“The people who shame us for the characters we play are the same people who make it okay for a Bhupendra Chaubey to speak to Sunny Leone the way he did. Shame on you. Fortunately, you can’t stop us.”

A few weeks back on The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, which is hosted by Akshay Kumar, passed this comment on Mallika Dua, who was ringing a bell to honour a contestant's good performance.

She was earlier a mentor on the show with comedians Zakir Khan and Hussain Dalal. This was before the channel recently let go of the three mentors and replaced them with Sajid Khan and Shreyas Talpade.

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Later the clip made its way to Facebook where Mallika's father, journalist Vinod Dua, shared it while also calling Kumar a "cretin" for his behaviour.

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Later in the day, Mallika herself shared the clip on Twitter stating her discomfort with the situation.

The tweet was later deleted.

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However, internet trolls did what they do best and started attacking Mallika for calling out the joke, and even attacked her previous work.

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Mallika later published a statement on The Quint to speak about the systemic issue of workplace harassment.

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She even added that it's a lesson for everyone in understanding where to draw the line with workplace communication.

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“Words, especially humour, has to be seen in its right context.”

Earlier this week, a clip of Akshay Kumar passing this comment on Mallika Dua from The Great Indian Laughter Challenge went viral:

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After the clip went viral, Dua highlighted the need to reconsider appropriate behaviour at the workplace.

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In light of the incident, people questioned why Twinkle Khanna, a usually vocal feminist, wasn't speaking up against her husband.

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Many, however, claimed that she was being hypocritical by not directly calling out her husband's behaviour.

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About time we realised that, context aside, making women uncomfortable with tasteless remarks is not cool.

(It's 2017 and we shouldn't have to keep saying that.)

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Weeping rn.

These are Kanpur-based mom and daughter, Suruchi and Seeya Arora.

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Last week, seven-year-old Seeya fought with her friends, Ojasvi and Aarna, and decided to boycott a Halloween party that they were attending.

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After regretting the fight, Seeya woke up the next day and asked her mother to send this beautifully penned apology to her best friend, Aarna.

"'I think I must apologize,' she muttered in a business like serious note, making my jaw drop. I did as was commanded," mom Suruchi told BuzzFeed.

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"Dear Aarna,
I suggest that we could be friends once again? We should not spoil our love for Halloween. Do you want to be friends? Could we do the party again?
Seeya."

And if that wasn't enough to warm your cold hearts, her friends accepted her apology and responded right back.

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"Dear Seeya,
We will always be friends. No such small things can ever spoil our friendship I would love to plan for the party once again. I think we should get together sometime soon to celebrate Halloween together.
Best wishes,
Aarna Narula."

I'm not crying; you are.

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THANK GOD, LADIES AND GENTS. THE WORLD MAY FINALLY BE IN THE HANDS OF KIND PEOPLE.

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Going to cut someone if I hear “You’re next” one more time.

Your parents suddenly remember your age.

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And it's not just them. It's every single person you meet.

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You have heard the words "You're next" more than you can count.

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The whole ceremony just ends up being a chance to get you matched with the next eligible bachelor.

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Your friends who attended previous weddings with you are also getting married now.

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Your first reaction when someone says "Guess what?" is asking if they're getting married.

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Most of your time is spent waiting for the buffet to open...

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... and the rest for the bar to open.

Some of us need alcohol to deal.

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You may be in the worst moods of all time but the occasion requires you to look your best.

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You're bored at every wedding that you attend alone because you have pretty much seen it all.

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Honestly, though, it's still better than pretending you're happy to meet people you barely remember.

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So, you get on the dance floor to have a good time...

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... Till they start playing the couple songs.

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Every pretty thing you look at makes you want to reassess your financial situation.

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But, you still have a looong list of things you'd do differently at your own wedding.

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And no matter how the day goes, you always leave a wedding believing in love stories a little more than you did before.

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He’s not even a professional actor.

You might recognise this guy from the Trivago ad as well, the Trivago guy.

The man, now best known for asking, "Kya aapne kabhi online hotel search kiya hai?" earned internet fame earlier this year for his wooden delivery of the line.

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Obviously, became famous enough to have become a meme...

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Recently, SnG did an interview with the man himself. His name is Abhinav Kumar and turns out, he's not a professional actor and actually works at Trivago.

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He actually got cast in the ad because of a joke his brand marketing head made.

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He's fully aware of the meme that he's become and even shares them on Twitter.

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In fact, he even encourages people to laugh at his expense.

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Oh, and he's acting in more ads in the future so there's going to be more meme material for all of us.

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You can watch the whole interview here:

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I was three when I fell in love for the first time. I know this sounds a bit far-fetched, but indulge my nostalgia for a bit.

The TV was playing “Tujhe Dekha Toh Yeh Jaana Sanam” from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaayenge and I was instantly sucked headlong into what would become an enduring love affair with the man on screen. It seemed like Shah Rukh Khan could charm a corpse and I was only an impressionable child.

The ‘90s saw Shah Rukh debut as a despicable villain before transforming into a romantic lead. He may not have been conventionally good-looking, but his acting skills and screen presence quickly turned him into a heartthrob. Whether he was down-on-his-luck Raju in Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman or a rich brat in DDLJ, he had me – and everyone else in the theater – firmly in his corner.

He's as comfortable giving talks at Harvard and Yale as he is indulging screaming teenagers.

Besides his obvious talent, his stardom was propelled further by incredible off-screen charm. He is unabashed about his success, his talent, his greed for money and fame, and all the controversies that surround him. And unlike many of his compatriots, Shah Rukh has the aura of a man who reads; a man who is as comfortable giving talks at Harvard and Yale as he is indulging screaming teenagers. Whether you like his genre of films (yes, Shah Rukh Khan has his own genre) or not, it’s hard to deny that he consistently comes across as intelligent and articulate.

That’s why I fell in love and showed up at the theatre to watch every movie he ever put out. But despite my abiding love for him, it's been over 10 years since I was last compelled to get off my seat and applaud the man I really, truly love. And I know I’m not alone.

In the past decade, Khan’s ‘good’ movies have been average at best and the bad movies have been horrific. The string of plothole-ridden films like Dilwale, Happy New Year, and Don 2 were the least of the problem. The dealbreaker hasn't been his mindless movies, but his regressive ones.

As a South Indian, it’s impossible for me to justify having paid money to watch Ra.One, where the South Indian played by him mixes curd with everything, including noodles, because that’s apparently what we do. Chennai Express took the casual racism a step further with his portrayal of a loud North Indian man encountering all manner of ridiculously over-the-top South Indian cliches.

Then there was the overtly sexist Jab Harry Met Sejal, in which his character constantly slut-shamed Anushka Sharma’s in an attempt to “protect her dignity”. Sexism has also been rampant in his endorsement choices, including fairness cream ads that push forth toxic notions about masculinity and beauty both.

Shah Rukh Khan films were never known for being shining examples of social justice.

To be fair, Shah Rukh Khan films were never known for being shining examples of wokeness or social justice. Remember when he sat in the room with Simran in DDLJ letting her believe they’d had sex? Or when he played a fuckboi who led women on in Dil To Pagal Hai; when he broke a woman’s wedding off in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, or his role as an arrogant, slut-shaming alcoholic in Devdas? His films and characters have always been problematic. But unfortunately, the older I get, the more Shah Rukh seems to stay the same.

The past five years especially, have seen Shah Rukh Khan films earn money, but very little love. Box-office success seems to be the key motivator in his selection of films and while that is a practical choice for him to make, the toll weighs heavy on me. I am tired of going to the theatre to watch my childhood hero put me through the same sexist, racist, mindless drivel over and over again.

The interviews, the speeches, and the TED talks tell me that he’s aware; that he’s too smart not to know the impact that his regressive films will have. But he doesn’t seem to care.

He’s too smart not to know the impact that his regressive films will have.

This isn’t an unreasonable ask. It isn’t unprecedented for celebrities to back causes they believe in, even while furthering their own gains; Aamir Khan has been attempting it for years, while making some of the highest grossing movies in the history of Bollywood.

The occasional photo-op with a sick fan or charitable donation aside, Shah Rukh has repeatedly expressed an unwillingness to take stands, because it makes him an easy target for trolls and threats of violence and boycott. Those fears are legitimate. But even while avoiding standing for causes, he can choose to not to peddle regressive ideas. Sex and Shah Rukh Khan might sell, sexism should not.

It’s easy for a man like Shah Rukh to be the change that we have been begging mainstream Bollywood for. He has the talent, the leverage, the money, and the influence to pull it off. He can make better movies, tell better stories — more inclusive and progressive ones – and still manage to bring in the crowd because of who he is.

In a press conference not too many years ago, he was asked the same question I am asking now: “When will you do better films?” He dodged the question, of course.

Forget the media, Shah Rukh. I have loved you and stood by you for 21 years. Answer me. What is stopping you from being better than mediocre? I'm still a fan; why am I starting to feel guilty about it?

1. Imtiaz Ali initially wanted to cast Bobby Deol and Ayesha Takia as the main leads.

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2. The producers had first signed Bobby Deol in 2005.

3. Bobby suggested they approach Preity Zinta. She agreed, but needed six months before she could shoot.

4. Kareena Kapoor, who was Imtiaz's first choice, told the producers she would sign the film only if they replaced Bobby Deol with her then boyfriend Shahid Kapoor. The producers agreed and replaced Bobby Deol without even informing him.

5. Imtiaz Ali only settled on Shahid Kapoor for the role of Aditya after meeting him, as he previously viewed him as a "forgettable actor".

6. The number of prints for the film across India was increased in its fourth week of release due to popular demand and the lower-than-expected performance of Saawariya.

7. The title of the film was decided by a popular vote. The other choices were Punjab Mail and Ishq Via Bathinda.

8. The option Jab We Met was suggested by Shahid’s father, Pankaj Kapur.

9. There is a Serbian song called “Nemam Elana” which is a cover of “Yeh Ishq Hai”.

10. The film won Imtiaz Ali his only Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue.

11. Hotel Decent’s receptionist was played by the film’s art director, Teddy Maurya, whose brother was supposed to play the scene but couldn’t make it for the shoot.

12. This wasn’t the only role he played in the movie. He also played the inspector on the bridge that Geet was running on after she missed her train.

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13. The character of Geet was based on a talkative girl who Imtiaz Ali met on a bus in Delhi.

15. Tarun Arora, who plays the role of Anshuman in the film, had almost given up on his acting career and went to Bengaluru to open a restaurant, when the film came his way.

16. The room where Geet’s grandfather confronts Geet and Aditya in the big room with guns was almost not going to be used in the film. The 80-year-old landlady, whose house it was, allowed them to use the room only on the condition that she be introduced to Dara Singh.

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17. Dara Singh wasn’t very comfortable saying the words, “Mumbai mein toh nangi ghoomti hogi” to Kareena during that scene.

18. Geet’s character made Anushka Sharma want to seriously pursue acting.

19. The Ratlam scenes were never shot in Ratlam. The scenes were shot in Lonavla, Shimla and Manali.

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20. Pawan Malhotra, who plays Geet’s uncle in the film, was initially offered the role of her elder brother.

21. The story was written as a result of a writing exercise with a friend of Imtiaz Ali’s. The exercise was to combine two elements and make a story out of it. The friend suggested “a man who wants to kill himself”, while Imtiaz suggested “a girl on a train”. Though nothing came of the idea at the time, it became Jab We Met many years later.

22. Most people on the set hated the song “Aaoge Jab Tum” because they thought it didn’t fit with the youthful tone of the film.

23. According to Imtiaz, the final kiss was apparently the most difficult scene to shoot because there was a honeycomb filled with bees right above Kareena’s head, some of which had already bitten some of the crew.

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24. The film was remade in Tamil in 2009 as the film Kandhen Kadhalai, starring Tamannaah as Geet.

25. Shahid Kapoor travelled in Mumbai’s local trains to promote the film.

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26. Imtiaz Ali was never confident about the film and its script. He thought it was a very thin storyline.

27. Due to a tight budget and other constraints, Imtiaz Ali didn’t have time to write the dialogue before they started scouting for locations for the film. He ended up getting stuck during a snowstorm in Manali and writing the dialogues because there was nothing else they could do.

28. The opening lines of Singh is Kinng’s hit song “Teri Ore” were actually a part of Jab We Met’s “Tum Se Hi” before they got rejected.

29. Irshad Kamil was once told by a fan that she sang "Tum Se Hi" as a bhajan every morning.

Cue the band-baaja in 3…2…

If your dil beats fast for this movie, this quiz is for you.

TIL Farah Khan threw up every time SRK took off his shirt in “Dard-e-Disco” and people got Tag Heuer watches for being a part of “Deewangi Deewangi”.

1. Farah Khan first noted the story for Om Shanti Om in a diary when she was handling the choreography for Bombay Dreams, a musical about a boy from the slums becoming a superstar

2. Many years later, after Shah Rukh Khan rejected the first draft of Happy New Year, Farah was reminded of the idea by her husband, Shirish Kunder.

3. The first draft of the script (without dialogue) was completed within two weeks.

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4. The scene where Om saves Shanti Priya from the fire was a callback to Mother India, where Sunil Dutt saved Nargis from a fire that went out of control on set IRL.

5. Sajid Khan told his sister to include a stuffed tiger for the scene where Om was filming the fake fight scene after being inspired by a film called Tarzan 303. She loved the idea and ordered a stuffed tiger overnight.

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6. It was Shah Rukh Khan’s idea to yell “Naughty pussy” at the poor toy.

7. In the scene where Shanti Priya’s film Dreamy Girl is being premiered, the doppelgangers for a bunch of old-time actors started fighting on the red carpet over who gets a chance to go up first.

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8. Farah Khan, who was pregnant at the time that “Dard-E-Disco” was being shot, would throw up every time Shah Rukh Khan took his shirt off for the song.

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9. Farah Khan thought that Deepika Padukone gave a “terrible screen test”. In fact, they thought her diction was so bad that they had to turn the sound off.

10. But she was so taken by Deepika’s beauty, that she decided to cast her anyway and dub her sound in selected scenes.

11. They auditioned even for the role of Deepika’s voice because they didn’t want a familiar voice for a new face.

12. Deepika’s character, Shanti Priya, was modelled on Hema Malini in the 1970s. They named the film Dreamy Girl based on the actual Hema Malini film Dream Girl (1977).

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13. Deepika Padukone was only 20 when the film was being made.

14. Arjun Rampal was cornered by Farah Khan and Shah Rukh Khan in a bathroom at Shah Rukh’s New Year’s Eve party to convince him to be a part of the movie.

15. He initially refused to do the movie because he thought his character was “too evil”, but was later convinced by Shah Rukh to join the cast anyway.

16. In fact, it was Shah Rukh’s idea to add the mustache to Arjun’s look.

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17. There were a total of 31 Bollywood stars in the song “Deewangi Deewangi”.

18. There would have been more, but many didn’t make it. For example, Fardeen Khan got arrested at Dubai airport in a drug case when he was on the way to shoot for the song.

19. Dev Anand refused to be in the song because he “only did lead roles, not cameos”.

20. It was Shah Rukh’s responsibility to rope in Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu for the song. But, they never showed up.

21. Amitabh Bachchan would have showed up, but he was a ~tad~ busy with Abhishek’s wedding to Aishwarya Rai.

22. Rekha took two days just to rehearse for her appearance in the song.

23. Aamir Khan refused to shoot the song because he was editing Taare Zameen Par.

24. But, Farah Khan said it was her dream to have the three Khans (Salman, Shah Rukh and Aamir) in the same frame.

25. The song was shot over six days, wherein six people would come at a time to shoot their parts and leave. But, instead, they’d just hang around to chill with other Bollywood stars. NBD.

26. In the midst of all this chilling, Salman Khan, along with Saif Ali Khan, just cahj jumped into Dharmendra’s shot in the song and started dancing with him.

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27. All the actresses who featured in the song were allowed to keep their Manish Malhotra-designed clothes from the shoot.

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28. Every celeb who took their time out for the song was given a hamper with many gifts, including a Blackberry phone and a Tag Heuer watch.

29. For the Filmfare Awards red carpet scene, Farah Khan actually stood on the Red Carpet of an ACTUAL Filmfare Awards ceremony with her own camera and asked actors to deliver dialogues that she dictated.

You can watch Farah Khan recount her entire experience here:

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Republic Day: January 26, 2018 (Friday)

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Holi: March 2, 2018 (Friday)

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Mahavir Jayanti + Good Friday: March 29-30, 2018 (Thursday and Friday)

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Buddha Purnima: April 30, 2018 (Monday)

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Janmashtami: September 3, 2018 (Monday)

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Guru Nanak Jayanti: November 23, 2018 (Friday)

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Bird sex, actually.

This is the A.R. Rahman classic "Jiya Jale" from Dil Se. It's a great song and Preity Zinta and Shah Rukh Khan are pretty... er... steamy.

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And while it's a legit beautiful song to listen to, we all have the same question: WHAT ARE THE MALAYALAM LYRICS TO THE SONG?

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And there have been... interpretations of the lyrics.

I am a Malayali, but this^ is never not going to be funny.

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But, this was a 19-year-old mystery that needed to be solved.

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Punchiri thanji konjikko
Munthiri mutholi chinthikko
Monjani varna chundari vaave
Thaankunakka thakathimi aadum thankanilaave, hoy

Thanka kolusalle
Kurukum kuyilalle
Maaran-a mayilalley

Let's break this down, bit-by-bit:

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Punchiri thanji konjikko
Smile and flirt with me

Munthiri mutholi chinthikko
Think of kisses sweet as grape

Monjani varna chundari vaave
Oh, you beautiful girl.

Thaankunakka thakathimi
(drum beats basically, there's no meaning here)

aadum thankanilaave, hoy
Dance in the golden moonlight

Thanka kolusalle
Aren't you like a golden anklet?

Kurukum kuyilalle
Aren't you like a cooing koel?

Maaran-a mayilalley
Aren't you your lover's peacock?

YEP. This is a song about bird mating season, friends and family.

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Hey, kuruvanikiliye, kuruvanikiliye
Kukuru kurukuru kooki kuruki, kunnimarathil uyal aadi
Koodum orikki kootu vilikunne
Maran nine kooki kuruki kootu vilikunne

Breaking this down to understand, yet again:

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Hey, kuruvanikiliyiye
Oh cooing bird

Kukuru kurukuru kooki kuruki,kunnimarathil uyal aadi
Cooing, swinging on the bean tree

Koodum orike kootu vilikunne
He's calling you after making the nest

Maran nine kooki kuruki kootu vilikunne
Your lover is calling you again and again

That's about it, guys. Just wanted to tell you all that your childhoods were spent singing nonsense about bird sex.

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It also didn’t help that he hired two star kids as the leads.

Today, Dharma Productions released the first look of their upcoming venture Dhadak starring star kids, Janhvi Kapoor (Sridevi's daughter) and Ishaan Khattar (Shahid Kapoor's brother).

The movie is a love story based in Haryana.

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The film is based on Marathi film Sairat, which is a star-crossed love story between a lower caste boy and an upper caste girl.

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Before the poster was released, a source close to the project said that the vibe of the remake wouldn't quite be the same.

Basically, they didn't want to make same movie.

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After the poster was revealed, it was clear that the movie's caste invisibility was not going down well with the audience.

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Besides that, a lot of people were also tired of Karan Johar's nepotistic ways again.

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More for everyone to know.

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Khurai opened the first beauty salon run by a trans woman in Manipur, thus leading the way for many others to open up their own salons across the state. After she shut her salon in 2010, she led the All Manipur NupiMaanbi Association (AMANA), a coalition working towards raising awareness of the rights of the transgender community.

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Satya Rai Nagpaul

A cinematographer by profession, Nagpaul has spent years as a gender activist with his organisation Sampoorna, a network of trans and intersex Indians.

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Kalki Subramaniam is a trans rights activist and has led the way by being a successful entrepreneur. She was the first trans woman to star as a lead in an Indian movie. She runs an NGO called Sahodari Foundation which works for the welfare of the trans/intersex community.

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She is an actor and writer from Chennai. She was the subject of the award-winning Kannada documentary Naanu Avanalla...Avalu, based on her autobiography of the same name. The autobiography, Naan Saravanan Illai, Vidya was first written in Tamil, and later translated in seven languages.

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Anjali Ameer

She was propelled to fame when she was announced as the first transgender actress to work in a mainstream film, with Malayalam actor Mammootty playing the male lead.

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Madhu Kinnar

Madhu Kinnar is the first trans woman to get elected mayor in the state of Chattisgarh. The then-35-year-old won the election by 4,537 votes against BJP's Mahaveer Guruji.

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A. Revathi

She is the author of books Unarvum Uruvamum and The Truth About Me. In fact, the latter has been included in the syllabus for third gender literature at the American College of Madurai.

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Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi

She is a trans right activist, who fought for India to recognise a third gender, giving many citizens the choice to identify as neither male nor female. She has also actively fought to repeal Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

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Aryan Pasha

He is a Delhi-based lawyer who works with MARG, working for legal empowerment of the LGBT community. He is also working on a petition for gender-neutral laws in India, among many other things.

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Gee Imaan Semmalar

He is a Bengaluru-based writer whose writings have appeared in Dalit Camera, WSQ Women's Studies Quarterly, OPEN Magazine, and other forums.

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Manabi Bandopadhyay

She was the first openly transgender college principal in the country. She was also the first transgendered person from West Bengal to have a PhD.

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Vihaan Peethambar

Vihaan Peethambar is an LGBT activist and a media professional. He is also a board member of Queerala, an LGBT support group based in Kerala.

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Padmini Prakash

Padmini Prakash was the first transgender news anchor in India, when she started anchoring a primetime news show for Lotus TV in Tamil Nadu.

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Christy Raj

He is a journalist based in Bengaluru who writes on trans rights and is closely associated with LGBT rights organisation, Sangama. Along with them, he also helped iron out the loopholes in the 2015 draft of the Transgender Bill.

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Joyita Mondal

She was the first transgender judge of a Lok Adalat in India. She completed her studies through correspondence and got herself a degree in law. In 2010, she was the first trans person from her district to get a voter ID.

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She is a plus-size transgender model who graduated from NIFT, has a PhD to her name, AND her own makeup label as well.

Lakmé Fashion Week

Backpacks aren’t allowed. Also don’t forget to carry a valid photo ID.

The gates will open at 5 p.m. and shut by 9 p.m.

BUT since this is Mumbai, and there will be traffic, you should have already left your house and camped outside the venue.

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The venue is a no-smoking zone.

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There are no charging stations at the venue, so bring along fully charged power banks.

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You won't be able to spend your own money at the venue. Instead, you will have to buy a card (using cash/card) at the venue, load it with some money and use it to buy stuff.

Preferably, carry cash to pay for this because there's a chance the network in the area will be jammed and lead to slower transactions.

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You're not allowed to bring backpacks for the gig.

But don't worry. You can get small fanny packs, smol sling bags and the like. Just not massive bags.

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Every zone has its own entry gate and re-entry won't be allowed.

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Food and drinks from outside won't be allowed.

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But, there will be food available inside.

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Sheerios can also get their hands on limited edition official Divide tour merchandise at counters at the concert venue.

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And finally, don't forget to carry a valid photo ID, and (obviously) your ticket.

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There was a LOT of brilliant music, feels, and the best awkward face ever.

On Sunday night, Ed Sheeran performed in Mumbai for the second time for around 10,000 fans at JioGarden. It was a perfect performance that most of them won't forget.

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After a few songs, he pretended to go off stage but came right back to play "Shape Of You" wearing an India jersey.

I wondered if it had something to do with Coldplay getting into trouble last year for carrying the Indian flag on stage, but turns out he's been wearing jerseys of the local team wherever he plays on this tour.

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People got really into it and someone even waved a giant Indian flag during the song.

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The organisers were selling drinks in cups instead of bottles or cans, because they were afraid that the audience would throw them at the artists.

It also didn't help that a cup of water cost FIFTY BUCKS.

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While telling the crowd about what he's like at concerts, he gave the world the best awkward face ever.

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Of course, no one at the show stayed stationary though.

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While Ed usually is a one-man show with his guitar, voice, and loop pedal, he called out his stage carpenter PJ Smith to join him for "How Would You Feel" on the piano.

He even sang along in bits and it was precious as hell.

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Often during the set, Ed would quit the strings and play the guitar like a goddamn tabla to make music I didn't know was possible to create.

What would this instrument be? Tuitar? Tabtar? Guibla?

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He also CAHJ kept flinging his guitar picks all over the place, which the stage managers later threw into the crowd.

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People were also grabbing bottles Ed drank from, because well... fandoms, amirite?

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The last time he was here, there wasn't enough merchandise for people to get their hands on. This time, while there was enough to go around, it came with this unfortunate typo.

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While waiting for Ed, some really cute fans passed these around as a reference to his song, "Perfect".

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During "A-Team", the crowd lit the place up and it was a goddamn feelsfest.

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Whichever venue he plays at, Ed takes a picture of the crowd from the stage and this was him doing just that at the end of the set.

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This was the final result.

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Tera dhyan kidhar hai, Varun?

Yesterday, Varun Dhawan found himself stopped in traffic, as Mumbaikars often do. Since he's famous and all, he was spotted by a fan in a rickshaw.

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Being the nice chappie that he is, he offered her an even better photo than she had planned: he took her phone and took selfies of them!

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Today, Mid-Day reported the cutesy incident, so all of Dhawan's fans could ooh, aah, and aww at his impromptu show of kindness.

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And, of course, everyone was pretty ready to laugh at the actor's expense.

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To Dhawan's credit, he understood the gravity of the situation and apologised.

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But Mumbai Police were NOT ready to relent. They took the shade up a notch, to outer space levels.

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And nobody can handle it.

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Thanks for keeping us both safe and entertained, cops!

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You’re welcome for this fix of nostalgia.

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Yeah, that video is fake.

This is a young Delhi-based boy, Kamlesh. He was one of many interviewed about the rampant issue of drug addiction in the capital for a documentary titled Nashebaaz: The Dying People of Delhi.

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He went viral on the Indian internet in a clip where he spoke about his addiction to "solution" or white ink.

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Unfortunately, the boy's virality spurned into an incredibly insensitive meme as well.

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Many have called out the trend for being problematic.

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Vlogger Divyanshu Damani approached the director of the documentary, Dheeraj Sharma, last month to find out what he thought of the ridiculous trend.

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Earlier today, this video of a sixth grader who said his name was "Kamlesh" went viral, with the uploader claiming that he was now doing better.

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And while many were excited to see him looking healthy and well adjusted, some were sceptical.

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Director Sharma confirmed to Being Indian that the new video wasn't authentic, as the real Kamlesh must be "at least 17–18 years old by now".

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Moral of the story: Don't believe everything you see on the internet.

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