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The long delayed project will finally limp into cine- mas on July 22. Despite having Rajeev Khandelwal and Gauahar Khan (right), plus Gemma Atkinson in lead roles, the Switzerland-set thriller is expected to go out on limited release. The movie boasts high- speed car chase sequences and has kisses, but few seem interested.


Bhojpuri flop:

The debut home production from Priyanka Chopra Bam Bam Bol Raha Hai Kashi – has been at the receiving end of heavy criticism. The regional-language film starring Dinesh Lal Nirahua and Amrapali Dubey has been branded cheap and vulgar by fans of Bhojpuri cinema. including high-profile names. The recently released film resulted in negative press for Priyanka.

Zarine Khan:

The model-turned-actress (left) has struggled to establish herself despite having a high-profile launch opposite A-list ac- tor Salman Khan in 2011 film Veer. She is now hoping horror drama 1921 will resurrect her career, but that looks unlikely be- cause the film’s director Vikram Bhatt has been on a terrible run lately.

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Britain moves to ban porn showing sexual strangulation

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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.

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