Punit is my inspiration in 'Gori Tere Pyaar Mein': Imran

Bollywood actor Imran Khan has said that director Punit Malhotra was his source of inspiration for his character in the forthcoming movie ‘Gori Tere Pyaar Mein’.

"I`m playing a Casanova in the movie and Punit is my source of inspiration. He used to come shirtless, get a massage done on the sets, joked around with the crew and lots more," Imran said on a TV show.

"I did exactly what he does always. In fact, it seemed like I was living his life," he added.

In the film, which releases Nov 22, Imran essays a south Indian boy named Sriram. Actress Kareena Kapoor, who will be seen as a social worker Dia, will be seen as his love interest. The movie also features Shraddha Kapoor in a guest appearance.

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Not anti-US, anti-India. I am against their policies: Imran

Amid growing perception that he is batting for the Pakistani Taliban, cricketer-turned- politician Imran Khan has said he is neither anti-US nor anti-India but was against "their policies".

He argued that US is "hypocritical" - while Washington is going ahead with holding talks with the Afghan Taliban, it is stopping Pakistan from doing the same with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

"I am not anti-US, anti-India. I am against their policies," Imran said in an interview to Express Tribune.

The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, however, did not elaborate the Indian policies he was against.

Imran has been criticised by analysts and many on social media for numerous statements, including asking the government to allow the banned TTP to open an office in the country.

He said guiding the nation towards the right direction in difficult times like these is very important.

Imran criticised the US for its double standards arguing the Americans have a different set of rules for their own people.

The Americans set the discourse in the Pakistani media, he alleged, adding that he has been told by the Americans themselves that they are pouring a lot of money into the country's media.

"The media is not even raising the right questions," he lamented.

When the US starts saying, "do more", the Pakistani media jumps on to the same bandwagon and starts saying the same thing, he said.

"If you bow in front of Americans they disparage you. No one will respect you if you have no respect for yourself," Khan said, adding, "No nation can progress without self-respect and honour."

The Americans would not dare send drones if his party was at the Centre, Khan said.

"Why would they stop their drone attacks when our government tells them that they can keep attacking with drones and we will keep protesting?" he asked rhetorically.

"We can have peace the day we have the tribal people on our side. History tells us that there has only been peace when the locals were made allies," he said.

Imran has been for talks with the Taliban to work out a peace solution to end the deadly cycle of violence in the country.

He had criticised the US for the drone strike that killed TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud earlier this month.

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Gori Tere Pyaar Mein: Kareena is sexy yet graceful, says Imran Khan

Actor Imran Khan, who will be seen opposite Kareena Kapoor Khan in 'Gori Tere Pyaar Mein', feels that his co-star has done full justice to a riveting dance number 'Tooh' in their upcoming film. Praising her dancing skills in the song which is going to be out today, Imran said, "I had heard the scratch version way before we actually shot it. 

Even then, it sounded fun and just the kind of cheeky and naughty thing. It is more a girl's song and they (women) are going to love it." "Her moves are deadly. She is sexy and yet graceful. She has struck the perfect balance in this song," he added. Imran feels that Kareena has done full justice to a riveting dance number 'Tooh' in their upcoming film. 

This is for the second time that the actor duo are playing an onscreen couple, after their first successful attempt with 'Ek Main Aur Ek Tu'. The film directed by Punit Malhotra and produced by Karan Johar is schedule to release on November 22.

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Allow Taliban to open office in Pakistan, says Imran Khan

Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan on Wednesday said the Pakistani Taliban should be allowed to open an office in the country so that peace talks could be held with the militants.

Khan, who heads the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party, asked the PML-N government to declare a ceasefire if it is serious about holding talks with militants.

He called on the government to allow the militants to open an office in Pakistan similar to the one set up by the Afghan Taliban in Qatar to facilitate dialogue.

The PML-N's plans for talks with militants ran into rough weather after a Taliban faction claimed a recent suicide attack on a church in Peshawar that killed over 80 people, a majority of them Christians.

Khan, who has often been accused of being soft on the Taliban, said: "People voted for the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf because they want peace."

He made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar where he had gone to meet victims of the attack on the church. This was his second such visit since Sunday.

"At the All Parties Conference, all political parties decided to talk to the Taliban," he said. He argued that if the US could facilitate the opening of offices by the Afghan Taliban in Qatar, Pakistan should do the same.

Talking about the bombing of the church, Khan claimed the incident had been "politicised". He said 170 blasts had occurred in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in the past nine years but his party had not politicised those attacks.

The Tehrik-e-Insaf, which rules Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, has been criticised by analysts and the media for its stand on talks with militants blamed for over 40,000 deaths.

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