Anil Kapoor's Fanney Khan is set to feature Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as a glamorous singer, producer Prernaa Arora has confirmed. Fanney Khan will mark the directorial debut of Atul Manjrekar, and is the Hindi adaptation of the 2000 Dutch release, Everybody's Famous! The musical-drama shows Aishwarya as a glamorous singer. Aishwarya, who is currently on a family vacation in New York, will start her preparations for the role as soon as she is back in Mumbai. `Aishwarya is a stunning and an extremely talented actress. In Fanney Khan, she will be seen in a completely different avatar from all our past films. She is the spunky, enchanting female protagonist who will make you smile with her screen presence,` Prerna said in a press statement.

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Superstar Salman Khan's latest release Tubelight entered the coveted Rs 100 crore club on the sixth day of its release but it has left distributors in pain, who had high hopes with it. Bhaijaan's previous films that were released on Eid, did earth-shattering business and thus, this time also distributors spent huge amount for the theatrical rights of Tubelight. But, looking at the average collections of the film, distributors may not be able to make profit with it.

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Putting all rumors to rest, Bollywood filmmaker Vipul Shah has recently refuted reports that suggested a rift between Akshay Kumar and him. Rumors were doing the rounds that an upcoming film, 'Namastey England', has been a point of disagreement for the actor-filmmaker duo. The filmmaker also denied the speculation that 'Namastey England' is the sequel of his previous film 'Namastey London' and said, "It's a totally fresh script and a new story. There's a possibility of the title working out really well, but it's not a sequel."

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Sexism is not new in Bollywood, but sometimes certain statements can be taken out of context and miscontrued into something else. In a recent interview given by Tiger Shroff, he referred to his co-stars Jhanvi Kapoor and Ananya Pandey as 'padding'.In the interview to Mumbai Mirror, the actor dismissed the question of who his female co-stars are going to be (in the upcoming sequel to Student of the Year) by saying, "I don't get involved with the casting at all. I don't really care about the padding around me. It's the script and my character that matter." This statement of his received a lot of flak on social media, with some people calling him 'sexist' and even 'self-absorbed'. This isn't the first instance of Tiger Shroff's unchecked 'sexism'. Previously in an interview while promoting his film 'Baaghi' he said how he likes 'village type girls' and girls who are 'house wife material'. He also said he would marry someone who when he reaches home, would give him a massage, would stay at home, keep the house clean and give him home.

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Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor says his family has always been "very secular" and has equal respect for all religions.

The actor, known for posting honest opinions on social media, was reacting to posts by users on Twitter.

One read: "If you have such a hatred to Muslims. Why you all Indians go to all big Muslim countries to work and mint money. You hypocrites", and another stated: "What makes you think RK has a hatred for Muslims? What has compelled you to make this deduction?" In response to this, Rishi tweeted: "This allegation is very false and hurtful. Our family has always been very secular and have equal respect and admiration for all religions."

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