Showbiz Weekly Roundup: Dishoom & Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 create a bang; Mahmood Farooqui convicted of rape

Fans are quite excited to know about any news related to films and their favorite celebrities.

Updated: July 31, 2016 10:46 AM IST

By Zainab Mulla

Showbiz Weekly Roundup: Dishoom & Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 create a bang; Mahmood Farooqui convicted of rape

This week was full of exciting news and here we have various news from the world of entertainment. Fans are quite excited to know about any news related to films and their favorite celebrities. We get to hear various juicy news about celebrity and their personal lives and even stars update their fan about their daily routine social media. Right from movie releases till hottest controversy from the telly world, here we bring to you the top six events of the week and some major news makers of the week, have a look at it:

1. Dishoom:

The most awaited movie of all time recently got released on July 29. Bollywood bromances between John Abraham and Varun Dhawan complete entertaining movie. John and Varun share great bond which is quite noticeable and the movie looked quite promising. The movie features John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Akshaye Khanna, Rahul Dev and Saqib Saleem. Dishoom is directed by Rohit Dhawan. The script written by Tushar Hiranandani and Rohit Dhawan has the perfect mirch-masala into it. ALSO READ: Dishoom Box Office report: Varun Dhawan and John Abraham’s movie nets Rs 11 crore!

2. Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9: 

The popular celebrity dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 was aired on Saturday, July 30. The Bollywood hottie Jacqueline Fernandez sets the stage on fire with her sexy moves along with judges Ganesh Hegde and Karan Johar. Jacqueline danced on her popular chartbuster songs including Chittiyan Kalaiyaan, Lat Lag Gayi and Marjawa and Sau Tarah Ke. Nora Fatehi, Shakti Arora, Shantanu Maheshwari, Salman Yusuff Khan, Surveen Chawla, Helly Shah, Karishma Tanna and Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi were the best performer in the first episode. ALSO READ: Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 Episode 1: Jacqueline Fernandez, contestants sparkle in new season!

3. Mahmood Farooqui: 

Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui recently found guilty of raping US woman. On Saturday, a court in Delhi held Mahmood Farooqui, guilty of raping an American woman and convicted him under rape charges. Farooqui accused him of raping a 35-year-old American woman from Columbia University and was doing a research on her doctoral thesis.The court has fixed August 2 date for hearing arguments on quantum of sentence, whereas Mahmood denied allegations. ALSO READ: Shame! Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui guilty of raping US woman!

4. Sambhavna Seth & Avinash Dwivedi’s reception:

The newlyweds Sambhavna Seth and Avinash Dwivedi hosted a grand reception party for their industry friends and colleagues which was held on July 28. The Bhojpuri actress Sambhavna Seth got married to her long-time boyfriend Avinash Dwivedi on July 14 in Delhi. The couple had a lavish wedding reception in Delhi, and now the lovebirds are back in Mumbai. B-town stars including Upen Patel, Sanober Kabir, Raju Srivastav, Deepshikha, Monica Bedi, Ajaz Khan, Sana Khan, Rajev Paul, Sunil Pal, Imam Siddiqui, Udit Narayan, Sonali Raut, Surinder Pal and Diandra Soares attended Sambhavna and Awinash’s reception party. ALSO READ: Sambhavna Seth & Avinash Dwivedi hosts a grand wedding reception in Mumbai!

5. Carol Maria Gracias: 

Former Bigg Boss contestant Carol Maria Gracias became a proud mother of a baby boy. The proud mommy announced the good news on her social media – Instagram page and also posted a beautiful picture of herself with her newborn baby. The super model got married to her longtime beau Samuel Ziza, who is a French journalist and a businessman in 2013. ALSO READ: Bigg Boss ex-contestant Carol Maria Gracias blessed with baby boy!

6. Salman Khan acquitted in the blackbuck poaching case:

After 18 years of legal battle, finally the Bollywood actor Salman Khan was acquitted in the blackbuck poaching case. Yes, recently, the High Court dismissed the case as the prosecution was not able to provide any proper witnesses against the actor. We heard that the prosecution will now drag the case to Supreme Court and will soon challenge their decision. ALSO READ: Salman Khan poaching case: Key witness demands police protection

These were the top six news of this weekend, for more updates on latest happenings and gossip from the telly world stay tuned to this space.

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