ENTERTAINMENT

Actor Deepika Padukone spoke about her depression in an appearance on Kaun Banega Crorepati 13, as host Amitabh Bachchan listened. Deepika and Farah Khan will appear as celebrity guests on Friday's episode of KBC.

In a new promo video shared by Sony Entertainment Television, Amitabh explained that celebrity guests come on the show to win prize money for a cause. He asked Deepika what she was playing for.

Deepika said in Hindi, “Sir, in 2014, I had depression. I subsequently set up a mental health organisation, through which we try to de-stigmatise mental illness and create awareness about mental health.” 

Bollywood biopics, be they hagiographies or hatchet jobs, rarely get their act right. Thalaivi does nothing to change the scenario. It ties itself up in knots in trying to get the hang of six-time Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa's life and times and craft a coherent tale. It hurtles around aimlessly - and futilely - in search of a plank that can hold its weight.

The Jayalalithaa story, in essence, is that of a strong-willed, irrepressible woman who rose to power in a predominantly man's world and went on to reign untrammelled over a party and a state for an extended period of time. The drama of her career as an actress, activist and politician is reduced to dreary driblets of information - much of which has been in the public domain for decades - and a series of stilted situations designed to project Kangana Ranaut in the best light.

Akshay Kumar took to social media to share with his fans and followers that his mother, Aruna Bhatia, passed away this morning, September 8. The actor's friends and industry colleagues condoled her death and prayed for the actor's family at their time of loss. From Ajay Devgn to Jacqueline Fernandez, celebrities offered prayers for Aruna Bhatia on social media. Aruna Bhatia had not been doing well for some time now. She breathed her last at Mumbai's Hiranandani Hospital.

After the demise of Akshay Kumar's mother, Aruna Bhatia, many celebrities took to social media to express their grief. Ajay Devgn, who has worked with Akshay in many films, penned a note condoling the death. He wrote, "Dear Akki, Heartfelt condolences on your mother's passing away. May Arunaji's soul find eternal peace. Condolences to you & your family. Om Shanti (sic)."

Bharti Singh, who is currently seen on The Kapil Sharma Show, has stunned everyone with her amazing weight loss journey. The comedian has lost 15 kilos in 10 months and her efforts are pretty visible.

Revealing how she has gone from weighing 91 kgs to 76 kgs, Bharti said that she would avoid eating anything after 7 pm and till 12 pm the next day. But it wasn't a cakewalk. "Initially, in the first 10-15 days, I faced a lot of problems. I would wake up in the middle of the night and eat Maggi or leftover vegetables from dinner. But slowly these things normalised," she told NDTV Food.

She further added, "I did not adopt any diet, I just fasted for 15-16 hours and eat homemade food like Paranthas, chai, eggs, sabzi, Kadhi-Chawal etc. I am from a Punjabi family and Paranthe hamari shaan hain. I never eat any fancy foods, and never eat post-7pm no matter what. In fact, my body has stopped accepting food at the wrong hours."

Aashiqui actor Rahul Roy advised actors to not take risks at the cost of his life, a lesson he learned after experiencing a brain stroke in 2020. Although he is still recovering from a cerebrovascular stroke, he decided to speak about the lessons learnt from the incident to a leading daily.

Roy told actors to stay away from dangerous, random, unripe professionals who might sway one into hazardous things. He also advised them to not let work get into their head or let anyone put them on their deathbed. 

He told media, "I had a brain stroke, so I wouldn't be able to answer this because I was totally under observation and heavy medicines. But now, when I look back at it, it makes me release many things. I have learnt through this incident, that we, as actors, must take risks, but not at the cost of our own lives. It is dangerous to just trust random, unripe professionals who have no idea of the process of making films and may do hazardous things to achieve their goals."