The rash of remakes of south Indian movies by the Bombay industry

For more than a year, the Hindi film industry is unspooling a popular concept of computer science on the screen: garbage in, garbage out. Bachchhan Paandey, Jersey, Cuttputli, Hit, Vikram Vedha, Mili, Drishyam-2, Cirkus, Selfiee, Shehzada, Bholaa, Gumraah, and Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan — there has been a glut of remakes of South […]

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Indore outfit approaches police against actor Tapsee Pannu for ‘hurting’ Hindu sentiments

Actor Tapsee Pannu during the Lakmé Fashion Week, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI A right-wing organisation has submitted a complaint to the police in Indore against actor Tapsee Pannu for allegedly hurting sentiments of Hindus during a fashion show in Mumbai, a police official said on March 27. The complaint by Eklavya Singh Gaur […]

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Sanjay Dutt joins the sets of Vijay-Lokesh Kanagaraj’s ‘Leo’

Sanjay Dutt and Vijay with the crew of ‘Leo’ | Photo Credit: @Jagadishbliss/Twitter We had previously reported that Sanjay Dutt has joined the cast of Vijay’s upcoming film Leo, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. It’s now known that the Bollywood actor has joined the sets of the film in Kashmir. The social media handles of Seven […]

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Delhi Police recovers medicines from farmhouse where actor Satish Kaushik attended party day before his death

Actor Satish Kaushik | File photo The Delhi Police has recovered some medicines from a farmhouse where actor-filmmaker Satish Kaushik had attended a party a day before he died due to a heart attack, officials said on Saturday. Mr. Kaushik (66) died after suffering the heart attack while he was on his way to a Gurugram […]

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Parineeti Chopra wraps shoot of Imtiaz Ali’s Chamkila

Parineeti Chopra | Photo Credit: Instagram/Parineeti Chopra Actor Parineeti Chopra on Monday completed filming on Imtiaz Ali’s movie Chamkila, headlined by Diljit Dosanjh. In the Punjab-set film, Dosanjh and Chopra play real-life singer couple Chamkila and Amarjot, who were killed, along with two members of their band in 1988 in an assassination which remains unresolved. […]

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Akshay Kumar on decision to renounce Canadian passport: India is everything to me

Akshay Kumar. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, who has often faced criticism over his Canadian citizenship, says India is everything to him and that he has already applied for a change of passport. He feels bad when people say things without knowing the reason for him taking up Canadian citizenship, Akshay […]

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Grateful for ensuring peaceful release of ‘Pathaan’: Producers Guild of India to States

Shah Rukh Khan fans during the show of film Pathaan in Mumbai | Photo Credit: PTI The Producers Guild of India on Friday expressed gratitude to all the State governments for safeguarding the sanctity of cinema by ensuring a peaceful release of superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s latest film Pathaan. The stylish spy thriller, which marks […]

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Kangana Ranaut’s Twitter ban lifted after nearly 2 years

File picture of Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Two years after being banned from Twitter, Kangana Ranaut’s account has been reinstated. The Bollywood actress’s account had been suspended by Twitter in May 2021 for “repeated violations” of its hateful conduct and abusive behaviour policies. On her return, Kangana tweeted: “Hello everyone, […]

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Madhya Pradesh may ban ‘Pathaan’ over Deepika Padukone’s attire

Deepika Padukone. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Targeting actor Deepika Padukone for her costumes in her upcoming film Pathaan, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Wednesday hinted at a possible ban on the film in the State. Referring to the film’s recently released track Besharam Rang, Mr. Mishra — who is the official spokesperson […]

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Manoj Bajpayee wraps filming for Zee Studios’ courtroom drama

[L-R] Suparn S Varma, Kamlesh Bhanushali, Manoj Bajpayee, Apoorv Singh Karki, and Vinod Bhanushali | Photo Credit: Zee Studios We had earlier reported that actor Manoj Bajpayee will headline a courtroom drama produced by Vinod Bhanushali’s Bhanushali Studios Limited, Suparn S. Varma, and Zee Studios. On Sunday, the actor announced that he has concluded the […]

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