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Sanya Malhotra hailed for her performance in Pataakha

Newcomers Sanya Malhotra, who made her acting debut with Aamir Khan’s blockbuster film Dangal (2016), has been receiving a terrific response for her excellent performance in her second outing, Pataakha, which hit the marquee today.

Hailing her performance, many Bollywood celebrities, as well as fans, have been showering loads of love and appreciation on the talented actress.


Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra's co-star in Dangal, praised the actress’ performance, saying, "How amazing is @SanyaMalhotra. You killed it! So proud of you Sanya."

Director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter, "One of the most outstanding films I have seen in a long time. So proud of you meri ladki @SanyaMalhotra."

Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, Pataakha features Sanya Malhotra as a loud village girl who is always fighting with her sister. Besides her, the movie also stars Radhika Madan, Vijay Raj and Sunil Grover.

Talking about Malhotra’s next projects, she will shortly be seen in Badhaai Ho and Photographer.

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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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