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News18
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Rajkummar Rao Talks About Completing 15 Years In Bollywood
Last Updated: Movies Videos Rajkummar Rao, who made his debut in Bollywood with a three-second role in Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Rann in 2010, completed 15 years in the industry. Reflecting on his journey, he said, 'When people think of me after many years, I want them to think of me with a lot of respect, somebody who took his work seriously and who was here for the right reasons, for the right intentions, and not for fame, but to contribute to our cinema.' Watch the video for more. bollywood news | entertainment news live | latest bollywood news | bollywood | news18 | n18oc_moviesLiked the video? Please press the thumbs up icon and leave a comment. Subscribe to Showsha YouTube channel and never miss a video: Showsha on Instagram: Showsha on Facebook: Showsha on X: Showsha on Snapchat: entertainment and lifestyle news and updates on:
Hindustan Times
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Not here for fame, but to contribute to cinema: Rajkummar Rao on 15 years in movies
Mumbai, When people think of me, I want them to remember me as someone who was in the film industry for the right reasons, says actor Rajkummar Rao on completing 15 years in Bollywood. Not here for fame, but to contribute to cinema: Rajkummar Rao on 15 years in movies From playing supporting roles in 'Rann', 'Gangs of Wasseypur', 'Talaash', and 'Kai Po Che!', the actor gradually moved to leading man roles in movies 'Shahid', 'Aligarh', 'Trapped', 'Newton', 'Bareilly Ki Barfi', 'Badhaai Do', 'Stree 2', and 'Bhool Chuk Maaf'. 'When people think of me after many years, I want them to think of me with a lot of respect, somebody who took his work seriously and who was here for the right reasons, for the right intentions, and not for fame, but to contribute to our cinema,' Rao, who made his debut in Bollywood with a three-second role in Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Rann' in 2010, told PTI in an interview. The 40-year-old actor said he feels blessed that over the years, audiences have connected with his work. 'When a film works, you can see that a film has genuinely worked. Now, people think every figure that is coming out is a bogus figure, but it's not like that. It's like saying every actor calls the media or they don't, no, it's not true. I don't, I haven't called the media ever in my life. "I talk to my producers and distributors to know about how the film , and they won't lie to me. They would tell me exactly what happened. When you go to theatres, there is an audience, which is almost full or 70-80% full, you know people are coming and watching the film. That's the only way to judge whether it's working or not,' Rao said. Rao is excited to step into the role of an action hero in the highly anticipated film 'Maalik', directed by Pulkit of 'Bhakshak' fame. Sharing his long-standing desire to dive into action genre, the actor said, 'It was not the first time somebody offered me an action film; I was offered this genre before, but I couldn't connect with those stories. But when I read this , I thought it was such a powerful story about this guy's rise; the arc was beautiful.' Citing the example of his roles in 'Srikanth' and 'Mr and Mrs Mahi', Rao said he is eager to push the envelope further. I was missing seeing myself doing something very different. Like last year, I'm glad 'Srikanth' happened, it was very different from 'Mahi'. I want to do something that maybe I don't expect out of myself," he said. While the actor has dabbled in the world of gangsters before, most notably in the black crime comedy series 'Guns and Gulaabs' and the 2017 film 'Omerta', where he played a terrorist, he said that 'Maalik' is completely different. 'This one is a full-blown action film. It's one of those, massy, big commercial action films with the heart in its right place. There's a great story attached to it, and there are great characters. So, it's very, very different from whatever I've done to date,' the actor said, adding he approached the role of a gangster in 'Maalik' without any preconceived notions. 'I wanted to go like a clean blank paper and put everything together with my imagination, with everyone's help around me, with Pulkit's vision that he had for 'Maalik',' Rao added. His favourite films in the genre are Gopal Varma's 'Shiva' and Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. 'There were things that actors wouldn't do in the 70s, 80s, but now it seems very normal for actors to do that. Same with action, with the more violence in the film, it was not okay to do that in the 80s, 90s, 2000, but now it's fine. "It's always evolving, sometimes you go back to basics, sometimes you want to push it forward. It's a part and parcel of the process,' the actor said, adding that his favourite action stars are Bruce Lee, Hugh Jackman, and Amitabh Bachchan. 'Maalik' also features Manushi Chhillar, Saurabh Shukla, Saurabh Sachdeva, Prosenjit Chatterjee, and Swanand Kirkire. Produced by Kumar Taurani under the Tips Films banner and Jay Shewakramani's Northern Lights Films, the movie is slated to release in cinemas on July 11. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
Indian Express
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Navya Naveli opens up on not choosing films as career like brother Agastya: ‘Spent childhood listening to my father talk about tractors'
Navya Naveli Nanda, the granddaughter of megastar Amitabh Bachchan and veteran actor Jaya Bachchan, chose not to be an actor. In fact, she's not even remotely associated with the film industry, just like her parents — Nikhil Nanda and Shweta Bachchan — but unlike her brother Agastya Nanda, who made his acting debut a couple of years ago. 'I grew up in Delhi, so a large part of my childhood was spent watching and listening to my father talk about business, and more specifically, tractors. From a very young age, that is what excited me. I never wanted to join films; I wanted to be an entrepreneur,' said Navya. Her father Nikhil Nanda, based out of Delhi, is the Chairman and Managing Director of Escorts Kubota Limited, an engineering MNC which specializes in agricultural, construction and railways equipment and machinery. In the interview with Elle, Navya added, 'Absolutely nothing about where I come from, or who I am, or who my family is has ever been and will ever be a weight. It has only given me immense pride to belong to where I do. I carry each and every aspect of it with pride, and more importantly, responsibility. All I do is to make my family proud.' Navya, however, claims she acknowledges her privilege and tries to make the best use of it. 'I have always accepted the privilege I come from. It has allowed me to be who I am today. I am accepting of the fact that I was given many opportunities at a very young age that have allowed me to be where I am today, and for that, I will always be grateful. Making the most of those opportunities and doing justice to them is all that matters — giving it the best you can and not taking it for granted,' she said. A 27-year-old entrepreneur, Navya not only helps out her father in his business, but also runs a healthcare brand called Navya Care and an NGO on gender rights called Project Naveli. After spending most of her day working on these ventures, Navya spends four hours in the evening studying for her Blended Post Graduate Programme (BPGP) at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad. Navya also hosts a podcast called What The Hell Navya on which she appears alongside Shweta and Jaya Bachchan. 'I think both of them have taught me the fine balance between strength and vulnerability. Both mom and Nani have never shied away from being who they are: confident and bold. They embody the kind of woman I would hope to shape into one day,' she said. Also Read: Shweta Bachchan fires back as daughter Navya Naveli omits her, Jaya Bachchan from Rann of Kutch holiday pics Navya's brother Agastya Nanda made his acting debut with Zoya Akhtar's period coming-of-age film The Archies on Netflix India in 2023. He'll be next seen in Sriram Raghavan's war drama Ikkis.
Geek Tyrant
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Marvel's GOTG Vol. 3 Actor Will Poulter Rumored to Be Set to Play Obscure Superhero in His DC Debut — GeekTyrant
Will Poulter ( Midsommar , Dopesick , The Bear , Death of a Unicorn ) made his Marvel debut in the James Gunn trilogy finale, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as the fumbling heroic character Adam Warlock, who had his reservations about the Guardians but ended up saving them in a pinch and becoming a trusted ally. He did well by the fans and by Gunn, who famously loves to work with the actors he calls his friends repeatedly. So it's not much of a stretch to hear the rumor that Poulter may have secretly signed on to make his DCU debut in an upcoming project that Gunn is at least producing as the head of DC Studios. The DC fan account Gunnverse posted about this rumor over the weekend (via CB), apparently from sources familiar with the negotiations between DC Studios and Poulter. They heard that Poulter would make his DCU debut in another show or movie first before headlining an Adam Strange series for Max himself. Insiders reportedly even said that this show is assembling a writers' room already. Adam Strange is one of DC Comics' oldest characters, first appearing in 1958. He is an archeologist studying ancient sites in Peru when he stumbles across a teleportation device that sends him to a planet called Rann. Strange learns about their advanced technology, and is able to travel back and forth between Rann and Earth whenever the teleportation is possible. If this is true, it's probably still quite a ways off, seeing as DC's current slate is pretty dang full. But it would be fun to see the studio explore a character we haven't really seen done before. What do you think? In the meantime, Gunn's big screen DC kickoff film Superman is just over two months away, and I am looking forward to seeing how he makes this story his own.
