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22 SUNDAY, JULY 23, 2017 DT Showtime Bollywood hobbies WHAT TO WATCH • Showtime Desk Bollywood stars make a whole lot of money for acting in movies. But just like all of us, they too need a break from their jobs to do something different, only they get to buy a football team if their hobby happens to be football. But keeping that aside, they do need little bit of solitude every now and then when they are all tired from being rich and famous. Here is a list of Bollywood stars and the hobbies they like to spend time doing: Kangana Ranaut She slays on-screen with her acting skills but not many people know that she is also a great cook. Some even claim Kangana is an even a better cook than an actor. The crew members of Queen are a few lucky ones who got to taste Kangana’s homemade Chinese delicacies. Cars 9:30pm, Star Movies A hot-shot race-car named Lightning McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true meaning of friendship and family. Voices: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Tony Shalhoub Aamir Khan Beside his obsession for becoming perfect as an actor, Aamir Khan is actually honing his skills as a rockstar. It could surprise you that Mr Perfectionist is a pretty darn good drummer. Some insiders have revealed that the actor even has a 32-piece drum kit at his disposal and play it quite often. For the promotion of his film Peepli Live!, Aamir was spotted rocking the drums in a concert with the band Indian Ocean. Saif Ali Khan Another rockstar in the list. Saif Ali Khan is as good a guitarist as he is an actor. Well, he may be no Van Halen, but he loves performing live and rocks his audience hard. He actually toured with the legendary rock band Parikrama. Akshay Kumar Here comes the Khiladi with his karate chop. Well, not exactly Karate, but Akshay Kumar is a master of Tai Chi. Not impressive enough? He also holds a 6thdegree black belt in Thai Boxing. Akshay left school after the 11th grade to pursue martial arts. Salman Khan No, driving and hunting are not his hobbies. Salman Khan’s actual hobby is quite peaceful. Crazy bhai fans must know this one. Salman Khan likes to paint to calm his mind. Not only that, Bhai is quite known for being a good painter. Ranbir Kapoor We can’t really call it a secret after Ranbir Kapoor bought a football team. Ranbir is a football fanatic, a football player and also an ISL football team stakeholder now. He loves Barcelona and is also an honorary fan of the Catalan club. Sonam Kapoor She is known to the world as a fashionista but many of us probably don’t know that the daughter of Anil Kapoor is a crazy shopaholic. The diva hunts down the best clothes from the best designers and shopping outlets to catch the latest trends even before they become trendy. In January, she went for a shopping extravaganza with her bestie and sister Rhea Kapoor, when she posted on her Facebook: “Nothing like a bit of retail therapy with my partner in crime to happy things.” Hrithik Roshan We know Hrithik looks amazing in front of the camera, but in his alone time the actor and dancer likes to spend time behind it. The Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai famed Bollywood superstar has immense love and passion for photography. Whenever he gets time, he picks up his camera and starts clicking. The actor once mentioned how photography is something he can never get enough of. Ranveer Singh Apparently, his hobby is as cool as he is. Ranveer loves to rap. His rapping skills are so impressive that he’ll be playing a full-time rapper in Zoya Akhtar’s next film Gully Boy. The Bollywood star has also rapped in some of his songs like “My Name is Ranveer Ching” and “Aadat se Majboor.”• Suicide Squad 7:18pm, HBO A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated supervillains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse. Cast: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney Spectre 2:15pm, Movies Now A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind Spectre. Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott John Wick 5:25pm, Zee Studio An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. Cast: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Dean Winters
Showtime Films coming out this Eid • Showtime Desk With one and a half months remaining till the next Eid, hall owners, producers along with the actors are super busy with their Eid releases. Rangbaaz, Ohongkar, Mone Rekho, Ontor Jala, Pashan are on the list of the films expected to come out this Eid. Posters of some of these ‘expected-to-be-released’ films have already been unveiled. However, complications are arising regarding two of the films, the Indo-Bangla joint venture film, Noor Jahan and the domestic Pashan. In case of Noor Jahan, the recent stance of the information ministry has left the future of the film in uncertainty, as the ministry is working on creating a new policy for cross border collaboration films, in light of the recent rapid production of films through Bangladesh-India joint ventures, and postponed activities related to joint production films until the new policy is made into law. This means that there is no chance of Noor Jahan getting released until a new preview committee is formed before Eid, which is highly unlikely to happen. Pashan, on the other hand, is likely to hit roadblocks with the “Cholochitro Pradarashak Samiti” and that’s because of one of the cast of the film, Misha Sowdagar, ran into trouble with hall owners after he had heated exchanges with them on the matter of jointproduction films. Consequently, the hall owners union took a bold step against Sowdagar by banning the screening of all films in which the actor will appear, making the release of Pashan quite uncertain. Both Pashan and Noor Jahan are Jaaz Multimedia productions. “I am looking forward to releasing both the films this Eid. There’s still time and the preview committee could be formed any time before Eid,” Aziz said about the release of Noor Jahan. About Pashan, on the other hand, Jaaz Multimedia said, “I’ll be able to release the film only if Misha breaks the ice with the owners union before Eid. Otherwise, it is impossible to release the film.” The release of Rangbaaz and Ohongkar has been confirmed by the directors of the films. They have already started to book halls nationwide for their films. “We’ve already confirmed 83 halls. We are looking forward to a number of 150 halls to release our film,” said Sahadat Hossain, the director of Ohongkar. The much talked about, Rangbaaz, which was scheduled to be released during the previous Eid, got caught up in a wrangle with the Parichalak Samiti and was stalled. But the film is finally coming out this Eid, confirmed producer Mozammel Haque. According to the producer, nearly 80 halls are already booked for the film and the number may rise up to 150. Both Rangbaaz and Ohongkar feature the buzz making duo Shakib Khan and Bubly. Bubly, who made her debut on the silver screen with two films during the Eid-ul-Adha last year, is coming out after a hiatus and that too in two of Shakib Khan films. “Rangbaaz was supposed to come out last Eid. But for some reason it didn’t happen and that’s why it going to come out this Eid. However, even if the films weren’t originally meant to come to the theatres at the same time, their simultaneous release is actually going to be a good thing for me,” said Bubly. Dhaka’s Mahi and Kolkata’s Bonny starrer Mone Rekho will also be released this Eid, confirmed Wazed Ali, the director of the film. “We are working with a view to release the film this Eid. We’ve already sent the posters to the distributor office,” he said. Although, Porimoni and Jayed Khan starrer Ontor Jala is speculated to be released this Eid, director Malek Afsari refused to confirm the release as of yet. • • Showtime Desk Celebrity actor Ben Affleck might soon be hanging up his Batman cape and mask as Warner Bros is reportedly plotting a future for the Batman movie franchise without Affleck. The news came at a time when the actor is on the heels of dropping out of the upcoming Netflix project, Triple Frontier. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros has plans to “gracefully” usher the movie superstar out of the DC movie universe as it moves forward with a planned trilogy of Batman movies by director Matt Reeves. Affleck, who is currently 45 years old, would quickly be approaching 50 by the time The Batman comes out in 2019 or later, which is being considered as a major reason for the potential change, sources confirm. It is to be noted that 23 SUNDAY, JULY 23, 2017 Affleck’s Batman no more? critics immediately slammed Warner Bros. choice when Affleck was announced as the next Bruce Wayne. Even then the detractors cited the actor’s age as one of their reasons for disapproving Affleck’s casting in the role. According to the Hollywood Reporter, there would be an in-continuity reason for the change in Batman actors, which probably means that the Affleck’s Bruce Wayne would either retire or be killed off. Ben Affleck, who was set to direct a planned standalone Batman movie for Warner Bros, has decided not to helm the project a few months ago. However, Ben Affleck will star as Batman in Justice League, which will be released on November 17, 2017. So far, Affleck has played the Dark Knight in last year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and a cameo in Suicide Squad.• DT
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