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ANUSHKA SHARMA
ANUSHKA’S WORTHY BIRTHDAY RESOLUTION
Anushka Sharma, who turned 30 recently, wants to start the new decade of her life by building an animal shelter for homeless animals. The actress, who married cricketer Virat Kohli last year, penned a note to announce the project on her special day. “On my birthday, in my own little way, I’m starting something that will give our fellow living beings equal rights, equal care and equal love. I’m building an animal shelter just outside Mumbai - a home for those animals that are stranded, left to fend for themselves, have to brave harsh surroundings. A home where they will be cared for, loved, protected and nurtured,” Anushka wrote on Twitter. “This has been my calling for years now and my dream is finally coming true. I will seek your time, support and advice to make this home a place that looks after fellow living beings with utmost care and compassion - all in due course of time. Until then, I seek your blessings and your prayers,” she added.
SICK OF BEING FAT-SHAMED, SAYS SONAKSHI
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he’s curvy and proud of it! And Sonakshi Sinha, who has often been body-shamed, says it is important for the audience to rise above looks and delve deeper into an artiste’s work. Sonakshi is all for the fact that one’s work speaks for itself. The actor, who walked the ramp recently at a recent fashion event, in an orange floor-sweepimg gown, says, “We should tell the audience and honestly that is something I have advocated since the starting of my career.” “I have always been projecting a very strong body image. Being true to yourself... I have been bodyshamed quite a bit but moving ahead of that because that is what I have always believed in...That it’s not how you look but how you do and about how many people you reach out to,” she added. While the media waited for a conversation with the Sonakshi, who had flown in from Kuala Lumpur to be a part of the event, there was chatter about her weight loss and “sculpted body”. Don’t such comments and questions on weight annoy her? “I have been answering questions on my weight loss for so long that I have become indifferent to them. There are certain things that seem odd at the moment, but I am kind of used to it,” said Sonakshi. “And it’s okay, it’s part of my profession. These are very basic things that people are interested in, which is why they ask. They are I guess, the most obvious questions,” she added.
26 MAY 2018
I HAVE NO BACKING IN THE FILM INDUSTRY: ADITI RAO HYDARI
Actor Aditi Rao Hydari says she feels thrilled to get support from the folks in Bollywood as she has no backing in the film industry. Aditi, who has got rave reviews for her role in hit film Padmaavat, said, “I have no backing in the film industry. It is thrilling to be supported by people you love and respect. I just choose to keep doing my own thing, as long as I am not hurting anyone,” Aditi said. “If anyone wants to screw me over, it’s their problem,” she added. The actor, who was born in Hyderabad and grew up in Delhi, says her maternal grandmother has been her greatest inspiration. “I dressed girly in kurtas, bindis and braids because I loved Bharatanatyam. But my nani would give me junk food, put me in shorts, let my ringlets free, and send me out in the mud to play.”
AUCTION OF UNIFORM NOT WRONG, SAYS AKSHAY KUMAR
Amid the controversy over the auction of the naval uniform that has been used in his film Rustom, actor Akshay Kumar said the auction intends to support a good cause and he has not done “anything wrong”. The National Award winning actor said: “I support my wife on that matter. My
wife and I are doing some work with good intention for a good cause. That was a costume that I used in the film. It is going for (for auction) a good cause. I do not think we have done anything wrong.” “If anyone finds it wrong then it is okay. I cannot do anything about that,” he added. Akshay replied to the question raised by the media in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. On April 26, Akshay tweeted “Hi all, I’m thrilled to announce that you can bid to win the actual naval officer uniform I wore in Rustom! Auction’s proceeds will support the cause of animal rescue and welfare.” The controversy started when a person took to Facebook to express his opinion on why the ‘auction of a naval officer’s uniform’ is wrong. That was further tweeted to Akshay’s wife Twinkle Khanna. Responding to that, Twinkle said: “As a society, do we really think it’s all right to threaten a woman with bodily harm for trying to raise funds for a charity by auctioning a uniform used in a movie, a piece of film memorabilia? I will not retaliate with violent threats but by taking legal action!” The troller had said: “You touch our honour and we will give you a bloody nose.”
I AM WOMAN, HEAR ME ROAR: SUSHMITA SEN
Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen says that being born as a woman is a huge award in itself. At the I Am Woman Award 2018 ceremony in Mumbai, Sushmita said: “I think the fact that I am born as a woman itself is a huge award in my life. And then to have an organisation like Karan Gupta Education Foundation which holds prestigious and inspiring awards for women and recognising them from different fields... is really amazing. “For them to give me an award, it just feels lovely because they have named it ‘I Am Woman’ and I am a big believer of the concept of ‘I Am’ so, it’s a lovely connect. I am very privileged and honoured that they thought of me.”
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