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Ashish Chowdhry on playing a father to two grown-ups in Beyhadh 2

Launched on 2nd December, Beyhadh 2 has received great response from the audience. After the huge success of Beyhadh in 2017, the audience was expecting an even bigger and better season, and Beyhadh 2 seems to have emerged as a clear winner on that front. It has arrested audiences’ attention right from the episode one, and the numbers on TRP charts are a testimony to its initial success.

Beyhadh 2 stars Jennifer Winget, Ashish Chowdhry and Shivin Narang in lead roles. While Beyhadh revolved around love, obsession and infatuation, Beyhadh 2 has a completely contrast plot. Every actor, who is a part of the show, has been receiving overwhelming response for their performances, including the very talented Ashish Chowdhry who is seen as Mrityunjay Roy.

41-year-old Ashish is playing a father to grown-up kids on the show. Recently, when the actor was about if he was sceptical about doing the road, he said, “I was only doing comedy roles in films. I do enjoy comedy, but for how long will I play the guy who falls from the chair and makes people laugh? I am inspired by Kevin Spacey’s roles in international TV shows and felt that it was time to cross over and do something totally different.”

The actor went on to add, “If Sanjeev Kumar, who was as old as Amitabh Bachchan, can play a senior character in Sholay (1975), then actors today should not run away from playing older characters, just because they don’t want to age on screen. I could not be a part of Total Dhamaal (2019) because I was doing Dev on TV. I can’t forever be part of multi-starrer comedies, sometimes you need to do roles that have maturity and depth.”

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Netflix approves $25 billion buyback after scrapping Warner Bros bid

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  • Netflix board approved a $25bn share repurchase on 22 April, with no expiry date.
  • The move follows Netflix abandoning its $83bn bid for Warner Bros' streaming and studio assets.
  • Netflix stock has fallen more than 10 per cent since weak Q2 guidance, closing at $93.24 on 22 April.
Netflix has approved a $25 billion share buyback programme, using capital it had kept aside for its failed bid to buy Warner Bros.
The board gave the green light on 22 April, with the decision disclosed in an SEC filing the next day.
There is no expiry date on the programme. It comes on top of an existing December 2024 buyback that still had $6.8 billion left as of 31 March.

Earlier this year, Netflix pulled out of an $83 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros' streaming and studio assets after Paramount Skydance made a rival bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount then paid Netflix a $2.8 billion exit fee.

Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters had already said the company would restart share buybacks once the deal was off.

Netflix shares have had a rough ride. They hit an all-time high of $134.12 in June 2025, then fell more than 40 per cent when the Warner Bros deal was announced.

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