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Bigg Boss 12 winner Dipika Kakar bags a new show

Dipika Kakar needs no introduction. She is one of the most popular actresses on Indian television, who became a household name after playing the female lead in Rashmi Sharma Telefilms’ successful serial Sasural Simar Ka (2011-18).

After bidding goodbye to the show, which ran for almost 8 years on Colors, Kakar participated in superstar Salman Khan’s controversial reality show Bigg Boss and emerged as the winner of its 12th season.


The actress is away from any action after winning Bigg Boss 12, but if reports are to be believed, she will soon face the camera again for an upcoming television show which stars her opposite Karan V Grover. The show is being bankrolled by Sandiip Sikand.

Interestingly, Sandiip had approached Dipika to be the female lead of the show even before she went inside the glass-walled house Bigg Boss. When the actress came out of the house with the winning trophy in her hand, she thought the makers would have finalized the casting by then and hence did not approach them.

However, much to her surprise and delight, the makers had not finalized the female lead of the show. So, as soon as Dipika came out of the Bigg Boss house, she was signed on to be a part of the untitled project.

As per media reports, the yet-to-be-titled show is an unrequited love story. It revolves around two individuals who are willing to give love a second chance.

More details are awaited.

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Riz Ahmed’s 'Hamlet' trailer drops murder suspicion into a South Asian business dynasty

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Riz Ahmed’s 'Hamlet' trailer drops murder suspicion into a South Asian business dynasty

Highlights:

  • Hamlet trailer lands with Riz Ahmed in the lead role
  • Film sets Shakespeare inside a wealthy British South Asian family
  • Directed by Aneil Karia and in cinemas 6 February 2025
  • Cast includes Morfydd Clark, Joe Alwyn, Sheeba Chadha and Art Malik

Riz Ahmed has entered Hamlet in a way British cinema has not quite seen. The new Hamlet trailer has been released by Universal, giving the first proper look at Aneil Karia’s modern take on Shakespeare and placing the story inside a British South Asian business empire. It is due in cinemas on 6 February, and the footage shows a tense, controlled Ahmed moving through grief, suspicion and family power.

The film teams Ahmed and Karia again after The Long Goodbye, which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short. That success informs this production. This is the first time a major UK studio release has grounded Hamlet within a South Asian household for a wide audience.

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