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India Today
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- India Today
Shefali Shah, Bhumi Pednekar on pay parity: OTT fairer to women
Actors Shefali Shah and Bhumi Pednekar recently opened up about pay differences in the entertainment industry, and how OTT is slowly changing things for women. Shah said that the gap in pay is often more about star power than gender, while Pednekar shared that her experience with streaming shows has been more fair, where actors are paid based on their work and two shared their views during a session titled: Begums of Binge: How Streaming is Empowering Women at the Women Summit, where they were also joined by Tanya Bami, Series Head at Netflix. The discussion was about the continuous change of women's roles in web shows and how OTT are giving them more chances to be seen, heard, and express themselves the long-standing issue of pay inequality, the 'Darlings' actor said, "Honestly, I don't even know if its pay parity between gender. I think it's between a star and actor. So you could do a film and play the lead. If there is a star opposite you, you will never ever get paid that kind of money. But on OTT, it does kind of change. I don't really think it's about a man or a woman per se." Bhumi Pednekar agreed with this and spoke about her own experiences in the industry. She said, "I have my fair share of experience. Obviously, when there is somebody who has a lot of experience who is working with you, then this conversation is redundant. So if you are working with somebody who has achieved credibility like yours, who has done similar work like you, then there is a parity in that phase which is true. However, my experience with my first outing has been different. We were paid for the value that we had."Both actors admitted that OTT is giving better chances to women to play strong and meaningful roles. They also believed that the digital sphere is also giving them the respect they didn't always get in the the work front, Shefali Shah was last seen in 'Three of Us', starring alongside Jaideep Ahlawat and Swanand Kirkire. She is set to return in 'Delhi Crime' Season 3 with Rajesh Tailang and Rasika Pednekar recently starred in Netflix's 'The Royals', a romantic comedy drama where she played a fierce startup founder opposite Ishaan Khatter. The show, which also featured Zeenat Aman, Dino Morea, and Sakshi Tanwar, has been praised for its fresh portrayal of modern romance. Up next, Bhumi will be seen in 'Daldal', a gritty web series for Prime Video, where she plays a police officer. The show has wrapped filming and is awaiting a release date.- EndsMust Watch
News18
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Shefali Shah On Flying Amid ‘Bizarre Aviation Pandemic': ‘Even Now I Feel Butterflies…'
Delhi Crime actress Shefali Shah opened up about the simple joy of taking a flight, sharing how recent events in aviation have made her reflect on the experience of travel. Delhi Crime actress Shefali Shah is quite active on social media and enjoys sharing her thoughts, musings, and opinions on Instagram. In her latest post, she shared a photo of herself on a flight along with a lengthy caption expressing her deep love for flying. She wrote that even after years of travel, she enjoys every step of the journey, including checking in, browsing shops, watching the plane take off. She admitted that the ongoing 'bizarre aviation pandemic' made her look back and reflect on the experience of travel. She mentioned that despite countless flights, it had never crossed her mind that any one of them could be her last. She said that she isn't naïve or taking life for granted, but is rather grateful for being safe and truly prays for the safety of every passenger flying anywhere in the world. In the caption of her latest Instagram post, Shefali Shah wrote, 'I love flying. I can't remember the first time I flew or how I felt, but it must be similar to what I feel even today. Unadulterated excitement. I can't sleep a wink before I travel. Many choose to go cut-to-cut to their flight time; I like to go early, especially for middle-of-the-night flights. Inside the airport is a world wide awake as the outside sleeps. Then checking in, loading the bags, hoping they aren't overweight, strapping on the hand baggage tag (which they don't give anymore), getting my boarding pass. Even if I've pre-selected the seat, still confirming, 'It's a window seat na?" And rejoicing when it is, like I got a surprise gift." She further added that in the next 2 hours, she enjoys going into stores, picking a coffee and buying books. Then when boarding is announced, she heads to the gate, enters the plane and excitedly looks for her seat. 'I'm not proud of it, but like many, I don't intently watch the safety demo, I've seen it a thousand times. And I don't think I'm ever going to need an emergency protocol. I message my family 'Taking off," switch off my phone, and along with it, I switch off the outside world. As the plane taxis, I sit, eyes glued to the window. Little lights blinking. Multiple planes waiting in queue. Music fades, engines roar, and this beast we take for granted rises, nose up." She further continued, 'Even now, I feel awed. Even now, I feel butterflies in my tummy. But the bizarre ongoing aviation pandemic made me look back and I realised, NOT ONCE… in all these years of travel, has it occurred to me this may be the last journey I'll ever take. No, I'm not naive or taking life for granted. I'm grateful for being safe and blessed, and I truly hope and pray that so is everyone flying anywhere in the world." On the work front, Shefali was last seen in the acclaimed film Three of Us, co-starring Jaideep Ahlawat and Swanand Kirkire. She will be next seen in Delhi Crime Season 3 along with Rajesh Tailang and Rasika Duggal. Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
India Today
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Not Aamir Khan, Rajkummar Rao to play Ujjwal Nikam in film on 26/11: Report
Contrary to several media reports, Maddock Films is not producing a full-fledged biopic on public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam. Instead, the upcoming project will spotlight his pivotal role in the high-profile trial following the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, rather than chronicling his entire life or per NDTV, Rajkummar Rao has been roped in to play Ujjwal Nikam, who spearheaded the prosecution against Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving terrorist from the 26/11 yet-to-be-titled film is being directed by Avinash Arun Dhaware, acclaimed for directing both seasons of the Prime Video series 'Paatal Lok' and films like 'Killa' and 'Three of Us'. The screenplay has been written by Sumit Roy. Initially, Aamir Khan was reportedly set to play Nikam, however, because of 'Sitaare Zameen Par', he decided to step away from the project. Sources close to the development told the entertainment portal that Rao came on board after Aamir Khan's inspired by true events and a real-life figure, the film avoids the conventional biopic format. Instead, it focuses on one of the most crucial legal battles in India's history. The upcoming movie aims to highlight the intense courtroom drama and the behind-the-scenes struggles involved in delivering justice after the 26/11 Mumbai on the work front, Rao will next be seen in 'Maalik'. The film is scheduled to release in theatres on July 11, Watch
NDTV
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- NDTV
Exclusive: Maddock's Film On Ujjwal Nikam And 26/11 Trial Not A Biopic, Rajkummar Rao Confirmed As Lead
Contrary to several media reports, production banner Maddock Films is not making a biopic on public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam. The upcoming film focuses specifically on Nikam's role in the high-stakes trial following the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and is not a biographical account of his entire life or career. We can now confirm exclusively that Rajkummar Rao has been locked to play Ujjwal Nikam, the man who led the prosecution against Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 attacks. The currently untitled film is being directed by Avinash Arun Dhaware, known for helming both seasons of the Prime Video series Paatal Lok as well as films such as Killa and Three of Us. Sumit Roy, whose previous credits include Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani and The Empire, has penned the screenplay. Intially, Aamir Khan was in talks to play Nikam, but the Sitaare Zameen Par star eventually stepped away from the project. Sources close to the development confirm that Rajkummar Rao came on board after Aamir Khan's exit. While the film is based on real events and a real person, it steers away from the format of a traditional biopic. It, instead, zeroes in on one of the most pivotal legal battles in Indian history. The upcoming movie aims to spotlight the courtroom drama and behind-the-scenes challenges of securing justice in the aftermath of the 26/11 attacks. Maddock Films is yet to make the official announcement about the film and Rajkummar Rao's casting.
Mint
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Can't recall a person's name? You are not alone
Kartik Parija prides himself on his elephantine memory, yet lately, names have begun to slip away. 'I've had moments when I reconnect with someone from the pre-internet days, vividly recall our shared history but momentarily blank on their name," says the 49-year-old entrepreneur from Bengaluru. He recalls awkwardly steering such conversations without naming the person, while his mind scrambles to retrieve that 'fundamental piece of personal connection". This lapse has emerged only in the past three years, he says. 'It feels profoundly strange, like the fuzzy confusion after pulling an all-nighter before an exam." Don't chalk it up to age. Screenwriter Shoaib Zulfi Nazeer has noticed this since his mid-20s. 'Back in school and college, everyone was a peer, and you heard names so often that remembering them was easy. After I moved to Mumbai in 2018 and started approaching people online for networking, I realised I struggled with remembering names," says the 32-year-old from Roorkee. Nazeer has co-written dialogues for movies like Three of Us (2022) and Superboys of Malegaon (2024). The common thread in their experience of forgetting names is the influx of digital communication. Both describe how the flood of information has fragmented attention so much that even after regular, sometimes deep, conversations with people, they find it hard to fully register or retain that primary detail about a person: their name. As communication shifts from verbal to textual in the digital age, we interact with far more people at once. But the cues have changed: instead of calling a name out loud, we open chatboxes after seeing someone's content in a feed, type a few letters before their name auto-fills in a messaging app, or scroll to their chat in the inbox and ping them directly. The act of saying or mentally repeating a name has diminished, perhaps explaining why names slip from memory mid-conversation. Also read: Neeraj Ghaywan on 'Homebound': 'If I don't tell my stories, who will?' Mumbai-based neurologist Siddharth Warrier explains how a name carries auditory, visual (tied to a person's face), and emotional cues, each stored in different areas of the brain and woven together during recall. 'The more sensory hooks you attach to a name, the stronger your ability to remember it," he says. Digital communication creates a kind of 'sensory blindfolding," explains Warrier, often reducing people to flat, two-dimensional entities and depriving the brain of the multi-sensory input needed to anchor a name in long-term memory. Digital communication has given rise to a kind of cognitive offloading, or a shift of information and mental effort to a source outside the brain. Just as we stopped memorising phone numbers once our phones began storing them, we now rely on devices to remember names. Lounge spoke to a dozen people across age groups and professions, and each admitted to scrolling through old chats or mutual groups to look someone up because they couldn't recall their name. This reliance on digital memory is often shaky as names on social media and messaging platforms are frequently pseudonymised—so you tend to see people's social media handles instead of their actual names, or the names are initialised, and display pictures are kept blank for privacy. Pune-based communication coach Junie George Varghese, 44, found herself stuck when she couldn't recall someone's name and scrolled through a WhatsApp group's member list for clues but ended up finding two similarly named contacts. 'They had similar first names, and I didn't remember their surnames either. With no profile pictures, there was no way I could confirm which of them was my person." M.V. Radhakrishna, a 48-year-old cloud computing professional from Hyderabad, recalls a friend calling him for help identifying a former classmate who had responded to his post in their school WhatsApp group. 'The profile only showed this person's initials instead of the full name, and my friend could recognise our friend from the display picture but still not place their name," he says. It is possible for you to struggle with recalling the names of people you have interacted with intensely in the past, says Warrier. 'The neural pathway of our brain's recall network gets rusted. But once you oil it, it kicks back into gear." However, the more stressed you are, the harder it is for the brain to retain and recall things, he says, because the stress makes the brain redirect its resources elsewhere. Memory retrieval in the digital age has shifted from being person-focused to content-driven, says Shaheena Attarwala, a product design manager based in Bengaluru. 'People reach out to me on LinkedIn, and I often forget their names or the companies they're from. But I'll remember the theme of our conversation and end up searching for keywords from the chat instead," says the 38-year-old. These are ongoing conversations where she has an incentive to remember the names: like someone who invited her to an offsite of peers. She has actively engaged in conversation with these people and yet struggles to recall their names. It reflects a broader shift in how we engage now: the person has become a means to an end, while the content is the end. In a world where content dominates screen space, especially in short-video formats, names, often reduced to usernames or handles, are relegated to the margins, literally and metaphorically. On Instagram Reels, even a user's identity is minimised. Their handle, not even their real name, appears in small text tucked away in the bottom-left corner of the screen. It's the 'TikTokification of conversations", says Attarwala, where the story matters more than who's telling it. 'I do glance at the names of people posting on my feed before I like or comment, but a few minutes later, I often can't recall who it was," admits Daksh P. Jain, 21, a visual designer and software developer from Delhi. 'Social media and digital relationships have made people think that other people are disposable, so to speak. It's easier than ever to forget people because digital communication reduces a person to their contribution," he says. Yet, digital communication, for all its flaws, can offer unexpected advantages when it comes to memory retention. 'On WhatsApp, for instance, the person's name is constantly visible at the top of the chat, which helps reinforce it passively," says neurologist Warrier. 'In contrast, during an in-person conversation, even if the exchange is meaningful, a name might be mentioned only once, right at the start, and never again, which can make it harder to retain." Mumbai-based behavioural scientist Anand Damani points out that name recall during first-time face-to-face meetings can be especially tricky. 'Your brain is busy taking in so many cues—Do I like this person? Can I trust them?—that the name often doesn't register," he explains. Sometimes, the issue isn't memory failure but selective attention, argues Nazeer with a personal insight: 'I've often found myself asking someone their name, but instead of hearing their answer, I'm already thinking about the next question to ask them." It's not out of rudeness, he clarifies. 'It's just that I'm processing so much information every day that the small-talk phase feels expendable. I'm always in a hurry to get to the part of the conversation that matters. So it's not that my brain forgets. It's that it consciously chooses to treat certain information, like names, as disposable." Radhakrishna has created an open-source people tracker tool where he saves notes about a person directly on to a Google Sheet. 'As a solutions architect, I have to read and research a lot. Rather than just bookmarking articles by experts, I use my blog to jot down short notes and connect people with something to remember them by," he adds. Warrier says that any effort to actively remember things, whether it's names, directions, or phone numbers, has neurological benefits. He recommends attaching value and context to names to better retain them. Merely repeating the name again and again during a conversation will make it stick further in your brain while also making the other person feel seen. Some people tend to add context like where they met someone while saving their contact digitally, notes Warrier. 'Memory works like a network: the more you engage it, the stronger it becomes. And remembering names in particular helps reinforce our social memory, making it easier to maintain and navigate relationships," he adds. Why do parents and grandparents often mix up the names of their children and grandchildren? 'That happens because of adjacent memory retrieval," he says. 'Like how you might struggle to remember an actor's name, but you'll remember the name of a movie he's been in because those memories are stored in relation to each other." Perhaps then it's not always overstimulation or indifference that leads to a name slipping away from someone's mind. It's all very Shakespearean to say, 'What's in a name"? But, as Avneet Kaur, a 27-year-old counselling psychologist from Bengaluru, points out, it doesn't feel that way when you are at the receiving end of this lapse in memory. 'When someone forgets ours, it can feel like a failure to recognise us as a person. Like we didn't matter enough for them to remember," she says. 'When someone does remember your name, it signals that you meant something to them. Our names often carry heritage, meaning, and emotional history. Losing that can flatten how we see each other." In the endless scroll of faces and handles, where identities are often reduced to metadata, remembering someone's name might just be the most human thing we can do. Also read: Why it's important to give the kids a glimpse of your younger self
