Shakti Kapoor is celebrating his 72nd birthday today, and the wishes for his big day have already started to pour in. It seems like a befitting time to reflect on one of the most special Instagram posts the veteran star once shared. Back when his daughter Shraddha Kapoor was busy promoting her film Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar, Shakti dropped a video grooving to one of the film’s hit songs, Show Me The Thumka.

This selfie video was recorded by the Stree 2 actress where she can be heard saying, “Bapu, thumka laga rahe ho” while Shakti was already grooving to the song. Responding to Shraddha, the birthday boy was heard saying, “Beta thumka lagaya nahi maara jaata hai”. After this, the father-daughter duo was seen screaming their lungs out, saying ‘Maaro Thumka.’

Watch the heartwarming video here:-

Russell Crowe made his mark as an actor after delivering his Oscar winning performance in 2000s iconic film Gladiator. Now that the Gladiator craze is back with the sequel around the corner, people can’t help but reminisce about the glory brought by Crowe on big screens. But also questioning whether Gladiator II will ever match the standards!

Although Crowe’s character Maximus met his unfortunate fate at the end of the original film, fans were hoping for his comeback in a dream or flashback sequence. However, director Ridley Scott confirmed that The Pope’s Exorcist actor won’t be part of the sequel. 

While speaking with Empire magazine the director talked about Crowe and revealed the candid reason why didn’t approach the actor. Scott explained that building a strong storyline of the long-awaited sequel was a challenge. “The plot, frankly, was right under our noses. I think it was so close under our noses that we thought it was too simple,” he added. 

So involving a character who famously died by the hand of  Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) in the epic concluding battle of the Oscar winning film could have been complicated. However, he expressed gratitude for having worked with the actor and admired his exemplary career. 

“I think he’s still one of the best actors in the world, and I think we have a good relationship. I hope we do,” he said. “As long as he doesn’t start bitching about how he wasn’t consulted. Why would I? He’s dead!” he added.