While we roll our eyes at the lyrical disaster of Ghafoor, the beat drops, and suddenly we are nodding our heads like we have discovered the anthem of the season.
‘Ghafoor’ from The Bads of Bollywood already has 22 million views on YouTube, and social media is flooded with reels celebrating Tamannaah Bhatia's moves and costumes.
After gems like Fashion, Satta, Chandni Bar, Babli Bouncer was a rude awakening. Simply put, it has a rapidly flatlining plot that fails to gauge the viewer’s interest.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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