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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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Topic: Karan Johar

Candid, Instagram-worthy, real—Lenskart Karan Johar ads show how to feature celebrities right

Simply having celebrities endorse a product isn’t enough; there has to be a personal touch. Just see what Vimal Pan Masala, Dream 11, CRED, and Manyavar ads have done.

‘Attempt to gain publicity’ — Calcutta HC rejects BJP leader’s PIL against ‘Koffee With Karan’

The PIL filed by Nazia Elahi Khan alleged that the show was promoting racism, sexuality and obscenity through words, visible representations.

Koffee With Karan finale saves a boring season. Power has moved from Bollywood to influencers

The Koffee with Karan finale was finally entertainment, entertainment, entertainment, after the most boring season in a boycott-Bollywood world.

Samantha Prabhu just did a Kangana Ranaut on Koffee with Karan couch. And she’s not wrong

Kal Ho Na Ho's '6 din, ladki in' to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai's definition of a woman who deserves love—Karan Johar's done enough damage. We've all felt it.

Koffee With Karan has no guts to reinvent itself. Bollywood has changed, rapid-fire hasn’t

All three in the first episode – Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh – were affected by the ‘vilification’ of Bollywood post SSR death. But they rather talk diamond rings.

SSR, Kashmir Files, SRK — the new Koffee with Karan has to move beyond Bollywood fluff

Karan Johar can help Bollywood fans who are dying to hear from an industry that has so far been consistently criticised for being silent on politics.

High-risk contacts of Kareena, Amrita Arora test negative for Covid, BMC unseals buildings

BMC had gone on a tracking and testing drive after actors Kareena Kapoor Khan and Amrita Arora, and designer Seema Khan tested Covid positive Monday.

Kareena Kapoor, Amrita Arora contract Covid, Mumbai mayor says ‘not right to be carefree’

Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar said authorities have contacted Grand Hyatt Hotel where a party was held and Kareena attended it. The two actors are now under home isolation.

‘Can Bollywood survive Modi?’ Aatish Taseer predicts a ‘heartbreaking’ confrontation

'Bollywood’s only chance of survival lies in its ability to stick together and marshal its star power,' author Aatish Taseer has written in The Atlantic.

No drugs consumed at party last year, says Karan Johar in response to NCB notice

The anti-drugs agency had issued a notice to Johar over a viral video allegedly showing drugs being consumed at a party hosted at his residence in December 2019, the official said.

On Camera

China will be more central to India now. Though an anti-US unity is premature

Even with the option of EU markets, China will have to be a significant part of India’s economic policy. But the difficult security relationship is an important complication.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.