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News18
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Kashmera Shah's Anniversary Message For Hubby Krushna Abhishek: ‘Can't Believe…'
Published By : IANS Last Updated: Krushna Abhishek and Kashmera Shah are celebrating 12 years of marital bliss. Kashmera cannot believe they have been together for so many years! On the occasion of their anniversary, actress Kashmera Shah has wished her handsome husband Krushna Abhishek and said that she cannot believe they have been together for so many years. Kashmera took to Instagram, where she shared a reel video of Krushna playing with their twin sons Krishaang and Rayaan. For the caption, Kashmera, who has worked in films such as Jungle, Pyar To Hona Hi Tha, Vaastav: The Reality, Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge, Wake Up Sid and FU: Friendship Unlimited to name a few, wrote: : 'Happy Anniversary to my handsome husband." She added that it is Krushna, who has kept her anchored in her life. 'I can't believe we have been together for so many years and all these years you have told people that I am your pillar of strength. Little do they know that how strong you are and how anchored you have kept me in my life." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kashmera Shah (@kashmera1) Kashmera added: 'To the three men that make me ambitious and make me want to achieve everything I dream about, I love you all. Happy wedding anniversary my love @krushna30 love you the most. Will celebrate when I come." Krushna married his long time girlfriend Kashmera in 2013. They met at the sets of the movie Aur Pappu Paas Ho Gaya, directed by Shyam Soni. The couple are currently seen in the funny culinary show 'Laughter Chefs Unlimited Entertainment", they star alongside Nia Sharma, Rahul Vaidya, Karan Kundrra, Ankita Lokhande, Vicky Jain, Reem Shaikh, Sudesh Lehri, Elvish Yadav, Rubina Dilaik and Aly Goni. It is hosted by Bharti Singh, and judged by chef Harpal Singh Sokhi. Krushna is known for his humorous work in comedy shows on Indian television such as Comedy Circus, Comedy Nights Bachao, The Kapil Sharma Show, and The Great Indian Kapil Show. He gained fame as a comedian after participating in several seasons of the Comedy Circus. He also participated in dance reality shows, including Nach Baliye 3 and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4. Kashmera is known for her work in Hindi and Marathi films. She was also a contestant on the reality shows Bigg Boss 1, Nach Baliye 3 and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 4. First Published: Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Metro
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Two I'm A Celebrity legends 'set to return' for epic All Stars series
The I'm A Celebrity… South Africa all stars series is officially returning to ITV later in 2025—and not one but two legendary jungle stars are in talks to come back. Starting in 2024, I'm A Celebrity… South Africa reunites old campmates from the ITV game show. This time, however, they're trading the Australian jungle for the desert. Last series saw the likes of Shaun Ryder, Gillian McKeith, Helen Flanagan, Phil Tufnell, and Jordan Banjo giving up luxuries for a gruelling challenge once more. The competition was ultimately won by Myleene Klass, who had originally finished second during the show's sixth series almost 20 years ago… but now, two more famous faces are coming for her crown. According to reports, beloved King of the Jungle Harry Redknapp is close to signing on the dotted line with ITV bosses. Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. As per The Sun, Harry, 78, who became the oldest-ever winner in 2018 and was paid £500,000 for his stint, will fly back out for round two in autumn before the series airs in the New Year. 'It's going to be a real coup,' a source told the paper. 'Harry is TV gold and was first on the list of wannabe celebrity contestants.' The football icon's win in the main series was watched by 11million people, with the nation reduced to tears as he was reunited with his wife, Sandra, on the bridge after, having frequently declared his love for her while in camp. Harry's first run for Jungle champ made him one of the programme's high earners, but the likes of Coleen Rooney and Nigel Farage still come out on top, having received a mega £1.5million for their signings. And Harry's people are remaining tight-lipped on his career plans currently, as a spokesperson for the sports star said in response to the rumours: 'This is speculation.' Meanwhile, there's another huge name already attached to the upcoming South Africa series… and it's Gemma Collins. The Towie star and TV personality, 44, is one of the most treasured personalities on British TV, and ITV is apparently hoping she'll boost viewing figures again this time around. Gemma infamously only managed three days in the Jungle when she was last on the show and made no secret of how much she hated every second. 'People who murder get treated better than this,' she famously said before quitting. 'That's the truth. Even a murderer gets fed three times a day.' Gemma's tears and tantrums gave social media a meme collection that still gets used today, so it's no surprise she's wanted back. A source told The Sun previously: 'She hated it first time round, but knows it would be TV gold for her fans if she gave it another go. 'The discussions could go either way, but signing her would be a huge win for execs.' For Gemma fans hoping she'll give I'm A Celebrity a second try, the recent rumours line up very nicely with comments the Dancing On Ice star made in 2019. Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show, she said: 'I will never forget getting the call. Looking back, I don't feel I was ready for that show. I was new to TV; I was the underdog on Towie. 'I wasn't the best-looking girl, I didn't have a model figure, I was this car girl from Romford selling cars. I was being put in the Jungle, and in hindsight, I wasn't ready for it.' She continued: I felt hugely out of my depth—I was petrified. If I was to go back now, I've got more experience. I've got a tougher skin now, and I think that's where the GC came into play. If they asked me back, yes, I'd go back.' Things didn't get off to a good start when Gemma went into the jungle in 2014, firstly refusing to parachute into camp with the rest of her teammates. She then withdrew due to panic attacks and later said that her ex-boyfriend, Alexander Moss, had 'severely beaten' her the night before she joined. The reality star said that ITV advised against her entering at first, but Gemma insisted she didn't want to waste the opportunity of a lifetime. Alexander, now 44, was eventually jailed for 21 months in 2019. More Trending Gemma told the Everything I Know About Me podcast: '[There was] all the embarrassment of like, you know what the TV programmes were saying, 'Gemma Collins left the Jungle, she was hungry, she was this.' And it wasn't my fault. 'I can remember lying in my flat where I lived and just thinking, I just want to die. I haven't done anything wrong. I've left the Jungle because of something that happened to me.' ITV has been contacted for comment. I'm a Celebrity… South Africa will return to ITV1 and ITVX early next year. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. View More » MORE: 'One of the most important British dramas ever made' joins major streamer MORE: Jeremy Clarkson is launching 'ruthless' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire ITV spin-off series MORE: 'Sensational' sci-fi thriller now free to stream for the first time on ITVX
UAE Moments
16-07-2025
- General
- UAE Moments
Daily Affirmation for July 17, 2025 to Kickstart Your Vibe
✨ Today's Affirmation: 'I don't need to have it all figured out to move forward.' 💫 Vibe Check: Let's be real: nobody has the master plan. We're all out here winging it, learning on the fly, and googling how to be an adult (again). Today's energy? Progress over perfection. You don't need a five-year strategy or the perfect vision board to take the next step. Just a little courage and a sprinkle of self-trust. It's okay to not know what's next — the magic is in motion. 🧘♀️ Why This Works: This affirmation cuts through analysis paralysis. It reminds you that clarity comes after action, not before. When you release the pressure to know it all right now, you free yourself to actually try, explore, mess up, and find what does feel right. You don't need certainty — you need momentum. 🌿 Your Mini Mission: Grab your notes app or a journal and finish this sentence: 'If I didn't need to have it all figured out, I'd…' Then go do one tiny thing that brings that sentence to life — no pressure, just play. 🎧 Momentum Boost Playlist: For the souls learning to start before they're ready: 'Start' – RAS 'Unwritten' – Natasha Bedingfield (yes, it still hits) 'Keep Moving' – Jungle 🔮 Bonus Energy Tip: Feeling stuck in the 'what ifs'? Say this out loud: 'Every big journey starts with one weird, wobbly step.' Then go make a move — even a small one. The universe loves a bold beginner.
Indian Express
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
25 years of Jaideep Sahni: From Chak De! India to Khosla ka Ghosla, how the screenwriting genius consistently chronicled a country's struggle to understand itself
Writing is a daunting task. To lay bare your thoughts on paper is no less than a nightmare. It wounds before it heals. But screenwriting? It takes the nightmare further. To translate thought into character, politics into plot, ache into arc, and more significantly, to smuggle meaning into spectacle, to lace ideology into the laugh lines, to neither pander nor preach, but still make them feel, that, too, is triggering, traumatic, troublesome, and then, somehow, therapeutic. But to top it all is the challenge of doing this within the belly of the mainstream. Subversion: a word now tossed around like loose change. But to subvert and still sell tickets, to reshape and still stay bankable, is worse than a nightmare. That is a dream very few survive. And if the current cinematic trends tell us anything, it is how rare that survivor is. How few manage to hold both the crowd and the conscience. But if a screenwriter has done it consistently, then in this moment, in this time, there is arguably only one. Jaideep Sahni. Sahni, in his twenty-five-year-long journey as a screenwriter (beginning with Jungle, which released on this very day), has penned seven films since then. Five of them are with the powerhouse Yash Raj Films. Two are with the once-disruptive, then-dominant Ram Gopal Varma. One is with Shah Rukh Khan. Others feature stalwarts like Suniel Shetty, Ajay Devgn, Madhuri Dixit, and Rani Mukerji. Woven in between are the newcomers of their time, Vivek Oberoi, Abhishek Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, and Sushant Singh Rajput, each of whom rose to carve their own place in the firmament. There were also those from another era, the old guards of the screen: Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Anupam Kher and Navin Nischol, who too found a renewed rhythm in his lines. If his writing gave voice to a new generation of directors, like Shaad Ali, Dibakar Banerjee, Shimit Amin, and Maneesh Sharma, then it also offered the old masters, like Varma, a fresh vocabulary within the familiar grammar of the genre. What sets Sahni apart is not simply what he wrote, but what he revealed. His screenplays are replete with the contradictions that define India. The tensions that fracture it and the forces that bind it. In his stories, the personal is never separate from the political, and the spectacle is inseparable from the subtext. It is as if he composes social maps, chronicles emotional cartographies, and draws blueprints of a nation in flux. It is as if he writes about a country trying to make sense of itself. Most of his films draw their charge from the socio-economic undercurrents that shape the lives of their characters. So in Company, the story unfolds in the shadows of a post–License Raj India: a landscape where opportunity was gated, and those without access were left to their own devices. Out of that inequality, as if inevitably, rose a revolution with guns. The gangsters, once outlaws, soon became the system. And when we meet these gangsters, Malik (Ajay Devgn) and Chandu (Vivek Oberoi), we see not just criminals, but agents of a new order. They are going global now, riding the wave of liberalisation. Liberalisation eventually became a recurring theme that Sahni kept returning to across his filmography. So say, in Bunty Aur Babli and Khosla Ka Ghosla, he tapped into both the middle-class ambition that gives us wings and the middle-class morality that gently pulls us back to the ground. Morality, in Sahni's world, is not didactic but lived. It is a persistent thread that guides his characters, but also sometimes derails them. Though both films present themselves as caper comedies, they are punctuated with moments of profound moral clarity. In each, it is the elder, the weathered voice of experience, who pauses the momentum to offer the younger one a truth. Bachchan in Bunty Aur Babli, and Kher in Khosla Ka Ghosla. Push a little further into his filmography, and you'll find the same thread in Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year, where Chopra's character becomes the moral anchor to Kapoor's drift. Seen now, these scenes do more than simply move the plot forward. They are sort of masterclasses, as sort of reference points for contemporary screenwriters still learning how to tell stories with both edge and conscience. Also Read | Khosla Ka Ghosla is 15: Rishi Kapoor was first offered Anupam Kher's role, Dibakar Banerjee did not want Boman Irani as villain It is this strange sincerity that lends Sahni's stories their weight and panache. At their heart, all his films are wrestling with the status quo. They are filled with characters at the disadvantaged end of power, outsiders and underdogs in every sense, who stand up against an establishment that offers them nothing but rejection, ridicule, or humiliation. Of course, the seminal sports drama Chak De! India is the most iconic expression of this motif. And the same thread runs through Khosla Ka Ghosla, Aaja Nachle, and Rocket Singh. But it's also evident even in a seemingly lighter film like Shuddh Desi Romance, where we find Raghu (Rajput) and Gayatri (Parineeti Chopra) rebelling against the institution of marriage, with disbelief, and disinterest. And Sahni's choice to set the film in Jaipur, or to let much of Aaja Nachle unfold in a small town called Shamli, is itself a subtle departure from mainstream cinematic norms. In doing so, he not only brings us characters who are more vibrant, more earthy, and often more humorous than their metropolitan counterparts, but also far more defiant. These are small-town rebels, torn between tradition and transformation. They are constantly contradicting themselves, caught in a cultural tug-of-war: modern enough to want freedom, rooted enough to still feel its guilt. It is within this contradiction that Sahni finds his most fertile ground. Perhaps that's why his characters so often struggle with, a kind of existential or even identity crisis that runs beneath their actions like an undertow. Perhaps that's why this is best captured in the way so many of his protagonists seem uncomfortable with their own names. And so, of course, Cherry (Parvin Dabas) wants to rid himself of Chiraunji Lal Khosla, the name given to him by his grandmother. And Raghu doesn't quite like it when his Tauji (Kapoor) insists on calling him Raghu Ram, as if the full name somehow fixes him to a version of himself he doesn't accept. This discomfort isn't isolated. It surfaces again and again, in characters like Rakesh (Bachchan) and Vimmi (Mukerji), who don the identities of Bunty and Babli as if to escape the weight of their small-town ordinariness. Harpreet Singh Bedi (Kapoor) becomes Rocket Singh, not just a pseudonym, but a new framework for ambition. Chandrakant (Oberoi) prefers Chandu in Company, a name that makes him sharper, more agile. On the surface, these may appear as minor narrative choices, simple character quirks. But beneath them lies a deeper preoccupation, Sahni's, persistent interest in mapping the restlessness of a generation caught between inheritance and reinvention. His characters are not merely changing names; they are attempting to unbind themselves from systems, traditions, and identities that no longer fit. What is even more exemplary is that Sahni, despite working largely within Yash Raj Films and under the production gaze of Aditya Chopra, has consistently managed to subvert the YRF template from within. It takes a particular kind of conviction to write a film like Bunty Aur Babli, where the characters don't dream of going abroad or becoming NRIs to climb the traditional ladders of success (unlike the protagonists of many Yash Raj films of the '90s) but instead choose to stay, to scheme, to seek reinvention within the boundaries of the country itself. It takes a similar kind of audacity to write Rocket Singh, where Kapoor plays a turbaned Punjabi salesman, not as comic relief or caricature, but as a nuanced, dignified, rebellious character. It's a portrayal that sharply contrasts with the kind of loud, over-the-top Punjabis YRF itself has often fed its audiences. And again, it takes real nerve to Shuddh Desi Romance which dares to question the very ideals that have long underpinned the YRF romantic universe: commitment, and compromise. Instead, he gives us characters who are sceptical of these values, who walk away from rituals and roles, who seek love without the burden of an institution. And to top it all, there is Chak De! India, a film that casts the country's greatest superstar, Khan, not in the image we know him for, but in the role of a man devoid of glamour, of romance, of charm. In its place, Sahni gives us sheer presence, restraint, and ache. To imagine Khan in such a part, and to have him deliver one of his finest performances, speaks to the daring imagination Sahni possesses: the ability to see not just what a star he is, but what he could become if handed a different mirror. One could go on and on, tracing the brilliance with which he constructs those small, magical moments that linger in our collective memory. One could go on writing about how he gives nuance and arc to characters often dismissed as peripheral, and how those very characters, over time, have come to define themselves in the cultural imagination, remembered not as types but as people. One could go on simply writing about his dialogue writing, his comic timing. His sensibility as a lyricist alone deserves its own essay, for he brings to language what few writers can: grace without excess, power without volume. And yet, there's a certain sadness in the silence. It has been over a decade since Sahni last wrote a film. A decade in which both cinema and the country itself have entered their most turbulent phase. Fractured, uncertain, polarised. This is a time when we need voices like his the most. We need Sahni, steadfast in conviction, unseduced by noise. We need him to return with stories of those tier-two cities that run the engine of the nation. We need him to once again give voice to those who question without fear, who dream without apology, and who live without waiting for permission.
Daily Mail
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Traitors star Harry Clark is tipped as next King of the Jungle, as the former Army helicopter engineer sets his sights on I'm a Celeb
He scooped £95,000 after brilliantly but ruthlessly betraying his best friend in the second series of The Traitors. Now Harry Clark has his sights set on another reality TV prize – being crowned I'm A Celebrity 's King of the Jungle. The former Army helicopter engineer is being tipped to join the line-up of this year's ITV show, where he might feel at home among the venomous critters of the Australian rainforest, given that he admitted his treachery on Claudia Winkleman 's BBC programme made him something of a 'snake'. Asked if he was going to be in this year's cohort, the master of misdirection would only say: 'Who knows? I might be but I wouldn't be able to say if I was.' But the 24-year-old told The Mail on Sunday: 'I do like all the snakes and spiders and stuff – I would be really good in the jungle.' If he did go down under, he would be following in the footsteps of a long list of reality stars, including Made in Chelsea 's Georgia Toffolo and Sam Thompson and X Factor's Stacey Solomon – all of whom went on to win the show. With Clark's masterful playing of The Traitors making him a viewers' favourite, he would be a frontrunner to take the title too. Nearly 7 million people watched him land the Traitors prize in 2024, after hoodwinking Mollie Pearce into thinking they were both 'Faithfuls' about to split the prize money. The model, 23, did not do too badly from being stabbed in the back by her closest friend on the show, as it led to her own appearance on another ITV reality show, Dancing On Ice. She later forgave him for his double-crossing. In the past year, Clark has quit his Army job to become a media personality, presenting segments of the BBC's One Show and appearing in shows such as Pilgrimage. His popularity among viewers has made him attractive to brands and he makes the £31,000 he used to earn in the Army every year in two months pushing products on Instagram and TikTok. Despite his riches, Clark still lives with his mother, an NHS nurse, and his father, a baggage handler at Heathrow, and his five siblings in a council house in Slough. He paid off his parents' small debts with the Traitors' prize money and invested the remainder in a high-interest investment account. He said: 'I also took everyone, seven of us, on holiday to Portugal. My family hadn't been away since 2010. 'It was probably the first moment after the show that I patted myself on the back.'
