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Piyush Pandey brought the language of small towns into ad agency corridors: Prasoon Joshi

Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.

Happydent’s new ad sparkles with nostalgia, dazzling smiles—and civic sense

The new Happydent campaign, Chamking Gum: Chamka Muskaan, Jagmag Jahaan, manages to recapture the charm of the original, which had won several awards.

Masakali remix leaves Rahman unimpressed, social media goes berserk with memes, jokes

The remake of A.R. Rahman's popular song Masakali by composer Tanishk Bagchi and singers Tulsi Kumar and Sachet Tandon was released by T-Series Wednesday.

Censor board wants scenes showing alcohol to be blurred in new Hollywood film

For the first time, scenes from the upcoming film Ford v Ferrari have scenes with alcohol completely blurred.

Fakiri to sarkari: How Coke-ad maker Prasoon Joshi became Modi’s poet of choice in New India

Prasoon Joshi is now a board member of Nehru Museum and Library, which has been at the heart of Modi’s mission to reshape history.

The modern Indian woman deserves better advertisements

Advertising has typically endorsed the idea of the 'ideal woman', but that's slowly changing as women reclaim their sexuality and agency in society today.

Pahlaj Nihalani: ‘Netflex’ runs a website ‘Secret Game’ that airs blue films

Ex-censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani has challenged cuts ordered in his film Rangeela Raja, and accused his successor Prasoon Joshi of ‘harassing’ him.

India wants Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ censored globally for J&K map

I&B ministry has asked the MEA to raise objections and get the ‘misrepresentation’ removed from the global version of the film.

Indian film museum project in Mumbai is turning out to be a movie that is not ending

A panel comprising censor board chief Prasoon Joshi among others submitted an ‘adverse report’ to I&B ministry, that could further delay the project.

‘Ab ki baar, Modi sarkar slogan was born in BJP’s election war room’

As a Twitter storm rages, party’s campaign managers say the catchline for 2014 Lok Sabha election was a result of their collective brainstorming.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.