ENTERTAINMENT

Like the title, Sharmaji Namkeen is deliciously savoury. Rishi Kapoor’s last film and one that he would have been very proud of, the story of a senior citizen whose desire to not let age defy his dreams, is a sweet story filled with several emotional moments that give acting stalwarts Rishi Kapoor and Paresh Rawal a chance to shine. Debutant director Hitesh Bhatia takes on the mammoth challenge of giving direction to a cast that boasts names like Paresh Rawal, Juhi Chawla and, of course, Rishi Kapoor. Fortunately, he doesn’t let these heavyweights bog him down with expectations and instead, plays to their strengths.

Director SS Rajamouli is known for pushing boundaries with every film of his. With RRR, he took everyone by surprise yet again and the Jr NTR, Ram Charan-starrer is setting the box office on fire. According to trade reports, the Hindi version of RRR has overtaken Baahubali's lifetime business in Week 1. This is indeed a huge milestone for RRR, which is on its way to shattering more records.

If Baahubali 1 and 2 made the entire country sit up and take notice of SS Rajamouli, RRR proved why he is a master in storytelling. RRR managed to gross Rs 500 crore at the box office worldwide in just three days. The film is dominating the box office.

Filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s RRR, starring Jr NTR, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, and Ajay Devgn, was finally released, and it smashed all the box office records, going past Baahubali 2 as the biggest opener ever in the history of Indian cinema, both in the country and abroad. The box office dominance of RRR has indicated that the film has been well received by the audience, and clearly Rajamouli never disappoints his fans.

Now as per a recent development, reported by Bollywood Life, Rajamouli has received multiple requests from exhibitors to add English subtitles in the South versions of RRR, including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

They want the English subtitles for the portions where non-Indian actors are speaking English dialogues. The exhibitors have opined that the audience, especially the common masses who are thronging the film in droves, are struggling to comprehend the said dialogues.

Ruckus erupted in the Bihar assembly on Monday after the government distributed free tickets of 'The Kashmir Files' and arranged a special screening of the movie for all the MLAs while the opposition tore the tickets and alleged the ruling government of promoting communal agendas.

The tickets were distributed among the members after Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishor Prasad told the House that a complimentary show has been organised for all MLAs, a move that saw a grave protest by the members of the CPI(ML), the second-largest constituent of the opposition Grand Alliance.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday once again criticised his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal over his remarks on the recently released movie The Kashmir Files, asking him not to be "anti-Hindu". Kejriwal, in his speech in the Delhi assembly, had accused the BJP leaders of "promoting" the movie and asked the makers of the movie to upload the film on YouTube. His statement has snowballed into a massive backlash on social media, with several BJP leaders hitting out at him.

The BJP attacked Kejriwal for making several movies in the past tax-free in the national capital but not the Vivek Agnihotri film.