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Hans India
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- Entertainment
- Hans India
Ashi Singh on staying relevant: Visibility matters, but not at the cost of quality
Television actress Ashi Singh, who made her debut with Secret Diaries: The Hidden Chapters in 2015, believes staying visible is important in the entertainment industry—especially at her current career stage. However, she is equally cautious about choosing quality over quantity when it comes to her work. Speaking about the importance of being consistently seen in today's fast-paced world, Ashi shared, 'At this stage, I do feel I need to be visible. But I don't want to take up projects just for the sake of staying in the limelight. That's where social media helps me stay connected with my audience.' The actress, known for her roles in Gumrah, Crime Patrol, and Savdhaan India, says she becomes more active on Instagram when she's not working on a project. 'I make sure to engage with fans and be present online. It helps bridge the gap between projects. If I can't be on screen at the moment, maybe I will take up something worthwhile in a few months that will bring me back into the spotlight. I don't stress too much about it,' she added. Ashi is currently seen in Sony SAB's romantic-comedy Ufff… Yeh Love Hai Mushkil, where she stars opposite Shabir Ahluwalia. The series follows Kairi, a resilient young woman raising her siblings, who frequently clashes with Yug Sinha, a cynical lawyer with a troubled past. Their initial rivalry eventually evolves into an emotional tale of love, healing, and family. Her journey has been diverse—from playing Naina Agarwal in Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai (2017–2019), to portraying Yasmine in Aladdin – Naam Toh Suna Hoga, and Meet Hooda in Meet: Badlegi Duniya Ki Reet. She also ventured into OTT with First Copy, where she starred as Afreen opposite comedian Munawar Faruqui. With a growing list of roles and a strong social media presence, Ashi Singh continues to strike a balance between relevance and meaningful storytelling.
Time of India
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Himanshu Rai: My Passion for acting never let me quit
Himanshu Rai, recognized as Kaushal in 'Lekar Hum Deewana Dil,' pursued his acting dream from Ghazipur to Mumbai. Himanshu Rai, currently seen as Kaushal in Lekar Hum Deewana Dil, traces his acting journey from Ghazipur to moving to Mumbai with quiet determination and passion. 'Bachpan se mujhe acting ka passion tha, aur mein sure tha ki mujhe actor hi banna hai,' says Himanshu, who began pursuing theatre alongside his BA studies. He took formal training in acting at an institute in Delhi before making the big move to Mumbai. 'My family was always supportive. We all knew this career isn't easy – there's struggle, competition – but my passion never let me quit. It always pushed me to move forward,' he shares. Himanshu began with small roles in crime-based shows like CID and Crime Patrol, gradually building his experience. His breakthrough came with Mere Sai – Shraddha Aur Saburi, where he played the role of Keshav Kulkarni. 'It was a positive character and had a significant place in the story. That show gave me the confidence and visibility I needed.' Currently, in Lekar Hum Deewana Dil, he plays another positive and pivotal role. 'In both shows, my characters have had depth, and that's what I look for,' he adds. Looking ahead, Himanshu is eager to take on diverse and challenging roles. 'I wish to explore more shades as an actor – something strong, even negative. I also want to explore films and I chose roles that helped me learn and polish my craft. Those small projects prepared me."
Indian Express
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Singer on Radhika Yadav music video: ‘It's being turned into a Hindu-Muslim issue'
The music video opens with a man riding his bike down a deserted street. As he drives, memories of a lost love surface — tender, black-and-white flashbacks of a smiling young woman flicker throughout. That young woman in the video is state-level tennis player Radhika Yadav — she was killed five days ago, shot dead allegedly by her father at their Gurgaon home. Since her death, the 2.56-minute YouTube video uploaded last January has gone viral — climbing from just 21,000 views on July 11 to over 1 lakh — and with it has come a wave of online trolling and speculation. Though the Gurgaon Police have ruled out any link between the video or Radhika's social media activity and the motive for her killing, both Radhika and her co-star, singer-actor Inamul Haq, have been targeted online. Some users are attempting to communalise the tragedy, drawing false links to 'love jihad.' 'We were in touch just professionally' Inamul, who hails from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, said his name is being dragged unnecessarily into the case. Speaking to The Indian Express from Dubai, where he has been staying for the past three months for business purposes, Inamul said he barely knew Radhika. 'I woke up to the news on July 11. My phone wouldn't stop ringing,' he recalled. 'I called my mother in Aligarh — she was crying. She asked about my relationship with Radhika, and I told her we were only professionally connected.' 'After watching the video, people assumed we were very close, but that's simply not true,' he added. 'People are turning this into a Hindu-Muslim issue… there is no angle of 'love jihad'. Inamul, who began his singing career after participating in the reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs in 2011, has taken part in several other singing reality shows and has acted in two Hindi serials — Crime Patrol and Ashoka. Inamul said he had met Radhika only twice. Their first meeting took place during the player selection exercise for the Punjab Tigers, a team under the Tennis Premier League, in Delhi. 'The owner of the team is Raminder Singh, and the co-owner is actor Taapsee Pannu. I was working as the creative head for the team, tasked with filming players during their trials,' he said. 'My colleague came to me and said that one of the players had a very good screen presence… and she was interested in working in ads, music videos,' Inamul claimed. 'I asked my teammate to stay in touch with her… Later, we (Radhika and I) connected on Instagram. I told her if anything suitable came along, I would let her know,' he added. Inamul said he began planning the Karwaan music video last year. A friend in Canada had liked the song and offered to produce and act in it. A Delhi-based director joined the project, and a WhatsApp group was created to coordinate. Inamul shared two or three profiles, including Radhika's, for the female lead. 'We always ask before sharing an artist's profile. I had sent Radhika the song's audio beforehand, and told her we could offer a small goodwill amount since it was a low-budget project. She agreed to be part of it,' he said. Meanwhile, he said his friend backed out, and Inamul stepped in as the lead. 'We finalised Radhika for the role.' The song was being shot in Greater Noida. 'Radhika came with her mother… During the shoot, Radhika told me her father liked the audio of the song — which meant she had his permission to participate… She looked calm and composed,' he said. He said he shared the song's teaser with Radhika, but she didn't respond. 'I asked her if there was something wrong with the video, and we could re-edit it if needed. She wasn't promoting it and told me that she was busy, which is why she couldn't respond,' he said. He said his last conversation with Radhika was on April 6, during which he offered her a jewellery advertisement, but she recommended her friend for the role instead. Inamul said he is ready to cooperate with the probe. 'I am open to any probe. If they ask for my phone, I will hand it over. The police are free to do whatever is necessary, he added. On Thursday morning, Radhika was cooking when her father, Deepak Yadav, allegedly shot her in the waist with his pistol. Her uncle, Kuldeep Yadav, 46, who lives on the ground floor with his family, said he heard the gunshots, rushed upstairs, found Radhika lying in a pool of blood, and eventually lodged a complaint. The FIR states that Deepak was taunted by villagers in Wazirabad whenever he went to buy milk, saying that he was living off his daughter's income. He had asked her to stop coaching at a tennis academy where she worked, but she refused.
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First Post
24-06-2025
- First Post
Toxic love: How a Chennai techie's obsession with a man led to 21 bomb threats
The case seems straight out of an episode of the hit TV show 'Crime Patrol'. The Ahmedabad police have arrested a robotics engineer from Chennai for allegedly sending hoax bomb threats across the country. Her motive, the police say, was to implicate her male colleague, whom she loved read more Love is not always rosy. Sometimes, it takes an ugly turn, singeing those involved. One such tale has come to light, when apparently a one-sided love led to a woman committing dark crimes. After the man she loved married another woman, a robotics engineer from Chennai allegedly used her tech skills to frame him by sending hoax bomb threats. The 30-year-old accused's actions sent panic across the country. Here's a look at the strange case. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD What happened? On June 3, a school in Ahmedabad's Sarkhej area received an email threatening to blow up the premises. It read: 'Police are sleeping, they cannot do anything… We are going to blast a bomb in your school…'. The Geneva Liberal School got similar emails over the next three days. After a few days, a school in Ahmedabad's Bopal received threats along the same line. Around this time, the BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital, where the Air India Ahmedabad-London flight crashed this month, got an email. 'I think now you know power. Like we sent you mail yesterday, we crashed the Air India plane with our former CM (Vijay Rupani). We know the police would have thought that the plane crash was a hoax and ignored it. Well done to our pilot. Now you know we are not playing. Now you know,' the mail reportedly read, referring to the June 12 Air India disaster. Wreckage from the Air India plane crash lies atop a building in Ahmedabad, June 14, 2025. File Photo/AP Besides Gujarat, similar hoax bomb threats were reported in 11 other states, including Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar, Telangana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Tamil Nadu. How 'love' took a dark turn An FIR was registered by the Geneva Liberal School in Ahmedabad earlier in June. On Saturday (June 21), the police arrested a woman, identified as Rene Joshilda, who they accused of writing the threat emails in an 'attempt to frame a man she was in love with, but who had married someone else'. According to the police, the 30-year-old used fake email IDs, virtual private networks (VPNs), and the dark web to stay off the radar, reported PTI. Joshilda, who was nabbed from her residence in Chennai, was working as a senior consultant in one of the Big Four accounting firms. The police said that the robotics engineer was in love with her male colleague, who was unaware of her feelings. Joshilda's obsession with him was so toxic that she allegedly harassed women who interacted with her 'love interest'. As per a Times of India (TOI) report, she is said to have forged a marriage certificate with the colleague and circulated it to all her colleagues at the office. 'She has done her engineering from Chennai and a course in Robotics. Currently, she is a senior consultant at Deloitte. She loved Divij Prabhakar and wanted to marry him but it remained one-sided,' Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sharad Singhal told reporters. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Joshilda's feelings of love became spiteful after Prabhakar tied the knot in February. 'In a bid to frame him, she created different email IDs, some of which were in the name of Prabhakar,' the police officer said. According to the police, Joshilda used the fake email IDs to send bomb threats across the country. She also deployed VPNs, virtual numbers, and dark web resources to hide her identity. Over the past two years, the techie bought at least 80 numbers through VPN and allegedly sent hundreds of fake emails and messages, reported TOI. The police accused the woman of sending at least 21 bomb threat emails across 12 Indian states. Singhal said Joshilda is also suspected of having sent hoax bomb threats to the Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat in May. As per the newspaper's sources, Joshilda mentioned the male colleague's name in at least half a dozen hoax bomb threat emails. She allegedly timed her threats to coincide with VIP visits and religious events. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'These threats misdirected police resources and spread panic among citizens. Her arrest is significant, especially with the Jagannath Rath Yatra scheduled in Ahmedabad on June 27,' said JCP Singhal. ALSO READ: From flights to schools, how rising bomb hoax calls are haunting India How police cracked the case The police said that a small mistake by the Chennai-based engineer led to her arrest. 'We were tracking her for a long time. She was very smart and didn't reveal her virtual trail, but due to a small mistake of hers, we tracked her and caught her from her house in Chennai,' Singhal said. Six months ago, Joshilda logged into her real and fake email accounts from the same device once, as per an Ahmedabad Mirror report. This exposed her IP address, tying her to the hoax emails. 'That one careless login gave her away,' a police officer said. According to JCP Singhal, the police have recovered significant 'digital and paper evidence' against her. 'We can say that we have busted a big module,' the police officer said. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Police also claimed Joshilda confessed to sending the emails and creating multiple IDs in the man's name. The Gujarat Police is coordinating with its counterparts in other states where such mails were sent and the probe is on to determine whether other people were involved. With inputs from agencies
Hindustan Times
08-06-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Blue Lock Chapter 306: Exact release date, time, where to read and more
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos defends platform's shift to mass-market content in India, emphasizing personalization and diverse offerings. Highlights include streaming Kapil Sharma's show, CID, and Crime Patrol, while maintaining a broad content strategy for varied viewer preferences.
