The presence of superstar Salman Khan had made film Pathan of superstar Shahrukh Khan a blockbuster.

In 2 days film Pathan had done business of 120 crores. It is going to end up as a blockbuster with a budget of 250 crores. In 2019, the Indian Government revokes Article 370, which grants special status for Jammu and Kashmir. The news impacts a cancer-ridden Pakistani army general, Qadir, who decides to exact vengeance against India. He signs a contract with Jim, who leads "Outfit X", a private terrorist group. Meanwhile, Pathaan, a vulnerable RAW agent, and his senior officer Nandini open a unit dubbed Joint Operation and Covert Research (JOCR) which recruits agents, who were retired from trauma and injury in the past, but still have a passion to serve the country. With RAW joint secretary, Colonel Sunil Luthra's acceptance, Pathaan and his team head to Dubai to stop Outfit X's plans of attacking the President of India at a scientific conference, but realize that their plan actually kidnapping two scientists Dr. Sahani and Dr. Farooqui. Jim attacks the scientists's convoy and Pathaan tries to stop him. A fight ensues, where Jim manages to escape with Dr. Sahani, while Dr. Farooqui is saved. At the headquarters, Luthra reveals that Jim was a former RAW agent, who was declared dead years ago, but actually faked his death in order to seek vengeance against his country for letting his wife and unborn child killed at the hands of Somalian terrorists. Pathaan learns about the codeword dubbed "Raktbeej" and also that the dead persons in Dubai were ex-secret agents/soldiers and their money was transferred to Rubina Mohsin, a Pakistani doctor in Spain. He travels to Spain and is captured by Jim's men, where he also learns that Rubina is an ex-ISI agent. When Jim leaves his hideout, Rubina attacks Jim's men and escapes with Pathaan. Later, Rubina reveals that Raktbeej is in Moscow, where Jim is after stealing it. The duo travel to Moscow and steals the Raktbeej before Jim. Pathaan and Rubina manage to gain access to the tower where the Raktbeej is held, and manages to steal it, but Rubina betrays Pathaan and has him captured by the police. It is revealed that Jim actually used Rubina to make Pathaan steal Raktbeej for himself by using his weakness for emotions. Pathaan is taken to prison by train, but is left to die at the hands of prisoners. He battles with the prisoners where Avinash "Tiger" Singh Rathore arrives to save him, as informed by Nandini through Morse code. Pathaan and Tiger thwarts the policemen and convoy in a gunfight and escapes. 3 years later, Pathaan travels to Africa and captures Jim's henchman Raafe, and escapes. He later meets Nandini at his hideout in Russia and reveals about Jim purchasing two saber missiles, where Nandini reveals Rubina's location in Paris. Pathaan meets Rubina, who reveals that the Raktbeej is a smallpox-designed mutated virus which will kill a person within a few hours and Jim is planning to spread the virus with the reluctant help of Dr. Sahani. She also reveals that she felt guilty about betraying Pathaan without knowing that her country would plan such heinous attacks. Rubina reveals the location of Jim's lab, where Pathaan and his team attack the lab and manages to recover one orb which contains the virus, while the other orb is with Jim, who escapes with it. Pathaan and his team head to the Indian Institute of Contagious Diseases (IICD) to prepare a vaccine for the virus, where Jim calls them and reveals that the orb has already spread the virus in the lab. The infected scientists, along with Nandini die in the lab, which makes Pathaan determined to catch Jim. The lab is destroyed in a blast to prevent the spread of the virus. Jim provides an ultimatum to evacuate Indian soldiers out of Kashmir within 24 hours. Pathaan interrogates Raafe about the location of the missile, and he learns that the missile is situated in Afghanistan. By luring Jim's soldiers into a trap, Pathaan, Rubina, and his team attack Jim's base where Qadir is killed by Rubina before activating the virus. Pathaan chases after Jim with a jetpack, and they crash land in a cabin. Meanwhile, Rubina finds that the Raktbeej is not in the missile, but is in a passenger bounded airplane landing towards Delhi, where she informs Pathaan, who finds that Jim has the detonator. Luthra calls the air traffic control to prevent the plane from landing in Delhi. In the cabin, Pathaan and Jim fight where despite getting stabbed by Jim, Pathaan steals the detonator and deactivates Raktbeej, thus saving the passengers, and kills Jim by throwing him off the cliff. After this, Pathaan is reinstated and made as the head of JOCR, while Nandini is posthumously awarded for her bravery. In the post-credits scene, Pathaan and Tiger are seen thinking about retiring and suggesting young agents who can replace them, without revealing their names. Cast Shah Rukh Khan as Pathaan, a RAW field agent Deepika Padukone as Rubhina Mohsin, a former ISI agent John Abraham as Jim, Leader of "Outfit X" and former RAW agent Dimple Kapadia as Nandini, Head of JOCR Ashutosh Rana as Colonel Sunil Luthra Shaji Choudhary as Raza, member of JOCR Ekta Kaul as Shweta, member of JOCR Aakash Bhatija as Amol, member of JOCR Diganta Hazarika as Joseph, member of JOCR Viraf Patel as Rishi, member of JOCR Manish Wadhwa as General Qadir Prakash Belawadi as Dr. Sahani Prem Jhangiani as Dr. Farooqui Salman Khan as Avinash Singh "Tiger" Rathore (cameo appearance) Pathaan received positive reviews from critics for Anand's direction, performances (Specially Khan, Padukone and Abraham), action sequences, background score and music.

The viewers wish happy birthday to lovely star Preeti Zintaji

Happy birthday to Preity Zinta. The viewers wish happy birthday to Preity Zinta on 31st January, 2023. Her age and the success of upcoming stars like Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra create eyebrows in the faces of most of her fans. In 2013 she had acted in the film Har Pal opposite Shiney Ahuja. The film will be her next release after 3 years. In 2009 she had acted in a challenging role in Deepa Mehta’s film Videsh which was made in the background of the life of Indians in Canada. Although her performance was extraordinary and the film is destined to win a number of awards just like any other film of Deepa Mehta, the film cannot determine the destiny of Preeti Zinta in bollywood films, as such type of films are seen by mainly intellectual audience. She also played an item number in Salman Khan’s film Mr. and Mrs. Khanna titled “amen”. But apart from them she had shown her substantial presence in bollywood films. If her success in bollywood films is examined, it will be seen that the films related to Australia had always stormed bollywood. Her first film Soldier opposite Bobby Deol became superhit. She was sublime in Farhan Akhtar’s super hit film Dil Chahta Hai, where again her romance with Amir Khan in the film was associated with Australia. Her super hit film Salaam Namaste with Saif Ali Khan was based in Australia. Even Rakesh Roshan’s mega project Koi Mil Gaya was also based in Australia and Preeti Zinta’s career was given new turn along with Hrithik Roshan. Besides earlier her acceptance of any role was backed her age and popularity amongst viewers. Her film Kya Kehna was accepted by the viewers, her role in Kabhi Alvida Ne Kehna opposite Shahrukh Khan was also accepted. She was sublime in Salman Khan’s film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, etc. , where Rani Mukherjee also played major part. Even last year her performance in the film The Heroes opposite Salman Khan was appreciated by the viewers. Her record in bollywood films show that she had achieved name, recognition and identity in bollywood films. The test of popularity is under scanner as the new actresses had created fierce competition in the recent years. Besides, the role of smart tall models like the ones played by Priyanka Chopra in Dostana or Katrina Kaif in Race or Lara Dutta in Partner cannot suit Preeti Zinta. From the time she acted in the film Jhoom Barabar Jhoom her fortune started going in the other direction. She had been busy playing the role of franchisee in the context IPL Cricket League. Her team Kings Eleven Punjab had faced a lot of hurdles and she got involved in keeping her team alive in IPL League. If it had brought smiles in the faces of cricket lovers, it had raised eyebrows in the minds of audience of bollywood films. Her presence in recent films is decreasing day by day. In 2012 her film Ishq in Paris was re-scheduled and could not be released at the deserved time. It was released in 2014 but did not do great business. In 2013 she acted in the film Bhaiyyaji Superhit opposite Sunny Deol. Viewers expect her to face the odds and still make valuable contribution in bollywood films as there is no doubt that she is still beautiful, fare, talented and crowdpuller. If the age comes in the way, she can look forward to character roles where her immense maturity can make the difference.

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Happy birthday to dashing star Namrata Shirodkar

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to dashing star Namrata Shirodkar, one of the successful actresses of 90s, on 22nd January, 2023. She was the sister of successful star Shilpa Shirodkar and also a colourful personality. She showed her skills in the fashion world as well. She did extremely well in Raj Kumar Santoshi’s film Pukar, opposite Anil Kapoor. She played the role of the daughter of a military major and interacted with Anil Kapoor. Anil Kapoor wanted to marry her, but her mother played by Rohini Hattangiri, was not interested as she got sick with the life military personnel. Madhuri Dixit was a friend of Anil Kapoor, and due to jealousy with Namrata Shirodkar, she hatched a plan of disgracing Anil Kapoor. A false case was filed against him and he was thrown out from the armed forces. Namrata also left for accomplishing her career as a model and Anil Kapoor had to struggle to prove himself to be innocent. The film took a turn in the second half as Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit worked together to prevent a terrorist attack from Danny and his men. Anil Kapoor received national award for his impressive performance in Pukar. Namrata’s performance was well appreciated. The film created patriotic feeling amongst the viewers. Namrata Shirodkar was sublime in her role in the film Aghaaz. Sunil Shetty came to the city of Mumbai for education of her sister. But as Sunil Shetty did not fulfill the demands of the underworld group in the film, his sister was raped. Sunil Shetty filed a suit against all the members of the housing complex to make them aware of their responsibilities. All of them had scene the incident yet due to fear none of them raised any hue or cry. Namrata Shirodkar helped Sunil Shetty a lot in understanding the nature of people in Mumbai who were professionals and not as simple as rural people. Her friendship with Sunil Shetty was depicted well in the film. She even played a significant role in getting his sister admitted in a college in the neighbouring area. Sunil Shetty united the local people in their fight against the demands of the underworld and killed the suspected culprits. Namrata did her best in the film Vastav, opposite Sanjay Dutt. It was film totally based on the underworld people in Mumbai. Sanjay Dutt, who was a law-abiding citizen, killed one of the underworld person and from that time went on killing the other mafias and became an underworld don. But he also faced the agonies of living a life full of fear against the police. Namrata Shirodkar played the role of the wife of Sanjay Dutt in the film. She adjusted herself with the life led by Sanjay Dutt. Sanjay Dutt received filmfare award for his performance in the film. Namrata Shirodkar left films at a time when she was being given good offers and challenging roles by many bollywood directors and producers. The viewers of bollywood films expect her to make a comeback as it there is requirement of experienced actresses in characters roles in modern films.