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This is huge news and unfortunate Reminds me of Bruce Lee’s son – Brandon Lee who also died similarly during film shoot by gun shot when real bullet was placed instead of fake. Even now they do such mistakes, it’s crazy.
CISF apologises to actor Sudhaa Chandran after she shared a video on being stopped at airport for prosthetic limb. "We'll examine why the lady personnel concerned requested Sudhaa Chandran to remove prosthetics & assure that no inconvenience is caused to travelling passengers." pic.twitter.com/oaVThYB0Lv
Actor Riteish Deshmukh has responded to a Twitter user who interpreted his tweet about weight gain during festivals as bias against a Hindu festival. The actor has tweeted about the cost of weight loss as compared to the cost of sweets one tends to eat during a festival.
Advising people to ‘choose wisely’, Riteish shared the cost of sweets such as laddu, jalebi, kaju ki barfi and chocolate. He went on to then share the price one has to pay for losing a single kilogram of weight. “I thought I should warn you !!!!” he wrote as the caption.
Yes sir; we will stop our kids from enjoying lighting crackers; now we will stop them from eating sweets as well [for the greater purpose of weight-loss and health issues; yes] – for 2 festivals in a year where the men, women, and kids in a family get a time to worship and have some relief from day-to-day worries.
In the meanwhile, you and your ilk like PC and your wife please continue posting your Maldives and Spain pics in bikinis and jockeys: We shall sacrifice for you sir; we will stop lighting fire-crackers; we will ‘choose’ wisely the sweets we eat. So what if the middle-class Hindus have only these ‘escapades’ lined out for them! After all, who is as lucky or unlucky as Ranveer Singh that he and his parents could visit another country only once per year…
I consciously avoid many things due to awareness. No one can force me. One can just advise. Only mithai makers may ask people to eat more sweets as it is profitable for them. And so are whose livelihood depends on manufacturing and selling crackers. Rest is left to individual discretion and decision. Whether to follow fasts or not. What to eat or what not to eat. Whether to drink and smoke or not to do so. Whether to watch movies or not. Whether to vote or not.
And the ban on jallikkattu raised such a furore in tamilnadu because they enjoy that sport once in a year. In India, you will be hurting hindus, muslims, christians, regional groups on each and every thing.
Sooryavanshi will set Maharashtra on fire with a Singham/Tanhaji level performance. Akshay Kumar will get his career’s first highest annual grosser with only 83 being a realistic competition.
Releasing a two month old movie without any promotion is enthusiasm without any steam. Its mostly for academic purpose.
All focus is now on Sooryavanshi. This thread should be names – Sooryavanshi, Diwali and rest of bollywood because thats how it will be for a month.
I love watching these type of movie but at the same time it’s really though to watch men/women/children being in helpless position and being abused like this.
How Kader Khan became Bollywood’s go-to dialogue writer: An impressed Manmohan Desai gifted him his TV
On Kader Khan’s 84th birth anniversary, here’s looking at the early career of the actor as a dialogue writer and how he did some of his best work with Prakash Mehra and Manmohan Desai.
Sanjeev Kumar, born Harihar Jethalal Jariwala, remained unmarried throughout his life. However, he was time and again linked with many actors including Hema Malini and Sulakshana Pandit. While Hema married actor Dharmendra, Sulakshana remained unmarried.
In an old interview with Filmfare, Anju Mahendroo had said, “Every time he got involved with a woman he was told by those close to him, ‘Arrey yaar yeh toh tere paise ke peeche hai (she’s after your money)’. This would play on his mind. I’d say, ‘Hari, are you mad or what? Can’t you judge for yourself? This way you’ll never get married. You love the woman, even if she’s there for your money, so what?’”
There should be some reason to fall in love with. Character, beauty, money, charm or just attraction. Or just to settle down or for the sake of parents. Some are happy without marriage and ensuing responsibilities. Each to his or her own.
All said and done, Sulakshana truly loved him.
I don’t think it is about love but Sanjeev Kumar mentioned in interview that majority of the men in their family don’t live beyond the age of 50 as there is running heart ailment in their family and he was not interested to get married as he know he also won’t go beyond 50 yrs. He wanted to do twice the work from other folks as he has limited time. He did astonishing amount of work from 1973 to 1983 before passing in 1985 at the age of 47.
DUNE – High on visuals, brilliant cinematography and mesmerizing visuals that deserve an IMAX viewing yet the excruciatingly slow pace, sloppy editing and tedious narrative of a predictable run of the mill story is a major letdown. 3/5
I liked both BR 2049 and Arrival.
I just checked and his filmography, it is topnotch; Sicario, Prisoners. I have not seen Incendies but heard about it.
Blade Runner 2049 was a slow-burn master-piece. DENNIS is a FANTASTIC director, and the reason for that is he is old-school and relies more on script and writing than on technical wizardry.
PRISONERS was outstanding with a brilliant blinking-eye performance from Jake; and ARRIVAL was too good with the detailing it put forth…
Looking forward to visiting DUNE in theaters…though it depends on certain circumstances…
And SICARIO, what can one say about that? Terrific performances from Blunt, Del Toro, and Broslin, and a back-ground score so scintillating it leaves goose-bumps on your skin….
@Aman just curious…when the subjects themselves that Dennis chooses are heavy-headed; why would you object to its treatment or display on the screen? ARRIVAL, PRISONERS are not light-headed themes; In fact, I found PRISONERS way too painful to watch; what with the lead relapsing to alcoholism and showering a so-called villian with hot water….but then, I cannot deny the fact that it is a wonderful explanation and examination of the holy Bible lived through those characters..
Even though it is made for International audience and in English, I think desis will enjoy this the most and it is worth to watch it in Broadway. I hope it releases at a time when I can watch it!
LOL; how people are caught with tail between their legs and shooting themselves in their feet; this very piece, and the comment posted by Master, where the statistics reveal — as per him; as per the horrific inefficiency of NCB– that NCB has HARDLY succeeded in going after the fish than the fisher-men – 90 or whatever percentage of the times, indicates that SRK’s ‘son’ is NOT the only victim; even if one were to consider the NCB as horribly incompetent and impotent prostrating before the BJP govt..in an opposition state… [So if NCB is so pathetic that > 90% of cases are shite that catch only street-level peddlers or consumers, how is ‘AK’ case a witch-hunt? Who are the remaining percentage? Again ‘Muslims’?] Oh Ananya Pandey! Got it! They r trying to get a Hindu-Muslim parity; show this nation that if we can catch a ‘Muslim’ super-star’s son; we can also catch a Hindu…all minorities and majorities can hide in danger…
Nothing much left to say…never ever wanted to write on this; this is the one and only one statement I am making…
Munna, please delete this if you think I am stirring up some nonsense here..am not interested in this debate at all…but couldn’t hold myself back on this…
I think you should elaborate more and participate in debates. I always look forward to your take.
My take is there are so many things with reference to this case and now emotions are overruling all. Just like SSR case. Let the dust settle.
This is a very poor argument, by your standards An Jo.
Firstly, you say, since the NCB is anyway hardly doing its job and going after consumers with criminal charges (which itself can qualify as a witch hunt), Aryan Khan is not a witch hunt. But the bigger point is even by the NCB’s standards, no ameer baap’s beta ever gets himself caught up in this sort of mess, only either if he’s done something really big or someone’s out to get him. Given how little evidence the NCB has and how there was BJP workers escorting the accused into the NCB office, one can’t help but feel the latter is the case here. So why would someone be out to get SRK, 1. It could be that the case is the perfect distraction from a Govt that has failed in the healthcare of its citizens, the security of its border, its international prestige, the economy and the gas price (or) 2. They want to send a message to the film industry like Dubya demanding absolute subordination (or) 3. The old RSS grouse that the film industry is dominated by “Muslims” may be driving it. Me thinks it’s compound of all three.
Anyway, as a civil libertarian, it is also a reminder of how grotesque our criminal justice system is, and how urgently it needs reform.
Logic usually goes for a toss when it comes to star sons. We saw that with Abhishek in the past, now its Aryan. I am glad Aamir fans doesnt share such PASSION for junaid who is debuting soon.
Personally i hv more interest in LSC than in Aamir’s son, his wife or his libido status. But then he is an unique star whose work is more captivating than his persona.
Aamir Khan is spending his days in deep emotional catharsis. He has been calling friends, cousins, even former girlfriends for one-on-one conversations. He has been explaining his actions in the past and talking about his new focus in life. Clearly, much of this has been inspired by introspection during the Covid-inspired lockdown, which also saw him announcing the end of his second marriage to filmmaker Kiran Rao in the most amicable way possible, much like his first divorce from Reena Dutta in 2002. Having wrapped up his long-pending Laal Singh Chaddha, a remake of Forrest Gump (1994), which is to release next year, Aamir is clearly preparing for the next phase of his life. Whatever it may be, it is bound to be affected by the two years spent away from making movies. https://openthemagazine.com/cinema/aamirs-introspection/
That person who wrote this can mind his own family and business and improve his financial status. As if he is privy to what aamir does in his daily life.
Hyderabad Court refuses to speed up proceedings in defamation lawsuit filed by Samantha Ruth Prabhu
By -Bollywood Hungama News NetworkCreated: Oct 23, 2021 – 9:31 AM IST
‘कर्ता करे न कर सके शिव करे सो होय ..’ 🙏🏻 Need your blessings and wishes for #OMG2, our honest and humble attempt to reflect on an important social issue. May the eternal energy of Adiyogi bless us through this journey. हर हर महादेव@TripathiiPankaj@yamigautam @AmitBrai pic.twitter.com/VgRZMVzoDy
Sameer Wankhede reportedly reprimands Ananya Panday for arriving late at NCB office, says NCB is not ‘production house’ but ‘office of central agency’
Updated : Oct 23, 2021, 12:45 IST
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This story is gonna be epic… #AkshayKumar sir will play Bhagwan Bholenath in #OMG2 after playing bhagwan shree Krishna in omg part 1…This time subject is related to our education system and i love tagline for the student in 2nd pic “Rakh vishvash hai tu shiv ka das” 🔥❤
The problem with Akshay Kumar is that he is making too much money from doing 4 average half-baked movies per year. As a result he is not invested in making good films.
On the other extreme Aamir is spending 4 years on trying to make a good film. Both the industry and the paying audience is suffering from such extreme stances. Someone needs to teach moderation to these guys.
Agreed. 1 movie per year from 9-10 big stars is still 9-10 big movies. You don’t need more. If on average each big film made 200Cr it’s good. Then all the medium/small films will do better and get enough space to create new stars.
Instead you have a system stuck. 10 films in 2022 for Akshay Kumar is incredible. Of course that is already 10 hits for someone here by hook or crook eliminating all logic of box office economics.
The problem is that others like Ranbir, Hrithik, SRK and Aamir are practically at 1 film every 4 years. There needs to be a middle ground somewhere. If it really was 1 good film a year for each top star, things would have looked better. Right now, it is Akshay Kumar with a good run with around 4-5 releases a year. He was consistently coming up with the 200cr net grossers right before the pandemic. And then you have Salman who has one release each year, but the last few were underperforming. The rest lack volume of work. You have to go back to the times of Sanju and Dangal to see anything worthwile from them and 5 years on until their next release means that the industry has lost out on in good cinema in there. If you sum up 1 standard year from Bollywood, it is 4 decent films from Akshay Kumar, 1 big budget film from Salman, a couple of content driven films with Amitabh Bachan and Ayushman Khurana and then small films with limited appeal aimed towards select audiences. And nothing much else.
Rahul – yes your hypothetical year is correct.
Bottom line if I look at CV of Aamir in this millennium of the films he has done as actor or producer (the latter surely counts?)
He will have 19 films in 21 years. It’s not terrible. That’s with the 01-05 release gap.
Yes Akshay’s probably got 100 films.
And if it was a serious discussion about the bigger star and more memorable films (ignore Naveen) I’m pretty sure majority neutrals will pick Aamir’s movies.
Yes if we count last 5 years with Aamir’s 3 films it’s meagre. Only 1 2000 cr WW grosser and near 1 1000 cr WW grosser. Barring that his return is awful.
There is no fan solution to this. Only the actor can answer this.
As a model I prefer 1 movie per year. 2 maximum. Then juxtaposition of every other star is enough movies for every fan.
Aamir’s issue is actually more pointed at younger stars like Hrithik and Ranbir. These guys should be doing more movies than Aamir period!
Agree with Rahul.
The problem is not with Akshay at all here.
Problem is with all the other stars. Even Big B, at his age, does more movies than other stars and that tell you a story.
Bollywood is now clearly run by Akshay Kumar. Rest are doing fill in the blanks one in a while. If every other actor comes on board to do reasonable work, we will look at a solid lineup every fortnight.
There is no reason why any star cant do one good film every year. Akshay too can do that instead of 4-5 mediocre films every year. Thats the point. That model of work will take the industry forward and also satisfy the audience.
Neither do the so called stars care for the industry nor their audiences. Hindi cinema needs a better set of writers, technicians & directors if its got to revive itself.
Films are creative activity for some. Like writing. It is not to support an industry or audience or fans. They are secondary for a creative actor like aamir whether his films are hits or not. Success and fans corrupt some and motivate some. Cant force him to do movies frequently. Just like cant force akshay to make only 2 movies per year.
A creative actor doesn’t act in films like D3 or ToH. Something has gone wrong for Aamir since Dangal. SS was an ok film imo and kind of underperformed in India given Aamir’s standards. ToH didnt work at all. Now LSC is coming after a gap and no one is expecting much from BO given the current situation. Hopefully it will be a good film.
I think the best course for him now is to announce his next on his coming bday and release it by end of 2023. Dont think he can work any faster than that. One movie every 2 years is the best be can do now. Has lost his edge with age.
By losing his edge, i mean the no of films he is doing. In the 00’s he did 9 films, in the 10’s he did 7. This decade it will probably be only 5. In the next maybe 3.
And thats ok. He has made millions in his career and now can choose to be choosy. Its his call after all.
The Aamir Khan working model has been fine. But seriously, devoting 4 years on something like a character like Firangi when you can deliver Bhuvan and Akash in a spate of months and Ranchod and Sanjay Singhania as well.. I leave that to you. By the time LSC releases it will have been 6 years since Dangal. If it is fine for you, then we can disagree over it here. I am not talking about 4 films a year.. I am talking about 1 project a year. I would personally prefer to see Aamir on screen at the very least every 2 years and he has showed he can deliver tremendous cinema within much smaller spells than that. You don’t need to waste 4 years on a character like Firangi. No one even remembers it, baring a few. That’s my my rant as a cinema lover. Well, we can disagree over it. Just as quantity may affect quality, Aamir’s filmography itself is proof that too lengthy time gaps do not proportionately translate into better quality.
Aamir spent 2 years on ToH, not 4 years on Firangi. Whether LSC is worth of 4 years of effort or not, depends on how the film turns out to be. And as I said things have not gone his way since Dangal.
Frankly, LSC wud have been 2 years of effort IF not for Covid. Without the pandemic, it wud have wrapped up shooting by July/Aug of 2020 and released on Christmas 2020. But like many current movies, its release has got delayed by 1.5 years. This of course have given more time to Aamir and his team and the audience can expect a better and more polished film now.
Jay, ok let us leave Aamir out of this debate and maybe you will get the point better. I do think that Hrithik, SRK, Ranbir are letting precious years go by without getting into enough projects these days. It was a refreshing to see HR back in Super 30 and War in a relatively short spell of time. The industry will be much better with these guys signing a couple of more projects consistently
If you are doing it for the sake of picking up the best scripts, then wasting years off making films like Zero, Kaabil, Thugs doesn’t make things look very good.
Forget Akshay Kumar, 1 film a year doesn’t harm necessarily the quality thar much. HR showed it with Super 30 and War. Aamir did it much earlier with Ghajini and 3 Idiots and Lagaan and DCH. All 4 are classics.
Less is more in my opinion. Look Aamir’s not James Cameron. But that kind of mindset if displayed by the best creative minds in India will lead to better films. Quantity does not equal quality. It never has and never will.
Any industry, any job – if you’re in a job to simply churn stuff out you’ll make errors in long run.
Now my go to analogy is always sport. Sport use to more about sport, playing it but once money came in it’s become a business model. Some sports where the athletes have choices like tennis, snooker, golf, boxing where they can pick the events they play – it prolongs their life. In cricket you see this with likes of Kohli relinquishing captaincy in T20. In football certain players quit international football to prolong their club football.
I think it’s not a cowardly act to attempt to give 100% on a film for 1 year+. The seriousness should be applauded not tempered.
Answer one simple question. If Aamir’s doing 1 film in 4 years and Akshay’s doing 15 in 4 years – who’s working more? As I see it a person doing 4 jobs in one day can only work 24 hours. Even a person doing 1 job can do 24 hours.
Now you may say Akshay’s feeding the industry as 15 directors, or 15 musicians are getting paid. But in the end it’s still the same wage relatively speaking each person is getting. The beneficiary of Akshay’s model is he himself. Unless Naveen’s getting a cut, the rest of us needn’t care so much.
I only care if I’m getting my money’s worth after those opening credits start to the point those ending credits finish. Everything else is irrelevant.
If Akshay’s knocking out 4 blockbuster classic films a year it’s a different conversation. He isn’t.
I would strongly argue if he had any sense he’d work less and get 2 great scripts per year and knock those out the park. Over a 10 year period he’d average a classic a year!
That is impressive list by Akshay. To call Akshay mini-industry is not wrong and it’s been like that for ages. New directors and new producers and not A-list actress has only Akshay Kumar movies to aim. There’s good chance to grab one of the movies in Akshay’s hand than something else. It’s very difficult to sign Aamir unless you have extraordinary script and for SRK, he won’t work in outside productions from ages and he needs better project setup more than script and Salman Khan signs only if producer or director are ready to listen to his whims and demands and crazy work schedules. So that puts out regular film makers (even SLB stopped InshaAllah after few test shoots) out of range. Only Akshay is available to be ‘hired’ as an actor and star and other top stars are never available and that’s also helping Akshay immensely. Akshay is the only star also who can lured to do bad movie with huge fat signing check. You can’t do that with others as they anyways do less movies. Akshay will not have an issue if one is bad movie out of his next list of releases.
The film had to beat 14 others from across the country that were in the running to be sent to the Oscars, including Amit Masurkar’s Vidya Balan-starrer ‘Sherni’ and Shoojit Sircar’s Sardar Udham Singh biopic starring Vicky Kaushal, Sidharth Malhotra-starrer Captain Vikram Batra biopic, ‘Kaagaz’ featuring Pankaj Tripathi, and Farhan Akhtar’s sports film, ‘Toofan’ from the Hindi film industry. Besides these, Tamil film ‘Mandela’, Marathi films ‘Aata Vel Zaali’, ‘Karkhanisanchi Waari’ and ‘Godavari’, Assamese film ‘Bridge, Gujrati film ‘Chhello Show’, Malayalam film ‘Nayattu’ and Gojri film ‘Laila Aur Satt Geet’ were also in the running and were screened at Kolkata’s Bijoli cinema where the screening process took place.
‘Koozhangal’, which is based on the relationship between an alcoholic father and his son and follows their journey together to bring back the wife/mother who has gone off to her father’s house, is based on a real incident that took place in director Vinothraj’s family, inspiring him to spin it into a story for his debut film. The feature has already won the prestigious Tiger Award at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam held in Netherlands earlier this year. The film has presented by Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan and featured music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
Many cine lovers have been asking “koozhangal movie where to watch?”,”koozhangal movie where to watch in India” and more. The movie Koozhangal which is also known as Pebbles was released at the international film festival which was held at Rotterdam(Netherland) on February 4 2021. The release date and time of the movie in India are unclear, but we can expect the movie to release by 2021. https://latestnews.fresherslive.com/articles/koozhangal-movie-release-date-and-time-207974
Many expected Sardar Udham for Oscar’s as it’s made like an international movie. Haven’t seen it so can’t comment but we rarely send worthy movie to Oscar’s, first it has to beat internal politics to reach to wider stage.
Agree. It was worth a shot.
This is how merit is crushed. And then they blame that bollywood does not make good movies!
Udham singh had potential to win at the Oscars.
Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s much-anticipated sci-fi epic Dune delivered $5.1 million in Thursday evening previews from thousands of theaters across North America. Of that total, Imax theaters amounted to 30 percent of the movie’s early business.
Tracking suggests Dune will open in the mid-$30 million range; Warners is being more cautious in suggesting $30 million. The film started out playing Thursday evening in roughly 3,200 theaters, including numerous Imax locations; by Friday, the count will grow to 4,100-plus.
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune hit China today with an estimated RMB 42 million ($6.5 million) on 28,274 screens and a 34.3% share of the market. While we do not yet have a social score, Friday’s estimate would portend a weekend in the $20M+ neighborhood as we noted coming into the session.
After so many months of the small screen, 3D IMAX screening of #Dune was all sorts of magic. What an utterly jaw-dropping film! #mustseepic.twitter.com/VpXq4U4ZVe
India does not have genuine imax viewing format. Most of the imax screens are digital imax with the regular 35mm aspect ratio but with a bigger screen and better sound format.
SCOOP: Yash Raj Films inks a 4 week deal with Amazon for Bunty Aur Babli 2, Prithviraj, Jayeshbhai Jordaar and Shamshera
By -Bollywood Hungama News NetworkCreated: Oct 23, 2021 – 1:06 PM IST
“Aditya Chopra has immense faith in the theatrical medium and hence, he was all ready to follow the conventional 8 week window between theatrical and OTT release. However, when the national chains put out a statement about them being alright if films opt for a premium four weeks after their theatrical release, he felt it was only wise business decision to follow the norm. The entire industry has taken a four week window and seeing the advent of a new era, Adi and his team too have signed a deal with Amazon Prime keeping a 4 week window in mind,” a trade source informed Bollywood Hungama.
The source further added that Adi has fetched a premium amount over and above the pre existing 8 week window deal. His upcoming films – Bunty Aur Babli 2, Prithviraj, Jayeshbhai Jordaar and Shamshera will premiere on the digital world four week after their theatrical release. “However, he has reserved the biggest films from his slate – Tiger 3 and Pathan – for an 8 week window as things stand today, as they are looking to release towards the end of 2022. He also feels the two films deserve an exclusive theatrical window to amp the exclusivity of big screen entertainment,” the source added.
YRF might close shop after Pathaan and Tiger. Its their riskiest sitting on a paper thin plot.
After ToH, they shouldnhave learnt. Seems they havent and doing gimmick films again after some solid lineup of Prithviraj, Shamshera and Jayeshbhai.
LOL @Shivaay; a stab in 5 words…here’s a take…this is for folks who haven’t made up their mind and don’t peddle the same narrative over and over and over again…
Unfortunately, his mind isn’t as warped-up as thinking on those lines!!! Maybe he didn’t visualize ‘Dick’ Cheney as a Cheney holding a Dick in his hands…So bad of him and his advisors…
Lol..I don’t need to know all kinds of abbreviations, I just read the headline posted here and replied to it. This could be normal word for folks living in India.. no special knowledge needed, so quit acting smart over such silly point.
You didn’t just “reply” to the headline — you made a mischievous comment, knowing very well that you were mocking the new name.
If you were respectful, which judging by your history is foolish to expect, you’d have asked what Cantt stood for…or whether it was a different spelling for ‘kant’ etc.
Yes anything against any political person or party which you adhere to is simply taken as personal provoking. That is also expected from you all the time.
Salman Khan is on a roll. After returning from the overseas leg of Tiger 3, he straight away jumped into shooting for some additional scenes of Antim: The Final Truth and is now all set to resume shooting for the final schedule of Tiger 3 in Mumbai. The last leg will be shot over a period of 6 weeks and be wrapped up by November end.
“Massive sets have been put up at multiple locations in Mumbai for Tiger 3 and it’s going to be a non-stop 40 day shoot now before calling it a film wrap. The team of this Maneesh Sharma directorial will be shooting some action and dramatic scenes over this schedule with Salman, Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi,” revealed a source close to the development. Calling it a wrap on Tiger 3, Salman will move on to shooting for this extended cameo in Godfather, which features Chiranjeevi in lead.
“It’s around 15-days of work for Salman in the Chiranjeevi starrer. On finishing it, Salman will take his annual break for birthday and new year celebrations. The dates are however subject to change depending on the Covid scenario. This is a tentative schedule based on the dates allotted by the actor at present,” the source added. New year would mean a new beginning for Salman as he commences work on the Sajid Nadiadwala production, Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali in Mumbai.
“It is expected to begin around January 15 in Mumbai. A massive set of a palace-like house will be put up at a studio in the city, which would result in the commencement of this comedy driven by action and drama. While Salman Khan and Pooja Hegde are locked as the leading actors, rest of the casting is underway,” the source informed, adding further that some top names from the Southern industry are also expected to come on board this project as there’s an element of cross-cultural love story in the premise. The work on music is underway at the moment.
After wrapping up the aforementioned projects, Salman is yet to decide his next. “It will be either of Black Tiger with Rajkumar Gupta or Anees Bazmee’s comedy, with the former being the forefront. The timeline of next after Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali is in the window of May – June, and he will lock the dates by this year end,” the source said. While Tiger 3 will release in the last quarter of 2022, Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali is expected to be his Eid 2023 opening. “Next year, it’s going to be Tiger 3 for Salman in lead with extended appearances in Pathan alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Godfather with Chiranjeevi,” the source concluded.
Pinkvilla
Based on Tony’s suggestion, I finally caught up with SEARCHING last night. What an incredible movie! What a script! And this is not fake-experimentation like AK v AK. A genuinely, made for OTT, made with the tiniest budget possible, extremely rich in writing movie. The entire story unfolds within the confines of a computer and the idiot box! The computer is the one staring back at you as you put your eye to the peep-hole! Incredulous thinking on the part of the makers. It is just words, filthy social media filled with emojis replacing real emotions, likes, dislikes and crap. The makers have done a fine job of utilizing the villain itself to unmask the villain. [It beautifully exposes the fake emotions and so-called friendships that go with ‘friend requests.’]
Highly, highly recommended. Not to be missed and thanks to Tony for suggesting this.
@Shivaay these are the kind of movies I think OTT is good for; I am not sure how this movie did in the theaters. [I was surprised with BADLA’S success as well considering that is is almost a chamber-drama.]
On the other hand stuff like Special Ops, Sherlock, Game of Thrones & Ertagrul would fit perfectly on the big screen. The odd exceptions would always be there (Piku, Pink among others like Badla).
@Saket you have opened up a can of worms; now the discussion is going to veer to whether AK was pointed a gun to his temple and asked to read the epics or the holy Quran…
Be that as it may, it points to a disturbing discussion-trend that you, out of all, were called a blind bhakth. I can understand it labelled against me by the RJ alphabet on this blog; but it is quite hilarious that you were called a ‘bhakth.’ I myself have had opposing discussions with you where you made pretty clear that you were/are hardly in favor of the current central government. Just pointing it out. Folks who want to research, can research.
Next, I posted a video of Vikram Sampath, a historian, trying to get an educated response; but as usual, the **Edited** replied who started this fire.
I would then want to truly appreciate you for the guts you took on calling out the Aurangzeb episode; the whole thing is summarized in Sampath’s response; but alas, it is only for the educated people…not **Edited**…
Hence, I am only interested in having discussions with educated folks like the youngster here; and really not anyone on such kind of matters…
I actually quite liked the Vikram Sampath debate with Shashi Tharoor. I watched the whole debate that’s about 30 mins long and Tharoor actually agrees with Sampath about having different interpretations of History — of having a dialogue about how history has been presented in India.
I thought that was quite a mature discussion, although Rajdeep was being provocative as usual.
I actually agree with Vikram Sampath about many points — that history has been unduly appropriated by Delhi and the South has been marginalized. And that we, as a nation, haven’t really come to terms with our past. We try to bury it and we try to explain it away but there are wounds that still fester.
There has been no ‘honest’ introspection of our past and until we do that, we really can’t move forward as a nation. And with social media present, the more we try to run away from our past, the more we will add fuel to the fire.
The point is very simple. It is not about someone has taken drugs or not. The point is the offense is bailable or not? NCB is not even charging him for taking drugs, that is easily bailable offense but they are pursuing Aryan Khan as being the ‘financier’ of the International drug racket. This, without having any concrete evidence. Everyone from founder of NCB to Supreme court advocates and judges are surprised if you are charging such a big charge against Aryan you have hardly any concrete proofs. Whatsapp chats are just starting point and that is not admissible to give punishment. They have found no other evidence and it is just games to delay the bail.
Second, I’m really keen to understand how many of the folks on this forum thinks that Aryan Khan is kingpin of International drug racket and has been doing drug trafficking for his survival? With all the sane talk and you support such preposterous theory, I have no respect for that type of sanity!
Lol. There is another theory floating on twitter that Srk is not trying hard to remove Aryan from the jail as he’s son of Hindu mother. There are some who even believes that theory.
What I’ve posted isn’t a “theory”. But a lot of leftist (so-called) journalists were OPENLY accusing the NCB of putting him in jail because Aryan Khan is a Muslim.
“because he is a Muslim!”- a Muslim can’t read the Gita? They even said they were giving him counselling; half of these stories are probably fake.
“my stance on drugs”- So it’s okay that a person’s reputation, mental well being can be dragged through the muck based on such a weak case and more importantly for being, at best a consumer?
Which world do you live in? Aurangzeb beheaded his own brother who used to read Hindu scriptures. If you want more proof, I’d be happy to post it here.
And besides, he’s not the only one who is in jail for consumption. 20 people have been caught from that incident alone and his own friends are quite wealthy. Armaan Kohli has been in jail for 2 months now — again based on consumption.
Aurangzeb was in the 17th Century!! This is a one percenter in the 21st Century. What does him reading the Gita have to do with the fact that you don’t think he’s being targeted for his religion or his mother being Hindu or him having a Hindu first name?
“And besides”-The NDPS is a terrible law that needs reform, and he hasn’t been booked under consumption. He’s being accused of being a financer in an international drug racket. A ridiculous stretch that was dismissed by everyone from Harish Salve to the founder of the NCB.
As I said to An Jo, this law and the NCB are an utter failure in how they go after drug consumers, instead of peddlers and supply chains. But in Aryan Khan’s case, it is really weird how the NCB is calling him a financer and in an international drug racket, how BJP workers were escorting an accused into the NCB office which naturally make the whole case suspect. It’s either It could be that the case is the perfect distraction from a Govt that has failed in the healthcare of its citizens, the security of its border, its international prestige, the economy and the gas price (or) 2. They want to send a message to the film industry like Dubya demanding absolute subordination (or) 3. The old RSS grouse that the film industry is dominated by “Muslims” may be driving it. Me thinks it’s compound of all three.
You see new things like this everyday and it smells more and more like a hit job:
आर्यन खान मामले में नया खुलासा! इस मामले में गवाह प्रभाकर सैल ने एफिडेविट के ज़रिए बताया कि गोसावी के कहने पर वो येलो गेट पहुंचे.. उन्होंने गोसावी को कहते सुना कि 8 करोड़ समीर वानखेड़े को देने हैं। एनसीबी ने गवाह बनाकर 10 ब्लेंक पेपर पर दस्तखत ली.. पैसों से भरे बैग का भी ज़िक्र!! pic.twitter.com/ebhm36IG4Q
Witnes in #AryanKhan case made to sign on blank paper by NCB is shocking. Also thr r reports that thr ws demnd of huge money .CM UddhavThackeray said tht ths cases r made 2 defame Mah'shtra.Ths seems 2b comng tru @Dwalsepatil Police shd tk suo moto cognizance@CMOMaharashtrapic.twitter.com/zipBcZiRSm
First of all, for the left-leaning journalists to assume that Aryan Khan is Muslim is a stretch. At best, he is 50% Muslim.
But this is the argument that has been made time and again — He’s being targeted because he is a Muslim, which makes no sense.
Besides, this is what happens to Muslims who read Hindu scriptures:
A 55-year-old Muslim man was allegedly beaten for reading the Bhagvad Gita by people of his own community in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjamal area of Aligarh on Thursday, 4 July.
My point being, to say that he is being targeted because he is a Muslim is completely absurd. And this accusation is the one that’s massively circulating on social media.
I’m not a fan of conspiracy theories but the present government can’t ever distract people away from their own failures. The pandemic handling in India was a disaster of epic proportions, for one.
Regarding your point #3, it really doesn’t hold water. Salman Khan has been acquitted in the hit-and-run case during this government’s reign. If anything, that’s a bigger travesty of justice than anything the NCB is doing.
And the RSS can’t do zilch when it comes to the Film Industry. Why did the NCB not target Aamir Khan’s son? Or Salman Khan’s nephews? Or Irfan Khan’s son and so on.
Even if the theory is true that the NCB has been unleashed on Bollywood, they can only catch people who are breaking the law, right? However distorted and outdated the law itself might be.
Besides, this is what happens to Muslims who read Hindu scriptures-“This is a one percenter in the 21st Century”. Different rules for different classes.
Just because the Govt can’t distract people doesn’t mean it won’t try.
Salman Khan was always close to the Centre, he flew kites and even gave Modi a clean chit for the Gujarat riots. His father said Modi is a ‘friend’. The ideological outlook of the Centre and some portals definitely blew some communal dog whistles, the Govt has such a reputation that everything it does gets painted with its favorite color.
Now, the extortion angle is something you haven’t addressed and one that is actually worse than all the above, but is one that seems highly likely given how much dirt is coming out. You and I both know this case is going to end up very badly for the NCB.
If Salman Khan is close to the centre, his films don’t parrot the centre’s ideology. If the RSS was so worried about the Muslim supremacy in Bollywood (your exact claim), then Salman Khan is also persona non grata. Remember Bajrangi Bhaijaan? Or his comments on Yakub Memon?
And you didn’t answer the point about his release being a bigger travesty of justice than anything the NCB has ever done. People died, in his case, for crying out loud!
Regarding the extortion angle, are you so naive to assume that the MVA government is immune to extortion? If so, I’ve got a broken fridge to sell you! And also an imaginary island.
They (MVA) openly took extortion from legitimate restaurants to open during the pandemic. These guys are as bad as the people in the centre, if not worse.
You and I both know this case is going to end up very badly for the NCB.
Based on what? social media chatter? Yeah well, the BJP would have lost the last election if I believed in that for a second.
I agree Salman ought to be behind bars; it was a great travesty of justice. But he did have closeness to the ruling party at the right time for him to get acquitted.
The MVA definitely does extortion, it’s the Shiv Sena’s source of income throughout the years but that doesn’t mean that if this extortion charge turns out true, it’ll be a huge scandal that’ll implode the NCB and break this case.
I’ll tell you; if this case doesn’t implode, I will call myself an idiot and never post anything about SRK again.
I thought the same; but he’s turned out to be the usual shill. His Savarkar biography turns out to be sourced exclusively from Savarkar’s own autobiography, and things like his interview with Tom Treanor where he called Muslims “Negroes” are simply not addressed. If his inaccuracies were pointed out on Twitter, he simply doubles down and goes after “Left”, “Commies” and NDTV in that order.
I checked Rajaji's several works, couldn't find the quote.
Asked eminent Rajaji scholars, they haven't seen this quote anywhere.
What's Sampath's source then?
'Hindu Mahabhasha Parva', a book by Savarkar's brother Babarao Savarkar.
And Rana Ayub, Rohini Singh (whom you quoted yourself), Saba Naqvi et al are paragons of virtue and honesty. Including the shape-shifter Shekhar Gupta?
They’re journalists; he’s a historian. He obviously has higher standards to cater to, especially while writing on a controversial figure like Savarkar.
I don’t even follow Saba Naqvi or Rana Ayub, but I like Gupta because I share slightly the same economics as him and Rohini Singh I remember from the Vadra days.
I’m not giving a free pass to left leaning journalists; they’re bastards too, but the right wing is outright nuts so one is bereft of options. I don’t see these journalists being wrong here but I would criticize them if they were.
Somewhere in early 2000s few started using Bhakt as slang in India. I think it was started by AAP and later taken by all opposition party to denote anyone who is a BJP supporter. That whether one is a blind supporter or informed supporter doesn’t matter. Bhakt is an extremely informed formed of devotion.
First started in derogatory way on twitter, now it is a slang used in negative way by a section of trolls who when arguing with another view use it when they lack substance and to divert the topic call the other person a Bhakt.
I still dont think Bhakt can ever be a slang for me. I feel proud when someone tells me a Bhakt. No one tell me that but in reality i am a devotee of Baba Bholenath and devotee of the biggest Bhakt manking has seen – Hanuman ji.
Aman, seriously, you know better. There’s no andh bhakti or whatever nomenclature you want to give now. ‘Sanghis’ and ‘Bhakts’ are derogatory adjectives used since the BJP came to power against anyone who talks a little to the ‘right.’
Look at who chose to light the fire by inserting an article which has no bearing whatsoever on the current topic. You don’t find any mischief in that? And on top of that, a person is responding and justifying to that…This bull-crap re-naming game has been going on for long; how is it novel news?
Just as Saket is being called a bhakt, Mr. soft-spoken Yogendra Yadav has been banned from the terrorist-farmers’ group by the terrorist-farmer Tikait. Why? Unfortunately, he grieved for the loss of 3 ‘BJP’ lives…
@Munna and Master: I knew my involvement would get murkier here…so no longer interested; just got in because one member uses this blog to continuously denigrate India… [no, not BJP – I care a hoot about who’s ruling the country] and I responded to that — and most importantly, I forgot the diktat: Don’t discuss with idiots; they will bring you down to their level and beat you at that.
@Master i used to look forward to your comments since you had some knowledge into the history of the industry that I don’t; am always eager to learn from folks who have more knowledge – but seems you are ‘being human’ as well when it comes to BJP… you can be very cheap with your comment with no background to history and deliberately twisting a word in a filthy way…and you defend yourself for that…Please DON’T copy-paste any BJP thug’s comment against women or children from way back…I am no fan of them and I understand quite well the route you would take…
Congratulations, continue….as the disgusting hate-monger here continues to wreak havoc….
That’s incorrect assessment and I don’t care much about politics but don’t expect me to praise Yogi when he calls Srk is same as Hafiz Sayeed. You ought to chill as well if someone makes fun of Modi, Yogi or anyone. They are just leaders and not gods. Everyone makes fun of Rahul Gandhi and no one’s trying to defend him as those are public figures and not personal attacks. How can commenting on only some specific leaders amount to personal attacks, I never get it. Besides that I’m hardly interested in political discourse in this forum but folks support anything and everything so blindly even now NCB that they are 200% honest organizations is joke. It is as good and as bad and as corrupted as any organization in the country. If you can’t see that and only comment on Mumbai’s police and Mumbai govt as they are another govt and comment 24/7 and anything central is fully honest and right…everyone can see it.
“‘Sanghis’ and ‘Bhakts’ are derogatory adjectives used since the BJP came to power”-Just like Librandus, Sickulars and what not were used in free flow not too long ago. It’s not like being a liberal or secular is bad either. It goes both ways.
“You don’t find any mischief in that?”-This is an open platform, sometimes people have heated debates and name calling, that isn’t mischief. Remember once upon a time we had those stupid tweets from Gems of Bollywood.
“You ought to chill as well if someone makes fun of Modi, Yogi or anyone. They are just leaders and not gods. Everyone makes fun of Rahul Gandhi and no one’s trying to defend him as those are public figures and not personal attacks.”
You. just. didn’t. understand. or. read what I wrote that I care cahoots about the current government…If you remember, a few months or years ago, when I just posted 2-3 comments on the idiot RG, you came back with a comment, and I paraphrase; Oh stop it will you? We know you hate Ra Ga but can you stop it?
And all I was trying to say is India is lacking a strong opposition!!!
What happened to that advice you gave me when you hijack not one, but 2 threads with AK’s ‘mental’ struggles?? Gone for a toss?
“What happened to that advice you gave me when you hijack not one, but 2 threads with AK’s ‘mental’ struggles?? Gone for a toss?”
Arre.. no comparison at all. You can stop me if I’m going on for some politician here without reason but Aryan Khan topic is not hijacking but it is very relevant and to bollywood. If you don’t think it’s relevant, open any news channel and check it out. Also there won’t be any hijacking if someone else is not opposing with ridiculous claims and I need to reply to those. That topic I don’t think is irrelevant at all and nothing compared to topics you discussing.
Just yesterday, a person here called master made fun of Ayodhya Cantt. Most of us didn’t make a big deal out of it — but here’s the thing, how about we reverse the situation and someone starts making fun of Mecca and Medina?
Okay is this now religious wars? Lol. I reacted to cantt and doesn’t matter whatever the city was. If it’s not abbreviation, I still stand by it that it’s not right spelling if they wanted it say it as kant.
Nice try to spin it as religious issue.. but expected from you.
Lol Hindu hating? HAHA. Someone’s really lost here. The last person to debate such fake allegations was Rocky who was lot better than you except this angle and now you proved you are similar or worse.
I won’t even try to prove you or anyone otherwise as folks will believe what they want to eventually.
Also you seem to forget last year’s debate where you were. confirmed that SSR was murdered and I said CBI can take their time but they can’t create fake theory for murder just to please stupid fanatics online. It will never happen. It is suicide, period.
Anyways, not looking fwd to debate that again…just posted to prove the connection of my earlier post.
“you were happy to quote the same Vikas Singh”- He isn’t being a hypocrite as much as implying that those who believed Vikas Singh during SSR are hypocrites to dismiss him this time.
Besides, he has posted Vikas Singh’s arguments in detail to prove Aryan Khan’s innocence. They were not meant to point out any hypocrisy — he was making arguments based on exactly what Vikas Singh had been stating in his interviews.
Major development in #AryanKhan case : Prabhakar Sali, who claims to be a panch witness , states in a notarized affidavit that he overheard KP Gosavi & Sam D'Souza say that "you put a bomb of Rs 25 crores, let's settle for Rs 18 crores and give 8 crores to #SameerWakhende "
Social Justice Ministry’s Proposal On Seizure Of Small Amount Of Drug
Drug Regulation: Currently, it only gives addicts immunity from prosecution and imprisonment if they volunteer for rehabilitation.
Currently, there is no provision for relief or exemption under the NDPS Act and it only gives addicts immunity from prosecution and imprisonment if they volunteer for rehabilitation.
In its recommendations shared with the Department of Revenue last week, the ministry suggested decriminalising possession of small quantities of drugs for personal consumption, officials said.
Devyani Khobragade’s arrest and strip search triggered an uproar in India. Devyani alleged she was repeatedly handcuffed and stripped and kept with “common criminals and drug addicts”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then serving as Gujarat chief minister, had refused to meet with a US delegation, in protest against the “ill treatment” of Devyani Khobragade.
Devyani was granted bail immediately. However, the UPA government responded to her arrest by removing concrete barricades around the US embassy in Delhi and asking US consular staff and their families to return their diplomatic ID cards. The UPA government also transferred Devyani to a post in India’s mission at the UN, which would have granted her diplomatic immunity. Despite this, a US grand jury indicted Devyani Khobragade in the visa case in early January 2014, following which she left the US.
This story is no different than this one , which happened recently.
Instead of individual it is an organization. When you invite someone to work you have to pay minimum wage or it is Visa fraud and many other charges.
It is different munna. She is a diplomat and there is called diplomatic immunity. And the crude way she was arrested and humiliated like a common criminal. While the temple leaders did not get this kind of crude treatment. Different treatment for different people? This is nothing but some sort of misuse of power .
There is more to this.
No one is a saint. But they behave like saints.
It is a lesson for Indians to be doubly careful because the country is boorish while teaching others about human rights.
See the fate of blacks and how they are treated for small crimes.
The thing which Indian consider humiliating is normal SOP. If Trump is booked for any thing he is being investigated by Manhattan attorney office, and sent to jail, he has to go through the process. It is shown in many movies. It is for safety of inmates. People carry contraband or sharp objects.
She was not a hardcore criminal to hide contraband or sharp weapons. If they have such barbaric rules, better they change them. And ask them not to teach human right violations to others.
Kneeling is also one such practice I think.
They can do anything like surreptiously transporting the maid’s family members from a sovereign country without notice. For that they should be kicked. The arrogance of being a super power. Good that china and russia are standing upto them. And even tiny afghanistan has showed them their place.
process is same for everyone (system is neutral):
“He said U.S. Department of State agents arrested her discreetly last week, not in front of her children, and she wasn’t handcuffed or restrained. He said she was “fully searched” by a female deputy marshal in private and called it standard procedure for “every defendant, rich or poor, American or not.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/18/india-diplomat-us-immunity/4108553/
What about surreptiously transporting the maid’s family members from a sovereign country without notice?
There are many questions that crop up.
The grand jury are a bunch of half educated or prejudiced ones most of the times. I think jury duty is compulsory for citizens there.
Did they arrest those temple people or simply sent summons to appear in court?
Grand Jury indictment indicates there is a prime facie case for prosecutiors to proceed.
If they don’t take family there would have been pressure on maid to recant her confession. If the family was in US, that would not have happened because pressuring family is considered obstruction of justice and you will get more severe punishment. If you lie or obstruct process, you are in big trouble. They are process crimes; You are going to be behind bar for long time even without doing any crime.
The basic problem is that in India people are used to all “juggad”, game the system; when people with means cannot do, they make huge noise. In Case of Devyani she gave false statement to bring help when her salary was not enough to pay minimum wage. This thing (lower than federal minimum wage) has happened with many companies where they bring people on B1 (Business visa) or some religious visa and make them work at Indian salary. Indian temple case and many Indian body shoppers get into trouble doing so.
Infosys fined for bringing people on B1 visa and but actually worked:
Do you think Devyani in visa application claiming to give certain amount and later pay lower amount is correct? Many in US (who come from India on H1) earn much more than combined incomes of her and her husband but they don’t have help in house.
I read about and how political influence was used to get plum postings, make her complainant in her batch go through punishments, manipulations, adarsh housing society flats and a number of allegations. I feel that what was acceptable in India due to high level of corruption was not so in USA. This is a big example of corruption in our country for certain people .
Also read about Preet Bharara and how meticulously he fought for justice in many cases and how he was vilified by some Indians during this maid case.
My only grouse is about the crudeness of jailing her without proper trial. They could have handled it by just expelling her and never allowing her on their soil.
Congress or UPA was highly corrupt and they are paying the price for it till now.
Following Google to Alphabet rebranding in 2015, Facebook becomes Meta in 2021. Meanwhile Quinton Tarintino working on a new script for Once Upon a time in Silicon Valley
@Sanjana; I have mentioned this before. The US laws are barbaric. They are hideous. Just watch BETTER CALL SAUL and you will get a glimpse into it.
So the great theory goes that we do not differentiate between an an average Joe and a Bernie Madoff. Let me tell you something; it is the average Joe that suffers till he dies.
Here’s the thing; what the Americans have – I agree that it is not color-determined — once you get your name into the system; you WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO get out of that stigma. Till your death, it will haunt you; so you can never attend an interview for a job and you need to honestly declare that you were arrested once for DUI or for stealing bracelets from a mall; that employer, and all other employers, will sweetly give you a response that, ‘we found a better candidate yada yada’. In essence, in the AMERICAN society, there is NO way you can redeem yourself. One has to live this bull-shit till one dies. You will be forever judged and laughed at. THE US system is bull-shit; bull-crap – THEY ARE more interested in the police-political intersection; they are NOT interested in reformation at all. The more prisoners you push into jails, the more the income. This is the pathetic state in a so-called ‘developed’ number 1 country in this world.
You want proof? Go fill-up a form in HOME DEPOT and come back to me after an interview…let’s talk; and if you have a history of demenaour; not felony…the better
They dont spare even school children. Especially black and brown are children treated differently compared to white ones. There is sbtle discrimination.
They dont spare even school children. Especially black and brown children are treated differently compared to white ones. There is sbtle discrimination.
Their foreign policy is proof. Interference in other countries, trade agreements, economic blockades etc.
Riiding on too many horses simultaneously. Srk wanted to please everyone and thought no one can touch him. Too diplomatic unlike aamir. Just to safeguard his hard earned wealth and stardom. Every second actor does this. But Srk made it into a fine art. In one of the interviews he said that he would like to confuse his children when they ask him about their religion. He sent confusing signals. No one can fathom him. A Naseer, a Shabana, a Javed akhtar express their thoughts clearly. Jaya Bachchan also speaks when she feels like it.
Anupam Kher praises srk to the skies. Abhishek is srk’s good friend. So is Bachchan. Did any of them openend their mouths? Did srk opened his mouth on some other occasion? During Bofors scandal, Bachchan had to fight the odds. How many supported him during that time?
Everyone lives in glass houses which can be shattered at any point.
Think of this. Srk delivered his last BO hit in HNY back in 2014. And he is being paid 100 cr by yrf for Pathan! Does the common man feel bad if he is extorted 100 cr for saving his drug addict son?
Extortion is wrong even if it is done to someone like Amazon chief.
Wrong is a wrong.
Why to tag a boy, drug addict? It is not fair.
This tagging business itself is wrong. Womaniser, addict, alcoholic etc.
About this story. Will the witness once again contradict himself?
That is the big question.
“drug addict”-So much for being socially responsible or admiring someone who has always preached social responsibility, when you can simply tag anyone anything as per your predilection.
More importantly, if this witness’ version of events is true, it means the whole case was a fraud from the word go, an extortion racket from inception. The police and agencies have too much power if they can do things like this.
Lol. Someone is living in box office hits collections world. Come into real world. In real world, there is no difference between Srk or anyone else and he’s as bigger star you can get. Calling him flop star or some silly star and why so much media coverage on his closing eyes to obvious. They are beyond box-office collections and no one thinks about box-office when discussing Srk or such huge stars. Or maybe it is just pure hatred which is dripping from all corners.
@Marcus I am not the one to comment but I think one cannot make such statements unless one has absolute proof. How do you or I know that they are drug addicts? They are all blind articles. And we should not be commenting on how SRK and Gauri brought up their kids. I feel it is insensitive to parents. Who knows what they are going through?
SRK on the other hand, is no DOODH KA DHOOLA as his rabid fans make him out to be. He is a pure, businessman who will create controversies if needed; whether getting Pakistani ‘heroines’ where it is not needed like in RAEES, glorifying a third-class anti-India rogue like in RAEES, or calling for the inclusion of Pakistani players in IPL…[Others, please don’t put in a comment regarding the Pakistani heroine in Irrfan Khan’s movies; I quite know well the dubious standards of the Bombay film industry]. I am definitely on with Sanjana as to SRK’s machinations: But I would not agree with you regarding parenting, of which, at least I, know nothing of…
So now you are transferring your hatred to next generation as well. I feel really sad if you have this mindset. Calling Srk drug addict and then saying he’ll give blow jobs to Karan.. not sure where do we even start with such silly kiddish claims.
I said this few days back that majority of NCB arrests of users and not big fish. There’s a new article today mentioning the same. I said this before such articles came up that it is used as divergence tactics.
Aryan Khan is part of an international conspiracy says the NCB but data by @Vidhi_India shows that the majority of arrests in Mumbai have been of users, not peddlers, dealers or traffickers. So the big shark get away, while… we have this on @themojostoryhttps://t.co/d2ZflVAQvx
Despite being a millionaire and a business man and what not, srk has become too impotent to get a bail for his druggie son. Instead he is kneeling down to criminals so that the drug addict does not get raped daily in jail.
This is ground level perception in India. Doesn’t matter if a couple of srk bhakts commits suicide here after reading this.
Dumbos. Just a few days back, that Ram Rahim fellow was given a rape conviction. And then there’s the great Swamy Nityanada. First get your house in order before jumping to these clownish activities.
James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on Friends, dies at 59
Over Friends’ multi-year-run, James Michael Tyler became the most frequently recurring guest star on the series. Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox paid tributes to the late actor on social media sites.
“Kashmiri students who were assaulted in Sangrur and Kharar Mohali told me that they were rescued by the locals and other Panjabi students. Students from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana had barged into their rooms, thrashed them and went on a rampage,” Nasir Khuehami, the national spokesperson J&K Students Association, claimed. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/amritsar/punjab-kashmiri-students-attacked-india-vs-pakistan-7589062/
Shah Rukh Khan won’t speak, no matter what
By -Subhash K. JhaCreated: Oct 25, 2021 – 10:38 AM IST
#Shah Rukh KhanShah Rukh Khan won’t speak, no matter what
“He is aware of all the developments and he knows the truth. However there won’t be any press statements, no passionate defence of his son, although everyone close to Shah Rukh is pressurizing him to make a public statement on the issue. They say it would help his son’s cause. But Shah Rukh Khan won’t budge,” says a close friend of the superstar.
Apparently Shah Rukh intends to be a strict father from now on. “No late nights, no partying, no holidays with friends. Aryan will be under house arrest at least for some time. That is, after he gets bail,” the friend said.
It’s huge success eluded me and put me off Yash Raj films forever. This was a bad and illogical film with severe loopholes. Still unsure of whatever they were trying to attempt.
Lol, just saw SJ2 trailer. I need a break before watching Antim trailer now! Best part is – “from the makers of Satyamev Jayate ” – Lol.. this is Satyamev Jayate 2 – isn’t that obvious? Haha
Actually Antim looks okay..Salman is bland but Aayush looks okay.
Rani sounds irritating. I have never liked her voice but combined with Said..it is annoying.
The multiplex chain Inox held a promotion of free tickets on all shows for an hour across Maharashtra on Friday morning and this saw a huge turnout as they recorded 98% occupancy on these shows and sold over 5.5k tickets. This shows the covid fear is not there with the audience and its going to boil down to communicating cinemas is back across the nation and then content being worth the ticket price.
As expected, Antim trailer is equally poor. Given all the trailers, it seems Nov will be full-on competition for the worst film award – Eternals, Sooryavanshi, BAB2, SJ2 and Antim. Good luck to BO recovery in India.
Eternals trailer is the dullest one in the entire MCU. And Sooryavanshi trailer was a long boring one released long back which promises another crappy film from Shetty. Nov will be a lineup of craps at theaters. Dec may be better with 83, Jersey and the Khurana film.
But nevermind, whats more imp here is whether aryan gets bail today or spends some more time in jail.
I don’t have much expectations that Rohit Shetty can make an original cop movie. Both Singham and Simmba were remakes of blockbuster movies. Singham Returns was original and that’s why less impactful. Sooryavanshi has tough chance if it’s original cop movie.
With commercialization of a theme like rape, Simmba is one of the most disgraceful and disgusting movies I’ve witnessed in recent times. A perfect tribute to the era of Shakti Kapoor and Ranjit.
A special court on Monday disposed of the application filed by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to bar cognizance of the affidavit filed by Prabhakar Sail, one of the witnesses in the cruise ship drug bust case, who had claimed that he was made to sign blank sheets on the day of the raid on October 2.
“Considering the nature of the relief claimed in the application, no such blanket orders can be passed. It is for the concerned court or authority to pass appropriate order at the relevant stage. Moreover, the matter is sub-judice before the Honourable High Court in bail applications in same FIR. Therefore, no such orders can be passed by the court as prayed. Hence, the application is filed and disposed of,” special judge V V Patil said.
This one looks much better than SJ2. Mahesh Manjrekar made bad films but made some decent films in past too.
Decent film of past is much better when you compare to whats being made today.
Master i posted this before; the marathi film is ridiculously different; in the sense that I feel it just doesn’t belong to sallu’s genre!!! Am really surprised what they would do here. The marathi film, for me, appeared more grittier, so not sure how Sallu’s mass-pleasing persona would fit here…
Mulshi Pattern is the original movie…that movie seems to be gore and too violent to please family audience…
If Antim is a remake, then it clearly shows where Bollywood is going wrong in even making remakes. Antim’s trailer while on its own is good but in comparision is unnecessarily glossy and slow.
Overall liked the trailer of Antim, far better than SJ2. If only the movie is made like the original and we are looking at a solid hit here.
LOL didn’t realize this was an already done and dusted affair..But still, to support the industry, will be watching SV; eyes closed-open, I don’t know…
Not sure why Abhishek rejected B&B 2; with no good offers on hand, what’s the reason to reject even such movie given on platter and on his home turf! Not good.
Movie trailor is alright but depends on the ‘cons’ used in the movie – if those are really funny and impressive then movie will be good to watch.
They told authorities that the victim had come from the USA and had been staying in the village with his family members.
“They procured the death certificate and other legal documents and sent them to the USA, where his son filed for insurance. Back here, Waghchoure and others even performed the last rites of the man,” the SP said.
He said the US-based firm grew suspicious as Waghchoure had tried to cheat them in the past as well.
“The firm then sent investigators to India to verify the claim and approached us,” he said.
He said that during the investigation, the entire conspiracy was revealed.
Nowadays snake are used to prove murders as natural deaths. This is the third case and who knows how many would have been unreported. So every snakebite case should be investigated properly. And death sentences can be given to them by snakebites.
I was hesitant to post this because my 6th sense told me that Marcus will use this to troll Aryan and srk.
For the sake of the blog, the trolling has to stop.
Otherwise it will become like toi comments section.
By the way Madhavan looks more handsome than his son in this picture.
Not concerned about bribery allegations but actually if he did fraud (by changing the birth certificate religion) to get into specified quota for his IRS exam then his whole IRS eligibility is disqualified and cancelled. That is more bigger issue and could be something very detrimental to his life and career.
Sardar Udham not sent for Oscars as it ‘projected hate towards British’
Sardar Udham was one of the contenders to become India’s official entry for Oscars. Jury members have now said that it is not fair to hold on to hatred against the British.
Indraadip Dasgupta, a member of the jury that decided upon the official entry for Oscars this year, told a leading daily, “Sardar Udham is a little lengthy and harps on the Jallianwala Bagh incident. It is an honest effort to make a lavish film on an unsung hero of the Indian freedom struggle. But in the process, it again projects our hatred towards the British. In this era of globalization, it is not fair to hold on to this hatred.” He added that the film’s production lives up to international standards and praised the cinematography of the film as well.
Another member of the jury, Sumit Basu, also said, “Many have loved Sardar Udham for its cinematic quality including camerawork, editing, sound design and depiction of the period. I thought the length of the film was an issue. It has a delayed climax. It takes a lot of time for a viewer to feel the real pain for the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.”
One fan also wrote, “Whether Sardar Udham deserves an entry or not is a different question, but to dismiss on such grounds displays nothing but racism and power dynamics. Globalisation doesn’t mean we cannot raise our voices against historical injustice anymore. So many sociopolitical movements around the world would cease to exist then. I guess “globalisation” hadn’t been an issue when Lagaan and Rang De Basanti were nominated.”
The makers of the movie have been using Shah Rukh’s body double for long shots in the film until the superstar resumed work. Now, in another blow to the film, its leading lady Nayanthara has reportedly quit the film owing to professional reasons.
According to a report in a news portal, Nayanthara had kept October and the first half of November for Atlees’s film but it couldn’t be shot during this time. And now, she has shoots for other projects lined up back to back which will make it difficult for her to find time for Atlee and Shah Rukh Khan.
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In the world of body double and AI, heroes and heroines are not needed for shooting. They just need to lend a name like for an animation film. Heck, You dont even need them for dubbing.
The VFX to cover the face is very expensive and even then it is not worth.. they just doubles for long shots. Sometimes they use the face CGI if shooting is cancelled by leading man like Salman did for some of his movies or SRK now.
NAYANTHARA is VERY MUCH a part of #Atlee's next with #ShahRukhKhan. The reports of her walking out are nothing but 'rumours'. The actress is 'happily' shooting for her portions in this action packed entertainer. #Nayanthara
Samantha is not joining this film; Nayanthara will continue, rest assured. Very unlikely that she’s dropping out on Atlee unless she’s getting married.
Informs a reliable source, “It is a role parallel to Akshay Kumar’s. Sonu Sood plays the poet Chand Bardai who penned the epic poem Prithviraj Raso on the life of Prithviraj Chauhan.” The character was very close to Prithviraj and in a way instrumental in the creation of the legendary aura surrounding Prithviraj.
We know about the 4 week gap. So I was expecting this. Only for some films, there is some exception like 8 weeks. Tiger 3 and Pathan. Maybe RRR too.
Suryavanshi, 83 etc. have become aged due to covid and they are no longer considered as brand new.
Yesterday started watching DUNE on HBOMAX but stopped after 40 minutes. This is what happens when you watch it from home. If I was in cinema, I would have completed it at one go.
Dune is no JTHJ and yet someone’s propelled to switch off within 40 minutes. Says a lot about your so called couch experience as opposed to one of the oldest and most tried & tested communal experiences in the world. Ciao!
I rarely walk out of cinema. Would annoy we to waste money like that. But that’s the great bonus of OTT – you can just switch it off and watch something else without the guilt.
The Sooryavanshi Netflix announcement is bizarre. If there was a remote chance I’d watch it in cinema it’s definitely blown now. Don’t worry though, Naveen will watch it once more to cover me.
A movie a month in a theater, hardly any bollywood one’s unless they’re a Baby, Bahubali or Tanaji. India’s theatrical romanticism is a lot different from the west.
Dune has certainly overperformed expectations; it’d be nice if it made over $120 million domestic. BTW, the sequel has been greenlit for 2023 in theatres.
Dune will make around $90-100M in States. Overall it may do $325M ww and be declared a minor success. Will fall well short of the $500M mark it needs to be called a BO Hit. But it seems Legendary is okay to take in a minor success here and go for the sequel.
Kochi: How can ordinary citizens have confidence in the system if someone who walks into a police station to make a complaint is chained to a railing and then charged with the offence of obstructing an officer from discharging his duties, the Kerala High Court questioned the police today.
“How will ordinary citizens have confidence in the system? How can people walk into a police station in such a situation?” Justice Devan Ramachandran asked.
The queries were posed to the Kerala Police when the court was hearing a man’s plea seeking protection from harassment by two police officers one of whom had allegedly chained him inside a police station after he sought a receipt of a complaint he had made.
During a rountdable interaction with the media on Sardar Udham, director Shoojit Sircar said he had no comment on the jury’s decision. “It is a personal opinion, it is very subjective, I have no comment on that. I respect the jury and their decision. The film that was finally selected, I know about it, and I am glad that it was chosen. I go by the jury’s decision,” Shoojit said.
Classy response. Irrfan also believed PIKU is perfect movie for Oscars and even should be remade in Hollywood and it would be perfect feel good movie and would work well. I think Shoojit should still try to remake it though we don’t have Irrfan anymore for that critical role!
I started watching it, about 20 minutes. I feel this would have been lot better if it was like a miniseries. There’s so much to cover and felt that if enough time was given to each situation, it would have helped with better character development.
Think of the scenes in snow, so much must have happened in that journy. That could be an episode on it’s own.
@sanjana and master i am on of the outsiders who really couldn’t sit through Uddham Singh. I slept within the first 45 minutes. I found it too meandering and trying too hard to be different in the way things playout on screen. Maybe once I watch the whole movie, I might change my mind. But really, at least for the first 40 minutes, I couldn’t sustain my interest.
One needs some patience. It is more like a documentary.
First time I watched from the last scene and in bits and pieces.
Second time I watched from the beginning till the end.
The beauty is that Shoojit did not make him a hero but a man who became a revolutionary due to circumstances.
Even the britishers were portrayed much better than outright amrishpuris.
A racket duping people by offering them two cellphones for ₹ 4,500 and delivering soaps or wallets instead was busted in Delhi’s Rohini area on Tuesday as police arrested 53 people, 46 of them women.
According to Deputy Commissioner Of Police Pranav Tayal, the accused ran two illegal call centres from where they would call people posing as officials of the Department of Post. An employee of the Department of Post headed one of the call centres, police said.
Police have said the racket had been targeting people across several states.
According to police, the callers would tell people that there is a limited period offer under which they would get two cellphones, priced at ₹ 18,000, for ₹ 4,500. To make the offer look authentic, the racket would use India Post for logistics and offer the cash on delivery option.
The Producers Guild of India strongly condemned what it called “the brazen acts of violence, harassment and vandalism faced by the crew involved in the production of the series Ashram in Bhopal.”
The Guild went to add, “Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident and the Guild is alarmed to note the frequency with which both the production and exhibition sectors are severely and illegally disrupted by various elements with impunity…Content production contributes significantly to local economies, generates employment and promotes tourism which is why authorities in India and across the world formulate policies to attract producers to their respective regions. However, even more than incentives and benefits the very minimum that production units should expect is for these authorities to provide the guarantees of safety and security for their units. We urge the relevant authorities to take immediate and strict action against the perpetrators of these acts of violence and to bring them to justice.”
Now that cinemas have opened in Maharashtra and the situation would be much more normal by the time Laal Singh Chaddha releases, do you expect that it’ll break the record of Dangal?
At the moment, we are focused on making the best possible film. Whether the recovery from the theatrical space will exceed the economics of the film is a question that will be answered in a few months as audiences return to theatres, starting with Sooryavanshi. Many things are up in the air. My understanding is that the demand for content is very strong. The audiences are absolutely keen on having a theatrical experience. We have had a lot of consumption on the small screen to the extent that people are now clearly seeing a gap between a big screen experience vs a small screen experience. So sentiment-wise, I don’t have any doubt. Now, logistically, we don’t know what the situation would be then. We all have been talking about the third wave. Thankfully, things are much better and vaccination has crossed the billion mark. These are positive factors and February is still a few months away. Closer to the release, we’ll be in a better space to discuss box office.
This guy sounds reasonable about LSC’s chances at BO. The movie has a production cost of 100 cr, add Aamir’s remuneration of 75 cr (what he got for TOH his last) and marketing cost of another 25 cr or so and we have the economics of the movie at about 200 cr. He isnt sure if theatrical business will exceed that amount.
True, it will be difficult to do 200 cr nett at these times.
KKR is alone over 1.2 billion dollar now. New IPL team Lucknow team is sold for 1 billion dollar now. He’s 55% owner of KKR, that itself is over half a billion dollar besides his other income.
If there is any star in entire Bollywood who is worth being jealous of, its Aamir. Not because he is worth these many crores (which isnt urs anyway), but only because of the quality of his work and films. But then such a guy is too inspirational.
For a person of Waqar Younis' stature to say that watching Rizwan offering namaz in front of Hindus was very special to him, is one of the most disappointing things I have heard. A lot of us try hard to play such things down and talk up sport and to hear this is terrible.
Always knew the mindset of some illiterate Pakistani interior ministers but didn’t expect such vile nonsense from someone of the stature of Waqar Younis. I guess the moronic rogue Islamic Republic has forgotten the fact that its a one sport nation which has never won an Olympic medal since 1992, whose famed Hockey team failed to qualify for the Olympics and that this was only a Trash 20 game of cricket after all! Sigh..
Marcus, Master :
1. talking about stars and related issues are okay. Sometime if language is not okay comments are deleted.
2. Direct comments between commentators are deleted except in some cases.
(sorry for spotlight Sanjana) – couple of days back Sanjana and myself argued about Devyani case and our views were different; After couple of messages there is no point in continuing the exchange as it is not adding to discourse and we knew where we stand. There are no winners in arguments in blog world.
I just stated Devyani case to take the heat off the aryan discussion. Also I found some similarities in both the cases. like a surprise arrest.
Also Devyani had small kids during that time.
Yes, Devyani was wrong about the maid’s wages. But they treated it on par with terrorism! That complete body search etc.
Ok. Each country has its own rules. We cant fight it.
Everyday the cleanup has to be done! But glad that the exchanges yesterday exposed the filth that we hv here. The druggie wont get bail easily, so frustration will only rise.
Supreme Court Senior advocate mentioning Justice Nitin Sambre’s earlier judgment from 2018 and he’s now the judge in Aryan Khan’s case.
#AryanKhan Case: Have Accusations Of Corruption Weakened The NCB's Case?
Dushyant Dave says, "If this young man hasn't been found in possession of any narcotics substance, he shouldn't have been charged by the NCB in the first place, forget bail." pic.twitter.com/D9ktJjbqIu
Paresh Rawal has delivered several ace acts on the silver screen, however his most loved performance is that of Baburao Ganpatrao Apte. He played the iconic role in ‘Hera Pheri’ and ‘Hera Pheri 2’. However, in a recent interview, Paresh Rawal expressed that he is sick and tired of the memes and reels made out of his character. Speaking to a news portal, the seasoned actor said that with ‘Hera Pheri 2’, everyone was trying to be over smart and it did not work. Paresh Rawal further stated that only Suniel Shetty was earnestly doing his thing and hence he stood out in the movie. The actor concluded stating that there was no innocence left, it had got all too dirty and that he wants to get rid of the Baburao image. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/paresh-rawal-says-he-is-sick-and-tired-of-his-baburao-image-wants-to-get-rid-of-it/articleshow/87325917.cms
“Speaking to a news portal, the seasoned actor said that with ‘Hera Pheri 2’, everyone was trying to be over smart and it did not work.”
Not sure what Paresh Rawal is talking. Firstly it was called Phir Hera Pheri and it was actually good hit. It is actually first instance of clean hit for a sequel in Hindi movie industry. Next came Krrish and finally Dhoom 2. No one talks about it but that’s the fact!
LOL … Sometimes what it needs is to read between the lines to avoid confusion. Heri Pheri was not big at box office. It was just a commission earner. But it really ‘worked’ in the sense that over time it became an ageless cult classic and developed immense shelf life. On the other hand, PHP may be a box office hit, but it was not liked that much and has no shelf life. Thats what is meant by the veteran when he says ‘it did not work’.
Its necessary to come out of the box office bubble and/or counting crores in order to smell the real world. This is the reason why its silly to place srk and aamir in the same sentence and talk about what they have done to Bollywood. Srk may have faced box office success and made crores (just like Salman) but those forgettable films dont mean much in the long run. Create a filmography like aamir and u are looking at a real legacy, which is timeless.
Hera Pheri is timeless, PHP is not. Its rather crude to compare careers with films, but the essence of the matter is the same.
A leading Telugu banner Sridevi Productions has signed her for a heroine-oriented film. But they are unable to find a leading man. A senior filmmaker analyses the peculiar situation that Samantha finds her career in. “The A-listers of the Telugu film industry are all friends of Nagarjuna (Nag Chaitanya’s father). They are wary of offending Nag, although he is not the kind to hold grudges. Besides, Nag remains fond of his former daughter-in-law. But we all know how the Telugu film industry works.” https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/south-cinema/samantha-ruth-prabhu-struggling-find-leading-heroes-post-divorce/
Sameer Wankhede’s first wife’s father reacts to speculations around NCB chief’s religious background, says ‘he was Muslim when he married my daughter’
By – TIMESOFINDIA.COMCreated: Oct 28, 2021, 14:13 IST
Bombay High Court disposes off NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede’s petition after Maharashtra govt’s lawyer assured the Court that 3 days notice will be given before arrest by Mumbai Police
As the petition is in respect to Prevention of Corruption Act, we will give prior notice of 72 hours if we will register an offence under the Act, says Maharashtra government’s lawyer.
Kiran Gosavi, a key witness in the drugs-on-cruise case involving Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, was arrested by the Pune Police in an old case of cheating. Gosavi is accused of cheating a person who wanted to get a job in Malaysia.
When we apply Section 28 and 29 commercial quantity kicks in. He made an attempt to deal with commercial quantity. Multiple drugs were found with all 8 people from all places on the same day. See the quantity and nature of the drug. When I say conspiracy, when I calculate drugs of all persons, then it comes to that. Whatsapp chats cannot be disputed because we have 65B statements. It was a party. My learned friend is saying why we have arrested on October 2 on Gandhi Jayanti.. it is a dry day we should have left them. There are two other panchnamas of Munmun Dhamecha & Nupur and Mohak. The total drug quantity of ecstasy is commercial quantity. There were a variety of drugs and the cruise was two days. So it cannot be that this is personal consumption. Because of the quantity and multiple drugs. This is why we have applied S 28, 29. It cannot be a coincidence that so many people on the cruise, eight were found with drugs and there were multiple varieties.
MHA extends COVID-19 restrictions till November 30 in view of upcoming festivities
The MHA announcement came on a day India registered the highest single-day rise in cases since October 23, with 16,156 new infections being reported.
Finally we can end discussing this rubbish. I’m quite sure just like Rhea’s case went cold as soon as she got bail, this will too, of course the sideshow of the NCP vs NCB will carry on.
“I’m quite sure just like Rhea’s case went cold as soon as she got bail, this will too,”
That is exactly the point. High Court had to interfere and put a stop on Rhea’s case saying there is no evidence and there’s no case. That’s why it went cold. Same thing will happen here. NCB is able to influence sessions court and special NCB courts but they don’t stand a chance without much evidence infront of High court or higher courts.
1) Given statement is invalid in court
2) Whatsapp chats are invalid in higher courts for sentencing.
3) No drugs in possession
It will not even stick even a day. As I said the only game NCB is playing here is to delay the bail and that is their only intent. The case will never stick. Keeping Rhea in jail for 28 days and Aryan for 22 days is just the max they are aiming for and that shows that whole intent of NCB is just to get publicity and noise. They too know these cases won’t go far and can’t get the accused punishment, then why even pursue and waste so much of govt resources for no concrete reason.
The operative part of the order will be will be dictated in open court tomorrow at 2.30 pm. Bail conditions will also be decided at the same time.
Former Attorney General Mukul Rohtagi, who represented Aryan Khan in the Bombay High Court says, “You win some you lose some. I am glad that bail was granted in this case.”
I have a feeling, Sameer will be out of business in next couple years. It won’t be right away but it won’t take long.
I assume the whole Bollywood has taken a note on this and will keep it in back of their mind. MH gvmt as well. They’ll do everything in their power to.
There are plenty of news floating out there about sameer credibility and well as ncb making people sign blank paper, etc.
NCB will lose a lot of credibility here because the media will cover this just like how they covered it past 3 weeks. This isn’t rhea, this time they have aryan who by himself is nobody but due to his father being srk, this will not go down easily for sameer.
Now, if aryan truly is guilty where he is involved in international drug trafficking which sameer/ncb hinted at, and if it’s proven than aryan should be behind bars for rest of his life but everything i’ve seen so far, this is nothing more than a witch hunt with so many loopholes.
Sameer Wankhede is not NCB officer. He is an IRS officer and was given as ‘loan’ temporary for NCB for 6 months. That loan is extending and as recently as 6 months again this early October. So, he was always set to go back to Income tax officer. Now that is more likely to happen. He is not in NCB for long and he was brought in for a purpose after SSR death and that appears to be backfiring.
Actually Sameer Wankhede reminds of Lalit Modi, the IPL founder. He was running BCCI and IPL like his personal company and always publicity hungry. He was then kicked out of IPL and BCCI and everything associated with cricket and then he’s been out of country. He enjoyed the superstardom for that first 3 years of IPL and then nosedived. I see something similar with Sameer Wankhede. He’s just over 1 YEAR in NCB and already facing so many issues. He’s running the operations according to his personal choices. There is an article in newspaper last week that many of NCB officers advised not to proceed with charge sheet for this cruise case as the drug is not huge quantity and this will not go far but he still went ahead to charge them and waste everyone’s time.
Now there are 2 teams investigating Sameer. Internal NCB team and external Mumbai police team. He needs to special protection to come out of it without a scratch or he needs to have done no wrong in his life till now.
LetsOTT EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime bags the post-theatrical streaming rights of #Tiger3 and #Pathan for ₹200 crores. The digital giant has inked an 8-week window deal with Yash Raj Films for the two mega budget action thriller. pic.twitter.com/HaJzcbdl9d
YRF has invested a lot of money on Pathan and Tiger 3 in the times of pandemic, with each of these 2 films budget being upwards of 300 cr. Both Srk and Salman are reportedly charging 100 cr fees for these films. Now 100 cr has been recovered for each from digital rights, which implies 200 cr yet to be recovered from other rights and theatrical revenue, which is a high ask.
Salman still has delivered 2 previous Tiger blockbusters for YRF and so the third part is relatively safer for the franchise factor (like D3 was). But Srk in similar space has only delivered the Don films which were both commission earners. Pathan may prove to be a costly mistake, specially riding on someone whose last BO hit was back in 2014.
Both Salman and Shah Rukh have delivered back to back flops in the last 3-4 years. For them to be paid in excess of a 100 Cr at this stage of their careers is exactly what’s wrong with Bollywood and why the industry’s struggling in these times while the rest of the regional industries are galloping ahead. Actor remuneration needs to be in proportion with a film’s overall production value.
I would love to see their contract. Is it truly 100 crore? Not sure if anyone here has seen the actual contract. Neither SRK or YRF has said this amount.
And not just in terms of money, i’m just interested in seeing the contract to see how it’s written in terms of what’s involved. Like i wonder if there are clause in it that you have to finish film in x number of timeframe, you have to shoot wherever the shooting takes place, you can’t gain/lose weight, you have to do x number of promotion events, etc…
Someone will spread lies and hatred and then Shivaay will come and comment on it. SRK has never charged YRF films upfront and he never will. Secondly, the charge will be actually proportionate to the actor’s level and both Tiger 3 and Pathan are the most expensive movies from YRF. For SRK, 100 crores is the least concern now, he didn’t sign that movie for money nor you can sign him for any amount of money!
none of us know the exact amount of money any actor got for any movie or the cost of the movie itself. Everything is based on assumption and some runs with it.
Have you seen a memo from any producer listing the cost of the movie or income tax paper work which would have that info?
It’s funny some of the comments we get to read here.
Like how one spammed the blog past 3 weeks but today no comments on that specific item 🙂
Master, i’m glad you’re not spamming the blog today with the news of aryan bail, shows your maturity.
Those were the replies for someone spewing hatred 24/7. I have been ignoring that punk who even came to my comment about Hera Pheri and trying to impart me his limited knowledge about movies. Better to stay this way and some other folks.
Interested to know how much Netflix has paid for the digital rights of Sooryavanshi. If its a similar 100 cr amount then Sooryavanshi can actually break even at even 100 cr nett total.
The combined budgets of Pathan and Tiger 3 are 630 Crore, now YRF has 200 crore for digital rights only, satellite would be another 120-150 (both), theatrical (if the films succeed) is another 500.
Just amazing how Hindi film producers can make profits so easily these days.
Tiger will most probably work. As for Pathan, a lot depends on the execution. If Sidharth Anand gets its right as in War, it will work. War was actually quite well made for a Bollywood actioner. There have been very few well-made action films from Bollywood in the last decade. I had huge doubts on Anand being able to deliver it after Bang Bang. As for YRF, the concepts and execution of the slow motion action in Dhoom 3 were huge turn-offs. But War turned to be much better in terms of relentless action and the execution.
Anywhere near it, Pathan will be a winner. However, War had HR, who is tailor-made for stylish action films like these. He is born to make films like these. Neither SRK nor JA are anywhere near matching him in there. No comparison at all possible. And there was Tiger as well.
One problem with Tiger 3 is its director, but the franchise factor will probably override it. Sid Anand is an inconsistent guy. Even with HR in action mode he delivered the underwhelming Bang Bang.
Both Pathan and Tiger 3 will be huge releases and best bet for 300 cr grossers post-pandemic. Both has top actresses too.
War worked the way it did because Sridhar Raghavan was involved, it was a proper masala film in a lot of ways with character developments and arcs. I was very scared with Pathan till Sridhar Raghavan confirmed his involvement. I’d say SRK/John/Deepika/Salman cameo can work like the Hrithik style factor.
Still big fear left is the lack of live locations because of Covid. Now that Aryan is out, they should go to Spain and shoot something on location.
Here we not not talking about movies which are taking indian action movie to next level. These are movies to encash on War’s success etc. and at best promise to be at par with War.
Hence my apprehensions.
Tiger will be tough as just like Dhoom, War has now raised the bar for urbane action. Did not like Tiger 2 and know that it got the best every release dates of last 5 years pumping up its numbers by 100 cr.
Pathaan has same director as War which is a plus. I think it has a better chance than Tiger but still needs to be cost controlled and not make the bar too high where 300cr nett theatrical is needed to breakeven.
May one never go through the mental trauma of watching their child suffer. This might have been as harrowing for SRK/Gauri as for Aryan.
Also wish peace upon those who were getting voyeuristic pleasure in seeing the family suffer. May you or your loved ones never go through anything like this.
Agreed on the greater point Tony; but disagree with you that there are people — and am only talking of this blog — who wish to get pleasure of some superstar’s son or daughter suffering in jail. If there are folks in India to whom 93/kg for tomatoes is less important than the super-rich AK, may God bless them, and may they continue living in their hallucinations….
Extremely happy with what Madhavan said. Trolls were comparing his son with SRK’S and when viewed in that context, a message from Madhavan puts things in perspective.
We have to isolate ourselves from using the language of bucolic trollers. We may like or dislike but should not borrow slangs used by trollers. They are not like us. Trolls are illiterate, frustrated and psycho kind of narcissistic crowd.
Personally i am relieved. I knew Aryan would get the bail even if what NCB claims is true. You cannot be in Jail nowadays like what happenned to Sanjay Dutt or Lalu Yadav. If former Attorney Generals like Mukul Rohatgi advocate for you, even the senior HC judges cannot question their logic.
I think, Aryan did a mistake. I hope he learns. Its always the family who sufferes. Its high time he take responsibility and do not take it otherwise or against his own family.
Now we need major legal reform to make sure this “process=punishment” situation ends. If they can make SRK’s son go through this on such a faulty case, I dread to think what we commoners can go through and what many already go through in our jails.
Jail term does not mean that prisoners, undertrials have to live in filth and unhygienic conditions. They need not give five star rooms like in Norway but they can provide clean bathrooms, towels, sufficient water supply, fans.
We need to treat prisoners as human beings. Even animals get better treatment in Zoos.
Kiran Bedi used to do some good work while she was in charge.
Our present system turns even undertrials into hardened criminals.
The biggest punishment for prisoners is to lose freedom. Why to compound it by making them suffer filth and unhygienic conditions?
It’s a sick show. Very controversial even in terms of its entertainment quotient .
The viewers become as complicit as the demented, high-profile sadists who derive pleasure out of watching mass killings.
The huge success of this is rather telling. Don’t we have shows like Big Boss, now in its 15th season, enjoying great success? People love to watch.
Kept watching this song on a loop…of course for Madz…
RR, without the burden of his son, I feel had a better understanding of the masala metre than his contemporaris…be it KALA BAZAR, or that movie with Kabir Bedi and Rekha, or KOYLA…am still stunned that this was a flop…maybe it was a sign of the times…SRK had moved on from throwing Mrs Kundra off her terrace and was quite comfy in that idiotic zone of cute dimples and overacting…and this one didn’t just cut the ice…but man, was Madz magnetic…just watch her wring her hands apart when the lyrics go: DIL TOH, JUDAA NAHI HOTE…
Rekha & Kabir Bedi’s Khoon bhari maang is very well done revenge drama. Even Karan Arjun is great for its genre and intent. Infact Karan Arjun is SS Rajamouli’s fav movie and it helped him immensely to stick to the masala genre and not become too modern. He said there are influences of KA in his movies.
Koyla would have done better if released prior to DDLJ. Suddenly the audience was interested in seeing SRK in modern roles(Pardes, Yes Boss & Dil to Paagal hai released along with Koyla). Secondly keeping Srk mute for majority of the movie backfired. Literally no need to do that and could have just made the movie as regular character. Watching hero as dumb guy is very painful on screen especially in commercial movies like Koyla.
I think Khudgarz was well done. It had a very simple and thin plot with 2 friends turning into sworn enemies but RR included powerful moments of emotion and drama. The 2 main actors complemented each other very well. And the main song, ‘zindagi ka naam dosti’ turned out to be very popular.
Kishan Kanhaiyya was decent commercial cinema as well.
Rakesh Roshan has a solid track record as director, Khel, King Uncle and Koyla being his only notable commercial flops as director.
Koyla did not do too well. Those were days when action or revenge dramas were not doing too well. Probably only Ziddi, Mohra, Jeet, Gupt, Khiladyon ka Khiladi and Ghaatak were genuine hits in that phase in the genre.
I think Khudgarz was well done. It had a very simple and thin plot with 2 friends turning into sworn enemies but RR included powerful moments of emotion and drama. The 2 main actors complemented each other very well. And the main song, ‘zindagi ka naam dosti’ turned out to be very popular.
Kishan Kanhaiyya was decent commercial cinema as well.
Rakesh Roshan has a solid track record as director, Khel, King Uncle and Koyla being his only notable commercial flops as director.
Koyla did not do too well. Those were days when action or revenge dramas were not doing too well. Probably only Ziddi, Jeet, Gupt, Khiladyon ka Khiladi and Ghaatak were genuine hits in that phase in the genre.
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SATYAMSHOT 
October 22, 2021 at 1:36 AM
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/22/alec-baldwin-fires-prop-gun-on-set-of-movie-killing-a-crew-member-and-injuring-director.html
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October 22, 2021 at 1:43 AM
This is huge news and unfortunate Reminds me of Bruce Lee’s son – Brandon Lee who also died similarly during film shoot by gun shot when real bullet was placed instead of fake. Even now they do such mistakes, it’s crazy.
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October 22, 2021 at 6:11 AM
https://www.yahoo.com/now/prop-gun-using-blanks-still-052227936.html
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October 22, 2021 at 7:59 AM
Holy sh!t. This is crazy.
You would think they would fire some rounds first as a safety measure to ensure it’s fake bullets ant not real.
Very unfortunate but how would it get confused.
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October 22, 2021 at 1:48 AM
Very sad that ‘Mayuri’ has to go thru this torture!
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October 22, 2021 at 6:37 AM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/cisf-responds-to-sudhaa-chandrans-complain-of-being-asked-to-remove-her-prosthetic-limb-at-the-airport-read-what-transpired/photostory/87204170.cms
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October 22, 2021 at 8:31 AM
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October 22, 2021 at 2:44 AM
Antim vs SJ2:
https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/antim-vs-satyameva-jayate-2-clash-john-abrahams-team-showcase-25-minute-footage-exhibitors/
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October 22, 2021 at 4:13 AM
Will be fun to see John Abraham beat Salman Khan.
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October 22, 2021 at 5:31 AM
I wud put my bets on SJ2 as well.
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October 22, 2021 at 3:25 AM
Actor Riteish Deshmukh has responded to a Twitter user who interpreted his tweet about weight gain during festivals as bias against a Hindu festival. The actor has tweeted about the cost of weight loss as compared to the cost of sweets one tends to eat during a festival.
Advising people to ‘choose wisely’, Riteish shared the cost of sweets such as laddu, jalebi, kaju ki barfi and chocolate. He went on to then share the price one has to pay for losing a single kilogram of weight. “I thought I should warn you !!!!” he wrote as the caption.
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/riteish-deshmukh-accused-of-being-biased-against-hindu-festivals-by-twitter-user-heres-his-reply-7584414/
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October 23, 2021 at 2:24 PM
Yes sir; we will stop our kids from enjoying lighting crackers; now we will stop them from eating sweets as well [for the greater purpose of weight-loss and health issues; yes] – for 2 festivals in a year where the men, women, and kids in a family get a time to worship and have some relief from day-to-day worries.
In the meanwhile, you and your ilk like PC and your wife please continue posting your Maldives and Spain pics in bikinis and jockeys: We shall sacrifice for you sir; we will stop lighting fire-crackers; we will ‘choose’ wisely the sweets we eat. So what if the middle-class Hindus have only these ‘escapades’ lined out for them! After all, who is as lucky or unlucky as Ranveer Singh that he and his parents could visit another country only once per year…
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October 23, 2021 at 4:56 PM
I consciously avoid many things due to awareness. No one can force me. One can just advise. Only mithai makers may ask people to eat more sweets as it is profitable for them. And so are whose livelihood depends on manufacturing and selling crackers. Rest is left to individual discretion and decision. Whether to follow fasts or not. What to eat or what not to eat. Whether to drink and smoke or not to do so. Whether to watch movies or not. Whether to vote or not.
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October 23, 2021 at 5:15 PM
And the ban on jallikkattu raised such a furore in tamilnadu because they enjoy that sport once in a year. In India, you will be hurting hindus, muslims, christians, regional groups on each and every thing.
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October 24, 2021 at 2:59 AM
Incomprehensible bollocks!
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October 22, 2021 at 5:42 AM
https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=6375
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October 22, 2021 at 5:53 AM
“Bell Bottom also saw a release in Maharashtra but there was not much of an audience.”
Big surprise for someone here!
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October 22, 2021 at 7:23 PM
Sooryavanshi will set Maharashtra on fire with a Singham/Tanhaji level performance. Akshay Kumar will get his career’s first highest annual grosser with only 83 being a realistic competition.
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October 22, 2021 at 8:35 AM
Releasing a two month old movie without any promotion is enthusiasm without any steam. Its mostly for academic purpose.
All focus is now on Sooryavanshi. This thread should be names – Sooryavanshi, Diwali and rest of bollywood because thats how it will be for a month.
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October 22, 2021 at 9:37 AM
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October 22, 2021 at 10:42 AM
I love watching these type of movie but at the same time it’s really though to watch men/women/children being in helpless position and being abused like this.
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October 22, 2021 at 9:42 AM
How Kader Khan became Bollywood’s go-to dialogue writer: An impressed Manmohan Desai gifted him his TV
On Kader Khan’s 84th birth anniversary, here’s looking at the early career of the actor as a dialogue writer and how he did some of his best work with Prakash Mehra and Manmohan Desai.
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kader-khan-birth-anniversary-how-he-became-bollywood-go-to-dialogue-writer-manmohan-desai-govinda-7583498/
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October 22, 2021 at 9:51 AM
Sanjeev Kumar, born Harihar Jethalal Jariwala, remained unmarried throughout his life. However, he was time and again linked with many actors including Hema Malini and Sulakshana Pandit. While Hema married actor Dharmendra, Sulakshana remained unmarried.
In an old interview with Filmfare, Anju Mahendroo had said, “Every time he got involved with a woman he was told by those close to him, ‘Arrey yaar yeh toh tere paise ke peeche hai (she’s after your money)’. This would play on his mind. I’d say, ‘Hari, are you mad or what? Can’t you judge for yourself? This way you’ll never get married. You love the woman, even if she’s there for your money, so what?’”
https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/when-anju-mahendroo-said-sanjeev-kumar-believed-women-were-after-his-wealth-at-the-end-he-had-neither-home-nor-wife-101634901611572.html
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October 22, 2021 at 9:56 AM
There should be some reason to fall in love with. Character, beauty, money, charm or just attraction. Or just to settle down or for the sake of parents. Some are happy without marriage and ensuing responsibilities. Each to his or her own.
All said and done, Sulakshana truly loved him.
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October 22, 2021 at 10:12 AM
I don’t think it is about love but Sanjeev Kumar mentioned in interview that majority of the men in their family don’t live beyond the age of 50 as there is running heart ailment in their family and he was not interested to get married as he know he also won’t go beyond 50 yrs. He wanted to do twice the work from other folks as he has limited time. He did astonishing amount of work from 1973 to 1983 before passing in 1985 at the age of 47.
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October 22, 2021 at 11:28 AM
Has anyone seen Shyam Knight Old? Any good?
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October 22, 2021 at 12:20 PM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kader-khan-birth-anniversary-how-he-became-bollywood-go-to-dialogue-writer-manmohan-desai-govinda-7583498/
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October 22, 2021 at 3:59 PM
DUNE – High on visuals, brilliant cinematography and mesmerizing visuals that deserve an IMAX viewing yet the excruciatingly slow pace, sloppy editing and tedious narrative of a predictable run of the mill story is a major letdown. 3/5
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October 22, 2021 at 6:28 PM
I am a big fan of Dennis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner:2049 and also liked Arrival.
So I am going to watch Dune as well…although I do admit the trailer of the film did leave me cold.
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October 22, 2021 at 6:55 PM
I liked both BR 2049 and Arrival.
I just checked and his filmography, it is topnotch; Sicario, Prisoners. I have not seen Incendies but heard about it.
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October 22, 2021 at 7:27 PM
Dune’s the 3rd major Hollywood film after Tenet & Bond 25 over the last year with serious editing issues and an overlong tedious duration.
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October 23, 2021 at 12:30 AM
Blade Runner 2049 was a slow-burn master-piece. DENNIS is a FANTASTIC director, and the reason for that is he is old-school and relies more on script and writing than on technical wizardry.
PRISONERS was outstanding with a brilliant blinking-eye performance from Jake; and ARRIVAL was too good with the detailing it put forth…
Looking forward to visiting DUNE in theaters…though it depends on certain circumstances…
And SICARIO, what can one say about that? Terrific performances from Blunt, Del Toro, and Broslin, and a back-ground score so scintillating it leaves goose-bumps on your skin….
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October 23, 2021 at 5:12 AM
Agreed on Prisoners. An absolute classic. On the contrary Dune relies a lot more on VFX and technical wizardry than depth in content.
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October 23, 2021 at 2:19 AM
Villeneuve lacks lightness of direction, his movies are too heavy and hectoring for my taste.
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October 24, 2021 at 2:38 AM
@Aman just curious…when the subjects themselves that Dennis chooses are heavy-headed; why would you object to its treatment or display on the screen? ARRIVAL, PRISONERS are not light-headed themes; In fact, I found PRISONERS way too painful to watch; what with the lead relapsing to alcoholism and showering a so-called villian with hot water….but then, I cannot deny the fact that it is a wonderful explanation and examination of the holy Bible lived through those characters..
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October 22, 2021 at 9:51 PM
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October 23, 2021 at 1:20 PM
Even though it is made for International audience and in English, I think desis will enjoy this the most and it is worth to watch it in Broadway. I hope it releases at a time when I can watch it!
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October 22, 2021 at 11:55 PM
https://theprint.in/national-interest/aryan-khan-isnt-a-show-to-enjoy-ndps-is-a-weapon-vengeful-state-could-use-on-you-or-your-kids/755219/
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October 23, 2021 at 1:03 AM
LOL; how people are caught with tail between their legs and shooting themselves in their feet; this very piece, and the comment posted by Master, where the statistics reveal — as per him; as per the horrific inefficiency of NCB– that NCB has HARDLY succeeded in going after the fish than the fisher-men – 90 or whatever percentage of the times, indicates that SRK’s ‘son’ is NOT the only victim; even if one were to consider the NCB as horribly incompetent and impotent prostrating before the BJP govt..in an opposition state… [So if NCB is so pathetic that > 90% of cases are shite that catch only street-level peddlers or consumers, how is ‘AK’ case a witch-hunt? Who are the remaining percentage? Again ‘Muslims’?] Oh Ananya Pandey! Got it! They r trying to get a Hindu-Muslim parity; show this nation that if we can catch a ‘Muslim’ super-star’s son; we can also catch a Hindu…all minorities and majorities can hide in danger…
Nothing much left to say…never ever wanted to write on this; this is the one and only one statement I am making…
Munna, please delete this if you think I am stirring up some nonsense here..am not interested in this debate at all…but couldn’t hold myself back on this…
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October 23, 2021 at 1:20 AM
I think you should elaborate more and participate in debates. I always look forward to your take.
My take is there are so many things with reference to this case and now emotions are overruling all. Just like SSR case. Let the dust settle.
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October 23, 2021 at 2:17 AM
This is a very poor argument, by your standards An Jo.
Firstly, you say, since the NCB is anyway hardly doing its job and going after consumers with criminal charges (which itself can qualify as a witch hunt), Aryan Khan is not a witch hunt. But the bigger point is even by the NCB’s standards, no ameer baap’s beta ever gets himself caught up in this sort of mess, only either if he’s done something really big or someone’s out to get him. Given how little evidence the NCB has and how there was BJP workers escorting the accused into the NCB office, one can’t help but feel the latter is the case here. So why would someone be out to get SRK, 1. It could be that the case is the perfect distraction from a Govt that has failed in the healthcare of its citizens, the security of its border, its international prestige, the economy and the gas price (or) 2. They want to send a message to the film industry like Dubya demanding absolute subordination (or) 3. The old RSS grouse that the film industry is dominated by “Muslims” may be driving it. Me thinks it’s compound of all three.
Anyway, as a civil libertarian, it is also a reminder of how grotesque our criminal justice system is, and how urgently it needs reform.
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October 23, 2021 at 3:35 AM
Logic usually goes for a toss when it comes to star sons. We saw that with Abhishek in the past, now its Aryan. I am glad Aamir fans doesnt share such PASSION for junaid who is debuting soon.
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October 23, 2021 at 3:42 AM
Some curiosity than passion. He does not resemble his father in any way in height and looks.
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October 23, 2021 at 3:49 AM
Personally i hv more interest in LSC than in Aamir’s son, his wife or his libido status. But then he is an unique star whose work is more captivating than his persona.
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October 23, 2021 at 4:42 PM
Aamir Khan is spending his days in deep emotional catharsis. He has been calling friends, cousins, even former girlfriends for one-on-one conversations. He has been explaining his actions in the past and talking about his new focus in life. Clearly, much of this has been inspired by introspection during the Covid-inspired lockdown, which also saw him announcing the end of his second marriage to filmmaker Kiran Rao in the most amicable way possible, much like his first divorce from Reena Dutta in 2002. Having wrapped up his long-pending Laal Singh Chaddha, a remake of Forrest Gump (1994), which is to release next year, Aamir is clearly preparing for the next phase of his life. Whatever it may be, it is bound to be affected by the two years spent away from making movies.
https://openthemagazine.com/cinema/aamirs-introspection/
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October 23, 2021 at 4:47 PM
That person who wrote this can mind his own family and business and improve his financial status. As if he is privy to what aamir does in his daily life.
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October 23, 2021 at 1:29 AM
Hyderabad Court refuses to speed up proceedings in defamation lawsuit filed by Samantha Ruth Prabhu
By -Bollywood Hungama News NetworkCreated: Oct 23, 2021 – 9:31 AM IST
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October 23, 2021 at 2:39 AM
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October 23, 2021 at 2:42 AM
Panic in Bollywood over drug raids; all nocturnal activities come to a standstill
By -Subhash K. JhaCreated: Oct 23, 2021 – 10:45 AM IST
https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/panic-bollywood-drug-raids-nocturnal-activities-come-standstill/
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October 23, 2021 at 5:49 AM
No smoke without fire.
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October 23, 2021 at 2:56 AM
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October 23, 2021 at 3:00 AM
Please confine arguments in drug case to publicly available information and logic. Not on commentators or commentator’s thought process.
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October 23, 2021 at 3:12 AM
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October 23, 2021 at 3:28 AM
What crap is this?
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October 23, 2021 at 4:04 PM
This was SWAMI NITYANANDA in ultra HD 4K
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October 23, 2021 at 3:39 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/mehmood-sister-minoo-mumtaz-dead-7586269/
Minoo Mumtaz appeared in many Hindi films of the 1950s and 1960s, mostly as a dancer and character actor. Some of her remarkable films include CID (1956), Naya Daur (1957), Taj Mahal (1963), Gaban (1966), Zameer (1975).
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October 24, 2021 at 2:58 AM
OM SHANTI….
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October 23, 2021 at 3:45 AM
Sameer Wankhede reportedly reprimands Ananya Panday for arriving late at NCB office, says NCB is not ‘production house’ but ‘office of central agency’
Updated : Oct 23, 2021, 12:45 IST
toi
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October 23, 2021 at 3:52 AM
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October 23, 2021 at 3:52 AM
Blockbuster.
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October 23, 2021 at 3:55 AM
This story is gonna be epic… #AkshayKumar sir will play Bhagwan Bholenath in #OMG2 after playing bhagwan shree Krishna in omg part 1…This time subject is related to our education system and i love tagline for the student in 2nd pic “Rakh vishvash hai tu shiv ka das” 🔥❤
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October 23, 2021 at 4:57 AM
Akshay Kumar Upcoming Flims 2022
BOLLYWOOD 2022
#Prithviraj 21 Jan’22
#BachchanPandey 4 Mar’22
#AtrangiRe April 2022
#Cinderella May 2022
#RakshaBandhan 11 Aug’22
#OhMyGod2 Dussehra ’22
#RamSetu Diwali’22
#Gorkha Christmas 2022
#TheEnd 2022
#Selfie 2022
Is there anything I’m still missing 😅😁
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October 23, 2021 at 5:00 AM
The problem with Akshay Kumar is that he is making too much money from doing 4 average half-baked movies per year. As a result he is not invested in making good films.
On the other extreme Aamir is spending 4 years on trying to make a good film. Both the industry and the paying audience is suffering from such extreme stances. Someone needs to teach moderation to these guys.
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October 23, 2021 at 5:20 AM
Agreed. 1 movie per year from 9-10 big stars is still 9-10 big movies. You don’t need more. If on average each big film made 200Cr it’s good. Then all the medium/small films will do better and get enough space to create new stars.
Instead you have a system stuck. 10 films in 2022 for Akshay Kumar is incredible. Of course that is already 10 hits for someone here by hook or crook eliminating all logic of box office economics.
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October 23, 2021 at 5:28 AM
This is a list of films Akshay is working on. 4-5 of these will release in 2022 and the rest in 2023. Naveen is pushing the pedal as usual.
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October 23, 2021 at 7:13 AM
The problem is that others like Ranbir, Hrithik, SRK and Aamir are practically at 1 film every 4 years. There needs to be a middle ground somewhere. If it really was 1 good film a year for each top star, things would have looked better. Right now, it is Akshay Kumar with a good run with around 4-5 releases a year. He was consistently coming up with the 200cr net grossers right before the pandemic. And then you have Salman who has one release each year, but the last few were underperforming. The rest lack volume of work. You have to go back to the times of Sanju and Dangal to see anything worthwile from them and 5 years on until their next release means that the industry has lost out on in good cinema in there. If you sum up 1 standard year from Bollywood, it is 4 decent films from Akshay Kumar, 1 big budget film from Salman, a couple of content driven films with Amitabh Bachan and Ayushman Khurana and then small films with limited appeal aimed towards select audiences. And nothing much else.
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October 23, 2021 at 2:51 PM
Rahul – yes your hypothetical year is correct.
Bottom line if I look at CV of Aamir in this millennium of the films he has done as actor or producer (the latter surely counts?)
He will have 19 films in 21 years. It’s not terrible. That’s with the 01-05 release gap.
Yes Akshay’s probably got 100 films.
And if it was a serious discussion about the bigger star and more memorable films (ignore Naveen) I’m pretty sure majority neutrals will pick Aamir’s movies.
Yes if we count last 5 years with Aamir’s 3 films it’s meagre. Only 1 2000 cr WW grosser and near 1 1000 cr WW grosser. Barring that his return is awful.
There is no fan solution to this. Only the actor can answer this.
As a model I prefer 1 movie per year. 2 maximum. Then juxtaposition of every other star is enough movies for every fan.
Aamir’s issue is actually more pointed at younger stars like Hrithik and Ranbir. These guys should be doing more movies than Aamir period!
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October 23, 2021 at 8:03 AM
Agree with Rahul.
The problem is not with Akshay at all here.
Problem is with all the other stars. Even Big B, at his age, does more movies than other stars and that tell you a story.
Bollywood is now clearly run by Akshay Kumar. Rest are doing fill in the blanks one in a while. If every other actor comes on board to do reasonable work, we will look at a solid lineup every fortnight.
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October 23, 2021 at 8:14 AM
There is no reason why any star cant do one good film every year. Akshay too can do that instead of 4-5 mediocre films every year. Thats the point. That model of work will take the industry forward and also satisfy the audience.
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October 23, 2021 at 8:19 AM
Neither do the so called stars care for the industry nor their audiences. Hindi cinema needs a better set of writers, technicians & directors if its got to revive itself.
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October 23, 2021 at 4:45 PM
Films are creative activity for some. Like writing. It is not to support an industry or audience or fans. They are secondary for a creative actor like aamir whether his films are hits or not. Success and fans corrupt some and motivate some. Cant force him to do movies frequently. Just like cant force akshay to make only 2 movies per year.
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October 23, 2021 at 10:11 PM
A creative actor doesn’t act in films like D3 or ToH. Something has gone wrong for Aamir since Dangal. SS was an ok film imo and kind of underperformed in India given Aamir’s standards. ToH didnt work at all. Now LSC is coming after a gap and no one is expecting much from BO given the current situation. Hopefully it will be a good film.
I think the best course for him now is to announce his next on his coming bday and release it by end of 2023. Dont think he can work any faster than that. One movie every 2 years is the best be can do now. Has lost his edge with age.
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October 23, 2021 at 10:22 PM
By losing his edge, i mean the no of films he is doing. In the 00’s he did 9 films, in the 10’s he did 7. This decade it will probably be only 5. In the next maybe 3.
And thats ok. He has made millions in his career and now can choose to be choosy. Its his call after all.
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October 25, 2021 at 4:58 AM
The Aamir Khan working model has been fine. But seriously, devoting 4 years on something like a character like Firangi when you can deliver Bhuvan and Akash in a spate of months and Ranchod and Sanjay Singhania as well.. I leave that to you. By the time LSC releases it will have been 6 years since Dangal. If it is fine for you, then we can disagree over it here. I am not talking about 4 films a year.. I am talking about 1 project a year. I would personally prefer to see Aamir on screen at the very least every 2 years and he has showed he can deliver tremendous cinema within much smaller spells than that. You don’t need to waste 4 years on a character like Firangi. No one even remembers it, baring a few. That’s my my rant as a cinema lover. Well, we can disagree over it. Just as quantity may affect quality, Aamir’s filmography itself is proof that too lengthy time gaps do not proportionately translate into better quality.
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October 25, 2021 at 7:01 AM
Aamir spent 2 years on ToH, not 4 years on Firangi. Whether LSC is worth of 4 years of effort or not, depends on how the film turns out to be. And as I said things have not gone his way since Dangal.
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October 25, 2021 at 8:08 AM
Frankly, LSC wud have been 2 years of effort IF not for Covid. Without the pandemic, it wud have wrapped up shooting by July/Aug of 2020 and released on Christmas 2020. But like many current movies, its release has got delayed by 1.5 years. This of course have given more time to Aamir and his team and the audience can expect a better and more polished film now.
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October 23, 2021 at 5:01 PM
Jay, ok let us leave Aamir out of this debate and maybe you will get the point better. I do think that Hrithik, SRK, Ranbir are letting precious years go by without getting into enough projects these days. It was a refreshing to see HR back in Super 30 and War in a relatively short spell of time. The industry will be much better with these guys signing a couple of more projects consistently
If you are doing it for the sake of picking up the best scripts, then wasting years off making films like Zero, Kaabil, Thugs doesn’t make things look very good.
Forget Akshay Kumar, 1 film a year doesn’t harm necessarily the quality thar much. HR showed it with Super 30 and War. Aamir did it much earlier with Ghajini and 3 Idiots and Lagaan and DCH. All 4 are classics.
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October 23, 2021 at 6:18 PM
Less is more in my opinion. Look Aamir’s not James Cameron. But that kind of mindset if displayed by the best creative minds in India will lead to better films. Quantity does not equal quality. It never has and never will.
Any industry, any job – if you’re in a job to simply churn stuff out you’ll make errors in long run.
Now my go to analogy is always sport. Sport use to more about sport, playing it but once money came in it’s become a business model. Some sports where the athletes have choices like tennis, snooker, golf, boxing where they can pick the events they play – it prolongs their life. In cricket you see this with likes of Kohli relinquishing captaincy in T20. In football certain players quit international football to prolong their club football.
I think it’s not a cowardly act to attempt to give 100% on a film for 1 year+. The seriousness should be applauded not tempered.
Answer one simple question. If Aamir’s doing 1 film in 4 years and Akshay’s doing 15 in 4 years – who’s working more? As I see it a person doing 4 jobs in one day can only work 24 hours. Even a person doing 1 job can do 24 hours.
Now you may say Akshay’s feeding the industry as 15 directors, or 15 musicians are getting paid. But in the end it’s still the same wage relatively speaking each person is getting. The beneficiary of Akshay’s model is he himself. Unless Naveen’s getting a cut, the rest of us needn’t care so much.
I only care if I’m getting my money’s worth after those opening credits start to the point those ending credits finish. Everything else is irrelevant.
If Akshay’s knocking out 4 blockbuster classic films a year it’s a different conversation. He isn’t.
I would strongly argue if he had any sense he’d work less and get 2 great scripts per year and knock those out the park. Over a 10 year period he’d average a classic a year!
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October 23, 2021 at 5:16 AM
Incredible!
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October 23, 2021 at 12:54 PM
That is impressive list by Akshay. To call Akshay mini-industry is not wrong and it’s been like that for ages. New directors and new producers and not A-list actress has only Akshay Kumar movies to aim. There’s good chance to grab one of the movies in Akshay’s hand than something else. It’s very difficult to sign Aamir unless you have extraordinary script and for SRK, he won’t work in outside productions from ages and he needs better project setup more than script and Salman Khan signs only if producer or director are ready to listen to his whims and demands and crazy work schedules. So that puts out regular film makers (even SLB stopped InshaAllah after few test shoots) out of range. Only Akshay is available to be ‘hired’ as an actor and star and other top stars are never available and that’s also helping Akshay immensely. Akshay is the only star also who can lured to do bad movie with huge fat signing check. You can’t do that with others as they anyways do less movies. Akshay will not have an issue if one is bad movie out of his next list of releases.
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October 23, 2021 at 4:46 AM
Tamil film ‘Koozhangal’ is India’s official entry to the Oscars this year
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October 23, 2021 at 4:49 AM
The film had to beat 14 others from across the country that were in the running to be sent to the Oscars, including Amit Masurkar’s Vidya Balan-starrer ‘Sherni’ and Shoojit Sircar’s Sardar Udham Singh biopic starring Vicky Kaushal, Sidharth Malhotra-starrer Captain Vikram Batra biopic, ‘Kaagaz’ featuring Pankaj Tripathi, and Farhan Akhtar’s sports film, ‘Toofan’ from the Hindi film industry. Besides these, Tamil film ‘Mandela’, Marathi films ‘Aata Vel Zaali’, ‘Karkhanisanchi Waari’ and ‘Godavari’, Assamese film ‘Bridge, Gujrati film ‘Chhello Show’, Malayalam film ‘Nayattu’ and Gojri film ‘Laila Aur Satt Geet’ were also in the running and were screened at Kolkata’s Bijoli cinema where the screening process took place.
‘Koozhangal’, which is based on the relationship between an alcoholic father and his son and follows their journey together to bring back the wife/mother who has gone off to her father’s house, is based on a real incident that took place in director Vinothraj’s family, inspiring him to spin it into a story for his debut film. The feature has already won the prestigious Tiger Award at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam held in Netherlands earlier this year. The film has presented by Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan and featured music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/tamil-film-koozhangal-is-indias-official-entry-to-the-oscars-this-year/articleshow/87221497.cms
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October 23, 2021 at 8:16 AM
Is it on netflix, hotstar or amazon?
Have you seen it?
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October 23, 2021 at 8:46 AM
Many cine lovers have been asking “koozhangal movie where to watch?”,”koozhangal movie where to watch in India” and more. The movie Koozhangal which is also known as Pebbles was released at the international film festival which was held at Rotterdam(Netherland) on February 4 2021. The release date and time of the movie in India are unclear, but we can expect the movie to release by 2021.
https://latestnews.fresherslive.com/articles/koozhangal-movie-release-date-and-time-207974
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October 23, 2021 at 12:59 PM
Many expected Sardar Udham for Oscar’s as it’s made like an international movie. Haven’t seen it so can’t comment but we rarely send worthy movie to Oscar’s, first it has to beat internal politics to reach to wider stage.
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October 23, 2021 at 1:08 PM
Agree. It was worth a shot.
This is how merit is crushed. And then they blame that bollywood does not make good movies!
Udham singh had potential to win at the Oscars.
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October 23, 2021 at 4:16 PM
It can be entered as an independent film. In the past some films were entered like this.
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October 23, 2021 at 4:57 AM
Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s much-anticipated sci-fi epic Dune delivered $5.1 million in Thursday evening previews from thousands of theaters across North America. Of that total, Imax theaters amounted to 30 percent of the movie’s early business.
Tracking suggests Dune will open in the mid-$30 million range; Warners is being more cautious in suggesting $30 million. The film started out playing Thursday evening in roughly 3,200 theaters, including numerous Imax locations; by Friday, the count will grow to 4,100-plus.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dune-box-office-thursday-previews-1235034358/
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October 23, 2021 at 5:02 AM
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune hit China today with an estimated RMB 42 million ($6.5 million) on 28,274 screens and a 34.3% share of the market. While we do not yet have a social score, Friday’s estimate would portend a weekend in the $20M+ neighborhood as we noted coming into the session.
https://deadline.com/2021/10/dune-china-uk-korea-opening-international-box-office-1234860686/
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October 23, 2021 at 5:05 AM
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October 23, 2021 at 5:57 AM
India does not have genuine imax viewing format. Most of the imax screens are digital imax with the regular 35mm aspect ratio but with a bigger screen and better sound format.
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October 23, 2021 at 7:01 AM
https://lfexaminer.com/theaters/
https://www.slashfilm.com/519043/qa-imax-theatre-real-imax-liemax/
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October 23, 2021 at 5:24 AM
SCOOP: Yash Raj Films inks a 4 week deal with Amazon for Bunty Aur Babli 2, Prithviraj, Jayeshbhai Jordaar and Shamshera
By -Bollywood Hungama News NetworkCreated: Oct 23, 2021 – 1:06 PM IST
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October 23, 2021 at 5:27 AM
“Aditya Chopra has immense faith in the theatrical medium and hence, he was all ready to follow the conventional 8 week window between theatrical and OTT release. However, when the national chains put out a statement about them being alright if films opt for a premium four weeks after their theatrical release, he felt it was only wise business decision to follow the norm. The entire industry has taken a four week window and seeing the advent of a new era, Adi and his team too have signed a deal with Amazon Prime keeping a 4 week window in mind,” a trade source informed Bollywood Hungama.
The source further added that Adi has fetched a premium amount over and above the pre existing 8 week window deal. His upcoming films – Bunty Aur Babli 2, Prithviraj, Jayeshbhai Jordaar and Shamshera will premiere on the digital world four week after their theatrical release. “However, he has reserved the biggest films from his slate – Tiger 3 and Pathan – for an 8 week window as things stand today, as they are looking to release towards the end of 2022. He also feels the two films deserve an exclusive theatrical window to amp the exclusivity of big screen entertainment,” the source added.
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October 23, 2021 at 7:29 AM
YRF might close shop after Pathaan and Tiger. Its their riskiest sitting on a paper thin plot.
After ToH, they shouldnhave learnt. Seems they havent and doing gimmick films again after some solid lineup of Prithviraj, Shamshera and Jayeshbhai.
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October 23, 2021 at 8:04 AM
My money on pathan and tiger to make more money than no plot film like sooryavanshi.
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October 23, 2021 at 8:16 AM
War 2 would be a better franchise to move ahead with than a decade old Tiger.
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October 24, 2021 at 2:02 AM
Yrf usually takes 5 years to come up with a sequel. War 2 wont come before 2024. Maybe 2025. But it will be made eventually.
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October 23, 2021 at 5:25 AM
“Aryan Khan isn’t a show to enjoy. NDPS is a weapon vengeful state could use on you or your kids.”
https://theprint.in/national-interest/aryan-khan-isnt-a-show-to-enjoy-ndps-is-a-weapon-vengeful-state-could-use-on-you-or-your-kids/755219/
Shekhar Gupta on the money. It’s a great read
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October 23, 2021 at 5:48 AM
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ananya-panday-arrives-late-ncb-sameer-wankhede-reprimands-1868382-2021-10-23
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October 23, 2021 at 5:47 AM
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October 23, 2021 at 8:19 AM
BREAKING: Faizabad Railway Station to be Renamed as Ayodhya Cantt, Announces CM Yogi
Earlier, the government renamed the Mughalsarai Railway station, another historic spot, as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya junction and Allahabad as Prayagraj.
https://www.india.com/uttar-pradesh/breaking-faizabad-railway-station-to-be-renamed-as-ayodhya-cantt-announces-cm-yogi-5066093/
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October 23, 2021 at 8:23 AM
Calls for a national mourning..
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October 23, 2021 at 3:05 PM
LOL @Shivaay; a stab in 5 words…here’s a take…this is for folks who haven’t made up their mind and don’t peddle the same narrative over and over and over again…
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October 23, 2021 at 5:24 PM
LOL, got the exact expected response from the usual suspect.
But as i had said, this gvmt is good for nothing except change names. Point proven…
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October 23, 2021 at 5:31 PM
LOL; got the response from the usual hatred-monger. no surprise at all. As I said, the ‘historian’ thinking was for educated people, not illiterates…
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October 23, 2021 at 3:25 PM
No issue in renaming but somebody should tell Yogi that ‘cantt’ is too close to another English word. Maybe it was intentional, we never know.
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October 23, 2021 at 3:29 PM
Unfortunately, his mind isn’t as warped-up as thinking on those lines!!! Maybe he didn’t visualize ‘Dick’ Cheney as a Cheney holding a Dick in his hands…So bad of him and his advisors…
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October 23, 2021 at 3:33 PM
Yeah yeah..yawn. Usual used spelling is kant or kanth. No point writing it as cantt.
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October 23, 2021 at 3:37 PM
yes; an unforgivable crime.
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October 23, 2021 at 3:45 PM
You literally have no clue. Cantt is a short form for Cantonment.
Now use google and look up what it means!
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October 23, 2021 at 4:11 PM
Lol..I don’t need to know all kinds of abbreviations, I just read the headline posted here and replied to it. This could be normal word for folks living in India.. no special knowledge needed, so quit acting smart over such silly point.
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October 23, 2021 at 6:01 PM
You didn’t just “reply” to the headline — you made a mischievous comment, knowing very well that you were mocking the new name.
If you were respectful, which judging by your history is foolish to expect, you’d have asked what Cantt stood for…or whether it was a different spelling for ‘kant’ etc.
But no, you deliberately chose to provoke.
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October 23, 2021 at 4:17 PM
who started the “silly point”? who saw something in cantt that no-one else had thought of??
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October 23, 2021 at 10:57 PM
Yes anything against any political person or party which you adhere to is simply taken as personal provoking. That is also expected from you all the time.
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October 23, 2021 at 3:51 PM
Hmm…Pakistani cricketer ‘Fakhar’ Zaman must constantly curse his parents then!
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October 23, 2021 at 4:13 PM
But if you pronounce it in pakistani way, it’s way different and not what you think.
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October 23, 2021 at 6:07 PM
It’s still spelt wrong — the correct word is Fakhra (फख्र), which in Urdu translates to Pride.
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October 23, 2021 at 3:50 PM
Faizabad was actually called Saket during the times of the Ramayana and was renamed as Faizabad by the first Nawab of Awadh.
The Nawab renamed the city based on the name of his courtesan, Faiz Baksh.
I’m actually quite unhappy they didn’t rename it back to Saket…(not really!)
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October 23, 2021 at 8:59 AM
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October 23, 2021 at 9:14 AM
captivating.
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October 23, 2021 at 5:01 PM
Dhanak, a 2015 film on netflix is a very interesting and captivating film which is now on netflix. It also deserved a chance to go for Oscars.
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October 23, 2021 at 12:01 PM
Salman Khan is on a roll. After returning from the overseas leg of Tiger 3, he straight away jumped into shooting for some additional scenes of Antim: The Final Truth and is now all set to resume shooting for the final schedule of Tiger 3 in Mumbai. The last leg will be shot over a period of 6 weeks and be wrapped up by November end.
“Massive sets have been put up at multiple locations in Mumbai for Tiger 3 and it’s going to be a non-stop 40 day shoot now before calling it a film wrap. The team of this Maneesh Sharma directorial will be shooting some action and dramatic scenes over this schedule with Salman, Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi,” revealed a source close to the development. Calling it a wrap on Tiger 3, Salman will move on to shooting for this extended cameo in Godfather, which features Chiranjeevi in lead.
“It’s around 15-days of work for Salman in the Chiranjeevi starrer. On finishing it, Salman will take his annual break for birthday and new year celebrations. The dates are however subject to change depending on the Covid scenario. This is a tentative schedule based on the dates allotted by the actor at present,” the source added. New year would mean a new beginning for Salman as he commences work on the Sajid Nadiadwala production, Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali in Mumbai.
https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/exclusives/exclusive-salman-khan-wrap-tiger-3-november-end-godfather-and-kabhi-eid-kabhi-diwali-follow-916720
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October 23, 2021 at 12:03 PM
“It is expected to begin around January 15 in Mumbai. A massive set of a palace-like house will be put up at a studio in the city, which would result in the commencement of this comedy driven by action and drama. While Salman Khan and Pooja Hegde are locked as the leading actors, rest of the casting is underway,” the source informed, adding further that some top names from the Southern industry are also expected to come on board this project as there’s an element of cross-cultural love story in the premise. The work on music is underway at the moment.
After wrapping up the aforementioned projects, Salman is yet to decide his next. “It will be either of Black Tiger with Rajkumar Gupta or Anees Bazmee’s comedy, with the former being the forefront. The timeline of next after Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali is in the window of May – June, and he will lock the dates by this year end,” the source said. While Tiger 3 will release in the last quarter of 2022, Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali is expected to be his Eid 2023 opening. “Next year, it’s going to be Tiger 3 for Salman in lead with extended appearances in Pathan alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Godfather with Chiranjeevi,” the source concluded.
Pinkvilla
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October 23, 2021 at 1:40 PM
Based on Tony’s suggestion, I finally caught up with SEARCHING last night. What an incredible movie! What a script! And this is not fake-experimentation like AK v AK. A genuinely, made for OTT, made with the tiniest budget possible, extremely rich in writing movie. The entire story unfolds within the confines of a computer and the idiot box! The computer is the one staring back at you as you put your eye to the peep-hole! Incredulous thinking on the part of the makers. It is just words, filthy social media filled with emojis replacing real emotions, likes, dislikes and crap. The makers have done a fine job of utilizing the villain itself to unmask the villain. [It beautifully exposes the fake emotions and so-called friendships that go with ‘friend requests.’]
Highly, highly recommended. Not to be missed and thanks to Tony for suggesting this.
@Shivaay these are the kind of movies I think OTT is good for; I am not sure how this movie did in the theaters. [I was surprised with BADLA’S success as well considering that is is almost a chamber-drama.]
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October 23, 2021 at 2:52 PM
On the other hand stuff like Special Ops, Sherlock, Game of Thrones & Ertagrul would fit perfectly on the big screen. The odd exceptions would always be there (Piku, Pink among others like Badla).
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October 24, 2021 at 4:56 AM
Glad you loved it AJ
One of its kind and brilliant writing
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October 24, 2021 at 5:01 AM
Directed by an Indian techie btw; a similar film is C U Soon by the great Malayalam industry, shot during Covid-19.
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October 23, 2021 at 5:51 PM
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October 23, 2021 at 5:55 PM
So much for the leftist brigade who were calling him a victim because he is a Muslim!
For the record, his mother is a practising Hindu and he also has a Hindu name.
And yes, it doesn’t matter to me whether he’s Hindu or Muslim — my stance on drugs and Bollywood still remains the same.
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October 23, 2021 at 6:25 PM
@Saket you have opened up a can of worms; now the discussion is going to veer to whether AK was pointed a gun to his temple and asked to read the epics or the holy Quran…
Be that as it may, it points to a disturbing discussion-trend that you, out of all, were called a blind bhakth. I can understand it labelled against me by the RJ alphabet on this blog; but it is quite hilarious that you were called a ‘bhakth.’ I myself have had opposing discussions with you where you made pretty clear that you were/are hardly in favor of the current central government. Just pointing it out. Folks who want to research, can research.
Next, I posted a video of Vikram Sampath, a historian, trying to get an educated response; but as usual, the **Edited** replied who started this fire.
I would then want to truly appreciate you for the guts you took on calling out the Aurangzeb episode; the whole thing is summarized in Sampath’s response; but alas, it is only for the educated people…not **Edited**…
Hence, I am only interested in having discussions with educated folks like the youngster here; and really not anyone on such kind of matters…
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October 23, 2021 at 6:37 PM
I actually quite liked the Vikram Sampath debate with Shashi Tharoor. I watched the whole debate that’s about 30 mins long and Tharoor actually agrees with Sampath about having different interpretations of History — of having a dialogue about how history has been presented in India.
I thought that was quite a mature discussion, although Rajdeep was being provocative as usual.
I actually agree with Vikram Sampath about many points — that history has been unduly appropriated by Delhi and the South has been marginalized. And that we, as a nation, haven’t really come to terms with our past. We try to bury it and we try to explain it away but there are wounds that still fester.
There has been no ‘honest’ introspection of our past and until we do that, we really can’t move forward as a nation. And with social media present, the more we try to run away from our past, the more we will add fuel to the fire.
This is precisely what we are seeing today!
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October 23, 2021 at 11:31 PM
The point is very simple. It is not about someone has taken drugs or not. The point is the offense is bailable or not? NCB is not even charging him for taking drugs, that is easily bailable offense but they are pursuing Aryan Khan as being the ‘financier’ of the International drug racket. This, without having any concrete evidence. Everyone from founder of NCB to Supreme court advocates and judges are surprised if you are charging such a big charge against Aryan you have hardly any concrete proofs. Whatsapp chats are just starting point and that is not admissible to give punishment. They have found no other evidence and it is just games to delay the bail.
Second, I’m really keen to understand how many of the folks on this forum thinks that Aryan Khan is kingpin of International drug racket and has been doing drug trafficking for his survival? With all the sane talk and you support such preposterous theory, I have no respect for that type of sanity!
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October 23, 2021 at 10:55 PM
Lol. There is another theory floating on twitter that Srk is not trying hard to remove Aryan from the jail as he’s son of Hindu mother. There are some who even believes that theory.
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October 24, 2021 at 3:25 AM
What I’ve posted isn’t a “theory”. But a lot of leftist (so-called) journalists were OPENLY accusing the NCB of putting him in jail because Aryan Khan is a Muslim.
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October 23, 2021 at 10:55 PM
“because he is a Muslim!”- a Muslim can’t read the Gita? They even said they were giving him counselling; half of these stories are probably fake.
“my stance on drugs”- So it’s okay that a person’s reputation, mental well being can be dragged through the muck based on such a weak case and more importantly for being, at best a consumer?
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October 24, 2021 at 3:01 AM
Which world do you live in? Aurangzeb beheaded his own brother who used to read Hindu scriptures. If you want more proof, I’d be happy to post it here.
And besides, he’s not the only one who is in jail for consumption. 20 people have been caught from that incident alone and his own friends are quite wealthy. Armaan Kohli has been in jail for 2 months now — again based on consumption.
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October 24, 2021 at 3:41 AM
Aurangzeb was in the 17th Century!! This is a one percenter in the 21st Century. What does him reading the Gita have to do with the fact that you don’t think he’s being targeted for his religion or his mother being Hindu or him having a Hindu first name?
“And besides”-The NDPS is a terrible law that needs reform, and he hasn’t been booked under consumption. He’s being accused of being a financer in an international drug racket. A ridiculous stretch that was dismissed by everyone from Harish Salve to the founder of the NCB.
As I said to An Jo, this law and the NCB are an utter failure in how they go after drug consumers, instead of peddlers and supply chains. But in Aryan Khan’s case, it is really weird how the NCB is calling him a financer and in an international drug racket, how BJP workers were escorting an accused into the NCB office which naturally make the whole case suspect. It’s either It could be that the case is the perfect distraction from a Govt that has failed in the healthcare of its citizens, the security of its border, its international prestige, the economy and the gas price (or) 2. They want to send a message to the film industry like Dubya demanding absolute subordination (or) 3. The old RSS grouse that the film industry is dominated by “Muslims” may be driving it. Me thinks it’s compound of all three.
You see new things like this everyday and it smells more and more like a hit job:
Now it seems like blackmail and extortion.
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October 24, 2021 at 4:15 AM
First of all, for the left-leaning journalists to assume that Aryan Khan is Muslim is a stretch. At best, he is 50% Muslim.
But this is the argument that has been made time and again — He’s being targeted because he is a Muslim, which makes no sense.
Besides, this is what happens to Muslims who read Hindu scriptures:
A 55-year-old Muslim man was allegedly beaten for reading the Bhagvad Gita by people of his own community in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjamal area of Aligarh on Thursday, 4 July.
https://www.thequint.com/news/india/aligarh-muslim-man-reads-gita-thrashed-by-people-of-his-own-community
My point being, to say that he is being targeted because he is a Muslim is completely absurd. And this accusation is the one that’s massively circulating on social media.
I’m not a fan of conspiracy theories but the present government can’t ever distract people away from their own failures. The pandemic handling in India was a disaster of epic proportions, for one.
Regarding your point #3, it really doesn’t hold water. Salman Khan has been acquitted in the hit-and-run case during this government’s reign. If anything, that’s a bigger travesty of justice than anything the NCB is doing.
And the RSS can’t do zilch when it comes to the Film Industry. Why did the NCB not target Aamir Khan’s son? Or Salman Khan’s nephews? Or Irfan Khan’s son and so on.
Even if the theory is true that the NCB has been unleashed on Bollywood, they can only catch people who are breaking the law, right? However distorted and outdated the law itself might be.
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October 24, 2021 at 5:44 AM
Besides, this is what happens to Muslims who read Hindu scriptures-“This is a one percenter in the 21st Century”. Different rules for different classes.
Just because the Govt can’t distract people doesn’t mean it won’t try.
Salman Khan was always close to the Centre, he flew kites and even gave Modi a clean chit for the Gujarat riots. His father said Modi is a ‘friend’. The ideological outlook of the Centre and some portals definitely blew some communal dog whistles, the Govt has such a reputation that everything it does gets painted with its favorite color.
Now, the extortion angle is something you haven’t addressed and one that is actually worse than all the above, but is one that seems highly likely given how much dirt is coming out. You and I both know this case is going to end up very badly for the NCB.
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October 24, 2021 at 5:56 AM
If Salman Khan is close to the centre, his films don’t parrot the centre’s ideology. If the RSS was so worried about the Muslim supremacy in Bollywood (your exact claim), then Salman Khan is also persona non grata. Remember Bajrangi Bhaijaan? Or his comments on Yakub Memon?
And you didn’t answer the point about his release being a bigger travesty of justice than anything the NCB has ever done. People died, in his case, for crying out loud!
Regarding the extortion angle, are you so naive to assume that the MVA government is immune to extortion? If so, I’ve got a broken fridge to sell you! And also an imaginary island.
They (MVA) openly took extortion from legitimate restaurants to open during the pandemic. These guys are as bad as the people in the centre, if not worse.
You and I both know this case is going to end up very badly for the NCB.
Based on what? social media chatter? Yeah well, the BJP would have lost the last election if I believed in that for a second.
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October 24, 2021 at 6:19 AM
I agree Salman ought to be behind bars; it was a great travesty of justice. But he did have closeness to the ruling party at the right time for him to get acquitted.
The MVA definitely does extortion, it’s the Shiv Sena’s source of income throughout the years but that doesn’t mean that if this extortion charge turns out true, it’ll be a huge scandal that’ll implode the NCB and break this case.
I’ll tell you; if this case doesn’t implode, I will call myself an idiot and never post anything about SRK again.
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October 23, 2021 at 9:03 PM
I have not seen it but I find him slightly to right but overall very rational..
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October 23, 2021 at 10:59 PM
I thought the same; but he’s turned out to be the usual shill. His Savarkar biography turns out to be sourced exclusively from Savarkar’s own autobiography, and things like his interview with Tom Treanor where he called Muslims “Negroes” are simply not addressed. If his inaccuracies were pointed out on Twitter, he simply doubles down and goes after “Left”, “Commies” and NDTV in that order.
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October 24, 2021 at 3:09 AM
And Rana Ayub, Rohini Singh (whom you quoted yourself), Saba Naqvi et al are paragons of virtue and honesty. Including the shape-shifter Shekhar Gupta?
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October 24, 2021 at 3:26 AM
They’re journalists; he’s a historian. He obviously has higher standards to cater to, especially while writing on a controversial figure like Savarkar.
I don’t even follow Saba Naqvi or Rana Ayub, but I like Gupta because I share slightly the same economics as him and Rohini Singh I remember from the Vadra days.
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October 24, 2021 at 3:30 AM
Yes, I agree that historians should have higher standards. But that doesn’t mean a free pass should be given to left-leaning journalists either.
I don’t even know who Vikram Sampath was but I found his debate with Shashi Tharoor quite mature and reasonable.
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October 24, 2021 at 3:44 AM
I’m not giving a free pass to left leaning journalists; they’re bastards too, but the right wing is outright nuts so one is bereft of options. I don’t see these journalists being wrong here but I would criticize them if they were.
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October 23, 2021 at 9:37 PM
Again, I request use screen name to address members; Bhakth, alphabet or anything, is not good for discourse.
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October 23, 2021 at 11:23 PM
“Bhakt” word is extremely pious and revered in Hinduism.
As Bhakt of Hanumanji and Shiv ji, i am a proud bhakt.
It was always considered a powerful mode of living.
Read more here –
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhakti#:~:text=Bhakti%20(Sanskrit%3A%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF)%20literally,representational%20god%20by%20a%20devotee.
Somewhere in early 2000s few started using Bhakt as slang in India. I think it was started by AAP and later taken by all opposition party to denote anyone who is a BJP supporter. That whether one is a blind supporter or informed supporter doesn’t matter. Bhakt is an extremely informed formed of devotion.
First started in derogatory way on twitter, now it is a slang used in negative way by a section of trolls who when arguing with another view use it when they lack substance and to divert the topic call the other person a Bhakt.
I still dont think Bhakt can ever be a slang for me. I feel proud when someone tells me a Bhakt. No one tell me that but in reality i am a devotee of Baba Bholenath and devotee of the biggest Bhakt manking has seen – Hanuman ji.
Lets aspire to be a Bhakt. 🙏
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October 23, 2021 at 11:31 PM
I think it’s more to do with Andh Bhakti
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October 24, 2021 at 12:14 AM
Aman, seriously, you know better. There’s no andh bhakti or whatever nomenclature you want to give now. ‘Sanghis’ and ‘Bhakts’ are derogatory adjectives used since the BJP came to power against anyone who talks a little to the ‘right.’
Look at who chose to light the fire by inserting an article which has no bearing whatsoever on the current topic. You don’t find any mischief in that? And on top of that, a person is responding and justifying to that…This bull-crap re-naming game has been going on for long; how is it novel news?
Just as Saket is being called a bhakt, Mr. soft-spoken Yogendra Yadav has been banned from the terrorist-farmers’ group by the terrorist-farmer Tikait. Why? Unfortunately, he grieved for the loss of 3 ‘BJP’ lives…
Welcome to tolerance 101…
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October 24, 2021 at 12:33 AM
Anjo, seriously, you know better as well.
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October 24, 2021 at 1:16 AM
@Munna and Master: I knew my involvement would get murkier here…so no longer interested; just got in because one member uses this blog to continuously denigrate India… [no, not BJP – I care a hoot about who’s ruling the country] and I responded to that — and most importantly, I forgot the diktat: Don’t discuss with idiots; they will bring you down to their level and beat you at that.
@Master i used to look forward to your comments since you had some knowledge into the history of the industry that I don’t; am always eager to learn from folks who have more knowledge – but seems you are ‘being human’ as well when it comes to BJP… you can be very cheap with your comment with no background to history and deliberately twisting a word in a filthy way…and you defend yourself for that…Please DON’T copy-paste any BJP thug’s comment against women or children from way back…I am no fan of them and I understand quite well the route you would take…
Congratulations, continue….as the disgusting hate-monger here continues to wreak havoc….
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October 24, 2021 at 1:43 AM
That’s incorrect assessment and I don’t care much about politics but don’t expect me to praise Yogi when he calls Srk is same as Hafiz Sayeed. You ought to chill as well if someone makes fun of Modi, Yogi or anyone. They are just leaders and not gods. Everyone makes fun of Rahul Gandhi and no one’s trying to defend him as those are public figures and not personal attacks. How can commenting on only some specific leaders amount to personal attacks, I never get it. Besides that I’m hardly interested in political discourse in this forum but folks support anything and everything so blindly even now NCB that they are 200% honest organizations is joke. It is as good and as bad and as corrupted as any organization in the country. If you can’t see that and only comment on Mumbai’s police and Mumbai govt as they are another govt and comment 24/7 and anything central is fully honest and right…everyone can see it.
Nothing more to add from me as well.
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October 24, 2021 at 2:08 AM
“‘Sanghis’ and ‘Bhakts’ are derogatory adjectives used since the BJP came to power”-Just like Librandus, Sickulars and what not were used in free flow not too long ago. It’s not like being a liberal or secular is bad either. It goes both ways.
“You don’t find any mischief in that?”-This is an open platform, sometimes people have heated debates and name calling, that isn’t mischief. Remember once upon a time we had those stupid tweets from Gems of Bollywood.
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October 24, 2021 at 2:17 AM
“You ought to chill as well if someone makes fun of Modi, Yogi or anyone. They are just leaders and not gods. Everyone makes fun of Rahul Gandhi and no one’s trying to defend him as those are public figures and not personal attacks.”
You. just. didn’t. understand. or. read what I wrote that I care cahoots about the current government…If you remember, a few months or years ago, when I just posted 2-3 comments on the idiot RG, you came back with a comment, and I paraphrase; Oh stop it will you? We know you hate Ra Ga but can you stop it?
And all I was trying to say is India is lacking a strong opposition!!!
What happened to that advice you gave me when you hijack not one, but 2 threads with AK’s ‘mental’ struggles?? Gone for a toss?
Apne girebaan mein jhaako,,,aur phir bolo….
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October 24, 2021 at 2:59 AM
“What happened to that advice you gave me when you hijack not one, but 2 threads with AK’s ‘mental’ struggles?? Gone for a toss?”
Arre.. no comparison at all. You can stop me if I’m going on for some politician here without reason but Aryan Khan topic is not hijacking but it is very relevant and to bollywood. If you don’t think it’s relevant, open any news channel and check it out. Also there won’t be any hijacking if someone else is not opposing with ridiculous claims and I need to reply to those. That topic I don’t think is irrelevant at all and nothing compared to topics you discussing.
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October 24, 2021 at 3:12 AM
Just yesterday, a person here called master made fun of Ayodhya Cantt. Most of us didn’t make a big deal out of it — but here’s the thing, how about we reverse the situation and someone starts making fun of Mecca and Medina?
Who’s the real Andh Bhakt?
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October 24, 2021 at 3:25 AM
Okay is this now religious wars? Lol. I reacted to cantt and doesn’t matter whatever the city was. If it’s not abbreviation, I still stand by it that it’s not right spelling if they wanted it say it as kant.
Nice try to spin it as religious issue.. but expected from you.
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October 24, 2021 at 3:28 AM
Yes, nice diversionary tactics. You know very well what you were making fun of.
If you are not aware of the significance of Ayodhya, you are either a bigger fool than I thought or you are just lying, plain and simple.
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October 24, 2021 at 3:36 AM
#Justice for SSR…#CBI say SSR is murdered
These are again trending… go and join them instead trying to create false stories here!
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October 24, 2021 at 3:37 AM
You go and join some Hindu-hating forum before giving me unsolicited advice. Shoo!
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October 24, 2021 at 3:44 AM
Lol Hindu hating? HAHA. Someone’s really lost here. The last person to debate such fake allegations was Rocky who was lot better than you except this angle and now you proved you are similar or worse.
I won’t even try to prove you or anyone otherwise as folks will believe what they want to eventually.
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October 24, 2021 at 3:48 AM
Yep, it’s your comments that have proved what you REALLY are.
Remember folks, Ayodhya Cantt rhymes with the English word “c#nt”. Whoever reads this, please do remember what Master said. Never forget!
The onus is on you guys.
As for myself, if anyone can find a single comment that I’ve made mocking any religion, I’d be happy to believe I’m as bigoted as Master.
(Kis baat ka Master? Charas or Gaanje ka?)
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October 24, 2021 at 3:49 AM
Also you seem to forget last year’s debate where you were. confirmed that SSR was murdered and I said CBI can take their time but they can’t create fake theory for murder just to please stupid fanatics online. It will never happen. It is suicide, period.
Anyways, not looking fwd to debate that again…just posted to prove the connection of my earlier post.
Carry on…
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October 24, 2021 at 4:17 AM
Just remembered from that debate, that you were against Vikas Singh’s comments who was constantly calling it a murder.
But when it came to Aryan Khan, you were happy to quote the same Vikas Singh. Hypocrite!
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October 24, 2021 at 4:41 AM
“you were happy to quote the same Vikas Singh”- He isn’t being a hypocrite as much as implying that those who believed Vikas Singh during SSR are hypocrites to dismiss him this time.
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October 24, 2021 at 4:44 AM
But he himself didn’t believe Vikas Singh.
So why quote him to support Aryan Khan?
That is hypocrisy 101.
You either take his word in both cases or you don’t. There’s no 50/50 split allowed.
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October 24, 2021 at 4:56 AM
His message was what will SSR bhakts have to say now that Vikas Singh says this or so to such effect. That is pointing out hypocrisy.
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October 24, 2021 at 5:10 AM
Who are the SSR bhakts here?
Besides, he has posted Vikas Singh’s arguments in detail to prove Aryan Khan’s innocence. They were not meant to point out any hypocrisy — he was making arguments based on exactly what Vikas Singh had been stating in his interviews.
That is hypocrisy!
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October 23, 2021 at 11:33 PM
The crook champion of freebies Kejriwal calls himself a Hanuman bhakt anyways 😉
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October 24, 2021 at 4:49 AM
More interesting than India vs Pak LOL
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October 24, 2021 at 5:16 AM
Only 25 cr? The amt itself makes this conspiracy theory a farce!
Btw, srk bhakts have taken the std of this forum to the gutters.
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October 24, 2021 at 5:26 AM
The blog only reflects the state of the nation 🙂
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October 24, 2021 at 5:31 AM
Social Justice Ministry’s Proposal On Seizure Of Small Amount Of Drug
Drug Regulation: Currently, it only gives addicts immunity from prosecution and imprisonment if they volunteer for rehabilitation.
Currently, there is no provision for relief or exemption under the NDPS Act and it only gives addicts immunity from prosecution and imprisonment if they volunteer for rehabilitation.
In its recommendations shared with the Department of Revenue last week, the ministry suggested decriminalising possession of small quantities of drugs for personal consumption, officials said.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/social-justice-ministrys-proposal-on-seizure-of-small-amount-of-drug-2586031#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories
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October 24, 2021 at 5:33 AM
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October 24, 2021 at 5:41 AM
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/srk-son-aryan-khan-drugs-case-witness-made-to-sign-blank-paper-shiv-senas-sanjay-raut-tweets-2586100#pfrom=home-ndtv_bigstory
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October 24, 2021 at 5:59 AM
Devyani Khobragade’s arrest and strip search triggered an uproar in India. Devyani alleged she was repeatedly handcuffed and stripped and kept with “common criminals and drug addicts”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then serving as Gujarat chief minister, had refused to meet with a US delegation, in protest against the “ill treatment” of Devyani Khobragade.
Devyani was granted bail immediately. However, the UPA government responded to her arrest by removing concrete barricades around the US embassy in Delhi and asking US consular staff and their families to return their diplomatic ID cards. The UPA government also transferred Devyani to a post in India’s mission at the UN, which would have granted her diplomatic immunity. Despite this, a US grand jury indicted Devyani Khobragade in the visa case in early January 2014, following which she left the US.
https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/10/01/devyani-khobragade-whose-arrest-led-to-india-us-spat-made-envoy-to-cambodia.html
This is how the great USA treats Indians. the perpetrator of this was an Indian.
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October 24, 2021 at 6:00 AM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/devyani-khobragade-case-its-all-a-maid-in-us-conspiracy-india-says/articleshow/27607516.cms
The maid story was another thing.
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October 24, 2021 at 6:15 AM
This story is no different than this one , which happened recently.
Instead of individual it is an organization. When you invite someone to work you have to pay minimum wage or it is Visa fraud and many other charges.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/us/new-jersey-baps-hindu-temple-suit/index.html
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October 24, 2021 at 6:46 AM
It is different munna. She is a diplomat and there is called diplomatic immunity. And the crude way she was arrested and humiliated like a common criminal. While the temple leaders did not get this kind of crude treatment. Different treatment for different people? This is nothing but some sort of misuse of power .
There is more to this.
No one is a saint. But they behave like saints.
It is a lesson for Indians to be doubly careful because the country is boorish while teaching others about human rights.
See the fate of blacks and how they are treated for small crimes.
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October 24, 2021 at 7:17 AM
She was not carrying diplomatic immunity at time of arrest. It was granted after the fact as face saving.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-25458531
The thing which Indian consider humiliating is normal SOP. If Trump is booked for any thing he is being investigated by Manhattan attorney office, and sent to jail, he has to go through the process. It is shown in many movies. It is for safety of inmates. People carry contraband or sharp objects.
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October 24, 2021 at 7:18 AM
Whatever her arrest was crudely done It was barbaric.
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October 24, 2021 at 7:27 AM
She was not a hardcore criminal to hide contraband or sharp weapons. If they have such barbaric rules, better they change them. And ask them not to teach human right violations to others.
Kneeling is also one such practice I think.
They can do anything like surreptiously transporting the maid’s family members from a sovereign country without notice. For that they should be kicked. The arrogance of being a super power. Good that china and russia are standing upto them. And even tiny afghanistan has showed them their place.
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October 24, 2021 at 7:46 AM
grand jury indictment:
process is same for everyone (system is neutral):
“He said U.S. Department of State agents arrested her discreetly last week, not in front of her children, and she wasn’t handcuffed or restrained. He said she was “fully searched” by a female deputy marshal in private and called it standard procedure for “every defendant, rich or poor, American or not.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/18/india-diplomat-us-immunity/4108553/
German diplomat with full immunity was NOT arrested for domestic violence.
https://apnews.com/article/d824ec7a2fb145889f475ac21c89f0f9
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October 24, 2021 at 7:54 AM
What about surreptiously transporting the maid’s family members from a sovereign country without notice?
There are many questions that crop up.
The grand jury are a bunch of half educated or prejudiced ones most of the times. I think jury duty is compulsory for citizens there.
Did they arrest those temple people or simply sent summons to appear in court?
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October 24, 2021 at 7:43 PM
Grand Jury indictment indicates there is a prime facie case for prosecutiors to proceed.
If they don’t take family there would have been pressure on maid to recant her confession. If the family was in US, that would not have happened because pressuring family is considered obstruction of justice and you will get more severe punishment. If you lie or obstruct process, you are in big trouble. They are process crimes; You are going to be behind bar for long time even without doing any crime.
The basic problem is that in India people are used to all “juggad”, game the system; when people with means cannot do, they make huge noise. In Case of Devyani she gave false statement to bring help when her salary was not enough to pay minimum wage. This thing (lower than federal minimum wage) has happened with many companies where they bring people on B1 (Business visa) or some religious visa and make them work at Indian salary. Indian temple case and many Indian body shoppers get into trouble doing so.
Infosys fined for bringing people on B1 visa and but actually worked:
At state level:
https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/infosys-fined-800-000-for-worker-misclassification-tax-fraud-in-us-119121800136_1.html
At Federal level:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-infosys-settlement/indias-infosys-to-pay-34-million-in-u-s-visa-case-idUSBRE9A70IC20131108
Do you think Devyani in visa application claiming to give certain amount and later pay lower amount is correct? Many in US (who come from India on H1) earn much more than combined incomes of her and her husband but they don’t have help in house.
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October 24, 2021 at 9:54 PM
I read about and how political influence was used to get plum postings, make her complainant in her batch go through punishments, manipulations, adarsh housing society flats and a number of allegations. I feel that what was acceptable in India due to high level of corruption was not so in USA. This is a big example of corruption in our country for certain people .
Also read about Preet Bharara and how meticulously he fought for justice in many cases and how he was vilified by some Indians during this maid case.
My only grouse is about the crudeness of jailing her without proper trial. They could have handled it by just expelling her and never allowing her on their soil.
Congress or UPA was highly corrupt and they are paying the price for it till now.
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October 24, 2021 at 9:27 AM
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2014/jan/19/US-Diplomatic-Nexus-Gave-Wings-to-Khobragade-Maid%E2%80%99s-Family-565708.html
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October 28, 2021 at 9:43 PM
FB xhanges name to Meta nhttps://twitter.com/i/status/1453789257521315841
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October 29, 2021 at 12:11 AM
Following Google to Alphabet rebranding in 2015, Facebook becomes Meta in 2021. Meanwhile Quinton Tarintino working on a new script for Once Upon a time in Silicon Valley
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October 24, 2021 at 9:58 PM
@Sanjana; I have mentioned this before. The US laws are barbaric. They are hideous. Just watch BETTER CALL SAUL and you will get a glimpse into it.
So the great theory goes that we do not differentiate between an an average Joe and a Bernie Madoff. Let me tell you something; it is the average Joe that suffers till he dies.
Here’s the thing; what the Americans have – I agree that it is not color-determined — once you get your name into the system; you WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO get out of that stigma. Till your death, it will haunt you; so you can never attend an interview for a job and you need to honestly declare that you were arrested once for DUI or for stealing bracelets from a mall; that employer, and all other employers, will sweetly give you a response that, ‘we found a better candidate yada yada’. In essence, in the AMERICAN society, there is NO way you can redeem yourself. One has to live this bull-shit till one dies. You will be forever judged and laughed at. THE US system is bull-shit; bull-crap – THEY ARE more interested in the police-political intersection; they are NOT interested in reformation at all. The more prisoners you push into jails, the more the income. This is the pathetic state in a so-called ‘developed’ number 1 country in this world.
You want proof? Go fill-up a form in HOME DEPOT and come back to me after an interview…let’s talk; and if you have a history of demenaour; not felony…the better
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October 24, 2021 at 10:11 PM
They dont spare even school children. Especially black and brown are children treated differently compared to white ones. There is sbtle discrimination.
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October 24, 2021 at 10:20 PM
They dont spare even school children. Especially black and brown children are treated differently compared to white ones. There is sbtle discrimination.
Their foreign policy is proof. Interference in other countries, trade agreements, economic blockades etc.
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October 24, 2021 at 6:09 AM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/needle-spiking-women-britain-stirs-141238405.html
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October 24, 2021 at 6:40 AM
Man Killed Over Interfaith Affair In Karnataka, Body Found In Pond
“My boyfriend’s life is in danger. He may be killed…my parents would harm him, please save him” – the SOS from the sobbing woman to the Police Control Room early on Friday morning at Vijayapura in Karnataka could not save her boyfriend’s life.
https://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/man-killed-over-interfaith-affair-in-karnataka-body-found-in-pond-2586169#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll
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October 24, 2021 at 7:10 AM
Riiding on too many horses simultaneously. Srk wanted to please everyone and thought no one can touch him. Too diplomatic unlike aamir. Just to safeguard his hard earned wealth and stardom. Every second actor does this. But Srk made it into a fine art. In one of the interviews he said that he would like to confuse his children when they ask him about their religion. He sent confusing signals. No one can fathom him. A Naseer, a Shabana, a Javed akhtar express their thoughts clearly. Jaya Bachchan also speaks when she feels like it.
Anupam Kher praises srk to the skies. Abhishek is srk’s good friend. So is Bachchan. Did any of them openend their mouths? Did srk opened his mouth on some other occasion? During Bofors scandal, Bachchan had to fight the odds. How many supported him during that time?
Everyone lives in glass houses which can be shattered at any point.
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October 24, 2021 at 9:08 AM
Think of this. Srk delivered his last BO hit in HNY back in 2014. And he is being paid 100 cr by yrf for Pathan! Does the common man feel bad if he is extorted 100 cr for saving his drug addict son?
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October 24, 2021 at 9:16 AM
Extortion is wrong even if it is done to someone like Amazon chief.
Wrong is a wrong.
Why to tag a boy, drug addict? It is not fair.
This tagging business itself is wrong. Womaniser, addict, alcoholic etc.
About this story. Will the witness once again contradict himself?
That is the big question.
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October 24, 2021 at 9:38 AM
“drug addict”-So much for being socially responsible or admiring someone who has always preached social responsibility, when you can simply tag anyone anything as per your predilection.
More importantly, if this witness’ version of events is true, it means the whole case was a fraud from the word go, an extortion racket from inception. The police and agencies have too much power if they can do things like this.
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October 24, 2021 at 10:00 AM
Nothing personal against Marcus but he puts up some dumb comments.
So it’s okay to extort someone who is rich?
Ask Adi Chopra why is he giving someone 100 crore who isn’t worth it? Has anyone here seen the contract?
How do you perosnally know that someone is drug addict?
But i guess that’s where grown up with clean heart differs from others. Look at Sanjana who is also an aamir fan but nothing like marcus.
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October 24, 2021 at 10:01 AM
Lol … Srk are Gauri themselves are drug addicts.
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October 24, 2021 at 10:04 AM
If srk now gives enuf blowjobs to kjo, then kjo may make mnik2 – my son is not a druggie. But even then aryan’s debut will flop.
As i said the common man does not give a shit abt this.
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October 24, 2021 at 10:13 AM
“common man does not give a shit abt this.”-Then how was Pathan’s box office supposed to be affected?
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October 24, 2021 at 11:44 AM
Lol. Someone is living in box office hits collections world. Come into real world. In real world, there is no difference between Srk or anyone else and he’s as bigger star you can get. Calling him flop star or some silly star and why so much media coverage on his closing eyes to obvious. They are beyond box-office collections and no one thinks about box-office when discussing Srk or such huge stars. Or maybe it is just pure hatred which is dripping from all corners.
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October 24, 2021 at 12:31 PM
How is this hater not banned yet, regardless of box office collections the man is a huge star jealous boy whether you like it or not..
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October 24, 2021 at 12:34 PM
@Marcus I am not the one to comment but I think one cannot make such statements unless one has absolute proof. How do you or I know that they are drug addicts? They are all blind articles. And we should not be commenting on how SRK and Gauri brought up their kids. I feel it is insensitive to parents. Who knows what they are going through?
SRK on the other hand, is no DOODH KA DHOOLA as his rabid fans make him out to be. He is a pure, businessman who will create controversies if needed; whether getting Pakistani ‘heroines’ where it is not needed like in RAEES, glorifying a third-class anti-India rogue like in RAEES, or calling for the inclusion of Pakistani players in IPL…[Others, please don’t put in a comment regarding the Pakistani heroine in Irrfan Khan’s movies; I quite know well the dubious standards of the Bombay film industry]. I am definitely on with Sanjana as to SRK’s machinations: But I would not agree with you regarding parenting, of which, at least I, know nothing of…
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October 24, 2021 at 12:39 PM
“But even then aryan’s debut will flop.”
So now you are transferring your hatred to next generation as well. I feel really sad if you have this mindset. Calling Srk drug addict and then saying he’ll give blow jobs to Karan.. not sure where do we even start with such silly kiddish claims.
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October 25, 2021 at 1:55 AM
We can all do with a little bit of empathy.
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October 24, 2021 at 7:19 AM
https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/dabur-s-new-karwa-chauth-ad-features-same-sex-couple-internet-reacts-1868553-2021-10-23
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October 24, 2021 at 11:18 AM
Sameer Wankhede writes to Mumbai top cop seeking protection from legal action
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sameer-wankhede-writes-to-mumbai-top-cop-seeking-protection-from-legal-action-amid-fresh-row-over-aryan-khan-case-101635085979346.html
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October 24, 2021 at 12:17 PM
I said this few days back that majority of NCB arrests of users and not big fish. There’s a new article today mentioning the same. I said this before such articles came up that it is used as divergence tactics.
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October 24, 2021 at 3:13 PM
An article penned by the ever reliable your’s truly..
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October 24, 2021 at 2:00 PM
Despite being a millionaire and a business man and what not, srk has become too impotent to get a bail for his druggie son. Instead he is kneeling down to criminals so that the drug addict does not get raped daily in jail.
This is ground level perception in India. Doesn’t matter if a couple of srk bhakts commits suicide here after reading this.
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October 24, 2021 at 2:18 PM
Misplaced hyperbolic comment without factual basis.
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October 24, 2021 at 2:37 PM
No they kept Aryan is separate cell as to avoid interacting with folks like you who are lusting after his young blood.
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October 24, 2021 at 2:06 PM
“We’re Looking For Bobby Deol”: Bajrang Dal Attacks Prakash Jha’s Set
Members of the right-wing group said Prakash Jha’s web series ‘Ashram’ starring Bobby Deol was an assault on Hinduism and they will not allow its filming till the title was changed.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ashram-bobby-deol-set-attack-prakash-jha-crew-manhandled-bajrang-dal-shuts-down-shooting-2586568#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll
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October 24, 2021 at 8:00 PM
Dumbos. Just a few days back, that Ram Rahim fellow was given a rape conviction. And then there’s the great Swamy Nityanada. First get your house in order before jumping to these clownish activities.
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October 24, 2021 at 2:21 PM
Watching old episodes of Shriman Shrimati. Missing koki, keshu, ganga mousi, dil, prema shalini and others.
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October 24, 2021 at 8:24 PM
Apart from six leads, Gunther and Janice were most remembered characters
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59032751
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October 29, 2021 at 2:31 AM
I prefer Seinfeld to Friends. Anyone else likes The Show about Nothing?
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October 25, 2021 at 1:29 AM
**Added to post**
Bunty Aur Bąbli – 2 Trailer
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October 25, 2021 at 1:35 AM
James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on Friends, dies at 59
Over Friends’ multi-year-run, James Michael Tyler became the most frequently recurring guest star on the series. Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox paid tributes to the late actor on social media sites.
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October 25, 2021 at 1:38 AM
“Kashmiri students who were assaulted in Sangrur and Kharar Mohali told me that they were rescued by the locals and other Panjabi students. Students from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana had barged into their rooms, thrashed them and went on a rampage,” Nasir Khuehami, the national spokesperson J&K Students Association, claimed.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/amritsar/punjab-kashmiri-students-attacked-india-vs-pakistan-7589062/
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October 25, 2021 at 1:43 AM
Shah Rukh Khan won’t speak, no matter what
By -Subhash K. JhaCreated: Oct 25, 2021 – 10:38 AM IST
#Shah Rukh KhanShah Rukh Khan won’t speak, no matter what
“He is aware of all the developments and he knows the truth. However there won’t be any press statements, no passionate defence of his son, although everyone close to Shah Rukh is pressurizing him to make a public statement on the issue. They say it would help his son’s cause. But Shah Rukh Khan won’t budge,” says a close friend of the superstar.
Apparently Shah Rukh intends to be a strict father from now on. “No late nights, no partying, no holidays with friends. Aryan will be under house arrest at least for some time. That is, after he gets bail,” the friend said.
https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-wont-speak-no-matter/
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October 25, 2021 at 2:21 AM
Why is Saif in Bunty Aur Babli 2? The trailer looks fairly decent, although the real USP of Bunty Aur Babli was Big B and Kajra Re.
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October 25, 2021 at 5:10 AM
Abhishek rocked in B&B. One of his best performances. He hit the right notes and was spot on in there.
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October 25, 2021 at 6:06 AM
It’s huge success eluded me and put me off Yash Raj films forever. This was a bad and illogical film with severe loopholes. Still unsure of whatever they were trying to attempt.
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October 25, 2021 at 2:35 AM
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/us/covid-19-baby-registry-mom-died-nurse/index.html
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October 25, 2021 at 3:47 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/67th-national-film-awards-kangana-ranaut-manoj-bajpayee-rajinikanth-dadasaheb-phalke-award-7589036/
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October 25, 2021 at 4:06 AM
**Satyameva Jayate 2 – Trailer**
Yeh kya hai bhai? Should I laugh or cry? Dialogues in random rhymes why? These are the sort of films that made masala die.
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October 25, 2021 at 4:11 AM
I wonder why part 1 even worked. Milap Zaveri is worse than Prabhudeva.
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October 25, 2021 at 6:35 AM
This is extremely bad. John is in triple role. I think last such bad trailer came in late 80s.
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October 25, 2021 at 6:47 AM
It’s a contest over who among the four can give the most wooden expressions.
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October 25, 2021 at 9:04 AM
Out of four, three are John Abraham right? I am so confused.
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October 25, 2021 at 10:34 AM
Yes!
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October 25, 2021 at 11:23 AM
But there are 4 John Abrahams?
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October 26, 2021 at 12:53 AM
Three from what I saw. Father and two sons. One for each colour of the flag. Chautha kya karega aake?
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October 26, 2021 at 1:06 AM
Police-wala?
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October 26, 2021 at 10:18 AM
” One for each colour of the flag. Chautha kya karega aake?”
Chautha danda banega jispe flag latkega!
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October 25, 2021 at 12:50 PM
Lol, just saw SJ2 trailer. I need a break before watching Antim trailer now! Best part is – “from the makers of Satyamev Jayate ” – Lol.. this is Satyamev Jayate 2 – isn’t that obvious? Haha
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October 25, 2021 at 1:46 PM
Actually Antim looks okay..Salman is bland but Aayush looks okay.
Rani sounds irritating. I have never liked her voice but combined with Said..it is annoying.
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October 25, 2021 at 3:11 PM
I was always told “Two wrong don’t make it right”, but agree on rani/saif. two irritating voice…
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October 25, 2021 at 9:14 AM
Goodness, SJ2 trailer makes 90s mithun movie look good.
Would love to see what KRK says about this trailer.
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October 25, 2021 at 5:09 AM
The multiplex chain Inox held a promotion of free tickets on all shows for an hour across Maharashtra on Friday morning and this saw a huge turnout as they recorded 98% occupancy on these shows and sold over 5.5k tickets. This shows the covid fear is not there with the audience and its going to boil down to communicating cinemas is back across the nation and then content being worth the ticket price.
https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=6379
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October 25, 2021 at 5:58 AM
“content being worth the ticket price.” – Bollywood’s albatross for almost a decade now.
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October 25, 2021 at 6:37 AM
Free Guy:
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October 25, 2021 at 6:40 AM
A day for pathetic trailers. Bring on Antim now! hehe
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October 25, 2021 at 8:39 AM
As expected, Antim trailer is equally poor. Given all the trailers, it seems Nov will be full-on competition for the worst film award – Eternals, Sooryavanshi, BAB2, SJ2 and Antim. Good luck to BO recovery in India.
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October 25, 2021 at 2:40 PM
Eternals and Sooryavanshi are fine.
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October 25, 2021 at 11:45 PM
Eternals trailer is the dullest one in the entire MCU. And Sooryavanshi trailer was a long boring one released long back which promises another crappy film from Shetty. Nov will be a lineup of craps at theaters. Dec may be better with 83, Jersey and the Khurana film.
But nevermind, whats more imp here is whether aryan gets bail today or spends some more time in jail.
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October 26, 2021 at 12:19 AM
Eternals is being called the worst marvel movie so..
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October 26, 2021 at 5:26 AM
Sooryavanshi looks a lot better than Simbaa & Singham Returns.
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October 26, 2021 at 10:02 AM
I don’t have much expectations that Rohit Shetty can make an original cop movie. Both Singham and Simmba were remakes of blockbuster movies. Singham Returns was original and that’s why less impactful. Sooryavanshi has tough chance if it’s original cop movie.
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October 26, 2021 at 3:33 PM
With commercialization of a theme like rape, Simmba is one of the most disgraceful and disgusting movies I’ve witnessed in recent times. A perfect tribute to the era of Shakti Kapoor and Ranjit.
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October 25, 2021 at 7:16 AM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/kp-gosavi-reacts-to-the-viral-video-with-shah-rukh-khans-son-aryan-khan-says-the-star-kid-asked-him-to-call-his-parents/articleshow/87256039.cms
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October 25, 2021 at 7:28 AM
So the druggie himself offered his papa’s millions as extortion money to get out of jail? So many spins.
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October 25, 2021 at 7:34 AM
I feel you are assuming too many things.
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October 25, 2021 at 7:38 AM
No, just not giving any benefit of doubt to srk’s laadla.
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October 25, 2021 at 7:45 AM
https://www.news18.com/news/india/kunal-jani-aryan-khan-sushant-singh-rajput-raj-kundra-mumbai-sameer-wankhede-ncb-4361360.html
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October 25, 2021 at 7:57 AM
Watched M Night Shyamalan Old last night. Not bad, it isn’t anything great but definitely one time watch.
Started watching Paatal Lok, got thru i think 3 episodes, not bad, keeps you engaged.
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October 25, 2021 at 8:22 AM
A special court on Monday disposed of the application filed by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to bar cognizance of the affidavit filed by Prabhakar Sail, one of the witnesses in the cruise ship drug bust case, who had claimed that he was made to sign blank sheets on the day of the raid on October 2.
“Considering the nature of the relief claimed in the application, no such blanket orders can be passed. It is for the concerned court or authority to pass appropriate order at the relevant stage. Moreover, the matter is sub-judice before the Honourable High Court in bail applications in same FIR. Therefore, no such orders can be passed by the court as prayed. Hence, the application is filed and disposed of,” special judge V V Patil said.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/cruise-ship-case-ncb-zonal-director-wankhede-moves-special-court-citing-lurking-threat-of-arrest-7589436/
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October 25, 2021 at 8:41 AM
This is actually better than Satyamev Jayate 2. Maybe Aayush Sharma may not be looking at a disaster.
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October 25, 2021 at 9:26 AM
This one looks much better than SJ2. Mahesh Manjrekar made bad films but made some decent films in past too.
Decent film of past is much better when you compare to whats being made today.
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October 25, 2021 at 10:25 AM
Antim is remake of superhit marathi movie. Haven’t watched both trailers but remake has better chance of being good as it’s proven at some level.
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October 25, 2021 at 10:37 AM
Master i posted this before; the marathi film is ridiculously different; in the sense that I feel it just doesn’t belong to sallu’s genre!!! Am really surprised what they would do here. The marathi film, for me, appeared more grittier, so not sure how Sallu’s mass-pleasing persona would fit here…
Mulshi Pattern is the original movie…that movie seems to be gore and too violent to please family audience…
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October 25, 2021 at 4:29 PM
Antim looks like PG version of Mulshi Pattern.
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October 25, 2021 at 4:41 PM
If Antim is a remake, then it clearly shows where Bollywood is going wrong in even making remakes. Antim’s trailer while on its own is good but in comparision is unnecessarily glossy and slow.
Overall liked the trailer of Antim, far better than SJ2. If only the movie is made like the original and we are looking at a solid hit here.
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October 25, 2021 at 3:34 PM
Better than SJ2 but still not good IMO. Impressive portions are involving actually Ayush and not Salman.
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October 25, 2021 at 9:46 AM
I guess T Series is bankrupt enough to remake their own songs with the same actor doing almost the same moves..
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October 25, 2021 at 10:29 AM
LOL didn’t realize this was an already done and dusted affair..But still, to support the industry, will be watching SV; eyes closed-open, I don’t know…
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October 25, 2021 at 10:38 AM
Rajpal Yadav’s quirky energy’s surely missing in the new one 😉
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October 25, 2021 at 10:42 AM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/capt-naveen-nagappa-interview-on-capt-vikram-batra-and-shershaah-he-said-darna-nahi-main-aa-gaya-hoon-exclusive/articleshow/87260437.cms
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October 25, 2021 at 3:21 PM
Bunty aur Bubly 2 looks ok. Not bad not great. At least it was tolerable. Antim and SJ2 looks poor. Specially SJ2 trailer is laughable.
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October 25, 2021 at 3:39 PM
Not sure why Abhishek rejected B&B 2; with no good offers on hand, what’s the reason to reject even such movie given on platter and on his home turf! Not good.
Movie trailor is alright but depends on the ‘cons’ used in the movie – if those are really funny and impressive then movie will be good to watch.
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October 25, 2021 at 4:06 PM
Just watched SJ2 trailer again, the motorcycle he picks up in the air, there’s like a 200 pound guy sitting on top.
And when he rips the hood of the jeep, is that engine attached to it too?
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October 25, 2021 at 10:49 PM
They told authorities that the victim had come from the USA and had been staying in the village with his family members.
“They procured the death certificate and other legal documents and sent them to the USA, where his son filed for insurance. Back here, Waghchoure and others even performed the last rites of the man,” the SP said.
He said the US-based firm grew suspicious as Waghchoure had tried to cheat them in the past as well.
“The firm then sent investigators to India to verify the claim and approached us,” he said.
He said that during the investigation, the entire conspiracy was revealed.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/man-fakes-death-kills-villager-in-maharashtra-to-claim-5-million-insurance-cops-2587789#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories
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October 25, 2021 at 10:53 PM
Nowadays snake are used to prove murders as natural deaths. This is the third case and who knows how many would have been unreported. So every snakebite case should be investigated properly. And death sentences can be given to them by snakebites.
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October 26, 2021 at 3:03 AM
I thought you have edit rights in SS? Its a unique privilege which allows typos to be corrected.
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October 26, 2021 at 3:09 AM
I think it is not automatic. One has to request.
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October 26, 2021 at 1:40 AM
R Madhavan’s 16-year-old son Vedaant.
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October 26, 2021 at 2:36 AM
He’s a international level swimmer, and has nicely inherited his father’s good looks.
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October 26, 2021 at 7:54 AM
Good looking lad.
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October 26, 2021 at 8:59 AM
Swimming is best for health and good sport… well done Vedaant!
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October 26, 2021 at 9:27 AM
Beta ho toh aisa, kaha international swimmer aur kaha international druggie!
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October 26, 2021 at 10:43 AM
I was hesitant to post this because my 6th sense told me that Marcus will use this to troll Aryan and srk.
For the sake of the blog, the trolling has to stop.
Otherwise it will become like toi comments section.
By the way Madhavan looks more handsome than his son in this picture.
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October 26, 2021 at 10:57 AM
Aryan is not only a druggie but online troller as well, kya? jaisa baap waisa beta
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October 26, 2021 at 1:45 AM
Sameer Wankhede likely to be questioned by senior NCB officers on Wednesday: Report
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October 26, 2021 at 9:01 AM
Not concerned about bribery allegations but actually if he did fraud (by changing the birth certificate religion) to get into specified quota for his IRS exam then his whole IRS eligibility is disqualified and cancelled. That is more bigger issue and could be something very detrimental to his life and career.
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October 26, 2021 at 1:52 AM
https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/sardar-udham-projects-our-hatred-towards-british-jury-member-on-why-film-wasn-t-sent-to-oscars-fans-say-truth-is-bitter-101635219066968.html
Sardar Udham not sent for Oscars as it ‘projected hate towards British’
Sardar Udham was one of the contenders to become India’s official entry for Oscars. Jury members have now said that it is not fair to hold on to hatred against the British.
Indraadip Dasgupta, a member of the jury that decided upon the official entry for Oscars this year, told a leading daily, “Sardar Udham is a little lengthy and harps on the Jallianwala Bagh incident. It is an honest effort to make a lavish film on an unsung hero of the Indian freedom struggle. But in the process, it again projects our hatred towards the British. In this era of globalization, it is not fair to hold on to this hatred.” He added that the film’s production lives up to international standards and praised the cinematography of the film as well.
Another member of the jury, Sumit Basu, also said, “Many have loved Sardar Udham for its cinematic quality including camerawork, editing, sound design and depiction of the period. I thought the length of the film was an issue. It has a delayed climax. It takes a lot of time for a viewer to feel the real pain for the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.”
One fan also wrote, “Whether Sardar Udham deserves an entry or not is a different question, but to dismiss on such grounds displays nothing but racism and power dynamics. Globalisation doesn’t mean we cannot raise our voices against historical injustice anymore. So many sociopolitical movements around the world would cease to exist then. I guess “globalisation” hadn’t been an issue when Lagaan and Rang De Basanti were nominated.”
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October 26, 2021 at 1:55 AM
Then why so many films on holocaust were nominated and won Oscars? Does not it reflect hatred towards Germans?
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October 26, 2021 at 2:58 AM
Why are so many Bongs in the jury committee to select movies to go to Oscar??
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October 26, 2021 at 9:42 AM
” But in the process, it again projects our hatred towards the British. In this era of globalization, it is not fair to hold on to this hatred”
You are sending the movie to Oscars (US) and if that’s the reason don’t send it to BAFTA (UK).
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October 26, 2021 at 2:11 AM
The makers of the movie have been using Shah Rukh’s body double for long shots in the film until the superstar resumed work. Now, in another blow to the film, its leading lady Nayanthara has reportedly quit the film owing to professional reasons.
According to a report in a news portal, Nayanthara had kept October and the first half of November for Atlees’s film but it couldn’t be shot during this time. And now, she has shoots for other projects lined up back to back which will make it difficult for her to find time for Atlee and Shah Rukh Khan.
Toi
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October 26, 2021 at 3:00 AM
In the world of body double and AI, heroes and heroines are not needed for shooting. They just need to lend a name like for an animation film. Heck, You dont even need them for dubbing.
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October 26, 2021 at 5:30 AM
Exactly why most of the vfx heavy cgi laden films look rubbish unless they use practical effects and real time footage like Inception and Tenet.
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October 26, 2021 at 9:13 AM
The VFX to cover the face is very expensive and even then it is not worth.. they just doubles for long shots. Sometimes they use the face CGI if shooting is cancelled by leading man like Salman did for some of his movies or SRK now.
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October 26, 2021 at 3:30 AM
The above is fake
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October 26, 2021 at 3:41 AM
Shah Rukh Khan-Atlee film: Samantha Ruth Prabhu to REPLACE Nayanthara in this pan-India project?
Samantha Ruth Prabhas is set to replace Nayanthara in Shah Rukh Khan’s pan-India venture Lion.
https://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/shah-rukh-khan-atlee-film-samantha-ruth-prabhu-to-replace-nayanthara-in-this-pan-india-project-read-the-latest-news-and-gossip-1938670/
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October 26, 2021 at 3:48 AM
After Family Man Samantha’s fame increased manifold.
Chay acting in aamir film and Sam acting in srk film!
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October 26, 2021 at 7:01 AM
Sam will hv to wait as shootings of both Pathan and Lion have been indefinitely postponed due to the drug scandal.
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October 26, 2021 at 9:22 AM
Samantha is not joining this film; Nayanthara will continue, rest assured. Very unlikely that she’s dropping out on Atlee unless she’s getting married.
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October 26, 2021 at 2:44 AM
Informs a reliable source, “It is a role parallel to Akshay Kumar’s. Sonu Sood plays the poet Chand Bardai who penned the epic poem Prithviraj Raso on the life of Prithviraj Chauhan.” The character was very close to Prithviraj and in a way instrumental in the creation of the legendary aura surrounding Prithviraj.
https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/revealed-sonu-soods-secret-role-prithviraj/
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October 26, 2021 at 5:46 AM
Fair points by Kranti and Jasmine
https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/sameer-wankhedes-wife-and-sister-speak-together-to-arnab-rue-how-low-some-people-will-go.html
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October 26, 2021 at 6:11 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ludhiana/aroosa-alam-full-interview-only-those-who-gave-me-the-visa-can-probe-me-7591001/
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October 26, 2021 at 6:17 AM
https://zeenews.india.com/india/amarinder-singh-shares-aroosa-alams-pictures-with-politicians-celebrities-to-counter-congress-2405607.html
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October 26, 2021 at 6:25 AM
**Vedha Sajjeya | Hum Do Hamare Do |**
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October 26, 2021 at 8:39 AM
Sooryavanshi to come on Netflix on Dec 5th.
https://twitter.com/LetsOTT/status/1452968588021678089
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October 26, 2021 at 9:28 AM
Nov 5 – cinema or Dec 5 – Netflix home theater, relaxing in my couch!
Tough decision – NOT! 🙂
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October 26, 2021 at 10:03 AM
WTF, why did they have to announce it’s NetFlix release so early? They should have announced it 2 weeks after it released.
Man, this will prevent me (and i assume many others) from going to theatre to watch it.
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October 26, 2021 at 10:35 AM
We know about the 4 week gap. So I was expecting this. Only for some films, there is some exception like 8 weeks. Tiger 3 and Pathan. Maybe RRR too.
Suryavanshi, 83 etc. have become aged due to covid and they are no longer considered as brand new.
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October 26, 2021 at 11:09 AM
The big screen with an audience.. anyday anytime.. no interest in being a lazy couch potato 😉
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October 26, 2021 at 1:43 PM
Sitting in chair in cinema or sofa in home, in both case you’re sitting.
Go run a marathon instead of sitting in chair watching movie 🙂
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October 26, 2021 at 2:06 PM
Yesterday started watching DUNE on HBOMAX but stopped after 40 minutes. This is what happens when you watch it from home. If I was in cinema, I would have completed it at one go.
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October 26, 2021 at 3:11 PM
True but if the film is boring, wouldn’t you walk out anyway?
I did it when i went to watch jab tak hain jaan. it just wasn’t for me.
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October 26, 2021 at 3:29 PM
Dune is no JTHJ and yet someone’s propelled to switch off within 40 minutes. Says a lot about your so called couch experience as opposed to one of the oldest and most tried & tested communal experiences in the world. Ciao!
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October 26, 2021 at 4:24 PM
just curious, how many bollywood films do you watch every week in theatre?
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October 26, 2021 at 4:30 PM
I rarely walk out of cinema. Would annoy we to waste money like that. But that’s the great bonus of OTT – you can just switch it off and watch something else without the guilt.
The Sooryavanshi Netflix announcement is bizarre. If there was a remote chance I’d watch it in cinema it’s definitely blown now. Don’t worry though, Naveen will watch it once more to cover me.
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October 26, 2021 at 5:14 PM
Well, when i walked out of JTHJ, i walked into another movie in next auditorium. It’s very easy to walk into different movies in USA cinemas.
As much as sivaay talk about cinema experience i can count on him to watch it for me, master and few other people here 🙂
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October 26, 2021 at 6:29 PM
A movie a month in a theater, hardly any bollywood one’s unless they’re a Baby, Bahubali or Tanaji. India’s theatrical romanticism is a lot different from the west.
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October 27, 2021 at 1:00 AM
Dune has certainly overperformed expectations; it’d be nice if it made over $120 million domestic. BTW, the sequel has been greenlit for 2023 in theatres.
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October 27, 2021 at 8:55 AM
Dune will make around $90-100M in States. Overall it may do $325M ww and be declared a minor success. Will fall well short of the $500M mark it needs to be called a BO Hit. But it seems Legendary is okay to take in a minor success here and go for the sequel.
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October 26, 2021 at 10:22 AM
Kochi: How can ordinary citizens have confidence in the system if someone who walks into a police station to make a complaint is chained to a railing and then charged with the offence of obstructing an officer from discharging his duties, the Kerala High Court questioned the police today.
“How will ordinary citizens have confidence in the system? How can people walk into a police station in such a situation?” Justice Devan Ramachandran asked.
The queries were posed to the Kerala Police when the court was hearing a man’s plea seeking protection from harassment by two police officers one of whom had allegedly chained him inside a police station after he sought a receipt of a complaint he had made.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/if-ordinary-citizens-are-chained-at-police-stations-kerala-high-court-raps-police-2588601#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories
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October 26, 2021 at 10:25 AM
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October 26, 2021 at 10:27 AM
What will be the job of censor board if they want to start their own board?
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October 26, 2021 at 10:50 AM
Janhvi Kapoor says Helen remake broke her ‘physically and mentally’
Janhvi Kapoor feels that if she doesn’t feel absolutely exhausted and drained by a filming schedule, then perhaps she hasn’t given it everything.
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/janhvi-kapoor-says-helen-remake-schedule-broke-her-mentally-i-need-to-inflict-anxiety-on-myself-7592112/
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October 26, 2021 at 10:52 AM
Two Other Accused Granted Bail, Aryan Khan’s Team to Use This to Bolster Case Tomorrow
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October 26, 2021 at 10:55 AM
New Officer for Aryan Khan Case? NCB Top Brass Mulls Change as Embattled Sameer Wankhede Faces Vigilance Probe
https://www.news18.com/news/india/new-officer-for-aryan-khan-case-ncb-top-brass-mulls-change-as-embattled-sameer-wankhede-faces-vigilance-probe-4365359.html
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October 26, 2021 at 11:03 AM
During a rountdable interaction with the media on Sardar Udham, director Shoojit Sircar said he had no comment on the jury’s decision. “It is a personal opinion, it is very subjective, I have no comment on that. I respect the jury and their decision. The film that was finally selected, I know about it, and I am glad that it was chosen. I go by the jury’s decision,” Shoojit said.
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October 26, 2021 at 11:20 AM
Classy response. Irrfan also believed PIKU is perfect movie for Oscars and even should be remade in Hollywood and it would be perfect feel good movie and would work well. I think Shoojit should still try to remake it though we don’t have Irrfan anymore for that critical role!
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October 26, 2021 at 2:27 PM
I started watching it, about 20 minutes. I feel this would have been lot better if it was like a miniseries. There’s so much to cover and felt that if enough time was given to each situation, it would have helped with better character development.
Think of the scenes in snow, so much must have happened in that journy. That could be an episode on it’s own.
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October 26, 2021 at 8:40 PM
@sanjana and master i am on of the outsiders who really couldn’t sit through Uddham Singh. I slept within the first 45 minutes. I found it too meandering and trying too hard to be different in the way things playout on screen. Maybe once I watch the whole movie, I might change my mind. But really, at least for the first 40 minutes, I couldn’t sustain my interest.
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October 26, 2021 at 10:04 PM
One needs some patience. It is more like a documentary.
First time I watched from the last scene and in bits and pieces.
Second time I watched from the beginning till the end.
The beauty is that Shoojit did not make him a hero but a man who became a revolutionary due to circumstances.
Even the britishers were portrayed much better than outright amrishpuris.
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October 26, 2021 at 10:29 PM
I haven’t watched Udham Singh yet. I told based on feedback, this was also popular choice for Oscars.
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October 27, 2021 at 7:54 AM
So i’m not the only one, i found it pretty slow as well and perhaps that was the reason i stopped after 20 minutes in.
I’ll give it another try when there’s nothing else to watch.
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October 26, 2021 at 2:17 PM
Some comments have been deleted as they were directed at each other than topic.
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October 26, 2021 at 5:46 PM
https://sports.yahoo.com/director-of-squid-game-hits-back-at-le-bron-james-criticism-of-show-have-you-seen-space-jam-2-205829790.html
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October 26, 2021 at 6:49 PM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/supreme-court-lawyer-khushbu-jain-aryan-khan-or-ananya-panday-may-decline-to-issue-a-certificate-to-ncb-for-electronic-evidence-being-produced-in-court-exclusive/articleshow/87284409.cms
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October 26, 2021 at 10:33 PM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/etimes-scoop-katrina-kaif-and-vicky-kaushal-to-get-married-by-december-kat-will-wear-sabyasachi/articleshow/87253445.cms
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October 27, 2021 at 12:04 AM
A racket duping people by offering them two cellphones for ₹ 4,500 and delivering soaps or wallets instead was busted in Delhi’s Rohini area on Tuesday as police arrested 53 people, 46 of them women.
According to Deputy Commissioner Of Police Pranav Tayal, the accused ran two illegal call centres from where they would call people posing as officials of the Department of Post. An employee of the Department of Post headed one of the call centres, police said.
Police have said the racket had been targeting people across several states.
According to police, the callers would tell people that there is a limited period offer under which they would get two cellphones, priced at ₹ 18,000, for ₹ 4,500. To make the offer look authentic, the racket would use India Post for logistics and offer the cash on delivery option.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/order-phone-get-soap-how-these-fake-call-centres-in-delhi-conned-many-2589001#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories
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October 27, 2021 at 1:28 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/cases-in-malik-list-most-awaiting-trial-majority-of-accused-behind-bars-7592442/
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October 27, 2021 at 1:29 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/2011-when-wankhede-stopped-shah-rukh-at-mumbai-airport-customs-7592521/
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October 27, 2021 at 2:52 AM
The Producers Guild of India strongly condemned what it called “the brazen acts of violence, harassment and vandalism faced by the crew involved in the production of the series Ashram in Bhopal.”
The Guild went to add, “Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident and the Guild is alarmed to note the frequency with which both the production and exhibition sectors are severely and illegally disrupted by various elements with impunity…Content production contributes significantly to local economies, generates employment and promotes tourism which is why authorities in India and across the world formulate policies to attract producers to their respective regions. However, even more than incentives and benefits the very minimum that production units should expect is for these authorities to provide the guarantees of safety and security for their units. We urge the relevant authorities to take immediate and strict action against the perpetrators of these acts of violence and to bring them to justice.”
https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/fortunately-shooting-resumed-says-prakash-jha-shooting-ashram-vandalized/
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October 27, 2021 at 3:10 AM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pegasus-spyware-case-supreme-court-to-pronounce-order-judgment-today-all-you-need-to-know/articleshow/87297327.cms
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October 27, 2021 at 7:07 AM
Some silly news
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/salman-khans-hunger-drives-him-to-eat-3-samosas-in-one-go-exclusive/articleshow/87307276.cms
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October 27, 2021 at 7:50 AM
Agree, very silly news, but I can easily eat 5 in one go.
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October 27, 2021 at 7:16 AM
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/what-is-the-controversy-over-sameer-wankhende-s-1st-marrige-5-points-101635329712531.html
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October 27, 2021 at 8:24 AM
Now that cinemas have opened in Maharashtra and the situation would be much more normal by the time Laal Singh Chaddha releases, do you expect that it’ll break the record of Dangal?
At the moment, we are focused on making the best possible film. Whether the recovery from the theatrical space will exceed the economics of the film is a question that will be answered in a few months as audiences return to theatres, starting with Sooryavanshi. Many things are up in the air. My understanding is that the demand for content is very strong. The audiences are absolutely keen on having a theatrical experience. We have had a lot of consumption on the small screen to the extent that people are now clearly seeing a gap between a big screen experience vs a small screen experience. So sentiment-wise, I don’t have any doubt. Now, logistically, we don’t know what the situation would be then. We all have been talking about the third wave. Thankfully, things are much better and vaccination has crossed the billion mark. These are positive factors and February is still a few months away. Closer to the release, we’ll be in a better space to discuss box office.
https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exclusive-feel-gone-university-aamir-khan-graduated-ajit-andhare-part-1/
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October 27, 2021 at 8:32 AM
This guy sounds reasonable about LSC’s chances at BO. The movie has a production cost of 100 cr, add Aamir’s remuneration of 75 cr (what he got for TOH his last) and marketing cost of another 25 cr or so and we have the economics of the movie at about 200 cr. He isnt sure if theatrical business will exceed that amount.
True, it will be difficult to do 200 cr nett at these times.
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October 27, 2021 at 9:39 AM
“who wud be jealous of such a waning star? ”
Waning star that just got 100 crore for a film??? 🙂
I smell jealousy and frustration…
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October 27, 2021 at 9:53 AM
“SRK is worth half a billion dollar”
KKR is alone over 1.2 billion dollar now. New IPL team Lucknow team is sold for 1 billion dollar now. He’s 55% owner of KKR, that itself is over half a billion dollar besides his other income.
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October 27, 2021 at 10:23 AM
oh, now it’s more than 1/2 billion worth, more reason to be jealous.
look who is here spending more time talking about srk than srk fans 🙂
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October 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM
If there is any star in entire Bollywood who is worth being jealous of, its Aamir. Not because he is worth these many crores (which isnt urs anyway), but only because of the quality of his work and films. But then such a guy is too inspirational.
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October 27, 2021 at 12:46 PM
Always knew the mindset of some illiterate Pakistani interior ministers but didn’t expect such vile nonsense from someone of the stature of Waqar Younis. I guess the moronic rogue Islamic Republic has forgotten the fact that its a one sport nation which has never won an Olympic medal since 1992, whose famed Hockey team failed to qualify for the Olympics and that this was only a Trash 20 game of cricket after all! Sigh..
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October 27, 2021 at 12:50 PM
He apologised profusely.
https://sports.ndtv.com/icc-t20-world-cup-2021/waqar-younis-issues-apology-for-controversial-comment-after-india-pakistan-match-2589551
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October 27, 2021 at 12:51 PM
Empty words after a global whacking for showing his true colors..
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October 27, 2021 at 12:55 PM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/amol-parashar-on-sardar-udham-its-an-achievement-to-be-noticed-in-a-great-film-with-vicky-kaushal/articleshow/87310019.cms
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October 27, 2021 at 1:16 PM
Marcus, Master :
1. talking about stars and related issues are okay. Sometime if language is not okay comments are deleted.
2. Direct comments between commentators are deleted except in some cases.
(sorry for spotlight Sanjana) – couple of days back Sanjana and myself argued about Devyani case and our views were different; After couple of messages there is no point in continuing the exchange as it is not adding to discourse and we knew where we stand. There are no winners in arguments in blog world.
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October 27, 2021 at 1:24 PM
I’m aware and I got no choice in replying to the troller especially if he’s referring members here with names.
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October 27, 2021 at 3:19 PM
I just stated Devyani case to take the heat off the aryan discussion. Also I found some similarities in both the cases. like a surprise arrest.
Also Devyani had small kids during that time.
Yes, Devyani was wrong about the maid’s wages. But they treated it on par with terrorism! That complete body search etc.
Ok. Each country has its own rules. We cant fight it.
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October 27, 2021 at 9:28 PM
Everyday the cleanup has to be done! But glad that the exchanges yesterday exposed the filth that we hv here. The druggie wont get bail easily, so frustration will only rise.
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October 27, 2021 at 3:50 PM
**Lightyear**
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October 27, 2021 at 3:53 PM
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October 27, 2021 at 4:09 PM
Sooryavanshi Advance Counters Open
https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=6381
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October 27, 2021 at 9:06 PM
Supreme Court Senior advocate mentioning Justice Nitin Sambre’s earlier judgment from 2018 and he’s now the judge in Aryan Khan’s case.
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October 27, 2021 at 11:48 PM
what Ananya said to NCB about her WA chats with Aryan
https://www.opindia.com/2021/10/ncb-whatsapp-chats-of-aryan-khan-with-ananya-panday-friend-bail-hearing-high-court/
“I m a joking” line made famous by her dad
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VnioJ-OHqOA
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October 28, 2021 at 12:51 AM
Paresh Rawal has delivered several ace acts on the silver screen, however his most loved performance is that of Baburao Ganpatrao Apte. He played the iconic role in ‘Hera Pheri’ and ‘Hera Pheri 2’. However, in a recent interview, Paresh Rawal expressed that he is sick and tired of the memes and reels made out of his character. Speaking to a news portal, the seasoned actor said that with ‘Hera Pheri 2’, everyone was trying to be over smart and it did not work. Paresh Rawal further stated that only Suniel Shetty was earnestly doing his thing and hence he stood out in the movie. The actor concluded stating that there was no innocence left, it had got all too dirty and that he wants to get rid of the Baburao image.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/paresh-rawal-says-he-is-sick-and-tired-of-his-baburao-image-wants-to-get-rid-of-it/articleshow/87325917.cms
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October 28, 2021 at 1:45 AM
“Speaking to a news portal, the seasoned actor said that with ‘Hera Pheri 2’, everyone was trying to be over smart and it did not work.”
Not sure what Paresh Rawal is talking. Firstly it was called Phir Hera Pheri and it was actually good hit. It is actually first instance of clean hit for a sequel in Hindi movie industry. Next came Krrish and finally Dhoom 2. No one talks about it but that’s the fact!
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October 28, 2021 at 1:46 AM
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October 28, 2021 at 2:46 AM
LOL … Sometimes what it needs is to read between the lines to avoid confusion. Heri Pheri was not big at box office. It was just a commission earner. But it really ‘worked’ in the sense that over time it became an ageless cult classic and developed immense shelf life. On the other hand, PHP may be a box office hit, but it was not liked that much and has no shelf life. Thats what is meant by the veteran when he says ‘it did not work’.
Its necessary to come out of the box office bubble and/or counting crores in order to smell the real world. This is the reason why its silly to place srk and aamir in the same sentence and talk about what they have done to Bollywood. Srk may have faced box office success and made crores (just like Salman) but those forgettable films dont mean much in the long run. Create a filmography like aamir and u are looking at a real legacy, which is timeless.
Hera Pheri is timeless, PHP is not. Its rather crude to compare careers with films, but the essence of the matter is the same.
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October 28, 2021 at 3:09 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/judge-acquits-indian-man-who-lived-at-chicago-airport-for-3-months-7594540/
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October 28, 2021 at 3:18 AM
A leading Telugu banner Sridevi Productions has signed her for a heroine-oriented film. But they are unable to find a leading man. A senior filmmaker analyses the peculiar situation that Samantha finds her career in. “The A-listers of the Telugu film industry are all friends of Nagarjuna (Nag Chaitanya’s father). They are wary of offending Nag, although he is not the kind to hold grudges. Besides, Nag remains fond of his former daughter-in-law. But we all know how the Telugu film industry works.”
https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/south-cinema/samantha-ruth-prabhu-struggling-find-leading-heroes-post-divorce/
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October 28, 2021 at 5:20 AM
Sameer Wankhede’s first wife’s father reacts to speculations around NCB chief’s religious background, says ‘he was Muslim when he married my daughter’
By – TIMESOFINDIA.COMCreated: Oct 28, 2021, 14:13 IST
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October 28, 2021 at 5:33 AM
Well, this has nothing to do with aryan’s case. It is between Sameer W and Nawab Malik. This is the sidestory running along with main story.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sameer-wankhedes-first-wifes-father-reacts-to-speculations-around-ncb-chiefs-religious-background-says-he-was-muslim-when-he-married-my-daughter/articleshow/87332027.cms
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October 28, 2021 at 5:29 AM
**Minnal Murali **
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October 28, 2021 at 8:10 AM
This will be a fun watch with family.
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October 28, 2021 at 8:29 AM
At least SRK is part of one good superhero film LOL
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October 28, 2021 at 6:20 AM
Bombay High Court disposes off NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede’s petition after Maharashtra govt’s lawyer assured the Court that 3 days notice will be given before arrest by Mumbai Police
As the petition is in respect to Prevention of Corruption Act, we will give prior notice of 72 hours if we will register an offence under the Act, says Maharashtra government’s lawyer.
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October 28, 2021 at 6:26 AM
Kiran Gosavi, a key witness in the drugs-on-cruise case involving Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, was arrested by the Pune Police in an old case of cheating. Gosavi is accused of cheating a person who wanted to get a job in Malaysia.
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October 28, 2021 at 6:28 AM
When we apply Section 28 and 29 commercial quantity kicks in. He made an attempt to deal with commercial quantity. Multiple drugs were found with all 8 people from all places on the same day. See the quantity and nature of the drug. When I say conspiracy, when I calculate drugs of all persons, then it comes to that. Whatsapp chats cannot be disputed because we have 65B statements. It was a party. My learned friend is saying why we have arrested on October 2 on Gandhi Jayanti.. it is a dry day we should have left them. There are two other panchnamas of Munmun Dhamecha & Nupur and Mohak. The total drug quantity of ecstasy is commercial quantity. There were a variety of drugs and the cruise was two days. So it cannot be that this is personal consumption. Because of the quantity and multiple drugs. This is why we have applied S 28, 29. It cannot be a coincidence that so many people on the cruise, eight were found with drugs and there were multiple varieties.
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October 28, 2021 at 6:31 AM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/shah-rukh-khan-aryan-khan-drugs-prabhakar-sail-sameer-wankhede-bail-pooja-dadlani/liveblog/87295290.cms
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October 28, 2021 at 6:48 AM
MHA extends COVID-19 restrictions till November 30 in view of upcoming festivities
The MHA announcement came on a day India registered the highest single-day rise in cases since October 23, with 16,156 new infections being reported.
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October 28, 2021 at 7:20 AM
Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan drugs case live updates: Aryan Khan granted bail
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October 28, 2021 at 7:25 AM
Aryan Khan Will Come Out Of Jail Tomorrow Or On Saturday, Says Lawyer
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October 28, 2021 at 7:28 AM
Bombay HC grants bail to Aryan Khan, two co-accused in Mumbai drugs case
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October 28, 2021 at 8:05 AM
Finally we can end discussing this rubbish. I’m quite sure just like Rhea’s case went cold as soon as she got bail, this will too, of course the sideshow of the NCP vs NCB will carry on.
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October 28, 2021 at 8:07 AM
What credibility sameer/ncb has left?
I don’t think this will go cold quickly as rhea case.
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October 28, 2021 at 10:08 AM
“I’m quite sure just like Rhea’s case went cold as soon as she got bail, this will too,”
That is exactly the point. High Court had to interfere and put a stop on Rhea’s case saying there is no evidence and there’s no case. That’s why it went cold. Same thing will happen here. NCB is able to influence sessions court and special NCB courts but they don’t stand a chance without much evidence infront of High court or higher courts.
1) Given statement is invalid in court
2) Whatsapp chats are invalid in higher courts for sentencing.
3) No drugs in possession
It will not even stick even a day. As I said the only game NCB is playing here is to delay the bail and that is their only intent. The case will never stick. Keeping Rhea in jail for 28 days and Aryan for 22 days is just the max they are aiming for and that shows that whole intent of NCB is just to get publicity and noise. They too know these cases won’t go far and can’t get the accused punishment, then why even pursue and waste so much of govt resources for no concrete reason.
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October 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM
The operative part of the order will be will be dictated in open court tomorrow at 2.30 pm. Bail conditions will also be decided at the same time.
Former Attorney General Mukul Rohtagi, who represented Aryan Khan in the Bombay High Court says, “You win some you lose some. I am glad that bail was granted in this case.”
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October 28, 2021 at 8:06 AM
I have a feeling, Sameer will be out of business in next couple years. It won’t be right away but it won’t take long.
I assume the whole Bollywood has taken a note on this and will keep it in back of their mind. MH gvmt as well. They’ll do everything in their power to.
There are plenty of news floating out there about sameer credibility and well as ncb making people sign blank paper, etc.
NCB will lose a lot of credibility here because the media will cover this just like how they covered it past 3 weeks. This isn’t rhea, this time they have aryan who by himself is nobody but due to his father being srk, this will not go down easily for sameer.
Now, if aryan truly is guilty where he is involved in international drug trafficking which sameer/ncb hinted at, and if it’s proven than aryan should be behind bars for rest of his life but everything i’ve seen so far, this is nothing more than a witch hunt with so many loopholes.
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October 28, 2021 at 10:00 AM
Sameer Wankhede is not NCB officer. He is an IRS officer and was given as ‘loan’ temporary for NCB for 6 months. That loan is extending and as recently as 6 months again this early October. So, he was always set to go back to Income tax officer. Now that is more likely to happen. He is not in NCB for long and he was brought in for a purpose after SSR death and that appears to be backfiring.
https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-irs-officer-sameer-wankhede-gets-second-extension-with-ncb
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October 28, 2021 at 10:13 AM
Actually Sameer Wankhede reminds of Lalit Modi, the IPL founder. He was running BCCI and IPL like his personal company and always publicity hungry. He was then kicked out of IPL and BCCI and everything associated with cricket and then he’s been out of country. He enjoyed the superstardom for that first 3 years of IPL and then nosedived. I see something similar with Sameer Wankhede. He’s just over 1 YEAR in NCB and already facing so many issues. He’s running the operations according to his personal choices. There is an article in newspaper last week that many of NCB officers advised not to proceed with charge sheet for this cruise case as the drug is not huge quantity and this will not go far but he still went ahead to charge them and waste everyone’s time.
Now there are 2 teams investigating Sameer. Internal NCB team and external Mumbai police team. He needs to special protection to come out of it without a scratch or he needs to have done no wrong in his life till now.
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October 28, 2021 at 9:28 AM
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October 28, 2021 at 9:46 AM
YRF has invested a lot of money on Pathan and Tiger 3 in the times of pandemic, with each of these 2 films budget being upwards of 300 cr. Both Srk and Salman are reportedly charging 100 cr fees for these films. Now 100 cr has been recovered for each from digital rights, which implies 200 cr yet to be recovered from other rights and theatrical revenue, which is a high ask.
Salman still has delivered 2 previous Tiger blockbusters for YRF and so the third part is relatively safer for the franchise factor (like D3 was). But Srk in similar space has only delivered the Don films which were both commission earners. Pathan may prove to be a costly mistake, specially riding on someone whose last BO hit was back in 2014.
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October 28, 2021 at 3:08 PM
Both Salman and Shah Rukh have delivered back to back flops in the last 3-4 years. For them to be paid in excess of a 100 Cr at this stage of their careers is exactly what’s wrong with Bollywood and why the industry’s struggling in these times while the rest of the regional industries are galloping ahead. Actor remuneration needs to be in proportion with a film’s overall production value.
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October 28, 2021 at 4:03 PM
I would love to see their contract. Is it truly 100 crore? Not sure if anyone here has seen the actual contract. Neither SRK or YRF has said this amount.
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October 28, 2021 at 4:05 PM
And not just in terms of money, i’m just interested in seeing the contract to see how it’s written in terms of what’s involved. Like i wonder if there are clause in it that you have to finish film in x number of timeframe, you have to shoot wherever the shooting takes place, you can’t gain/lose weight, you have to do x number of promotion events, etc…
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October 28, 2021 at 4:11 PM
Someone will spread lies and hatred and then Shivaay will come and comment on it. SRK has never charged YRF films upfront and he never will. Secondly, the charge will be actually proportionate to the actor’s level and both Tiger 3 and Pathan are the most expensive movies from YRF. For SRK, 100 crores is the least concern now, he didn’t sign that movie for money nor you can sign him for any amount of money!
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October 28, 2021 at 4:43 PM
True.
none of us know the exact amount of money any actor got for any movie or the cost of the movie itself. Everything is based on assumption and some runs with it.
Have you seen a memo from any producer listing the cost of the movie or income tax paper work which would have that info?
It’s funny some of the comments we get to read here.
Like how one spammed the blog past 3 weeks but today no comments on that specific item 🙂
Master, i’m glad you’re not spamming the blog today with the news of aryan bail, shows your maturity.
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October 28, 2021 at 5:29 PM
Those were the replies for someone spewing hatred 24/7. I have been ignoring that punk who even came to my comment about Hera Pheri and trying to impart me his limited knowledge about movies. Better to stay this way and some other folks.
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October 28, 2021 at 6:16 PM
I suppose you’re SRKs PA to know all his intricate financial dealings with YRF.
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October 28, 2021 at 10:39 AM
Interested to know how much Netflix has paid for the digital rights of Sooryavanshi. If its a similar 100 cr amount then Sooryavanshi can actually break even at even 100 cr nett total.
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October 28, 2021 at 10:39 PM
The combined budgets of Pathan and Tiger 3 are 630 Crore, now YRF has 200 crore for digital rights only, satellite would be another 120-150 (both), theatrical (if the films succeed) is another 500.
Just amazing how Hindi film producers can make profits so easily these days.
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October 28, 2021 at 10:16 AM
Tiger will most probably work. As for Pathan, a lot depends on the execution. If Sidharth Anand gets its right as in War, it will work. War was actually quite well made for a Bollywood actioner. There have been very few well-made action films from Bollywood in the last decade. I had huge doubts on Anand being able to deliver it after Bang Bang. As for YRF, the concepts and execution of the slow motion action in Dhoom 3 were huge turn-offs. But War turned to be much better in terms of relentless action and the execution.
Anywhere near it, Pathan will be a winner. However, War had HR, who is tailor-made for stylish action films like these. He is born to make films like these. Neither SRK nor JA are anywhere near matching him in there. No comparison at all possible. And there was Tiger as well.
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October 28, 2021 at 10:30 AM
One problem with Tiger 3 is its director, but the franchise factor will probably override it. Sid Anand is an inconsistent guy. Even with HR in action mode he delivered the underwhelming Bang Bang.
Both Pathan and Tiger 3 will be huge releases and best bet for 300 cr grossers post-pandemic. Both has top actresses too.
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October 28, 2021 at 10:43 AM
War worked the way it did because Sridhar Raghavan was involved, it was a proper masala film in a lot of ways with character developments and arcs. I was very scared with Pathan till Sridhar Raghavan confirmed his involvement. I’d say SRK/John/Deepika/Salman cameo can work like the Hrithik style factor.
Still big fear left is the lack of live locations because of Covid. Now that Aryan is out, they should go to Spain and shoot something on location.
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October 28, 2021 at 11:02 AM
Spain schedule was only for song with Deepika, I think.
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October 28, 2021 at 11:24 AM
Some fight scenes too, I read somewhere.
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October 28, 2021 at 6:29 PM
Here we not not talking about movies which are taking indian action movie to next level. These are movies to encash on War’s success etc. and at best promise to be at par with War.
Hence my apprehensions.
Tiger will be tough as just like Dhoom, War has now raised the bar for urbane action. Did not like Tiger 2 and know that it got the best every release dates of last 5 years pumping up its numbers by 100 cr.
Pathaan has same director as War which is a plus. I think it has a better chance than Tiger but still needs to be cost controlled and not make the bar too high where 300cr nett theatrical is needed to breakeven.
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October 28, 2021 at 11:01 AM
**Mann Kesar Kesar | **
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October 28, 2021 at 11:46 AM
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October 28, 2021 at 12:50 PM
So happy for Gauri, Aryan, Srk and family. They really went through hell like many parents. R. Madhavan summed up his feelings nicely in his tweet.
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October 28, 2021 at 6:17 PM
Relieved for the family.
May one never go through the mental trauma of watching their child suffer. This might have been as harrowing for SRK/Gauri as for Aryan.
Also wish peace upon those who were getting voyeuristic pleasure in seeing the family suffer. May you or your loved ones never go through anything like this.
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October 28, 2021 at 6:33 PM
When someone gets a pleasure out of someone suffering, there’s no lousy person than that…
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October 28, 2021 at 7:35 PM
Agreed on the greater point Tony; but disagree with you that there are people — and am only talking of this blog — who wish to get pleasure of some superstar’s son or daughter suffering in jail. If there are folks in India to whom 93/kg for tomatoes is less important than the super-rich AK, may God bless them, and may they continue living in their hallucinations….
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October 28, 2021 at 9:19 PM
Extremely happy with what Madhavan said. Trolls were comparing his son with SRK’S and when viewed in that context, a message from Madhavan puts things in perspective.
We have to isolate ourselves from using the language of bucolic trollers. We may like or dislike but should not borrow slangs used by trollers. They are not like us. Trolls are illiterate, frustrated and psycho kind of narcissistic crowd.
Personally i am relieved. I knew Aryan would get the bail even if what NCB claims is true. You cannot be in Jail nowadays like what happenned to Sanjay Dutt or Lalu Yadav. If former Attorney Generals like Mukul Rohatgi advocate for you, even the senior HC judges cannot question their logic.
I think, Aryan did a mistake. I hope he learns. Its always the family who sufferes. Its high time he take responsibility and do not take it otherwise or against his own family.
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October 29, 2021 at 1:08 AM
Now we need major legal reform to make sure this “process=punishment” situation ends. If they can make SRK’s son go through this on such a faulty case, I dread to think what we commoners can go through and what many already go through in our jails.
Also major changes to this draconian drug law
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October 29, 2021 at 1:24 AM
Jail term does not mean that prisoners, undertrials have to live in filth and unhygienic conditions. They need not give five star rooms like in Norway but they can provide clean bathrooms, towels, sufficient water supply, fans.
We need to treat prisoners as human beings. Even animals get better treatment in Zoos.
Kiran Bedi used to do some good work while she was in charge.
Our present system turns even undertrials into hardened criminals.
The biggest punishment for prisoners is to lose freedom. Why to compound it by making them suffer filth and unhygienic conditions?
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October 29, 2021 at 1:29 AM
Give them food only once in a day and provide hygienic conditions.
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October 28, 2021 at 12:57 PM
New York schools ban Squid Game costumes ahead of Halloween to avoid violence
After banning the Squid Game costumes ahead of Halloween, the school administration pointed out that Netflix itself had marked the show for mature audiences with its feature of mass killings, torture, violence, nudity, suicide, smoking and scenes of a sexual nature.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/fashion/new-york-schools-ban-squid-game-costumes-ahead-of-halloween-to-avoid-violence-101635434282317.html
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October 28, 2021 at 1:20 PM
received email from kid’s school, no full face covering and weapons (fake or real).
There were only couple people showed up last year; I expect more people this year.
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October 28, 2021 at 1:48 PM
We had lots in my neighborhood last year, i expect it to be lot more this year.
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October 28, 2021 at 6:56 PM
It’s a sick show. Very controversial even in terms of its entertainment quotient .
The viewers become as complicit as the demented, high-profile sadists who derive pleasure out of watching mass killings.
The huge success of this is rather telling. Don’t we have shows like Big Boss, now in its 15th season, enjoying great success? People love to watch.
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October 28, 2021 at 5:56 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/tom-hanks-adorably-crashes-couples-192433074.html
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October 28, 2021 at 9:23 PM
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October 28, 2021 at 9:25 PM
i hope, at least this trailer gets posted….
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October 29, 2021 at 12:34 AM
Kept watching this song on a loop…of course for Madz…
RR, without the burden of his son, I feel had a better understanding of the masala metre than his contemporaris…be it KALA BAZAR, or that movie with Kabir Bedi and Rekha, or KOYLA…am still stunned that this was a flop…maybe it was a sign of the times…SRK had moved on from throwing Mrs Kundra off her terrace and was quite comfy in that idiotic zone of cute dimples and overacting…and this one didn’t just cut the ice…but man, was Madz magnetic…just watch her wring her hands apart when the lyrics go: DIL TOH, JUDAA NAHI HOTE…
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October 29, 2021 at 1:20 AM
Rekha & Kabir Bedi’s Khoon bhari maang is very well done revenge drama. Even Karan Arjun is great for its genre and intent. Infact Karan Arjun is SS Rajamouli’s fav movie and it helped him immensely to stick to the masala genre and not become too modern. He said there are influences of KA in his movies.
Koyla would have done better if released prior to DDLJ. Suddenly the audience was interested in seeing SRK in modern roles(Pardes, Yes Boss & Dil to Paagal hai released along with Koyla). Secondly keeping Srk mute for majority of the movie backfired. Literally no need to do that and could have just made the movie as regular character. Watching hero as dumb guy is very painful on screen especially in commercial movies like Koyla.
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October 29, 2021 at 2:33 AM
I think Khudgarz was well done. It had a very simple and thin plot with 2 friends turning into sworn enemies but RR included powerful moments of emotion and drama. The 2 main actors complemented each other very well. And the main song, ‘zindagi ka naam dosti’ turned out to be very popular.
Kishan Kanhaiyya was decent commercial cinema as well.
Rakesh Roshan has a solid track record as director, Khel, King Uncle and Koyla being his only notable commercial flops as director.
Koyla did not do too well. Those were days when action or revenge dramas were not doing too well. Probably only Ziddi, Mohra, Jeet, Gupt, Khiladyon ka Khiladi and Ghaatak were genuine hits in that phase in the genre.
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October 29, 2021 at 2:42 AM
I think Khudgarz was well done. It had a very simple and thin plot with 2 friends turning into sworn enemies but RR included powerful moments of emotion and drama. The 2 main actors complemented each other very well. And the main song, ‘zindagi ka naam dosti’ turned out to be very popular.
Kishan Kanhaiyya was decent commercial cinema as well.
Rakesh Roshan has a solid track record as director, Khel, King Uncle and Koyla being his only notable commercial flops as director.
Koyla did not do too well. Those were days when action or revenge dramas were not doing too well. Probably only Ziddi, Jeet, Gupt, Khiladyon ka Khiladi and Ghaatak were genuine hits in that phase in the genre.
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October 29, 2021 at 12:53 AM
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October 29, 2021 at 1:10 AM
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October 29, 2021 at 1:27 AM
Nawazuddin Siddiqui quits the digital platform; says “I won’t do any more OTT shows”
https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/nawazuddin-siddiqui-quits-digital-platform-says-wont-ott-shows/
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October 29, 2021 at 1:36 AM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/hindi/sherlyn-chopra-seeks-75-crore-from-raj-kundra-and-shilpa-shetty-reveals-getting-death-threats-from-underworld/videoshow/87354260.cms
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October 29, 2021 at 2:57 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/thinkalazhcha-nishchayam-movie-review-a-genuinely-funny-drama-7595798/
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October 29, 2021 at 3:51 AM
Chip shortage…
https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2021/10/28/bidding-war-over-a-two-year-old-minivan-used-car-market-goes-bananas-over-lack-of-supply/
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October 29, 2021 at 4:15 AM
I have something coming up on this topic, only need a YouTuber to host it. Anyone know Anyone?
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October 29, 2021 at 4:14 AM
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October 29, 2021 at 4:57 AM
WTAF
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October 29, 2021 at 5:03 AM
He’s died from cardiac arrest
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October 29, 2021 at 5:24 AM
He’s like the Salman Khan of Kannada films. This is huge. RIP
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October 29, 2021 at 4:14 AM
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