Highlights of the week

Here are the top 5 stories of the week gone by, in which Kareena Kapoor Khan signed Shahrukh Khan’s Salute, Alia Bhatt spoke about marriage and her plans for the same, Sonam Kapoor turned 33 and more…

#1: Here’s how Sonam Kapoor will be celebrating her birthday with Anand Ahuja in London

Our top story of the week gone by; looks like a lot of people were curious about how Sonam Kapoor Ahuja celebrated her 33rd birthday. Well, to tell you how Kapoor Ahuja did it – it was just a very intimate birthday lunch and dinner with very close friends of the Khoobsurat actress. Read the entire story here.

#2: Not Janhvi Kapoor; Bhumi Pednekar will be the second lead in Karan Johar’s Kareena-Akshay starrer

Kareena Kapoor Khan’s untitled next is opposite Akshay Kumar; this everyone knows. The film also has a second lead pair, and the buzz earlier was that Janhvi Kapoor has been approached for the role. However, Kapoor and Karan Johar seem to have taken the joint decision to not cast her in the film as it will be too soon in her career to play the second lead. And hence, Johar started looking for someone else, and found her in Bhumi Pednekar! Reports suggest that the duo discussed the project while they were in New York, and Pednekar liked it instantly and gave her nod for the same. Read the entire story here.

#3: Don’t applaud a ZNMD if you can’t watch girls having fun in Veere Di Wedding

In an opinion piece, Kundan Ahuja spoke about how women are always ‘expected’ to be, or start something. Earlier she had to be a sati savitri, today she needs to be this powerful version of Durga who has to fight the battle of feminism. On the contrary, Zoya Akhtar’s ZNMD, though very well made, deals with the same idea, of mid-life crisis’, but of boys, and that film was never expected to begin a revolution. Why? Read the entire story here.

#4: I want a marriage, not a live-in relationship, says Alia Bhatt

After #SonamKiShaadi, and with the talks (and confirmation) of Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor doing the rounds, Alia Bhatt was bound to be asked questions on marriage. And she was! Lil Miss Bhatt also spoke about how she doesn’t want to be in a live-in relationship, and if the guy she is in love with, wants to stay together, it has to be only after marriage. She said, “I don’t want to be in a live-in relationship. I don’t want to live with someone until I get married. So, it (marriage) may happen for that reason.” Read the entire story here.

#5: Kareena Kapoor Khan gives her nod to Shahrukh Khan’s Salute

Not just one, Kareena Kapoor Khan has two films lined up for her. After Aamir Khan walked out of Rakesh Sharma’s biopic, Shahrukh Khan stepped in and once Priyanka Chopra made her way out, Bebo signed on the dotted line. Read the entire story here.