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Bollywood Gup-Shup

FREIDA PINTO ZEENAT AMAN

To be seen in ‘Boy At the Back of the Class’ adaptation Veteran opens up about making a comeback

reida Pinto has ver since she made her Insta-
joined the cast of gram debut, veteran actress
Fthe family film EZeenat Aman has been spill-
“The Boy at the Back ing the beans about her personal
of the Class,” based on and professional life. On Sunday,
the beloved children’s the ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram’
book. According to Va- actress opened up about wheth-
riety, a US-based media er she is making a comeback on
house, not just Freida, the silver screen or not. Taking to
Vanessa Redgrave will Instagram, Zeenat penned a long
also be seen in the proj- note, which read, “There’s been
ect. The enigmatic new some speculation that my presence
youngster, Ahmet, who here is the precursor to my return to the
enrols in nine-year-old silver screen. I am a notoriously private person,
Alexa’s school, is the fo- and I suppose this sudden sharing has set tongues wagging.
cus of Stephen Herek’s The truth is that I have been in the public eye since I was
(“101 Dalmations”) film. 16-years-old, and have experienced the perils of being mis-
Last year, Freida Pinto quoted, taken out of context, censored, and gossiped about.
and her husband Cory Tran Now as a septuagenarian I am enjoying the opportunity to
welcomed their first child reflect on my life and career in my own words. That too
together. In an October without any pressures from managers or studios or brands.”
2021 Instagram post, Pinto
revealed that she and Tran
eloped a year prior. “Yes, yes, it’s true. One year
ago, I married this gorgeous man of my dreams. No, we were not
keeping it a secret or anything. We were simply just enjoying life and
happily shared the news with anyone who asked,” she wrote.

RAVEENA TANDON

Star dedicates her Shiv Ratri celebration to late father
aveena Tandon’s Shiv Ratri celebration was a personal one this year as the
actor spent the day in Kashi reliving her father’s memories. Taking to Insta-
Rgram on Saturday, the ‘Mohra’ actor posted a string of pictures from Kashi.
She dedicated a diya on the Ganges in the name of her father, whose birth anniversa-
ry was observed on Friday. Raveena wrote in the caption, “Day 1. #kashi. I finally let
a piece of you go .. that I will hold on in my heart forevers.. a send off papa, on your
birthday and Mahashivratri, couldn’t get better .. from Dusk to Dawn .. did the entire
Kashi Vishwanath with you and then bade you a happy goodbye. Love you always! Jai
Shiv Shankar Bholenath! Har Har Mahadev! Har Har Gange Maiya !”

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