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Anil Kapoor, who turned 58 Wednesday, has been roped in to endorse Dabur Ratnaprash, a power-packed formula that fights fatigue and keeps people active all day long.

A new commercial, starring Anil, has marked the launch of the latest offering by fast moving consumer goods company Dabur India Ltd. Its tagline is ‘Feel the Power of Youth’.

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It shows Anil dancing to the tune of popular song “Badtameez dil”.

The commercial communicates the message that Dabur Ratnaprash helps rebuild strength, stamina, vigour, vitality and energy.
“This marks a first for Dabur and for the healthcare industry in India. Consumers have always sworn by the health benefits of Dabur Chyawanprash,” Dabur India Ltd category head-health supplements Ajay Parihar said in a statement.

“We are now offering the same immunity and health benefits of Dabur Chyawanprash while enriching it with precious ingredients like Moti, Kesar, Musali, amla and Brahmi to give you all-day-long energy and vigour,” he added.

Anil has two daughters Sonam and Rhea and a son Harshvardhan.

If the industry grapevine is to be believed, the first look of Roy has not gone down well with Ranbir Kapoor. Sources said the actor, who has a short role in the film, is unhappy that the makers are promoting it as a regular Ranbir Kapoor -starrer .

So much so that he declined to attend the trailer launch though he was very much in town.
Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor
Industry insiders suggest that he has decided not to promote the film or speak to the media regarding it.
“Roy is essentially an Arjun Rampal and Jacqueline Fernandez film but the way it is being projected — giving Ranbir unwanted prominence in the posters — is funny.

In fact, it is misleading. Ranbir has not spoken about the film which is a tell-tale sign,” a source says, adding that the film is slated for a February release.

Ranbir is said to have taken up the project as the director Vikramjit Singh is his childhood friend.
The actor, however, chose not to respond on this issue.

Actor Priyanka Chopra says she picks contentment over competition. “Every ­person needs to be content with the work they are doing. I am in competition with myself and not with the world,” says the 32-year-old actor, who feels that being in the showbiz was her destiny.

“I was studying to be an engineer. But I now know that this (the film industry) was my destiny, and this is my ­calling. I feel like a child in a china shop,” says Priyanka, who has also turned a producer.

She says this is a good time to be in films. “This is  an interesting time to be in the industry. As a woman, I feel great about the fact that scripts are being written for me, characters are being sketched keeping me in mind and I am getting amazing work.

Girls aren’t a prop anymore,” says the actor whose woman-centric film, Mary Kom, crossed the `100-crore mark.
And at a time when ­saying ‘awards don’t ­matter to me’ has become the ‘it’ thing in the film industry, PeeCee feels ­otherwise.
 “How you feel about awards is an ­individual thing. In my opinion, these are a token of appreciation for the  good work that we do.

I see awards as encouragement and motivation to do better than what we are doing, and ­as a mark of people’s  faith in our work,” says Priyanka, who has also been declared the ­sexiest Asian woman of 2014 according to a British newspaper poll.

This is not the first time that she has won the title — she has won it earlier, too, but she says that does not take away the ­excitement.

 “It’s extremely flattering  to have been voted so. For a few seconds, it made me feel wonderful about the ­support and faith I have from people,” says a ­grateful PeeCee, who has also earned many new fans through her ­international music ­stint.

Actress Kajal Agarwal, who has acted in many successful Tamil and Telugu movies, is now debuting in the Kannada film industry. So, she is expected to rock the Sandalwood as she did in the Tollywood and Kollywood industry.

Kajal Agarwal

Debutant director Raghu Hassan has approached Kajal for his Kannada movie Thathasthu, which has Chiraag in the lead role. Hassan has now started working on his film.

Hassan said, “We will soon make an official announcement regarding the film”.

The director added, “Initially, we approached Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor for the role. But, we have almost finalized on Kajal Agarwal as she has also talked about her expectations”.

Lead actor Chiraag has also indicated Kajal being the heroine opposite him in the movie. Anaji Nagaraj is producing the movie, which was launched on July 9. Kajal is now busy with her two Tamil films and three Telugu projects.

Kajal has earlier acted in the Tamil films like Bommalattam, Pazhani, Saroja, Modhi Vilayadu, Naan Mahaan Alla and also in many Telugu films such as Lakshmi Kalyanam, Ganesh, Magadheera, Darling and many more.

Priyamani, the versatile actress of Paruthiveeran, experimented with movies in Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. Thanks to her skills, any movie she does is touted to be good.

The buzz has been generated and it says that she might be cast opposite the Bollywood macho man Salman Khan in a sequel to Wanted.

Priyamani

However, she has something else to say. She says that nothing’s been confirmed yet. There have been talks about Wanted 2, but all are still in the pipelines so far. She would definitely want to do a film with Salman Khan.

She also adds that she is not at all against the idea of working with a lesser known star from Bollywood. She would like to essay a role in a Bollywood flick, where she can showcase her acting abilities. Till then she’s cool and okay in the South. Here’s wishing the talented actress, the best of luck.

Veteran actress Manjula Vijayakumar, who had worked in more than 100 films in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, died in Chennai today due to a stomach injury. She was 59.
Manjula is survived by husband, actor Vijayakumar and three daughters who had also acted in Tamil films as heroines.
Manjula made her debut as a supporting actress in a 1969 film Shanthi Nilayam. She was seen in her first lead role in Rickshawkaran (1971).
In the late '80s, Manjula was seen in supporting roles. She has worked with the likes of NTR, Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth.
As the news of her demise spread, southern actors took to Twitter to mourn the loss of the late actress.

Paul Bhattacharjee was in a production at the Royal Court Theatre
The body of an actor who appeared in the James Bond film Casino Royale has been found.
Paul Bhattacharjee, 53, was last seen leaving the Royal Court theatre in London's Sloane Square on 10 July.
His body was found at Splash Point cliffs in Seaford, East Sussex, on 12 July. It was confirmed on Wednesday that it was the actor.
Next of kin have been informed. Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious.
The actor, from Redbridge, north-east London, was said to be in good spirits when he was last seen but after sending a text message to his girlfriend at 21:00 BST, no-one heard from him and an appeal was launched.
The Met was contacted on Wednesday morning by Sussex Police who said a body matching his description had been found last week.

Twilight Saga  Breaking Dawn (Part-1)' became the most counterfeited DVD over the festive period.
The film industry's anti-piracy organisation FACT seized hundreds of thousands of illegal copies of the Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner starred movie.
Illegal street and market sales of the flick easily outstripped sales of all other pirated films in Britain, highlighting its popularity, the Daily Mail reported.
According to the annual counterfeit chart, it is for the first time in four years that a 'Harry Potter' film failed to be the most pirated film at Christmas.
Other counterfeit movies highly in demand include, 'Avengers Assemble,' 'The Hunger Games' and 'Brave.'
Top ten most counterfeited DVDs of December 2012 are:
1. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2. Avengers Assemble
3. The Hunger Games
4. Brave
5. Ice Age: Continental Drift
6. The Amazing Spider-Man
7. The Lorax
8. Dark Knight Rises
9. Ted
10. Men in Black 3