It also granted protection from arrest to Amazon Prime Video's India head Aparna Purohit in first information reports lodged over web series Tandav.
In this series, InstaStories, we let pictures on social media tell their beautiful back stories.
A scene of a play and a conversation between two key characters were snipped from the first episode Tanashah, a day after the cast and crew of the nine-part starry political saga on Amazon Prime Video once again apologised and said they had decided to implement changes to address the concerns raised.
'I find drawing inspiration for characters from real life very limiting.'
This time, let's visit France with Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar.
'Irrfan transcended celluloid and gave us a taste of his humility and humanity,' observes Sukanya Verma.
What do we need to do to ensure that a woman's celebratory "cheers" do not become someone else's tears -- a few hours later.
The Bollywood stalwart turns 70 on January 17.
Not only did Alia Bhatt take the wind out of the sails of her detractors by sending herself up with great style, she proved just how smart she was by doing so, thus re-casting herself as not only smart but also cool.
Superstar Rajesh Khanna's bungalow Aashirwad has been sold and will now be occupied by an unknown businessman.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
There are many, many instances of this 'dark' approach. Sukanya Verma looks at a few.
The resemblance is uncanny!
For a while it looked like Twinkle may have nearly disappeared from the public eye until the world discovered her flair to notice wit and wisdom in everyday life. It wasn't long before she had authored two bestsellers and was hailed as one of the most, candid, humorous, stylish celebrities to emerge from the heart of Bollywood.
'I am 29. I have a long way to go.' Arjun Kapoor claims he's not insecure in Bollywood.
Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali looks back at his movies.
Some of Bollywood's top directors started very young.
'Rishi Kapoor was a complete original.' 'He dazzled the screen and stayed a livewire off it as well,' remembers Sukanya Verma.
Here's how Mrs Funnybones gives us major #lifegoals!
Sukanya Verma looks at the many, many reasons for marital discord reported in Hindi movies.
Looking at the Hindi film heroine at her thrilling best.
'Other designers take empty suitcases and go shopping for the actors's clothes in New York.' 'To me, this is bankruptcy of imagination.'
'Everywhere, people would ask me why I had left films. They wanted to see more of me.' 'Their words were music to my ears.'
While we wait for Batra's latest to drop on Amazon Prime Video on February 11, Sukanya Verma looks at how Bollywood has dealt with affairs of the heart over the years.
Agneepath, Hum and Khuda Gawah are a testament to the Bachchan-Mukul Anand actor-director chemistry. Of the three, Hum is a natural crowd-pleaser, says Sukanya Verma.
As often is the case on celluloid, romanticising death is as significant as making every moment count where a young life's passing makes the realisation all the more heartbreaking and momentous.
Romance died, came alive and lives on forever, off screen or on it, in Sukanya Verma's fabulously filmi week.
The kindest thing one can say about Ishqedarriyaan is that it is yawn worthy
'Bullying is not going to scare me.' 'Nana Patekar has no powerful friends. It is just a perception created by his friends.' 'I have really powerful voices like Maneka Gandhi supporting me.'
'I haven't done TV in quite some time now but I have faced this bias.' 'It's not that I feel unwelcome.' 'It's just that when it comes to certain things, I get shortlisted and they tell me that my test was really good but the producer wants a film face.'
'I have done so much work after the Mahabharat, but people still remember me as Duryodhan.'
'The most striking comment Yasser Usman makes -- not only about Sanjay Dutt, but also our contemporary society -- is about the transformation that he goes through: From being a man who claimed Muslim blood to one who is a devotee of Hindu gods,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta.
As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
Delhi's air is a desperate problem, but some of the solutions have been too desperate and unthinking.
Isn't It Romantic is about a New York woman hit on the head during a mugging. The impact leaves her feeling that she is in a rom-com.
Muzaffar Ali returns as a director after three decades.
'I have done so many films but even today when I walk on the road, people call me Kaalia. I don't feel bad. I feel proud that people have seen me in Sholay and remember me.'
