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Marvel Avengers need the Shah Rukh Khan magic. He can easily be the next Iron Man

New Captain America Anthony Mackie praised Shah Rukh Khan as the best, expressing his desire to see him as an Avenger in the Marvel film franchise of...

15.02.2025 4

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Cringe is Himesh Reshammiya’s defining identity now. That’s what makes him cool

Since the trailer release of Reshammiya’s upcoming movie ‘Badass Ravikumar’, social media has been abuzz with memes and reshares of its clips.

02.02.2025 10

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Paatal Lok season 2 gets Nagaland right. Doesn’t spoon-feed Northeast to Hindi viewers

Naga characters speak in Nagamese instead of accented Hindi. In one fell swoop, Paatal Lok demolishes the idea that Hindi is the norm.

25.01.2025 10

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Alia Bhatt to Malaika Arora—Everybody’s flaunting bows. Finally, a fashion trend for all ages

Wearing a bow is also about tapping into your inner child and celebrating cuteness—something that truly has no age.

29.12.2024 6

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Indian concerts are a masterclass in mismanagement—ticket mafia, overpriced water, bad network

People who travelled to Bangkok for Coldplay concert had no complaints. In contrast, India’s concert infrastructure has a lot of room for...

21.12.2024 3

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Pushpa is a flower too. He sheds tears before women, is vulnerable

Pushpa shows that ‘fire' or 'wildfire’ he may be for his haters, but vulnerability is also equally important.

08.12.2024 20

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Dhanush is teaching Nayanthara a lesson—upset male stars at your own risk

Dhanush clearly has an upper hand as he drags Nayanthara into a legal battle over the use of a 3-second clip in her Netflix documentary. How dare...

17.11.2024 30

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The Tribe shows Gen Z just can’t do drama like millennials

Looking pretty and posting curated selfies is great for social media, not reality TV. Add actual spice, or learn from millennials—they put the D in...

19.10.2024 2

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Bengali women aren’t black magic experts. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 trailer promotes dangerous notion

There are already a lot of memes and reels circulating about Bengali women trapping non-Bengali men into relationships against their will with...

14.10.2024 3

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Samantha’s divorce has become a never-ending saga. Just let her be

Konda Surekha’s "apology" to Samantha only came after backlash from Nagarjuna, and Tollywood stars like Junior NTR, Allu Arjun, and Baahubali...

05.10.2024 1

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Kareena Kapoor has a film festival dedicated to her. She is still Bollywood’s trendsetter

Kareena doesn’t mince her words. Discussing Bollywood’s gender pay gap, she said she wanted to be paid as much as Akshay Kumar. He was seated right...

21.09.2024 10

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Bangladesh has hit us where it hurts. Durga Puja will be incomplete without Hilsa

The Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina had reintroduced what is now called ‘hilsa diplomacy’ in 2019. Now, it’s a bone of contention between...

15.09.2024 5

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Is Honey Singh growing a conscience? He is milking the classic bad-boy-becomes-good story

Honey Singh's recent album 'Glory' came out on 26 August, and he has been on a promotional streak ever since. The 15 million views on his song...

14.09.2024 5

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Stree is the male hero we need

Stree 2 effectively dismantles the trend of high-octane movies with hypermasculine leads ruling the roost.

18.08.2024 2

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Co-ord sets are a big blob of nothing. They’re the millennials’ nightie

We are bang in the middle of a fashion revolution no one ever needed.

17.08.2024 5

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Lack of pockets in women’s clothing is actually political. Time to bring them back—ASAP

Pockets & prejudice—the freedom to walk without bags was sacrificed at the altar of fashion.

11.08.2024 3

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The navel is making a comeback. Janhvi Kapoor’s Devara song not the 90s we want to return to

The song ‘Dheere Dheere’, from the Telugu film Devara, fixates on Janhavi Kapoor’s midriff in a most unsavoury way. If this is the pinnacle of...

10.08.2024 2

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Ranbir Kapoor needs a new PR team. Unless they’ve think even bad publicity is good

Ranbir the husband, if not Ranbir the actor, definitely needs to learn to frame better answers, or get a PR team that does it for him.

30.07.2024 2

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