The year 2020 has been a rather odd year with
most of us spending over half of it within the comfort of our homes. In fact;
the year that started off on a rather disastrous note soon got worse with the
Covid-19 pandemic sending countries into lockdown and economies spiralling.
Though the pandemic is far from over; with hopes of a vaccine on the horizon,
life has begun to return to normal. While it still is a long road ahead to
complete normalcy; in India the film industry was badly hit with shoots being
cancelled and film releases being pushed indefinitely. However; in these times
of crisis some names from the talents within the industry stood out to make
headlines either for their charitable work or for their talented performances
or for that matter just their in dominatable human spirit. We at Bollywood
Hungama decided to take a look at some of the men
and women from the film industry who can aptly be called as the “Newsmakers of
the year 2020”.
Akshay Kumar
A
name that comes to mind when talking about the pandemic is that of Akshay
Kumar. Bollywood’s action hero who has in the past reached out to people to
show his appreciation went above and beyond during the pandemic. Not only did
Kumar donate a whopping Rs. 25 crore to the PM Cares fund to help those
suffering during the pandemic; he also went ahead to personally help industry
members who had fallen on hard times. Besides this; Akshay Kumar also made
headlines by being the first actor whose film Laxmii released during the
pandemic; as well as the first actor to commence work on a film.
Deepika
Padukone
Deepika
Padukone had made an impactful film on a major social issue, acid attack. Even
though Chhapaak did not perform well at the box office; it had a massive impact
along with the social media going viral in favour for the film. Apart from this;
just a couple of days prior to her film’s release; Deepika Padukone was seen
standing in support of JNU students after they were attacked in the university’s
premises.
Kangana
Ranaut
After
taking over her social media account recently; Kangana Ranaut has stayed in the
news for her rather controversial statement and has been making political
statements regarding the current affairs on a daily basis. Her recent feud with
Punjabi singer and actor; Diljit Dosanjh; has grabbed a lot of eyeballs. She
will also be seen starring in Thalaivi portraying
the role of Jayalalitha.
Pratik
Gandhi
Pratik
Gandhi took the audience by storm this year with his performance in the film
Scam 1992. The stellar director, scrip and of course Pratik’s acting chops lent
a surreal realism to the film that connected with the audience. Making it to
our list this year on sheer performance power alone is Pratik Gandhi who seems
to be a rising talent we need to keep an eye on.
by: mhmaamay - mhmamay
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