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18 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT www.theasianindependent.co.uk Salman Khan meets CM Mufti in Kashmir, shoots for Race 3. See pics Bollywood superstar Salman Khan arrived in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday for a two-day shoot schedule of his upcoming film Race 3. He met the state’s chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and pictures from his visit are flooding the internet. The crew first reached Srinagar where they received a warm welcome from CM Mufti and spent an hour with her. Later, they travelled to Sonamarg and shot for the film. Directed by Remo D’Souza, the action packed thriller is being produced jointly by Ramesh S. Taurani and Salman. Taurani shared a picture on Twitter and wrote, “We thank the Chief Minister Madam Mehbooba Mufti for welcoming us in Kashmir for the Final Lap of #Race3 with @BeingSalmanKhan #Race3InKashmir #Race3ThisEid” More pictures from Salman’s visit to the valley are doing the rounds online. Check them out:? Race 3 also stars Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Jacqueline Fernandez, Daisy Shah and Saqib Saleem. Like most Salman hits, Race 3 is also scheduled to be released on Eid this year. This is the second time Salman is shooting in Sonamarg - he shot for Kabir Khan’s hit film Bajrangi Bhaijaan in the picturesque hill station and spent a fortnight here. Abbas-Mustan directed the first two iterations of Race and both films had Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor in lead roles. Ranveer Singh sees off Alia Bhatt, asks paparazzi if they want a love bite Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh is a darling of photographers. He never disappoints them, and something similar happened after the Gully Boy wrap party. The film, directed by Zoya Akhtar, finished its shooting schedule last week. Photographer Manav Mangalani has shared a video on his Instagram handle in which Ranveer Singh can be seen saying bye to Alia Bhatt. As the photographers asked the duo to pose, Ranveer probably mishears them. In the video, while being his usual self, he asks the photographers whether they want a ‘love bite’? As everyone starts laughing, Ranveer can be seen leaving Alia till her car and driving off himself. Ranveer and Alia have also been a part of a few TV commercials. Ranveer Singh is currently basking in the success of Padmaavat in which he played the character of Alauddin Khilji. Now, he is gearing up for three more films. Apart from Gully Boy, Ranveer will also be seen in Rohit Shetty’s Simmbaa and Kabir Khan’s film based on India’s unexpected win at The search for dream role continues Shamita Shetty to play a woman with a controversial past who moves into a middle class housing society Shilpa Shetty’s sister Shamita Shetty, who was a part of the hit movie Mohabbatein, has signed up an international project. To be helmed by LA based Indian film maker Sushrut Jain, the movie is titled The Tenant and is about a woman with a mysterious past who moves into a traditional housing society. Shamita will be seen playing the lead role of an alluring cosmopolitan woman whose arrival in a middle class housing society causes a stir. Set in India, The Tenant is written and directed by Sushrut Jain whose last film Beyond All Boundaries was an award-winning documentary feature, set during the 2011 Cricket World Cup, about the passion for the sport of cricket in India. An excited Shamita says, “I have started with the workshops and absolutely loving it! This is such a learning curve.” Inspired by Rooney Mara Model turned actress Amyra Dastur will next be seen as lead with Rishi Kapoor in Leena Yadav’s Rajma Chawal. The movie is a light hearted drama about a boy who falls in love with a girl who is more rebellious than religious. In the film, Amyra’s look is uncannily similar to Rooney Mara from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Amyra even had the side of her head shaved for an edgier look. Besides Rajma Chawal, Amyra will also be seen in Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao starrer Mental Hai Kya. the Cricket World Cup of 1983. He will be playing the team’s captain, Kapil Dev, in the film. On the other hand, Alia Bhatt is now preparing for the release of M e g h n a Gulzar’s Raazi, which is based on a novel titled, Calling Sehmat. Written by Harinder Sikka, the novel traces the life of a Kashmiri girl who is married to a high-ranked military officer in Pakistan. While Gully Boy will hit the screens in February, 2019, Raazi will be released on May 11, 2018. Real women have real bodies: POOJA BHATT Mumbai, Actress-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt says real women have real bodies and they must celebrate themselves as they are. Pooja re-tweeted a post by a nutritionist who wrote to the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Anupriya Patel, commenting on a campaign which was for promoting healthy, nutritious eating, which received a backlash on social media. The campaign’s image showed the outlines of two different women, with different body sizes. While one was visibly larger, curvier contained eggs, meat, bread, burgers, doughnuts, fries and fizzy drinks and beer, the other was lean and contained only fruits and vegetables. The accompanying message read: “What is your choice?” The nutritionist asked: “Did the government really make this body shaming ad? Women can eat healthy but have hormonal issues due to which they have excess weight as well. Highly insensitive campaign!” Pooja reacted saying: “I second that. Thin is not necessarily healthy or fit and someone who has a larger frame or is supposedly overweight by the standards of the world is not necessarily unhealthy. Real women have real bodies and must celebrate their bodies in whatever shape or size!” Football a sleeping sport in India, says Ranbir Actor Ranbir Kapoor says that football has been a sleeping sport in India but it is now gaining importance due to government support. “I have always enjoyed playing soccer (football) as a child. It is a sleeping sport in our country, but now with government’s support and leagues like Indian Super League, it is slowly gaining prominence. It is good if a country has different sports as it gives a platform to more talent,” Ranbir said in a statement. The actor was at the Global Indian International School (GIIS) East Coast Campus grounds for a practice session on April 22 before the Magic Bus Cup Celebrity Football Match. The match saw the All Stars Football Club, comprising Bollywood stars playing against Singapore’s Celebrities Sports Club for a charity cause.
www.theasianindependent.co.uk TECH Wipro net declines 21% in Q4, 5.9% in 2017-18 Bengaluru, Global software major Wipro on Wednesday reported that its consolidated net profit declined 21 per cent annually for the fourth quarter and 5.9 per cent yearly for fiscal 2017- 18. “Consolidated net profit for the fourth quarter declined 21 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1,801 crore from Rs 2,267 crore in the same period year ago. “Net profit for the fiscal also declined 5.9 per cent to Rs 8,008 crore from Rs 8,514 crore in 2016-17,” said the company in a regulatory filing on the BSE. Sequentially too, net profit declined 7.2 per cent from Rs 1,940 crore posted in the third quarter. Consolidated revenue for the quarter also declined, albeit marginally, by 1.6 per cent to Rs 13,769 crore from Rs 13,988 crore in the same period last fiscal and remained flat sequentially as against Rs 13,670 crore last quarter. Consolidated revenue for the fiscal also remained flat at Rs 54,487 crore as against Rs 55,040 crore in 2016-17. Under the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), net income was $277 million and gross revenue $2,115 million for the quarter. For the fiscal under IFRS, net income was $1.2 billion and gross revenue $8.4 billion, an annual decline of 1 per cent. IT services for the quarter contributed $2,062 million, posting 2.4 per cent sequential and 5.5 per cent growth under IFRS and Rs 13,410 crore in rupee terms, up 1.3 per cent sequentially from quarter ago. For the fiscal, IT services revenue remained flat at Rs 52,840 crore or $8.1 billion. The firm projected lower sequential revenue for the first quarter of 2018-19 from IT services business in dollar terms. “We expect revenue from our IT services to be in the range of $2,015-2,065 million for the first quarter ending June 30,” said the filing. The outlook is less than $2,033- 2,073 million range it projected for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017-18 on January 19 and $2,062 million it reported. Wipro Chief Executive Abidali Neemuchwala told reporters here later that investments in digital and efforts in client mining were paying off well. “Our strong order bookings in the last two quarters provide us the right foundation to grow as we progress through the year,” he said. Chief Financial Officer Jatin Dalal said that investments in Holmestm and automation software were resulting in productivity improvement. “We generated robust operating cash flows of Rs 8,400 crore at 105 per cent of our net income for the fiscal 2017-18,” he said. The company declared 50 per cent interim dividend of Rs 1 per share of Rs 2 face value for the fiscal. With the board recommending the interim dividend as the final dividend, the total dividend for the fiscal remains Rs 1 per share. Under the capital allocation policy, the company has completed a buyback of its shares valued at Rs 110,000 million in December 2017. The company made an annual provision of Rs 526 crore ($81 million) for the insolvency of two customers and impairment loss in one of its acquisitions. The company added 58 new clients in Q4, taking the total to 233 for the fiscal, while the number of active customers to 1,248 for the year. Though 1,274 techies were added for the quarter, the total headcount for the fiscal declined to 1,63,827 from 1,65,481 year ago due to higher attrition (16.6 per cent) in Q4 as against 16.3 per cent year ago. The company’s blue-chip scrip of Rs 2 face value was sold at Rs 287.20 per share at the end of Wednesday’s trading on the BSE as against Tuesday’s closing price of Rs 287.05 and opening price of Rs 289. April 2018 19 Google most trusted Internet brand in India : Report New Delhi, Online search engine Google is the most trusted Internet brand in India, followed by Facebook, a report said on Wednesday. “With 1.2 trillion searches per year, it (Google) has become the first port of call for all things on the Internet,” the TRA Brand Trust Report 2018 said here. It further said: “Facebook, ranked second in the list, has been steadily climbing the trust ladder over the years (ranked seventh in 2015, fourth in 2016 and third in 2017 BTR reports).” The survey, however, was carried out during November 2017- January 2018 and did not take into account the recent reports of data breach and privacy involving Facebook, said N. Chandramouli, CEO, TRA Advisory. He further said the impact of privacy concerns are likely to affect Facebook’s ranking in the next survey. According to the report, e- commerce major Amazon ranked third among the most trusted Internet brands in the country and e-Bay ranked fourth. The other major e-commerce brand Flipkart was positioned sixth in the brand trust report. Among the online taxi aggregators, Ola ranked seventh in the list, surpassing Uber which took the fifteenth position.
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