'You treat me like eye candy and I will leave you like you're a wrapper.'
The Bihar government has formed a state-level task force to monitor actions taken by authorities to prevent and eradicate child marriages in the state. Bihar has the second-highest rate of child marriage in India, with 40.8% of women getting married before turning 18. The government is implementing a multipronged strategy to combat child marriage, including stricter enforcement of the law, empowering girls through education, and raising awareness.
'My two life mantras are prioritisation and compartmentalisation.' 'Prioritisation allows you to put one thing over the other and compartmentalisation to focus on one priority at a time.'
'Some locals suggested that a heated argument between a group of kanwariyas and flower sellers outside the temple may have triggered the incident'
With the Lok Sabha elections going on, May is rather silent when it comes to new Bollywood theatre releases.
'The chances of The Shameless passing through the censorship board in India are slim to none.'
'Our endeavour with season two was to be more grand with the weddings and deeper with the characters.' 'So, it is a more nuanced and layered look at the themes that we did in season one.'
Clubbing in multiple weddings in one go dilutes some of the conversation. Conflicts are resolved too neatly and grey areas of complicated equations are left on a note of ambiguity, observes Sukanya Verma after watching the second season of Made in Heaven.
'You are constantly trying to get things made. You keep meeting people, knocking on their door. And time goes by.'
'A large part of this episode has come from my own life, the backlash I faced and my journey after having publicly claimed my identity.'
Some of her best films are not available on streaming platforms, but Deepa Gahlot looks at her Hindi cinema oeuvre on OTT.
After Gully Boy, Made in Heaven for Zoya.
Made in Heaven is written by Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Alankrita Shrivastava, has 9 episodes and four directors -- Nitya Mehra, Zoya, Alankrita and Prashant Nair. It stars Arjun Mathur, Sobhita Dhulipala, Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh, Shashank Arora, Shivani Raghuvanshi.
Alankrita Sahai loves to mix dance and yoga in her routine.
'I am one of three actors in the country to have an Emmy nomination, and that is the thing to take away from here.' 'Not what happened to my career.'
Stars attend the screening of Modern Love: Mumbai, which will start streaming on Amazon Prime Video from May 13.
Bhumi Pednekar is making quite a splash at the 24th edition of the Busan International Film Festival.
It's been three years since we've watched and loved the Web series Made In Heaven.
'This is the kind of dream role that actresses beyond a certain age don't get in our country.'
Pradeep Bandekar spotted Kareena Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Sharvari, Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, Janhvi Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Aditi Rao Hydari... on Tuesday.
'If we are unable to move out of catering to people's tantrums or their unreasonable demands or people treating other people badly or being okay with differential treatment, it will affect the storytelling and the creativity.'
Several Bollywood personalities including Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhasker and Anubhav Sinha criticised the media's mobbing of Rhea Chakraborty.
Bhumi and Konkona match their characters in Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, says Moumita Bhattacharjee.
Action. Drama. Murder. And 2022's biggest hits. It's all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists your picks.
>'The women, warts and all, are fascinating and frustrating for their flaws.' 'As much director Alankrita Shrivastava wants them to chart their course on their own terms, she pauses much too frequently to throw in a little pity party,' observes Sukanya Verma.
The star actor and his wife welcomed their first child on September 8 this year.
'Sunny can command respect without raising his voice or fist. I wanted that personality for this character.'
Neha goes on a detox diet... Preity is missing her husband...
From original films to Web series across genres, as well as the biggest Bollywood grosser of 2022, Joginder Tuteja lists the good stuff coming to you.
Pernia's Pop Up show had plenty of inspiration for brides-to-be.
'The thinking of society, even today, is that a woman always needs a man to be complete.' 'I am 50. I am single. I am invincible because I have been there, done that.'
'Deepak's character is not an out and out sexual predator.' 'I liked the way it was done because I felt it was more real, rather than a more dramatic take where a girl feels that oh, I must fight for my rights.'
'I feel I should do a lot of things.' 'When you have got that chance to do that, it's wonderful.'
'There are no heroes, saviour or destroyers in Bombay Begums. Every character is real and believable.'
The duo strode the ramp together at the Bombay Times Fashion Week.
"From a very early age, I imagined myself playing powerful characters," she says, and she proves it with her filmography.
It's a treat to watch Pooja Bhatt explode on the small screen, raves Sukanya Verma.
Beloved movies, brand new shows, must-watch documentaries and feel-good fare, it's all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma offers a peek.
Ranaut, who has been in the news for her provocative comments, had slammed Bachchan on Tuesday and she upped her attack on Wednesday. "Which plate are you referring to Jaya ji? A thaali (plate) was given, in which a two-minute role, item numbers and a romantic scene were offered and that too only after sleeping with hero. "I taught feminism to the film industry, decorated the 'thaali' with patriotic films. This is my own plate Jaya ji, it is not yours," she wrote in Hindi on Twitter.
There's a lot of action on the OTT platform this March, thanks to some interesting film and Web series coming up.
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