Kriti Sanon, Patralekha, Simran Kaur Mundi – 3 model turned actors to make their big Bollywood debut this month!

Ever wondered how did these actors made a shift from their struggling stage to bagging lead roles in films made by massive production houses. Read on to find out:



May can rightly be called as the month of newcomers. Three big banner films namely Sajid Nadiadwala’s Heropanti, Ekta Kapoor’s Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi and Vishesh Film’s CityLights is all set to hit the theatres this month. One common thing in all these films is casting of fresh faces for lead female roles.

Simran Kaur Mundi from Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi, Kriti Sanon from Heropanti and Patralekha from CityLights have all been models and have done several commercials before venturing into films. Three faces which the casting directors love have had an interesting struggle in the film industry. While Kriti had an engineering degree for back up, Patralekha had no other option except films. We bring to you three exclusive stories of our stars of tomorrow..............

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CityLights music review: Arijit Singh and Mohammad Irfan score well in Jeet Gannguli’s best album after Aashiqui 2!

Singers: Arijit Singh, Mohammed Irfan, Neeti Mohan, Jeet Gannguli, Ustad Rashid Khan and Usha Uthup:

National Film Award winner Hansal Mehta collaborates with his National Film Award winner muse Rajkummar Rao for his upcoming film CityLights, which is an official remake of the British film Metro Manila. Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt’s Vishesh Films is producing the venture along with Fox Star Studios. The film chronicles the journey of a common village man who shifts to Mumbai for a better livelihood. He along with his wife overcome the various challenges that come their way. Having so many impressive people altogether in a film, the music definitely needed to be coming from one of the best. There are huge expectations from Jeet Gannguli’s next album after his very successful Aashiqui 2. So do the songs impress us? Let us find out in the song by song music review........

Salman Khan’s Kick and Shahrukh Khan’s Happy New Year shoot stalled!

The filming of several films came to a stall after a member from Ekta Kapoor’s production house allegedly beat up a union member:



Production schedules of Sajid Nadiadwala’s Kick starring Salman Khan, Farah Khan’s Happy New Year featuring Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah, and Mahesh Bhatt’s CityLights came to a halt after more than 2000 technicians went on a flash strike yesterday (May 13). Reason? Reportedly, three technicians, who belong to the Allied Mazdoor Union were assaulted at Film City by members of Ekta Kapoor’s production house, Balaji Productions. Why? Grapevine has it that when a light man switched off the lights after the regulatory 12-hour shift, a production member allegedly beat him up, and that is what triggered the protest.......

Mahesh Bhatt: Citylights not a festival film

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who is backing Citylights, a remake of Metro Manila, says Hansal Mehta’s directorial venture should not be described as festival movie because it has all the elements of a commercial cinema:



“Citylights is not a festival film. It’s an Indian film, it has an Indian story, it has fragrance of our own people and it has songs in it. We have got amazing feedback so far. It’s a very brave idea to make the film,” Bhatt told reporters Monday at the unveiling of 26 minutes’ footage of Citylights.

Though it’s a remake, Mehta said he has yet to see the British movie.......