Shah Rukh Khan misses Yash Johar

Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he misses filmmaker Yash Johar, and “loves him the most”.

Karan shared a photograph of his late father along with Shah Rukh on Tuesday, holding hands from a press conference of 1998 film “Duplicate”, on Twitter, and captioned it: “Papa and @iamsrk….#memoriesforever”.

The Bollywood ‘badshah’ then retweeted the photograph, and wrote: “Oh how I miss my friends who are gone… love you Tom Uncle and miss you most.”

Yash Johar died in June 2004 following a chest infection. After his death, his son Karan took over their production banner Dharma Productions.

Shah Rukh and Karan have been thick friends and have worked together for many films like “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” and “Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna”. The two last worked together as actor-director in “My Name Is Khan” in 2010.

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Neil wraps up ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ shoot

Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh has finished shooting his part for the upcoming movie “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo”.

Neil, who would be seen playing younger brother to superstar Salman Khan in the film, on Tuesday night shared a selfie on Instagram. He is seen sporting a purple t-shirt while relaxing on a couch.

The actor captioned the image : “Last day on the sets of ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’. See you in the theatres now. https://instagram.com/p/7FlcsLGfNG/.”

The “David” actor also tweeted the news and shared a song from Sooraj Barjatiya’s 1994 film “Hum Apke Hain Koun!”.

“And it’s a wrap !!!! Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. Tujhse judaa hokar… Hume door Jana hai… Pal Bhar ki judaai… Phir laut aana hai,” Neil tweeted.

“Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” also features Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Swara Bhaskar, Deepak Dobriyal and Armaan Kohli in key roles.

Produced by Rajshri Productions and distributed by Fox Star Studios, the family drama marks the “Dabanng” star’s return to a Barjatya film after over 15 years. The duo last worked together in the 1999 film “Hum Saath-Saath Hain”.

“Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” is slated to release on November 11.

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Vir Das to start workshops for aspiring comedians

Actor-comedian Vir Das, who last week unveiled his Weirdass Comedy clothing label, is now gearing up to start workshops for aspiring comedians and actors.

“The academic side of comedy is something that the scene tends to neglect. We will be announcing a cool training initiative and a venue for the same. As professionals who have used this art form as a stepping stone to films and other mediums, the least we can do is train the new blood,” Vir said in a statement.

Vir will soon be announcing a training initiative to brush-up the skilled talents and help them improvise.