Actors Malavika Mohanan and Siddhant Chaturvedi are gearing up for the release of their much-awaited film Yudhra. Amid the film’s promotions, they revealed that during the shoot of one of the action scenes, Malavika slapped Siddhant so hard that his jaw almost broke.

During an interaction with ETimes, Malavika recalled, “Siddhant got slapped real bad, we shot for this scene in the first schedule of the film, and we were still building our chemistry. In the scene, my character is pissed with Yudhra’s character, and it was our director Ravi (Udyawar) sir who got extremely excited, and said ‘Arey tu maar’… and the very next moment, Siddhant is sitting with an ice pack on his face.”

“And we broke the ice and my jaw,” Siddhant joked.

Malavika went on to say that it would have looked really fake had she not hit Siddhant in real. The actress also had some intense action scenes with actor Chiyaan Vikram in their latest film Thangalaan.

Meanwhile, the trailer as well as the songs of Yudhra have created quite a buzz on social media. Malavika and Siddhant’s sizzling chemistry in the song Saathiya has also grabbed eyeballs. In another recent interview, Malavika also opened up about shooting intimate scenes with Siddhant.

“It’s not easy to crack intimacy and be comfortable with it. Nowadays, they have intimacy coordinators on set, which is a very good thing. It’s important to know boundaries. The process of intimacy isn’t as simple as just doing it. Coordinators are making it easier. More than the intimacy, what we were concerned about was the cold while shooting for the song. In that video, we had to shoot a couple of intimate moments where we had to kiss. We were against the waves, completely drenched, and it was freezing!

Yudhra is all set to hit the big screens on September 20. Siddhant’s character, who has anger issues, will be seen packing punches as he is on a mission to eliminate a drug lord played by Raghav Juyal. The film also stars Gajraj Rao, Ram Kapoor, Raj Arjun and Shilpa Shukla.

Actor Sohum Shah on Saturday announced a sequel to his 2018 critically acclaimed film, “Tumbbad”, a day after the movie was re-released in theatres. Directed by Rahi Anil Barve, the atmospheric horror drama received critical acclaim upon its release six years ago. It was produced by the actor under his banner Sohum Shah Films.

Shah assured fans that the sequel of “Tumbbad” will dig deeper into the theme of greed. “‘Tumbbad’ has been a special journey and a labour of love for us, and to see the love it continues to receive is overwhelming and only ratifies our belief and ethos of Sohum Shah Films, that content is king.

“With ‘Tumbbad 2’, we want to push the cinematic experience and boundaries even further. ‘Tumbbad 2’ will take audiences deeper into the world we’ve created, with bigger twists and a more intense exploration of what happens when greed knows no limits,” the actor-producer said in a statement.

Set in a Maharashtra village, “Tumbbad” explores Vinayak Rao’s (Shah) descent into greed and obsession as he seeks out a mythical treasure guarded by the malevolent entity Hastar. With the sequel, the makers promise an even more gripping narrative that builds on the dark, mythical universe of “Tumbbad”, the press release said.

“Tumbbad”, which was re-released in theatres on Friday, received a positive response from the audience.

Arbaz Patel, currently in the Bigg Boss Marathi season 5 house, has been making headlines ever since he entered the show. From his proximity with Nikki Tamboli to him being slammed for the same by host Riteish Deshmukh, Arbaz has definitely turned out to be one of the most controversial contestants on the show.

Well, a few days ago, Arbaz’s girlfriend, Leeza Bindra had indicated towards a split with him through her social media posts. In a couple of posts shared by Leeza on her Instagram stories, she had also asked the viewers to not link her name with Arbaz as her ‘future partner’ may not like the same. She had gone ahead to state that she has ‘moved on.’

Looks like, Leeza has now had a change of mind. In a few Instagram stories shared by the actress, she now claims that she will ‘never breakup’ with Arbaaz and that a ‘show’ can never be the reason to break off a relationship. Leeza also calls out Nikki for her behaviour and states that despite knowing of Arbaaz being in a relationship, she still does not maintain her distance with Arbaaz. Leeza writes, ”l am always there for you in your good and bad time. will never leave you alone.”

In the next slide, sharing a picture of herself with Arbaaz, Leeza writes, ”I have seen Arbaaz’s mom praying for her son. And he is just trying to fulfill his parents dreams inside the show And he is not wrong. e would have been wrong if The girl doesn’t know that he is in a relationship with me. Ritesh Sir has told this to the girl twice. Still!”

Further confirming that she does not want to breakup with Arbaaz, Leeza writes, ”A game can never break someone’s relationship. Yes, we are in relationship. I never ever break up with him.”

For the uninformed, Arbaaz was last seen in Splitsvilla X5 and he later ventured in the Bigg Boss Marathi season 5 house. In one of the episodes of the show, Arbaaz had also slammed a chair on the floor when Bigg Boss announced that Abhijeet and Nikki will be doing a task together as a couple.