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Akshay Kumar is an underrated actor: Ileana D'Cruz

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May 29, 2016

Mumbai, May 29: Actress Ileana D'Cruz feels Akshay Kumar is an underrated actor despite having a huge body of work.

Ileana has teamed up with the "Baby" actor for the time for the upcoming film "Rustom" and describes the experience of working with him as "amazing".

Ileana"Working with Akshay was a revelation. I wasn't expecting it to be the way it did. It was amazing. I've watched mainly his comedy films and I love him in that," Ileana said.

"Akshay has done so many different genre of films. He has such an amazing graph. But he is one of the most underrated actors I've worked with. People talk about his comic timing, action status, but he is brilliant over all," she added.

The 28-year-old "Barfi" star has worked with A-listers like Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Saif Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan in the past.

But it was the instant bonding with Akshay that surprised her during the shoot."Every scene we had was so beautiful. There was such a connect, I told him 'it is shocking I've never had it with any co-star'. We do look great on screen."

Directed by Tinu Suresh Desai, "Rustom" is reportedly based on the 1959 Nanavati case where naval officer Kavas Maneckshaw Nanavati was tried for the murder of his wife's lover, Prem Ahuja.

Akshay, 48, plays a Naval officer in the film while Ileana will be seen as his wife. She says the relationship which they explore is something unique.

"It's a very emotional beautiful movie. I've never seen the kind of relationship we have in the film in any other movie recently. I don't think this is something even Akshay has played before. I am exited," Ileana said.

Even though the actress is now "excited and nervous", Ileana wasn't too keen to go for the narration of the script earlier.

"When I went into the meeting I wasn't so excited. I said to myself I'll give them two hours, I don't know how will it turn out. Then, I listened to the first half and I was all set. It had me hooked from the beginning."

The "Main Tera Hero" actress is also praise for Desai, who previously helmed "1920 London". "Rustom" is scheduled to release on Aug 12.

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July 22,2020

Mumbai, Jul 22: Actor Sonu Sood on Wednesday launched an app to offer support to workers in finding right job opportunities in various sectors across the country.

Sood, who catapulted to the national spotlight for his work in helping migrants reach their homes amid the Covid-19 pandemic, has come out with a free of cost online platform called 'Pravasi Rojgar', which will provide all the necessary information and right linkages to find jobs.

The 47-year-old actor said while arranging travel for the migrants, their conversations would often revolve around how they were looking for the right work opportunity amid the pandemic.

"Lot of thinking, planning and preparation have gone into designing this initiative over the last few months, in order to ensure that it is holistic and builds on the work already being done in the country.

"Extensive consultations have been held with top organisations that're involved at the grassroots level in skilling and placing the youth below the poverty line, NGOs, philanthropic organisations, government functionaries, strategy consultants, technology start ups and above all the returned migrants whom I have helped," Sood said in a statement.

The initiative will be supported by community outreach in the villages to find the right employment opportunities for migrant workers in different parts of the country.

According to the release, the online platform has over 500 reputed companies related to construction, apparel, healthcare, engineering, BPOs, security, automobile, e-commerce and logistics sectors, offering job opportunities.

'Pravasi Rojgar' will also be offering specific job training programmes like spoken English.

A 24x7 helpline have been set up in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad and Thiruvananthapuram. 

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May 26,2020

Washington, May 26: Making a slight change to the name of their newborn, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his singer girlfriend Grimes have now named their first child X AE A-Xii.

The difference is only in the numeral part of the name which is now written in the Roman format.

Earlier this month, the celebrity couple hogged headlines for naming their son X AE A-12.

The change in the name came when an Instagram follower of the Canadian singer asked if she had considered changing the name of the child and she replied with, "X AE A-Xii."

However, the performer didn't provide further insight concerning the reason behind the change.

Canadian singer Grimes gave birth to her first child on May 4.

The 32-year-old had earlier taken to Twitter and explained the meaning of the baby's name.  

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August 9,2020

Mumbai, Aug 9:The questioning of Rhea Chakraborty's brother Showik by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), in connection with the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, continued till around 6:30 am on Sunday, according to sources in the ED.

It is noteworthy that Showik Chakraborty had reached the ED office at around 12 pm on Saturday afternoon, following which the questioning by the investigative agency's officials went on for about 18 hours.

Tomorrow on August 10, Rhea, alongwith her father, Indrajit Chakraborty, are to be questioned by the ED officials.

Showik is named in the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Rhea was earlier questioned by the ED at its office in Mumbai in connection with the case. The agency also questioned Showik and Shruti Modi, former business manager of Rajput.

According to sources in the investigation agency, the officials have got hold of electronic evidence in connection with the case and they are also searching for phone records of conversations between Rhea and her father and brother.

The ED had already questioned Rhea once on Saturday, following which she was called back on Monday.

Meanwhile, CBI has collected documents related to the actor's death from Bihar Police. The ED has also asked the late actor's friend, Siddharth Pithani, to appear before the agency on August 8.

The agency had on July 31 registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in the case after FIR was filed by KK Singh, the late actor's father, against Rhea in Bihar on July 28.
The ED earlier interrogated Samuel Miranda, an associate of Rhea over the latter's properties, sources said.

The investigating agency has registered a case against six accused including Rhea in connection with Rajput's death.

Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai residence on June 14.

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