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Salman Khan to launch Mahesh Manjrekar’s daughter

Superstar Salman Khan, who is presently shooting for his next film Bharat, is set to add yet another name to the list of actors he has launched in Bollywood over the years. And the fresh talent Khan has decided to provide a launch pad to is Ashwami, the daughter of well-known actor-filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar.

Confirming the news, Manjrekar told a popular tabloid, “Yes, Salman is launching my daughter. It will happen in some time. We will cross the bridge when we get to it.”


Mahesh and Salman have been friends for years now. They have even worked together on many successful films such as Ready (2011), Bodyguard (2011) and Dabangg (2010) and Dabangg 2 (2012).

Praising the superstar, Manjrekar said, “We have always bonded well. Salman is the most rooted person I have come across, a complete middle-class man in his head. He knows that I am not in awe of him, and that makes our bond special.”

Salman Khan is also launching yesteryear actress Nutan’s granddaughter Pranutan alongside debutant Zaheer Iqbal in the forthcoming film Notebook. The movie, helmed by Nitin Kakkar, releases next year.

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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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