Ishqiya fam director Abhishek Chaubey will direct the Hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand!

As per media reports, producer Ronnie Screwvala and director Abhishek Chaubey have united for the biopic on the hockey legend. The duo had previously worked together in the 2019 movie Sonchiriya that featured Sushant Singh Rajput, Bhumi Pednekar and Manoj Bajpayee.

Recently, Ronnie Screwvala took to Twitter hand and shared a collage of photographs of the hockey legend and expressed his enthusiasm over his new project.

While sharing the monochrome photographs, he posted, “1500+ goals, 3 Olympic gold medals, and a story of India’s pride...It gives us immense pleasure to announce our next with #AbhishekChaubey - a biopic on the Hockey Wizard of India- #DHYANCHAND.” While it got the cine lovers excited, actor Abhishek Bachchan was also quick to take note of the pronouncement and responded writing, “Fantastic! All the best.”

In a media interaction, Abhishek revealed, “Dhyan Chand is one of the greatest hockey players in the history of our national sport, and it’s a matter of pride to direct his biopic. We had a massive amount of research material in hand, and honestly, every achievement of his life deserves a separate story in itself.”

Arjun Kapoor to battle with a VFX crocodile!

It was only a matter of time before the Hollywood trend of making creature films caught on in India too.

It seems Ronnie Screwvala has offered Arjun Kapoor the chance to battle a crocodile in a VFX-heavy production that will be penned and helmed by the newbie Neha Rakesh. The script will feature two other key characters, which Ronnie has approached Rana Daggubati and Rakul Preet Singh for. At this point the only other details I can share is that the untitled film will be shot in Thailand starting in mid-2020, and Neha is currently there for a recce. That’s plenty to generate some interest!

Priyanka Chopra to start shooting for Shonali Bose's The Sky Is Pink!

Ronnie Screwvala, Farhan Akhtar, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Priyanka Chopra, Zaira Wasim, Shonali Bose

International diva Priyanka Chopra returned to India recently. The actor was in Delhi to attend an event and soon flew to Mumbai. As per start, the actor will begin shooting for Shonali Bose's The Sky is Pink. For the movie, Priyanka will be seen reuniting with Farhan Akhtar. The Sky is Pink will mark Priyanka's return to the Hindi flicks after 2016 (Jai Gangaajal).

The Sky Is Pink also stars Zaira Wasim in the lead role. The film is being co-produced by Priyanka, Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur. The makers shared the picture of the team from the sets wherein they are posing for a quick selfie.

The film, based on the true story of Aisha Chaudhary and her family, will be shot across Mumbai, Delhi, London and the Andamans, with dialogues by Juhi Chaturvedi and music by Pritam.

Sara Ali Khan’s legal trouble for Kedarnath has resolved!

Sara Ali Khan 

Director Abhishek Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan for film Kedarnath

Director Rohit Shetty, Sara Ali Khan and Karan Johar for film Simmba

Earlier, it was stated that Sara Ali Khan landed in legal trouble as her team gave the same dates for Abhishek Kapoor's Kedarnath and Rohit Shetty's Simmba.

Saif Ali Khan tried to solve the matter but nothing helped. The makers of Kedarnath then filed a lawsuit against Sara Ali Khan demanding Rs 5 crore.

In Kedarnath, Sara Ali Khan will be seen along with Sushant Singh Rajput and in Simmba, she will be romancing Ranveer Singh.

As stated in a daily, a source revealed, "When Kedarnath landed into trouble and was stalled after a fallout between Abhishek Kapoor (Gattu) and Prernaa Arora, the agency that manages the newbie actress gave bulk dates in June and July to Rohit and Karan Johar for Simmba. Now that Ronnie Screwvala has come on board and is backing Kedarnath, Gattu and he wanted the same dates from Sara to complete their movie. They decided to take a legal recourse soon."

The trial for this case was going to be held today. But, Abhishek and Rohit have now mutually settled the matter outside the court. A source revealed to a daily, "Rohit and Gattu had a talk. Ronnie, too, was present at the meeting. The three filmmakers met on Sunday to discuss the matter. Karan (Johar) couldn’t be there as he’s holidaying in the US. They have come to a mutual agreement.”

The source further reveals, “Sara will shoot simultaneously for Kedarnath and Simmba. While she films Simmba, the Kedarnath team will complete the portions that don’t include her and vice versa. The directors have worked it out."

Vicky Kaushal to become a commander in chief for a film on Uri attacks!

Masaan’s actor Vicky Kaushal is presently in Srinagar for Meghna Gulzar's Raazi shoot along with Alia Bhatt. The gifted actor has already bagged another movie which will be produced by Ronnie Screwvala.

The film will be based on the 2016 Uri attack and will go on floors early next year.  For those unaware, 19 soldiers were killed in one of the most brutal attacks from across the border, Pakistan, which took place in Uri region of Jammu and Kashmir. Following the attack, Indian Army had carried out a surgical strike across the (LoC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in a rare step to send a strong message to Pakistan.

Now, Ronnie Screwvala will be producing a movie on the same. The film will be directed by Aditya Dhar. While the rest of the cast is yet to be locked, Vicky essays a yet another role to surprise all as a commander in chief. This marks the second association between RSVP and Vicky Kaushal, with the former's first production too titled Love Per Square Foot has Vicky in the lead and is set for a release in April next year.

Talking about the film Vicky revealed, "When this film came to me and we had this discussion. I was really thrilled and kicked about it because this is one story that I feel that everyone needs to know. One of the fantastic army operations that the Indian army has conducted and with great efficiency. I also feel it is a great opportunity and also a responsibility for all of us to portray this story."

Vicky is essaying the lead commander in chief who led this operation of the surgical strike and led the group of paratroopers post the Uri attack. For this part, Vicky will be undergoing some paramilitary training for a month to bulk up some kilos before starting the shoot of the movie.

He further added, "Really excited to get into this because I think this might just be one of the toughest part that I have played till date, both physically and emotionally."