Storytelling is never neutral, says Akhtar amid ‘propaganda film’ debate Dubai: Veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has weighed in on the ongoing debate around so-called “propaganda films,” ...

'Dhurandhar' and 'Dhurandhar: The Revenge' have been in the news for several reasons. Ever since the first part released in December 2025, it not only shattered box office numbers, but the film also ...

Stand-up comedy is so much more than telling jokes with a microphone in hand. For seasoned masters of the art, it’s an exploration of everything right and wrong with humanity, all at once, from the ...

JAIPUR – At the 2025 Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), celebrated lyricist, screenwriter, and poet Javed Akhtar unveiled his latest book, Gyan Seepiyan: Pearls of Wisdom. During a session, he shared ...

If the sudden streaming success of Suits is anything to go by, people seem to be coping with the effects of the writers’ and actors’ strikes by revisiting old TV favorites. It’s something we’ve found ...

MUMBAI, (ANI) – Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar, who has penned a string of classics in collaboration with screenwriter Salim Khan, turned a year older on January 17. Popularly known as Salim-Javed, ...

NETANYAHU’s WISHLIST: It is for sure that Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu does not want peace talks to take place. Around 153 BCE, Cato the Elder, one of the most prominent senators of Rome, began ...

I don’t know about you, but I need to laugh right now. If you’re like me and have a Netflix subscription, you’re in luck. The streamer just added a slew of new comedies that will make you smile, laugh ...

In 2006, when the company was still mailing DVD rentals, Netflix produced a stand-up special for a pre–The Hangover Zach Galifianakis called Live at the Purple Onion. It was more structurally and ...

Along with — and probably because of — an increasingly world-weary world, comedy, and the way that we consume it, has matured. I’m loath to use the word seriously, but comedy has reached a level of ...