PUNJAB EXPRESS NEWSPAPER 35 APRIL 2019
ALIASAWPAK DRAMAS
TO PREPARE FOR ROOP
PAKISTANI TV actress
Sanam Saeed has
responded to Alia Bhatt’s
revelation that she took
inspiration from the
popular Pakistani actor’s
hit TV show Zindagi
Gulzar Hai to prepare for
her character Roop in
Kalank. Saeed tweeted
she was “tickled pink” on
hearing this.
The 34-year-old actress
on Monday reacted to
an interview where
Bhatt said director
Abhishek Varman told
her to watch Pakistani
dramas, including the
one starring her Kapoor
and Sons co-actor
Fawad Khan and Saeed.
“I watched a lot of old
films like Mughal-E-Azam
and Umrao Jaan
to get an understanding
of grace and body lan-guage.
And I had to
clean up my Hindi as I
am speaking Urdu in the
film,” Bhatt told PTI.
“The character of the
girl in the show is very
much how Roop will
deal with the situation.”
Meanwhile, Bhatt will
be seen for the third
time on the big screen
with Gully Boy and Takht
co-star Ranveer Singh.
Reportedly, the film will
be produced by a big
banner. But, there is still
no official confirmation
from either side.
STIFF JAIL TERMS
FOR ‘DESPERATE’
CELEBRITIES
FELICITY Huffman is facing up to
ten months in jail after admit-ting
guilt in the college admis-sions
scandal – but Lori Lough-lin
and her husband could be
locked up for two years in a
plea deal, experts have said.
The Full House star and her
husband, fashion designer
Mossimo Giannulli, have been
charged with conspiracy to
commit mail fraud and honest
services mail fraud. The family
is alleged to have paid $500,000
to get around the system and
ensure their children places at
USC. They are accused of lying
about their children being on
rowing teams. The amount
they paid means the minimum
prison sentence offered in a
plea deal will be between two
and two-and-a-half years,
reports TMZ.
Huffman and 13 other
wealthy defendants in
the college bribery
scam pleaded guilty
on Monday and are
likely to receive less
than a year in prison.
There are approxi-mately
50 allegedly
involved in a coun-trywide
scam to
bribe people at col-leges
including Yale.
“Well, the deal for peo-ple
who pled out today –
they got the best deal possi-ble,”
former New York State
prosecutor Adam Citron told
Fox News. “It obviously helps
that they’re pleading quickly as
not to drag out the case and it
shows that they’re accountable
for their actions and they’re
showing remorse. I’m sure in
the pre-trial interviews they
present themselves as
remorseful and they’re already
making statements showing
remorse. So these are not stu-pid
people – they know how to
act to get the best deal and also
play to the court to try and get
the most lenient sentence pos-sible.”
With Loughlin, it’s unclear
and it’s possible that she may
have not even be offered any-thing
yet, added Citron, as Fed-eral
prosecutors would proba-bly
want to deal with these
While Felicity Huffman (above)
could get up to ten months, Lori
Loughlin (left) and her husband
could go to prison for two years.
fifteen people only this week,
“or if they’re holding her to an
offering not as beneficial with
a higher jail sentence”.
But Loughlin and husband
may run the risk of receiving
harsher sentences by not
agreeing to a plea deal quickly
like the others. “If I was her
attorney and she was offered
something not as advanta-geous,
my recommendation
would be to kind of let the
dust settle, let these
people plea out and
have a couple
more news cycles
where people
start to lose
attention to the
case,” he added.
Citron criticised
Loughlin after the actress was
seen signing autographs for
fans at the airport in Boston,
where the federal court case
is being handled. “The optics
look horrible for Lori Lough-lin,”
he said. “The court wants
to see that you’re taking this
seriously, that you’re
remorseful, that you’re
accountable for your actions
and not treating it like it’s a
concert. It’s a very seri-ous
proceeding with
serious charges with
a lot of ramifica-tions...
She should
not have been
treating this like it
was a red carpet
affair.”
—Daily Mail
Lori
and her
husband run
the risk of
receiving
harsher
sentences
• • ‘ANDHADHUN’
EARNS 100 CR IN
CHINESE CINEMAS
AYUSHMANN Khurranna is having the
time of his life at the box office. After
four back to back superhits in the last
two years, Khurranna has now become
a 100-crore actor even in China. His
thriller ‘Andhadhun’, directed by Sriram
Raghavan, has really connected with
the audiences there too.
“Cinema has always had universal
appeal and it has cut across languages
and borders. It’s overwhelming to see
Andhadhun among such great cinema
that has made our country proud,” the
exuberant star said in a press state-ment.
“For me, personally, Andhadhun
doing 100-crore in China is an incredi-ble
moment of pride. I’m delighted that
as an artist, I have contributed to
Indian cinema making its mark glob-ally.”
Khurranna credits his director for all
the success and acclaim. “Sriram
Raghavan is a visionary director and
I’m thrilled to see the love his film has
been getting. He deserves all the success
and more.”
Sanam Saeed (above) is
thrilled that Alia Bhatt
took inspiration for Roop
(left) from her TV show.