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Parineeti Chopra in talks to star in S.S. Rajamouli’s multi-starrer RRR

Last seen in Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s Namaste England (2018), Parineeti Chopra has reportedly been approached to play the female lead in filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli’s next directorial RRR. To be made in Telugu, the high-profile film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan in prominent roles.

If fresh reports are to be believed, Parineeti has already given her nod to the big-ticket project. But before agreeing to come onboard, the actress is rumoured to have demanded a fat cheque as her remuneration.


According to reports, Parineeti will play one of the three female leads in the movie. After finalizing her, S.S. Rajamouli will soon sign two more heroines for the much-anticipated project as he does not want any delay in the shoot.

Set in the 1920s, RRR is being touted as one of the costliest Telugu films of India. If buzz is anything to go by, the makers are producing the action entertainer at an astronomical budget of ₹ 300 crores. This is just the production cost and several cores will be spent later on the marketing and promotion of the film.

Talking about Parineeti’s Bollywood projects, she will shortly be seen in Dharma Productions’ Kesari opposite Akshay Kumar. Her next release will be the much-delayed Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar with Arjun Kapoor, followed by Ekta Kapoor’s Jabariya Jodi, co-starring Sidharth Malhotra.

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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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