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Haiwaan Clears Censor Board With U/A 16+ Days Before Release
The CBFC's newer, more specific certification lands just three days ahead of the Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan thriller's September 11 opening.
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Saif Ali Khan Needed Two Days To Recover From Haiwaan Fight Scene
Saif Ali Khan says a brutal, no-CGI fight sequence in Haiwaan left him needing two days to recover, with real broken glass and no body doubles used on set.
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Bollywood
Shraddha Kapoor's Vacation Photo Dump Outs Rahul Mody Again
Shraddha Kapoor shared vacation photos featuring rumoured boyfriend Rahul Mody without confirming their relationship or location, as she gears up for December's Eetha opposite Randeep Hooda.
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Box Office
Buddy Turns A $3 Million Horror Budget Into $14.3 Million
Casper Kelly's low-budget horror comedy Buddy has crossed $14.3 million in North America in just ten days against a $3 million budget, expanding into more theatres on its second weekend despite having no international release.
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Bollywood
Janhvi Kapoor Breaks Down Her Three-Step No-Makeup Look
Janhvi Kapoor shared a stripped-down makeup routine built on just concealer, soft pink blush and a nude-pink lip, skipping heavy layering for a look she says works for everyday outings and casual days alike.
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Bollywood
Bipasha Basu Says She Started Bollywood's Muscle-Tone Trend
Bipasha Basu tells Elle India she was Bollywood's first muscular heroine and stands by her body even as an old Mrunal Thakur clip mocking her physique resurfaces online, sparking fresh body-image debate.
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Bollywood
Realme Turns Its 16 Pro 5G Into A Harry Potter Phone
Realme has unveiled a Harry Potter edition of its 16 Pro 5G, its second straight crossover with Warner Bros. Discovery after 2025's Game of Thrones limited edition. No price or launch date yet.
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Bollywood
Ranveer Singh's Bearded, Long-Haired Pralay Look Leaks From Set
Set visuals of Ranveer Singh sporting a beard and long hair for Jai Mehta's Pralay have leaked online, drawing quick comparisons to his Dhurandhar look even as the makers stay silent on the film's details.
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Bollywood
Dhvani Bhanushali To Drop Five-Track EP 'FEELS' Over Three Months
Dhvani Bhanushali has announced a five-song EP titled 'FEELS', releasing one track every few weeks over the next three months, calling it a personal project rather than just an album.
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Bollywood
Tigmanshu Dhulia Calls Dhurandhar's Plot Not A Story At All
Tigmanshu Dhulia says Dhurandhar's spy-thriller premise doesn't qualify as a story and blames what he calls extreme capitalism for Bollywood's sameness, days before his own film Ghamasaan drops on ZEE5.
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Bollywood
Hanuman Ansh Heads Overseas As Sequel Gets Confirmed
Hanuman Ansh added Rs 10 crore net on its 32nd day, pushing its domestic total past Rs 132 crore. The film opens overseas on September 11, and a sequel is already confirmed.
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Bollywood
Gary Oldman Says Bond Producers Have Already Picked Jack Lowden
Gary Oldman says Amazon MGM has quietly cast the next James Bond and backs his Slow Horses co-star Jack Lowden for the role, though the studio has stayed silent so far.
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World
MPA Signs Two Global Pacts At France's Lumière Summit
The Motion Picture Association signed two declarations at the Lumière Summit in France, backing global cooperation on cinema and a coordinated fight against film piracy, with CEO Charles Rivkin meeting Macron and Lee Jae Myung.
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Maharashtra Tourism Board Puts Five-Star Tadoba Resort Out To Tender
MTDC has issued a request for proposals to empanel an independent expert to oversee upgrades at five resorts, including a new five-star property at Tadoba, under public-private concessions running 30 to 60 years.
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Bollywood
Ravi Mohan Names Keneeshaa Francis Composer On His Directorial Debut
Ravi Mohan Studios has announced Keneeshaa Francis as composer on An Ordinary Man, Ravi Mohan's directorial debut, months after her public statement addressing their reported relationship and the online trolling that followed.
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Bollywood
Rohit Saraf Spent 15 Months Building A Body For The Revolutionaries
Rohit Saraf underwent a 15-month physical transformation to play revolutionary Sachindra Nath Sanyal in Nikkhil Advani's The Revolutionaries, training in Mallakhamb and Kushti before the show's September 11 premiere on Prime Video.
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Regional Cinema
Bigg Boss Telugu 10's Agnipariksha Contestants Reportedly Earn Rs 70,000 Weekly
Reports doing the rounds peg Bigg Boss Telugu 10's Agnipariksha contestants at roughly Rs 70,000 a week each, a flat rate that stands apart from the celebrity contestants' individually negotiated fees.
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Box Office
What It Actually Takes For A Marathi Film To Cross Into Hit Territory
Koimoi's 2026 Marathi box office tracker spells out its hit-flop math, from Super Duper Hit at 100 crore-plus to outright Flop, but the page currently offers criteria without any confirmed 2026 title to test them on.
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World
What Actually Separates Great Hard Sci-Fi From The Rest
Collider's latest list of the sharpest hard science fiction films argues the genre works best when the science serves the story, not the other way round. Five titles make the case, from Kubrick to Garland.
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Bollywood
Alex Gibney's Four-Hour Musk Documentary Gets First Teaser Ahead Of Venice
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney's four-hour documentary Musk gets its first teaser trailer ahead of a Venice Film Festival premiere, with a US theatrical release set for September 18.
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Regional Cinema
Veteran Tamil Actor Raj Kiran Seeks Anticipatory Bail In Rs 40 Lakh Case
Actor Raj Kiran has moved the Madras High Court for anticipatory bail after a Meenjur producer accused him of failing to return Rs 40 lakh of a film advance given back in 2022.
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Box Office
Mammootty At 75 Still Chasing His First Solo 100 Crore Hit
Mammootty turned 75 with five National Awards and five decades in cinema but no solo film past the 100 crore mark. Mattancherry Mafia and Om now carry that hope, trade watchers say.
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World
Phoebe Dynevor Marries Producer Cameron Fuller In Provence
Phoebe Dynevor has married movie producer Cameron Fuller at a secluded French farmhouse, capping a relationship that started at a Sundance club night in January 2023.
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Regional Cinema
Vijay's MISA Jaw Gesture In Assembly Sparks Political Row
Tamil Nadu CM Vijay's Monday assembly speech, meant to answer opposition leader Udhayanidhi Stalin, instead drew fire for a gesture seen as mocking M.K. Stalin's MISA-era jaw injury, prompting backlash from CPI(M) and critic Blue Sattai Maran.
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