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The excitement for Kalki 2898 AD 2 has skyrocketed ever since director Nag Ashwin confirmed that the highly anticipated sequel will begin filming in December 2025. Adding to the frenzy, a new report of Ashwin collaborating with Rajinikanth has sparked speculations.

In recent years, the skyrocketing entourage costs of Bollywood actors have become a major concern for filmmakers, significantly inflating production budgets. Recently, filmmaker Rakesh Roshan revealed a startling incident where a famous Bollywood couple demanded nine vanity vans for a shoot, so extravagant that it kept him awake all night. He also opened up about his son Hrithik Roshan's demand for vanity van.

Vishal recalled his first meeting with Shah Rukh Khan during the post-production of the 2008 film Kismat Konnection, where SRK had recorded a special narration. The moment he says, left a mark on him forever.

But one aspect that intrigued fans throughout his career was his frequent tryst with the nervous nineties.

Speaking at the ceremony, Singh said, “The commissioning of INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri is a visual depiction of our dream of a self-reliant India coming true. It is proof of our vision and commitment.”

Navy's such role assumes signififance as India's energy requirements such as oil and natural gas depend on the security of the region.

Death approaches uninvited, without knocking, without warning. It slips quietly into ordinary days, turning routine moments into final chapters. For two young engineers in the Netherlands, it came not on a battlefield, nor in a hospital bed, but high above the ground, atop a giant wind turbine that suddenly became their pyre.

In a video that has stunned the internet, Riley shared her unique memorial on Instagram with the caption overlay: “Unbox my dead cat with me.” The clip shows her unwrapping a package to reveal her black cat, perfectly freeze-dried and preserved.

For true animal lovers, compassion knows no limits; they can go to any extent, even risking their own lives, to save the voiceless. Recently, one such heartwarming and heroic incident surfaced online, where a group of men jumped into a flooded stream to save a helpless cow.

The actor took to Instagram on Tuesday after visuals of her and husband Ranbir Kapoor’s Bandra residence started circulating online. The videos, allegedly shot from a neighbour’s balcony, show parts of their personal space without their consent.

The accused, identified as Junaid, a resident of Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, was apprehended near the New Delhi Railway Station on August 22. The autorickshaw used in the commission of the crime has also been seized, the police said.

Film industries are no strangers to age-inappropriate casting, but actress Swasika recently faced an offer that took even her by surprise. At just 33, she was asked to play the mother of Telugu superstar Ram Charan, who is 40, in director Buchi Babu Sana’s much-talked-about big-budget project Peddi.

 Rivers overflowed, the raging waters flattening everything in their way, and boulders, trees and rocks hurtled down slopes across Jammu region on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, including six pilgrims struck by a landslide on the Vaishno Devi route.

In a post on X, Abdullah wrote, “I’ll be taking the next available flight from Srinagar to Jammu to personally monitor the developing situation.”

Akram said red-ball cricket between the two nations would be a historic spectacle.