Maruti Suzuki Ignis launch around Diwali, here are features & specifications

Despite rumours regarding a delay in the production of the Ignis compact crossover, the company will launch the vehicle around Diwali. This will allow the company to benefit from the festive season sentiments of consumers. Earlier, the market was flooded with rumours that the company might delay the launch of Ignis due to an order backlog for the Vitara Brezza and the Baleno. India will be the second market globally to receive the Ignis after Japan.

With the Ignis, Maruti Suzuki will mark its entry into the compact crossover segment, which presently consists of the Mahindra KUV 100. The car will be launched with a 1.0 L Boosterjet petrol engine, which will develop about 110 hp and will be paired to a 5-speed manual transmission. There is no clarity on the launch timeline for a diesel variant yet. However, we expect the Ignis diesel to be powered by the familiar 1.3 L DDiS engine along with the option of an automated manual transmission (AMT).

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This High School Principal's Strict Rule for Parents Is Going Viral.

The Catholic High School for Boys, in Little Rock, AR, is sparking a lot of online conversation after a sign explaining one their strict policies for parents has gone viral. The rule, which is posted outside the school doors, encourages parents to not come to their child's aid if they forget something at home. It reads:

STOP: If you are dropping off your son's forgotten lunch, books, homework, equipment, etc., please TURN AROUND and exit the building. Your son will learn to problem-solve in your absence.
The school posted the sign on its Facebook page, with the caption "Welcome to Catholic High. We teach reading, writing, arithmetic, and problem-solving." The post got shared over 100,000 times, sparking a somewhat heated debate among parents. While some moms called the rule "fantastic" and "awesome," others weren't that happy about it. One commenter said, "If I'm paying you upwards of $10 to $20 thousand a year for my kid to attend your school, I'll bring him whatever I damn well please." 

Watch Priyanka Chopra recreate Britney Spears’ "Toxic" with Jodie Foster

Is there anything Priyanka Chopra can’t do? She is a massively talented actress and she can sing too, which she made clear when she sang her own interpretation of Britney Spears’s Toxic.

On top of looking like an angel , PeeCee also has the voice of an angel that will make you cry tears of joy. All you have to do is listen to her paying homage to the queen of pop by recreating one of her biggest hits ever with Hollywood actress Jodie Foster. Released in 2003, Toxic has more than 210,281,000 views on YouTube.

Britney Spears will release her ninth studio album, Glory, on August 26, so there’s no better time than now to celebrate the pop icon; and that’s just what Priyanka Chopra and Jodie Foster recently did. For a new episode of “Lyrical Improv with Lynn Hirschberg,” via W Magazine, Priyanka and Jodie performed “Toxic” in two very different ways

Watch actresses Priyanka Chopra and Jodie Foster offer hilarious renditions of Spears’s hit: While Jodie did a serious reading, solemnly saying lines like “You’re dangerous / I’m loving it,” Chopra enthusiastically sang the lyrics, “I’m addicted to you / Don’t you know that you’re toxic?”

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Shah Rukh Khan shoots for Imtiaz Ali’s The Ring, shares its first look.

Bollywood’s king of romance — is working with Imtiaz Ali — the director who makes love the primary concern of his films — and together they are working in The Ring. SRK shared the first look of the film on Monday and we really like what we saw.
The actor is walking on a parapet, waving a red flag and trying to get the attention of someone. The shooting is going on in Prague and Shah Rukh shared a long shot. He wrote with his characteristic wit, “Imtiaz said I could post this picture from the sets… & promised there will be some close ups of me in the film too!”
SRK will be joined by his Jab Tak Hai Jaan and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi co-star Anushka Sharma in the film. Going by Imtiaz’s earlier films, the story will explore love in all its glory and pain. And don’t go by the name, The Ring is not the Bollywood remake of the cult Hollywood horror film.

Earlier, Shah Rukh was thronged by his fans on the streets of Prague during the shooting. Pictures and videos made their way to SRK fan clubs, giving us a sneak peek into what was going on during the shooting.
Shah Rukh had earlier wrapped up his Gauri Shinde film Dear Zindagi, also starring Alia Bhatt. He had taken a month off from work to spend time with his family and drop son Aryan at the University of Southern California where he will pursue his graduation. SRK’s Raees is also awaiting release.

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Priyanka Chopra owes the success she achieved to herself.

Global icon Priyanka Chopra recently revealed that she was never a kind of a person, who had to be put in a box and shared her journey from “carefree teen persona” to her present “ambitious, goal-oriented woman”.
In an interview with the Star World India, the 30-year-old actress said, “I love to challenge the status quo, to pursue an idea, a dream that I had for myself, I always wanted to give those thoughts a shot,” reports the Dawn.
Adding, “I’ve been in the public since I was 17-years-old and it’s really all I’ve known. Being crowned Miss India and then Miss World, suddenly I went on from becoming an aeronautical engineer, carefree teenager to standing on a world stage, where I have to have a point of view on probably the most important world events.”

Being one of very few Bollywood superstars to have made it big without anybody’s support, she owed the success to herself.
“The innate ability to recognise opportunities that are presented to me gave me courage. I tried my hand in the Hindi film industry. I literally had no training, no godfather, no experience. I guess I just had a belief in myself, and it’s been an incredible journey with highs, lows, successes, failures, joy, sadness, and everything else in the middle, but it’s been all my own,” she said.
Priyanka’s upcoming film Baywatch is set for a 2017 release. She will also be seen judging the American reality TV series Project Runway alongside Heidi Klum.

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Deepika Padukone is a little girl in Visatara ad, watch video.

Deepika Padukone is Bollywood’s leading lady with Midas touch. If her Bollywood repertoire has Padmavati, her Hollywood ledger has Vin Diesel’s xXx: The Return of Xander Cage and Vanity Fair’s Next Gen choice seems to be all set.
The actress has now shot for Vistara, becoming the first Indian actress to promote an airline. The campaign reinterprets and delivers on the brand promise of ‘Fly the new feeling’, through the eyes of Deepika. Remember those days when flying had certain romance attached to it, the time before claustrophobic economy class and no-frills airlines? That is the time that the TVC wants to take you back to.
“It is a matter of great pride for me to be associated with Vistara, a brand that is reliable, warm and friendly; a brand that carries the lineage of Tata and Singapore Airlines. The new TVC aims to capture that feeling in a charming and evocative manner,” Deepika said in a statement.

Padukone is the highest-paid female brand ambassador in India and endorses several brands including Coca-Cola, Axis Bank, Kellogg’s, Vogue, Tissot, Van Heusen, Tanishq and Nike. Tanishq is also a Tata brand.
Deepika Padukone has been earlier roped in as the new brand ambassador of domestic airline company Vistara. A new multimedia brand campaign of Vistara along with its first TV commercial (TVC) will be launched on Monday.
The campaign reinterprets and delivers on the brand promise of “Fly the new feeling”, through the eyes of Deepika. The concept of the TVC revolves around how Deepika Padukone feels the same wonder and joy every time she flies Vistara, as she felt when flying for the first time.

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Didn’t have any confidence before Kick, says Jacqueline Fernandez.

Actress Jacqueline Fernandez considers Kick a turning point in her life, and says before featuring in the Salman Khan-starrer, she lacked confidence.  “Post-‘Kick’, things have changed. Since Kick, it has been great work (for me) and it has been good. The offers have been great too. I am hoping I just keep growing,” Jacqueline told the media here.
“I think what went wrong before ‘Kick’ was… I feel I didn’t have any confidence before ‘Kick’. That was the only thing which went wrong. When I look back, I feel I didn’t have the confidence back then,” she added.
Kick, released in 2014, had done well at the box office. The Sri Lankan beauty has been enjoying her tryst with commercial cinema in Bollywood. “It is extremely exciting. When you are a part of big commercial films, it’s an amazing feeling. Having back-to-back releases feels great. It is taxing as well. You have to be on it, be aware, be focussed… And it can get very taxing.”
Jacqueline was recently seen in Housefull 3 and Dishoom and now she is busy promoting her forthcoming entertainer A Flying Jatt. Jacqueline Fernandez also said that she was initially scared of 7-feet high Australian actor and retired professional wrestler Nathan Jones, but later bonded well while working on . Jones, who was seen in Hollywood movies like Mad Max: Fury Road, Troy, The Condemned and a Tamil film last year, has forayed into Bollywood with A Flying Jatt.
“First time when I saw Nathan, he looked scary. I used to talk to Nathan about Hollywood, I would ask him about how it is working with this or that actor or actress. We used to gossip about Hollywood. It was cool. I enjoyed his company,” said Jacqueline.

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Kareena Kapoor: Why should Rohit Shetty be scared of calling me for Golmaal 4 because I’m pregnant?

Kareena Kapoor Khan feels filmmakers who want to approach her for roles in films can do so without fear and her pregnancy shouldn’t be a deterrence. The actress also had a word of advice for Rohit Shetty who recently expressed his inability to call the actress for a role in Golmaal 4 owing to her pregnancy. “It would have been easy to call her and tell her to do the film. She would have said, ‘Let’s do it’. But I can’t do that. I can’t talk to her (as she is pregnant) to do it (Golmaal 4). It’s odd. But let’s see we will do a song or something with her.”
Expressing surprise at Rohit’s predicament, Kareena snapped back saying, “Those who have a role for me they will come to me. Pregnant or not. I don’t think there is anything wrong in that. Why should he be scared? I should be scared of him.”
While Rohit has expressed his desire of doing a song with Kareena in Golmaal 4, the actress shot that proposal down. “That is not going to happen. I am not even thinking of that.”
Kareena was talking at an event organised by Adhuna Bhabani’s hair salon Bblunt. When asked who she feels has the best hair in B-town, pat came Kareena’s reply, “Shah Rukh Khan.”

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Sushmita Sen is happy for Aankhen sequel being made

Bollywood actress and model Sushmita Sen, who had played an important part in 2002-hit film Aankhen, is happy that the sequel of the film is being made. “I am just happy that there is a sequel being made because it is a brilliant film. The film was scripted from a famous Marathi play. I am very excited to see the part 2, ” Sen said at the fashion show where the actress walked as a showstopper for designer Rebecca Dewan on Thursday.

When asked if she was contacted for the sequel. “Well I have a very simple answer for that. My character ended in part 1, as she was dead. Therefore, if makers are making a horror film then only I can reappear otherwise it’s going to be a little difficult. But I really feel bad for them, they are gonna miss me,” quipped the actress.

The former Miss Universe expressed her happiness over the recent success of Indian athletes in Rio Olympics. “To wear India on your chest, to represent your country is a feeling that I have known. When I see someone else do it, I start crying. It’s just very emotional thing for me.”

The Main Hoon Na actress also feels that Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has really made the country proud. Sushmita Sen was last seen in Bengali movie Nirbaak directed by Rajkahini famed director Srijit Mukherji. Srijit is currently making the Hindi remake of  RajKahini with Vidya Balan.
Aankhen 2 is the sequel of 2002-hit film Aankhen and stars Amitabh Bachchan, Arshad Warsi and Arjun Rampal in leading roles.

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Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone not a part of Golmaal 4 : Rohit Shetty

Director Rohit Shetty has clarified neither Alia Bhatt nor Deepika P Director Rohit Shetty has clarified neither Alia Bhatt nor Deepika Padukone is starring in the fourth instalment of his hit comedy franchise Golmaal. B-town was abuzz with the news that either of the two Bollywood stars was on board for the Ajay Devgn-starrer.
Rohit refuted the reports, though he revealed Alia was keen to collaborate with him for something on the lines of Golmaal 4.
“I believe Alia is not free. She has two-three films so, she is not doing the film. Alia wants to do a film like Golmaal 4 but she has (other) movies to do. Deepika also is not doing the film. If I wanted to do work with her, I would have made something like ‘Chennai Express’,” Rohit told PTI.
The filmmaker worked with Deepika on romantic action comedy Chennai Express (2013), which also starred superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
The Dilwale director says he is in talks with a few actresses for Golmaal 4 but isn’t keen on divulging their names.
“We will take from younger lot of actress. We are in talks but I can’t reveal anything.”
The Singham helmer will start shoot for the fourth part in January next year.
“We will do that. We will start that in January after Ajay is done with Shivaay.
adukone is starring in the fourth instalment of his hit comedy franchise Golmaal. B-town was abuzz with the news that either of the two Bollywood stars was on board for the Ajay Devgn-starrer.
Rohit refuted the reports, though he revealed Alia was keen to collaborate with him for something on the lines of Golmaal 4.
“I believe Alia is not free. She has two-three films so, she is not doing the film. Alia wants to do a film like Golmaal 4 but she has (other) movies to do. Deepika also is not doing the film. If I wanted to do work with her, I would have made something like ‘Chennai Express’,” Rohit told PTI.
The filmmaker worked with Deepika on romantic action comedy Chennai Express (2013), which also starred superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
The Dilwale director says he is in talks with a few actresses for Golmaal 4 but isn’t keen on divulging their names.
“We will take from younger lot of actress. We are in talks but I can’t reveal anything.”
The Singham helmer will start shoot for the fourth part in January next year.
“We will do that. We will start that in January after Ajay is done with Shivaay.

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Ali Fazal to play Queen Victoria’s lover Abdul Karim in his next film, opposite Judi Dench

With Happy Bhag Jayegi, Ali Fazal is back on the screen as Amritsar boy, Guddu. His next will be a completely different ball game where he will play Abdul Karim, Queen Victoria’s alleged lover and one of the biggest secrets of British royal family. The actor on his journey so far and what is yet to come.
We have seen you as an engineering student in 3 idiots and as a supportive friend in Bobby Jasoos. What is your character Guddu in Happy Bhag Jayegi all about?
You’re going to see me in a very different pace in Happy Bhag Jayegi. It’s again a love story. It’s not about just one character or two characters or three, so I think it’s beautifully balanced out and narrated. Here I am Guddu who’s childhood friends with Happy. In the beginning of the film, you’ll see that Happy will be getting married to a corporator and Guddu tried to help her run away. Then a mistake happens and she lands up in Pakistan. And then the film eventually tells a story about how Guddu reaches there, how she comes back to him and how Abhay’s character Bilal helps her out. So I feel it is definitely in a different space. This is the first time I have played a Punjabi character and I’m quite pleased. I have not watched any of my films so you have to tell me how I am.

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Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan not part of Sarkaar 3: Ram Gopal Varma

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma says actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, who starred in Sarkaar Raj, will not return for the third installment of the film franchise.
Director Ram Gopal Varma says he will launch the first look of the film on August 26.
Sarkar 3 first look will be launched on 26th August. Going by the story both Abhishek and Aishwarya will not be featuring in this segment,” the 54-year-old director tweeted.

Sarkar which released in 2005 was the first film in the series and saw Amitabh Bachchan playing the protagonist. It is still not clear whether Big B will return for the upcoming thriller.
“Scale of Sarkar 3 will be much more larger and intense than the earlier two… Rest of the cast details will be soon announced,” Ram Gopal Varma further wrote.
Recently actor Manoj Bajpayee had appreciated the director for being a his mentor.
“‘Budhia Singh–Born To Run’ is a tribute to my mentors Ram Gopal Varma and Barry John. They have played a very important role in shaping my career as an actor. It was their conviction and belief in me that really made me think I can act. Without their support, maybe I wouldn’t have reached where I am today,” Manoj said in a statement here.
It was filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma who was Manjo Bajpayee’s acting guru  atBarry John Theatre.  Manoj Bajpayee still believes it was his belief in him which made him walk so far in his career.

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Happy Bhag Jayegi box office collection day 1: Rustom eats into film’s pie

For those who thought Happy Bhag Jayegi could make a dent in Rustom’s box office collection, the audience has spoken. The Diana Penty, Abhay Deol, Ali Fazal and Jimmy Shergill comedy opened to mixed reviews but all of it failed to translate into box office numbers.
The film opened to empty theatres with only 10-15 percent occupancy being reported at most places. Early trade estimates say the film will earn about Rs 2 crore at the BO in opening day collections.
Directed by Mudassar Aziz and produced by Anand L Rai, Happy Bhag Jayegi has shades of Tanu Weds Manu and may get some thrust from positive word of mouth. Made at a modest budget, the film may still pick up some speed in the coming days.

The film that is still holding sway is Akshay Kumar-starrer Rustom. The courtroom drama, which stars Akshay as a naval officer, has already earned over Rs 90 crore at the box office and is still going strong. The film is likely to enter the Rs 100-crore club this weekend. This will be Akshay’s third film this year to earn that kind of money. His Airlift and Housefull 3 had earlier earned over Rs 100 crore at box office.

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Ranveer Singh wraps Befikre, heads for adventure vacation in Switzerland

Actor Ranveer Singh, who was busy working on his upcoming film “Befikre”, says he is on a break post hectic schedule of the movie. After the gruelling schedule of the Aditya Chopra-directed film in Paris, the 31-year-old Bollywood star is off to Switzerland for vacation.
“What better country to chill out in than Switzerland? Its natural beauty set amongst towering snow-capped mountains serves as a calming, quiet getaway that is ideal for a break,” Ranveer said in a statement. “I’m an adventure junkie. I intend to fully enjoy myself while I’m here,” said the “Bajirao Mastani” actor, who got a warm reception from fans on arrival at Zurich airport.
In “Befikre”, Ranveer will be seen romancing Vaani Kapoor. Apparently, he will also be seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” that features his rumoured girlfriend Deepika Padukone. Earlier, Ranveer said, “‘Befikre’ shooting was mindblowing. Aditya sir is just amazing,” Ranveer Singh said. The film has already created quite a stir among the audience as Ranveer and actress Vaani Kapoor are seen lip-locking passionately in every poster released so far.

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Hrithik Roshan pleasantly surprised by good reviews for Mohenjo Daro

Actor Hrithik Roshan is “pleasantly surprised” by the positive reviews for epic adventure-romance Mohenjo Daro. He says it was encouraging.

“I am pleasantly surprised by the positive reviews for Mohenjo Daro. It is encouraging that we have received better reviews than most were expecting,” Hrithik said in a statement. Directed by internationally acclaimed filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker, the film marks debut of Pooja Hegde and is produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and Sunita Gowariker.

The film brings an epic adventure-romance story on the silver screen. It is set in the city of Mohenjo Daro in the era of the Indus Valley civilisation which dates back to 2,600 BC. The movie was released on Friday alongside Akshay Kumar-starrer Rustom. According to the IANS review by Troy Ribeiro, Mohenjo Daro is a magnum opus and lights up the screen but lacks crisp storytelling.

Meanwhile, the film’s director Ashutosh Gowariker, who had started his journey in the film industry as an actor, said on Friday that he gets the temptation to act, but keeps it down as it is too much of a multitask along with direction. In an interview, Gowariker said, “I get scared sometimes, because direction is a very difficult task. And I feel that, as a director, if I also act, it may perhaps become a distraction, my mind will get diverted, because it is too big a multitask for me.”

“As a director, you are already thinking so much, you’re thinking about foreground, you’re thinking about background, about so many elements, that as an actor I’ll get distracted. So I have the temptation, but I keep it down.”

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