Entertainment
Richa Chadha opens up on her character of a sex worker in audio show ‘Baby Doll’
Bollywood actress Richa Chadha shares her experience of working in the audio show, ‘Baby Doll’ opposite Jaideep Ahlawat. The story revolves around a sex worker, Baby (Richa), her pain and revenge.
Richa says: “I play a character called Baby whose actual name is Babita Rani, and she is somebody who probably got trafficked when she was a child, and has been in this sort of trade against her will. She’s a commercial sex worker so she’s been in this trade for a while and she’s not happy.
“But she learned to live with her reality. And there’s still an assemblance of like, niceness and morality in her, even though she’s in one of the most looked down upon professions and as a character also.”
While talking about the USP of this audio show, the ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ actress shares: “I think the USP of the show will definitely be the story and the characters. The directors work very hard on creating this show. And I think that it’s got a cliffhanger approach across the whole 14-15 episodes.
“Even in the end it is kind of like, it ends on a note where you wonder whether there’ll be a season two or if this is the end of this character, and it’s kind of like the story of the underdog.”
On sharing about the challenges of narration and preparation for it, she says: “We did a lot of readings Ato get the character right because you know, this is how I normally talk and sound but when we have to do this like a hinterland Hindi character then it has to be real. She has to have a little crassness or little bit of course language also, she’s a sex worker. We have used words which typically you will not hear on camera or on radio. We’ve said words, and we’ve done things which typically you don’t get to see in a podcast or even on camera.”
You’ve played different roles. How you found this different from previous ones, she adds: “I’ve played a sex worker before, never for a podcast. It is very different in terms of this character’s throwing caution to the wind kind of attitude is what makes her a winner in my book. And that’s what will make the show on Audible also something that you can relate to you where you will feel funny, like after a few episodes that you are rooting for this character, even though you know, she doesn’t really fit the moral compass of most of the audience.”
The actress calls her overall experience of working in the podcast fulfilling, as she comments: “My experience of working on this was really quite incredible. We had good producers, both from Audible and the people who are handling it on their behalf from sound and vision. This is an original story. It’s really about, like the hinterland, and I really hope that people can, like enjoy it for what it is. It’s one of those pulpy novels, but now narrated through the voice of the female lead. And I think that’s what makes it really interesting.”
Richa, after debuting in a small role in the comedy film ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’, got a breakthrough with a supporting role in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’.
How she looks at her journey in the entertainment industry, the actress replies: “I feel like I’m just like, at the first quarter of my journey, to be honest. I’ve seen everything change so rapidly in the last 10 years since I’ve been active. And I think that it’s only going to get better. For true artists to actors, it’s a good time. And now that I’m entering into production and writing, it’s a very fulfilling phase because you can use more than just your face and your body, you know, you can see things in the world with the work you put out.”
About her upcoming projects, she reveals: “There’s ‘Fukrey 3’, which is a hugely successful franchise, which is what we’re currently shooting for. There are basically three films. I wish I could announce them right now but I can’t. I mean, I’m shooting one in July one after that, there’s one film on mental health and then there’s a crossover film in the UK. These are the confirmed projects. There’s of course S2 ‘A Great Indian Murder’ and things like that. So it’s going to be a full full full year.”
Like many celebs, she is keen on doing reality shows, the actress says: “What kind of reality show if it’s a reality show where you know like these two people go on highways and eat local street food Yeah, I’m game for that. But the reality show consists of me being in like captivity, like a house with other people and forcibly fighting with them or being locked up somewhere, that never, ever, ever!”
Written by Pravesh Bhardwaj, the audio show ‘Baby Doll’ is available on Audible.
Bollywood
Shah Rukh Khan says ‘Qaatil nahi… Aashiq hoon’ as he unveils new ‘King’ poster

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Tuesday treated his fans with a new poster of his upcoming film “King” and added a punchline saying ‘Qaatil nahi… Aashiq hoon’.
Shah Rukh took to Instagram, where he dropped the poster. The glimpse showed the superstar with a rose between his lips, holding a gun in his hand and an intense look in his eyes.The poster also had December 24, 2026 written on it.
Sharing the poster on social media, SRK wrote, “Aaj phir yaad aaya… Qaatil nahi Aashiq hoon #KING In cinemas 24.12.26.”
The upcoming Hindi action-thriller film King, directed by Siddharth Anand. It is reported to be an adaptation of the 1994 French crime film Léon: The Professional. The film also stars SRK’s daughter Suhana Khan. The primary antagonist is a dark and violent villain played by Abhishek Bachchan.
This will be the first time Shah Rukh will be seen sharing screen space with his daughter Suhana.
The film also stars Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Jaideep Ahlawat, Jackie Shroff, Raghav Juyal, and Abhay Verma. . The film is produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Marflix Pictures.
Other details related to the film are under wraps.
Suhana had made her acting debut with Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies in 2023, which was released digitally.
Shah Rukh was last seen on screen in Dunki, which released in 2023. The comedy-drama film based on the illegal immigration technique donkey flight, co-written, co-produced, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani.
It stars Taapsee Pannu, Shah Rukh Khan, Boman Irani, Anil Grover and Vikram Kochar alongside Vicky Kaushal in a special appearance. The filming locations included Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kashmir, Budapest, London, Jeddah and Neom. The film emerged as the fifth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2023 and the eighth highest-grossing Indian film of 2023.
Bollywood
Sonam Khan reveals she had a secret crush on Sanjay Dutt, says he was a co-star with a ‘heart of gold’

Actress Sonam Khan has revealed that she secretly had a huge crush on her co-star Sanjay Dutt but never confessed her feelings to him.
Sonam, who worked with Sanjay in “Kroadh”, shared a moment with the actor from the 1990 film. He described him as an amazing co-star with a heart of gold and said she would always cherish the memories of working with him in their films.
She wrote: “Finally, Sanju baba on my page! (the only actor I worked with, on who I secretly had a huge crush, he had no clue and I never told him) He was the most amazing co-star for me with a heart of gold! Will always cherish the amazing memories with #sanjubaba in all the movies I worked with him.”
Kroadh is a 1990 Indian Bollywood action film directed by Shashilal K. Nair. It stars Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Amrita Singh, and Sonam in pivotal roles.
The film follows Ajay and Vijay as they enter the world of crime simply to find their mother’s murderer. However, Ajay decides to join the police but cannot convince his brother to do the same.
Sonam Khan began her career with the Telugu film Samrat in 1987. She was launched in Hindi cinema by Yash Chopra in his directorial Vijay in 1988. She went on to star in several commercially successful films, including Tridev, Mitti Aur Sona, Kroadh, Kodama Simham, Ajooba, Fateh and Vishwatma.
She was last seen on screen in the 1994 film Insaniyat, an action thriller film directed by Ramanjit Juneja. The film features Amitabh Bachchan, Sunny Deol, Jaya Prada, Raveena Tandon, Chunky Panday, Sonam, Anupam Kher, Prem Chopra, Shafi Inamdar and in posthumous appearances Nutan & Vinod Mehra.
The film was touted as the only film in which Amitabh and Sunny had acted together. Eventually, it finished as an average grosser and the 12th highest-grossing film of 1994.
Bollywood
When Ajay Devgn talked about his equation with his late father: You think they are stupid

Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn appeared on the adventure reality show ‘Into The Wild With Bear Grylls’ back in 2021. During the episode, Ajay shared that children see their parents in a different light once they grow up. He added that their perspective especially changes once they have their own children.
Ajay also opened up about his relationship with his late father, Veeru Devgan.
Bear Grylls commenced the conversation by asking Ajay, “You have lost your dad recently.”
“Yes, two years ago,” said Ajay.
“So the last two years must have been very difficult,” Bear Grylls added.
Ajay explained how a person’s understanding of their parents can change as they grow up.
“It’s tough to lose parents, because you don’t care about them till the age of 20 in your life. You think they are stupid. They don’t know anything. You know everything,” he shared.
Ajay added, “Then when you have your own children, then you understand what parents are. They want the best for you. By then, it takes a lot of time to understand this.”
When Bear Grylls asked Ajay what had happened to his father, the ‘Golmaal’ actor said that his father suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. He added that his father also suffered many physical injuries while working on stunts in his films.
“Yes, he had Alzheimer’s,” Devgn said. “He had a lot of injuries due to stunts,” Ajay told Bear Grylls.
Recalling one particular incident, he added, “Once during the shooting, he had to go across a car, and he had an injury on his head.
Ajay explained that real cars were used for stunt sequences at the time, causing some serious injuries. “Because at that time, they used real glass. Now we use toughened glass. It also hurts. But the real glass hurts a lot.”
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