Skip to content
Search

Latest Stories

Dream Girl opens on a good note at the box-office

Starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Nushrat Bharucha in lead roles, Dream Girl was one of the most-awaited movies on 2019. It is Khurrana’s first film after he recently won the prestigious National Film Award for his riveting performance in the Sriram Raghavan crime thriller Andhadhun (2018).

Dream Girl hit the theatres on 13th September, and took a good start at the domestic box-office in India. According to a trade portal, the romantic drama witnessed an occupancy of around 30% in its morning shows, which is the biggest start ever for an Ayushmann Khurrana starrer. His film Badhaai Ho, which hit screens in 2018, had also garnered the similar response, but it entered theatres on a holiday.


If reports are to be believed, the morning business of Dream Girl is said to be better than the Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor starrer Chhichhore (2019), which rolled into theatres last week. The Nitesh Tiwari directorial hit the right chord with the audience and has been performing exceptionally well since its release.

Dream Girl is also expected to improve its business over the weekend. The film has received excellent reviews from critics and the word of mouth is also exceptional. Music of the film has turned out to be chartbuster, which is working in its favour.

Produced by Ekta Kapoor, Dream Girl marks the directorial debut of writer Raaj Shaandilyaa. Besides Ayushmann Khurrana and Nushrat Bharucha, the movie also features Manjot Singh, Annu Kapoor, Vijay Raaz and Abhishek Banerjee in important roles.

More For You

porn ban

Britain moves to ban porn showing sexual strangulation

AI Generated Gemini

What Britain’s ban on strangulation porn really means and why campaigners say it could backfire

Highlights:

  • Government to criminalise porn that shows strangulation or suffocation during sex.
  • Part of wider plan to fight violence against women and online harm.
  • Tech firms will be forced to block such content or face heavy Ofcom fines.
  • Experts say the ban responds to medical evidence and years of campaigning.

You see it everywhere now. In mainstream pornography, a man’s hands around a woman’s neck. It has become so common that for many, especially the young, it just seems like part of sex, a normal step. The UK government has decided it should not be, and soon, it will be a crime.

The plan is to make possessing or distributing pornographic material that shows sexual strangulation, often called ‘choking’, illegal. This is a specific amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill. Ministers are acting on the back of a stark, independent review. That report found this kind of violence is not just available online, but it is rampant. It has quietly, steadily, become normalised.

Keep ReadingShow less