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Prime Video’s Original Series, Happy Family: Conditions Apply continues to win the hearts of the audiences for its humorous storyline and equally hilarious characters. Ever since the release of the episodic-series, the social media is filled with twitteratis gushing over the casting of Raj Babbar as the patriarch of the family. Playing the role of Dadaji aka Mansukhlal Dholakia, Raj Babbar has taken the audience by surprise as he effortlessly aces the comic timing and delivering one liners that burst the audience into laughter.

The veteran actor recently opened up about choosing this role and what made him confident about it. “My character’s name in the series is MansukhLal Dholakia and he’s a unique character. I can’t say if I resonate with him but definitely I’m the voice of the audience and here my character is communicating with the audience. The character is very...

Mumbai, March 13 (Ians) Veteran actress and director Ratna Pathak Shah, who is remembered for playing snobbish socialite woman Maya Sarabhai in popular sitcom ‘Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai’, is happy to collaborate with Jamnadas Majethia and Aatish Kapadia again for the web series ‘Happy Family: Conditions Apply’.

However, she said that this time her character Hemlata is going to be completely different from Maya Sarabhai.

She shared: “Hemlata is a complicated character to play, it’s not easy as Maya Sarabhai, it’s also not one dimensional so it definitely was a challenge, when Atish narrated and as the episode progressed the character too was having a good graph, the both character of Hemlata and Maya are outspoken in their own completely different ways, And I hope this character works out she is not smooth but yet she is charming.”

The 65-year-old actress has done theatre, films and TV. She has been...

Actress Ayesha Jhulka, who plays Pallavi in the soon to be released webseries ‘Happy Family: Conditions Apply’, has a comic side to her personality and it’s the prime reason she chose to say yes to the project.

The series revolves around a joint family of four generations, which are divided by their divergent eccentric personalities but are united by their bonding with each other, and how their differences often lead to hilarious situations.

Talking about doing a comedy and playing both a ‘saas’ (mother-in-law) and a ‘bahu (daughter-in-law), the actress said, “After back to back serious shows, it felt great to do a comedy. I just felt that Happy Family: Conditions Apply was a very welcoming change in my life. In real life I’m quite a comic character and I like my life to be lighter in all aspects. Hence, I thought this is a very interesting character and I should do it.

Prime Video, today, announced the global premiere of its family comedy, the Amazon Original series Happy Family: Conditions Apply, with the launch of its quirky, uproarious trailer. The series features an ensemble of established and young actors, such as Raj Babbar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Atul Kulkarni, and Ayesha Jhulka, along with Raunaq Kamdar, Meenal Sahu, Sanah Kapur, and Ahaan Saboo.

Created and directed by Aatish Kapadia and Jd Majethia, and produced under the banner of Hats Off Productions, Happy Family: Conditions Apply will be an episodic release. The first four episodes will premiere exclusively on Prime Video on March 10, with 2 episodes releasing every Friday until March 31.

The facetious trailer takes the audience into the world of the Dholakias, a family of four generations living under one roof, as they navigate the many ups and downs of their lives together. To the world, Dholakias appear to be picture-perfect, but like most...

It is said and believed that cinema’s main purpose is to entertain people. But the history of Hindi cinema tells us that cinema isn’t just meant to entertain, but it is also a medium to make people think about their own issues, give out social messages and change rigid perceptions about society.

That is what ‘Saroj Ka Rishta’ succeeds in doing in a light-hearted way.

‘Saroj Ka Rishta’, directed by Abhishek Saxena, is a comedy film but it succeeds in making the viewer both smile and also question people’s perception about ‘overweight’ girls. And that’s the biggest strength and the beauty of the film.

‘Saroj Ka Rishta’ is a story of a girl named Saroj who lives in the city of Ghaziabad. On the surface, she is a common girl, like every other girl living in the city, but her being overweight is what gets noticed...

It looks like Shahid Kapoor's younger sister Sanah Kapoor is following her brother's footsteps. Her brother Sasha, took everyone by surprise when he got engaged to Mira Rajput in a hush-hush manner. And like her brother, Sanah, who made her debut in Bollywood with Vikas Bahl's Shaandaar, has reportedly got engaged to actor Mayank Pahwa, who is the son of actors Manoj Pahwa and Seema Pahwa. The news was accidently broken by late veteran actor Om Puri's wife Nandita while narrating the events leading to his demise in her recent interview. "We were supposed to go for Pankaj Kapur’s daughter, Sana, and Pahwa’s son, Mayank’s engagement ceremony. Om called me and by the time we got there, he reached my house," she had said. While Nandita continued narrating the event with further details, the news indeed has come as a surprise to everyone.

Talking chickens, telepathic lovers and the Queen as an honorary Indian – this big fat wedding crowdpleaser is full of quirky humour, though it could do with a plot

First the Tour de France, now a big fat Bollywood wedding: everything gravitates to Yorkshire in the end. After so many spectacular monsoon weddings, there is undeniable novelty in seeing one conducted under the auspices of Redcar and Cleveland borough council in no more than a passing drizzle; likewise in seeing a fleet of gold limousines emerging from behind dry-stone walls to traverse the moors while a steam train toots in the distance. Welcome to the world of Vikas Bahl’s Shaandaar, where there is a high possibility during the musical numbers that everybody on screen is dancing just to keep themselves warm.

The geography is but the first quirk in a broad crowdpleaser that replays the high-stakes family gathering of June...

Actor-producer Sanjay Kapoor will be seen playing a pivotal role in Vikas Bahl's rom-com Shaandaar releasing soon. To be specific, the actor, for the first time plays the role of a Sindhi don named Harry Fundwani in this upcoming film about destination wedding. Considering that Sanjay is a Punjabi, obviously he required someone to train him with the nuances of the character, especially the language and filmmaker Tarun Mansukhani came to his rescue. Tarun helped Sanjay pull off his loveable and funny character of a Sindhi don wherein he helped him to get the right Sindhi dialect for his character. A source says, "Vikas Bahl had approached Tarun asking him if he could help Sanjay for his role of a Sindhi don. Vikas briefed the filmmaker about Sanjay's character and he was very excited to help Sanjay. The three sat for a couple of days and Tarun helped...

The title track from Shaandar has been released today. And the song makes your evening totally Shaandar as the title ‘Shaam Shaandaar’. Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt who are coming together for the first time on-screen, are looking superbly cool in this second song from the destination wedding movie.

Shaam Shaandar has been sung by Amit Trivedi. Amitabh Bhattacharya has written the lyrics. Though the song is not upto the expectation, it is definitely a good hear.

Directed by Vikas Bahl, Shaandar also stars Pankaj Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor and Sanah Kapoor. Produced by Dharma Productions and distributed by Fox Star Movies, Shaandar is scheduled for the release on 22nd November.

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The clamour to get a strategic window to release a big film gets more insistent with every passing week. Films' release dates are announced even before one scene is shot. And there is a virtual Mahabharat to get coveted festival slots. Therefore when the makers of the Dhoni bio-pic announced that they won't be releasing their film on October 22 as per plan, the makers of the Shahid Kapoor-Alia Bhatt starrer Shandaar quickly announced their film as the replacement biggie for the Dussehra festival this year. So now Vikas 'Queen' Bahl's Shandaar releases on October 22 in lieu of Dhoni: The Untold Story. While the future of the Dhoni bio-pic with Sushant Singh Rajput remains uncertain, what with changes happening in rapid fire motions in the cricketer's life, Shandaar was earlier slotted for 4th September. It's now been moved forward for strategic advantage. Shandaar is a film about the new craze for destination weddings.