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Anjali Arora Defends Prasad Amid Ranbir Kapoor Diet Row
Days after an old Ganpati video showed Ranbir Kapoor turning down prasad over his diet, his Ramayana rival on screen offered a rebuttal.
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Vishal Mishra's Chhathi Maiya Brings Chhath Puja To The Vvaan
Vishal Mishra has composed and sung 'Chhathi Maiya' for The Vvaan: Force of the Forrest, putting Bihar's Chhath rituals on screen through Tamannaah Bhatia ahead of the film's September 25 release.
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Tia Bajpai Fronts Horror-Themed Music Video Titled Fanaa
Tia Bajpai returns to horror with 'FANAA', a music video composed by Arian Romal that trades the usual romantic song format for a short-form horror narrative built around suspense and dread.
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Ali Zafar Tells Trolls To Look Within Over Katrina Kaif Body-Shaming
Ali Zafar has spoken out against body-shaming aimed at Katrina Kaif after her Ganpati appearance with son Vihaan, urging men to examine their own double standards on women's bodies.
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Ravie Dubey Defends Ranbir Kapoor's Casting In Ramayana
Ravie Dubey, who plays Lakshman in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, pushed back on doubts about Ranbir Kapoor's casting as Ram, calling him a superstar with no ego on set, ahead of the film's November 8 release.
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Rashami Desai Returns To TV Fiction After Eight Years With Sayoneee
Rashami Desai ends an eight-year break from television fiction with Star Plus' Sayoneee, playing a character named Maya. The show premieres September 23 and streams on JioHotstar alongside its TV run.
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Anupam Kher's Birthday Note For PM Modi Recalls Ahmedabad Meeting
Anupam Kher marked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 76th birthday with a long social media note recalling their first meeting in Ahmedabad, joining Akshay Kumar and Jackie Shroff in sending greetings.
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Bollywood
Phoolan Gets Standing Ovation At TIFF, Lands On Prime Video Next
Richie Mehta's biographical drama Phoolan, based on Phoolan Devi's autobiography, drew a standing ovation at its TIFF world premiere on September 17. The film heads to Prime Video next, with no release date confirmed yet.
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Amaal Mallik Warns Trolls Off His Family Over Song Credit Row
Amaal Mallik has hit back at trolls attacking his family after Salman Khan Films initially left him uncredited in a post marking ten years of Main Hoon Hero Tera, a decision it later corrected.
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Anil Kapoor Says He Missed Rhea's Birth, Still Hasn't Forgiven Himself
Ahead of India Ke Top 1%'s premiere, Anil Kapoor recalled falling asleep on an all-night shoot and arriving late for Rhea Kapoor's birth, a regret he says he carries to this day.
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Meghna Gulzar Says Irrfan Khan Made Directing Effortless On Talvar
Ahead of Daayra's release, Meghna Gulzar spoke about directing Irrfan Khan, Vicky Kaushal, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Tabu and Sushmita Sen, revealing which actors needed no instruction at all.
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Ektaa Kapoor Slams 'Out-Of-Touch' Creators At The Vvaan Trailer Launch
At The Vvaan's trailer launch, Ektaa R Kapoor criticised content creators for losing touch with ordinary audiences, while Tamannaah Bhatia described how her pandit and watchman reacted to the film's Chhath Puja sequence.
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Ravie Dubey Backs Ranbir Kapoor's Ramayana Casting Amid Fan Debate
Ravie Dubey, playing Lakshman in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, has defended Ranbir Kapoor's casting as Lord Rama, praising his work ethic and calling him grounded despite the ongoing fan debate since the teaser dropped.
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Shah Rukh Khan Says AbRam Will Watch King Before Doomsday
Shah Rukh Khan used his Ganesh Chaturthi AskSRK session to needle fans about King's December 24 clash with Avengers: Doomsday, joking that son AbRam would watch "Baap" first, and gushing about all three of his kids.
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Celina Jaitly Tells Sons They Never Have To Choose Amid Divorce
Celina Jaitly posted a letter to sons Winston, Viraaj and Arthur as a new school year began, saying her divorce from Peter Haag may keep her away for months while an FIR against him proceeds in Mumbai.
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Mirzapur The Movie Adds A Love Song Mid-Theatrical Run
Mirzapur: The Movie gets a fresh romantic track, 'Sanson Ki Mala', mid-release, with lyrics credited to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and vocals by Madhur Sharma, as the film continues its Hindi and Telugu run.
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Jiah Khan's Mother Reacts After Pancholi Named In Salian FIR
Jiah Khan's mother Rabya has broken her silence after Sooraj Pancholi's name surfaced in the CBI FIR on Disha Salian's death, drawing parallels between the two cases and questioning how evidence is handled.
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Nikhil Advani Screens The Revolutionaries At Salman Khan's House
Nikhil Advani and Bhuvan Bam held a private screening of The Revolutionaries for Salman Khan at his Galaxy home, prompting an emotional post from the director recalling their 20-year bond since Salaam-E-Ishq.
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Breaking Hype
Suniel Shetty, Preity Zinta Named To Reconstituted CBFC Board
The government has reconstituted the Central Board of Film Certification with an 18-member panel including Suniel Shetty, Preity Zinta, Pankaj Tripathi and Priyadarshan, effective from September 16, 2026, for three years.
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Rakesh Roshan Leases Andheri Offices For Rs 2.76 Crore Over Three Years
Rakesh Roshan has leased 5,574 sq ft of commercial space in Andheri West to Beingu Studios Private Limited for three years, a deal expected to fetch him Rs 2.76 crore, according to property records accessed by CRE Matrix.
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Gurugram Man Held For Conning Student Using Pritam And Pedro Scam
A Gurugram man arrested for allegedly duping a 21-year-old MBA student of Rs 24.60 lakh told police he borrowed his method from Vikrant Massey's character in Pritam And Pedro, the Rajkumar Hirani-produced web series.
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Kamal Haasan's Abhay Turns 25, Finally Gets Its Due
Kamal Haasan's Abhay completes 25 years this month, and a fresh critical look is crediting the divisive thriller with anticipating today's appetite for damaged protagonists and disturbing imagery, years before streaming made it standard.
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Salman Khan Spotted At Ahaan Panday's House In All-Black Look
Salman Khan was photographed arriving at Ahaan Panday's Mumbai home in an all-black outfit, waving at waiting paparazzi before driving off, sparking fan speculation about a possible Ganpati visit.
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Tamannaah Bhatia Says She Wept Shooting Chhath Puja Song For The Vvaan
Tamannaah Bhatia opened up about tearing up while shooting the Chhath Puja sequence for The Vvaan's song 'Chhathi Maiya', calling the festival's water-less 36-hour fast a striking part of Bihari culture she'd never fully understood before.
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Shah Rukh Khan Caught A Private Dhurandhar Screening Before Release
Shah Rukh Khan called Dhurandhar and its sequel 'fantastic' during a fan Q&A. Sources tell Bollywood Hungama he actually watched Dhurandhar The Revenge a day early, at Salman Khan's private screening room, with Karan Johar in tow.
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Supreme Court Gives Rajpal Yadav Two Weeks, Orders Rs 2 Crore Deposit
The Supreme Court told Rajpal Yadav to deposit Rs 2 crore and return with a real repayment plan by October 5, warning that his conduct in a long-running cheque-bounce dispute has not inspired confidence.
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Meghna Gulzar's Daayra Refuses To Pick A Side On Encounter Killings
Filmfare's review of Meghna Gulzar's Daayra calls it gritty and compelling, with Prithviraj Sukumaran's vigilante cop overshadowing Kareena Kapoor Khan's by-the-book DCP in a drama that echoes the 2019 Telangana encounter case without directly adapting it.
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Sidharth Malhotra And Tamannaah Bhatia's Vvan Trailer Drops Ahead Of Sept 25 Release
The Vvan trailer, released Tuesday, sets its fantasy-folklore story against five days of Chhath Puja in a village split over forest land and old superstitions. It hits theatres September 25.
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Babil Khan Picks Up Golf During His Pahalgam Shoot
Babil Khan has taken up golf between shoots in Pahalgam, calling the sport a mental exercise that parallels acting and the pressure of following his late father Irrfan Khan.
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Sidharth Malhotra And Tamannaah Bhatia Team Up For Forest Horror The Vvaan
The trailer for The Vvaan, pairing Sidharth Malhotra and Tamannaah Bhatia for the first time, dropped Wednesday, teasing a forest village bound by an ancient midnight rule and a wrathful goddess. It releases September 25.
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