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I am always up for a challenge, says Deepika!

The numero uno queen of Hindi cinema, Deepika Padukone, is currently busy with the promotions of her forthcoming magnum opus Padmavati. Also starring Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in lead roles, the movie is set to release theatrically on 1st December.

Right after the release of Padmavati, Deepika, who plays a royal queen in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial, will move on to play a mafia queen in her next venture, tentatively titled Sapna Didi.


Also starring versatile actor Irrfan Khan in the lead role, the movie takes a fascinating look at the underbelly of the underworld in the maxim city of Mumbai.

In a recent media interaction, when Deepika was asked about the transition from playing a royal queen in Padmavati to donning the character of a feared Mumbai mafia queen in her next, she said, “I love it. I am always up for a challenge, although people around me feel like, I also feel like, I need to do something slightly less demanding, slightly less emotionally draining, but I get drawn to these kinds of films.”

Sapna Didi is based on the life of dreaded mafia queen Sapna who ruled Mumbai in the 80s. The biopic is being jointly produced by Vishal Bhardwaj, KriArj Entertainment and T-Series. The shooting of the film is expected to start soon and it will release in October 2018.

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

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  • 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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