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Kamal Haasan recently visited his ancestral home and posed for photos with the people he grew up with. Suhasini Maniratnam, who also grew up with Kamal Haasan in the same house shared a few photos with the family including Anu Hasan and Charuhasan.

Sharing a picture-perfect moment, Suhasini wrote: "Going back home to the family house in Eldams road. All the bright Hasans (sic)." She also introduced every member of the family in the photo. "Picture one Sitting Rama. Hasini, Kamal, Charu Hasan, Komalam, Dr Nandhini Bashini Standing. Anu (Radha) Gautham, Akshara (sic)," actor Suhasini Mani Ratnam tweeted. 

It was quite a nostalgic moment for Kamal Haasan, who is back to his 60-year-old house after months. The house recently got renovated. 

Queen actor Kangana Ranaut has completed the shooting of her action flick, Dhaakad on a stylish note. Now, on Monday, August 16, the Manikarnika star has also received a sweet token of appreciation from her Dhaakad director, Razneesh Ghai. Sharing a picture of their team dinner date from Budapest, the filmmaker thanked Kangana for putting her trust in a rookie director. While doing so, he also praised the ‘top-notch’ performance of the star in the movie.

Razneesh Ghai stated, “Thank you so much Kangana for this incredible journey...and thank you for believing in a rookie director. You have outdone yourself in this movie..Shine on.. Your performance in this movie is top notch like always.. A new action star is born.” In the photo shared by him, Kangana can be seen donning a polka dot top which is paired with a stunning striped skirt. Meanwhile, Razneesh opted for a casual look. Both of them can be seen all smiles as the camera captures them.

Uttarakhand's Pawandeep Rajan has won the 12th season of Indian Idol. Pawandeep lifted the winner's trophy and also won the prize money of ₹25 lakh. Arunita Kanjilal and Sayli Kamble were runners-up.

Pawandeep was announced as the winner on Sunday's grand finale episode, which ran for 12 hours until midnight. Pawandeep's family also joined him on the show and were ecstatic at his win.

On the show, Pawandeep was known for delivering some impressive performances to hit Bollywood songs and also his romantic angle with co-contestant Arunita Kanjilal.

‘Tis the season for hyper-nationalist, adrenaline-soaked movies again, and trust Bollywood to never let an Independence Day go uncashed. Even after 75 years of that sweet, sweet freedom, there is no respite from getting biannually reminded of just how much Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and Ajay Devgn love India. Served on a platter for your consumption this time are Sidharth Malhotra's Shershaah and Ajay Devgn's Bhuj: The Pride of India. 

Bhuj, as it so vehemently establishes in Sharad Kelkar's borrowed baritone, is inspired by true events, though significant ‘creative liberties’ have been taken. The true event mentioned is the war of 1971 between India and Pakistan, when the Bhuj airbase was completely destroyed in deadly airstrikes by Pakistani forces. About 300 women from neighbouring villages were called in to repair the airstrip, and they worked tirelessly for three nights, braving enemy bombing in a race against time.

Sidharth Malhotra’s Shershaah, a new war drama that traces the life of Kargil War hero Captain Vikram Batra, marks the Hindi debut of Tamil filmmaker Vishnu Varadhan. Known for helming popular movies such as Pattiyal, Billa and Arrambam; Vishnu has joined a growing list of southern filmmakers who are making inroads into Bollywood. But why has Bollywood turned towards south Indian directors so enthusiastically in recent years? As more southern films are earmarked to be remade in Hindi, the original filmmakers are retained to direct them.

In the case of Vishnu Varadhan, he wasn’t completely alien to Bollywood as he has lived in Mumbai for more than five years. In a pre-release chat with Deccan Herald during the promotions of Shershaah, he said that he was completely familiar with the Bollywood setup. He added that the opportunity to direct Shershaah came easily to him because he was involved in the scripting process with writer Sandeep Srivastava from the beginning. He said he even knows how to read, write and speak Hindi fluently.