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News18
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Titanic Has Bollywood Version As AI Reimagines Movie With Salman Khan And Madhuri Dixit
AI reimagines Titanic with Bollywood stars Madhuri Dixit as Rose and Salman Khan as Jack. Fans praise the creativity and nostalgic pairing in the viral video. What if the iconic film Titanic was made with Bollywood actors? Well, in the world of AI, what is out of the picture as technology can reimagine everything as per your needs. This time, AI has reimagined the iconic Titanic, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, but in Bollywood style—featuring the much-loved Hum Aapke Hain Koun pair: Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit. The AI reimagined Madhuri as Rose, Salman Khan as Jack, Aditya Pancholi as Caledon Hockley, Aamir Khan as Fabrizio, Anupam Kher as Captain Edward, Naseeruddin Shah as Thomas Andrews, Farida Jalal as Margaret Brown, and Simi Garewal as Ruth DeWitt. AI Is FANTASTIC 😍 Titanic in Bollywood Style Ft. Madhuri Dixit & Salman Khan 😍❤️🛳 — Rosy (@rose_k01) July 13, 2025 The video featured a glimpse of some cute scenes between Rose and Jack, played by Madhuri Dixit and Salman. It also featured the two striking the Titanic pose and even the scene where Jack and Rose float over a wooden block in the sea. As soon as this AI-generated video went viral on social media, fans started reacting to it. One wrote, 'Superb! First time I like AI or editing..! What an art! Make a full film!" 'Madhuri is sooooo beautiful, especially when she walks down the stairs… what an ethereal beauty she was/is," another fan wrote. A third fan commented, 'Kate mujhe lagti bhi Madhuri jaise thi movie mein." James Cameron's 1997 epic Titanic is a romantic drama set against the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Jack and Rose, the film follows their forbidden love story aboard the ill-fated ship. Known for its stunning visuals, emotional depth, and iconic scenes, Titanic became a global phenomenon, winning 11 Academy Awards and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan have shared the screen in a few memorable films, most notably Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994), one of Bollywood's biggest blockbusters. Their on-screen chemistry was widely loved, especially in the film's romantic and family-centric setting. They also appeared together in Saajan (1991), a romantic drama co-starring Sanjay Dutt. Decades later, they reunited in Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002). Their pairing remains iconic in Hindi cinema. First Published: 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.
Sunday World
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
How Belfast is staying social in the digital age
There are plenty of ways to experience some digital craic Sponsored by Ireland Betting Sites Belfast has always been a city with a strong sense of community. From the banter in the queue at the bakery to the weekly pints with friends in the local pub, there's a natural warmth and wit that defines how the city connects. While the way we socialise might be shifting with the times, that sense of connection hasn't gone anywhere — it's found new outlets. Today, staying social in Belfast often means mixing the traditional with the digital. From online groups to digital quizzes, local podcasts to virtual pub nights, the people of Belfast have found creative ways to stay connected in the modern world. Historical and educational experiences Belfast is home to many digital experiences that make for a fun activity with family and friends. One of the most popular attractions, Titanic Belfast, is a world-class museum built on the former Harland & Wolff shipyard, the site where the infamous ship was built. The museum allows visitors to explore the history of the Titanic through over nine interactive and interpretive digital galleries and exhibits, using sounds, visuals and technology to immerse visitors in the world of the RMS Titanic. For the kids, W5 is a standout destination. This interactive discovery centre at the SSE Arena has over 250 exhibits across eight zones, offering a hands-on learning experience in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It also offers daily science shows designed to educate and entertain. Source: Getty Images Gaming and community activities With a fast-growing community of gaming enthusiasts, Belfast has embraced a new range of gaming spaces. Active Reality Belfast offers free-roam multiplayer virtual reality experiences. From epic space battles to solving mind-bending puzzles, it's designed for team events to casual outings for family and friends. Just a short drive from Belfast, Belong Gaming Arenas in Ballymena also offers high-end setups with the latest gaming tech, from PlayStation 5 to Xbox Series X, in a safe, social space ideal for younger players and families alike. For those less into gaming but still looking for interactive group experiences, The Armoury and Prison Island offer fun challenges that mix puzzles, escape-room elements and digital design to create fun group nights out or team-building events. Online platforms like Meetup also offer a way to stay social, helping locals find others with shared interests, whether it's tech or board games, all organised through the digital platform but experienced in real life. For those who prefer online fun, many also explore betting sites that bring a different kind of excitement through sports and gaming options at home. Some focus on local football leagues or UK horse racing, making them popular with sports fans across Belfast. Entertainment in a digital world For younger people in particular, socialising often happens through screens but that doesn't mean it's any less real. Online gaming, streaming, and content creation have opened up entirely new ways to stay connected. Platforms like Discord, Twitch, and YouTube are filled with Belfast voices, from gamers to musicians to artists and vloggers, all using digital tools to build online communities. While some parents may scratch their heads at it, to a new generation, these platforms are just as socially rich as a night at Lavery's or a pint after five-a-side. Whether chatting while playing Fortnite, reacting to new TikTok's, or sending memes, it's all part of how people connect today. For many popular activities like quiz nights, places have adapted to the times by incorporating technology to enhance these fun experiences. Places such as the Haymarket also host Virtual Quiz Night events, while Digital Pub Safari combines the city streets and local pubs to create a unique team-building activity on the award-winning app (which serves as the guide). Fitness with a virtual spin Health and wellness have become a more trending topic, and many gyms and fitness influencers such as Caroline Girvan and Sean Casey, have created platforms that have cultivated online communities that extend beyond the gym floor. Spaces like Better Gym Belfast offer technically advanced gym equipment, from a free weights area to heart rate monitoring in spin classes, including features like the Mywellness app — where users can track workouts, watch equipment demos and access virtual Les Mills classes from home. Staying connected In a world of screen time and streaming, Belfast's social life has adapted without losing its soul. Whether it's chatting with mates on Discord, bonding over 'girl dinner' recipes on Instagram or trying your luck on betting sites, the essence is the same — staying close and staying connected in the digital age.
Daily Record
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
OceanGate tragedy shares eerie link to couple who died in Titanic shipwreck
The doomed Titan submersible, which imploded in 2023, shares a chilling link with the Titanic One of the most iconic love stories from the Titanic has a bizarre link to the ill-fated Titan submersible, as revealed in Netflix's Titan: The Oceangate Disaster. Isidor and Ida Straus were renowned for their unwavering unity on the sinking Titanic back in 1912. Ida famously declared in their final moments: "I will not be separated from my husband. As we have lived, so we will die together." Eyewitnesses recounted seeing them clasping hands as the ship went down. This tender scene was captured in James Cameron's blockbuster film, Titanic, showing an elderly couple holding each other tight as the vessel sank. Intriguingly, Wendy Rush, the wife of the late Titan innovator Stockton Rush, is the great-great-granddaughter of the devoted Straus pair. According to her LinkedIn, Wendy holds the role of director of communications at OceanGate, reports the Irish Star. Tragically, the Titan's voyage claimed the lives of Stockton Rush, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, and Suleman Dawood, when it imploded underwater in 2023. Since tying the knot in 1986, Wendy and Stockton shared an extraordinary connection to the Titanic's history. With three expeditions to the site of the RMS Titanic wreckage, which lies deep in the North Atlantic, Wendy continues to honour their legacy. Wendy's maiden name reflects this lineage. Born Wendy Hollings Weil, she descends from Minnie Straus Weil, the progeny of Isidor and Ida Straus. The German-born couple, long-time American residents, were already in their golden years – 67 and 63 respectively – when tragedy struck on the Titanic. Documents at the National Archives reveal that the venerable Strauses were travelling back from a trip to Germany with Ida's maid, Ellen Bird, and Isidor's valet, John Farthing, when the catastrophe occurred. Isidor launched his successful retail venture by leasing space in Macy's in 1888. By 1896, he and his brother Nathan had taken full ownership, and he even served as a US Congressman. Ida's loyal maid, survivor Ellen, later recounted the last wrenching moments she spent with the couple. She recalled Ida, in the midst of chaos, entrusting her luxurious mink coat to Ellen, stating she would have no further use for it. In later years, Ellen endeavoured to present the cherished mink back to the Straus heirs, but they respectfully refused it. While searchers recuperated Isidor's body, Ida's was claimed by the ocean. An inscription at their New York mausoleum poignantly reflects their love: "Many waters cannot quench love - neither can floods drown it."
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The New OceanGate Documentary Dives Into the Depths of the Titan Submersible Tragedy
Two years ago, OceanGate's Titan submersible imploded in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. Now, amid ongoing investigations by the U.S. Coast Guard, Netflix has a new documentary that proposes—citing sound evidence and on-camera interviews with sources that were formerly close to OceanGate—just what went wrong on the ill-fated journey to the site of another prolific sea disaster, RMS Titanic. Much of it has to do with OceanGate's eccentric late CEO, Stockton Rush, one of the five victims of the 2023 incident. On June 11, Netflix released the documentary Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster, which documents the circumstances behind the June 2023 incident that spawned countless memes and endless speculation. While the movie dives deep (ahem) into the specifics of the Titan's implosion, including pointing out the submersible's carbon fiber construction that was vulnerable to deep-sea water pressure, the movie points a finger at Rush, who is described by subjects in the movie as "arrogant" with a major "temper." "I worked for somebody that is probably borderline clinical psychopath. Definitely a narcissist," said Tony Nissen, a former engineering director at OceanGate in the movie. "How do you manage a person like that who owns the company?" In the movie, Stockton Rush is described as having a "privileged background" originating from generational wealth; his family tree includes two signers of the Declaration of Independence. Subjects in the film recall Rush hoping to fashion himself as a billionaire explorer like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, with his eyes set on Earth's oceans instead of Mars. "Big swinging dicks" was a term Rush liked to say out loud and often, and being a "big swinging dick" himself was an explicit goal. (Rush was not a billionaire, but he had money to burn nonetheless.) Joseph Assi, a videographer hired by Rush to capture OceanGate's expeditions, says that one of Rush's personal philosophies was that "accessibility is ownership." As Assi says in the documentary: "If there's a small island in the middle of the ocean, and you're the only one you can access it, it doesn't matter who owns it, you have ownership over it because you have the accessibility to get to it. And he truly believed in that." Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster makes a belabored point that OceanGate's failings leading to the implosion stemmed from Rush's leadership. His short temper and arrogance permeated in all his efforts to build a business around deep-sea commercial tourism. This included trying to skip critical testing conducted by third parties—which is standard practice in the industry—and cutting costs where possible, such as in the aforementioned use of carbon fiber materials which cannot sustain oceanic pressure. Rush also verbally stated he could and would "buy a congressman," which alarmed many OceanGate employees. Rob McCallum, a consultant, recalls in the documentary: "Stockton said that he decided that he saw no need for classification, for third-party oversight. I stood up and said, 'I'm sorry I can't be part of this conversation, nor can I be associated with OceanGate or this vehicle in any way.' And I left. He had every contact in the submersible industry telling him not to do this. But once you start down the path of doing it entirely yourself, and you realize you've taken the wrong turn right back at the beginning... You have to admit you were wrong. That's a big pill to swallow." Rush is also described as having a callous attitude towards employees, refusing to take accountability for his failures. For example: In 2016, Rush and OceanGate hosted an expedition to the SS Andrea Doria. The trip nearly ended in disaster after Rush brought their sub into a dangerous spot; David Lochridge, OceanGate's Director of Marine Ops and a more experienced pilot, took over controls and got everyone aboard safely to the surface. Though Rush thanked Lochridge, the CEO turned cold towards him, later excluding him from important communications. Rush eventually fired Lochridge, in a tense meeting heard in the movie via audio recording. Later, Rush suggested promoting another OceanGate employee, Bonnie Carl, to take over Lochridge as the next lead pilot. But Carl was an accountant who headed the HR department, and had no experience as a submersible pilot. Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster is a cut above typical straight-from-the-headlines Netflix documentaries, as a level-headed if straightforward deep dive (again, ahem) about a disaster that dominated the news cycle two summers ago. But while the ins and outs of a deadly trip into the sea have morbid appeal, it's the movie's interrogation of one man's toxic hubris that makes Titan a worthy watch. You Might Also Like Kid Cudi Is All Right 16 Best Shoe Organizers For Storing and Displaying Your Kicks
Cosmopolitan
11-06-2025
- General
- Cosmopolitan
Titan: The OceanGate disaster – the full list of victims in the submersible implosion
A new Netflix documentary will explore the OceanGate submersible disaster of 2023, which left five people dead. The Titan submersible was heading down to the wreckage of the Titanic on 18 June. It was an exclusive trip reserved for only the very richest of society, with each seat on the submersible costing $250,000. However, as the Titan approached the wreckage, it stopped communicating and seemingly vanished into thin air. A four-day search and rescue mission took place in the Atlantic Ocean, before debris from the Titan was found nearly 4000m under the sea. It was thought that the Titan imploded, with the submersible's carbon fibres being unable to withstand the extreme pressure of the deep sea. Titan: The OceanGate Disaster will explore how businessman Stockton Rush and his deep-rooted desire to make extreme tourism a reality cost him, and four others, their lives. Here is the full list on who was on the Titan submersible at the time of the disaster. The 61-year-old businessman who co-founded and was CEO of OceanGate, a deep-sea exploration company. Rush had faced criticism from others in the field, and his own employees about the safety of the Titan submersible. Most submersibles are made of titanium or steel – however, the hull of the Titan was made of filament-wound carbon fibre, This made the vessel lighter, and less costly, but carbon fibre was more unpredictable. The Titan was also not 'classed' by an external body or third party. Despite warnings, Rush was confident in his contraption, which made 13 successful trips to the Titanic wreckage before the ill-fated excursion in 2023. A former employee, who was not named, told the BBC: 'Rush was very level-headed, he knew what needed to be done," he said. "He went on every sub dive, he was the pilot for every single one, and that's because he trusted the safety of the sub.' The 77-year-old French sea explorer and Titanic expert had a deep love and interest in the 1912 Titanic shipwreck, to the extent he was nicknamed 'Mr. Titanic' by loved ones. Before his death, he was the director of underwater research for RMS Titanic, the company that owns the salvage rights to the storied shipwreck, and the author of the book In the Depths of the Titanic. He had previously made 35 dives towards the wreckage, and was once a decorated commander in chief in the French navy. Nargeolet was reportedly aware that the Titan was a somewhat ramshackled operation. Friends told Vanity Fair that they 'all tried to stop him' from taking part in excursions on the vessel. Somewhat nobly, he reportedly told loved ones: 'Maybe it's better if I'm out there, I can help them from doing something stupid or people getting hurt.' The 58-year-old British adventurer and businessman had a life filled with opportunity and extremes; he previously earned a pilot's license while he was studying for a degree in Cambridge, and launched the first regular business jet service to the Antarctic with his company Action Aviation. Due to his line of work, Harding regularly visited the South Pole. He accompanied Buzz Aldrin in 2016 when the former astronaut became the oldest person to reach the South Pole, age 86. A lifelong aviation buff, in 2019 Harding was one of a team of aviators that took the Guinness World Record for a circumnavigation of the Earth via the North and South Poles in a Gulfstream G650ER in 46 hours and 40 minutes. Two years later, Harding turned his attention to the deep blue seas; working alongside retired naval officer Victor Vescovo as he dived to the deepest point of the Mariana Trench – a staggering 36,000ft deep. This excursion landed him a second Guinness World Record for greatest distance covered at full ocean depth and greatest time spent at full ocean depth. Harding is survived by his wife, Linda, his two sons and two stepchildren. The family lived in Dubai. The 48-year-old British Pakistani businessman worked as a vice-chairman of the Engro Corporation and as a director of the Dawood Hercules Corporation, where he dealt with mergers and acquisitions. He gave significant amounts to charity; he was a trustee of his family's Dawood Foundation, which focused on education. Dawood also coordinated efforts to fight Covid-19 in Pakistan, as well as providing mental health support. He had a lifelong interest in the Titanic and had bought the trip on the Titan for him and his wife, Christine. The trip was then delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic – Christine then opted to give her ticket to her son, Suleman. Initially, the 19-year-old university student was not due to go on the trip. When his father, Shahzada, bought the tickets, he intended for just him and his wife to go, as Dawood was too young (the minimum age requirement for the submersible was 18.) However, with the trip being delayed due to the pandemic, and her son really wanting to go, Christine gave up her seat. Dawood was reportedly 'really excited' to be heading down to the wreckage. Per the BBC, Christine revealed her son had taken a Rubik's Cube with him because he wanted to break a world record. Suleman reportedly carried the toy everywhere and wanted to solve the puzzle below the remains of the Titanic to set a world record. Speaking of the loss, Christine said: 'We all thought 'they are just going to come up' so that shock was delayed by about 10 hours or so. There was a time … when they were supposed to be up on the surface again and when that time passed, the real shock, not shock but the worry and the not so good feelings started.' Our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of the victims following this tragic event. Kimberley Bond is a Multiplatform Writer for Harper's Bazaar, focusing on the arts, culture, careers and lifestyle. She previously worked as a Features Writer for Cosmopolitan UK, and has bylines at The Telegraph, The Independent and British Vogue among countless others.
