Bolly Buzz: Sonu Sood airlifts 177 girls from Kerala, Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar sing Bradley Cooper - Lady Gaga's 'Shallow'

Like people all over the world, our Bollywood celebrities too are currently stuck at home due to lockdown. The shooting of the films might be on hold, but our stars have made sure that their fans are thoroughly entertained through their posts on social media posts. From Sonu Sood airlifting 177 girls from Kerala amid the lockdown to Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar singing ‘Shallow’, here are things that made news today. ETimes brings a new segment Bolly Buzz which goes beyond the usual mix of news and gossip to give all its readers a roundup of trending stories of the day.

Man of the moment Sonu, who is leaving no stone unturned to help the people amid the lockdown, has now walked an extra mile. After helping the migrant workers in Mumbai, he has now airlifted 177 girls from Kerala amid the nationwide lockdown. A source exclusive revealed the details about the entire mission and said that actor is trying to airlift these girls from Kochi to Bhubaneswar. The source revealed, “Sonu was informed about the same by a close friend from Bhubaneswar and he decided to take charge of the situation and do his best for the girls. He started the process by taking several permissions from the government to have Kochi and Bhubaneswar airport to be operated. A special aircraft has been called from Bangalore to airlift these girls from Kochi who will be now taken to Bhubaneswar so they can finally reunite with their families. The duration from Bhubaneswar to their village is going to be 2 hours and soon after finishing their journey, the girls will be heading back home.”

Shah Rukh Khan, who provided his four storeys building in Khar as a quarantine shelter for frontline warriors, is lying unused for the past month. SRK and Gauri prepped up to take care of COVID-19 patients and also furnished the same for them. But it is being said that due to the lack of doctors, the place has not been used till now.

Recently, Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s wife Aaliya Siddiqui made headlines for their divorce battle. Amid the ongoing situation, Aaliya took to her Twitter handle to alert everyone about an alleged ‘fabricated notice’ doing the rounds and claimed that it was nothing but a mere “PR exercise to save someone from disgrace.” Late Thursday evening, she shared that her advocates have been receiving calls from media outlets, claiming to have copies of her notice to her estranged husband. She also urged the media to “refrain from using any part or portion of such fabricated notice OR even relying on the same to carry any story concerning me.”

Farhan and his lady love Shibani recreated the song 'Shallow' from Bradley and Gaga starrer ‘A Star is Born’. In the video, Farhan was seen crooning the song and playing the guitar while Shibani is playing the keyboard. Soon, fans poured in love for the couple in the comment section.

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