Conceptualised Another Way To Present Bhediya

The director teased his viewers of another way that he will present Bhediya in. He said, “I have another way to show him too. Let’s see how that works”. “Everything is too budget oriented. Now that I am getting money because of my audience, I will invest that into new characters; The new kind of experience”, he concluded.

How excited are you for Bhediya’s sequel? Do let us know. While you wait for Bhediya 2, you can watch Amar Kaushik’s full interview following the success of Stree 2 on Pinkvilla’s official YouTube channel.

ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: ‘Hum logo ko ho sakta hai gaali pade’, Amar Kaushik shares what he told writer Niren Bhatt when they started working on Stree 2

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