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Friday, June 20, 2025
TopicSalman Khan

Topic: Salman Khan

Of all Bollywood Khans, Shah Rukh’s life & career were built on the Nehruvian idea of India

In his films, Shah Rukh Khan was the bridge between socialist India as it moved toward its hyper-capitalistic future. Today Khan is a lonely figure.

5 reasons why Salman Khan’s Dabangg 3 is the most socially-relevant film this year (not)

This film has everything you didn’t imagine — a plot line that would stump the greatest filmmaker, a healthy dose of progressive dialogue, and songs that make you ask deep questions.

When Kashmir politics meets Bigg Boss, it’s a whole new reality

Bigg Boss 13 has two contestants from Kashmir — a model and an actor. Host Salman Khan made it a point to remind everyone of the fact.

Salman Khan, Rajinikanth, K-Pop — how fandom is shaping our pop cultural world

From Comic Con India to the Great Indian Fandom Conference, fandoms are finally being taken seriously in India.

20 years later, this is why Salman Khan is still hated by the Bishnois of Jodhpur

As soon as the first shot was fired at the black buck, Salman Khan was in trouble. Bishnois living close by rushed out of their houses and chased the actor’s vehicle.

Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman now starring in ‘Silence of the Khans’ under Modi rule

Maybe it’s not the Khans’ job to speak up, maybe their job is to sit in vanity vans while hate consumes India.

Sultan to Bharat: Salman Khan’s mega success features a Delhi University biochemistry grad

Ali Abbas Zafar is a master at disguising the subtext in the opulent, big-budget spectaculars he has been delivering.

Salman Khan’s Eid release Bharat finally has him play a character his age — a 70-year-old

For a change, a Bhai film actually has a female protagonist with a working brain, even though Katrina Kaif fumbles while delivering lines.

Bollywood outcast Vivek Oberoi returns with PM Narendra Modi by his side to reset his career

Vivek Oberoi had been a Narendra Modi devotee since his Gujarat days to become film producer Sandip Singh’s ‘only choice’ to play the prime minister.

Modi govt plans to use Shah Rukh, Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif to promote Urdu language

Facing tough competition from private players for promotion of Urdu, the Modi govt wants Bollywood stars to mouth a few lines in Urdu and use them in videos.

On Camera

A ‘ruthless approach’ is fine for terrorists. For Maoists, it must be tempered with empathy

It is fine to talk of a ruthless approach when you are dealing with terrorists. However, when you are dealing with your own people, strictness must be tempered with empathy.

More salaried than self-employed Indians earning less than Rs 25k a month face borrower stress—study

Think360.ai, a firm that helps banks & financial institutions make credit decisions, based its analysis on 20k borrowers. 

What are US ‘bunker buster’ bombs & stealth bombers than can strike Iran’s nuclear mountain

Both GBU-57 munition & B-2 stealth fighter is with America. Moreover, Israel does not have any aircraft in its inventory to carry out such a challenging mission.

India-Pakistan terms of engagement: H-word, M-word & the Trump hyphenation

Return to hyphenation is dreaded because our successive govts have laboured for three decades to rid us of what we see as the equivalence big powers used to draw between us and Pakistan. Three things follow.