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29-07-2025
- Entertainment
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‘Your Love Keeps It Alive': Madhur Bhandarkar Celebrates ‘Wonderful' 8 Years Of Indu Sarkaar
Last Updated: Indu Sarkar explores the Emergency period of 1975-77, focusing on its impact on individuals and society. Indu Sarkar, Madhur Bhandarkar's 2018 political thriller featuring Kirti Kulhari, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Supirya Vinod and Anupam Kher, has completed its eight years today, July 28, 2025. To mark the occasion, director Madhur penned a heartfelt note emphasising how the film is even loved today on the OTT platforms, which 'truly warms the heart." On X, Madhur dropped a poster of the film and wrote, 'It's been 8 wonderful years since the release of the film #InduSarkar. Seeing it still passionately loved on Prime Video and JioHotstar truly warms my heart. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your unwavering love keeps it alive!" It's been 8 wonderful years since the release of the film #InduSarkar. Seeing it still passionately loved on @PrimeVideoIN & @JioHotstar truly warms my heart. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your unwavering love keeps it alive! ❤️ Indu Sarkar Storyline: Backed by Bharat Shah and Madhur himself, the film also featured Tota Roy Chowdhary, Sheeba Chadha, Rashmi Thackeray, Manav Vij, Abhinav Sharma and Zakur Hussain in significant roles. Set against the backdrop of the Indian Emergency period (1975-1977), the film follows the life of a woman named Indu Sarkar (played by Kirti Kulhari). It portrays Indu, an orphan who stammers and struggles with confidence, as she navigates her life during this tumultuous period in India's history. The narrative intertwines her personal journey with the political climate of the Emergency, highlighting the suspension of democratic rights and the government's attempts to control the population. Despite positive word of mouth from the audience and critics alike, the film failed to perform at the box office. However, it received its due credit after the film streamed on the OTT platforms. Madhur Bhandarkar's Upcoming Projects: The director is currently busy shooting for his next film, The Wives, which will explore the untold stories behind the lives of Bollywood's star wives. It features an ensemble cast including Mouni Roy, Sonali Kulkarni, Regina Cassandra, Rahul Bhatt, Saurabh Sachdeva, Arjan Bajwa, and Freddy Daruwala. top videos View all Speaking about the film, Madhur earlier said in a statement, 'With The Wives, I hope to peel into another beautiful layer of society and reveal what lies beneath. This film will take a strong, unabashed look at the secrets, challenges, and the strength of women who are frequently seen but rarely heard." The official release date of The Wives is yet to be announced. view comments 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.
Hindustan Times
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
A 19th century panopticon on gracious Seshadri Road
It has struck half-past-2025, but only just, so let us linger a tad in June, to talk about three events that happened in three long-ago Junes. One was the Indian Emergency, declared half a century ago on June 25. The second and third are connected to two individuals, specifically to their deaths; the first, English philosopher and jurist Jeremy Bentham, passed on 6 June, 1832, aged 84, and the second, Bentham's much younger Scottish secretary, collaborator and devoted acolyte, James Mill, on 23 June, 1836. The plan of Jeremy Bentham's panopticon prison was drawn by Willey Reveley in 1791. (HT photo) Let's begin with James Mill, born Milne, whose magnum opus, The History of British India (1818), is arguably the most influential colonial history of the region. A staunch advocate of utilitarianism, a branch of ethical philosophy that advocates actions which bring about the greatest good for the greatest number, Mill believed implicitly that British actions in the subcontinent were justified. In the longest essay in the book, a 10-chapter denouncement titled 'Of the Hindoos', he describes Indian society as barbaric, dismisses Indians as incapable of self-government, and declares that 'insincerity, mendacity, perfidy and (…) venality' are innate in Hindus and Muslims. Considering that he had never visited India, Mill was reaching here, but his standing as a historian ensured that his book became an instant bestseller and the primary source of the deep Indophobia that persisted until Indian Independence. It also garnered him a plum position in the East India Company (EIC), from which he was able to impact imperial policy in India, including our own city. (Mill's son, John Stuart Mill, 'the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the 19th century', also an EIC man, redressed his dad's excesses somewhat by having the grace to be conflicted about imperialism.) On to Mills' guru, Jeremy Bentham. A radical liberal and utilitarian, as woke as they came in the 18th century, he pushed for the abolition of slavery, equal rights for women, decriminalization of homosexuality, freedom of expression, and animal rights (to give him credit, Mills advocated for all these as well). But Bentham's passion was prison reform, including the abolition of capital punishment, better conditions for prisoners, and the engagement of inmates in useful and profitable work, all of this to be accomplished at the least cost to the state. Towards this end, he spent long years designing his dream prison, the Panopticon, Greek for 'all-seeing'. The Panopticon design involved a central watch tower, from which a single prison officer could observe the goings-on in the individual cell blocks that were ranged radially around the tower in a wide circle. Clearly, the officer could not watch every block all the time, but the fact that he was in an eyrie above the sightline of the prisoners meant that inmates could not tell when they were being watched. That, Bentham argued, would result in self-policing, thus reducing the cost of manpower. Unfortunately, despite Bentham's best efforts, the Panopticon prison, reviled by later thinkers as a metaphor for Big Brother totalitarianism, never got built in his home country. But it did in our city, in 1866, in the shape of the Bangalore Central Jail (now Freedom Park). Among its famous inmates during the independence movement was the second chief minister of Karnataka, Kengal Hanumanthaiah. The Panopticon as a symbol of the oppressive state was realised during the Emergency, when prominent Jan Sangh leaders like AB Vajpayee and LK Advani were put away in the Banglore Jail for months on end. More tragically, it was also where one of the first martyrs of the Emergency, activist and actress Snehalatha Reddy, who played Chandri in the National Award-winning Kannada film Samskara based on the novel by UR Ananthamurthy, was imprisoned and tortured for eight long months with no proof of guilt. (Roopa Pai is a writer who has carried on a longtime love affair with her hometown Bengaluru)
News18
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Kangana Ranaut Gives A Virtual Tour Of Her Delhi MP House
Last Updated: The actress was seen spending the day with her family, including Ritu Ranaut, her sister-in-law and nephews. Kangana Ranaut's new address has been changed to the MP House in Delhi. Kangana, who began her political career in 2024 has become the Member of Parliament from Mandi, after winning the elections in 2024. Recently, on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, the actress moved to her new address and took to her Instagram to share glimpses of her housewarming puja. The actress shared a video of the housewarming puja and captioned it, 'Finally got some time to shift to Delhi MP House." The actress donned a cream-coloured silk saree with thick red borders and paired it with a high-neck blouse. For jewellery, the actress went with traditional gold pieces and tied her hair in a bun. She was seen spending the day with her family, including Ritu Ranaut, her sister-in-law and nephews. In one of her stories, the actress was seen praising interior designer Darshini as she wrote, 'It was not easy to restore a century-old MP House, thanks dear @design_by_darshini for doing this." In the video, the actress showed a sneak peek into her house. The halls were filled with artworks and Kangana's larger-than-life portrait added a unique charm to the house. The actress has been on the news recently claiming the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board had handed her a bill of Rs 1 lakh for a month. Later the electricity board addressed the matter stating that Kangana was a defaulter in clearing previous dues, hence the bill was for two months which amounted to more than Rs 90,000. On the work front, the actress was last seen in Emergency, a biography based on Indira Gandhi during the Indian Emergency period. The actress has wrapped up shooting for her next film with R. Madhavan under the direction of AL Vijay. Kangana took to social media to post a picture with the whole team and captioned it, 'Most amazing experience to work with really humble and supportive Suresh sir." The duo was last seen in the superhit film Tanu Weds Manu. First Published:
