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Slapstick comedy is back. Bollywood is laughing out loud again
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (1065+ words) But the art of chaos, it turns out, never really left. With Rajkumar Hirani returning to broad comedy with'Pritam Pedro, a series about two mismatched cops stumbling through bizarre investigations, Bollywood appears to be rediscovering slapstick comedy'a genre built on…...
Shekhar Suman goes Stephen Colbert way as Saurabh Dwivedi 'reinvents' himself after Lallantop
1+ week, 3+ day ago (950+ words) What do Shekhar Suman, Saurabh Dwivedi and Stephen Colbert have in common? Nothing but that their first names begin with the letter "S. Suman and Dwivedi have some other similarities. Suman is an actor. He played a journalist in the Doordarshan…...
Humour, sex, and attention'The Zohra Sehgal philosophy
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (795+ words) New Delhi: Zohra Sehgal, widely known for her grandmotherly characters in the Indian film industry, was far more than the affectionate "dadi" audiences remember her as. Sehgal, while not always happy with her physical appearance, took pride, instead, in her…...
Humour in speeches declining amid fear of misinterpretation: Fadnavis
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (320+ words) Mumbai, Feb 27 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday lamented the decline of humour in speeches, stating that the "absolute joy" of witty speeches is fading as people now exercise "utmost precaution" to avoid being misinterpreted. Speaking at…...
Bipolar disorder, substance abuse & a pretty good brain'what Stephen Fry revealed at JLF 2026
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (647+ words) Jaipur: Apple founder Steve Jobs once told his friend, writer and comedian Stephen Fry, that he was "weird. Fry once tried convincing Jobs that "laptop machines was an anagram of "Apple Macintosh. This, however, was neither the first nor the…...
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at The Print.
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (74+ words) The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print, online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately. Also read: National security over liberty: How SC's Umar-Sharjeel bail order runs counter to earlier rulings Kirtish Bhatt | X/@Kirtishbhat…...
Former President Barack Obama wins 3rd Emmy for narrating Netflix's "Our Oceans'
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (244+ words) Los Angeles: Former US President Barack Obama became a three-time Emmy winner after securing a win at the 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards held on September 7, as reported by People. Obama earned the award for his narration in Netflix's Our Oceans....