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Amitabh Bachchan, Alia Bhatt win top honours at Zee Cine Awards

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March 13, 2017

Mumbai, Mar 13: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and actress Alia Bhatt have bagged the top honours at the Zee Cine Awards 2017.

Bachchan was adjudged Best Actor for his portrayal of an astute lawyer in the courtroom drama Pink at the awards night held last night, while Alia’s role as a migrant from Bihar in Udta Punjab won her the Best Actress trophy.

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Among the other major awards, Pink won Best Film Award (Jury), while Aamir Khan’s sport biopic Dangal won award for Best Film (Viewer’s Choice).

Pink also won Best Dialogue award, penned by its director Aniruddha Roy Choudhury, who also bagged Best Debut Director trophy.

Biopic Neerja that hit the chord with audience as well as critics won six honours. Its director debutante Ram Madhvani won Best Director honour, while actor Jim Sarbh won awards Best Debutante (Male) and Best Actor in a Negative Role for his role of terrorist Khalil.

The Best Supporting Actress award went to Shabana Azmi for Neerja, while it also won Best Production Design and Best Editing awards.

Salman Khan’s wrestling drama won five awards, including Viewer’s Choice Best Actor (Female) to Anushka Sharma and Viewer’s Choice Best Actor (Male) award to Salman.

Neha Bhasin won Best Playback Singer (Female) honour for her soulful rendition of song Jag Ghoomeya, while it also fetched Irshad Kamil the Best Lyricist award.

Trophy for the Best Sound Design award also went to Sultan.

Karan Johar directed Ae Dil Hai Mushkil won three awards including Best Music Director to Pritam, Best Playback Singer (Male) to Arijit Singh for the title track, while chartbuster Channa Mereya won Best Song award.

Ajay Devgn’s directorial venture which had locked horns at the box office with Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, also won three awards in categories Best Action, Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography.

Multi-starrer Shakun Batra’s Kapoor And Sons bagged two awards, both won by Rishi Kapoor in Best Actor in Comic Role and Best Supporting Actor (Male) categories.

Duo Bosco-Caeser won Best Choreography for film Baar Baar Dekho.

Actress Ritika Singh won Best Debut (Female) award for her role in Saala Khadoos.

The award night saw performance by Kareena Kapoor Khan, who gave a musical tribute to the four Khans of Bollywood - Salman, Shah Rukh, Aamir and Saif, while Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sunny Leone also enthralled the gathering.

Hosted by Manish Paul and Bharti, the award ceremony will be aired on Zee Cinema on April 1.

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July 27,2020

Mumbai, Jul 27: Reel life villain Sonu Sood turned real life hero once again, this time by gifting a tractor on Sunday to a farmer in a remote village in Andhra Pradesh to help him till the land. The actor came up with the gift after coming through a video clip on Twitter wherein a tomato farmer in Madanapalle in Chittoor district was seen ploughing the land with his two daughters carrying the yoke on their shoulders.

In his instant reaction, Sood promised a pair of ox to the farmer, but later said the family deserved a tractor. "So sending you one. By evening a tractor will be ploughing your fields. Stay blessed," Sood, who acted as a villain in numerous Telugu films, said in a tweet.

True to his word, a new tractor was delivered to the elated farmer Nageswara Rao at his Mahalrajupalle village by Sunday night. Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, who belongs to Chittoor district, hailed the actor's gesture.

"Spoke with @sonusood ji and applauded him for his inspiring effort to send a tractor to Nageswara Rao's family in Chittoor district. Moved by the plight of the family, I have decided to take care of the education of the two daughters and help them pursue their dreams," Naidu said in a tweet.

Rao's elder daughter completed her Intermediate while the second one passed Class 10. Rao used to run a tea stall in Madanapalle before coronavirus left him out of business. He returned to his native Mahalrajupalle village to take up agriculture once again.

Given his penury, he could not hire either a pair of bulls or a tractor to till the land, when his daughters volunteered to help him on the chores. Their plight went viral on social media following which the actor stepped in with help.

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April 14,2020

Mumbai, Apr 14: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has thanked Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan for providing 25,000 personal protective equipment for health workers.

Khan on Monday provided the personal protective equipment (PPE) kits to the frontline medical staff in Maharashtra fighting to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic in the state.

Tope took to Twitter to thank the actor for the help.

Many thanks Mr. Shah Rukh Khan for your kind contribution of 25,000 PPE kits. This will go a long way in supporting our fight against COVID19 & protecting our frontline medical care team @iamsrk @MeerFoundation @CMOMaharashtra," he tweeted.

The actor and his wife Gauri Khan recently offered their four-storey personal office space for treating COVID-19 patients.

Khan had earlier announced various initiatives to help the country during the crisis.

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July 1,2020

Los Angeles, Jul 1: Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas has struck a two-year television deal with Amazon. The 37-year-old actor shared the news about her "multimillion-dollar" first look deal with the streamer in a post on Instagram.

"So honoured and excited to finally share this news with you. Looking ahead, we already have so much on our slate! Big thank you to @jsalke and her team at Amazon for being such great partners, and for sharing in the belief that talent and good content knows no boundaries," Priyanka wrote.

The actor, who launched her own production banner Purple Pebble Pictures in 2015, said she aims to create "great content" featuring "creative talent" from all over the world.

"This has always been the DNA of my production house Purple Pebble Pictures, and is the foundation of this exciting new endeavour with Amazon. ⁣⁣

"And as a storyteller, my quest is to constantly push myself to explore new ideas that not only entertain but most importantly, open minds and perspectives," Priyanka said.

She thanked her fans for being a "big part of my journey so far".

"And for those who are just getting to know me, or maybe only recognise me as Alex Parrish from 'Quantico', I'm excited for you to get to know me better," Priyanka concluded.

Priyanka, who started her Hollywood career with ABC series Quantico, has featured in films such as Baywatch and Isn't It Romantic.

Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke told Variety that she bonded with the actor over their "shared passion for diverse global storytelling".

"Priyanka is drawn to exciting original content and characters that can resonate globally. She’s a powerhouse producer, and we are thrilled to collaborate with her for years to come," she added.

Prior to her deal with Amazon, the actor lined up two projects with the streamer. She will star opposite Game of Thrones actor Richard Madden in upcoming thriller series Citadel, to be produced by Anthony and Joe Russo.

The actor will also feature in Sangeet, an unscripted series co-produced with her husband, Nick Jonas.

Priyanka's another project with Amazon is a film about Ma Anand Sheela, the assistant to guru Bhagwan Rajneesh (also known as Osho). The actor will be producing the movie which is based on Netflix docu-series Wild Wild Country.

Besides her association with Amazon, the actor will next star in two Netflix projects -- superhero movie We Can Be Heroes and The White Tiger,  opposite Rajkummar Rao.

She is currently shooting for Keanu Reeves-starrer The Matrix 4, which recently resumed filming after production was halted by the pandemic.

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