varun dhawan is one of bollywood's biggest stars, who sees change afoot in bollywood cinema.ou know, we have songless thrillers, we have films that talk about so many different things about the justice system, we talk about women empowerment, we talk about the scientific achievements of india, so i think indian cinema is really taking a step forward in the right direction. do you think it is important then that these films, these bollywood films, do address real issues? although it is escapism, they are touching on issues that mean a lot to indians? that is what the audience is accepting now. nobody wants to see just a frivolous film or a mild film, they want to see something being said. you have to stand for something eventually. that is what people are enjoying, those are the type of films i am picking up. i want to do a film where i look great, there will be dancing, entertain people, comedy, action, but the film has to eventually say something, it has to hit upon a topic which moves people. bollywood movies have a huge following of course in india and the diaspora, and th

it is not a bollywood habit, it is an india habit. up say the movement's momentum has slowed. i now realise a year later that this was more of a social movement, and legally we still need to progress and evolve at a far greater pace. producer and director vinta nanda came out last year accusing veteran actor alok nath of rape in 1999. her court case against him continues, but in january, nath he was given bail without being arrested, with the court ruling he could have been framed. some working in the industry are frustrated with how unequal the movement has been. some have very openly gone back to work. some have not. and these things are all very much to do with, you know, how powerful certain individuals are, and what other powerful people they know and what the network is. in the aftermath of it all, konkona sen sharma joined a collective of 11 women filmmakers who promise not to work with proven offenders. so what more needs to be done? film sets and film productions have become more inclusive spaces, definitely, and there are fa

sexism in bollywood. .. media... spreading across india... sexism in bollywood... i would say it's a bollywood habit, it's an india habit. when your own, those who say the movement's momentum has slowed. i now realise a year later that this was more of a social movement, and legally we still need to progress and evolve at a far greater pace. this producer and director came out last year accusing a veteran actor of rape in 1989. his lawyers denied the allegations and filed a defamation case against her. action. some working in the industry are frustrated at hunt unequal the movement has been. some have very openly gone back to work. some haven't. and these things are all very much to do with, you know, how powerful certain individuals are. when it comes to assessing india's metoo movement on the film industry, thejury is metoo movement on the film industry, the jury is still very much out. some say the momentum is waning and more needs to be done. but others working in the film industry say they are seeing changes onset that better protect women. production houses h

bollywood had its me to dominic too moment,.made us a little more aware that it may not happen to dominic so easily 01’ may not happen to dominic so easily or with such flippancy or with men dominated zone, so i think that was a good thing, and a hope that sticks around. do you think there has been really significant change as a result of the #metoo movement?” think awareness has happened and it will make a big change, because people now are wary, worried, and a little scared, and it should not be taken ina little scared, and it should not be taken in a way... nobody takes it for granted anymore, let me end it at that. people see you ultimately asa at that. people see you ultimately as a performer, have you ever thought of directing at all? would that interest you? i would, thought of directing at all? would that interest you? iwould, buti find being a director, and an honest director a very lonelyjob. i think it is the singular most lonelyjob anyone can do. here you are, kind of playing god, you are making a film, you are telli

shah rukh khan's first bollywood film was the action romance drama deewana in 1992.or playing antiheroes, villainous characters — the first role of that ilk was in baazigar in 1993. yet it is for his work in a series of romantic films for which he is best known. born a muslim and married to a hindu, he has become a unifying figure in india, at a time when there are few. and he has won 14 filmfare awards, the hindi film industry's equivalent of the oscars. our invited audience, made up of loyal shah rukh khan fans, were eager to hear what he had to say. all right, now for the moment everyone has been waiting for. we have a great guest of honour here tonight, who i am going to interview. let's have a big round of applause for shah rukh khan! cheering and applause. you sit here. thank you very much. on behalf of talking movies, a very big welcome, especially on the occasion of our 20th anniversary, it really means a lot to have you here and to be able to talk to you. tell me, did you always want to be an actor? ok, so i, first i want to say thank you tom for having me h

shah rukh khan's first bollywood film was the action romance drama deewana in 1992.romantic films, for which he is best known. born a muslim and married to a hindu, he has become a unifying figure in india, at a time when there are few. and he has won 14 film their awards, the hindi film industry's equivalent of the oscars. our invited audience, made up of loyal shah rukh khan fans, were eager to hear what he had to say. all right, now for the moment everyone has been waiting for. we have a great guest of honour here tonight, who i am going to interview, let's have a great round of applause for shah rukh khan! cheering and applause. you sit here. thank you very much. on behalf of talking movies, a very big welcome, especially on the occasion of our 20th anniversary, it really means a lot to have you here and to be able to talk to you. tell me, did you always want to be an actor? ok, so i, first i want to say thank you tom for having me here this evening, and ifully respect the wonderfulness of talking movies that you've created at the bbc, but i came here only to see

bollywood has often focused on a social issues. in some circles for discussing male privilege, consent and the abuse of power. in some circles for discussing male privilege, consent and the abuse of power. india's film industry is among the biggest in the world, so metoo has forced many to reflect on at the impact of the movement. some women did speak out, and they did suffer very publicly, in the sense that you didn't get much work. the day that it works out is when i say, yes, change is now taking place. the greatest taste is where the film industry's metoo that they've made goes from here, and whether it has generally made india's sets and workplaces safer for women. the winner of the world's most famous and important contemporary art prize — the turner prize — will be announced later this evening. four artists are shortlisted for the prestigous award and our arts correspondent rebecca jones has been exploring their work which is displayed at the turner contemporary in margate. they are, said the great british painterjmw turner,

they want to see their bollywood stars, but playing a different role in a series, not your typical bollywoodcers who know that market well so they can make interesting content for that indian customer some of them them want to watch ""game of thrones."" maybe the ex-pat >> the reason netflix is investing hundreds of millions of dollars if local content, not just in india but other markets around the world, is it doesn't want to seem like a foreign company offering foreign content. yes, there will always business these shows that do phenomenally well around the world, oftentimes surprising fet flicks i think what netflix is hoping to do is to seem like a local player with local content players and also have the added been of shows elsewhere around the world that happen to do well i think the key for success is having a product in the same price range as other products, also with similar content that doesn't seem like an outsider. >> that would be challenging for netflix. >> thank you, appreciate it, guys >>> and coming up, today's biggest movers on wall street what to watch ahead of the open.

that we failed to make our country safe for women and girls and then this from a fan account of bollywood star the shop attorney who says there's no better way to depict women in india and this. and the democrats want to name a shot jess well joins me now from a deli with more let me show this piece seems to have hit a note of across the country why's that. well british one of the reasons could be that the gruesome and shocking details that are emerging about this case are sparking this outrage and protests have broken out across the country just the pre-planned nature of this assault these men who gang raped the veterinarian had actually seen oz before the assault and had planned out how to assault talk how to decide they had even damaged could so that they could take advantage of her isolation and just the details that have him was the fact that she was that she was raped and then she was suffocated and killed and then burnt under the bridge it's just been completely morbid and shocking and the more details that have the most the more disturbed people have been and the fact that law enf

you know dakoda bollywood why she. smiles be. our guest maybe a few weeks later. we learned that we were looking for the wrong for the loot. for dad because he was with those you know only could be be looking for him. out that he either personally committed a crime in the year. after the crime was commuting i mean it was. a nice little scene the state or the police 1st became aware of her own morgan because of rumors that were circulating. about who was the gunman and then as a result of that the police took a photograph of jerome from his high school yearbook and created a photo lineup and showed it to be key witness in the case if the police did turn out. we need to occur here pick out a picture of jerome or know it was our 3rd person in the news or come pick oprah shrewder. news or. more of the case to grab some media attention i mean it's a shooting in a 16 year old's sweet 16 birthday party so so i think the police just saw a lot of pressure to close the case i don't know. solve the case close the case and have somebody held responsible me out testify that je

the first time, they are supported by many residents, and even bollywood stars. >> we want to see one more issue. this will not be happening at all. early october, hundreds of trees were cut in the middle of the night and t te situation n got tense. people were arrested for protesting. at a rally of them with her husband. >> you like your cables hehere d stand d in line. yourr candles here and stand in line. >> according to the tradition, the tribe are there protectors. >> these arere unprecedented protesters -- protests. people of all ages took to the streets. it is up to our government to decide whether in the textbooks of future generations it wants to appear as the one who saved our planet or vice versa. we met the indian minister of environment, forest, and climate change. >> the carney: china has long been a surveillance state. now big brother meets big data. in trials across the coununtry, cameras and spyware are watching, mapping your digital footprint to every step you take. what you do, say, and even think is being monitored and marked against you. the party calls it social

he described finding her in the tunnel, i ran to her, i kissed her, it was like a bollywood movie.d he said the most sobering, sombre thing. he said, you know, no matter what they do to us, we will always find a way to live, to love, to laugh. we didn't make it in time, they were going to their favourite spot, there were some roman ruins, it is an area settlers often try to come to discourage them. and they say that they love to go specifically to that spot for that reason, and that they looked at yoga as in a resistance. the parkour boys, they lived in one of the refugee camps and the things that they could do, it was beautiful. flying, deftly using these ugly walls as a springboard of freedom. it was his remark on the absurdity he knew the joke that was being implied and he was playing at it. and it's wonderful. in the middle east, it's just as prevalent, and humour is — it allows you surprising places. whether you are dealing withjews, armenians, lebanese, black humour is very endemic to the region as a survival coping mechanism. so i succeed if it leaves you just slightly doubt

bollywood often portrays investigative journalists as knights in shining armor risking it all to protect the truth is that legal what is it is that we do it for a living. we don't. leave the country. doing my job you never want to. hear because i think you're going to tell this story we're going to tell it right and reality though snooping around the lives of influential people could have serious repercussions it could land you in trouble even if we're talking about hollywood royalty like ronan farrow he was essential to the new yorker's 2017 investigation into rape allegations against harvey weinstein the same one that received the pulitzer prize and through the me too movement into the mainstream before his journalism career farrow worked as a lawyer at one point serving under the then secretary of state hillary clinton as her advisor for global youth issues they made quite the team that is until farah began digging into weinstein's dirty laundry did you feel pressure from hillary clinton on and her staff raised concerns about the fact that i was working on this story about one of her

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coming up at 10:30am, to mark the 20th anniversary of talking movies, tom brooke meets our prolific bollywood with less than a week to go until polls open, the main political party leaders are continuing to push their election pledges to voters. conservative leader borisjohnson says thursday's poll is "historic" and a choice to "move forwards" after brexit. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says he has "the most ambitious plan to transform our country in decades". our political correspondent susana mendonca joins me. good morning. they are all out and about, the party leaders doing interviews, campaign visits, that last push. we have seen the pool narrowing, so a last push. we have seen the pool narrowing, so a reason last push. we have seen the pool narrowing, so a reason why they would all be affected by that. but that the prime minister have to say this morning? is the matter is now not just get this morning? is the matter is now notjust get brexit done, but allow us notjust get brexit done, but allow us to move on to do other things? yes, he wants to pitch a conservative government that w

and talking movies celebrates its 20th anniversary by travelling to mumbai for a bollywood special.rime minister has promised tougher sentences for violent offenders following the attack on london bridge on friday. ministers have launched an urgent review of the licence conditions of every convicted terrorist who has been freed from prison amid criticism of the attacker‘s early release from prison. usman khan, who killed two people and injured three others, before he was shot dead by police, had been released halfway through a 16—year sentence he was serving for his role in an al-qaeda inspired plot. he was out on licence and wearing an electronic tag when he started attacking people at a conference on prisoner rehabilitation. borisjohnson told the bbc‘s andrew marr that automatic early release of criminals would end. (tx he was sentenced under labour's system that allowed him to be released automatically having served only eight years and when the judges reviewed his case in 2012 they determined that he could come out effectively after only eight years. your government got rid of v

this is the news live from bollywood the pro-democracy rallies in hong kong over the not just crowds in the monks organizers say 800000 people took part in what they called a last chance for the city's pro beijing government to correspondent has to do says also coming off a major foreign goal to sack street in india's capital day the early morning blaze least 40 people dead most of the workers who were sleeping inside the building time people a better restate to the streets of amman.

but this isn't a music video or even a bollywood movie this.f new delhi, india's bustling capital city of nearly 30 million. among all the food, fireworks and fanfare centuries old traditions like arranged marriages remain alive and well. this couple were only acquaintances but six months ago both agreed to the union and sumid flu to canada and proposed. you guys never dated. >> never. >> a lot of americans might ask is this love? >> i think for me it's arrange, come love, come marriage. in the six months we fell into such a great place that now i can just say you know that love him a lot. >> i love her too. >> reporter: for many young couples in india theirctarranga at the these headquarters. its founder -- ia we often say don't marry an individual, you marry the family. >> do people find love? >> this is -- this is a great question because we're going to get very philosophical but in india it is a stage of life. we go through childhood. we go through adolescence and then we go through what is called the domestic stage of life before you retir

or as i call it, planet bollywood. naming me one of their 30 under 30 to watch. raj... congratulations. that's incredible. excuse me, 30 what under 30 what to watch what?

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the public psyche and in the public discussion domain and therefore now we're seeing messages from bollywood stars and from politicians and civil society across the country saying we have to keep that meant we have to keep pressure on the government and keep this forefront in this in the supreme court's mind when they reconvene after the christmas and new year recess to consider the rules that have to be written around the law which they have requested the government to present to them once those rules have been digested you might say by the supreme court judges they will then ask all the petitioners that are complaining about the new law and the government to hear their arguments in court on january the 22nd so heller from now till the ice only assuming from what we can see and the way people are talking to us that and that so there will be passionate about the fact that india's constitution india's secular could ensure olds are under threat and something has to be done and this law has to be removed so expect more demonstrations expect more public anger and a very very strong victory ali g