Raghav Juyal (left) and Lakshya in ‘The B***ds of Bollywood’. | Photo Credit: Netflix IRS officer Sameer Wankhede, who led the Narcotics Control Bureau’s 2021 raid that resulted in the arrest of actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in a cruise ship drug case, has filed a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court…
Diljit Dosanjh | Photo Credit: @diljitdosanjh/Instagram Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh has spoken up about the controversy surrounding his film, Sardaar Ji 3, in the wake of the recent India vs Pakistan match. During his recent concert in Kuala Lumpur, Diljit addressed the crowd and stated that his film was shot before the Pahalgam terror attack, while…
A still from ‘Karam’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement To create a humorous situation around the ubiquitous ‘Dolo 650’, like the one in Vineeth Sreenivasan’s Karam, requires a certain amount of ingenuity. But, humour depends on the setting as well as the timing, and this particular attempt at comedy may have worked in a different…
I have grown up hearing many stories about India’s first radio superstar, Ameen Sayani. At a time when there was no Internet and even television, the radio was the only source of our infotainment. It was at this time that India gave birth to its first radio jockey. Ameen Sayani is often remembered by many…
A still from ‘Chopin Chopin!’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel.” It has been almost 175 years since Frederic Chopin’s soul was snatched away into the ether by tuberculosis at the age of 39. However, the complexity of his personality and the beguiling, bittersweet melancholy of his music,…
“When a cyclone strikes, bow down to the tide. When OG arrives, run and hide.” A character holding a grudge against the protagonist says something to this effect. It isn’t the sharpest mass dialogue in mainstream Telugu cinema, but the actor’s intonation gives it weight. Director Sujeeth’s They Call Him OG references cyclones a few…
In May 2020, the newspaper image of a wiry Saiyub holding an unconscious Amrit in his lap on a scorched highway in Madhya Pradesh came across as an antidote to the raging virus. Fate has its own destiny. It was not just a melancholic picture of abiding friendship, Saiyub took Amrit home when a section…
“It was not just his songs but the person behind the music that truly mattered,” said 23-year-old Gui, whom I met during a recent trip to Jaipur. “The youth of the Northeast often feel disconnected from the rest of the country. That’s why they gravitate towards cultural icons such as Zubeen — artistes who give…
Richard Osman (seated) with actors (L-R) Ben Kingsley, Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren and Celia Imrie, the star cast of the Netflix adaptation of ‘The Thursday Murder Club’. It’s been a good year for Richard Osman’s bestselling series The Thursday Murder Club. The fifth instalment in the murder mystery, The Impossible Fortune (published by Penguin Random House), is just…
Last Updated:September 25, 2025, 00:49 IST Priya Sachdev Kapur seeks a non disclosure agreement in the Delhi High Court amid a fierce ₹30000 crore estate dispute after Sunjay Kapur’s sudden death Priya Sachdev accused of forging Sunjay Kapur’s will. Priya Sachdev Kapur, wife of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking…
