After Kangana Ranaut, Shruti Hassan agrees to play mommy!

Irrfan Khan and Vidyut Jamwal starrer Yaara will have Jr Hassan playing an older character. Read more to get the full scoop…



Looks like the Queen of Bollywood has set a benchmark for actors in Bollywood and Shruti Hassan is the first to follow in her footsteps. After Kangy gave a green signal to playing mommy to a 14-year old in Sujoy Ghosh’s Durga Rani Singh; Shruti Hassan will age onscreen.

Tigmanshu Dhulia was in the news for casting Vidyut Jamwal as the younger version of Irrfan Khan in his film Yaara. Just when he was about to lose sleep looking for an actor to play an older Shruti Hassan, the Ramaiyya Vastavaiya bombshell put his mind at ease by volunteering to play her older self. The Luck actor will be seen sporting grey hair for the film that spans two distinct eras...........
                                                   

Vidya Balan: I will cast my vote like a responsible citizen of India

Vidya says that she has no plans to join politics, but she will cast her vote like a responsible citizen:



National award-winning actor Vidya Balan, who is on a mini break from her hectic career, says she has no plans to join politics and will stick to her acting career. “I don’t have a political bent of mind except that I will cast my vote like a responsible citizen of India,” Balan told reporters during the launch of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) here yesterday.

She said she was honoured to be the brand ambassador of the festival third time with the 2014 being the special one as the festival will be inaugurated by Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan on May 1.

Balan is on her two-day trip to Australia and would be returning back tonight to receive Padma Shree award on Monday in New Delhi.

Expressing her gratitude for all the awards and appreciations she has received in the past, Balan said, “As long as I get exciting parts to play, work with good filmmakers and team, I think that is what I am hoping for… Everything else follows.”....................

Kangana Ranaut has not officially replaced Vidya Balan in Sujoy Ghosh’s next!

Vidya might have walked out of Sujoy’s next, however Kangana is not on board, yet:

It looks like Kangna Ranaut’s season has begun in right earnest. After conquering new peaks with her performance in Queen, Kangana has been approached by filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh to replace Vidya Balan. Heartbroken over Vidya’s exit from his next project Durga Rani Singh, Sujoy asked the next best choice for heroine-oriented cinema...........