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27 Jul

‘Dil Bechara’s co-star Swastika Mukherjee battled depression

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Swastika Mukherjee is having an eventful 2020 on the professional front with Paatal Lok and Dil Bechara. This is not the first time she worked with Sushant, the duo had earlier shared screen space in 2015 with the film Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! They reunited after five years for his final film Dil Bechara. In these two decades, Swastika has had her share of controversies in these many years. She was linked with many Bengali actors and filmmakers.

27 Jul

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan discharged from Nanavati hospital

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New Delhi: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, 46, tested positive a day after her husband Abhishek and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan; she was isolated at the Bachchan residence for about a week and then moved to hospital on July 17. Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan had already been taken to hospital on July 11. On July 12, Abhishek Bachchan confirmed in a tweet that his wife and eight-year-old daughter had both tested positive for the coronavirus. Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been discharged from Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital, where she was being treated for COVID-19, after a 10-day stay. Her husband Abhishek said in a…

26 Jul

Spotify Now Supports Video, for Free and Premium Users

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Spotify now has video podcasts. The world's largest subscription-based music streaming service has rolled out support for its users — be it on the Spotify Free or Spotify Premium tier — to watch their podcasts. The new feature is supported in every Spotify market where podcasts are available on Spotify. But at launch, only a select number of podcasts are available as video podcasts on Spotify. That includes Spotify-owned The Ringer's NBA history Book of Basketball 2.0, American football tips Fantasy Footballers, The Misfits Podcast, comedians Ethan & Hila Klein's H3 Podcast, millennial morning show The Morning Toast, black culture…

25 Jul

Dil Bechara become ‘Top Rated Indian Movies’ on IMDb

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Sushant Singh Rajput’s last movie ‘Dil Bechara’ was premiered on July 24 on Disney Plus Hotstar and his fans made sure that the movie gains the first position on IMDb's 'Top Rated Indian Movies' list leaving behind Kamal Haasan and R Madhavan's 2003 Tamil film Anbe Sivam. With the support of fans, Sushant’s Dil Bechara’s IMDb rating climbed to 10 within minutes of its release. Currently, Dil Bechara is rated 9.8 out of 10 with more than 21,000 votes.

25 Jul

Shekhar Kapur released the script of ‘Paani’ movie

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Shekhar Kapur, who was going to direct Sushant Singh Rajput in the movie 'Paani', has unveiled the script of the movie Shekhar had promised Sushant that he would complete the shooting of 'Paani'. Shekhar Kapur tweeted, "Shot 12 years ago. Part of huge bank of #Paani research pics/illustrations. The film script is about a future city where the wealthy take all the water. And then use water as a weapon of political and social control. It’s a cautionary tale of what’s coming if we’re not careful." The movie was shelved after Yash Raj Films backed out the project. Kapur has…

25 Jul

Vidyut Jammwal’s Khuda Haafiz Trailer out

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Bollywood actor Vidyut Jammwal, who’s best known for his roles in action films like Force, Commando franchise, and Junglee is back with another film titled 'Khuda Haafiz'. The trailer of the film is now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus Hotstar. It will be available to the audience from August 15. The trailer of the film is released on Saturday. The 2 minute and 12 seconds trailer of Khuda Haafiz has created a buzz among the fans. The film is helmed by Faruk Kabir and stars Vidyut Jammwal, Shivaleeka Oberoi, Annu Kapoor, Shiv Panditt, and Aahana Kumra. The romantic-thriller trailer showed…

25 Jul

Dil Bechara paid a tribute to Sushant Singh Rajput

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Based on John Greene's wildly popular novel, The Fault in Our Stars, Dil Bechara chronicles the bittersweet story of two young adults stricken with cancer who will forever be star-crossed. Kizie Basu (Sanjana) Sanghi suffers a form of cancer that has so damaged her lungs that she must lug around an oxygen cylinder with her. She finds solace in hugging strangers who have lost their loved ones. Struggling to come to terms with her terminal illness, she craves for a normal life like any other girl of her age. However, cancer has not taken away her sense of humour. At…

25 Jul

Alia Bhatt must speak up now as trolling gets intense

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If there is one person in the whole anti-nepotism debate who is a victim, it is Alia Bhatt. Regardless of what is being said about her father Mahesh Bhatt in this murky matter, the fact remains that his daughter had nothing to do with Sushant Singh Rajput’s depression or death.A source close to Alia tells that these allegations of putting down Sushant belittling him and ganging up against him are just not applicable to her. “Alia is not that kind of a person. She never talks ill of anyone. She has a band of friends who have been with her from…

25 Jul

YouTube Plans to Cut Down Recommendations of Hindi Videos Spreading Conspiracy Theories

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YouTube is planning to add Hindi support to its mechanism that reduces the recommendations and visibility of content that could spread conspiracy theories, an executive said. The change is specifically designed for the India market. It will be an extension to the company's move that allowed cutting down the video recommendations that could misinform viewers in harmful ways, which it calls “borderline” content. YouTube is essentially trying to address user concerns by limiting content spreading conspiracies and misinformation on its platform. Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan told Gadgets 360 over an email that YouTube had already started reducing recommendations of borderline content…

25 Jul

‘Dekha Hok Abar’

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Dekha Hok Abar is unique poetry meets music collaboration of like-minded artists in these moments of crises hoping for a better tomorrow and a world that shall rise like the Phoenix after the turbulent pandemic fire subsides. Presented by Pritam Sen, released by Times Music Bangla, the concept and original poetry for this project has been penned by Swarnali Mita Sarkar. The music and video have been directed by Prajna Dutta. This project features the likes of amazing actor Sudip Mukherjee, mellifluous singers Anweshaa, Antara, Ankita, Sayani, mystical flautist Dr Subir Ray, dynamic dancers Debanjana & Jubin and meticulous arranger…