Not attending Arabian Cricket Carnival T20 2017: Bipasha

Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) Actress Bipasha Basu has denied that she is attending the Arabian Cricket Carnival T20 2017, a promotional poster of which features her image among other Bollywood celebrities.

"I would like to bring it to the attention of my fans that I am not attending this event that has my image promoting the same. Nothing was confirmed," Bipasha tweeted on Thursday.

The poster of the tournament -- organised by the Bahrain Cricket Centre (BCC) -- also features names like Jackie Shroff, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Azharuddin, Neha Dhupia and Suniel Shetty.

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Asha Parekh used to mimic friends, teachers

Veteran actress Asha Parekh, who will turn 75 on October 2, was a notorious child in school and she often imitated her friends and teachers, which eventually caught an assistant director's eye.

This revelation was made by writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar on an upcoming special episode of "Classic Legends Season 4", which will highlight Asha's stepping stones into the world of glamour and entertainment, read a statement.

Akhtar said: "Asha Parekh would often continue to mimic her friends and teachers even while travelling in the local trains with her parents. It was at one such instance when Asha Parekh was first discovered by an assistant director. While her mother did not take him seriously at that point, his words had a prophetic effect on her life."

He also spoke about how Asha's first stage performance can be credited to Premnath who believed in her skills.

"Seeing the thunderous response to Asha Parekh's performance, her mother decided to enroll her for a dance class. It was during one of her subsequent on-stage performances that Asha Parekh was officially discovered by Bimal Roy, giving flight to her career."

This episode of "Classic Legends" will be aired on Sunday.

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Need to invest in good writers, directors: Richa Chadha

Actress Richa Chadha, known for content driven films, says people should invest in good writers and directors to improve the overall scenario of the Hindi film industry.

At the trailer launch of her upcoming film "Jia aur Jia", Richa was asked what she thinks about content driven films.

She said: "There should never be any comparison between films for having a strong or weak content, because every film should have a strong content. Presently our industry is suffering because people invest in everything except writing and script.

"Over the years, the stereotyped image of a writer is that of a man with poor attire, a sad and ill person who is writing a script for the film. Hence, I feel that firstly we should invest in writers and directors, and then only the overall scenario of our industry will improve."