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AR Rahman says it took him years to feel like an insider in Bollywood, also admitted he has lost work in Bollywood and feels it maybe communal.

AR Rahman admits he has lost work in Bollywood in the last 8 years: ‘Maybe it’s a communal thing; people who are not creative have the power now’

AR Rahman confesses he felt like an outsider even in Hindi cinema even after doing the Mani Ratnam trilogy and Rangeela. He also speaks about losing work in the Hindi film industry during the last eight years.

Dev Anand once asked Shah Rukh Khan to quit smoking.

‘Shah Rukh, tu smoke kyu karta hai?’: Dev Anand scolded SRK for smoking despite being ‘such a nice boy’; didn’t recognise Gauri Khan

Dev Anand's close friend recalled an interaction between him and Shah Rukh Khan, where the yesteryear superstar asked the latter to quit smoking.

Shah Rukh Khan's King, Vijay's Jana Nayagan and Ranbir Kapoor’s Ramayana

IMDb’s most anticipated films 2026: Shah Rukh Khan’s King rules as Ramayana and Jana Nayagan follow; Toxic trumps Dhurandhar 2

Among IMDb’s top 20 most anticipated Indian films of the year 2026 are 10 Hindi films, five Telugu films, three Tamil films, one Malayalam film, and one Kannada film. The list is topped by Shah Rukh Khan's King, his first release in over 2 years.

Technology

The reduced price is a substantial drop from the iPhone 17's initial launch price of Rs. 82,900 for the base 256GB storage option. Apple introduced the iPhone 17 in India and other countries in September 2025. (Image: Express Image)

Flipkart Republic Day sale from January 17; iPhone 17 drops below Rs 75,000

Google launches new initiative to help Indian AI startups scale for enterprise adoption

India’s AI market is projected to hit $126 billion by 2030 with over 47 per cent of enterprises already moving pilots into production, as per a new report by Google India.

And being an AI companion connected to the Internet via the smartphone, it has answers for anything that could be bugging you, from what the plant you just saw in the park to a more academic need to understand the marginal propensity to consume. (Image: The Indian Express/ Nandagopal Rajan)

I wore the New Ray-Ban Meta Glasses 2 for two weeks: Here is why they might finally replace your smartphone

With features like these coming to your glasses, there will soon be very little need to peer into a smartphone, other than to consume content like video and play games.

Bathinda News

Bathinda: One burnt alive after three buses go up in flames

Private fire tender purchased by local first responder at scene, helps contain blaze from spreading

Punjab: 25-year-old man dies of ‘drug overdose’ in Bathinda villageSubscriber Only

A Bhartiya Kisan Union-Ugrahan leader says the drug menace is a serious challenge for the new government because the people have high expectations of it.

Parted 70 years, brothers ask for visa: ‘Let us spend rest of lives together’Subscriber Only

Seventy-four years after the border split the two Punjabs, leaving Sikka and his mother on one side and his elder brother Sadiq Khan and father in the Pakistani part – never to be together again – all it took for the search to end was a video shared on social media.