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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Actor Gaurav Bakshi arrested for stopping Minister Neelkant Halarnkar's car

Actor Gaurav Bakshi has been embroiled in controversy for stopping Minister Neelkant Halarnkar's car. Let us tell you that Neelkant Halarnkar is the Animal Husbandry Minister in the Goa Government and Gaurav Bakshi is accused of obstructing Neelkant's movement by stopping his car. Here's what the minister said Talking about the incident, Minister Neelkant Halarnkar said that he was leaving …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Dum Pukht in Bengaluru embraces its Awadhi heritage with a revamped menu by Master Chef Ghulam Qureshi

The Hindu

ITC Hotels’ Dum Pukht restaurant is an institution with a storied legacy. At ITC Windsor in Bengaluru, the restaurant was called Dum Pukht Jolly Nabobs; for the past 25 years, it was known for its Anglo-Indian and colonial-era dishes. But now, with a menu curated by Master Chef Gulam M Qureshi, they are harking back to the brand’s Lucknowi roots. …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Book Review | Not long ago, democracy was almost snuffed out in Dhaka

Deccan Chronicle

Through the 2000s, Bangladesh was increasingly hostage to a chaotic whirlwind which saw Jihadists raising their ugly head, attempting to turn the nation into yet another terror-stricken Afghanistan. The weapons cache with nearly 5,000 automatic rifles, machine guns and rocket launchers was meant for India’s proscribed ULFA, whose leader Poresh Barua was then “hiding” in Dhaka in broad daylight. Things …

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9 months, 1 week ago

When I joined films, was told to keep my opinions to myself

Deccan Chronicle

“I am 52 and made it to 35 years in Bollywood, and my soul is still intact. The actor is back on screens in the Nitya Mehra helmed coming of age series Big Girls Don’t Cry. “I was so relieved when Alankrita Srivastava who made Bombay Begums told me that my character was 48 years old and needed to look …

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1 year, 4 months ago

How Mona Singh in Made in Heaven 2 & Pankaj Tripathi in OMG 2 became advocates for sex education in schools

Firstpost

There was a time when parents used to change the television channel if a couple began to kiss on screen. Bulbul’s son Dhruv is suspended from school along with other boys after a girl named Shruti files a complaint about getting molested and being filmed using a cellphone. Thanks to what unfolds in Bulbul and Kanti Sharan’s stories, we get …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Pooja Bhatt reveals Vidya Balan called her after watching Bombay Begums, praised her kissing scene

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Making a much-awaited comeback with her recently released Netflix series Bombay Begums, Pooja Bhatt is all set to enthrall the audiences with her acting prowess in her upcoming mystery film Chup: Revenge Of The Artist. While the multi-starrer Bombay Begums still awaits its second season, Pooja was critically acclaimed for her impeccable performance in Alankrita Shrivastava’s directorial. The actress was …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Of a female knight and the Begums of Bhopal

The Hindu

As the capital of one of the largest States, Bhopal has flown under the radar. Interestingly, the Begum of Bhopal, Nawab Sikandar Begum, as Lambert-Hurley writes in the introduction to A Princess’s Pilgrimage, supported the British during the Revolt of 1857. The story of Bhopal though began not with Sikandar Begum’s rise or the reign of her mother Qudsia Begum …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Salt City Review: Under-written, over-dramatised and serves up a curiously bland dish

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“You add salt to your whiskey?” “Just like Mumbai, the city that adds salt to everything” We’ve heard some clumsy, lazily-written Mumbai-nostalgia lines in recent times — several lines from Netflix’s Bombay Begums, for example — but this exchange from Rishabh Anupam Sahay’s SonyLiv series Salt City takes the cake. We never really know how or why, for example, Saurabh …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Masaba Gupta and co on closing the gap behind the camera

The Hindu

Over the last few years, the Indian streaming space has led the charge in championing female narratives in a way the big screen hasn’t. India’s booming OTT landscape has showcased several diverse stories centred on women — Disney+ Hotstar’s Aarya and Humans, SonyLIV’s Maharani, Amazon Prime Video’s Pushpavalli and Made in Heaven, to name a few. “Since the beginning of …

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2 years, 10 months ago

On Pooja Bhatt's birthday, looking back at actor's best performances, from Sadak to Bombay Begums

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Director-actor Pooja Bhatt will turn 50 this year on 24 February. Known for her versatile performances, she made her debut with the Mahesh Bhatt film Daddy when she was only 17 years old. The film, which featured Sanjay Dutt and Pooja Bhatt in the lead, revolved around a young man who fell in love with a sex worker. Apart from …

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2 years, 11 months ago

The best of 2021: From Bombay Begums to The Family Man 2; here are the OTT series you should watch

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City Of Dreams 2 City Of Dreams produced by Applause Entertainment is about power, politics, and personal losses, not strictly in that order. The series retains its compelling core even while introducing new interesting characters who grow as the yawning arc of Maharashtra’s politics opens up to multiple interpretations. One of this season’s great joys is to watch the amazing …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Pooja Bhatt celebrates nearly five years of sobriety, talks about finding ‘love of her life’

Hindustan Times

Actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt is celebrating as she has almost reached the five-year mark of her sobriety. In an Instagram post, Pooja recalled a time when she ‘chased’ love and said that a few years ago, she found the ‘love of life’ - sobriety. A demanding yet fulfilling lover, Sobriety breaks down your defences, bares & reveals your soul, calls out …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Sunny Deol, Pooja Bhatt, Dulquer Salmaan to star in R Balki's next film

India TV News

R. Balki has announced his new film, a thriller starring Sunny Deol, Dulquer Salmaan, Pooja Bhatt and Shreya Dhanwanthary in lead roles. On getting Sunny Deol to join the ensemble, Balki couldn't hide his excitement: "I am ecstatic to be working with Sunny, an actor whose booming screen presence conveys so much. He said: "Dulquer is possibly one of the …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Pooja Bhatt on tackling questions about possible second marriage: 'My life is not incomplete'

Hindustan Times

Actor-director Pooja Bhatt has opened up on marriage and how many women, despite big achievements, have to come home to the question 'khaane mein kya hai (what's there to eat)?'. She also spoke about her personal life and how she faced questions about her getting married again. Pooja added that her life is not incomplete 'because I choose to live …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Pooja Bhatt opens up about battling alcoholism, says she didn't want to 'cover' it up

Hindustan Times

Actor-director Pooja Bhatt has recalled the time when she decided to quit drinking and opened up about it. Actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt recently starred in Bombay Begums. In an interview, Pooja Bhatt also spoke about her 1989 film Daddy, which dealt with alcoholism. On Monday, Pooja celebrated 30 years of the romantic-comedy film Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin also starring Aamir …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Shahana Goswami on unlocking mode: There’s lots of anxiety, it’s a difficult virus to work around

Hindustan Times

As the country moves towards unlocking mode, with Covid-19 cases subsiding, there’s also a sense of anxiousness sweeping along with a sigh of relief. Lately, actor Shahana Goswami has been entertaining audiences through web shows, The Last Hour, and Bombay Begums. At a personal level, I’ve also been out of Mumbai recently, to be with a close friend who just …

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3 years, 6 months ago

NCPCR seeks FIR against Netflix series Bombay Begums for alleged inappropriate portrayal of children

Firstpost

In a letter to Maharashtra Home Secretary, the NCPCR also sought an action taken report from the Mumbai Police commissioner in the matter within three days. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has written to the Maharashtra home secretary seeking registration of an FIR against the makers of Netflix series Bombay Begums over the alleged inappropriate portrayal of …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Bombay Begums actor Amruta Subhash is 'grateful that filmmakers are not slotting' her as an actor

Hindustan Times

So far, actor Amruta Subhash has been able to do to the unavoidable: to not get pigeonholed as an artiste. The National School of Drama graduate was a known name in the Marathi film and theatre circuit, but it was her role in Zoya Akhtar's musical drama Gully Boy as Murad's mother Razia that got her the attention of the …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Why ’Bombay Begums’ (and ’Tandav’) could not have existed a decade ago

Live Mint

A decade ago, Bombay Begums would not exist. As of last week, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights sent a notice to Netflix, asking the streaming platform to remove their series Bombay Begums, based on “normalisation of minors indulging in casual sex” and “showing minors having cocaine.” Concerned that the series will “pollute the young minds of the …

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3 years, 9 months ago

NCPCR objection to Bombay Begums is unwarranted; Netflix series crafts realistic portrayal of teen issues

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Alankrita Shrivastava’s web series Bombay Begums, which released on 8 March, International Women’s Day, is receiving widespread acclaim in India for its powerful message urging women to come together, break the silence that shields perpetrators of violence, and “say no to sexual harassment.” However, it has also run into troubled waters with the Government of India’s National Commission for the …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Bombay Begums: How Alankrita Shrivastava rewrote bisexuality and infidelity in her Netflix show

Firstpost

In “Love,” the second episode of Bombay Begums, the new Netflix series created, co-written, and co-directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, comes an unsuspecting scene that I thought was subversive in its agency. Netflix The scene opens with Ayesha nervously standing outside Chitra’s house. Netflix I’ve replayed this sequence several times since the show released a few days ago and every time, …

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3 years, 9 months ago

OTT Round Up - Chakravyuh Is Action Masala, The Married Woman Is Sensitive, Bombay Begums Raises Eyebrows

ABP News

By Joginder Tuteja There was a flurry of releases on the OTT medium in the week gone by, what with Chakravyuh, The Married Woman, Qubool Hai 2.0 and Bombay Begums arriving almost together. Must READ: OTT Round Up - The Girl On The Train Gets A Mixed Response, Hello Mini 2 Keeps The Thrills On, 1962: The War In The …

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3 years, 9 months ago

'Will Pollute Young Minds, May Result In Abuse & Exploitation Of Children': NCPCR Asks Netflix To Stop Streaming 'Bombay Begums'

Live Law

Issuing a notice to Netflix, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Thursday asked subscription-based streaming service provider to stop the streaming of its new series Bombay Begums. Citing inappropriate portrayal of children in the web series, the apex child rights body NCPCR has asked Netflix to immediately stop streaming 'Bombay Begums' and furnish a detailed action report …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Portrayal of Kids: Netflix Asked to Stop Streaming 'Bombay Begums'

The Quint

Raising objections to the manner in which children are portrayed in the show, the apex child rights body said in the notice that this kind of content will not only "pollute young minds of children" but also may result in "abuse and exploitation" of them. The NCPCR said that it has decided to take action based on a complaint that …

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Actor Gaurav Bakshi arrested for stopping Minister Neelkant Halarnkar's car

Dum Pukht in Bengaluru embraces its Awadhi heritage with a revamped menu by Master Chef Ghulam Qureshi

Book Review | Not long ago, democracy was almost snuffed out in Dhaka

When I joined films, was told to keep my opinions to myself

How Mona Singh in Made in Heaven 2 & Pankaj Tripathi in OMG 2 became advocates for sex education in schools

Pooja Bhatt reveals Vidya Balan called her after watching Bombay Begums, praised her kissing scene

Of a female knight and the Begums of Bhopal

Salt City Review: Under-written, over-dramatised and serves up a curiously bland dish

Masaba Gupta and co on closing the gap behind the camera

On Pooja Bhatt's birthday, looking back at actor's best performances, from Sadak to Bombay Begums

The best of 2021: From Bombay Begums to The Family Man 2; here are the OTT series you should watch

Pooja Bhatt celebrates nearly five years of sobriety, talks about finding ‘love of her life’

Sunny Deol, Pooja Bhatt, Dulquer Salmaan to star in R Balki's next film

Pooja Bhatt on tackling questions about possible second marriage: 'My life is not incomplete'

Pooja Bhatt opens up about battling alcoholism, says she didn't want to 'cover' it up

Shahana Goswami on unlocking mode: There’s lots of anxiety, it’s a difficult virus to work around

NCPCR seeks FIR against Netflix series Bombay Begums for alleged inappropriate portrayal of children

Bombay Begums actor Amruta Subhash is 'grateful that filmmakers are not slotting' her as an actor

Why ’Bombay Begums’ (and ’Tandav’) could not have existed a decade ago

NCPCR objection to Bombay Begums is unwarranted; Netflix series crafts realistic portrayal of teen issues

Bombay Begums: How Alankrita Shrivastava rewrote bisexuality and infidelity in her Netflix show

OTT Round Up - Chakravyuh Is Action Masala, The Married Woman Is Sensitive, Bombay Begums Raises Eyebrows

'Will Pollute Young Minds, May Result In Abuse & Exploitation Of Children': NCPCR Asks Netflix To Stop Streaming 'Bombay Begums'

Portrayal of Kids: Netflix Asked to Stop Streaming 'Bombay Begums'