Mumbai: At a time when the cricket fever is at the peak with the World Twenty20 tournament, veteran actor Rishi Kapoor is upbeat about his own “hat-trick”.
“Aahh!!! Without sounding immodest, somebody just pointed out — I scored a ‘hat-trick’ with Dharma Productions! ‘Agneepath’, ‘Student Of The Year’ and ‘Kapoor & Sons’. Not bad, cricket in the air,” he tweeted.
The 63-year-old actor’s latest release is “Kapoor & Sons” in which he plays the head of a dysfunctional family. The movie, directed by Shakun Batra, stars Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Fawad Khan in key roles.
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Preity Zinta against paid media
Actress Preity Zinta believes the concept of paid media has “destroyed the integrity” of the profession in the country.
During a question and answer session on Twitter, one user asked the actress about her views on whether the media spreads negativity.
To that, Preity responded: “Actually, paid media has spread like cancer & is truly destroying the integrity of Indian media. It’s sad.”
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Akshay takes break from ‘Robot 2’ for cricket
Actor Akshay Kumar, who has a pivotal role in Rajinikanth starrer “Robot 2”, says after a hard week of work for the film, he found it relaxing to enjoy watching a cricket match with his children and friends.
The actor is in the capital to shoot “Robot 2”, a project by Shankar. Akshay’s look in the film has been heavily worked upon, and no prizes for guessing that it must be needing a lot of hours.
No wonder then that Akshay tweeted on Saturday: “After a hard week on #Robot2 cant tell u’ll how good it feels to enjoy a match with my kids and friends in Delhi #WT20.”
IANS