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Did you know Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor slashed their fee for Madhur Bhandarkar? Fashion director spills beans amidst star entourage debate

Aug 21, 2024 · 8:23 AM Blog

Madhur Bhandarkar is known for changing the career trajectory of several actresses with his socially-driven narratives. As the star entourage debate intensifies, the filmmaker has shared his experience of working with some of the biggest actresses in the country including Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. He admitted that they themselves slashed their fees considering the movie’s budget.

Recently while speaking to Bollywood Hungama, Madhur was asked whether he faced any issues due to the star entourage and he was quick to mention that every female actor slashed their fees when they worked with him. “Since I only had a budget of ₹1.5 crore for Chandni Bar, Tabu didn’t charge any fee for the film. She took money against Bombay or Delhi territory, and nothing else apart from that. She worked with such conviction.”

The filmmaker then named a few actresses as well. He revealed how Raveena Tandon for Satta and Bipasha Basu for Corporate had reduced their prices. Going ahead, Priyanka Chopra (Fashion) and Kareena Kapoor (Heroine) also slashed their fees. “They didn’t charge the market price from me because they were keen on making these movies. The entire film was resting on their shoulders so everybody slashed their prices,” Madhur shared.

Bhandarkar was one of those filmmakers of his time who was quite cost-effective and despite low budgets, went on to achieve critical and commercial success with his stories. His 2008 film Fashion 2008 starred Priyanka Chopra in the lead alongside Arbaaz Khan, Mughda Godse, Samir Soni, Kitu Gidwani, and others.

The movie revolves around a small-town girl’s ambition to make it big in the modeling industry. Priyanka even won the National Film Award for Best Female Actor for this film. Madhur’s Heroine (2012) on the other hand explored the life of a fading superstar with Kareena in the lead alongside Arjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda, and Divya Dutta among others.

A four-time national award-winning filmmaker, Madhur’s Chandni Bar (2001) won the National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues, Page 3 (2005) brought home the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and Traffic Signal (2007) earned the National Film Award for Best Direction.

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Jennifer Lopez And Ben Affleck Call It Quits AGAIN; Singer Files For Divorce On Second Wedding Anniversary

Aug 21, 2024 · 8:23 AM Blog

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are calling it quits again after two years of marriage. The Atlas actress filed for divorce from the Argo star on Tuesday, August 20, as reported by TMZ. Lopez filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court and listed April 26, 2024, as the date of separation. She lodged the paperwork herself without using a lawyer and is technically self-represented. August 20 also happened to mark two years of Bennifer’s traditional wedding ceremony.

The duo had no prenuptial agreement, sources told the aforementioned publication.

“She tried really hard to make things work, and is heartbroken,” a source told People of Lopez’s decision to end her fairytale romance with Affleck. Lopez and Affleck famously rekindled their romance in 2021, more than 17 years after they initially postponed their planned September 2003 wedding, only to call their engagement off in January 2004.

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News of Lopez and Affleck’s renewed romance first made headlines in April 2021 following the singer’s split from MLB star Alex Rodriguez. Ben and Jen went Instagram official in July of that year and returned to the red carpet as an ever-smitten couple at the 2021 Venice Film Festival.

Sources tipped news outlets of their engagement in April 2022, and the pair eloped to Las Vegas on July 16 to recite wedding vows. They later held a larger wedding ceremony in August of the same year on Affleck’s Georgia estate and said their I Dos for the second time.

The singer and actress shares twins Max and Emme, 16, with Marc Anthony, whom she was married to between 2004 and 2014. Affleck, who was married to Jennifer Garner between 2005 and 2019, shares three children: Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, with the actress.

“The kids are a top priority, as they always have been,” said a Lopez camp insider to People after her divorce filing.

Rumors of trouble in Lopez and Affleck’s paradise first began swirling this past May when the actress attended the 2024 Met Gala alone in NYC and extended her stay in the Big Apple through the summer. Affleck remained in Los Angeles for much of his summer, and the couple did not reunite for the Fourth of July holiday, their second wedding anniversary in July, or Lopez’s 55th birthday the same month.

Lopez returned to L.A. in August, and a People source said at the time that she hadn’t seen Ben in months. The actor, however, received a visit from her on his birthday on August 15, at his rental home in Brentwood, California, as their Beverly Hills mansion remains up for grabs for $68 million.

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“Jungle Raj” Charge Returns As RJD Leader Chased Into His Home, Shot Dead

Aug 21, 2024 · 8:23 AM Blog

Local councillor Pankaj Rai was at a clothing shop near his residence in Bihar’s Hajipur Tuesday evening. Three men on a motorcycle pulled over next to him and began firing at him indiscriminately.

Mr Rai, a first-time elected councillor and a member of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), ran into his house to save himself. However, the attackers got off their bike and followed him inside before firing multiple bullets at him. The Ward No.5 councillor was struck three times. Upon hearing the sound of gunshots, his family and locals rushed to him and took him to a hospital but he was declared dead on arrival by doctors.

RJD leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of failing to maintain law and order in the state. “NDA goons led by Nitish Kumar shot dead ward councillor Pankaj Rai in Hajipur at night. The Chief Minister and two Deputy Chief Ministers are sleeping peacefully while their goons are creating mayhem,” Mr Yadav said.

नीतीश कुमार की अगुवाई में NDA के गुंडों ने रात्रि में हाजीपूर में वार्ड पार्षद पंकज कुमार की गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी। CM और दो-दो Deputy CM आराम से सो रहे है और उनके गुंडे तांडव कर रहे है।pic.twitter.com/1DwJUrHET9

— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) August 20, 2024

According to the police, Mr Rai had filed a complaint regarding a dispute six months prior to his murder. However no action was taken, claimed his family.

In the aftermath of the killing, senior police officials, including Superintendent of Police (SP) Har Kishore Rai visited the crime scene and the hospital to gather details and reassure the grieving family. According to the police, an investigation has been launched and CCTV footage in the area are being scanned to track down the suspects.

RJD MLA Mukesh Roshan, who also visited the hospital, criticised the state’s law and order situation, labelling the murder as a failure of governance. “Pankaj Rai was an active worker of the RJD. His murder is a testament to the fact that lawmakers are not save inside their own homes. It’s ‘jungle-raj’ in Bihar.”

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