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Ananya Iyer leads entertainment coverage at The NE Times, following Bollywood, OTT, music and the stars and stories audiences are talking about.
Jana Nayagan box office collection: Vijay's final film crossed Rs 100 crore worldwide in two days despite a 50% Friday drop and a pre-release leak Chennai police say 1.2 crore people watched.
This master roundup categorises public figures by verified on-site participation, direct statements, social-media support, criticism, delayed response
The backlash around a delayed statement shows that audiences evaluate not only what a celebrity says but when, how specifically and after what pressure
Physical attendance exposed actors to the conditions faced by protesters and gave their statements a different evidentiary status from a repost made at
A complete celebrity file must include dissenting, cautious and non-committal positions rather than treating entertainment coverage as a list of
The two actors' interventions focused less on party politics than on listening to students, humane treatment and institutional accountability
These statements illustrate distinct celebrity frames: compassion, the obligations of artists, youth freedom and respectful dialogue
A later wave of high-reach Bollywood posts transformed celebrity involvement from isolated statements into an industry-wide news cycle
Support from prominent southern stars broadened the movement's cultural geography and challenged the idea that it was mainly a Delhi or Hindi-film
A widely shared claim that a famous actor was physically present illustrates how genuine celebrity concern can be mixed with mislabelled footage
The actors' comments shifted attention from the protest's demands to whether entertainers can credibly claim neutrality when their audiences are
Bollywood figures including Sonakshi Sinha, Kiran Rao and others have amplified concern over Sonam Wangchuk’s fast, while Aamir Khan addressed the 3 Idiots misconception
The latest Jana Nayagan update is more than a routine promotional announcement. Producer K.
The argument around Tabaahi is no longer limited to whether viewers liked a song.
The image shared by Vicky Kaushal contained none of the usual ingredients of a film campaign: no teaser, release date, brand partnership or red-carpet styling. Its power came from scarcity.
The July 17 OTT calendar is notable because no single release needs to carry the entire weekend.
The most important fact in the latest Huma Qureshi–Rachit Singh story is not a wedding plan but its denial.
The latest Ramayana promotional update is more consequential than a routine trailer certification notice.
Sohail Khan's account of childhood sexual harassment is an entertainment headline because of his public profile, but it requires a different editorial approach from ordinary celebrity news.
The announcement that Fauzi will arrive in cinemas worldwide on December 3 gives one of Prabhas' most discussed projects a clear commercial target.
Ragini 3 has begun filming in London with Tamannaah Bhatia in the lead, reviving a title associated with an earlier wave of Hindi horror and adult-oriented thrillers.
Shilpa Shinde's account of a fake MMS being circulated after her exit from Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain has returned to public attention through her appearance on a reality programme.
India has made conflict and manufactured humiliation its top entertainment choice, and the genre's own warm hits prove that was never the only way to win.
Alpha's soft Rs 9 crore opening and Welcome To The Jungle's flashy Rs 70 crore milestone are the same warning dressed differently: brand names buy a first weekend, never a second one.
Aamir Khan rejects politically charged allegations about his marriage to Gauri Spratt, stressing that his relationships were civil marriages and involved no religious conversion.
Anurag Kashyap says Satluj director Honey Trehan told him the CBFC chair had objections without watching the film, intensifying debate over certification and OTT removal.
Haiwaan's first glimpse is set for 15 July at 8 pm, bringing Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan together in Priyadarshan's high-stakes thriller ahead of a September release.
La Trobe University will confer an Honorary Doctor of Letters on Rani Mukerji at IFFM 2026, recognising her cinema career and advocacy through socially engaged roles.
Zareen Khan's firm response to an inappropriate paparazzo remark has gone viral, renewing discussion about consent, dignity and professional limits in celebrity photography.
After an unusually long wait, television’s most feared reality franchise is finally strapping back in.
The ninth season of MasterChef India has plated its final dish, and for the first time in the show’s history, two names share the title.
The ninth season of Bigg Boss Tamil has its winner.
Most reality shows pretend everyone starts equal.
Reality television has mined almost every human relationship for content. Pati Patni Aur Panga goes after the most exposed one of all — the celebrity marriage — and turns it into a competition.
There are bigger names in Indian entertainment. There are few more dependable ones.
India’s biggest reality television franchise is gearing up for a landmark.
Indian reality television has stunts, it has cooking, it has houses full of shouting.
Every language edition of Bigg Boss has its loyalists, but one recent season didn’t just win its own audience — it out-rated its far bigger siblings.
Zee TV’s veteran singing competition is back, and this time the makers are describing it as their most ambitious season yet.
There is no reality format that requires more care than one built around children — and few that generate more genuine emotion when they get it right.
Khatron Ke Khiladi 15 has not yet premiered. Its winner has, according to widely circulated reports, already been decided, leaked and debated at length online.
A paparazzo's out-of-line remark and a "love jihad" smear against Aamir Khan's marriage expose the same entitlement: fame is being read as a waiver of dignity, and it is not.
Some shows premiere. India’s Got Latent detonates.
Karan Johar’s game of lies is back for a second round, and if you missed the first, you’ll want to catch up before the deception begins again.
Every Bigg Boss season needs a hook, and the ninth Telugu edition chose a pointed one.
Something has shifted in Indian entertainment, and the numbers make it hard to argue with. Reality television is no longer a genre that occupies a slot in the schedule — it is the schedule.
The celebrity spin-off is one of television’s most reliable manoeuvres, and one of its most revealing.
The Indian reality landscape has become genuinely difficult to navigate.
The captivity-themed reality show that once traded on Kangana Ranaut’s ferocity is returning to lock its doors again — but this time, the person holding the keys has changed.
When a cooking show is funnier than it is culinary, you might expect it to be a novelty.
The Bigg Boss franchise has always understood that the host is half the show.
Most television shows are lucky to survive a decade.
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