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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Waititi, who won an Academy Award in February for his adapted screenplay, "Jojo Rabbit", will also serve as the writer and producer on the animated series.

According to Deadline, the first series will be based on the world of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", while the second will be an original take on the Oompa-Loompa characters from the book.

The Oompa-Loompas are little humans who were preyed upon in Loompaland before Wonka invited them to work at his chocolate factory. They are paid in cocoa beans and love practical jokes and singing songs.

Netflix said the animation series would "retain the quintessential spirit and tone of the original story while building out the world and characters far beyond the pages of the Dahl book for the very first time."

The series will follow in the footsteps of Gene Wilder's 1971 portrayal of Willy Wonka and Johnny Depp's 2005 interpretation.

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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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New Delhi, Jul 20: On the occasion of International Chess Day, former Miss World and actor Manushi Chhillar enjoyed a game of chess with her father Dr Mitra Basu Chhillar and revealed through an Instagram post that she is a "competitive" board game player.

The 23-year-old actor posted a picture of herself and her dad on Instagram where the two are seen deeply concentrating on the game.

"I'm the competitive one, he's the mind reader. Irrespective of who loses, I know he always wins!#InternationalChessDay."

Further elaborating on the importance of playing chess, Manushi who once pursued a career in medicine stressed that chess helps in stretching the human mind in terms of strategy and imagination.

"Chess stretches your mind in terms of strategy and imagination because you really have to outwit your opponent at any cost. 

Playing chess with my dad is something that I have always loved doing because he's the most unpredictable, intelligent, and sharpest person I've ever played with," said Chhillar.

The 23-year-old actor is gearing up for her debut in Yash Raj Films' 'Prithviraj' where she will be seen opposite actor Akshay Kumar.

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