Deepika Padukone: I don't consider myself a tech-savvy person

March 24, 2017

Mumbai, Mar 24: Deepika Padukone says she is not someone who would keep up with the changing trends in the field of technology but acknowledges the fact that it is an important part of our lives.

DeepikaThe 31-year-old actress says for her photographs are about collecting memories.

"I don't consider myself as a tech-savvy person. I understand it is important to keep up with the knowledge that technology can do to our lives today.

"But, in a lot of ways, I'm very old school and I would like to keep it that way. Yes, I would like to indulge my fans with selfies. But for me, it's about the memory," says Deepika.

The 'Bajirao Mastani' star says she often notices a shift in people whenever they hear a camera getting ready to click their photographs.

"There's a tendency to worry about the way you look when cameras are switched on. I sense a change in the body language of people."

"But I feel best moments are captured when they are candid, fun and real. Whether, it's a picture of yourself or with your families, they are memories. Our lives are all about those memories that you have shared with these people."

Deepika said, "while people are clicking more pictures these days, she hopes that they would go to the old way of creating albums."

"Sometimes I flip through old albums that remind me of meeting someone or about an old experience. People take a lot of pictures nowadays but I don't think we are in the habit of putting them in an album like we used to."

"So, maybe that's something I'd like to go back to... Not just about capturing it on a device but getting the pictures developed and putting them in an album."

The actress says she prefers a groupfie (a term she admits she learnt today) over selfie as the picture will end up capturing more memories.

Deepika says although her most memorable selfie moments are with her friends and family, she also cherishes taking selfies with fans.

"The way some fans approach us... They often act a little funny and how they feel a little nervous around us. Sometimes, it gets unnerving but I feel for them," she says.

When asked whether she would like to work in a film shot on a smartphone, Deepika says she would readily do it for the creative experience.

"I feel smartphones give you the power to tell the story you want to. Whether it's making a film on my own or featuring in a film that has been shot on a smartphone, if the director wants to shoot a film like that, I'm all game."

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July 25,2020

Bhubaneswar, Jul 25: The COVID-19 pandemic has hit many people hard, and the latest victim of the pandemic is Bollywood actor Kartika Sahoo from Odisha. With the entertainment industry almost non-functional and most productions on hold, the actor is forced to sell vegetables for a living.

Sahoo, who hails from the from Garadpur block of the Kendrapada district in Odisha, said that he went to Mumbai to try his luck in Bollywood at the age of 17. For many years he worked as a bodyguard to film stars and cricketers such as Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar, among others.

Lady luck shone on him in 2018, and he landed noticeable roles in the action sequences of many movies, he said while speaking with news agency. He also has a fight sequence with Akshay Kumar in his upcoming film 'Sooryavanshi'.

Just before the nationwide lockdown which started on March 22, Sahoo had returned home to Odisha after shooting a fight sequence in Jaipur. Since then, with no work, the actor has been living off his savings to sustain his family. But, after four months of no work, and a medical emergency, a major part of his savings was drained.

To find work, he moved to state capital Bhubaneswar, but to no avail. In the end, Sahoo had to resort to selling vegetables in Rasulgad there.

Sahoo is still hopeful and said that he'll again try his luck in Bollywood once the situation is back to normal, till then he'll struggle, like others, for survival.

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May 11,2020

Mumbai, May 11: Model-cum-actress Poonam Pandey was on Sunday booked by Mumbai Police for violating the coronvirus-induced lockdown norms, an official said.

An FIR was registered against Panedy and a person accompanying her by the Marine Drive Police.

She was found roaming in her high-end car at Marine Drive without any reason, he said.

"A case has been registered against Pandey and Sam Ahmad Bombay (46) under sections 269 (Negligent act likely to spread infection of a disease dangerous to life) and 188 (Disobedience of order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under provisions of the National Disaster Act," senior police inspector Mrityunjay Hiremath said.

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February 27,2020

Mumbai, Feb 27: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Wednesday said it's with constant education that a country, a family can move forward as there is never an end to learning.

In December last year, when the actor visited the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, the La Trobe University announced the 'Shah Rukh Khan La Trobe University PhD Scholarship'. At the event to announce therecipient of the scholarship here on Wednesday, Shah Rukh said it was his honour to lend his name or be attached to the scholarship.

"I am a big believer in education. I truly believe that the way forward for any country, any family, city, state is by educating itself more and more.

"There is never an end to education. I've come to realise the more I know, I figure out, the less I understand. It's very important to keep educating ourselves for the rest of our lives.

"I've always believed education in India and elsewhere in the world, is the most important step forward for any nation," he said.

The scholarship aims to provides an opportunity for an aspiring female researcher from India to undertake research.

The 54-year-old superstar said what also will help taking the world move ahead is educating women.

"Related to the fact, is of course, education of women, empowering women, to look after themselves to look after their families...

"If you are able to empower them with education, the world goes even further forward," the actor added.

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