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Dipika Kakar bags Star Plus’ next show

If you think that it was the last season of Salman Khan’s highly controversial reality show Bigg Boss that shot Dipika Kakar to fame, think again! The actress had become a household name way before Bigg Boss 12 came her way, thanks to Rashmi Sharma Telefilms’ Sasural Simar Ka wherein she played the title role for 8 long years.

It has been almost a year since Dipika has not taken up a fiction show. But if latest reports are to be believed, her fans will soon get to see her on Star Plus’ upcoming show. Yes, Dipika Kakar has been signed on to play the female lead in one of Star Plus’ forthcoming soaps.


Tentatively titled Pani Puri, the show is being produced by Sandiip Sikcand in association with SOL Productions. It will feature Dipika in the role of an actress. According to reports, she has already started shooting for her new offering.

Besides Dipika, Pani Puri also stars Karan V Grover, Abhishek Malik, Prachee Shah Pandya, and Tanaaz Irani in important roles. Karan V Grover has been paired opposite the actress on the show.

The show is expected to hit the airwaves towards the end of the next month.

More details are awaited.

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  • Ranveer Singh is reportedly developing a trilogy based on Amish Tripathi’s The Immortals of Meluha
  • The actor is expected to play a version of Lord Shiva in the adaptation
  • The films are being planned as a large-scale mythological cinematic universe
  • Script and world-building work has reportedly already begun

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Ranveer Singh could soon trade crime dramas and larger-than-life antiheroes for ancient mythology, with reports claiming the actor is spearheading a film adaptation of Amish Tripathi’s bestselling Shiva Trilogy.

According to Pinkvilla, Ranveer has acquired the rights to The Immortals of Meluha under his production banner Maa Kasam Film and is developing the project with Birla Studios. The adaptation is reportedly envisioned as a three-film franchise, placing the actor at the centre of one of India’s most commercially successful literary universes.

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