15012023-LSTL-01.qxd 1/15/2023 12:08 AM Page 1 c m y b TRIBUNE Engaged! Four More Shots Please fame, Maanvi Gagroo, on Friday (January 13) shared a picture on Instagram where she flaunted her engagement ring. TMS LUDHIANA | SUNDAY | 15 JANUARY 2023 It’s a secret! ‘My story is Has Kanye West married designer Bianca Censori? Just two months after rapper Kanye West’s divorce got finalised with Kim Kardashian, reports now suggest that he has married Bianca Censori. Bianca has worked as an architectural designer of Yeezy—rapper’s popular label. Reportedly, the couple got married at a private ceremony. However, this new Hollywood couple has not yet applied for a marriage certificate to make it legal. A few days back, Kanye West and Bianca Censori were also seen having lunch together. The rapper had released a new song, titled Censori Overload, last month. — TMS KIM KARDASHIAN ‘HATES’ BIANCA! Reality TV star Kim Kardashian reportedly doesn’t approve of her former husband and rapper Kanye West’s new wife Bianca Censori. It has been an open secret that Kim has long hated Bianca for no obvious reasons. A source revealed, “She’s pretty. And Kim hates pretty girls.” She didn’t like Bianca, who reportedly worked at Yeezy as an architectural designer for several years. Kim allegedly suspected that Bianca had a secret agenda by approaching Kanye. Kim also appeared to react to the wedding news with cryptic quotes. Amid reports that her ex-husband has remarried, the 42-year-old star, who has four kids with the rapper, shared a message on Instagram. “I’m in my quiet girl era. I don’t have much to say.” The now-deleted post continued: “Just much to do.” In another post, she added: “Just remember, the black sheep usually turns into the goat. Keep doing you.” A third post read: “People who want to see you win, will help you win. Remember that.” IANS ‘I just met God’ ...Says RRRfilmmaker SS Rajamouli after meeting Steven Spielberg RRR maker S.S. Rajamouli had a fanboy moment when he met Steven Spielberg at a star-stuffed celebration thrown by Universal at West Hollywood’s famous Sunset Tower Hotel. Rajamouli shared a string of pictures on Instagram from his meeting with Spielberg along with Golden Globewinning RRR music composer MM Keeravani. In the first picture, director Rajamouli is all excited with both hands on his face after meeting the Sheetal “I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED DOING THINGS IN A DISORDERLY MANNER. I DID TEDHA CINEMA, JIS MEIN PAAAGLON WALI MEHNAT HAI. MAINE DISORDERED CREATIVITY KA SWAD CHAKH LIYA THA, SO EXPECT NOTHING ELSE FROM ME. THE SAME WAY, I HAVE WRITTEN ALL MY SONGS IN MANDI HOUSE. I DON’T NEED SOLITUDE TO WRITE, BUT CHAOS.” A CTOR, writer, singer, poet and music director, Piyush Mishra is a one-man team! In City Beautiful, to initiate his all-India tour, Ballimaaraan —The Piyush Mishra’s Musical Project, he had packed all things necessary to brave the weather for an open-courtyard show at Nexus Elante Mall on Saturday. His connection with Chandigarh is really special. Although The ‘Ballimaaraan’ band didn’t originate in Chandigarh, but the root cause has been this place or rather a person from Chandigarh, Nishant Agarwal, who is now the lead guitarist of his performing team. Piyush shares, “It was him (Nishant) who had this idea of making a band and performing my compositions for the live audience. He continued to pester me when I was in Delhi doing theatre and even followed me to Mumbai when I pursued acting in films. So, what started in 2015-2016 with him, percussionist Jayant Patnaik (also from Punjab) and I, has grown into a set-up similar to Coke Studio, which itself is quite a journey. In between, Europe trip also happened which was received well, toh honslain aur buland ho gaye!” He also clarifies it was coincidental that the tour’s aarambh is hap- Pathaan’strailer to be screened on Burj Khalifa in Dubai The first big film of 2023 is Shah Rukh Khan’s comeback project, Pathaan. While the trailer has already amassed over 44 million views, now the latest news is that it will be showcased on Dubai’s Burj Khalifa! Nelson D’Souza, Vice President, International Distribution, said, “We are thrilled to announce that Dubai will be celebrating Shah Rukh Khan and Pathaan as the trailer of pening from City Beautiful and it is supposed to travel to 39 more cities. However, he feels personally attached to the city for it’s his maternal home, and due to his close association with faculty and students of Department of Indian Theatre at Panjab University. The multi-faceted artiste confesses how he hasn’t taken a dayoff in the past 40 years, which is no surprise, for the amount of work he has presented to his fans and followers in the form of poetry, films, songs and more, is remarkable. As he celebrates his 60th birthday on Lohri (Friday), he speaks on how he has started enjoying family life, sitting down with wife or talking with his pet dog. And whether staying busy has helped him stay grounded and not take his success seriously? The actor leaves it to be answered by how he is perceived by the masses much like his upcoming autobiographical-novel, Tumhari Aukaat Kya Hai Piyush Mishra?, which will be releasing on February 10. In the book, he is not just narrating his life’s journey, flaws and incidents, but also puts forth the question of identity. No preaching On what led him to lead a better life away from his alcohol addiction, he doesn’t preach to be perfect. “It’s all about small indicators (ishaare) that pop up in your mind or by people around you; it’s always your choice whether to accept or reject them. I accepted that I would die if I continued to drink away my life and rectified it, the same way I have included Vipasna in my life and I have been feeling the difference. We all lead an unconventional He’s a global icon life, my story is unique for I am the main character of my story.” Away from social media At the same time, Mishra addresses the current addiction of ‘having a say’, thanks to social media! “I am nothing for you if I can be trolled or put down for a comment or anything I do, but I refused to be reduced to that and thus I stay away from social media. What people say about me doesn’t reach me. Even if it does, I do not care. Having said that, it’s because of social media that people can access my poems, my lectures and more, so I am thankful that there’s a medium to reach out to the masses,” he explains. On the work front, the actor had recently shot for Indian 2 with Kamal Haasan and is awaiting the release of Illegal Season 3. Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor, who is set to play a powerful philanthropist in the upcoming streaming series The Night Manager, loves working with an ensemble cast. Over the years, Anil has starred in several ensemble films like Salaam-e-Ishq, Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, Darna Zaroori Hai, Race franchise and Dil Dhadakane Do. About what he loves most while doing ensemble projects, the actor said: "When you're working on a show for so long, you invariably create a lot of memories and form a lot of bonds. We have our internal jokes which will remain internal, we shared a lot of laughs and some emotional moments as well. I really enjoyed working with the cast and crew — Aditya, Sobhita, Sandeep, Priyanka, Saswata Chatterjee, Tillotama Shome and Ben Jasper." He added: "Everyone was fantastic! When you spend more than a year together telling a story, then there will be a lot of fun and emotional moments, there will be a lot of anger, sometimes frustration and sometimes jokes flying around. Overall it was a very enriching and creatively satisfying experience." — IANS Apeksha Porwal makes her international debut with English-Arabic web series Slave Market Rising star the film will be showcased on the iconic Burj Khalifa! We are delighted that Shah Rukh Khan, who is currently in UAE for the International A special affair After the massive trailer launch in Mumbai, stars of Shehzada, Kartik Aaryan and Kriti Sanon, headed to Jalandhar and celebrated Lohri on Friday evening. They offered prayers and attended a special bhangra performance by fans. The infectious vibe and beats of dhol got Kartik and Kriti also grooving. Shehzada is directed by Rohit Dhawan, and stars Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Sanon, Manisha Koirala, Paresh Rawal, Ronit Roy and Sachin Khedekar. The music is by Pritam and the film has been produced by Bhushan Kumar, Allu Arvind, Aman Gill and Kartik Aaryan. It is set to release on February 10, 2023. — TMS Anil Kapoor loves ensemble projects unique’ Maternal home maestro. The second picture has Keeravani and Rajamouli posing with Speilberg. “I just met God!” Rajamouli captioned the image. Spielberg carried home two Golden Globes—one for Best Film and another for Best Director—for his semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans. – IANS Clear choice In Chandigarh, actor-singer Piyush Mishra says ‘indicators’ in life should be understood well in time Team Shehzada celebrates Lohri in Punjab KRITI SANON AND KARTIK AARYAN c m y b League T20, will be there when the trailer plays out on one of the most significant architectural marvels of the world.” — TMS Actress Apeksha Porwal shot to fame with her debut series Undekhi in which she played a tribal girl out to avenge her sister’s death. And now, Apeksha’s muchawaited international English-Arabic show, Slave Market, releases worldwide. She says, “Slave Market is one of the most exhilarating experiences I’ve ever had. To work on this beautiful period story, at such amazing locations, extravagant sets with cast and crew from all around the world is nothing short of a dream. The character Lavani and the story is very dear to my heart and I am excited to finally share what we’ve spent months working on with the audiences.” Slave Market was filmed with 70 global actors across 104 locations that depict various parts of the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe. The nine-episode show, produced by MiddleEastern media giant MBC Studios, written by famed writer Kuwait’s Heba Mashari Hamada and direct- ed by award-winning Tunisian director Lassaad Oueslati, is set in the 1900s and follows the journey of Apeksha, who plays an Indian princess and her entrapment in slavery along with a turbulent love story. — TMS