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After wrapping up her upcoming film, the Alia Bhatt starrer 'Dear Zindagi', in May, Gauri Shinde rallied around her cast and crew for a party on Thursday night. Alia, Shah Rukh Khan who plays her therapist in the film, cast members Kunal Kapoor, Ali Zafar, Angad Bedi, Ira Dubey and music director Amit Trivedi were in attendance.


"The party was held at a Khar restaurant where a part of the film was shot. Alia's boyfriend (played by Angad Bedi) is the owner of the place in the film. Some dramatic sequences were shot there. The guests nibbled on pizzas and chicken tikkas, the drinks flowed. Pakistani actor-singer Ali Zafar was the designated entertainer of the night and belted out some hit numbers. Ira who plays Alia's bestie in the film seemed excited about her offbeat release 'M Cream', while Kunal discussed his next with Tigmanshu Dhulia," a guest informed Mirror. Alia who'd especially flown in from Amritsar, where she was filming an Independence Day event, arrived straight from the airport, looking pretty in a flowing pink dress. King Khan sauntered in post midnight and had everyone in splits with his witty remarks. The party wrapped up around 1.30 am with the revelers planning their next bash which is expected to happen soon. 

Just after 'Housefull 3' opened in June, Jacqueline Fernandez flew off to Miami to shoot for Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK's untitled 'Bang Bang' sequel. The rumour mills were buzzing then about the Sidharth Malhotra-Alia Bhatt breakup and there were speculations in plenty about the 31-year-old actor's growing closeness with Jackie. Alia and Sid are now back together and Jackie brushes off all the gossip, saying, "Obviously people want to believe what they want to and will write what they want. I'm an easy target because I'm single. There is no point in clarifying anything."

For her, the shoot with a 'chilled out' Sid was lots of fun with parties, a visit to Disneyland with her nephew and water sports. "I wanted to get a tattoo done but then realised that it might stop me from all the water fun," says the 30-year-old actress who is looking forward to the second schedule in September.

But before that, she has two releases coming up. There's Rohit Dhawan's buddy cop thriller 'Dishoom' in which she plays an aide to Varun Dhawan and John Abraham who are on the hunt for an abducted cricketer. "My character, Ishika, is fearless and integral to the story," she informs. This will be followed by 'A Flying Jatt' with Tiger Shroff as a turbaned superhero and Jackie playing the damsel in distress.

She is not insecure that both are hero-centric films. For her, it's all about being a part of good projects. "My parameters for choosing a film are, a good role, an interesting script, and a great team to work with," she says.

Like Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra, Jackie too would like to foray into Hollywood but for now is concentrating on her next English film, According to Matthew, filmed in her home country. "It's about events that happened in Sri Lanka in the '70s. It revolves around a priest and a girl who falls prey to his powers. It's my first portrayal of a real life character and will release in September in Sri Lanka, followed by a few festival rounds," she informs.

Meanwhile, the buzz is that she's been offered David Dhawan's Judwaa 2 and Sajid Nadiadwala's Kick 2. Considering that Jackie and Sajid have collaborated on five films to date, including 'Housefull', 'Housefull 2', 'Kick', 'Housefull 3' and 'Dishoom', has it become imperative for her to oblige her producer buddy every time? "I'm not obliging Nadiad, I've worked with his banner since I came into the industry and feel blessed. He isn't someone who will offer me something just for the heck of it, he's a fantastic producer," she protests.

As anticipated, the Rajinikanth-starrer Kabali has taken off to a spectacular start. The film, which also stars Radhika Apte and has been directed by Pa Ranjith, has drawn big crowds even in the non-Tamil markets, reports News18.

The film’s producer KS Thanu said that though the official collection figure was still to arrive, the film has easily collected Rs 100 crore on its opening day.

“It is god’s blessing that the film is doing so well. The collection is amazing not only in India but all over the world. Language does not seem to be a barrier as everyone is coming to see the film.

“It has created history and an all time record all over the world. The collection figure is awaited but I am assuming it has easily made Rs 100 crore on the first day,” said Thanu.

However trade analyst Trinath said that the film could’ve easily raked in over Rs 50 crore on release day worldwide.


Kabali has already been declared number one in Malaysia.