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Komolika to Gopi bahu hyped Kyunki’s comeback. After first episode, they’re silent

Smriti Irani made no big deal out of her acting comeback as Tulsi. She was busy sharing clips of PM Modi's speech on Operation Sindoor.

Ekta Kapoor is taking a leap in the dark. Will India embrace Balaji’s bahu in 2025?

Ekta Kapoor has been feared, cheered, and mocked for her decisions by the national and global media. But she's still the unapologetic queen of entertainment.

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi returns: ‘Families may start watching TV shows together again’

Smriti Irani and Amar Upadhyay are set to reprise their iconic roles as Tulsi and Mihir Virani in the new season of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi beginning 3 July.

Ekta Kapoor wants actresses to gain weight. Especially 30+ women

Ekta Kapoor talked about how it is harder for women at a certain age to lose weight. She, however, clarified that she is not promoting a lack of fitness.

Hit show ‘Gandii Baat’ isn’t Ekta Kapoor’s 1st controversy. ‘XXX’ angered the Army in 2020

Mumbai police have booked Ekta Kapoor and her mother Shobha under the POCSO Act for allegedly showing inappropriate scenes involving minor girls in OTT series ‘Gandii Baat’.

SC slams Ekta Kapoor for ‘polluting minds’ of young generation over content in web series ‘XXX’

A Bihar court had issued arrest warrants against Kapoor for allegedly insulting soldiers and hurting the sentiments of their families in her web series on her OTT platform ALTBalaji.

The hidden world of ‘Gandii Baat’ casts lights on India’s erotic fantasies and desires

Gandii Baat came out in 2018, but is almost unknown among English-speaking audience in metropolitan India. And its runaway success makes it clear that sex is never just sex

Why Smriti Irani’s Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi rerun feels like a live show today

From the Virani parivar to the Sangh parivar, there’s not much of a distance to travel, as Smriti Irani’s real-life journey has shown us.

This is the 3-stage system Army movies go through in India to prevent an Ekta Kapoor ‘XXX’

MoD wrote to Censor Board last month emphasising that web series based on military subjects also require a no-objection certification, just like movies & TV serials do.

Ekta Kapoor series ‘distorted’ Army portrayal, govt asks producers to get NoC to telecast shows

Defence ministry sent a letter to CBFC, saying producers of movies or web series must get an NoC before telecasting shows on Army. But CBFC doesn’t regulate OTT content.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.