Actress Pratibha Ranta gained recognition with her excellent acting in the film ‘Laapta Ladies’ and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s series ‘Hiramandi’. Now there are reports that she will be seen in the Hindi remake ‘Dear Comrade’ with Siddhant Chaturvedi. This project is being considered a big step in his career.

Siddhant will become a couple
The film in which Pratibha is going to be paired with Siddhant Chaturvedi is ‘Dear Comrade’. This film is the Hindi remake of Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna’s Telugu film ‘Dear Comrade’. Although an official announcement is yet to be made, this news has increased both curiosity and excitement among the fans.

Perfect fit for the female lead role
According to a Mid-Day report, a source close to the film said, ‘Dharma Films was planning to make ‘Dear Comrade’ in Hindi for a long time but it was important to focus on the right cast and tone. In theory, the makers found it perfect for that intensity. Pratibha Ranta is perfect fit for the female lead role. His emotional acting and screen presence is considered important for the film, which has increased both the curiosity and excitement among the audience and fans. According to the report, Pratibha had been talking about other projects of the studio many times before.

Was waiting for the perfect cast
Dharma Productions had the rights of the film ‘Dear Comrade’ since 2019, but the makers were waiting for the right time and perfect cast. Their aim is not to make it just a routine remake.

The ups and downs of the basic story of the film will remain intact but some changes are being made in the script. So that it can become more relatable for the pan India audience. The main reason for choosing the pairing of Siddhant Chaturvedi and Pratibha Ranta is their ‘raw’ and authentic acting, which can properly present the emotions of the story on screen.

Know what is the film story

The original South film ‘Dear Comrade’ showed the story of a student leader who struggles with his anger and thoughts. His girlfriend is a cricketer who faces mental abuse. This film is a story of love and struggle. Now the audience’s eyes are fixed on whether Siddhant and Pratibha will be able to show the chemistry of Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna equally effectively on screen.

Actress Meenakshi Sheshadri, who won people’s hearts with her beauty and strong acting in superhit films like ‘Damini’, ‘Ghatak’ and ‘Ghayal’, still rules people’s hearts. Even though she is away from films now, she often shares memories related to her old films on social media, which fans like very much.

Shooting of ‘Muqaddar Ka Faisla’ became memorable
Recently Meenakshi Sheshadri has shared an interesting anecdote related to the shooting of the film ‘Muqaddar Ka Faisla’ released on 26 May 1987. He refreshed the memories related to this film through Instagram. Which has once again reminded the fans of the films of the old era.

Disco craze of the song ‘Hum Na Hum Rahe’
Meenakshi Sheshadri’s song ‘Hum Na Hum Rahe’ from the film ‘Muqaddar Ka Faisla’ became quite popular at that time. In this song, she was seen wooing Raj Babbar with disco vibe. People still remember this song full of glamorous look and energy.

Shot in 104 degree fever
Shooting of this song was not at all easy for Meenakshi. He himself told that at the time this song was being shot, he had a high fever of 104 degrees. Despite this, he completed the shoot in a completely professional manner. Meenakshi wrote, ‘Shooting is an addiction’, and she proved this to be true with her work.

Box office blast of multi-starrer film
‘Muqaddar Ka Faisla’ was a big multi-starrer film of its time and did well at the box office. Many big actors were seen in the film and every character strengthened the story with their presence.

Dharma Production and Music of Bappi Lahiri
This film was produced under the banner of Dharma Production. The songs of the film were composed by famous music composer Bappi Lahiri, whose music was a chartbuster at that time.

A trio of old stars sacrificed their lives
The trio of veteran actors like Bindu, Om Prakash and Pran were also included in the film. Even though his roles were small, he brought life to the film with his acting and left a deep impression on people.

Yash Johar’s confidence and Karan Johar’s revelation
Karan Johar had revealed in an interview that his father Yash Johar had full faith in this film. He somehow convinced the entire team on this project and that trust became the reason for the success of the film.

Rajkumar’s fight and Raj Babbar’s style
Fighting scenes were made with Rajkumar in the film even at the age of 61, which were much talked about at that time. Raj Babbar’s gold chain look became very popular among the youth. After the film, every youth was seen opening the buttons of his collar and flaunting his chain.

Karthik Aryan is now going to be seen in a different avatar. After his last year’s film ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’, he has now started the shooting of his new film ‘Nagzilla’ from November 1. In which he will be seen playing the role of a wish-fulfilling serpent. This film will hit the theaters next year on 14 August 2026.

Shooting of Nagzilla started in Mumbai,
The shooting of the film has started in Mumbai and the team is planning to release it on August 14 next year. This film is being made with the support of Dharma Productions and Kartik Aryan is preparing to play the role of a ‘Naag’. According to the report of Box Office Worldwide, South actress Raashi Khanna will also be seen in the lead role in Karthik’s Nagzilla. It is being said that Rashi has impressed the makers a lot with her previous performances. Rashi has proved herself with two completely different films and roles like ‘The Sabarmati Report’ and ‘Yoddha’. He has also recently signed Farhan Akhtar’s ‘120 Bahadur’, which is completely different from his previous work.

‘Nagzilla’ one of the biggest releases of 2026
Nagzilla is now officially one of the most awaited Bollywood films of 2026. This film will set a new tone for all the other films releasing on Nag Panchami and Independence Day. This film is also the second blockbuster film being done by Kartik Aryan with Dharma Productions, before this he had done films like “Tu Meri Main Tera” and “Main Tera Tu Meri”.

kartik aryan workfront
Talking about Kartik Aryan’s upcoming films, he will be seen in films like Anurag Basu’s film, ‘Tu Meri Main Tera Tu Meri’, which will be released on 31 December 2025 and ‘Aashiqui 3’.

Ananya Pandey celebrated her 27th birthday in a very special way. She started the celebrations with a workout in the gym and later had a midnight party with friends like Karan Johar, Suhana Khan and Shanaya Kapoor.

candid selfie with friends
Karan Johar shared a fun selfie with Ananya Panday, Suhana Khan and Shanaya Kapoor. Everyone in the group looked very happy. Birthday girl Ananya Pandey was looking very beautiful in a white dress. So Shanaya was in grey, Suhana was in black and Karan was in casual style in blue shirt.

Along with the picture he wrote, “Me and my girls! And yes, happy birthday Ananya Panday.” Karan and Ananya have a special relationship because he has known her since the beginning of her career.

gym cake moment
Ananya recently shared a picture of a chocolate cake in the gym and jokingly wrote that eating cake in the gym should be against the rules. She sat on a gym seat in a navy blue workout dress, closed her eyes in front of a cake, made a wish and said laughing, “I wish I could get a pull-up this year.”

ananya pandey workfront
Talking about the work front, Ananya Pandey will soon be seen with Kartik Aryan in Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions’ romantic film ‘Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri’. Directed by Sameer Sanjay, this film will be released on December 31.

Jackie Shroff and Neena Gupta also play important roles in this film. Apart from this, Ananya has also signed the new film ‘Chand Mera Dil’ with Lakshya, the release date of which has not been decided yet.

Siddhant Chaturvedi and Trupti Dimri have appeared in ‘Dhadak 2’ as a pair for the first time. This film is a sequel to Jahnavi Kapoor and Ishaan Khattar’s film Dhadak in 2018. The film also has a social message with romance.

The film has been released in front of a big film like ‘Son of Sardar 2’ on 1 August today. So let’s know how much the film is already attracting the audience at the box office in front of ‘Saira’, ‘Kingdom’ and ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ and Ajay Devgan’s new film.

Box office collection of ‘Dhadak 2’

According to the film ‘Dhadak 2’, the film has done a business of Rs 1.43 crore by 5:35 pm. These figures are initial right now. It may change after the final data comes.

According to Koimoi, the opening day of ‘Dhadak 2’ is 5-7 crores. If the film earns so much, then it will be considered a good performance because the budget of the film is not very much.

‘Dhadak 2’ budget

According to the NDTV report, this film has been prepared in a mid budget of about 40 crores. Please tell that this film Tamil’s ‘Perierum Perumal’ is the adaptation.

‘Dhadak 2’ competes with its own previous part

The first part, which came in the year 2018 before ‘Dhadak 2’, had collected Rs 8.71 crore on the first day. Its total collection in India was Rs 74.19 crore.

Came after about 7 years ‘Dhadak 2’ is now competing with its own previous part. Fans want to know whether this film is able to overtake the Total Collection or Opening Day Collection, in any case.

About ‘Dhadak 2’

The film is directed by Shazia Iqbal. The film has been produced under the banner of Dharma Productions of Karan Johar. Praising the acting of both Siddhant Chaturvedi and Trupti Dimri in the film, ABP News has described it as a film which is necessary for both cinema and society. The film also stars Saurabh Sachdeva and Saad Bilgrami in important roles.

Dharma productions on sexual harrasment allegations: Prateek Shah, cinematographer of Karan Johar’s upcoming film ‘Homebound’, was accused of sexual harassment. On this, the production house of the film Dharma Productions has given clarification. While releasing a statement, Dharma Productions has said that he did not receive any such complaint against Prateek Shah during the shooting of the film.

According to Hindustan Times, Dharma Productions has released an official statement in which it is written- ‘In Dharma Productions, there is a poor behavior against any person working in any capacity and there is zero tolerance policy for a poor behavior and sexual harassment and we take the cases of sexual harassment very seriously.’

‘We did not get any complaint’
It is further written in the statement- ‘Mr. Prateek Shah was a freelancer on the’ Homebound ‘project and was working on it for Limited. His association with us has been completed. During this limited time period, our internal committee for POSH did not receive any complaint against any artist or crew of our film ‘Homebound’.

What is the matter?
Let me tell you that independent film maker Abhinav Singh had posted a post on his Instagram and made serious allegations against Prateek Shah. In the post, he alerted his female friends that he was careful with Cinematographer Prateik Shah. He claimed that many women had told him about the violent behavior of the cinematory. At the same time, film maker Srishti Riya Jain also shared a series of screenshots on her Instagram story and claimed that Prateek Shah has been on PRWL for 4 years.

About ‘Homebound’
The film ‘Homebound’ was recently a screening at the Cannes Film Festival where it received a 9 -minute standing ovation. Jahnavi Kapoor, Vishal Jethwa and Ishaan Khattar are in lead roles in the film, made under the banner of Dharma Production.