Actor Salman Khan in an interview has revealed that his plan to open a theatre chain ‘Salman Talkies’ is in the works. The actor added that the chain will open in “smaller towns where people [don’t] have access to theatres”. “Everything was put on hold (due to the pandemic). Slowly we will get back to it,” Salman said.

After Aryan Khan’s bail order said there was ‘no proof of conspiracy’ in the drugs case, Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma on Sunday said, “It will be a joke on democracy if investigative agencies aren’t made accountable for misusing their powers.” He added, “If this can happen to [Shah Rukh Khan’s] son, God knows what’s happening to lesser people.”

Director Rohit Shetty has revealed that he used to earn ₹35 as his salary at the beginning of his career in the 90s and often had to choose between eating food and travelling to work. Rohit added that his family had financial constraints so he had to walk from Malad to Andheri which would take about two hours.

National Executive Member of the Aam Aadmi Party Preeti Sharma Menon has filed a complaint with Mumbai Police seeking an FIR against Kangana Ranaut for her alleged seditious remarks at a conclave where she was a guest speaker. “What India got in 1947 was ‘bheekh’, real freedom came in 2014,” Kangana had said. “Hope to see some action,” Menon tweeted.

Mallika Sherawat revealed on ‘The Love Laugh Live Show’ that a producer once wanted to “heat a chapati” on her waist for a “hot song”. “He was like ‘How will the audience know you’re hot? You’re so hot that one can heat chapatis on your waist’,” Mallika stated. “I said, ‘No, we’re not doing any such thing’,” she added.

Thieves broke into a 60-year-old woman’s house in Hyderabad’s Rajendranagar and decamped with 11 tolas of gold ornaments and ₹1.7 lakh cash on Monday night. The incident occurred when the woman had gone to her relative’s house to attend a function. Police said the thieves opened the almirah at her home with keys that were kept on a nearby table.

A special court has ordered the unfreezing of Rhea Chakraborty’s bank accounts and the return of her electronic gadgets over a year after NCB arrested her. In her application, Rhea said NCB froze them without any reason. She added she needs the bank accounts to pay her taxes, support her lifestyle as well to take care of her younger brother.

A 4,544 square feet apartment on Hong Kong Island has been sold for HK$640 million (around ₹611 crore) in Asia’s most expensive apartment sale, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Costing HK$140,800 (₹13.44 lakh) per square foot, the apartment came with three parking spaces. The apartment is built on the Peak, a luxury residential area on Hong Kong Island.

Mumbai Police Cyber Cell arrested a man from Hyderabad for giving online rape threats to Virat Kohli’s nine-month-old daughter. He has been identified as 23-year-old Ramnagesh Alibathini and he’s being brought to Mumbai, police said. The man had given rape threats after Kohli supported Mohammad Shami, who was being abused online after loss against Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2021.

Rachakonda Traffic Police in Hyderabad registered over 38,000 cases under the Motor Vehicle Act from October 30 to November 5 and imposed a fine of over ₹1.36 crore. Most violators were booked for driving without helmets while overspeeding was the second-highest violation reported. In the same period, 11 persons lost their lives and 43 received injuries in 45 road accidents.

A woman in Hyderabad has admitted to filing a false complaint against her neighbour and his two friends. She alleged the three took her out in a car under the pretext of showing her residential property for rent and gangraped her. She later said she filed a false complaint after her neighbour refused to give her ₹10,000 for medical treatment.

Shruti Haasan spoke about South Korean series ‘Squid Game’ and said the show reminded her “too much” of her 2009 film ‘Luck’. “So I stopped watching it…I was like I did a similar movie that didn’t work…why should I watch this?” she added. Shruti further said she wasn’t “really as blown away by ‘Squid Game’ as the world is”.

The makers and distributors of Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Sooryavanshi’ are demanding a minimum guarantee of ₹5-10 lakh from single screens and exhibitors in small towns, reported Bollywood Hungama. As per the report, exhibitors will have to bear a risk of ₹10 lakh to screen ‘Sooryavanshi’. Some exhibitors have reportedly asked distributors to refund the excess amount if the film doesn’t perform.

Actor Ram Charan visited late actor Puneeth Rajkumar’s house in Bengaluru and offered condolences to his brother Shivarajkumar and his family. Puneeth passed away at the age of 46 on Friday due to a cardiac arrest. Speaking about his demise, Charan said, “It’s like I lost my own family member. I still can’t believe…Puneeth garu is not around anymore.”

The United Arab Emirates has given Golden Visa to actress Trisha. She took to Twitter on Wednesday to share the news and wrote, “Happy and privileged to be the first Tamil actor to have received the Golden Visa. Thank you.” Mohanlal, Mammootty, Sanjay Dutt and Janhvi Kapoor are among the other actors who have received the Golden Visa earlier.