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Rohit Roy Calls Television A Dustbin Medium On Podcast
The Swabhimaan actor, who built his career on the small screen, argued film stars carry themselves with more grace and style than their TV counterparts.
12 Sept 20262 min read
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Regional Cinema
Karthigai Deepam Plots A Murder On The Dance Stage
Karthigai Deepam's latest episode has Sivanandi hiring a goon to kill Revathi mid-performance at a Bharatanatyam event, while a dance rivalry with Subbulakshmi unfolds on the same stage.
12 Sept 20262 min
Box Office
Sardar 2's Rs 100 Crore Budget Now Looks Like A Problem
Sardar 2 has collected around Rs 10.65 crore worldwide in two days against a reported Rs 100-120 crore budget, after a 45.6% single-day drop left the film's recovery math looking grim.
12 Sept 20262 min
Box Office
Sardar 2 Collapses 45% On Day Two, Trails Its Own Prequel
Sardar 2 earned 4.5 crore net on its opening day but crashed to 2.5 crore on day two, a 45% drop that has already pushed the sequel behind the original Sardar's overall total.
12 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Anil Kapoor Performs His First Qawwali On Star Plus
Anil Kapoor tries a Qawwali for the first time in Baat Khatki Toh Jeet Pakki, choreographed by Ganesh Acharya for India Ke Top 1% – The Anil Kapoor Show, premiering September 19 on Star Plus and JioHotstar.
12 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Veer Pahariya Prays At Kamakhya Temple Before Prem Keetanu Opens
Veer Pahariya visited the Kamakhya Temple in Assam ahead of Prem Keetanu's October 2 release, sharing a temple photo online as promotions for his second film ramp up.
12 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Hanuman Ansh Producer Admits Team Missed India's Oscar Entry Deadline
Hanuman Ansh producer Namrata Singh has confirmed the film missed India's September 7 Oscar submission deadline, blaming an overstretched team juggling overseas releases and a Telugu dub with Trivikram Srinivas.
12 Sept 20262 min
World
Eknath Shinde's London Street Vada Pav Video Goes Viral
Eknath Shinde's vada pav break on a London street has gone viral, capping a UK visit where he pitched Maharashtra to investors, met Virat Kohli and picked up several honours.
12 Sept 20262 min
Box Office
Bethlehem Kudumba Unit Becomes Kerala's Biggest Grosser Ever On Day 22
Bethlehem Kudumba Unit has crossed 130 crore gross in Kerala alone, overtaking Vaazha 2 to become the highest-grossing Malayalam film in the state's history, per trade estimates reported by Koimoi.
12 Sept 20262 min
Red Carpet
Kareena Kapoor Revives Leheriya Saree, Calls Back To Zubeidaa
Kareena Kapoor wore a pastel leheriya saree to the Daayra music launch in Mumbai, then posted a throwback comparing it to Karisma Kapoor's Zubeidaa look, sparking a wider chat about the Rajasthani textile's Bollywood history.
12 Sept 20262 min
World
Gary Oldman Says HBO's Harry Potter Series Will Outdo The Films
Gary Oldman, who played Sirius Black across the film franchise, says HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series will feel more satisfying than the movies because it keeps far more of the books intact.
12 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Triptii Dimri Invests In Coloured Contact Lens Startup Peep Beauty
Triptii Dimri has joined eye-focused beauty startup Peep Beauty as investor and co-creator, backing its Rs 12 crore pre-seed round and shaping its push into coloured contact lenses as a self-expression category.
12 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Preity Zinta Says She Still Can't Watch Herself On Screen
Preity Zinta says she avoids watching her own films even after three decades and 50-plus credits, opening up alongside debutant Vanshika Dhir before their action comedy hits cinemas September 18.
12 Sept 20262 min
Bollywood
Martin Uncle Gets His Own Corner At Drishyam Trailer Launch
Dr Sharad Bhutadiya, who plays Martin Uncle across the Drishyam franchise, spoke to Bollywood Hungama at the Goa trailer launch about Ajay Devgn's off-screen manner, his character's surprise popularity, and the odds of a part four.
12 Sept 20262 min
Regional Cinema
Kenisha Francis Confirms She's The Mystery Composer 'Hydro' In Ravi Mohan's Directorial Debut
Kenisha Francis has revealed she is the composer credited as 'Hydro' on the poster of Ravi Mohan's directorial debut I'm an Ordinary Man, saying the pseudonym was meant to dodge negative press.
12 Sept 20262 min
Breaking Hype
Storm-Damaged Beach Forces Santa Monica To Cancel Ocean Way Festival
Goldenvoice's inaugural Ocean Way Festival on the Santa Monica beach, headlined by The Killers, Olivia Dean and Jack White, has been called off after storm erosion left too little usable sand to host it safely.
12 Sept 20262 min
World
Lady Gaga And Michael Polansky Step Out With Their Newborn
Lady Gaga and fiancé Michael Polansky were photographed walking with their newborn in Northern California, the first sighting since reports surfaced that the couple had quietly become parents.
12 Sept 20262 min
World
The Rare Movie Trilogies That Get Better On Purpose
Fear Street, the Three Colors trilogy, the Before films and Back to the Future all solve the same problem differently: how do you make a third movie feel inevitable instead of tacked on?
12 Sept 20262 min
World
Chicago Med Season 12 Opens With A Three-Month Time Jump
Chicago Med returns October 7 with a three-month time jump, an unresolved Hannah-Dean romance, and Sarah Ramos's Caitlin Lennox absent from the first five episodes while the actress is on leave.
12 Sept 20262 min
World
Strange New Worlds Turns Its Bridge Crew Into A Daytime Soap
Strange New Worlds went full soap opera in "Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass," with Deidre Hall guesting and the cast learning to act deliberately badly. Christina Chong also confirmed her dog Runa's Season 1 cameo won't be the last.
12 Sept 20262 min
Box Office
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Clears Its Break-Even Mark By $360 Million Domestically
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has crossed $926 million domestically, over $360 million past its break-even point, even after dropping to third place behind The Odyssey and Hope on its sixth Wednesday.
12 Sept 20262 min
World
Anuparna Roy Returns To Venice Orizzonti For A Second Year
Bengal-born filmmaker Anuparna Roy is back in Venice's Orizzonti competition with her second feature, a story of four migrants on Mumbai's margins, a year after becoming the first Indian to win the section's Best Director award.
12 Sept 20262 min
World
Amadeus Team Reunites For Pasadena Playhouse's The Visit
The creative team behind Pasadena Playhouse's sold-out Amadeus is back with Dürrenmatt's The Visit, starring Jefferson Mays as a man his former lover wants dead for the right price.
11 Sept 20262 min
Other News
Mumbai Ganesh Mandals Turn Pandals Into Shelters For Strays This Year
Mumbai's Ganeshotsav pandals are opening their doors to strays this year, with a Colaba mandal casting its idol as Kaalbhairav and a Kandivali mandal running vaccination and microchipping camps for street dogs.
11 Sept 20262 min