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• Being candid in

B’wood isn’t easy

It’s impossible to be honest about someone’s
work in the industry as they don’t take it
well but it’s important for stars to have • Artiste needs to have
people around who tell them the truth, ‘good balance’
says Kareena Kapoor Khan. The actor Actor Rani Mukerji believes
told a news agency in an interview that an artiste needs to have a
she expects people who are close to her “good balance” of films to
to tell her honest views about her films. achieve creative satisfaction
On being honest about someone’s work and be socially responsi-
in the industry, Kareena said, “I don’t ble. The actor, whose latest
think so. They don’t take it well. If you release Mardaani 2 revolves
want the truth, they don’t take it well. around rape cases committed
I’d like someone to tell me if they didn’t by juveniles in India, said she
has always been aware about
like a particular film, at least the people I the projects she takes up.
am close to, I’d expect the honest truth.” “If you get love, respect
Kareena said she has been relevant over and adulation from your
all these years because she has never country, somewhere down
surrounded herself with “yes men”. “It’s the line you become respon-
important for actors and stars to have people sible. But again, there is a thin
around them to show them the reality. I’m line between being respon-
very practical when it comes to that. I’ve never sible and also satisfying your
creative juices,” Rani said.
liked having yes men around me. Probably She further said sometimes
early on when you’re young, you get excited actors can face dilemma
and do that but now I’m way too practical,” between choosing to play a
she added. Kareena, 39, has always been vocal certain character on screen
about her opinions, both about people and and making films with a so-
films. She, however, believes the actors today cial message. “Sometimes you
are politically correct with “everyone praising would want to play a negative
everyone.” She agreed that she would have been character to see that side of
yourself, to see if you can pull
more guarded about her opinions if she were to off that character,” she added.
debut today.

SUCCESS OF BIG FILMS
• JENKINS, GADOT TO RETURN FOR THE SEQUEL

WONDER WOMAN 2 DIRECTOR CRACKS THE IDEA OF A THIRD FILM IN THE SERIES GAVE ME COURAGE TO
Wonder Woman 2 director Patty Jenkins
has revealed that her team has cracked the DO SMALLER MOVIES’
idea of a third film in the Gal Gadot-fronted
series, along with an Amazon-based spin-
off. Jenkins directed 2017’s DC superhero
film Wonder Woman, the origin story of the
title character and how she becomes a true
warrior from a sheltered, naive Amazonian
princess. The director and Gadot are set
to return for the sequel, Wonder Woman
1984, scheduled to hit the screens on June
5, 2020. The duo unveiled the first trailer of
the upcoming film in Brazil, where Jenkins
said they came up with the storyline for the Sonakshi Sinha
• Star returns Jenkins plans Gadot sequel sequel while working on the first part. (In an interview)

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