Entertainment Highlights: Allu Arjun On How Arya Changed Life; Did Laapataa Ladies' Phool Attend Met Gala?

After hitting headlines with her breakup with rumoured bf Aditya Roy Kapur, Ananya Panday is back at work. As per reports, the actress is likely to have a special appearance in Vicky Kaushal, Triptii Dimri and Ammy Virk starrer 'Bad Newz'. Reportedly, Ananya will make a cameo as a film star and her track will be related to the Animal actress' character.

Renowned director-screenwriter Sangeeth Sivan passed away today (May 8) in Mumbai at the age of 61. He was widely known in the Malayalam film industry and also made a few Hindi films. As per reports, the filmmaker died while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Mumbai. In Hindi, he directed films like Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, Apna Sapna Money Money and Yamla Pagla Deewana 2.

Kareena Kapoor Khan recently shared a post on her Instagram story that said, "I have no desire to be seen often. I prefer to be paid, hard to reach, and out of sight." While sharing this post, Kareena wrote, "Ahy does this sound familiar? Thanks Mits for this." People speculate that this cryptic post is a reply to her replacement in Yash's movie Toxic. To note, Kareena is replaced by Nayanthara in the movie.

Madhuri Dixit and her husband Shriram Nene, who have been an absolute favorite couple for many recently danced to 'tumse milke' as they shared stage on Dance Deewane. Dr. Nene took Madhuri by surprise as he appeared on the set with their dog, Carmelo. The video went viral for all the right reasons:

Soon-to-be daddy Varun Dhawan shared a happy and sweet video on Instagram As he wished his wife Natasha Dalal on the occasion of her birthday. On Wednesday (May 8), VD took to Instagram and shared a video with his wife Natasha from one of their vacations. He captioned it, "Happy birthday to my caretaker Love you forever"

Alia Bhatt swooned us over with her look at the Met Gala yesterday. The custom Sabyasachi saree was admirable from every corner and we are still not over the outfit. Eagle-eyed Redditors, on the other hand, found out another point that many might have missed! Alia put a kaala teeka behind her ears, which is an age-old Indian tradition to ward off the evil eye. Have you noticed? Check the picture here:

Deepika Padukone shared a throwback behind-the-scene picture from the sets of Piku as the movie turns 9 on May 8th. Sharing a picture, featuring Amitabh Bachchan and late actor Irrfan Khan, Deepika wrote mentioning Amitabh Bachchan, "He loves telling everyone how much I eat!" She also mentioned Irrfan and wrote how much she misses him.

Turns out, Hrithik Roshan and John Abraham were school batchmates and we have proof to back this up! A picture went viral lately where the duo could be seen posing wearing school uniform in the class photo. While Hrithik posed in white uniform standing in the second row from above, John was seen wearing a khaki outfit while flashing his smile standing in the corner of the second row from bottom. Check the picture here:

Kalki 2898 AD is making headlines once again as Mahesh Babu is reportedly roped in for the movie. According to the reports, the actor will not have a physical presence in the movie but he is approached to lend his voice for the Vishnu avatar of the movie. Howwever, no confirmation has come from the makers' side as of yet.

In a surprising turn of events, Shekhar Suman, who recently joined BJP, said that he would do campaigns for Kangana Ranaut if invited. Kangana, who is contesting elections from Mandi constituency, was earlier accused of doing black magic on Shekhar Suman's son, Adhyayan. In his latest interview, Shekhar Suman said when asked if he would do campaign for Kangana, he said, “Agar bulayengi toh kyu nahi jayenge? Ye toh mera farz hai, aur haq bhi (If she invites me then why wouldn't I go? This is my duty, and my right as well).”

As Sukumar's Arya clocked 20 years on May 7th, which brought immense success to Allu Arjun, the actor opened up on how the film changed the course of his life forever. Sharing a poster from the movie, he wrote, "20 years of Arya. It’s not just a movie … it’s a moment in time that changed the course of my life . Gratitude forever."

Laapataa Ladies' Phool aka Nitanshi Goel took the internet by storm after Aamir Khan's production posted a picture of Phool attending Met Gala on social media handle. In the picture, she could be seen donning her avatar from the film. The picture was shared with a caption, “Our Phool blossoming in the garden of time (flower emoji) Watch #LaapataaLadies on @NetflixIndia now.” Nitanshi also shared the post on her social media handles and wrote, “Met Gala 2024 (flower emoji).” Well, although the picture is photoshopped but we got the intenntion of makers placing 'Phool' in the 'Garden'.