Anil Kapoor will star in the Indian version of the American televisions series 24. Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images
Anil Kapoor will star in the Indian version of the American televisions series 24. Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images
Anil Kapoor will star in the Indian version of the American televisions series 24. Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images
Anil Kapoor will star in the Indian version of the American televisions series 24. Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images

Anil Kapoor begins casting for Indian 24

Plus: Ameesha Patel resigns from Singh Saheb the Great; Salman Khan approves the final cuts of all his films; Sunny Leone is India's most searched on the web.

The National staff with agency

December 18, 2012

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The actor Anil Kapoor and the director Abhinay Deo are collaborating on the Indian version of the American television series 24. They are on the look out for 30 cast members for the project, says Deo. The espionage thriller series is scheduled to begin shooting in February. Kapoor will play the character of Jack Bauer, played by Kiefer Sutherland in the original. Kapoor featured in the US show's eighth season as Omar Hassan, the president of a fictional Middle Eastern country. – IANS

The actress Ameesha Patel has backed out of the filmmaker Anil Sharma's new movie Singh Saheb the Great because of the production's erratic shooting schedules. "Unfortunately, I can't be a part of the film anymore," Patel posted on Twitter. "I have had to back out of Singh Saheb the Great because of the ever-changing schedules. My best wishes to Anil Sharma." Patel was to star opposite the action hero Sunny Deol in the film, which would reunite the pair with the director after their 2001 hit Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. – IANS

Salman Khan admitted that after the critical and commercial failure of his 2010 film Veer, a romantic period drama in which he starred opposite Zarine Khan, he now demands approval of the final cuts for all his movies. "I hope the directors don't think I'm taking advantage of my stardom. I feel guilty but I don't want to put my foot down just because it's the polite thing to do," Khan told reporters. "It's me on the film posters, so the audience will hold me responsible for everything. I always make it clear right at the beginning that the final cut will only go with my approval." – IANS

Sunny Leone is proud to be the most searched personality online in India for 2012. The Indian-Canadian actress received the news courtesy of Google's annual Zeitgeist list. "I consider myself lucky. I am only one film old in Bollywood and despite that I have achieved so much," says Leone, whose next film is Ekta Kapoor's Ragini MMS 2. The second most-searched Indian personality is the veteran actor Rajesh Khanna, who died in July after a prolonged illness. – IANS

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Email sent to Uber team from chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi

From: Dara

To: Team@

Date: March 25, 2019 at 11:45pm PT

Subj: Accelerating in the Middle East

Five years ago, Uber launched in the Middle East. It was the start of an incredible journey, with millions of riders and drivers finding new ways to move and work in a dynamic region that’s become so important to Uber. Now Pakistan is one of our fastest-growing markets in the world, women are driving with Uber across Saudi Arabia, and we chose Cairo to launch our first Uber Bus product late last year.

Today we are taking the next step in this journey—well, it’s more like a leap, and a big one: in a few minutes, we’ll announce that we’ve agreed to acquire Careem. Importantly, we intend to operate Careem independently, under the leadership of co-founder and current CEO Mudassir Sheikha. I’ve gotten to know both co-founders, Mudassir and Magnus Olsson, and what they have built is truly extraordinary. They are first-class entrepreneurs who share our platform vision and, like us, have launched a wide range of products—from digital payments to food delivery—to serve consumers.

I expect many of you will ask how we arrived at this structure, meaning allowing Careem to maintain an independent brand and operate separately. After careful consideration, we decided that this framework has the advantage of letting us build new products and try new ideas across not one, but two, strong brands, with strong operators within each. Over time, by integrating parts of our networks, we can operate more efficiently, achieve even lower wait times, expand new products like high-capacity vehicles and payments, and quicken the already remarkable pace of innovation in the region.

This acquisition is subject to regulatory approval in various countries, which we don’t expect before Q1 2020. Until then, nothing changes. And since both companies will continue to largely operate separately after the acquisition, very little will change in either teams’ day-to-day operations post-close. Today’s news is a testament to the incredible business our team has worked so hard to build.

It’s a great day for the Middle East, for the region’s thriving tech sector, for Careem, and for Uber.

Uber on,

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