“Irrfan is fine now”

Actor Irrfan, who recently revealed that he was afflicted with a rare illness and would divulge more details soon, is “doing fine now”,  Shoojit Sircar has said. Speaking at the trailer launch of his next film, October, the filmmaker said, “Irrfan has always been and is very close to me. Since he has requested through his media statement not to speculate about his health, we should refrain from doing so, but I can tell you that I’ve met him a couple of times, and he’s fine now. Very soon he is going to issue another media statement.”

Bon Jovi bags icon award

The legendary rock band Bon Jovi was honored with the first-ever iHeartRadio Icon Award to celebrate their contributions to music during their 35-year career. At the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Sunday, the band performed classics like its My Life and You Give Love a Bad Name.

“I want to thank the three-and-half decades of fans that have been listening to Bon Jovi songs,” Jon Bon Jovi, 56, said during the band’s acceptance speech.

“We’ve been at this game a long time and the only advice I’ll tell this incredible generation of incredible talent is just stay true to who you are, and then they’re going to make you guys icons too someday,” he added. It’s been more than three decades, and Bon Jovi has sure held on to what they’ve got.

Daya Ben ISN’T QUITTING Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

Actor Disha Vakani aka Daya Ben of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, gave birth to a baby girl in November last year. Her absence from the popular TV show ever since led to rumours about her quitting the show. However, producer Asit Kumar Modi refutes the buzz, saying, “Disha is still very much a part of the show. She is on maternity leave, and we don’t want to bother her. She will be back soon.”

Ban on Pakistani artistes?

The Indian Film and Television Producer Council ( IFTPC) recently said they were mulling over a two-year ban on Pakistani artistes working in Bollywood after union minister Babul Supriyo pointed out to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s song in Welcome to New York. Well, it looks like the ban has already been imposed as Pakistani singer Atif Aslam’s name has apparently been omitted from Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani starrer Baaghi 2’s recently released song O Sathi.

The song posted on the official YouTube channel of T-Series credits everyone including the music director and lyricist but Atif Aslam, the one who lent voice to the song, is not there in the list. The Twitterati were quick to notice the name of the singer not being mentioned in the description of the song. Atif Aslam has earlier lent his voice to songs like Dil Diyan Gallan in Tiger Zinda Hai, Main Agar in Tubelight, Hoor in Hindi Medium and many more.