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old memories and comfort food:

stars turn pensive and look back

in difficult times

Our Bureau
Mumbai

ollywood has undergone
a big change during the
Blockdown. The nature
of social media posts from stars
have changed too. There is
more nostalgia. There are more
thoughts, and less glamor.
Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan
on Monday pulled off a ‘fortune
night’ with her girl gang which
constitutes her sister Karisma
Kapoor and her best friends
and Bollywood celebrities Ma-
laika Arora, Amrita Arora and
Mallika Bhat. Terming the night
spent with her best friends as
the “fortune nights,” the super-
star took to Instagram to share
a delightful picture from their post, while many left red heart ma’am, Rekha ma’am - they in her vanity van as she says “I
get-together. The picture sees and fire emoticons. have all done some wholesome think my go-to comfort food is
the beauties smiling as the four Bhumi Pednekar, who is cinema and contributed greatly just like home-made South In-
of them are seen seated on the credited with taking the cor- towards how women were por- dian food - Rasam and Rice”
sofa while Kareena’s actor sister rect decisions to portray wom- trayed on screen.” with a worth-seeing expression.
Karisma is seen standing behind en better on-screen, has taken Asserting that she feels to- Alongside the video clip that
them. The table in front of them the opportunity to thank yes- day’s audience doesn’t just look accumulated more than three
had two big cakes and cutlery teryears phenomenal leading at a heroine to add glamour lakh views within an hour of be-
sitting on it. ladies including Jaya Bachchan, on-screen, Pednekar said, “As ing posted, she noted: “What’s
“It’s been a FORTUNE of Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, a female actor, I am not just your comfort food?”.
memories... on to the next... and Rekha, for ushering in the expected to be in a film just to Celebrity followers in-
to new beginnings PS: #For- change for heroines on screen. add glamour or to be in a song cluding Ananya Panday and
tune you have been kind #For- Talking about how the ac- or to be an object of admiration. Parineeti Chopra also disclosed
tuneNights #EndOfAnEra tors from the 90s have greatly There is a lot more that I am about their favourite food in the
#KaftanSeries,” the ‘Jab We contributed to the portrayal of contributing to a film today. I comments section of the post.
Met’ actor wrote in the caption. women on the big screen, the feel women today are at a much Panday wrote, “Ur house South
Also, Varun Dhawan on ‘Saand Ki Aankh’ star said, better place and in a much bet- Indian food is my comfort food
Monday treated fans to mono- “Through all the eras of cinema, ter position to command respect also yum to another level”
chromatic pictures from a pho- there have always been films for their craft.” with a heart-eyed emoticon. To
toshoot. The ‘Student Of The that have stood out for progres- It’s not just past memo- which Padukone replied, “Chal
Year’ star shared the series of sive portrayal of women. Even in ries the stars are talking about. Aaja! (Come on!)@ananyap-
black and white pictures on In- the 90s, cause I am a 90s kid, be Deepika Padukone on Tuesday anday,” with a red heart emot-
stagram and added a note to it Rangeela, DDLJ, Kuch Kuch posted a quirky video for fans, icon. Indian actor Parineeti
the post which read, “Life isn’t Hota Hai - there were movies talking about her all-time fa- Chopra also commented “PIZ-
always black & white”. A pic- which had women play strong vourite comfort food. Taking ZZAAAAAAAAA,” in the
ture sees Varun striking a pose characters.” “So, luckily a mas- the video clip on Instagram, comments section of the post.
in the lap of nature escaping the sive change had already started the ‘queen of hearts’ disclosed In the times of pandem-
frenetic pace and chaos of ev- before I became an actress and about her love for homemade ic and lockdown, the stars are
eryday life. Celebrity followers, it definitely helped me. Jaya South Indian food ‘Rasam- their fans are discovering a dif-
including Vaani Kapoor, and ma’am, Shabana ma’am, Smita Rice’. In the witty video, Padu- ferent side of their lives and per-
more than 4 lakh fans liked the ma’am, Sridevi ma’am, Hema kone can be seen getting ready sonalities.

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