Roping in real footballers for '1911' will be great: John

June 18, 2014

New Delhi, June 18: John Abraham is currently living and loving the 2014 FIFA World Cup fever, but the actor-producer, who is also a co-owner of Indian Super League (ISL) Guwahati franchise North East United FC, may just rope in some real football players for his movie production "1911".John Abraham football

The film, he says, is a "truly inspirational" story of late Indian footballer Sibdas Bhaduri, who captained Mohun Bagan in the historic 1911 IFA Shield final when they defeated the East Yorkshire Regiment to become the maiden Asian team to emerge victorious in the competition.

John, a football fan himself, is upbeat about the project, which he is not just producing but also acting in. But how about getting some real players out of the IPL-style ISL football league to kick the ball as well?

"Great idea! Yeah, I think it's great, but unfortunately the league starts now, and the shooting of the film starts later...Maybe the people who are playing in the league, we can ask them if they want to shoot for the film (later)," John said on the phone from Mumbai..

While that could be a plan John seemed to keen to work on, he's quite confident that "1911", his project with the maverick Shoojit Sircar of "Vicky Donor" and "Madras Cafe" fame, will draw positive feedback.

The cameras will start rolling in early 2015 for the project.

"It's a truly inspirational football story or rather sport story. We are very proud to make this film. If 'Vicky Donor' and 'Madras Cafe' are any indications to go by, we'll give the audience an extremely good film," John said.

He says the movie will turn out to be as "different" as his past two productions, both of which pocketed National Film Awards in different categories.

"When people asked me about 'Vicky Donor' and 'Madras Cafe', I always said, 'They are different films', but people never really understood what it meant until they saw the films. I say '1911' will be the first Indian international film.

"I expect it to do good business not just in India, but if presented well by a forward thinking studio overseas, then we'd get huge results from this film overseas. It's got that flavour, very international and yet very Indian," he added of the project.

John earlier told IANS that he would have loved to play football for India, but perhaps he's living his passion by playing a footballer on the big screen. He had earlier played one in the 2007 film "Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal".

Produced by the actor's banner JA Entertainment in collaboration with Sunir Kheterpal's Azure Entertainment, "1911" happened on Sircar's insistence.

"Shoojit said, 'John, let's do this together. You're the only guy (in Bollywood) who understands football and really knows how to play football.' I felt good about it, and I think it's a wonderful script.

"Shoojit and I have a great working relationship," said the 41-year-old, who, for now is busy juggling between his "Rocky Handsome" production as well as as his duties as the 2014 FIFA World Cup brand ambassador in India, as appointed by sports and entertainment channel Sony SIX.

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July 3,2020

Mumbai, Jun 3: Investigators will subject the cloth allegedly used by actor Sushant Singh Rajput to hang himself to "tensile strength" analysis to determine whether it can bear the weight similar to that of the filmstar, as part of probe into his death, an official said on Friday.

Rajput (34) was found hanging at his suburban Bandra residence on June 14.

According to the investigators, the actor ended his life by hanging himself from the ceiling using a green coloured night gown made of cotton.

No suicide note was found from the spot, the police had said then.

Besides viscera from the actors body, the police also sent the gown for chemical and forensic analysis at the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in suburban Kalina, he said.

It will take at least three more days to get final forensic report, the official said.

To ascertain the exact cause of death, forensic experts will check pattern of ligature marks around the actors neck and also determine the strength of the gown with the help of "tensile strength" analysis, he said.

The tensile strength test will technically establish whether the cloth can bear around 80kg, the weight of the actor, he said.

The test will help determine if there was any foul play, the official said.

Tensile strength is maximum load that a material can support without fracture when being stretched.

Viscera analysis will help in checking whether there were any traces of chemical, poisonous or narcotics substance in his body, the official said.

"Usually, it takes eight to ten working days to get s report from the FSL in regular cases. But since this case is sensitive, experts are taking more precautions to avoid any kind of error in their analysis," the official said.

The forensic report of the actors mobile phone is also awaited, he said.

Recently, the police received the final post-mortem report of the actor from Cooper Hospital, which mentioned the cause of the death as asphyxia due to hanging"

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May 25,2020

New Delhi, May 25: Sending out good wishes on the auspicious of Eid, actor Sara Ali Khan on Sunday shared a priceless childhood throwback picture, along with her picture from the current days.

The 'Simmba' star put out the cute picture on Instagram where she is seen clad in a pink hijab, while on the other hand, the second picture features the younger Sara as she is seen sporting a black dupatta while she tries to imitate the younger self.

Along with the picture, she wrote," Eid Mubarak," and urged people to stay safe by staying at home and urged them to stay positive amid the COVID-19 outbreak with "#staysafe #stayhome #staypositive."

The post on the photo-sharing platform garnered more than one lakh likes within an hour of being posted.

Lately, the 'Kedarnath' star has been keeping her fans updated on her quarantine activities by sharing pictures and videos of her quarantine activities.

Earlier, Sara took a trip down the memory lane and reminisced her graduation day by sharing throwback pictures from the ceremony.

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May 18,2020

Muzaffarnagar, May 18: Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his family has been quarantined for 14 days in his house in Budhana in Muzaffarnagar district.

The actor and his family underwent medical screening and have tested negative for Coronavirus.

The actor reached his home on May 15 after taking a travel pass. He and his family have been asked to remain in home quarantine till May 25.

His mother, brother and sister-in-law also made the journey with him in his private vehicle.

The actor told reporters that he underwent medical screenings at 25 points during his journey.

Kushalpal Singh, Station House Officer (SHO), Budhana police circle, said that the health officials had visited the home of the actor and ordered a 14-day quarantine for them.

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