Mumbai, Sep 20: Veteran actress Jaya Bachchan once got candid with filmmaker Karan Johar about the kind of roles offered to older women in Bollywood during her appearance on the popular chat show, ‘Koffee With Karan’.

During the discussion about whether women still get substantial roles as they grow older, Jaya Bachchan shared that she does not mind playing a small part, as long as her character has a purpose and contributes to the story.

KJo said, “I think in Hollywood, there are still roles offered to women.”

To this, Jaya Bachchan reacted, saying, “Not really. I think you know what is important is that I do accept the fact that we are much older.”

She went on to explain, “Yeah. So obviously maybe older people don’t have much to do in life. I don’t know. I mean, I think we are doing a lot more than our children really. Even if it’s a small role, it must have something. There should be a character. Some kind of depth.

Karan pitched in, “Some reason for you to exist within the framework”.

“I don’t mind a small role, but it has to contribute,” concluded Jaya Bachchan.

Talking about Jaya Bachchan’s career trajectory, she first appeared on the screen as a teenager in Satyajit Ray’s Bengali film ‘Mahanagar’ in 1963.

In 1971, she made her Bollywood debut as an adult with Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s ‘Guddi’, in which she was seen as a schoolgirl infatuated with film star Dharmendra, who played himself in the drama.

After this, she went on to be a part of several noteworthy projects such as ‘Uphaar (1971)’, ‘Koshish (1972)’, ‘Zanjeer (1973)’, ‘Abhimaan (1973)’, ‘Kora Kagaz (1974)’, ‘Chupke Chupke (1975)’, ‘Mili (1975)’, ‘Sholay (1975), and ‘Silsila (1981)’.

Jaya Bachchan took a 17-year-long break from films after Silsila (1981), following her marriage to Amitabh Bachchan in 1973 to focus on her family.

She returned to films in 1998 with Govind Nihalani’s critically acclaimed film ‘Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa’.

Mumbai, Sep 20: Salman Khan got upset with all those trolling actors for their appearance during the latest episode of ‘Weekend Ka Vaar’ on ‘Bigg Boss 20’. He lashed out at those criticizing actresses for gaining weight after pregnancy, which is being seen as a veiled dig at the netizens who are body-shaming actress Katrina Kaif.

Recently, Katrina made a rare appearance at the Ambani family’s Ganpati celebrations with husband Vicky Kaushal, and users started commenting on her weight gain after delivering son Vihaan.

During the ‘Weekend Ka Vaar’ episode, Salman addressed the issue between contestants ScoutOP and Arishfa Khan. Earlier in the week, after having a fight with Arishfa during a task, ScoutOP had asked his YouTube and gaming community, “khatam kardo isko” (finish her off).

Referring to this, Salman shared how it is becoming a trend for users to hide behind their screens and troll people by commenting on their looks.

The ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ actor said, “Kisi ko neecha dikha ke aap paise kama rahe hain” (You are making money by putting someone down).”

“Aap apni upbringing dikha rahe ho” (you are only showing your upbringing)”, he went on to add.

Salman also pointed out that celebrities are often targeted over various factors such as their weight, family, career failures and personal milestones including. motherhood.

Without taking any names, the ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ actor added, “Pregnant hone ke baad everyone puts on weight” (Everyone puts on weight after becoming pregnant).

Salman added that when she decides to return to films, she would be fit once again.

During the episode, Salman also shared that he was also targeted due to aging.

“Budha hogya, of course 60 saal ka hogaya. You can’t be Maine Pyaar Kiya all the bloody time.”

Asking about the what is the motivation behind such trolling, Salman said, “What do you want to troll and why do you want to troll?”.

Mumbai, Sep 19: Filmmaker Rohit Shetty on Saturday announced that the fifth installment of his “Golmaal” franchise is set to light up the silver screen with “laughter and joy” on January 8, next year.

Rohit took to Instagram, where he shared the vibrant poster of the film. The poster had Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Shreyas Talpade and Kunal Kemmu on the iconic stretched-out motorcycle.

“LAUGHTER, FUN, JOY, HAPPINESS AND FAMILY… BAS, NOTHING ELSE 8TH JAN 2027 #RohitShettyProductions @authum_ent @tseries.official @divydangi @druhidangi @sarkarshibasish,” the caption read.

The filming for ‘Golmaal 5’ commenced in March this year with an ensemble cast including Ajay, Akshay Kumar, Arshad, Shreyas, Kunal, and Sharman. The movie went on the floor on filmmaker Rohit’s 52nd birthday.

Expressing his excitement, the director had then mentioned that 20 years ago, the first Golmaal was released, a film that changed his life.

He further mentioned: “The credit goes to you, my audience. Over the past 20 years, we have entertained you, and yes, sometimes disappointed you, but we have always been honest in our work.”

“So now, once again, my fabulous team and I are set on a journey to entertain you as we start filming G5. You have always loved and supported me. All we need is your blessings. See you at the movies.”

The first installment of the Golmaal film series, which hit the screens in 2006, stars Ajay Devgn, Tusshar Kapoor, Arshad and Sharman along with Rimi Sen and Paresh Rawal.

It was reportedly based on Harsh Shivsharan’s Marathi play Ghar Ghar, which also inspired Vora’s Gujarati play Aflatoon, in turn one of the inspirations for the film. The film was followed by 4 sequels such as Golmaal Returns, which released in 2008, 2010’s Golmaal 3 and Golmaal Again, which hit the silver screen in 2017.

All the films starred Ajay, Arshad, Tusshar, Sanjay Mishra, Vrajesh Hirjee and Mukesh Tiwari, with Shreyas Talpade appearing in three, Kunal Khemu and Johnny Lever in two. Akshay is joining the fifth installment.