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Bollywood Gup-Shup

EMRAAN HASHMI SONAKSHI SINHA

Actor gets candid about his film ‘HAQ’ Star happy on making Telugu debut with ‘Jatadhara’

ctor Emraan Hashmi ctor Sonakshi Sinha had a
says his upcoming wonderful experience work-
Afilm ‘HAQ’ draws Aing on the sets of her first
inspiration from the historic Telugu film, Jatadhara. Speaking to
1985 Shah Bano case, describ- ANI, the ‘Dabangg’ star expressed
ing it as a story that reflects on gratitude to the ‘Jatadhara’ team
a balance between personal for welcoming her with open arms.
faith and constitutional law. He “The kind of respect I received
also noted that the movie is not on that set truly moved me. The
meant to “malign” any commu- people I worked with... whether it was
nity or religion and talks about the cast or the crew, all were incredi-
women’s rights and dignity. bly kind, disciplined, and well-organised.

Speaking to ANI, he said, What stood out to me most was their profes-
“Maybe the younger genera- sionalism; if a shift began at 9 a.m., it wrapped up
tion doesn’t know much about right at 6 p.m. Everything was timely organised,” she shared.
this case. The film is inspired by There was a slight language barrier at first, but not once did I feel
the 1985 Shah Bano case, in which Ahmed Khan divorced like an outsider or that I didn’t belong because I came from a differ-
Shah Bano, who then fought for her dignity in the Sessions Court, ent industry or spoke a different language. The warmth and respect
the High Court, and the Supreme Court after her husband stopped I was shown meant a lot. It was a beautiful feeling,” Sonakshi added.
her maintenance.” Directed by Venkat Kalyan, ‘Jatadhara’ is set to be released on
He added, “Shah Bano said ‘Mai Musalman hu hindustani aurat November 7 in Hindi and Telugu. The film also features Sudheer
hu pehle’ and ‘I should get my maintenance under secular law and Babu and Shilpa Shirodkar.
constitutional law. Beyond Muslim personal law’. It became a land-
mark case; Shah Bano was fighting for a lot of women, for different
generations to come. So even then, the country was divided into two
parts on this argument.”

LUCKY ALI

Singer reflects on his early years of life before pursuing music

he celebrated Bollywood singer Lucky Ali believes he was a “good-for-nothing” person be-
fore experiencing success in the music industry. Known for his iconic songs like ‘O Sanam’,
T‘Safarnama’, and ‘Ek Pal Ka Jeena’, Lucky Ali is one of the popular singers of India.
Ahead of his highly anticipated India music tour titled “Re: Sound” by JetALive, Lucky Ali
reflected on his initial years of life, saying that before becoming a musician, he considered himself
useless or without direction.

Lucky Ali said, “I was a ‘Vela, a total ‘Vela’ before that. Good for nothing. That’s what I was be-
fore I even became a musician. I couldn’t keep a job because I wasn’t cut out to have a job.”

Recalling his childhood, Lucky Ali said that his early education and experience were related to “animal husbandry” and “horse
breeding”, which didn’t offer him professional opportunities at that time in India.

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