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4,283 Raghav Juyal to Play Meghnad in Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana From Dance India Dance to Kill's Fani, Raghav Juyal now takes on Ramayana's Meghnad in Nitesh Tiwari's epic. Why the casting matters. News 4,264 Karan Johar: Actors want everything but acting Filmmaker Karan Johar says lead actors increasingly demand casting control, campaign sign-offs and VFX answers while forgetting to act. News 4,237 Divya Dutta on Similar Roles, Saying No, and Chiraiya After Chiraiya, Divya Dutta says more scripts arrived but many were similar roles. She explains how saying no protects the yes she wants. News 4,196 Why Hindi Cinema Actors Now Chase Roles, Not Screens Streaming gives Hindi actors room for long-form complexity, while theatres still offer scale. The real change is that stars now move between both. News 4,176 Twinkle Arora to play a nepo kid in Junglywood Twinkle Arora moves from TV to the big screen with Junglywood, playing a privileged film-family role in Bollywood's nepotism debate. News 4,148 Radhika Apte’s Uncomfortable Telugu Role and Colorism Call-Out Radhika Apte recalls a Telugu role she hated—marrying her uncle and romancing an older actor—and calls out fair-skin casting in south cinema. News 4,045 Mihir Ahuja on Netflix’s Dilwali Diwali and Finding Home Actor Mihir Ahuja talks about leading Netflix's Punjabi family drama Dilwali Diwali and why home is not just a place, but the people who make us belong. Interviews 4,043 Amit Sadh: Box office is a double-edged sword before Pratap Amit Sadh says he tracks his films' collections daily and accepts that box office, not just Instagram followers, decides who stays in the food chain. News 3,820 Five Hindi-South Pairings to Watch From Ramayana to Varanasi Ranbir-Sai Pallavi, Prabhas-Triptii and more: the cross-industry castings reshaping Hindi and South cinema's 2026-27 slate. News

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