Actor Sajal Aly is currently basking in the glory of her latest big-screen outing, Khel Khel Mein.
The Yeh Dil Mera star opened up on working with Sridevi in her Bollywood debut Mom, and the bond that she shared with her family including actor Janhvi Kapoor.
In an exclusive conversation with The Current, Sajal said that she is aware of her popularity in India and feels lucky when co-star Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi and Punjabi Indian actor Sonam Bajwa praise her work publicly.
“I think I’m very lucky. When I did ‘Mom’ with Sridevi Ji in India, I had a chance to build a relationship with her family on a personal level. We did not have a professional dynamic with each other,” as there was a personal element in their equation.
Speaking further about her connection with the Dhadak diva, she mentioned that the entire experience became more meaningful as her mother and the English Winglish star passed away one after the other after she wrapped the film.
“Only a few days after my mom passed away, Sri ma’am also passed away. But I feel that her love and the memories will always remain with me,” concluded Sajal.
Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik were seen engaging in a cute banter over which side Mirza supports: India or Pakistan.
During the recording of programme ‘Time Out with Ahsan Khan’, the host asked Mirza what is the worst question any journalist or any host has asked her.
She replied, “One question that I am asked all the time, which is very bad and stale and I don’t want to be asked again is, “Who do I support when India is playing against Pakistan?”
In a video, Malik can also be seen teasing his wife over this. He questioned Sania: “One second, this is not over yet. Who do you support when India and Pakistan play?”
Sania in a witty reply questioned her husband back and asked him who he supports during India versus Pakistan tennis matches.
Playing safe, the all-rounder said: “Of course I support my wife,” while adding that he loves his country.
Mirza instantly said, “Same,” while requesting not to ask her this question again.
Actor Usman Mukhtar is currently riding high on the success of Hum Kahan Ke Sachay Thay. The talented star responded to a netizen for a mean comment about his wife Zunaira Inam on his official Instagram handle.
The social media user asked him if he will be working on any new project or his wife hasn’t green lit any venture for him as of yet, to which the Sabaat hero replied by asking her if she has signed a contract of spreading negativity.
Zunaira and Usman got married in October 2021, with a series of events in Islamabad.
He recently hosted Zunaira’s first birthday after marriage.
Khel Khel Mein starring Bilal Abbas Khan and Sajal Aly became the first Pakistani film to release post the pandemic and it has brought the life back to cinemas which were witnessing a lull since the last two years.
Based on the fall of Dhaka, the film has garnered good word of mouth from the public.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIprxEg5AQg
The film has collected a total of 1.85 croresin its first week which considering the limited screens it got and being the first film to come out post the pandemic is a good enough result.
Daily breakdown:
Friday: 28lacs
Saturday: 60lacs
Sunday: 42lacs
Monday: 14lacs
Tuesday: 15lacs
Wednesday: 14lacs
Thursday: 12lacs
Total:1.85 crore
The numbers indicate two positive factors for the film, a massive jump on Saturday and it has maintained approximately 50% of Fridays collections on weekdays.
The film opened in a few overseas markets and was able to collect a total of 65 lacs in the first week. With this the Nabeel Qureshi directorial currently stands at a total of 2.5 croresworldwide.
With little competition in week two, the film is set to add more business in its Kitty. Even with moderate business, it will be remembered for starting the cinema going experience all over again.
The leading lady of the film, Sajal exclusively told The Current about her experience of working in the film.
Twitter users are angry at Abrar Ul Haq for posting a video of a girl making a roti. The singer turned politician posted a video of the girl on Twitter and wrote, “Right age for the training.”
Twitter users have expressed their displeasure over the video. Some people are criticising it saying that the video is reinforcing patriarchal gender roles while others are criticising it for letting the girl go near a lit stove.
Train your daughters to be independent and strong enough to live in the future. I'm sick of people who don't see the problem in this tweet. https://t.co/hwLX2umYt7
Pathetic. That’s the training girls need to get, according to Abrar Ul Haq. It’s so pathetic that this sort of mindset continues to be prevalent in Pakistan and is, in fact, endorsed by well-loved stars. https://t.co/leqxEPTeKl
Earlier, Abrar ul Haq faced backlash over his is song ‘Begum Shak Karti Ha’, which featured actor Saba Qamar. The song received criticism, with people calling it the copy of the children’s song ‘Baby Baby Shark’, which the singer earlier criticised.
Abrar in August this year criticised young mothers for giving gadgets to children and sang Baby Shark at a convention to mark Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) three years performance.
He said that when he was a child, mothers used to recite Kalima and nowadays, young mothers give mobile phones to their children, which play Baby Shark.
Rumours of Bollywood’s Sheela, Katrina Kaif and budding actor Vicky Kaushal getting married are abuzz on social media. According to reports, the couple will say their vows in front of close friends and family in the first week of December at Six Senses Fort Barwara Resort, Rajasthan.
Now, if this Pinkvilla report is to be believed, the much-loved celeb couple, VicKat, is all set to exchange wedding vows on December 9.
As the report further suggests, it will apparently be an evening Hindu wedding and the pre-wedding festivities like Sangeet and Mehndi will take place on December 7 and 8, respectively in Rajasthan.
Reportedly, approximately 200 guests are expected to attend this big-fat Bollywood wedding. With a few days left for the highly-anticipated wedding, Vicky & Katrina’s teams have already started wedding preparations.
According to the Pinkvilla report, both Vicky and Katrina will be wearing Sabyasachi outfits for their big day. To-be-bride, Katrina, has supposedly opted for an Abu Jani outfit for Mehendi, Manish Malhotra for her Sangeet and Gucci for the reception.
It was recently reported, Sojat mehendi (henna) from Pali district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, will be sent to Katrina for her Mehendi ceremony. The mehendi preparation for her wedding is expected to cost around Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh.
The couple is rumoured to have a court marriage next week in Mumbai before they jet off to Rajasthan for their wedding. Reportedly, Vicky and Katrina will apparently have a no-phone policy at their wedding.
Pakistani celebrities, Maya Ali and Ayesha Omar come out in support of Laila Parveen, an activist of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) who was beaten up by lawyers in the premises of Malir courts. They expressed their anger on their Instagram handles over the unlawful act of the lawyers.
Actress Maya Ali took to Instagram to share her anguish and requested the government and Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan to take strict action against the violators.
Ayesha Omar also showed her annoyance over the incident by sharing a similar article that focused on the problems faced by women and wrote, “These are our courts. These are our lawyers.”
Earlier a viral video involving a physical assault on Parveen in court angered the whole nation.
According to Parveen, she was given a bounced cheque of Rs6.5 million by her ex-husband, Advocate Hasnain.
She, along with her brother, appeared before the court for proceedings of the case she filed against her ex-husband. Her husband allegedly verbally and physically assaulted them along with his colleagues Advocate Shahzad Saeed and Advocate Jalbani at the court.
On the other hand, the general secretary of the Malir district bar association, Riaz Bhatti, revealed that some lawyers allegedly tried to settle the dispute between Advocate Hasnain and Parveen but some people who were with Parveen became harsh, which resulted in a fistfight.
Aiman Khan and Minal Khan’s mother hosted an intimate birthday bash of her twins in their maternal house. The sister duo celebrated their birthday with brothers and Amal Muneeb at mother’s house.
A video is circulating on social media where both can be seen cutting the cake in a joyful mood.
Earlie the twin celebrity sisters duo celebrated their birthdayin Karachi with friends and family members.
Their respective husbands Muneeb Butt and Ahsan Mohsin Ikram were by their side. Fellow actresses Kinza Hashmi and Areeba Habib were also spotted at the event.
A few years ago, Pakistani television was considered to be superior to the country’s film industry. The reason for the edge was the meaningful and relatable content often churned out by PTV, STN, and then later, some cable and satellite networks.
However, in recent years, dramas based upon ‘unrealistic’ and ‘unpleasant’ themes are becoming common. One such theme includes showing two sisters fighting each other for a ‘man’.
Some dramas pertaining to this theme became famous, Maat, Khamoshi, Kashf and Jalan. Producing dramas in which sisters happen to be interested in the same man are being normalized by directors for the sake of ratings and attention.
Be it Saba Qamar and Amna Sheikh in Maat, Iqra Aziz and Zara Noor Abbas in Khamoshi, or Hira Mani and Sabeena Farooq in Kashf, drama producers are normalizing love triangles with two sisters and a mutual love interest.
Nisha in ARY’s Jalan, played by Minal Khan risked everything to destroy the life and marriage of her sister Misha but also to grab the man she thought was just perfect and had everything that she ever dreamt of. This drama was a clear-cut case of producers bent on grabbing the ratings, without even thinking about what they were showing in the drama. Nisha’s character tried her best to put up a fight but she had no idea the evil she was faced with in the form of her younger sister.
It is alarming to see the rise in sister rivalry again in Pakistani drama, that too where sisters are pit against each other only because they want to be with the same man.
In Junaid Khan’s latest Ek Jhoota Lafz Mohabbat, the younger sister played by Aiza Awan threatens her brother-in-law of suicide and even cuts her wrist in front of her demanding a divorce for her elder sister. This is the extreme of emotional blackmailing.
More such projects are set to be released in the near future including Yasir Hussain’s directorial debut, Koel starring Mansha Pasha, Fahad Sheikh and Maham Aamir.
This is highly problematic as such stories create a toxic impact on the audience. Television serials are actively viewed by their target audience i.e. the women, and are seen as having some similarity to real-life situations by many. Thus targeting sibling relationships will just add to the negativity and conflict being paraded as entertainment.
Such dramas also show sisters wishing death upon each other such as Iqra’s character in Khamoshi, or creating trouble for their sibling, such as Sabeena’s character in Kashf.
The more disturbing factor is that in most cases the male love interest is either committed or married to one of the sisters while the other one sets her eyes on him. This also violates the values and norms attached to the brother in law-sister in law relationship in our culture.
In the Ayeza Khan starrer Meherposh, the younger sister plans to poison her elder sister and murder her as she doubts that her husband is in love with her elder sister.
TV dramas hardly show two brothers fighting over a mutual love interest.
Actor Saba Qamar recently called out this wave of content in an interview stating that she is tired of reading scripts where two sisters are falling in love with the same guy and that then entire drama revolves around the problem.
She cited the example of Maat and said that she has also done a play like that but she wouldn’t want to repeat it in her career.
Television producers should stop churning out regressive content and should also be mindful of their social responsibilities about portraying family ethos on TV screens.
Newly appointed Rajasthan’s Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha has courted controversy after saying that roads in his constituency should be made like “Katrina Kaif’s cheeks”.
Attacking the minister over his bizarre comments, BJP spokesperson Ram Lal Sharma said, “Giving such a statement about women is indecent. The Chief Minister should take strict action. Culture and tradition of Rajasthan have not been such that a person sitting on a constitutional post gives such a statement.”
Singh while addressing a public gathering in Jhunjhunu district said, “Roads should be made like Katrina Kaif’s cheeks.”
#WATCH | "Roads should be made like Katrina Kaif's cheeks", said Rajasthan Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha while addressing a public gathering in Jhunjhunu district (23.11) pic.twitter.com/87JfD5cJxV
Such comments aren't appropriate. Regardless of who they're,they should maintain dignity. If they cross their boundaries for politics,nobody will like it. I don't know his statement's context,I'll find out. But going by what you said, everyone should maintain dignity:Rajasthan CM pic.twitter.com/PV3ibxUMrv
In the purported video from the event, he was heard saying that roads should be like the cheeks of Hema Malini but added that the Baghban diva is “too old”. He then went on to say roads should be like “Katrina Kaif’s cheeks”.
Earlier in 2005, Lalu Prasad Yadav received backlash when he had promised to make Bihar’s roads as smooth as Hema Malini’s cheeks. Madhya Pradesh law minister PC Sharma brought back the analogy in 2019 when he said the state’s pothole-ridden roads would soon be made “pretty” like the Dream Girl star’s cheeks.
![Jalan's End Leaves Audiences Torn and Frustrated [Pictures] - Lens](https://currenfinal.perceptiond.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Jalan.jpg)
