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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicDeepika Padukone

Topic: Deepika Padukone

‘Faltu aggression’—Fighter trailer has Pakistanis questioning Bollywood’s ‘obsession’ with them

Even before Fighter, film critics, authors, and commentators were questioning why Pakistan was featuring so prominently in Bollywood films.

Deepika Padukone to Vijay Sethupathi — 5 actors who’re ready to make a big splash in 2024

Deepika Padukone is set to play an Air Force squadron leader in Fighter, while Manoj Bajpayee and Vijay Sethupathi will reprise their roles in The Family Man and Farzi 2.

Besharam Rang bikini to Elvish Yadav’s Noida rave—8 big controversies of 2023

Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh revealed too much for their own good about their relationship on Koffee with Karan. It resulted in big outrage on social media.

Deepika Padukone’s bikini is angering Indian men. This time she’s ‘degrading’ women pilots

Indians are asking how Bollywood dares to depict a fighter pilot in a bikini. The real question is why respect for a woman in a ‘serious’ profession diminishes the instant she wears a swimsuit.

Ranveer Singh went from ‘wife guy’ to red flag overnight. He only has himself to blame

The first episode of the new season of Koffee With Karan was meant to celebrate Bollywood's golden couple—Deepika Padukone & Ranveer Singh. It quickly turned into a PR nightmare.

Pregnancy doesn’t always save women from death row, like in Jawan. It’s a double-edged sword

Deepika Padukone’s pregnant character in Jawan gets five-year relief from hanging. In real life, a judge told Shabnam Ali: 'You are also a mother. But you didn't show any mercy.’

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.