AK64: Ajith Kumar Set To Turn Producer, Shalini To Oversee
Reports say Ajith Kumar will produce AK64 under his own banner, with Shalini overseeing production and Adhik Ravichandran directing. Official word is awaited.
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Ananya Iyer
Entertainment Editor
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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.
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Alpha Box Office Day 12: YRF Spy Film Stuck Below Rs 100 Cr
Alpha's worldwide gross stands at Rs 92.47 crore after 12 days, per Sacnilk data cited by Business Today, making it the weakest entry in the YRF Spy Universe.
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Dhamaal 4 Box Office: Rs 115 Crore Worldwide In Five Days
Ajay Devgn's Dhamaal 4 has crossed Rs 115 crore gross worldwide in five days, per Sacnilk, and now sits one step short of Rs 100 crore gross in India alone.
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Raktanchal Season 3 Streams Free On Amazon MX Player July 16
Raktanchal Season 3 premieres free on Amazon MX Player on 16 July, with Kranti Prakash Jha and Nikitin Dheer resuming their Purvanchal gang war after four years.
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Ramayana Trailer July 24 After San Diego Comic-Con First Look
Ramayana's trailer premieres worldwide on 24 July, a day after Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Nitesh Tiwari present first footage at San Diego Comic-Con's Ballroom 20.
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Aamir Khan Rejects 'Love Jihad' Allegations, Says His Marriages Were Civil and Involved No Conversion
Aamir Khan rejects politically charged allegations about his marriage to Gauri Spratt, stressing that his relationships were civil marriages and involved no religious conversion.
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Satluj Censorship Row Deepens as Anurag Kashyap Questions How the Film Was Blocked
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.
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Haiwaan First Glimpse Builds Buzz Around Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan's Dark Reunion
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.
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Rani Mukerji to Receive Honorary Doctor of Letters at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2026
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.
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Zareen Khan's Paparazzi Confrontation Revives Debate Over Boundaries in Celebrity Coverage
Zareen Khan's firm response to an inappropriate paparazzo remark has gone viral, renewing discussion about consent, dignity and professional limits in celebrity photography.
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Khatron Ke Khiladi 15: Everything You Need to Know Before the July Premiere
After an unusually long wait, television’s most feared reality franchise is finally strapping back in.
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MasterChef India 9 Serves a ‘Pride of India’ Finale — and Crowns a Nagpur Pair
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.
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Divya Ganesan Crowned Bigg Boss Tamil 9 Champion
The ninth season of Bigg Boss Tamil has its winner.
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‘Rise and Fall’: Ashneer Grover’s Hierarchy Game Is Reality TV as Class Warfare
Most reality shows pretend everyone starts equal.
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Pati Patni Aur Panga: The Show That Turned Celebrity Marriages Into a Sport
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.
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Bharti Singh: The Most Reliable Person on Indian Television
There are bigger names in Indian entertainment. There are few more dependable ones.
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Bigg Boss 20: Salman Khan Set to Return as Milestone Season Eyes a September Launch
India’s biggest reality television franchise is gearing up for a landmark.
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Inside ‘Alliance’: How Prime Video’s New Mind-Games Reality Show Actually Works
Indian reality television has stunts, it has cooking, it has houses full of shouting.
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By the Numbers: How ‘Bigg Boss Malayalam 7’ Became the Franchise’s Ratings Champion
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.
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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2026 Auditions: Cities, Dates and How to Try Out
Zee TV’s veteran singing competition is back, and this time the makers are describing it as their most ambitious season yet.
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Superstar Singer and the Delicate Business of Putting Children on Reality TV
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.
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The Spoiler Problem: Why Everyone Already Knows Who Won Khatron Ke Khiladi 15
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.
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How ‘India’s Got Latent’ Season 2 Became the Internet’s Loudest Show
Some shows premiere. India’s Got Latent detonates.
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‘The Traitors India’ Season 2, Explained: Your Questions Answered
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.
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‘Ranarangam’ Explained: How Bigg Boss Telugu 9 Put Celebrities and Commoners in the Same War Zone
Every Bigg Boss season needs a hook, and the ninth Telugu edition chose a pointed one.
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There Is No Off-Season: Why Reality TV Took Over Indian Entertainment in 2026
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.
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Celebrity MasterChef: What Happens When Famous People Have to Actually Cook
The celebrity spin-off is one of television’s most reliable manoeuvres, and one of its most revealing.
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Reality TV in 2026: A Viewer’s Guide to Every Major Show on Air
The Indian reality landscape has become genuinely difficult to navigate.
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Lock Upp Is Back as ‘Sach Ya Saza’ — and the Jail Has New Wardens
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.
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From Kitchen Gag to Ratings Giant: The Unlikely Rise of ‘Laughter Chefs’
When a cooking show is funnier than it is culinary, you might expect it to be a novelty.
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