Pooja Hegde to star opposite Prabhas in Radha Krishna Kumar’s period romance

From making heads turn right from her Bollywood debut in Ashutosh Gowariker’s Mohenjo-Daro with Hrithik Roshan to Telugu's superstar Allu Arjun's Duvvada Jagannadham (DJ), Pooja Hegde's stardom has fast superseded her peers. 

The gorgeous actress floored the audience with not just her acting chops but also her effortless dancing prowess. Post the mega success of DJ, Pooja is considered as one of the most successful female stars of Tollywood and has already signed with the best actors, right from the nation’s favourite Prabhas to Mahesh Babu and Jr. NTR. 

The gorgeous actress is quite excited to share the screen space with Prabhas in an untitled bilingual – Hindi & Telugu, directed by Radha Krishna Kumar and the movie will go on floors in June this year in Europe. Recce for the project is presently underway.

The makers will finalize several locations in Europe where the period-romance will be filmed entirely. 

Pooja confirms, “I knew Prabhas was already on board when the makers approached me for this entertaining love story. It has a beautiful role for me and I’m really excited! I’ve only heard great things about Prabhas and his work ethic.” 

The actress is looking forward to the workshops along with Prabhas in the first week of May. “I have not been told what the prep is about but both Prabhas and I will be attempting some unique action and musical sequences for the first time,” adds Pooja. 

While Pooja is expected to start shooting by June-end, Prabhas joins the team in Europe on July 7 after wrapping up his Hindi-Telugu bilingual Saaho.

Day 1 - IIFA Voting Weekend 2018

IIFA Voting Weekend - Kick-starting the 19th Edition of IIFA Weekend & Awards with the Voting Process for the Awards, IIFA Voting Weekend is held in Mumbai between the 27th and the 29th of April at the Indus, J.W Marriott hotel from 10am to 10pm. At the IIFA Voting Weekend, members of the Indian Film Industry show their support to IIFA as they come forward to vote for their peers. 

On the 1st day of the IIFA Voting Weekend, members of the Indian Film Industry like Riteish Deshmukh, Neha Dhupia and Vicky Kaushal showed their support to IIFA as they came forward to vote for their peers.

The International Indian Film Academy is a first-of-its-kind effort to promote Indian Cinema globally. Fans of Indian cinema from all over the world converge to celebrate Indian cinema, whereas millions worldwide catch the telecast from the comforts of their home. On its journey of celebrating Indian Cinema across the world, IIFA has spread the magic of Indian cinema to various exotic locales around the world.

The awards process is completely transparent and winners are voted for in a completely democratic manner. 

The Award Categories are:

Popular Awards (For Artistic Excellence)

Technical Awards (For Technical Excellence) 

The process of deciding the winners is detailed in various stages:

Application stage

During this stage, the IIFA Awards application forms are advertised in all the film trade magazines and are available for distribution to film producers. Only film producers can apply and nominate the entries for the relevant awards. After the receipt of the application forms, the IIFA Management forwards them to the process validators, who ensure that the submitted films are eligible for application. 

Voting Weekend

The nominees are then put to vote before members of the Indian Film Industry at the official IIFA Voting Weekend, which are monitored and managed by process validators. The votes are collated & compiled by process validators who then announce:

-Winners of the Technical Awards

-Nominations of the Popular Awards 

Global Voting

The nominations of the Popular Awards category are put up for public voting via the IIFA website. Process validators compiled the votes and arrives at the winners. The results are kept confidential and declared for the first time when the sealed envelope is opened on-stage before a live television audience during the IIFA Awards presentation ceremony.

Avengers Infinity War at Oberoi Mall

Yami hopes to help kids, one book at a time

Yami Gautam, an actress of the upcoming Batti Gul and Uri posted on her social media that she has just supported and donated towards setting up a library for underprivileged kids in Kohlapur, Maharashtra. Her donation will help over 400 children in the area to read, learn and imagine. The books were science, math, history, keeping in mind the age group of 7-15 year olds. 

The actress mentioned the reason she felt so strong for children's education was, “I have a personal connection as I have grown up watching my grandpa start a school which was for underprivileged kids who could not afford to spend on education. I remember going to that school and interacting with them when I had an off from my school so that was a small initiative I saw my family start in Chandigarh. This is why this (education) has a personal connection with me. I have always wanted to do something for the education and empowerment of children. Especially the rural kids as accessibility to basics like books, good public schools, and teachers are still work in progress in such pockets of the country. While researching I came across various NGOs who are working on this front and the least we can do is a contribution in whatever small ways we can."

Prachi Tehlan refrained from revealing the reason behind leaving Ikyawann! What’s cooking?

Star Plus’ popular show ‘Ikyawann’ went on air with a bang, appealing a large section of the audience with its unconventional plot. But after running for a period of six months, Prachi Tehlan starrer is counting its last breath. What worsened the shock for Prachi’s fan is the news that the lead actress has left the show and is going on a long break.

A recently posted selfie by Prachi  − captioned as ‘Last selfie on the sets before I leave for a long gap’− stirred the audience. When asked about the same, Prachi revealed, “In the upcoming episodes, you will see me doing mud fight with a professional wrestler. It is actually a very important sequence that would contribute to the progression of the story. Post the sequence, the story will take an expected turn which demands my exit from the show.”

“You have to wait and watch to know what comes next”, Prachi chuckled.

In the show, Prachi is playing the character of Susheel, who challenges the norms of society and fights to redefine the image of a girl.

On being asked about the reason behind taking a long break from the show, Prachi refrained from giving any clear answers. But the actress had earlier revealed about learning Malayalam and Mohiniattam.  Also, in a recent Instagram post, she announced the news of moving to Cochin from Mumbai. Well, that give some hint about what exactly is cooking.