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Varun Dhawan has revealed that his father, filmmaker David Dhawan, is keen to shift gears and make a serious film. David’s choice is, however, not Varun — making waves with his choice of films — but Rajkummar Rao. Varun said his father has been planning to make the film for a long time with the Newton star as he is “one of his favourite actors” from the current crop. 

Director Umesh Shukla says a sequel to the hit 2012 comedy OMG - Oh My God! is on the cards and work has already started on it. 

We all know Raj and Rashmi…died in the sunset. Thirty years later, we still sigh for our star-crossed Romeo and Juliet played with refreshing spontaneity by Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla in their breakthrough film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, or simply its shorthand, QSQT.

Ed Skrein, a.k.a. Ajax/Francis of Deadpool, will play the antagonist in the Maleficent sequel starring Angelina Jolie.  Elle Fanning and Angie will reprise their roles of Aurora and Maleficent, respectively, from their hit 2014 film. 

Director Pedro Almodovar has announced his next project, starring Antonio Banderas and, his frequent collaborator, Penelope Cruz. The 68-year-old, who is best known for the Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, will direct Dolor Y. Gloria (Pain And Glory). The project was announced by the Spanish director’s production house, El Deseo, and production is expected to start in July this year, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film will chronicle a series of reunions, some in the present and others in the past, as a film director ponders his creative decline.  

By the time Antonio Banderas shaved off his eyebrows and hair to play Pablo Picasso — his lifelong hero, his towering standard of greatness — he had already been asked to portray Picasso twice. “Oh, yes,” he said. “Twice before.”

Leon Bridges

After playing supporting roles for close to a decade, Arunoday Singh has hit pay dirt with his solid act in the Irrfan Khan black comedy Blackmail. t2 caught up with the 35-year-old hunk on embarking on a journey drastically different from his political lineage (Arunoday is the grandson of former union minister Arjun Singh), on carving his own niche and what writing poetry means to him.  

Mr & Mrs Bakshi

Has Rockstar girl and Uday Chopra’s on-off girlfriend, Nargis Fakhri, found love again? Looks like it from her Instagram account. Her latest beau is Matt Alonzo, an American director and video editor.