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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
TopicHorror-comedy

Topic: horror-comedy

Manoj Bajpayee and Ram Gopal Varma reunite for a horror comedy, 27 years after Satya

Ram Gopal Varma, in April, penned down a note describing the film’s plot as being set in a police station which becomes haunted after an encounter.

Bollywood braces for vampire clash as Thama and Vampires Saga teasers drop

Thama stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Rashmika Mandanna and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, along with Paresh Rawal and Faisal Malik.

Bollywood has a new kind of horror movie. It’s family friendly

‘Bhediya’, ‘Stree’, ‘Stree 2’ and ‘Munjya’ bring small towns and villages back into focus–Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh, the fictional Chetukwadi in the Konkan belt, and the quaint Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh.

Chris McKay’s Renfield is a hilarious mess. Dracula is just a gaslighter

In Chris McKay’s world, Renfield finds a support group to discuss his toxic boss—Dracula.

Bhediya to Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, ‘horror-comedy’ built a loyal fanbase in 2022

Indian horror films have come a long way from the Ramsay brothers and Vikram Bhatt era of the 1980s and early 2000s.

Amar Kaushik has perfected horror-comedy with Bhediya. Kudos for getting Northeast right

From The Jungle Book to The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Bhediya makes good use of pop culture elements to give you a Twilight-like experience.

On Camera

Women are missing from Chinese politics. CCP is a boys’ club

Under Xi, the CCP’s political structure has become even more centralised and male-dominated. Power increasingly revolves around a tight inner circle of male loyalists.

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.