Actor Waheeda Rehman says we have to be “careful, sensible and intelligent” to deal with the present Covid-19 crisis

Dealing with such a pandemic isn’t easy. But life will always throw challenges at us, how we get over them, defines us, feels Waheeda Rehman. The veteran actor says the Covid-19 crisis demands us “to be careful, sensible and intelligent”. And for none of these “one needs bookish knowledge”and just need to learn from life […]

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A film set requires anywhere between 100-500 people: Can social distancing be a reality on a Bollywood film set?

With social distancing practices becoming the new normal in everyone’s life, the film industry federations and unions are also planning for new working conditions on a film set. The guidelines issued by the Maharashtra Government to the film industry strictly state the requirement of social distancing by minimising physical contact, maintaining a distance of minimum […]

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Millions of social media users unfollowed celebs, such as Karan Johar and Alia Bhatt, who they feel are propagating nepotism in the film industry

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s untimely death has reignited the debate on nepotism and many a stars have come forward to raise the issue on social media. It’s being said that Sushant wasn’t given his due in Bollywood. And this has seen a direct impact on the social media handles of some celebrities, who have lost […]

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Dabanng and Besharam director Abhinav Singh Kashyap spoke about facing exploitation and bullying in the hands of Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan

Director and screenwriter Abhinav Singh Kashyap took to Facebook on Tuesday to share how actor-director Arbaaz Khan, and family “sabotaged” his career after his directorial Dabangg released in 2010. The film starring Arbaaz and his brother Salman Khan was a massive hit before it turned into a franchise. Kashyap also mentioned experiencing “gaslighting, exploitation and […]

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Writer-director Charudutt Acharya recalls a fond memory of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who donated Rs 2.5 crore to Nagaland and Kerala

Several people are sharing fond memories of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, after his death on Sunday. One of them is writer-director Charudutt Acharya, whose father PB Acharya was the governor of Assam from 2014-19. In a Facebook post, Acharya has recalled how Sushant visited the state when it was ravaged by floods in 2018, and made […]

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Shashank Khaitan deactivated his Twitter account and said that the platform has become a ‘breeding ground for hate’

Filmmaker Shashank Khaitan, who has directed films such as Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Badrinath Ki Dulhania and Dhadak, has deactivated his Twitter account. Shortly before going off the microblogging site, he called it a ‘breeding ground for hate and negativity’. “Done with twitter… just a breeding ground for hate and negativity… very sad that a platform so […]

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