Sacred Games: Joshi delivers strong performance

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July 30, 2018

Mumbai, Jul 30: "Sacred Games" screenwriter Varun Grover says Jitendra Joshi is among those actors who "surprised" him the most with his stellar performance in the Netflix's first India Original series.

The 38-year-old writer and series' co-director, Vikramaditya Motwane engaged in an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit India in which the duo were asked a number of questions about the popular show.

One of the Redditors asked Grover to name a particular actor who surprised him the most with the performance in terms of taking his writing to another level.

He named Joshi, who played Mumbai Police Constable Katekar, a loyal sidekick to Saif Ali Khan's Inspector Sartaj Singh and Neha Shitole, who played Katekar's loving wife, nagging him for placing duty above his family.

"So many of them actually, if not ALL of them took the script to the next level. The kind of response the show is getting is only because EVERY department has done way better job than they were expected to do at their best.

"In terms of improvisations, Jitendra Joshi added the most to the lines and Neha Shitole (Shalini Katekar) completely improvised those heartbreaking lines to Sartaj after Katekar's death," Grover replied.

When Motwane was asked to choose a character he wished did not die in the first season, he answered, "Katekar obviously. But that's the whole point of killing him off. You miss him a lot."

On the other hand, Grover said he would have saved RAW agent Anjali Mathur, played by Radhika Apte, had it not been for the story arc.

A Redditor when asked "Could there be a separate Netflix special of Katekar", the director said, "I would sign up for that."

"Sacred Games" has been co-directed by Motwane who shot with Khan, while Anurag Kashyap helmed Nawazuddin Siddiqui's portions.

The series, based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Vikram Chandra, premiered on Netflix from July 6.

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May 24,2020

Los Angeles, May 24: Hollywood star Salma Hayek says her daughter Valentina Pinault is a talented 12 year old who wants to be a director and star as a lead in a film one day.

The Oscar-nominated actor shares Valentina with husband, French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault.

Hayek said she has confidence in her daughter's abilities and believes she has a long way to go.

"She has so many talents. She draws, she wants to shoot movies - both as a director and as the lead - and she writes great pieces. Sometimes when I read her work, I have an urge to produce these stories.

"But she tells me that she will do it by herself when she's older. I don't know what's coming next for her but it seems that she has a lot of ways to go," the actor told HELLO! magazine.

Hayek, 53, added she is concerned about Valentina who has always lived a sheltered life.

"Valentina has always done what she wanted, I've never made her do anything and this means she hasn't yet learned how to oppose pressure, how to overcome obstacles.

"I know by experience that only the overcoming of some difficulties can lead you in the right direction," she said.

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June 27,2020

New Delhi, Jun 27: Priyanka Chopra Jonas on Friday condemned the alleged custodial deaths of a man and his son who were arrested for allegedly violating lockdown restrictions in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu on June 19.

The 37-year-old actor who is currently staying with her husband Nick Jonas in America took to Twitter to post her statement and asked for the guilty to be punished.

"Reeling from what I'm hearing. Absolutely stunned, sad, and angry. No human being deserves such brutality, whatever be their crime," said Jonas.

"The guilty must not be allowed to go unpunished. We need facts. I cannot even begin to imagine what the family must be going through," she added.

Priyanka went on to urge people to use their collective voice to seek justice for the deceased.

"Sending strength and prayers. We need to use our collective voices to seek #JusticeForJayarajandBennicks," her statement further read.

The father-son duo from Tuticorin was allegedly brutally punished by the police before succumbing to injuries.

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January 14,2020

Indore, Jan 14: Yoga guru Ramdev has said that Deepika Padukone should hire persons like him for offering correct advice, days after the actress had visited Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi following the violence at the campus earlier this month.

"Deepika Padukone needs to study about political, social and cultural issues. She should understand more about our country. Only after gaining knowledge, she should take decisions. I feel she should have persons like Swami Ramdev for correct advice," Ramdev said at an event here on Monday.

On January 7, Padukone joined the protest at JNU after a masked mob entered the varsity campus and attacked the students and teachers with sticks and rods on January 5.

Several BJP leaders questioned the support extended by Padukone. On the other hand, the Congress threw their weight behind the actress for her stand.

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