Not Deepika Padukone - Ranbir Kapoor, but Alia Bhatt - Ranveer Singh to star in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Baiju Bawra

All speculation about casting Ranbir Kapoor in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next directorial the musical marathon Baiju Bawra must end now. It is not Ranbir. It is his better-half Alia Bhatt who has been cast as the leading lady opposite Ranveer Singh in Baiju Bawra.

For the record Ranveer was the first actor to be signed for Baiju Bawra . He was Bhansali first choice. “The character needs a certain madness, a junoon that only Ranveer can project. Ranbir was never considered for the role,” a source close to the epic filmmaker reveals.

As for Alia Bhatt she had made up her mind she would be Sanjay Bhansali’s leading lady in his next directorial after Gangubai Kathiawadi come what may. “Alia was insistent. Bhansali thought she fitted the part. When she read the script she went berserk. Alia says it is the best script she had read,” says a source in the know.

Also Read: The REAL reason why Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor are not doing Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Baiju Bawra

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Pratik Gandhi starrer Raavan Leela to now be titled as Bhavai

The much-awaited Pratik Gandhi starrer Raavan Leela's trailer has received immense appreciation. The trailer has garnered over 10 million views within a span of 3 days. The makers have now issued a statement announcing that Raavan Leela will be titled Bhavai. The move comes after receiving audiences' requests and moreover to respect their sentiments.

Director Hardik Gajjar said, "I am happy to honor the wishes of my stakeholders and audience, the love we have received for the film thus far is the resonance of the fact that good cinema is the need of the hour. Cinema is a medium meant to entertain people and so is our film. Audiences have showered Pratik with love for his work and we hope that this film will only see it multiply. It's a film that is close to our hearts and we are confident that audiences will love it with all their hearts too".

Bhavai stars Pratik Gandhi, Aindrita Ray, Rajendra Gupta, Rajesh Sharma, and Abhimanyu Singh in pivotal roles, the musical drama is all set to enthrall the audience in the month of October.

Presented by Dr. Jayantilal Gada (Pen Studios), produced by Dhaval Jayantilal Gada, Aksshay Jayantilal Gada, Parth Gajjar, and Hardik Gajjar films in association with Backbencher Pictures, Directed by Hardik Gajjar, the film is set to release in cinemas on 1st October 2021.

ALSO READ: Pratik Gandhi gives a power-packed performance in the teaser of Raavan Leela

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News24.com | OPINION | Thembalethu Seyisi: UCT VC comments: Cancel culture doesn't allow lessons to be learned

While there were issues with what UCT vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng during an online lecture, there was no need for the way she was treated afterwards, writes Thembalethu Seyisi.



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News24.com | OPINION | Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo: New Zambian govt can chart course for coalition politics in Africa

Armed with hard-won lessons from the coalitions of the past, Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema and his party will once again have to navigate coalition politics, this time in government, writes Burkinabé politician Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo.



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News24.com | Covid-19: How Africa’s top scientists have tracked emerging variants, ensuring we’re not left behind

African scientists have played a crucial role in the continent’s response to the global pandemic, but the slow rollout of vaccines across the continent is a cause for concern.



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News24.com | Covid-19: Vaccinating children will lead to quicker return to normal life - paediatric association

Paediatricians have welcomed the approval of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for children, saying it will help accelerate the country reaching community immunity.



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Stars born at US Open

The coronation of new champions Emma Raducanu and Daniil Medvedev left tennis fans salivating at the prospect of what is to come as the curtain dropped on Grand Slam tennis for another year at the end of the US Open on Sunday.

The fans were back at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center after last year’s COVID-19-enforced lockout and they witnessed drama worthy of any stage at the Broadway theatres only a few miles away.

Novak Djokovic had inevitably been given top billing because of his quest for a calendar-year Grand Slam and a 21st major title to break the three-way tie with Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal as the most successful men’s player of all time.

In the second week, however, he had to share the spotlight as two new tennis stars emerged in the women’s draw.

Teenagers Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez — born two months apart in 2002, generated frenzied hype as they swept all before them on unlikely runs to the title decider.

Raducanu, having battled her way through qualifying at only her second major, emerged triumphant in the final act on Saturday with a dominant victory that captivated millions back home in Britain and around the world.

The manner of her triumph, and the fact she had reached fourth round on Wimbledon grass on her Grand Slam debut, left many wondering if Raducanu might possibly be the dominant champion women’s tennis craves.

Canadian left-hander Fernandez had the harder route to the final, beating three top-five players and multiple major champions, and did more than enough to suggest she will not be a flash-in-the-pan.

“We’ve seen other careers that have looked unstoppable but haven’t lasted very long,” said ESPN analyst Chris Evert, herself a teenage Grand Slam winner.

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