Shabana Azmi teams up with Balki for the first time

It’s a film about cricket and the mighty Shabana Azmi plays a woman who loves cricket in R Balki’s underproduction Ghoomer which stars Abhishek Bachchan and Saiyami Kher. The latter plays a budding cricketer and the former is her coach.

Abhishek has earlier done the remarkable Paa with director Balki where he played his own father Amitabh Bachchan’s father (yes, that’s not a typo). Shabana Azmi who has never worked with Balki before plays Saiyami’s grandmother. A cricket aficionado, Shabana encourages Saiyami to follow her dreams of making it as a national cricket champion much to the disapproval of others close to her.

Saiyami is a natural-born athlete and an actress of considerable talent, as we saw in the back-to-back web series Special Ops, Choked, Breathe, and Unpaused.

Also Read: “The privileged need to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate” – Shabana Azmi

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M.L.B.’s Negotiations Hit the Road as Lockout Continues

Players gathered in a parking lot and meetings with the league were held at an empty stadium, offering new settings as both sides hammered away at familiar issues.

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Michigan Coach Juwan Howard Suspended for Rest of Regular Season

Howard, who slapped a Wisconsin assistant men’s basketball coach in the head in a handshake line, was suspended and fined $40,000, but will be eligible to return for the postseason.

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Beijing Olympic Ratings Were the Worst of Any Winter Games

NBC Universal’s coverage had 11.4 million viewers per night on average, compared with 19.8 million for the Pyeongchang Games in 2018.

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Medina Spirit Stripped of 2021 Kentucky Derby Win

The horse’s trainer, Bob Baffert, was suspended and fined after his horse failed a postrace drug test last year.

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Son Ye Jin and Jung Hae In starrer Something in the Rain confirmed to have Indian remake

Son Ye Jin and Jung Hae In starrer South Korean drama Something in the Rain will be having an Indian remake.

On February 21, JTBC studios confirmed the news by releasing a statement.  The statement made by JTBC read, “Recently, with Pocket Ace, India's largest digital entertainment company, we have confirmed the production of an Indian remake of ‘Something in the Rain’.”

With this remake, JTBC Studio took its first step into the Indian market. In India, which has a population of 1.4 billion viewers and the world's largest Bollywood movie market, interest in Korean content is rapidly increasing, raising expectations.

JTBC's Something in the Rain, which aired in 2018, is a drama depicting a realistic love affair between an older couple, recording a maximum viewership rating of 8.3% (Nielsen Korea, based on paid households in the metropolitan area), collecting topics. The lead actors Son Ye-jin and Jeong Hae-in's acting and director Ahn Pan-seok's delicate directing skills were well-received and won them Seoul Drama Awards Hallyu Drama Excellence Award and the Asian Television Awards Drama Award.

In India, localized remakes of Korean content are actively being made, and My Mister and Ode to My father have been remade in India and have been a success. While attention is being paid to whether JTBC Studio’s proven IP and the best production team in India can meet and create another success story, JTBC Studio is planning to approach Indian viewers in a more friendly way through local adaptations.

Meanwhile, JTBC Studio took over the American production company Wiip last year and started to enter the global market in earnest. In addition to this Indian remake, they plan to release a global remake with various hit IPs such as Itaewon Class.

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Disha Patani and Pooja Hegde join Salman Khan’s Da-Bangg Tour in Dubai

Over the years we have seen a number of celebrities join Salman Khan’s Da-Bangg Tour. Now we hear that the latest names to join the actor’s upcoming concert in Dubai are none other than his Bharat co-star Disha Patani and Salman’s co-star from his upcoming film Bhaijaan (earlier titled Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali), Pooja Hegde.

A source close to the concert exclusively tells Bollywood Hungama, “Disha Patani and Pooja Hegde will be part of this year’s Da-Bangg Tour that is being held as part of the Expo 2020 in Dubai. But details of what to expect from them are being kept under wraps.” Prod for more specifics about their performances and the source adds, “Disha and Salman shared screen space in the film Bharat and they did the track ‘Slow Motion’ together, so it is likely that they will perform to that. On the other hand, Pooja Hegde is doing the film Bhaijaan with Salman later, so this will be her introduction of sorts to the audience and more so to Salman fans.”

It will certainly be interesting to see Disha Patani and Pooja Hegde join the roster of celebrities who are already part of the Da-Bangg Tour. As for the show itself, the concert will be part of the Dubai Expo 2020. The Expo earlier featured a performance by Nora Fatehi, for a diverse crowd of over 30,000 people from different parts of the world. On 16th February, Nora Fatehi performed at the Global arena at EXPO 2020, running the show for over an hour, treating fans with her impeccable dance moves to her biggest chartbusters and engaging her fans with entertaining interactions.

Nora was also joined by Tanzanian musician Rayvanny for a special segment where the duo performed to their global single 'Pepeta'. Nora was also joined by two chosen fans to perform at the global stage who danced to her latest track 'Dance Meri Rani'.

Also Read: Nora Fatehi offers a memorable night at EXPO 2020 in Dubai, performs for a diverse crowd of 30,000

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