Netflix does away with credits for Karan Johar and crew in Janhvi Kapoor starrer Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl is a crucial film for sophomore Janhvi Kapoor whose debut film Dhadak came a good two years ago. Since then she has been seen only in a short film in the Netflix ghost anthology Ghost Stories.

Coincidentally all three of Janhvi’s films so far are produced by Karan Johar, which would be considered a lucky break for any newcomer under normal circumstances. But at the moment the Johar name is the face of the nepotism debate that rages across the country.

The debate has claimed its first casualty, what with the trailer of Gunjan Saxena doing away with the credit details completely. Throughout the trailer we see no names of any member of the cast or crew.

Says a source in the know, “At first Netflix decided strike off only Karan Johar’s name as producer from the trailer and retain the rest of the credits. But then the creative team felt that would look most conspicuous. So they did away with all the credits.”

It remains to be seen if the credits will feature in the film when it streams on August 12. Hopefully by then the nepotism debate would die down.

Also Read: Netflix shells out whopping Rs. 70 cr to acquire Janhvi Kapoor starrer Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl

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Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal move their wedding to 2021

Bollywood actors Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha are set to tie the knot.  Ali proposed to Richa back when they were on vacation in the Maldives. The couple was supposed to tie the knot in April but had to postpone it due to the outbreak of coronavirus. They've now completely moved the wedding to 2021.

Richa Chadha, in a statement, said, "2020 has played spoilsport with us in many ways. The pandemic is far from done with us and the vaccine is nowhere in sight. It is only pragmatic to push or celebration to the coming year, in the interest of everyone that would attend."

Back in 2012, Ali Fazal and Richa met for the first time on the sets of Fukrey. They started dating in 2015. It was only in 2017 when they made their relationship public. Since then, they have been quite open about it on their social media.

ALSO READ: Ali Fazal reunites with Shweta Tripathi, Harshita Gaur and team of Mirzapur 2 for dubbing post lockdown

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Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case: Peaceful protest planned for August 7

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput passed away more than a month ago. He died by suicide on June 14 and was found hanging in his Bandra apartment. As fans, friends, and family mourn the death of the late actor, netizens have been campaigning for CBI inquiry. After the online download digital protest on June 22 with the hashtag #Candle4SSR, another online protest is scheduled for August 7.

Lawyer Ishkaran Singh Bhandari, who is leading these events, expects more people to join. Speaking to a tabloid, he said that people are getting restless and impatient after Sushant's family filed an FIR. So to channel out the sentiments of the people, he thought of starting the whole peaceful protest movement.

He said that he has requested people to light the candle at 8 pm, wear black bands on their forehead and they can hold a placard or a poster.

Last week, Sushant’s father KK Singh filed an FIR against Sushant’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and her family for abetment to suicide. Sanjay Kumar Singh, inspector general, central range, revealed that an FIR was lodged at the Rajiv Nagar police station in Patna against Rhea and her family including Indrajit Chakraborty, Sandhya Chakraborty, Shruti Modi, Showik Chakraborty and others. It was filed under Sections 341, 342, 380, 406,420, 306 and 120 (B) of the Indian Penal Code.

Mumbai Police has recorded statements of over 40 people including Aditya Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Mahesh Bhatt, Rhea Chakraborty, among others in relation to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.

Bihar Police is carrying out an independent investigation after FIR was filed.

ALSO READ: Mumbai Police dismiss claims that Sushant Singh Rajput's father filed a complaint in February

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Mumbai Police dismiss claims that Sushant Singh Rajput's father filed a complaint in February

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death probe is becoming murkier by the day. The Dil Bechara actor passed away more than a month ago. He died on June 14 and was found hanging in his Bandra apartment. Now, the late actor's father KK Singh has claimed they tried to alert Mumbai Police in February that their son's life was in danger. But the officials have dismissed his claims.

In a press conference on Monday, August 3, Mumbai Police rejected the claims made by KK Singh and said that no written complaint was addressed to Bandra Police Station on February 25.

However, Mumbai Police revealed that OP Singh, an IPS officer, and Sushant's brother-in-law, had messaged to then DCP Zone 9 regarding this matter. The DCP Zone 9 had asked to file a written complaint that was mandatory for them to carry out any action. OP Singh wanted the matter to be resolved informally after being told by DCP Zone 9 that was not possible.

KK Singh claimed that Bandra Police did not act on the alleged complaint that there was a threat to his son's life. He also stated that the accused are on the run and the victims are being labelled as the conspirators.

It's been over a month now since Mumbai Police began investigating his death and recorded over 40 statements. After an FIR for abetment to suicide was filed against Sushant's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and her family by Sushant's father Krishna Kumar Singh, Bihar Police has been carrying out an independent investigation.

The Mumbai Police further said, "Bihar police has no jurisdiction to investigate this case, we are seeking legal opinion on that. We have not given clean chit to anyone, but the complainant [referring to KK Singh's complaint] has not come to us."

"We have no role in quarantining any officer, it's the BMC that has acted on it," they said.

ALSO READ: Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister Neetu pens an emotional note on Rakshabandhan; says it is the first time in 35 years without him 

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Sushant Singh Rajput web-searched ways of painless death

According to the Mumbai police Sushant Singh Rajput was searching for ways of painless death on the internet hours before he took his own life. While those close to him confirm his delicate mental health, certain news channels are hell-bent on proving that Sushant was sound of mind and that his death is “suspicious.”

Filmmaker Rumi Jaffrey, one of the few to have access to Sushant in the final months of his life asserts that Sushant’s mental health was an issue. Says Rumi, “Sushant himself told me, ‘Main depressed rehta hoon.Kya karoon kuch samajh mein nahin aa raha’.I reassured him saying he had nothing to be depressed about. He was handsome and much in-demand .His last film Chhichhore was a big hit.”

It was through Rhea and then Sushant that Rumi came to know of Sushant’s mental state. “He was under medication. No one took Sushant’s life.”

Also Read: Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case: Cook recalls the details of the day when the actor was found dead

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On Rakshabandhan, Sonu Sood promises to help a woman whose house was destroyed by the rain

Actor Sonu Sood has pledged to support a family in West Bengal whose house was destroyed by the heavy rains. Sonu came across the plight of the family through Twitter and promised to help them.

A Twitter user tagged Sonu Sood in a tweet along with a video, which read, “Sonu Sood sir, this family is in Jalpaiguri. The woman’s husband is dead. She has a small child but nothing to feed it. The rains have added to their woes. You are her last hope. Please save this family if you can, Sonu sir.” The video shared by the user showed the condition of the house post the rain.

“Let’s help our sister out on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. Let’s build her a new house,” Sood wrote replying to the tweet.

चलो आज रक्षा बंधन के अवसर पर असम में अपनी इस बहन का नया घर बनाते हैं। ❣️ https://t.co/ZyqgJKHQXb

— sonu sood (@SonuSood) August 3, 2020

During the period of lockdown, Sonu Sood has been selflessly offering help to people. He started with distributing food in Mumbai and then went on to achieve the bigger mission of helping migrant workers reach their hometown. He has now been arranging flights for those stranded overseas. He has also started a Pravasi app which will help migrant workers get employed.

ALSO READ: “This birthday was special; it seemed the whole country was celebrating”, says Sonu Sood 

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Ram Gopal Varma announces film titled 'Arnab -The News Prostitute'; calls out the journalist for his TV debates on Bollywood

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma took to his Twitter handle to announce that he will be making a film on news anchor and editor-in-chief of Republic TV Arnab Goswami. In a series of tweets, the filmmaker expressed his anger towards Goswami and explained why he is making a film on him.

After the unfortunate demise of Sushant Singh Rajput, a lot of debates around the functioning of Bollywood. Several news channels have also been holding debates on the demise of Sushant Singh Rajput. Reacting to the recent events, Varma tweeted, “Was shocked to see #ArnabGoswami talking about Bollywood in such a horrible way ..He calls it the dirtiest industry ever with criminal connections ,it’s full of Rapists, gangsters, sexual exploiters and what not?It beats me in what dumb way #ArnabGoswami can combine the deaths of Divya Bharthi,Jiah khan, Sridevi and Sushant into one case and claim that the murderer is Bollywood..incidentally the 4 deaths happened over a span of nearly 25 years."

“And in all the four cases of Divya,Jiah,Sridevi and Sushant there were completely different people and circumstances  ..But in Arnab’s mind they are all one and had been killed by an entity called Bollywood,” he added. 

Ram Gopal Varma said, “That guy #ArnabGoswami is banking on the fact that we don’t have the spine and as long as he runs the debate he will anyway make sure no one's point of view is ever heard and that’s his modus operandi anyway.”

“I for one am feeling very strongly about this and I decided to make a film on #ArnabGoswami in which I will take the clothes off his facade and make him naked exposing the lengths and breadths of all his vital corrupt stats,” the filmmaker further added. 

Varma then announced his film based on Arnab Goswami. “ARNAB”THE NEWS PROSTITUTE. After extensively studying him I mulled on whether the tagline should be The News Pimp or The News Prostitute though both are relevant I finally settled on prostitute for its sound. I know I used some hard language in these tweets to describe him but I took a cue of them from our very own dirty mouthed #ArnabGoswamy.”

My film on him is titled

“ARNAB”
THE NEWS PROSTITUTE
After extensively studying him I mulled on whether the tagline should be The News Pimp or The News Prostitute though both are relevant I finally settled on prostitute for its sound.

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) August 3, 2020

He further spoke about Arnab reacting to his film, "Hey #ArnabGoswami whether u react to my film or not I don’t care a damn because my target audience is not going to be u , but it will be ur viewers ..I want to shake them up with the way I will expose in my film the back of ur public face in Republic TV."

I believe that #ArnabGoswami has no other agenda but to come across like the ultimate hero a Dabaangish Salman Khan, kind by making all the film industry biggies to run for cover and for that purpose he will MURDER TRUTH

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) August 3, 2020

"On the other hand if u #ArnabGoswami react to my film or try to discredit me I would welcome that too because I can use it for the publicity of my film," he added. 

Ram Gopal Varma asked Bollywood biggies like Aditya Chopra, Karan Johar, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan to speak up against him. “If u guys  #AdityaChopra , @karanjohar@MaheshNBhatt @iamsrk @BeingSalmanKhan are so scared that if u speak against him ,it might go against the current public sentiment don’t forget that it’s him, who aroused that sentiment and ur silence is making u all look guilty for sure”

“Atleast now all film industry people should come out and speak openly about #ArnabGoswami ‘s falsifications instead of running scared like deer from a wild dog,” he added. 

ALSO READ:  Ram Gopal Varma shares still from Powerstar featuring lookalikes of Pawan Kalyan and Chiranjeevi  

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