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  • Sajid Nadiadwala’s wife Warda Nadiadwala back from Hajj pilgrimage, will now watch ‘inspiring’ Chandu Champion | People News

    New Delhi: Filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala’s latest release Chandu Champion has impressed one ad sundry from all walks of life. Amid its successful run, the producer’s wife, Warda Nadiadwala, has finally managed to watch the film upon returning from her Hajj pilgrimage.

    Warda Nadiadwala landed back in Mumbai after completing her Hajj pilgrimage this year. She missed the premiere and release of Chandu Champion as she was away. Now that she’s back in the city, she will be catching up on the buzz that Chandu Champion has been making all this time.

    In one of the pap videos she can be seen saying ‘Maine Aap Sab Ke Liye Dua Kiya (I prayed for everyone).” She even asked them if they watched the inspiring and motivational movie.


    Chandu Champion is enjoying a successful run in theatres. With amazing word of mouth, the film is winning the hearts of the audience and maintaining a steady hold at the box office.

    Jointly produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and Kabir Khan, Chandu Champion was released on June 14, 2024. It has been directed by Kabir Khan, making it his first ever collaboration with Kartik Aaryan on-reel.

    The film is based on the inspiring real-life story of Paralympic Gold Medalist Murlikant Petkar, whose titular role is played by Kartik in the biopic.

  • Heatwave Crisis: At least 68 Indians die among 645 Hajj pilgrims; Saudi Arabia Reports 2500 Cases Of ‘Heat Exhaustion’ |

    Heatwave: Amid the ongoing heatwave crisis, a diplomat in Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that 68 Indian nationals died during the Hajj pilgrimage this year under sweltering heat. The overall tally goes up to more than 600. “We have confirmed around 68 dead… Some are because of natural causes and we had many old-age pilgrims. And some are due to the weather conditions, that’s what we assume,” the diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP.

    On Tuesday, two Arab diplomats told AFP on Tuesday that 550 deaths had been recorded during the hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam that all Muslims with the means must perform at least once.

    The figure of 645 includes 323 Egyptians and 60 Jordanians, the Arab diplomats said, and one specified that nearly all the Egyptians died ‘because of heat’. Fatalities have also been confirmed by Indonesia, Iran, Senegal, Tunisia and Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, though in many cases authorities have not specified the cause.

    The total reported dead so far is 645, according to an AFP tally. Last year more than 200 pilgrims were reported dead, most of them from Indonesia. Saudi Arabia has not provided information on fatalities, though it reported more than 2,700 cases of ‘heat exhaustion’ on Sunday alone.

    “This happens every year… We can’t say that it is abnormally high this year,” he said. “It’s somewhat similar to last year but we will know more in the coming days.” For the past several years the hajj has fallen during the sweltering Saudi summer. According to a Saudi study published last month, temperatures in the area where rituals are performed are rising 0.4 degrees Celsius (0.72 degrees Fahrenheit) each decade.