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Prabhas' Saaho actor engaged !

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by Rinku Gupta Evelyn Sharma, who was recently seen in the Telugu, Tamil, Hindi , Prabhas starrer Saaho , has got engaged to Australian entrpreneur Tushaan Bhindi. Born to a German mom and Indian dad, Evelyn had been part of several Hindi movies like Hindi Medium and others.               Evelyn with Prabhas on location for Saaho. After a year of dating, the young couple took the big step last Saturday in an intimate proposal overlooking the famous Harbour Bridge of Sydney, Australia.  Evelyn met the dashing entrepreneur on a blind date set up by acommon friend last year. The couple got along instantly with their shared passion for philanthropic causes. It was love at first sight for the pair and their close friends were anticipating the big announcement to happen quite soon.  However, the duo decided to introduce each other to their respective families first to receive their blessings and move ahead with the engagement on the auspicious occ

Karan Johar, Anil Kapoor, Asha Parekh at glittering book launch

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By Rinku Gupta The glitterati of Bollywood were in full attendance at a book launch in Mumbai.  Om Books International celebrated the launch of  The Aladia Sisters  Khalid Mohamed's debut novel, on Monday .   The novel was launched by Chief Guest, Bollywood Director Karan Johar  and Guest of Honour Anil Kapoor, who spoke about Khalid Mohamed's immense contribution to Hindi cinema.                             On the occasion, Karan Johar, Anil Kapoor, Khalid Mohamed, Javed Akhtar and Publisher, Ajay Mago shared their experiences of putting together the book. Also present on the occasion were Asha Parekh, Lalita Lajmi, Maria Goretti, Anoop Soni,  Juhi Babbar,   Rajniesh Duggall   and Achint Kaur, among others. The author of the book.   Khalid Mohamed, started as reviewer and co-editor during his teenage years, for  Close-Up , a film society quarterly magazine. He then covered crime, politics and the arts for  The Times of I

Amala Paul in a Netflix original

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by Rinku Gupta With the OTT platform gaining currency all over India, many actors from Kollywood have stepped into the web series and web originals  format. From Prasanna to Akshara Haasan and Nandaa, Abirami, and  Sunaina to Gayathrie, the list is long, with actors on apps such as Zee 5, Hotstar, MX Player and even Sony Liv , the most recent entrant into the Tamil market. Netflix has long been internationally renowned and Bollywood actors like Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui have made a mark with Sacred Games for their international audiences. Now, Netflix is eyeing the lucrative Southern regional market and foraying into the southern entertainment sector. Among the first to join them from the Southern industry, is the spunky  Aadai heroine, Amala Paul who will be seen on  the platform. According to media reports,   Amala Paul is on board for a Telugu anthology ( a Telugu version of Bollywood's Lust Stories, where she will reportedly reprise the part of K