Expresso Bollywood Update at 11:30 am on 26th April

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“Let’s begin with news of an upcoming debut.

Actor Irrfan Khan’s son Babil is all set to make his Bollywood debut with Anvita Dutt Guptan’s movie Qala. Recently, the film’s producer Karnesh Ssharma spoke about the likeness between Babil and his gifted father Irrfan.

He said, “The rawness that Irrfan had, Babil carries that. My personal request to all of you is that let him be and let him express himself. He is really young and has a lot of pressure on him. A humble request would be to let him express himself and enjoy what he has done, rather than putting pressure.”””
“Meanwhile,

Ajay Devgn has collaborated with content creator Yashraj Mukhate for a track for his upcoming film Runway 34. Mukhate shared a sneak peek of the track on Instagram. He wrote, “This was sooo much fun!! @ajaydevgn sir doing a rap section for the first time in a track that I made. Isn’t that insane?”

The video begins with an argument between Mukhate and Devgn. While Mukhate says it would be nice to include Runway 34 dialogues in the track, Devgn is not keen about the idea and forces him to make a new track. Soon, Mukhate is seen crooning a track penned by Akshay Shinde. Devgn, meanwhile, sings the rap portion of the song. ”
“Speaking of new songs,

The first song of Ranveer Singh’s upcoming movie Jayeshbhai Jordaar is out. Called “Firecracker” the number is a peppy one which will make you to sway to its beats.

What makes “Firecracker” seem better than it actually is its lead star’s unbeatable energy. Singh prances around in his bellbottoms as he does some ridiculous steps, making sure you keep your smile throughout the track. The song has been composed by the musical duo of Vishal and Sheykhar.

Written and directed by Divyang Thakkar, with Ranveer Singh, debutante Shalini Pandey, Ratna Pathak Shah, and Boman Irani in the cast, Jayeshbhai Jordaar is all set to release on 13th May.”
“Meanwhile,

Musician Hridaynath Mangeshkar is admitted to a hospital and is “doing well” according to his son, singer Adinath Mangeshkar. The 84-year-old musician, younger brother of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, will be discharged within ten days.

At the inaugural Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award, Adinath addressed the gathering and said it was his father who would normally deliver the welcome address, but wasn’t able to do it this year.

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“Moving on,

Aamir Khan is currently awaiting the release of Laal Singh Chaddha and has shared an exciting announcement on what seems like his next project.

The actor’s production house Aamir Khan Productions recently shared a video on social media. In the video, a casually dressed Aamir, who is seen playing table football, turns to the camera at one point and says in Hindi, “I have decided where I will narrate the kahani on 28th. I will narrate it on a radio station. It is a good place to share stories.”

Aamir Khan will next be seen in Advait Chandan’s Laal Singh Chaddha alongside Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Naga Chaitanya. The film will release on 11th August.”
“Shrayana Bhattacharya, the author of ‘Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh’ got a chance to meet Shah Rukh Khan at his residence, Mannat on Sunday. She took to Instagram and revealed that the actor spent an hour with her, and also gave her a handwritten note. She posted a photo of the note, and mentioned that the ‘book had reached its intended destination’.

Shrayana wrote, “They say you should never meet your heroes. Whoever wrote/thought that had clearly never encountered @iamsrk After meeting him for an hour at Mannat last night, I can only say that he is superhuman, not of this universe, yet the most humane.”””
“Meanwhile,

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui believes reinventing as a performer is the only way to not become “jaded” in the film industry. In his career of more than two decades, Siddiqui has received acclaim in almost every film .

The actor said he never takes his audience for granted and hence his attempt is always to look for “something more” when a character comes his way.

He said “It is on you if you’re making your character challenging enough. If you’re doing that, means you’re still curious. It is an ongoing process. The day I stop the process thinking that the audience will love me anyway as I am a great actor, my downfall will begin.”
“Filmmaker Neeraj Pandey says his latest production Operation Romeo might start a discussion because “all of us have faced something like this in our lives, in different degrees.” Operation Romeo has the theme of moral policing at the core of it. Starring Sharad Kelkar and Bhumika Chawla, it is the remake of 2019 Malayalam movie Ishq.

In a conversation with indianexpress.com, Neeraj said that the film was based on incidences the writer and his girlfriend had gone through. He said, “The producers of the original film approached us. In their opinion, we were the right people to make this without sort of corrupting anything about the original. It’s made by a very young team there also,””
“And finally,

R Madhavan’s son Vedaant Madhavan, who recently won a gold medal in swimming at the Danish Open 2022 in Copenhagen, opened up on how he wanted to make a name for himself and not just be recognised as R Madhavan’s son.

Opening up about the efforts his parents have made to support him, the swimmer said, “I didn’t want to live under my dad’s shadow. I wanted to make name for myself. I didn’t want to be just R Madhavan’s son. They are always looking after me. Both put so much effort. One of the main sacrifices my parents made was to shift to Dubai,””

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