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Priyanka Chopra onboard to play the female lead in Shonali Bose’s next

Actress Priyanka Chopra, who has been hogging all the limelight of late because of her alleged relationship with singer Nick Jonas, has agreed to play the female lead in filmmaker Shonali Bose’s upcoming movie, titled The Sky Is Pink.

According to reports, the movie is based on the life of Aisha Chaudhary, who became a motivational speaker and an author of the book called My Little Epiphanies after being diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 13.


Rumours about Priyanka Chopra being in the cast started right after she returned India after completing the third season of her popular American television series Quantico and signed Salman Khan’s Bharat on the dotted line. But there was no official confirmation on the news.

But on Saturday night, Priyanka made the announcement about The Sky Is Pink through her Instagram story by sharing the photograph of the movie’s draft. She captioned it: "And it begins... Prep. Hindi movie."

Later, the makers, too, announced her name on their Instagram account. “We can't keep calm for this one! Good to have you back @priyankachopra! Stay tuned everyone, as we are bringing you something really exciting,” read the post on the official Instagram account of Roy Kapur Films, a production company run by Siddharth Roy Kapur.

According to reports, Farhan Akhtar has been cast to play the male lead, while Zaira Wasim of Dangal fame plays Aisha Chaudhary, the central character in the movie.

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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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