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May 6, 2016
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
– that’s all you need to know
–WASHINGTON
ctress Priyanka Chopra
was elated to meet the
“very funny and charm-
ing” U.S .President
Barack Obama and First
Lady Michelle Obama at the
White House Correspondents’
Dinner here.
The 33-year-old actress, who
found global recognition with her
character Alex Parrish in the
American TV series “Quantico”,
looked ravishing in a deep-cut,
striped black gown at the dinner
held on April 30 night.
Priyanka also shared a photo-
graph of herself along with the
two. The U.S. President looked
dapper in a black suit and crisp
white shirt which he teamed with
a black bow tie, while Michelle
Obama looked lovely in an
embellished beige gown.
“Lovely to meet the very funny
and charming Barack Obama and
the beautiful Michelle Obama,”
Priyanka captioned the phot-
graph. “Thank you for a lovely
evening. Cannot wait to start
working on your girls education
program,” she added.
The 2016White House
Correspondents’ dinner, which
was President Obama’s last in
office, was hosted by comedian
LarryWilmore.
The non-profitWhite House
Correspondents’ Association,
whose members include the
reporters, producers, camera
operators and other journalists
regularly covering theWhite
House news beat, traditionally
hosts this annual dinner to raise
money for journalism scholar-
ships.
– IANS
Wednesday- APRIL 27, 7:00 PM
The ManWho Knew Infinity
Free Film Screening
Landmark Century Centre
2828 N Clark St Chicago IL
IFC Film Screening
Thursday –APRIL 28, 6-9 PM
Sukhpal Khaira in Chicago
Cascade Banquets 800W Irving
Park Road Bensenville, IL
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
Overseas
Friday-APRIL 29, 8:30PM
Rekha Bhardwaj & Shafqat
Amanat Ali Live "Moving Closer"
The Biggest Soulful Concert
Rosemont Theatre, 5400 North
River Road, Des Plaines, IL
Cinestarz Entertainment
Saturday-APRIL 30, 3:00PM
Ugadi And Sri Rama Navami
2016 in Lemont
Sama Rathi Auditorium -
Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago,
10915 Lemont Rd, Lemont, IL
Tri State Telugu Association
Sunday- MAY 1, 4:00 PM
Annual Grand Hasya-Ras Kavi
Sammelan
Hinsdale Community Center
415W Eight Street Hinsdale, IL
UP Association of Greater
Chicago
Friday, MAY 6, 2016 8:30
Chanakya
Copernicus Theater, 5216W
Lawrence Avenue Chicago IL
Sahil/ LA Tan
Saturday, MAY 7, 6:30
Akshaya Patra Chicago Gala
Gopi Kallayil & Omi Vaidya
Meadows Club Banquets, 2950
Golf Road, Rolling Meadows IL
Akshaya Patra
Saturday, MAY 14, 8:30 PM
Kavita Krishanmurti – Up
Close and Personal
Bartlett High School, 701 West
Schick Road Bartlett IL
Bengali Association of Illinois
(BAGC)
Saturday MAY 14, 6:00 PM
Waluscha De Sousa & Shibani
Kashyap
The Meadows Club, 2950
W.Golf Rd Rolling Meadows,
Chicago IL
Alpha
Sunday, MAY 15, 11 AM- 11 PM
Glory of Hyderabad
Shalimar Banquets, 280W
North Avenue, Addison IL
Friday, MAY 20 5:30 PM
Mari Wife Mari Kom
Glenbard North High School
Auditorium, 990 Kuhn Road,
Carol Stream, IL
Bharatiya Senor Citizens of
Chicago
Sunday- MAY 22, 8:30 AM
2n Annual 5KWalk/ Run
Fundraiser
Montrose Harbor Chicago IL
Indo American Center
Sunday MAY 22, 6:30 PM
Yadon Ka Safar Fariha Pervez
Live Concert
The Meadows Club, 2950
W.Golf Rd Rolling Meadows,
Chicago , IL 60008
Madan and Shebani Kulkarni
Friday – MAY 27, 9:00 PM
Zinda Tour Farhan Akhtar Live
Concert
Odeum Expo Center 1033
North Villa Avenue, Villa Park, IL
Shows 2U
Lovely To Meet Funny, Charming
Barack Obama: Priyanka
A
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar
S
abbir Khan’s third film
could have been easily
called the Tiger Shroff
showreel. Every second scene
of “Baaghi” is a chance for
Shroff to show off his rippling
muscles and an incredibly flexi-
ble body that he manages to
contort into all sorts of posi-
tions while fighting the bad
guys.
Everyone else in this two-
and-a-half-hour film is inci-
dental, as is any semblance of a
story or plot. Shroff plays
Ronnie, an orphan who lands
up at a kalaripayattu school to
learn the ancient martial art in
the southern state of Kerala.
The tutor (played by real-life
martial art expert and the film’s
action director Shifuji Shaurya
Bhardwaj) takes him under his
wing and trains him in the art
of breaking a man’s bones with
the mere flick of a finger.
Ronnie also meets Sia
(Shraddha Kapoor), a giggly,
air-headed girl who falls for
him because it rains every time
they meet and she is convinced
it is a karmic sign of some sort.
Sia’s shrill manner and her per-
petually wide-eyed demeanor
make you wonder why Ronnie
is so smitten. But the romance
is handled so fleetingly by the
director that it becomes just a
vehicle to get to a point where
Shroff is required to unleash his
action moves.
The villain is a menacing
looking Raghav (Sudheer
Babu), who is the son of
Ronnie’s mentor and runs an
illegal fight club in Bangkok.
Raghav is equally smitten by
Sia (another of this film’s mys-
teries) and kidnaps her, impris-
oning her at his headquarters.
This sets the stage for even
more conflict, plenty of broken
bones and some well-executed
scenes in which Shroff proves
he is an action hero in the mak-
ing. Borrowing heavily from
films such as “The Raid-
Redemption” and “Fight Club”,
Sabbir Khan puts in enough
exciting action in the 139-
minute film for lovers of this
genre to be satisfied.
The film is tailor-made for
Shroff and he doesn’t disap-
point – he executes a kick with
the same fluidity and grace as a
dancer and makes the toughest
of sequences looks scarily easy.
The easiest of romantic scenes
requiring a bit of emoting – that
is a whole other story.
But if you can forgive the
lack of logic and acting chops,
then “The Tiger Shroff
Showreel” might be worth your
time.
– Reuters
‘Baaghi’ Is Tailor-made
For Tiger Shroff
President Barack Obama and First Lady
Michelle Obama with actress Priyanka
Chopra at the annual White House
Correspondent’s dinner in Washington,
D.C April 30.
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