Cannes Film Festival: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Bonds With Freida Pinto, Eva Longoria, Natasha Poly

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May 19, 2014

Aishwarya and Freida

May 19: Despite some initial hiccups in her travel plans Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is finally there at Cannes, and rocking it like never before.

Ash posed for a special photo call during an ad shoot with her fellow brand ambassadors.

Aishwarya Rai, Freida Pinto, Natasha Poly and Eva Longoria. All four ambassadors came together for a fun afternoon of shooting an ad for L'Oréal Paris being directed by Norman Jean Roy.

Aishwarya, Eva, Natasha and Freida were seen getting along like a house on fire cracking jokes in between shots and discussing their red carpet looks. Speaking on the occasion, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan said, “Meeting various L'Oréal Paris celebrities at Cannes is what I look forward to. I met Natasha Poly for the first time and she is a new mother so we connected that way. With each spokesperson it’s a different connection.”

Manashi Guha, General Manager- L’Oréal Paris said, “Together they represent the diversity that is L’Oréal Paris. We believe there is no one single notion of beauty and that whatever the color of your skin or hair, we are all worth it.”

Aishwarya looked quite stunning in a bright red lip color, her hair left open and styled beautifully by the L'Oréal Paris experts at Cannes.

During the shoot India’s two most famous international faces, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Freida Pinto also got a chance to bond and interact closely with each other.

It was an afternoon of fashion, beauty and bonding Aishwarya Rai and Freida Pinto at a special shoot for L'Oréal Paris at Cannes. This is the first time that Aishwarya and Freida are working together. Freida Pinto was quite excited to be doing a shoot with Aishwarya and immediately got up to greet and hug her when she came into the L'Oréal Paris Glamour Room at The Martinez.

Both immediately got chatting about the festival and in fact Aishwarya was also heard gushing about her daughter Araadhya to Frieda.

In fact Aishwarya and Freida were both overheard discussing the unexpected delay in Aishwarya’s arrival at Cannes which resulted in her missing her first red carpet. Freida mentioned she was really happy to have gotten a chance to finally do a shoot with Aishwarya and couldn’t wait to see her L’Or Lumière inspired red carpet look.

Speaking about Freida, Aishwarya said, “I always look forward to meeting L'Oréal Paris spokespeople at Cannes every year. I have met Freida for the first time in person. All of us L'Oréal Paris spokespeople are so different, but each one of us is worth it.”

According to official sources Aishwarya Rai will now represent L'Oréal Paris on 20th and 21st of May at Cannes. Ash had missed her first appearance this year due to an unexpected ATC strike in France.

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Agencies
May 17,2020

Mumbai, May 17: TV actor Manmeet Grewal, who worked on shows like "Aadat Se Majboor" and "Kuldeepak", committed suicide after struggling with dwindling finances amid lockdown, family friend-producer Manjit Singh Rajput said.

Grewal, who was originally from Punjab, hanged himself on Friday night at his Kharghar residence here where he lived with his wife. He was 32.

Rajput, who had known Grewal for nearly seven years, said the actor was facing "financial crisis" and wasn't able to earn due to the lockdown. 

"He was going through a major financial issue and he was also in depression. The added pressure of not being able to repay loans amid this (no work phase) got to him. His wife is completely shocked and devastated," Rajput told PTI.

The producer said last rites of the actor were performed on Saturday. 

Grewal was working on projects like a webseries and some commercials, which were put on hold due to the nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

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July 25,2020

Mumbai, Jul 25: Movie theatres have been shuttered for months due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country, but the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has now recommended that the Union Home Ministry allow cinema halls to reopen in August. 

I&B Secretary Amit Khare indicated this at a close-door industry interaction with the CII Media Committee on Friday. He said Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla at the Home Ministry would take the final call.

Khare said that he has recommended that cinema halls may be allowed to reopen all over India as early as August 1, or at the latest, around August 31.

The formula suggested is that alternate seats in the first row and then the next row be kept vacant, and proceeding in this fashion throughout.

Khare said that his ministry's recommendation takes into consideration the two metre social distancing norm, but tweaks it gently to two yards instead. The Home Ministry, however, still has to revert on the recommendation.

Cinema owners, present in the interaction, however, pushed back and said this formula is unwise and merely running films at 25% auditorium capacity is worse than keeping the cinemas shut.

The attendees at the meet included media CEOs like N.P. Singh of Sony, Sam Balsara (Madison), Megha Tata, (Discovery), Gaurav Gandhi (Amazon Prime), Manish Maheshwari (Twitter), S. Sivakumar (Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd), and K Madhavan, Star & Disney, and also Chairman, CII Media Committee.

The OTT platforms present, including Gandhi of Amazon Prime, did not push back. Some Bollywood producers, notably those of Amitabh Bachchan's Gulabo Sitabo, have posted their movies on OTT, rather than live out the lockdown uncertainty.

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May 29,2020

New Delhi, May 29: Actor Pooja Hegde revealed that her Instagram account was hacked after unflattering memes about her colleague Samantha Ruth Prabhu were shared.

Samantha's angry fans are not buying her explanation and it has prompted a Twitter trend #PoojaMustApologizeSamantha.

On Monday night, Pooja put out a tweet that her Instagram had been hacked and was in the process of being retrieved. She urged her fans to not accept any invitations or pass out any personal information to the person asking.

She wrote, "Hi guys, so I've been informed by my team that my insta account has been hacked and my digital team is helping me with it. Please do not accept any invitations or pass out any personal information out to the person asking. Thank you."

An hour later, which she spent "stressing," the 'Mohenjodaro' star tweeted again to say the account was restored and that all activity in the while it had been hacked would be undone.

"Spent the last hour stressing about the safety of my Instagram account. Thanking my technical team for instant help at this hour. Finally, got my hands back on my Instagram Any message, follow back or post in d past hour from my account has been done will be undone. Ty," tweeted Hegde.

The 29-year-old actor announced that her feed has been cleaned up now. Her most recent Instagram post is now one on pet food that she posted three days ago.

In Pooja's tweets, there is no mention of Samantha.

According to the screenshots that are being circulated over social media, a meme of Samantha was posted from Pooja's account. It read, "I don't find her pretty at all."

This tweet has triggered Samantha's fans who have not been pacified by her explanation and are demanding that Pooja apologise, meanwhile Pooja's fans say she has nothing to apologise for.

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