Open letter to Abhay Deol: I was your fan and you just broke my heart

January 31, 2014

Abhay_DeolNew Delhi, Jan 31: No Abhay Deol, no. You cannot be shattering my hopes like this. You, mister, have been the coolest actor I have known. So featuring and producing a sleepy, boring film called 'One By Two' makes your fans and devotees like me cringe in pain and embarrassment. And that shouldn't be the case, ideally. Because while the world swooned over Dhanush's charming smile in 'Raanjhanaa', I was drooling all over your dimples. And then you come up with THIS? Really?

In films and in reality, you have defined how the next gen actors ideally should be. You defined coolness with your act in 'Dev D', you made us, the fans, a party to your heartbreak in that film. The youth had a new hero to worship, who was more relatable and carried stardom light on his shoulder.

I applauded your guts when you recently stood up for the musicians and fought T-Series on the pertinent issue of royalty. You , sir, gave the cause a much needed push. I would say sporting a black eye at an awards function was a bit dramatic, yes, and not many understood the metaphor, but that helped your cause, so in the larger picture, it was a good move. So when Friday came closer, I was hoping to watch your maiden production venture and feel all refreshed early in the morning and thank my job and all that. But what I got to endure in the theater was a two and half hours long story of a slob called Amit Sharma and self pity driven Samara Patel, which sir was the most excruciating experience at the movies since Neil Nitin Mukesh's 'Shortcut Romeo'.

I kept hoping, like an ardent fan, throughout the movie that maybe, now the pace would pick up but all I got was couple of Yawns- onscreen and off screen around me. What baffled me the most is that an actor like you, who has always chosen amazing scripts and roles in your career chose a script as 'pakaaoed' as this one to make your debut as a producer. Perhaps the idea of re-launching your girlfriend was high on the priority list.

For a fan, who has sighed and gone in a daze every time you have flashed that dimple of yours, 'One By Two' is biggest disappointment of this year. I struggled out of my bed to watch the first day first show of your film on a cold winter morning, so you owe me a good film soon if not the refund for the ticket of 'One By Two'.

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June 19,2020

Mumbai, Jun 19: The Mumbai Police, probing the   case of alleged suicide of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has sent a letter to Yash Raj Films, seeking details of the contracts it had signed with him, an official said on Friday.

Rajput, 34, known for films like Kai Po Che!, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, Chhichhore, was found hanging in his Bandra apartment on Sunday, sending shockwaves in the film industry and elsewhere.

"Police are investigating various angles, including that of professional rivalry, in the case," the official said. So far, Bandra police have recorded the statements of over 13 people, including Rajput's family members and close friends like actor Rhea Chakraborty and casting director Mukesh Chhabra.

 "Keeping in view the professional angle, police have started calling some prominent production houses for inquiry. As part of that, police on Thursday sent a letter to Yash Raj Films, seeking details of all the contracts it had signed with the deceased actor," a senior police officer said.

"We have also asked for the copies of the contracts that Yash Raj Films had signed with the actor," he added.

In the next few days, police may also call those people, who had played a role in signing of contracts between the actor and the production houses for their projects, the officer said.

 Rajput had worked in two Yash Raj Films movies - Shuddh Desi Romance (2013) directed by Maneesh Sharma and in director Dibakar Banerjee directed Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015).

His third film with the banner was supposed to be Paani, directed by Shekhar Kapur. However, YRF had reportedly backed out of the project later.

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California, Jun 30: Online video-sharing platform YouTube on Monday banned several prominent channels, including those belonging to Stefan Molyneux and Richard Spencer.

The company banned six channels for repeatedly violating YouTube's policies.

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YouTube began taking stern measures on supremacist channels in June 2019.

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"After updating our guidelines to better address supremacist content, we saw a 5x spike in video removals and have terminated over 25,000 channels for violating our hate speech policies," the spokesperson added.

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Los Angeles, Mar 12: Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks has revealed that he and wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

The actor couple, currently in Australia to shoot for the pre-production of Baz Luhrmann's untitled Elvis Presley film, decided to get tested after they felt "a bit tired".

"Hey folks Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the coronavirus, and were found to be positive," Hanks said in a tweet.

The Academy-award-winning actor said the medical team had already taken over.

"The medical officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks will be tested, observed and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires," Hanks said.

"Not much more to it than one-day at a time approach, no? We will keep the world posted and updated. Take care of yourselves!" Hanks tweeted.

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