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Friday, May 3, 2024
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Topic: Bollywood

Bollywood is fascinated with Mughals — from Akbar to Saleem to Bahadur Shah Zafar

In ‘Bollygeek’, Diptakirti Chaudhuri puts together an extensive range of trivia on India’s film industry.

‘Not so sasti anymore’: Actor Tapsee Pannu takes dig after I-T raids on her, Anurag Kashyap

In Twitter thread, actor appeared to take jibe at raids, saying investigators had ‘found keys to an apartment in Paris and receipt for Rs 5 crore’. 

Amitabh Bachchan undergoes eye surgery, says ‘recovery is slow, difficult’

The 78-year-old actor said he is spending his days with 'nothing to do' as he cannot read, write and see after the surgery, and hopes he will recover before the shoot of his next film.

Actor Sandeep Nahar hanged himself in bedroom of Mumbai flat, say police

Hours before his death, Nahar had posted a video and a ‘suicide note’ on Facebook in which he purportedly blamed his wife and also mentioned ‘politics’ he faced in Bollywood.

‘MS Dhoni’ actor Sandeep Nahar dies after posting ‘suicide note’ & video on Facebook

Police said Nahar, who was in his 30s, has purportedly blamed his wife and also mentioned the 'politics' he faced in Bollywood.

‘Ram Teri Ganga Maili’ actor Rajiv Kapoor passes away at 58

Rajiv Kapoor was the son of celebrated filmmaker-actor Raj Kapoor and brother of Randhir Kapoor, who made his acting debut with 1983 film 'Ek Jaan Hain Hum'.

‘India against propaganda’, say Akshay Kumar, Karan Johar over Rihanna, Greta Thunberg tweets

Akshay Kumar, Karan Johar, Ajay Devgn and Suniel Shetty said Wednesday that citizens should focus on the government's efforts to resolve the farmers' crisis, and not on 'half-truths.'

Amitabh Bachchan was once ‘casteless’ Hindu. Tandav, Ludo now flaunt loud, proud Brahmins

Pankaj Tripathi in Hotstar’s Criminal Justice to Saif Ali Khan in Tandav, Dabangg to Jolly LLB, Bollywood now showcases only Brahmin stories.

Dilip Kumar as ‘Pyaasa’ hero is what Guru Dutt wanted. But first day of shoot changed it all

In ‘Guru Dutt: An Unfinished Story’, Yasser Usman writes how Guru Dutt ended up playing Pyaasa’s Vijay, even though Dilip Kumar was supposed to portray him.

Cocktail of Mao and Hitler — how 1968’s Ankhen defined Bollywood villains

In ‘Purab aur Paschim: Colonials, Neighbours and Others’, Arun Gupta pays an ode to Bollywood & its portrayal of evil through the persona of the villain.

On Camera

Two documents, Modi-Macron visits—India-France defence partnership is touching new heights

Horizon 2047 signed during Modi's visit to France in July 2023 and the defence industrial roadmap during Macron’s visit to India in January 2024 guide the strategic bonhomie between the two countries.

How govt brought Vodafone Idea back from the brink & earned a neat profit in the process

In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.