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Bads of Bollywood peppered with SRK magic—‘Palat’, ‘Badshah O Badshah’, Om Shanti Om

The series recreates the iconic award show scene from 'Om Shanti Om', where actors are interviewed on the red carpet.

Shabana Azmi turns 75: Urmila Matondkar, Divya Dutta, Tannishtha Chatterjee share birthday wishes

New Delhi, Sep 18 (PTI) Actors Urmila Matondkar, Divya Dutta and Tannishtha Chatterjee on Thursday extended best wishes to cinema veteran Shabana Azmi on...

Aryan Khan’s Bads of Bollywood begins with Sameer Wankhade

In one scene, a man who bears a striking resemblance to ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede steps out of a jeep at a Bollywood party. He detains a man smoking weed.

The shifting phases of Delhi’s Mandi House—Institution, Memory, Resistance

In DAG festival, the city stood transformed into a mosaic of memory far greater than the litany of problems that structure life today.

Deepika Padukone will not be part of ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ sequel: producers

Mumbai, Sep 18 (PTI) Bollywood star Deepika Padukone will not be returning for the sequel to the 2024 Telugu blockbuster "Kalki 2898 AD", the...

Prof Shanker Thapa brings Nepal’s rare manuscripts to Delhi. ‘Tradition came from India’

Nepal scholar Shanker Thapa handed over digitised copies of over 1,200 Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts to IIC’s international research division. He had to coax many out of people’s shrines.

‘Bayaan’ blends local storytelling with global appeal, says Huma Qureshi

Mumbai, Sep 17 (PTI) Actor Huma Qureshi says her upcoming film "Baayan" blends a strong female-led narrative with elements of thriller and investigative drama,...

Romila Thapar’s packed IIC lecture had scathing questions for NCERT and Hindutva

At the third Kapila Vatsyayan Memorial Lecture at IIC, the historian’s one-hour speech was nothing short of a ‘Romila Thapar ki Paathshala’ for today’s India.

‘Songs of Paradise’ changed my career, opened doors in Mumbai: Singer Masrat Un Nisa

After Raj Begum, singers like Naseem Akhtar, Shamima Dev Azad, Asha Kaul, and Neerja Pandit gained significant popularity in the 80s. But, even today, Kashmir hasn’t changed for women.

Unni Mukundan’s new film ‘Maa Vande’ will explore PM Modi’s relationship with mother Heeraben

Mukundan is a producer and director whose breakthrough in acting came with ‘Mallu Singh’. In 2022, he won the National Award as a director for his debut film ‘Meppadiyan’.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.