B-Town celebrates P.V. Sindhu's Olympic win

August 19, 2016

indiaNew Delhi, Aug 19: Bollywood celebritites like Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Priyanka Chopra have congratulated Indian woman shuttler P.V. Sindhu on her Olympic win. Sindhu assured the country of at least a silver medal after thrashing Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the women's singles badminton semi-final at the Rio Olympics on Thursday.

Here's what the celebrities had to say about her win:

Amitabh Bachchan: P.V. Sindhu...aapne 'bolne walon' ki bolti bund kar di... karm bolta hai aur wo kabhi kabhi 'kalam' ko bhi hara deta hai! BADHAI!

Shah Rukh Khan: Sakshi...Sindhu...Dono ko Salaam!

Aamir Khan: Way to go Sindhu! Congratulations! You have made India proud! All the very best for the finals. Love.a.

Anushka Sharma: What a day it's been! First Sakshi Malik and now P.V. Sindhu in finals. Here comes another medal. Silver haath mein Gold nazar mein (Silver in hand and gold in eyes). All the best.

Madhuri Dixit-Nene: Another medal assured Rio 2016. Congrats P.V. Sindhu ...Go for gold.

Karan Johar: P.V. Sindhu...more power to girl power! Rio 2016

Ashish Chowdhry: Now hopin to catch P.V. Sindhu live at 6.30pm. Praying she'll be the first Indian woman to bag individual Gold. Biggest Indian badminton match! Rio 2016.

Nandita Das: If you missed hearing Manto story Dus Rupaye last night...For now watch P.V. Sindhu -- So amazing!! So inspiring!

Madhur Bhandarkar: One more girl makes India proud. Congrats P.V. Sindhu for storming into the badminton finals. Wish you the very best Go For Gold. Rio2016.

Riteish Deshmukh: P.V. Sindhu and Aditi Ashok shine at the Rio Olympics -- prayers and best wishes with them Go INDIA.

Sonu Sood: P.V. Sindhu we are proud of you. Salute. Rio 2016. Badminton.

Soha Ali Khan: Congratulations P.V Sindhu on a superb victory and all the very best for the finals!! Go For Gold!! Rio Olympics 2016. P.V. Sindhu. No Pressure.

Esha Gupta: Loving how our girls are putting us on the world map...Girl Power P.V. Sindhu. Good Luck.

Tahir Raj Bhasin: Awesome! P.V. Sindhu wins. India's women show the world how it's done! We're on a roll. Congratulations. Rio 2016.

Rahul Bose: Absolutely fantastic P. V. Sindhu Brilliant badminton! Rio 2016 badminton.

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June 6,2020

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie feels discrimination and impunity cannot be justified in any way, and says she hopes people in the US can come together to "address the deep structural wrongs in our society".

The Oscar-winning star, who turned 45 on Thursday, also donated $200,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, reports people.com.

"Rights don't belong to any one group to give to another. Discrimination and impunity cannot be tolerated, explained away or justified. I hope we can come together as Americans to address the deep structural wrongs in our society," Jolie said.

"I stand with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in their fight for racial equality, social justice, and their call for urgent legislative reform," she added.

Meanwhile, the actress celebrated her birthday amid lockdown with her six children -- Maddox, 18, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 14, and 11-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

The actress and activist has been active since the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world and has donated to different organisations.

Jolie previously donated $1 million to No Kid Hungry, the organisation working to feed children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"I knew that there were problems in America, that there was poverty, but I could not believe when I realised how many school children in America were dependent on a meal to not go hungry. I was so disgusted that we have gotten to this point as a country and that we would let the most vulnerable be in such a state. I can't imagine what it feels like for those parents," she said while opening up about her reason to get associated with the organisation.

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News Network
March 5,2020

New Delhi, Mar 5: Urging netizens to adopt traditional salutation styles like 'namaste' and 'salaam' to greet everyone in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, megastar Salman Khan on Thursday shared a picture from his workout session.

Flaunting his perfectly chiselled body, the 'Sultan' actor shared a picture of himself sitting on a pull-down machine with folded hands as a mark of Indian tradition 'namaste'.

"Namashkaar ... hamari sabhyata mein namaste aur salaam hai! Jab #coronavirus Khatam ho jaye tab Haath milao aur gale lago...." he captioned the picture.

Khan recently touched the mark of 30 million followers on Instagram on Saturday and shared a short video on the platform thanking his fans for it.

In the video, he first thanked fans with folded hands and then a salute.

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July 15,2020

New Delhi, Jul 15: "I'm just happy with resuming work after a long break!" said Bollywood actor Vaani Kapoor, who is thrilled to get back for movie shootings after a long COVID-19 induced gap of nearly four months.

The 31-year-old star has been roped in to share screen space with Akshay Kumar for the upcoming espionage thriller 'Bell bottom'.

Kapoor, who is a big fan of the 'Mission Mangal' actor, has since then shared her excitement of working in the film, and also act opposite Kumar.

Talking about getting back to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic, she explained, "I, honestly, am just happy with work resuming after a long break. One will, of course, have to be extra cautious and keep all preventive measures in mind but it feels exciting to embark on a new journey!"

On July 6, the 'Befikre' actor had announced on Twitter that the movie is all set to go on floors in August. The makers of the movie have taken the decision to shoot the film in Scotland.

'Bell Bottom' will be the first film to see Vaani Kapoor and Akshay Kumar sharing the screen space.

"Well, this is a great opportunity for me! I have great respect for Akshay sir. It's super exciting and I am really looking forward to the experience," she noted.

The actor had completed the shooting of her next project 'Shamshera', in which she is paired opposite Ranbir Kapoor.

While 'Bell Botton' directed by Ranjit M Tewari, is slated for release on April 2, 2021. The first poster of the movie was released by Akshay Kumar in November, last year.

The film, set in the 80s, is an original screenplay inspired by true events. Akshay is most likely to essay the story of a spy in the movie.

'Bell Bottom' is produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani, Deepshikha Deshmukh, Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani, and Nikkhil Advani.

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