Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan took to social media and posted a monochromatic throwback picture to send wishes ahead of the festival of lights- Diwali. The photo featured Jaya Bachchan and their kids- Abhishek and Shweta.
Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav is admitted to the Medanta hospital in Gurugram after testing Covid positive while MP Mohd Azam Khan is still in jail.
CBFC Chairman Prasoon Joshi recently came out in support of Kangana Ranaut in the ongoing Bollywood drug row. According to him, Kangana is telling her truth and it should not be trivialised.
In a recent interview, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap opened up about his struggle with drugs between 2006 to 2008 and said that he was depressed during that time. The filmmaker claimed that he used to consume hard, chemical drugs after his film Black Friday got banned and his first married with Aarti Bajaj ended.
Veteran actress Jaya Prada reacted to Jaya Bachchan's statements in Rajya Sabha where she defended Bollywood and questioned if she is trying to save her closed ones.
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Jaya Bachchan’s speech, in which she used a Hindi proverb to say those defaming the industry were biting the hands that fed them, earned her fulsome praise from many of her colleagues in Bollywood that has been under a cloud since the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June.
Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday argued for government support to the entertainment industry and slammed those tarnishing its image. Bachchan’s speech, in which she used a Hindi proverb 'jis thaali me khaate hain usi me chhed karte hain' caught the attention of Kangana Ranaut and Ravi Kishan who have now responded to the same through a tweet and an interview.
Responding to Jaya Bachchan's statement, BJP MP Ravi Kishan on Tuesday said not everyone in the industry consumes drugs but those who do are part of a plan to finish the world's largest film industry.
Hema Malini said that Bollywood is a beautiful industry and it hurts when some people malign its image. She added that she can’t take it when they ridicule industry like this.
"Just because there are some people, you cannot tarnish the image of the entire industry. I am ashamed that yesterday one of our members in the Lok Sabha, who is from the film industry, spoke against it. It is a shame," Jaya Bachchan said.
After BJP MP Ravi Kishan raised issue of drugs in the Lok Sabha and also named film industry being in its influence, the statement didn't go well with Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan and she showed her disagreement over it in Rajya Sabha session.
After Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan opposed BJP MP Ravi Kishan’s drug statement in Rajya Sabha on Sep 15, it came as a surprise for BJP MP as he expected his senior from film industry to support him. Ravi Kishan said, "Jaya ji is our senior.
Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan had showed her disagreement over Ravi Kishan's statements in Rajya Sabha session on September 15.
Shiv Sena leader sanjay Raut lashed out at those who are defaming the Bollywood industry saying some people are bad-mouthing film industry. It's not only the industry but also our culture-tradition that is being defamed.
After Jaya Bachchan spoke up for the film industry and claimed there was an ‘alleged conspiracy to defame the film industry.' Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha and actress Taapsee Pannu applauded her stance.
I expected Jaya ji to support what I said. Not everyone in the industry consumes drugs but those who do are part of a plan to finish the world's largest film industry. When Jaya ji & I joined, situation was not like this but now we need to protect the industry: BJP MP Ravi Kishan
Veteran Bollywood actress and MP Jaya Bachchan spoke about the alleged ‘conspiracy to defame the film industry’ on the second day of the Monsoon Session in Parliament. She slammed those who are defaming the entertainment industry. Reacting to her statement, Kangana Ranaut questioned her if she would have said the same if her own children were at her place.
Though Jaya Bachchan did not take any names, her remarks come a day after BJP's Lok Sabha MP and Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan said there was a problem of drug addiction in the film industry and also actor Kangana Ranaut's recent remarks calling Bollywood a 'gutter.' Have a look at how many trolled her for defending the industry, while others shared hilarious memes.
Without naming BJP MP Ravi Kishan who had on Monday raised the issue of the use of drugs in the film industry, Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday stated that she was "ashamed that yesterday one of our members in the Lok Sabha, who is from the film industry, spoke against it." She stated that people working in the entertainment industry are "flogged" by social media.
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