Despite recent developments that have accelerated the impending extradition of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, who has been in custody in London's Wandsworth Prison for over two years, the last month has seen his uncle Mehul Choksi dominate the headlines instead with his circus-like exhibition in the Caribbean that has involved red herrings such as a "girlfriend", to whom his wife seemed to have no objection, and possibly concocted stories of being kidnapped and manhandled. Choksi was widely regarded as Modi's Svengali in Mumbai when he returned from Belgium to expand his business. He had fled to Antigua well before news around how Modi finagled thousands of crores from Punjab National Bank (PNB) and other institutions through a series of allegedly coordinated and fraudulent actions involving letters of undertaking, or LoUs.
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A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Raised in the slums, Ankita Singh's breakthrough came when she was crowned Miss Kolkata in 2018.
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A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities!
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Take you pick!
Happy Friendship Day, folks!
Looking at the Hindi film heroine at her thrilling best.
Sukanya Verma looks at some striking age gaps between the onscreen romantic couples of Hindi movies.
Bollywood's superstars have tried their hand at con films, and the genre has made quite a bit of money.
A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'A woman, with her clothes on, can be more sensual than a naked woman.'
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Love, fear, sadness, and many more, seen through the filmi lens.
The 49-year-old actor has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Despite the onslaught of international brands -- Coke and Pepsi -- the fizz has not gone out of India's very own cola brand, Surajeet Das Gupta.
Suparn Verma, who last directed the Bipasha Basu-starrer Aatma, reviews Gravity in a single sentence as a tribute to the greatest single take sequence in cinematic history.
Why does any talk about reproduction, or condoms, or sanitary napkins make us so uncomfortable, wonders Divya Nair.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's various terrace moments.
'People ask me how I get into a women's psyche so well. Trust me, even I don't know!' Madhur Bhandarkar discusses his Calendar Girls.
Saluting the late music composers most memorable film songs.
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Step aside, dear models. The celebrity showstoppers are here to steal the show.
Sukanya Verma's nostalgic filmi week!
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