16052024-LSTL-01.qxd 5/16/2024 12:13 AM Page 1 c m y b DUNE: PART TWO ON OTT NOW The wait is over now for Dune: Part Two fans as Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction film will be available to stream on Max from May 21. The blockbuster passed $ 500 million at the global box-office in March, surpassing the entire run of Dune: Part One. TRIBUNE 20 films old Arjun Kapoor has wrapped up his 20th film Singham Again, where he will be seen playing the villain. He said, “This is the stuff you dream of when you watch masala films growing up.” LUDHIANA | THURSDAY | 16 MAY 2024 Stars on screen, not so popular in politics Amitabh Bachchan, Govinda, Urmila Matondkar, Rajinikanth, Sanjay Dutt, Mahesh Manjrekar, Gul Panag GOVINDA RAJINIKANTH Sheetal A CTING and politics are diverse fields, yet often intersect, going by the number of actors who have taken a keen interest in political goings-on. Big names such as Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Shatrughan Sinha, Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini and Jayalalithaa have aligned with political parties. However, not every successful actor has becomes a great politician! As actress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kangana Ranaut files a nomination for the Lok Sabha seat in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday, we take a look at others who have had success as politicians. On screen, Kangana has essayed a politician in biographical drama Thalaivii, based on actress-turnedpolitician J Jayalalithaa. In another film, Emergency, which will release on June 14, she will play the first Indian woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Interestingly, Kangana's own political future will be decided on June 4! Impressive innings Other than her, once actors but now seasoned politicians, Smriti Irani, Hema Malini, Ravi Kishan, Manoj Tiwari and Raj Babbar, are also contesting the 2024 elections, whereas Sunny Deol and Kirron Kher sit this one out. Kher won the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat twice in 2014 and 2019, but this time health issues forced her to take a break. Sunny Deol had won the 2019 election from Punjab's Gurdaspur constituency and it took him just 20 days after joining politics to defeat sitting MP Sunil Jakhar, then a senior Congress leader (now in BJP). Notably, Deol was not the first B-town actor to contest from Gurdaspur. Late actor Vinod Khanna, a BJP member, was two-time MP (19982009 and 2014-2017) from the same place. He had served as Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture, as well as Minister of State for External Affairs. That’s mathematics! American pop star Ed Sheeran has opened up on the real reason behind the quirky names of his albums in the new episode of The Great Indian Kapil Show. Host Kapil was curious about the names of Ed’s albums like — Plus, Subtract, Divide, Multiply and Equals, corresponding to his tour name which is Mathematics. Ed, revealed, “I released some independent records when I was 17 or 18 years of age. I released five of them and ‘Plus’ was an addition to them. ‘Multiply’ was meant to make everything bigger. ‘Subtract’ stripped everything back. And ‘Equal’ was the sum of all the parts.” — IANS SHEKHAR SUMAN As Kangana Ranaut files nomination for Lok Sabha poll, here is a look at some others from tinsel town who have had successful innings as politicians Leading the way Actress Hema Malini, who started her political career by campaigning for Vinod Khanna in 1999, joined the BJP in 2004. She is running from Mathura constituency for the third consecutive term. Apparently BJP has made an exception for Hema by giving her a ticket despite her being 75, an unsaid age bar rule amid the party ranks. While the actress has had a successful political career, her actor-husband, Dharmendra, couldn't commit to politics for long. Although he served as an MP from BJP , representing Bikaner, Rajasthan, from 2004 to 2009, he opted to focus on his film career. Another actor Raj Babbar, now 71, has been an active politician. He will contest the 2024 elections from Gurugram Lok Sabha seat on a Congress ticket. However, people of Agra, UP , his home city, will surely miss him! Babbar entered politics by joining the Janata Dal in 1989, which was led by VP Singh. He later joined Samajwadi Party and served as a member of the Rajya Sabha (1994 to 1999) and was reelected for a second LS term in 2004. After being suspended from Samajwadi Party in 2006, Babbar joined the Congress in 2008 and was elected for his fourth term in Parliament. Babbar was also appointed the president of Uttar Pradesh Congress committee from 2016 to 2019. MANOJ TIWARI RAVI KISHAN HEMA MALINI SMRITI IRANI Political act GUL PANAG KIRRON KHER KANGANA RANAUT BHAGWANT MANN RAJ BABBAR SHATRUGHAN SINHA URMILA MATONDKAR DHARMENDRA Shining through SANJAY DUTT SUNNY DEOL From TV actors that went big, Smriti Irani stands tall, having won against Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi from Amethi in 2019. Smriti has served in five different Union ministries during BJP's Manoj Bajpayee says with his 100th film Bhaiyya ji, North Indians will get ‘proper representation’ on screen Milestone moment Manoj Bajpayee, who is gearing up for the release of his 100th film Bhaiyya ji, shared that after a long gap, people of North India will see representation of their culture, the relationship they are very familiar with, and the culture that belongs to them, on screen. The Padma Shri awardee, who hails from Bihar said, “These are the characters that people have seen many times. Characters belonging to the North India region. This culture has been show- c m y b cased for many years, but there has been a two-decade gap so we concentrated a lot on urban stories.” “And that is why we are all very excited that after a long gap, the people of North India will get their representation on the screen. When you make a film with all your heart, it shows on the screen too,” he added. On Bhaiyya ji being his 100th film, Manoj shared, “It was director Apoorv Singh Karki who came to me while we were shooting in Luc- know, and he told me that it will be my 100th film. I was surprised. When you look back, you see that it was never an easy journey. But God has been very kind. He has shown me some failures, but has also given me a lot of positivity and strength to carry on. I didn’t decide that Bhaiyya ji was going to be my 100th film. It was just destiny. And I am happy that this is my 100th film.” The film is set to release on May 24. — IANS 10-year rule. But her win didn't come easy, as she had earlier lost to politicians like Kapil Sibal (Chandni Chowk, Delhi, 2004) and Rahul Gandhi (Amethi, UP 2014). , Then there are actor-politician like Manoj Tiwari and Ravi Kishan, who are managing their two jobs in a balanced manner. Last seen in Laapata Ladies and muchappreciated for playing a cop’s character, Kishan is running for Gorakhpur constituency in UP . Kishan made an ideological shift from Congress to BJP in 2017, but it worked in his ‘War is coming’ Makers of the House of the Dragon’ Season 2 treated fans with a new trailer. Taking to JAYA BACHCHAN favour as he won from Gorakhpur in 2019. Tiwari also contested from Gorakhpur in the 2009 poll as a Samajwadi Party candidate, but lost to Yogi Adityanath. Again, he contested in 2014 as a BJP candidate and won from the North East Delhi constituency. He was appointed Delhi BJP president in 2016 and is currently contesting from North East Delhi for his third term against popular youth leader Kanhaiya Kumar from the Congress. Meanwhile, Anupamaafame Rupali Ganguly and Heeramandi actor Shekhar Suman joined the BJP in May 2024. Top slot Jayalalithaa Jayaram became a strong woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, but before that MG Ramachandran (MGR) was an actor who became CM too. Similarly, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Closer home, Bhagwant Mann, is the first actor-turned-politician of Punjab, who won as an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate. X, HBO released the official trailer on Tuesday, “Raise your banners. The official trailer is here. June 16 on @StreamOnMax.” — ANI
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