Alia Bhatt is reportedly in talks with Kalki: 2898 AD director Nag Ashwin for an upcoming project. As per reports on a leading news portal, Ashwin is working on a female-centric film and Alia is being eyed for the lead role.

The report suggests that the script has been crafted with Alia in mind. While much of the plot remains under wraps, the film has themes of empowerment. The project will likely be backed by the producers of Kalki: 2898 AD.

Nag Ashwin is currently working on the sequel to the sci-fi epic. The first film starring Deepika Padukone, Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, and Kamal Haasan ended on a cliffhanger. 

Alia Bhatt was last seen in Jigra. The Vasan Bala film saw her star alongside Vedang Raina. Her slate of films includes the spy thriller Alpha, the first all-female film in YRF’s Spy Universe. Alia will lead the film alongside Sharvari.

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 which was released on Diwali, continues to perform well at box offices in India. As per Sacnilk.com, the horror-comedy film starring Kartik Aaryan, earned an estimated Rs 15.50 crore on its second Saturday, taking its total to an impressive Rs 183 crore in just nine days.

Directed by Anees Bazmee, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 competed with Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again which was released on the same day. As of today, the film is on track to reach the Rs 200 crore mark by the end of its second weekend.

As per reports, the film has crossed its production cost and is poised to make a profit. This makes it a success for the makers.

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is the spiritual sequel to Bhool Bhulaiyaa. The film sees Kartik Aaryan alongside Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit, Triptii Dimri and more.

Army officer was killed in action and three soldiers were injured during a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar.

The army’s 16 Corps in a post on X said the Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar was killed in action in a joint counter-terror operation launched in Kishtwar’s Bhart Ridge on Saturday.

Naib Subedar Kumar was from the 2 Para (SF).

The anti-terror operation comes amid an intensified hunt since the killing of two village defence guards (VDGs) recently. The latest encounter broke out around 11 am when joint search parties of the army and the police intercepted terrorists in a forest, a few kilometres from the spot where the bullet-riddled bodies of VDGs Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar were found.

A massive search operation was launched in the forests of Kuntwara and Keshwan on Thursday evening after the terrorists kidnapped and killed the VDGs.