Not easy but almost sure of victory, says Sutapa Sikdar on her husband Irrfan Khan’s health

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March 10, 2018

Mumbai, Mar 10: Actor Irrfan Khan’s wife producer Sutapa Sikdar on Saturday said her “warrior” husband is fighting every obstacle in the path to recovery and hopes he would emerge a winner after their struggles are over.

Ever since the 51-year-old actor announced that he was suffering from a “rare disease”, rumours started circulating that he has brain cancer and has been admitted to Kokilaben Hospital here.

The speculation was quashed by both Irrfan’s team and hospital authorities.

The actor had said he would share details when there was a conclusive diagnosis.

Thanking well-wishers in a Facebook post, Sutapa Sikdar said her prime focus as of now was to support her husband in devising “strategies of the battlefield which I have to conquer”.

“My best friend and my partner is a ‘warrior,’ he is fighting every obstacle with tremendous grace and beauty. I apologise for not answering calls messages, but I want all of you to know I am truly humbled indebted for ever for the wishes prayers and concern from all over the world.”

“I am grateful to God and my partner for making me a warrior too. I am at present focused in the strategies of the battlefield which I have to conquer. It wasn’t and isn’t and is not going to be easy but the hope ignited by the magnitude of family, friends and fans of Irrfan has made me only optimistic and almost sure of the victory,” she wrote.

Sutapa, who has produced Irrfan’s films such as “Madaari” and “Qarib Qarib Singlle”, implored people not to “waste our precious energies” in speculating about the actor’s illness. She, instead, requested them to pray for his well-being.

“I know curiosity germinates from concern but let’s turn our curiosity from what it is to what it should be... Let’s not waste our precious energies to only know what it is and just prey to make it what it should be.”

“My humble request to all of you is to concentrate on the song of life, to dance of life to victory. My family will soon join in this dance of life,” Sutapa wrote.

On the work front, Irrfan’s next release is “Blackmail”, which is scheduled to arrive in theatres on April 6. The film, directed by Abhinay Deo, also stars Kirti Kulhari and Divya Dutta in key roles.

Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj has put his next with Irrfan and Deepika Padukone on hold due to the ill health of the lead actors.

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May 8,2020

London, May 8: Actor Florence Pugh says the most terrifying aspect of starring in the upcoming superhero film "Black Widow" was doing the Russian accent.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe's stand-alone film, the Oscar-nominated actor plays Yelena Belova, a sister-figure to Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff/ the titular Black Widow who was trained in the Red Room.

"I was scared because my Russian accent was going to be out there and I didn't know what it sounded like.

"I'm also playing a character who no-one's seen before but they've read about her. I didn't know whether people were going to hate me!" Pugh told ELLE UK for its June issue.

The 24-year-old actor also said the idea of joining the MCU itself was quite "daunting".

"When you think of Marvel, it's big and daunting. Especially being a relatively small actor to look at it and go, 'Oh! I'm going to be a part of this', that's a big decision," she said.

"Black Widow", which was scheduled to hit the theatres on May 1, will now release on November 6 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Directed by Cate Shortland, the film also stars David Harbour and Rachel Weisz.

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January 9,2020

New Delhi, Jan 9: A Delhi court Thursday directed the makers of the Deepika Padukone starer feature film 'Chhapaak' to give credit to acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal’s lawyer in the movie.

Additional Civil Judge Pankaj Sharma said it was necessary that advocate Aparna Bhat's contribution is acknowledged.

"This Court is of the considered view that facts are indicative that the plea of the plaintiff for interim injunction is well-founded and it is necessary that her contribution be acknowledged by providing on the slide on the actual footage and the images, the line 'Aparna Bhat continues to fight the cases of sexual and physical violence against women' during the screening of the film.

"The said line on screen maybe with a rider that the same is with the court order," the judge said.

Advocate Bhat filed the application saying that despite representing Agarwal in courts for several years and helping in the movie-making, she was not given credit in the movie.

She said the filmmakers took her help in the entire process of writing and shooting the movie, but did not give the credit.

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June 14,2020

Chennai, Jun 14: Tamil Nadu Police has recovered about 100 bottles of liquor from the car of actor Ramya Krishnan, who had starred in movies like Bahubali, Padaiappa and others.

According to the police, the actor was traveling in the car at the time on the East Coast Road (ECR) where they were carrying out vehicle checks on Thursday.

The police found about 100 liquor bottles in the car boot and when queried Ramya Krishnan said she was unaware of the bottles.

Later the police confiscated the bottles and arrested the driver Selvakumar who said the liquor was bought at the Tamil Nadu government-run liquor shop.

The government has not allowed the opening of the Tasmac shops in Chennai.

Another driver came and drove the actor back to Chennai.

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