ShowBiz Spice: On the beat in entertainment

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Shilpa Shetty Kundra with hubby Raj, and children Viaan and Samisha, went for her first outing after her husband’s release to Mussoorie. She termed it her best Christmas ever and the Kundras were accompanied by another family—of Shilpa’s bestie Akanksha Malhotra.

The last release of the year—Shahid Kapoor’s Jersey, directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri—has now been postponed thanks to the Omicron restrictions imposed in the country, which includes complete closure of movie halls again in some terrains.

Ranveer Singh has reportedly decided to forgo the rest of his remuneration for 83 in view of the losses it will entail

Ranveer Singh has reportedly decided to forgo the rest of his remuneration for 83 in view of the losses it will entail.

Producer-director Karan Johar shared his views about Allu Arjun’s star stature and the success of his recent release, Pushpa: The Rise—Part 1 in the Hindi market. He called him “A self-made pan-India superstar because his films have never been region-specific despite the language barrier.”

The release schedule of the first glimpse of the Vijay Deverakonda-Ananya Pandey film, Liger—Saala Crossbreed has been released by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. The sports action Aug. 2022 release stars Ramya Krishnan, and Mike Tyson in his Hindi debut, and is directed by Puri Jagannadh.

Siddharth Roy Kapur has been honored by Variety magazine as one of the 500 most influential leaders in global media and entertainment for the fifth consecutive year. Kapur has recently produced the web show Aranyak and been a producer of films like Chennai Express, Dangal, Barfi!, Rang De Basanti and others.

Ravi Kishan, whose achievements include 600 (!!) movies, recently revealed that he did a TV show called Hello Inspector because of which he signed a Bhojpuri film and soon became a superstar there!

Sunny Deol wishes to be back in action with four or five films a year as in his peak days, which Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn are doing today. As of now, he is shooting for R. Balki’s next, and Anil Sharma’s Gadar 2 and Apne 2 are lined up.

Junglee Pictures, which produced films like Raazi and Badhaai Ho, has signed National award-winning director Sudhanshu Saria to direct their stylized espionage drama, Ulajh, to be fronted by a female protagonist and written by Queen and Bajrangi Bhaijaan co-writer Perveez Sheikh.

Zayed Khan, who plans to make a comeback like cousin Fardeen Khan, but in a web series, has stated the writing on the wall: “OTT is a big step in the entertainment business, but that also means that the canvas of a film in cinemas is going to get bigger.”

Yami Gautam, who is busy as an actress, recently talked about her skin condition, Keratosis Pilaris on her social media, which causes patches and small bumps on the skin. She has been battling it bravely for a while.