Harpreet Khatri wins 'DID Super Moms'

June 14, 2015

Mumbai, Jun 14: Mumbai housewife Harpreet Khatri was announced as the winner of TV show "Dance India Dance Super Moms" here on Saturday based on votes from audiences across India.

Harpreet KhatriA trained dancer, Harpreet, performed consistently well throughout the second season of the dance based reality show. She is known for her versatility in various dance forms including hip-hop, Bollywood, classical and freestyle.

She defeated Somya Shree from Karnataka, Sneha Adapawar of Mumbai and Delhi based Dipashree Chatterjee to take home a whopping Rs.5 lakh cash prize and a contract with Zee TV.

"I'm extremely happy to win this trophy today. The kind of appreciation and comments I've received for my acts instilled confidence in me that the audiences and judges truly connected with me.

"It is like a dream come true for me to perform on the stage of 'DID Super Moms' and emerge as a winner of season two. My skipper Siddhesh (Pai) has worked hard on me throughout the season, which has helped me learn a variety of new dance forms and evolve as a dancer. I want to thank my mother who has been a super mom for me and instrumental in my success," Harpreet said in a statement.

She was presented the trophy by actor Sushant Singh Rajput and judges Terence Lewis and Geeta Kapoor.

Co-hosted by Karan Wahi and Ravi Dubey, the grand finale was a dancing extravaganza witnessing some power packed performances by skippers Sanam Johar, Prince and Siddhesh Pai. The show also witnessed a foot tapping performance by Lewis.

The highlight of the show was the special performance by Bollywood stars Govinda and Karisma Kapoor, who made the audience nostalgic by performing on some of their hit tracks like "What is your mobile number", "Main toh raste se ja raha tha", "Husn hai suhana", "Sarkai lo khatiya", and "Goriya churana mera jiya".

Congratulating Harpreet on her victory, Govinda, who was a judge on the show along with Lewis and Kapoor, said: "She has never ceased to amaze us with her dancing talent right from the moment we saw her audition.

"Mentored by Siddhesh, there was no looking back for this supremely talented super mom as she surged ahead with her every act making her way into the grand finale.

Having worked on the constructive feedback by the judges, these supermoms approached the platform with the right attitude and mindset. My best wishes to all the finalists for their future endeavours."

To add some star power to the event, actors Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor along with the cast of their forthcoming film "ABCD 2", were seen shaking a leg on songs like "Sun Saathiya" and "Happy Birthday".

Meanwhile, Sushant, who will next be seen playing the title role in Indian skipper M.S. Dhoni's biopic, was seen dancing with Shraddha on the romantic track "Ishq wala love" from 2012 film "Student of the Year".

Varun and Siddharth along with comedian Siddharth Sagar were seen pulling Karan's leg and even made him go shirtless. Ravi was also seen mimicking various Bollywood stars' voice for Shraddha.

From hip-hop and jazz to Bollywood and freestyle, the show witnessed astonishing performances on the grand finale on various dance forms which entertained the viewers' thoroughly.

"DID Super Moms" will be replaced by the fifth season of "Dance India Dance", which will mark the return of veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty to the seat of Grand Master.

Co-judged by Muddassar Khan, Gaiti Siddiqui and Punit Pathak, the show will start on June 27.

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March 1,2020

Washington D.C., Mar 1: British actor Daniel Radcliffe in a recent interview said he is not rushing back to reprise the role of young wizard, Harry Potter, anytime soon.

The 30-year-old star who rose to fame with the first eight films in J.K. Rowling's famed franchise, told Variety that he doesn't like to say no to things but reprising the role in the 'Fantastic Beasts' prequels is not something he's "rushing to do".

"I feel like those films have moved on and they're doing just fine without us. I'm happy to keep it that way. I like what my life is now," Radcliffe told the outlet.

"I'm not saying that I'll never go back into any franchise, but I like the flexibility that I have with my career now. And I don't want to get into a situation where I'm signed up for one series for years in advance," cited Variety as Radcliffe as saying.

Radcliffe is currently gearing up for his upcoming mystery-thriller 'Escape from Pretoria,' a true-life prison drama, where he is set to essay the character Tim Jenkin.

The forthcoming flick is set to hit the theatres on March 6.

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May 19,2020

Washington, May 19: Actors Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox are going their separate ways after 10 years of marriage.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, 46-year-old Green, on Monday announced the news during an episode of his podcast 'With Brian Austin Green' where he emotionally opened up about the breakup with Fox.

The 'Beverly Hills 90210' star revealed that they simply grew distant at the end of last year while Fox was away shooting a film.

Green recalled Fox saying during the conversation they had after she returned from filming, "She said, 'I realised when I was out of the country working alone that I feel more like myself, and I liked myself better during that experience and I think that might be something worth trying for me.'"

Though feeling "shocked" and "upset" at first, Green admitted that he couldn't be upset with her for being honest.

He said, "Neither one of us did anything to each other. She's always been honest with me. I've always been honest with her. We've had an amazing relationship. I will always love her. And I know she will always love me and I know as far as a family what we have built is really cool and really special."

The 'Impact Point' star shared that they intend to "still do family vacations and holidays as a family and really make that a focus for the kids."

Green went on to say that it's hard to adjust to the change and he doesn't want himself and Fox to "be at odds": "She's been my best friend for 15 years and I don't want to lose that."

He added: "There's this sense of loss of, 'How do I go on with this big part of my life that I've always known and loved and shared changing?' What does that landscape look like? What does that life look like?' ... Megan and I talked a lot about it, and it's a big concern for both of us." Aware of the scrutiny around their age difference, Green defended Fox, saying "she's really a responsible person. ... She really loves the kids and cares about what their life and their experience is."

The couple share three children together 7-year-old Noah, 6-year-old Bodhi, and 3-year-old Journey, and Green said that they are only concerned about controlling how the separation will truly affect their children.

After photos circulated online of Fox and Machine Gun Kelly, whose real name is Colson Baker, hanging out -- Fox and Baker are co-stars in the upcoming film, 'Midnight in the Switchgrass,' Green said Fox and Baker are "just friends at this point."

He said, "She met this guy, Colson, on set. I've never met him. Megan and I have talked about him. I trust her judgment; she's always had really good judgment."

Green emphasised that despite what tabloids can say, he didn't want the public to categorise Fox and Baker as "villains or that I was a victim in any way."

Fox and Green started dating in 2004 and married in 2010. Fox had filed for divorce from Green in 2015, but the couple later reconciled.

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February 12,2020

London, Feb 12: Oscar-winning British director Steve McQueen is returning to his art roots with a series of short films at London's Tate Modern art gallery, offering a sensory exploration of black identity.

McQueen, who became the first black director to win the best picture Academy Award in 2014 for "12 Years a Slave", is now based between London and Amsterdam and is focused on championing diversity in the film industry.

Visitors to his new exhibition will be greeted by "Static", a film of New York's Statue of Liberty, scrutinising the iconic symbol from every possible angle at very close range against a deafening backdrop of the helicopter from where the footage was filmed.

"What interests Steve is our view of the world, how humans are trying to represent Liberty," said Fiontan Moran, assistant curator of the exhibition.

"7th Nov, 2001" features a still shot of a body while McQueen's cousin Marcus tells of how he accidentally killed his brother, a particularly traumatic experience for the artist.

"Western Deep" is another visceral work, giving a sense through sights and sounds in an interactive installation of the experiences of miners in South Africa, following them to the bottom of the mine.

"Ashes", meanwhile, is a tribute to a young fisherman from Grenada, the island where McQueen's family originated.

The images of beauty and sweetness filmed from his boat are tragically reversed on the other side of the projection screen, which shows a grave commissioned by McQueen for the eponymous young fisherman, who was killed by drug traffickers.

African-American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976) is honoured in "End Credits".

The film shows censored FBI documents detailing the agency's surveillance of Robeson, read by a voice-over artist, for five hours.

"He is... testing the limits of how people can be documented in an era of mass surveillance," said Moran.

In a similarly militant vein, the exhibition features the sculpture "Weight", which was first shown in the prison cell where the writer and playwright Oscar Wilde was imprisoned.

It depicts a golden mosquito net draped over a metal prison bed frame, addressing the theme of confinement and the power of the imagination to break free.

The show runs alongside an exhibition of McQueen's giant portraits of London school classes, many of which appeared on the streets of London last year.

"I remember my first school trip to Tate when I was an impressionable eight-year-old, which was really the moment I gained an understanding that anything is possible," said McQueen, adding it was "where in some ways my journey as an artist first began".

He recently told the Financial Times newspaper the difference between his art films and his feature films was that the former were poetry, the latter like a novel.

"Poetry is condensed, precise, fragmented," he said. "The novel is the yarn".

The exhibition opens on February 13 and runs until May 11.

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