Have you heard? Aditya Roy Kapur is gearing up for musical venture; Esha Deol turns producer

Aditya Roy Kapur. Pic/Sameer Markande

On a new path

Aditya Roy Kapur is gearing up for his first musical venture. The lockdown provided him with the perfect opportunity to be fully immersed in it. He has even built a makeshift recording studio at his home. Kapur has been sharing cryptic posts to drop hints about his upcoming project. "Coming soon... boys and girls," he wrote. It is said that he initially wanted to be a composer. He began his career as a VJ on a music channel and has played a musician in London Dreams (2009) and Aashiqui 2 (2013). Kapur, who calls music his first love, prefers to be guarded about the project for now.

When SRK's dhoti kept falling off

On Monday, Shah Rukh Khan went down memory lane to mark 19 years since the release of Devdas. The superstar revealed that throughout the shoot of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's period drama he faced a major issue with his costume. "The dhoti kept falling off," he wrote. SRK added that he managed the late-night and early morning shooting schedules because of "the gorgeous Madhuri Dixit, the stunning Aishwarya Rai, the ever cheerful Jackie Shroff, the full-of-life Kirron Kher and the whole team slogging under the masterful Bhansali." Devdas premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and bagged five National Film Awards.

Behind the camera

Esha Deol Takhtani is the latest actor to turn producer. On Monday, she announced her first venture, Ek Duaa, which will be helmed by Ram Kamal Mukherjee. Along with businessman husband, Bharat Takhtani, the actor has floated the banner, Bharat Esha Films. When she was approached for Ek Duaa, Deol felt "a deep connection with the script," which made her associate with it as an actor as well as a producer. "It opened the doors for Bharat and me to start another innings as partners," said Deol.

Make it special

To mark Zarine Khan's birthday on Monday, Sussanne Khan called her mother her ‘favourite human'. She wrote, "Strong women don't play the victim. They don't make themselves look pitiful. They may have a storm in their hearts, yet their smile will be filled with love and forgiveness." Sussanne's rumoured actor beau
Arslan Goni replied to the post by sharing hugging face emojis.

Message alert

Rhea Chakraborty continues to speak her mind on social media. She took to her Instagram Story to share a picture basking in the sun. What grabbed attention was the motivational quote on her cap, which read, ‘Never give up'. The actor is raring to get back on the scene and begin the rounds of auditions.

Of loving and longing

Aamir Khan and Pooja Bhatt-starrer Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin clocked three decades on Monday. To mark the landmark year, Bhatt thanked the late Gulshan Kumar for bankrolling a film that "experts said was too risky, where a woman runs away from home to marry someone, then changes her mind and runs away from the mandap to marry someone else. That too, with her father's blessings," she wrote. Mahesh Bhatt's film also starred Anupam Kher. "It is more than a film. It is a feeling. It is innocence," she added.

Who's afraid of stunts?

After Anurag Basu's Ludo (2020), Asha Negi features as a cop in the crime thriller, Collar Bomb. She was looking to play a fierce and empowering character for a long time, and when Dnyanesh Zoting's film came her way, she did not think twice before taking up the offer. "My character, ASI Sumitra Joshi, has a couple of
action sequences, including a scene involving fire," says Negi. As she was performing stunts for the first time, she was scared. "But at the end of the day, you have to believe in yourself and enact the scene well," says Negi who features in the Disney+Hotstar film along with Jimmy Sheirgill.

Short route

Delnaaz Irani features in child actor-turned-director Ali Haji's short film, Will You Be My Girlfriend? Haji is best remembered for playing Kajol and Aamir Khan's son in Fanaa (2006), and Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji's child in Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007). Irani took on the offer as she was keen to get back to work after the pandemic. "We have to restart our lives at some point. The cast and crew consisted of youngsters. I was the only ‘veteran' on the set," says Irani, who plays a mother in the love saga.

Divine calling

Sara Ali Khan is feeling "blessed" and "at peace" after visiting the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati. Over the weekend, the actor made a short trip to seek divine intervention before she gets back to work. She wrapped herself in the traditional Assamese gamosa. A section of netizens applauded her for "believing in every religion."

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