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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicParesh Rawal

Topic: Paresh Rawal

New Paresh Rawal film brings back Tejo Mahalaya controversy. ‘Based on facts,’ teaser says

The film’s poster showed Rawal with a Taj Mahal miniature, lifting the dome to reveal a Shiva idol inside. It faced immense backlash, causing the actor to remove it from social media.

Hours after TMC leader Saket Gokhale’s arrest, Paresh Rawal gets summons for ‘Bengali’ jibe

BJP leader made controversial comments while referring to Rohingyas, Bangladeshis during poll campaign in Gujarat. Later, CPI(M) leader Mohd Salim lodged complaint against him.

‘No set syllabus or faculty’ — why National School of Drama students have been on week-long protest

On protest since 3 Oct, students have demanded a permanent director & removal of registrar of institute. NSD management has denied students' claims, said there've been no budget cuts.

Two actors, 1 role – Sharmaji Namkeen is a masterclass between Rishi Kapoor & Paresh Rawal

After Rishi Kapoor’s death, Paresh Rawal took over the titular role in Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Sharmaji Namkeen’ – a rarity in Indian cinema.

Actor and former BJP MP Paresh Rawal is new NSD chairperson

Paresh Rawal, appointed for 4 years, replaces playwright and theatre director Ratan Thiyam who was NSD chairman from 2013 until 2017.

NSA Ajit Doval hasn’t seen Uri, but will be more than pleased when he does

Aditya Dhar's Uri: The Surgical Strike seems to be a tribute to NSA Ajit Doval, played by Paresh Rawal.

Akshay Kumar deletes old tweets on petrol price hike, but public memory isn’t that short

Modi government does not take kindly to criticism. Those who do it are labelled anti-national, anti-sanksari.

On Camera

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

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.