Ananya Ghosh

The De De Pyaar De 2 actor also rated Shahid Kapoor over Hrithik Roshan as his favourite dancing star

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Meezan Jaffri Picks Dad Jaaved Jaaferi Over Prabhu Deva

Yami Gautam Dhar has not only given her career-best performance but her portrayal of the soft-spoken but fiercely resilient Shazia Bano in Haq is undoubtedly one of the best performances we have seen in Indian cinema this year. From a shy and blushing young bride, to an opinionated homemaker, to her trying her best to come to terms with her husband’s second marriage, to her becoming an indefatigable woman seething with anger and humiliation resilient to fight for her and her children’s rights upon being left by the husband to fend for herself—Yami is impeccable and seamless in each phase of Shazia Bano’s character arc.&nbsp;<img src="https://d12d6l12s3d372.cloudfront.net/Stills_4_a40def88ce.jpg" alt="Stills (4).jpg">&nbsp;Yami has always been a competent, if underrated actor, having proven her acting prowess in the very first Hindi movie Vicky Donor (2012). She went on to prove her versatility and range in movies like Article 370 (2024), OMG 2 (2023), A Thursday (2022), Bala (2019), and Kaabil (2017). But with Haq she completely hits it out of the park, especially in the last courtroom monologue. Replete with a stutter here, a mid-sentence- break there as she finds herself getting overwhelmed and tries to find her courage and voice back to go on, she imbues Shazia with a dignified defiance that not only grounds the character but also ensures she organically inhabits the space where women are not supposed to have a voice, let alone take one’s husband to court.&nbsp;<img src="https://d12d6l12s3d372.cloudfront.net/Whats_App_Image_2025_11_11_at_11_59_34_ee0e3ab3_5a65fdb6de.jpg" alt="WhatsApp Image 2025-11-11 at 11.59.34_ee0e3ab3.jpg">&nbsp;Although if the movie was about the real Shah Bano, Yami might have been a miscast as the real Bano was 62 years old when she got divorced and started her legal battle with her ex-husband, but as the fictional Bano, she fits the role to the T. Maybe being an introvert, Yami knows the art of silent rebellion. But it is also her inner fire that makes Shazia a voice that the nation is made to sit up and take note of. As I watch Yami complete disappear in Shazia, I remember her sister Surilie’s lines during one of our interviews: “Yeh kuch bhi karti hai, jee jaan laga deti hai.” Indeed. It shows.

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Yami Gautam Dhar’s 'Haq' Act Is One Of The Best Performances Bollywood Has Seen In 2025

From watching Shah Rukh Khan movies on repeat at single-screen theatres and getting smitten each time to shooting a Bollywood movie with him, this Dehradun boy has indeed come a long way. But Raghav Juyal, who gave a ‘killer’ breakthrough performance as an actor in 2023, is back in spotlight with Netflix’s The Ba***ds of Bollywood. His is the main-character energy and now he is ready to step into his leading-man era

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Raghav Juyal: Dare To Bare

25 underrated gems recommended by ace filmmakers

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The Definitive Binge List For Horror Nerds 

The charismatic, third-generation professional wrestler, has not only pivoted from being a blockbuster action-hero to a bonafide Hollywood actor with The Smashing Machine, ‘The Blue Chipper’ is also touted as the top contender for the Best Actor’s Oscar this year. Who would have thunk!

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Dwayne Johnson: The Making Of A Bonafide Actor

After a decade, the filmmaker, who picked up a National Award with his very first outing Thithi, has released his sophomore movie—Jugnuma: The Fable. Blending myth, magic, man-made wings, and the mundane, this hauntingly beautiful movie has already got the international festival audiences under its hypnotic charm

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Raam Reddy Decodes The Magic Realism Of His Sophomore Saga, Jugnuma: The Fable

With Saiyaara—the highest-grossing romantic film in Indian cinema history, and also the highest-grossing film led by debutants—dropping on Netflix this Friday, we delve into the sudden appearance of an unlikely star no one spotted in the horizon.

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Ahaan Panday: The Rise Of The First GenZ Star In Bollywood 

Katrina Kaif on time, timelessness, and the quiet elegance that defines both her life and Rado’s watches.

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Marriage Has Taught Me To Listen And  Understand Another Person’s Perspective Better: Katrina Kaif

2025 is definitely turning out to be the year of love and romance for Bollywood

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The Return Of Romance: Bollywood Swipes Right On Love 

With the Nadiadwala legacy turning 75 this year, we talk to the man who has not only turned NGE into one of Bollywood’s topmost production houses, but also seems to have managed to crack the coveted code of commercially successful massy entertainers&nbsp;