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Monday, May 6, 2024
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Prime Video is playing the long game in India, while Netflix is leaning on Bollywood for help

Netflix India projects itself as a cutting edge platform. But all it has produced recently is Bard of Blood, Chopsticks and the lacklustre Ghost Stories.

Bollywood Khans not silent. They speak up through films – Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali to Chak De!

Deepika Padukone standing in solidarity with JNU students has made Indians question Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir over their silence. But look closely at their films.

Deepika Padukone showed you can rattle power with silence too – if you just stand up

Padukone’s act of solidarity for JNU students rattled BJP so much its leaders called for a boycott of her film Chhapaak while Smriti Irani turned personal.

Deepika Padukone’s Skill India promo video dropped after JNU visit, govt says evaluating it

Deepika Padukone had shot a video speaking about equal opportunities for all and highlighting Skill India role. The govt now claims there was no 'formal engagement'.

Director Anurag Kashyap is reclaiming his street cred and standing up to the gangs of BJP

Anurag Kashyap can’t afford to stay silent. Now, with Deepika Padukone at JNU as his profile and cover photo, he is being the director India needs.

Nirma ad lands Akshay Kumar in trouble for ‘mocking’ Marathas, police complaint lodged

The complaint filed with Mumbai Police says the advertisement 'maligns Maharashtrian culture'.

JNU violence: Pooja Bhatt advises Bollywood, Javadekar attacks FT & Reddit’s reminder

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

JNU attack: Students protest outside Gateway of India in Mumbai, celebrities react on Twitter

Violence erupted at JNU Sunday night after masked men and women, armed with sticks and stones brutally attacked students and teachers in the campus.

Why IAS, IPS and IRS officers are feeling vulnerable under Modi govt

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Of all Bollywood Khans, Shah Rukh’s life & career were built on the Nehruvian idea of India

In his films, Shah Rukh Khan was the bridge between socialist India as it moved toward its hyper-capitalistic future. Today Khan is a lonely figure.

On Camera

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

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.