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'Gandii Baat' poster triggers row for allegedly mocking Goddess Lakshmi
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The show, an adult comedy web-series, is being criticised for its poster's alleged similarities to Goddess Lakshmi. In the poster, a woman could be seen dressed in Indian attire posing next to a lotus flower. The poster also has two peacocks on the sides. A section of users on the Internet have found this offensive and expressed their anger on the makers of the show.
'Starstruck' Amey Wagh calls Arshad Warsi a 'chameleon'
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Actor Amey Wagh said: "There's a scene where Rasul speaks a lot. I remember the whole set being silent that day. It was one take, and we got it. I didn't talk much on this set because it is a crucial character. I was starstruck by Arshad Sir. He is a chameleon."
'Stranger Things' ultimate season faces delays due to writers' strike
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The Duffers issued a statement from the Stranger Writers Twitter account, which has offered 'Stranger Things' fans a glimpse into the series' writers room over the years. Writing on the fifth and final season commenced in August 2022, shortly after the fourth season premiered, reports 'Variety'. Duffers here. Writing does not stop.
'Dahaad' trailer presents riveting story of a cop chasing serial murders
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The trailer follows the story of 27 missing women in the state of Rajasthan with an unsuspected killer on the loose as he eyes his next victim. There's a pattern to these murders and Sonakshi's character of Anjali Bhaati gets the breakthrough as she realises the events are making a chain pointing to one perpetrator.
IANS Review: 'Citadel': Techno thriller that promises more than it delivers!
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Cast: Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Stanley Tucci. Created by: Josh Appelbaum, Bryan Oh and David Weil. Cinematographers: Newton Thomas Sigel and Michael Wood. IANS Rating: ** . A good spy thriller has to have the two staple ingredients: a killer concept headed by a credible protagonist and an antagonist. That said, we are all assured that the cinematic value of espionage thrillers will never be lost.
HBO, Max Original, Warner Bros. find a new platform in JioCinema India
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The Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) content had previously been carried on the Disney-owned Star TV platform. But the deal with Star expired at the end of March. WBD sources have confirmed that except for a handful of shows licensed to third parties, HBO content has been absent from Indian airwaves since the beginning of the.
'Fireflies - Parth aur Jugnu' trailer spells a world of magical realism
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Jugnu hails from the haunted forest of Bheem Mukteshwar. Both of them embark on a journey full of adventure peppered with action, self-discovery, and bedtime stories. It stars Meet Mukhi, Aekam Binjwe, Madhoo Shah, Priyanshu Chaterjee, Luke Kenny, Akshat Singh, Zoya Afroz, Varun Kapoor, Harshit Bhojwani, Anaya Shivan.
Season 3 of 'The Witcher', the last with Henry Cavill, to be released on June 29
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'The Witcher', reports 'Variety', stars Cavill as the monster-slaying White Wolf, Freya Allen as princess of Cintra and Anya Chalotra as Yennefer of Vengerberg. Joey Batey, Mimi Ndiweni, Eamon Farren, MyAnna Buring, Wilson Mbomio and Tom Canton are also set to return in Season 3.
Massive set of 1,60,000 sq ft constructed for SLB's 'Heera Mandi'
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A source revealed that a massive set of close to 1,60,000 sq. ft has been constructed for the series and that the director is personally looking into its minutest details. From the actors' looks, the intricacies on set, to the art design, the lighting with every scene hoping to capture a different visual vignette.
Black or 'light-skinned'? Upcoming Cleopatra docudrama sparks off colour war
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Egyptian academics are claiming that Cleopatra, who was born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in 69 BCE and belonged to a Greek-speaking dynasty, was of European descent and not Black. An Egyptian lawyer has reportedly filed a complaint demanding that legal measures are taken to block Netflix outright in Egypt.
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