Bollywood This Week: Top 10 Weekly News From Bollywood

by Shatakshi Gupta
  • Recently the teaser of Vicky Kaushal’s Sardar Udham Singh has been released.  Along with this, the release date of the film has also been announced. Vicky himself shared the trailer of the film with fans on social media and wrote, “On the birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, I am proud to bring the story of his colleague Sardar Udham Singh – one man, many surnames, one mission.  Sardar Udham teaser.” The film will be released on October 16 on the Amazon prime video. Movie is being directed by Sujit Sarkar, also stars Banita Sandhu and Amol Parashar in lead roles.  The film is based on the life of revolutionary Sardar Udham Singh who shot Michael O’Dwyer in London in 1940 to avenge the deaths in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar.
  • The winner of Colors TV stunt reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 has been announced. There was a match between Divyanka Tripathi and Arjun Bijlani to win the trophy of the show, where Arjun Bijlani has won by a margin of just 20 seconds. While Arjun’s fans are celebrating his victory, fans of runner-up Divyanka are accusing the channel and host Rohit Shetty of bias. 
  • The release date of actor Vidyut Jammwal’s upcoming film ‘Sanak’ has been revealed. Vidyut himself has shared a new poster of the film on social media. In its caption, he wrote, “Ek baar sunak gayi na toh….. Complete the sentence in sanak style.” ‘Sanak’ will release on OTT platform Disney Plus Hotstar on October 15. In this new poster, some injuries are seen on Vidyut’s face. He is seen holding a gun in one hand and a child in the other. The film is directed by Kanishk Verma, also stars Rukmini Maitra, Neha Dhupia and Chandan Roy Sanyal in lead roles. 
  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film Gangubai Kathiawadi is set to be the first film of the year 2022 to release in theatres. The releasing date of this movie is 6th January 2022. In the film, Alia Bhatt is going to be seen in the strong role of Gangubai, the mafia queen of Kamathipura. The trailer of the film has been released which has got a great response from the audience. In this film, Ajay Devgan will be seen in the role of Karim Lala in the film.

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  • The shooting of Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra’s upcoming film ‘Hit: The First Case’ is going on at a brisk pace. Rajkummar Rao is in the role of a police officer in this. In the film, he will be seen solving a kidnapping case. The shooting of the film started just 22 days back in Jaipur on September 11, now it is on the verge of completion.  In the film, Rajkumar has become a police officer of Rajasthan.
  •  After the announcement of the opening of theaters in Maharashtra from October 22, the release dates of many films have been revealed so far. The release date of South’s superstar Prabhas and Saif Ali Khan starrer ‘Adipurush’ has also been announced. This film will be released on 11 August 2022. With this announcement it has been decided that ‘Adipurush’ will clash with Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar’s film ‘Raksha Bandhan’. 
  •  For many days, the news of the divorce of South superstar Naga Chaitanya and his wife Samantha Akkineni has been in the news in the film corridors, after which the actress herself has now confirmed these news by issuing an official statement.  Samantha has recently issued a statement in which she has also appealed to fans and media to give privacy in this matter.
  • The grand premiere of television’s popular reality show Bigg Boss 15 has taken place on 2 October.  The show started with a stellar entry of Salman Khan during which he danced on the songs Swag Swagat and Jungle Hai Aadhi Raat Hai. After the house tour, Salman sent all the contestants to the house one by one in an entertaining manner. 
  • Karthik Aryan has been in discussion for a long time about his upcoming film ‘Dhamaka’. Now the news is coming out that ‘Dhamaka’ can be released in November. According to sources, this terror thriller film can be released around Diwali in November.  However, the makers have not finalized the release date yet.  But, the film can be released on November 3-4. The film will be released on the OTT platform Netflix. The film is a Hindi remake of the Korean movie ‘The Terror Live’. In the film, Karthik will be seen in the role of a journalist who is fighting against the terrorist attack in the city. His character’s name will be Arjun Pathak. 
  • Shahrukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was taken into custody by NCB on October 2. The search operation was conducted by NCB at Cordelia Cruises’ Empress ship going from Mumbai to Goa where 600 high profile people were present. NCB has also recovered a huge quantity of drugs from the cruise.  Aryan was also among those holding the rave party who is being questioned by the NCB. This is not the first time that Aryan Khan has been in controversies.