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CANNES PUSH WILL OPEN UP MORE AVENUES FOR INDUSTRY, SAYS URVASHI

The actor, who is in Cannes, says that the Indian projects at the fest showcase cultural and regional diversity

- Sugandha Rawal

Urvashi Rautela, who made a spectacula­r red carpet debut on Tuesday at the 75th edition of the Festival de Cannes, believes that Indian stories featured in the festival reflect the in the strength of the content produced Pavilion country. The actor is at the India her for the poster launch of The Legend,

Tamil debut film.

“I’m About her debut, Rautela tells us, and to truly honoured to mark my debut be invited by one of the most prestigiou­s launch film festivals in the world for the the of my multilingu­al film. It’s certainly in most important film festival to me terms of worldwide impact.”

The actor applauds the government’s Indian active involvemen­t in promoting content to a global audience, claiming that the strokes of cultural and regional diverse diversity will reveal the country’s cinematic landscape.

The 28-year-old says, “India is the types of content creator of the world. The films in Cannes this year will showcase India’s strength in content. The the (Indian) projects at the fest show linguistic, cultural, and regional diversity. With the fest giving a chance the makers to network with delegates more from across the globe, it will open avenues for our industry. It’s a proud moment.”

Further, Rautela adds, “The Indian Pavilion’s goal is to establish internatio­nal partnershi­ps in film script shooting, distributi­on, production, sales developmen­t, technology and film step and syndicatio­n, which is a great forward for the film industry’s future.” to

Actor Sonarika Bhadoria has finally announced engagement to boyfriend Vikas Parashar. Posting dreamy photos of the proposal on Instagram on Parashar’s birthday, May 18, the actor wrote, “Happiest birthday to the boy who has a heart of gold and stardust soul. The boy who takes care of my mind, my heart, my soul and even the most chaotic parts of me. The boy who’s both my safe place and my biggest adventure. The boy who always stands firmly in front of me and choose me every single day. The boy who loves openly, deeply and irrevocabl­y. The boy who makes me a softer person, a better person. The boy who believes in me, supports me and stands by my side. The boy who’s built me a home in his heart. (sic)”.

Bhadoria has been a part of shows such as Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev and Dastaan-EMohabbat: Salim Anarkali.

Actor-couple Arjun Kapoor and Malaika Arora are reportedly set to take their relationsh­ip to the next level. According to a source quoted by Bollywood Life, “Arjun and Malaika are madly and deeply in love with each other. Their love is something that made us believe in true love all over again. And now, they have decided to take one step ahead in their relationsh­ip by getting married. The couple will mostly do a winter wedding in Mumbai... They have decided to finalise the date in November or December and do an intimate wedding.”

Of late, the couple has been vocal about their fondness for each other, and have been comfortabl­e talking about their relationsh­ip, too. Kapoor had, in fact, given us an interview recently and said, “The decision to come out and be open about our relationsh­ip was not something that was planned. It’s not like we spoke about it. It happened organicall­y. As a man, I had to give space and respect to Malaika and her life decisions on whether she wants to make things public or give it more time. We knew we had to do it at some point.”

Arora was previously married to actor Arbaaz Khan and has a son, Arhaan, with him.

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