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Rajkummar Rao’s Bhool Chuk Maaf to release directly on OTT. Makers say, ‘Nation comes first’

The escalating tensions between India and Pakistan also prompted the makers to cancel press shows scheduled in Mumbai and Delhi on 8 May.

‘To rope in youth’: Rajkumar Rao’s ‘Newton’ act lands him ‘national icon’ job with poll body

In the 2017 film, India's official entry to the 90th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category, Rao was a rookie poll officer who fought to get a few votes in a Naxal-infested area.

Badhaai Do is only a glimpse of what queerness is. It’s a Bollywood token for ‘hatke’ topic

The film had a queer script consultant, and it shows. But in 2022, it's not enough to show a glimpse of a pride walk to show ‘aal izz well’.

Amar Kaushik’s Stree: Finally a film where women protect and men get scared

Amar Kaushik’s film Stree is fresh but struggles to go beyond the blueprint of horror films.

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.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

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.