The Philox

Emergency Cut Down Model Takes Shape The financial realities of accepting the 2026 Commonwealth Games at short notice hit the Glasgow organizers hard. Victoria in Australia withdrew from hosting the event in 2023 citing projected costs way over the original estimations. With no other country ready to take on the mammoth task of hosting without … Read more

Big Change in the Lead Role! It came as a surprise to many in the Mumbai film industry over the weekend. Following the release of reports across entertainment websites last week on the third installment of the Kahaani film franchise, it was announced in late July 2026 that the much anticipated third part will not … Read more

A Casual Stroll on City Streets Sometimes a single photo does what months of official PR statements fail to do. That is exactly what happened on Friday evening in New York City. Actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were simply walking down a pavement when a local fan walked up to them. There were … Read more

The surprising New York import This small, claustrophobic room in New YorkCity– the Criterion Closet – has beenshe the stuff of film buff fantasies. Directors walk in empty-handed, pick their favorite classic DVDs from theshelves. Late July,Christopher Nolanslipped in. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. Nolan … Read more

Social media audience for Pearle Maaney sinks, post sparks outrage – What happened? For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. In just 48 hours, over 3,00,000 people unfollowed Pearle Maaney on Instagram. Here’s why. Pearle Maaney who is best-known as a television anchor, actor and a former … Read more

Released on July 24, 2026, The India Story highlights an immediate and disturbing problem of public health – the slow poisoning of the food we consume through unchecked overuse of pesticides and agricultural chemicals. Though it has been labeled an “obligatory watch for every citizen” through promotional efforts and its social media buzz, many reviews … Read more

Disney Cars. The film is about Cars, yes you did read that right, Cars. Just normal everyday cars driving down the road doing what they do. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. They run their daily lives or they used to, now they are part of … Read more

The talk of the 72nd National Awards was undeniably Article 370. The political thriller grabbed the award for Best Feature Film and Yami Gautam Dhar took home the award for Best Actress for her turn as intelligence officer Zooni Haksar. It was a defining moment for the team and a clear victory for mainstream cinema. … Read more

Nobody saw this specific number coming. You often hear whispers in the trade of actors boosting their prices. Sometimes it’s for 100 crore. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. Sometimes 150. But 325 crore for a singular project is just an entirely different calculation. Ranveer Singh … Read more

You are absolutely on the right track about the exciting news but just need to tweak the timeframe a tad! Yes, it is true that Samantha Ruth Prabhu is pregnant with her first child and that the father is none other than the filmmaker Raj Nidimoru. But, instead of an August arrival, official sources and … Read more

The whole thing really kicked off with a massive, embarrassing security screw-up. Just a few days before Sony and Marvel finally dropped the official second trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, a brutally-butchered clip somehow found its way online. First it was bootleg audio, apparently ripped directly from a YouTube stream. Then came a barrage … Read more

You walk into a pharmacy, your throat is a scratchy inferno and you ask for a bottle of cough syrup. You’re told you need a prescription. That’s the new India reality right now. The Union Health Ministry slammed the doors on over-the-counter liquid cough medicine last week by making an amendment to a decades-old law. … Read more

Trying to log into Telegram in India today might leave you hitting a digital brick wall. The central government imposed a temporary block on the app, immediately shutting down access for millions of users across the country until at least June 22. The immediate cause of the lockout is the massive debacle that has plagued … Read more

This isn’t exactly an original thought, but the landscape of stand-up comedy in India, used to just require a microphone and good timing, now needs a PR agency and an attorney on speed dial. The modern stand-up circuit is a perilous wasteland of thin-skinned, perpetually outraged people who will tear down a performer based on … Read more

This colossal check cemented HCLTech’s place as the lead strategic investor in a $234 million funding round. Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Peak XV also pitched in, and even Nvidia made an appearance. The whole affair propelled Sarvam’s post-money valuation to a mind-boggling $1.5 billion, officially birthing India’s newest tech unicorn on June 15, … Read more

Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 on June 9, 2026, and the software industry declared it a giant leap forward. Developers quickly embraced it. And then, on the evening of Friday, June 12, 2026 at 5:21pm ET, doors slammed shut. Just three days after its release, the US government, in a sudden export control directive, forbade … Read more

Gullak launched in 2019, from The Viral Fever and subsequently picked up by SonyLIV. This was unusual because digital streaming platforms were spending millions of rupees on slick dark crime thrillers and magnum opus political dramas, while audiences watched fake gangsters shoot it out in the badlands of Uttar Pradesh. Then Shreyansh Pandey came along … Read more

The high-profile matrimonial dispute between Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and his estranged wife, Sangeetha Sornalingam, remains unresolved. Reports claiming that the Chengalpattu Family Welfare Court has officially confirmed or finalized their divorce are legally incorrect. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. The case … Read more

Maddock Films and Luv Films bet heavily on this one, pouring a whopping 150 crores into its production. The movie is scheduled to release on June 19th, starring Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, and Rashmika Mandanna in what is being billed as a spiritual successor to the 2012 hit “Cocktail.” Homi Adajania returns to the director’s … Read more

Though the government is touting the new signed agreement on E100 (100% ethanol) fuel regulations as a master stroke for reducing the country’s massive 22 trillion fossil fuel import bill and also benefiting the farming community, the reality for the average motorist on the street is starkly different. The new policy seems like an additional … Read more

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India unleashed a torrent of notices at the food industry. Fifteen different brands were slapped with formal warnings over the weekend. The controversy hinges on what names and marketing taglines companies are slapping on their products. According to the food regulator, this is designed to dupe consumers directly. … Read more

At Gate 4 at Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, flashes burst to life. It was late Sunday night, and reporters were stationed for the customary star departures that always happen at this time: another actor heading to a fashion show, another off to a brand endorsement event. But the journalists present were stunned. Abhishek … Read more

The digital outrage cycle moves fast. Almost too fast. Just days ago, social media was entirely consumed by the Pranit More controversy. The “370 rupees biryani” incident sparked a massive debate about entitlement, misogyny, and what actually passes for crowd work in comedy clubs these days. It started when an audience member, Himanshu Jangra, bragged … Read more

This level of casting change you just never get to see unfold in real-time. When rumors first dropped of Shah Rukh Khan joining the hyper-anticipated Rajinikanth vehicle that is Jailer 2, the internet quite literally nearly broke itself. It was a guaranteed box-office gold mine, the two biggest stars in Indian cinema sharing a frame-it … Read more

The Crazy Math Behind a Rom-Com The numbers coming out from Cocktail 2 are truly astronomical, at the moment. It is due to be released in the theaters on the 19th of June, 2026. Whilst we expected a fun continuation to the 2012 original, nobody predicted that a romantic comedy would come with a whopping … Read more

Nora Fatehi just played a super smart business move. We all know that Nora Fatehi is arguably one of the biggest names on the Indian entertainment scene today. So, of course, if you ask her to dance at an awards function or lip-sync and shake her assets in a huge Bollywood music video, you’d better … Read more

The math makes absolutely zero sense. Absolutely none. You have a movie made for 750,000 dollars by someone who previously made YouTube videos now beating out the biggest Marvel movie in history and rewriting the rule book at the box office. We’ve got Obsession’s crazy numbers. They’re here, and it’s madness. For advertisement on our … Read more

People are genuinely furious right now. Ram Charan is a massive star. His fan base is fiercely loyal. They usually defend him against everything. But his latest movie has completely fractured that loyalty. The movie is called Peddi. It came out on June 4. Buchi Babu Sana directed it. It is a sports drama set … Read more

Huma Qureshi finally confirmed it, and the internet is exploding. The actress took to her Instagram handle on Saturday, and dropped something none of us saw coming. The 38-year-old actress dropped a series of pictures of Rachit Singh, her rumored boyfriend, along with a whoppingly long caption for him – a heartfelt note essentially launching … Read more