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Sara Ali Khan signs her third flick

After the rip-roaring success of her second outing Simmba (2018), which has racked up over ₹ 240 crores domestically and is still running successfully in many theatres, everyone wants to know what Sara Ali Khan is doing next.

Recently, newspapers and entertainment portals were flooded with reports that she had agreed to star in filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s next Love Aaj Kal 2. However, the latest update on the project is that she has walked out of it due to her concerns over the script.


Now, we hear that the newcomer has given her nod to star in filmmaker Kannan Iyer’s next directorial venture. Iyer is known for his 2014 supernatural thriller Ek Thi Daayan, starring Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan, Konkona Sen Sharma and Huma Qureshi in lead roles.

According to a source, the filmmaker is presently developing a biopic. Though nothing much is out regarding the film and also the person on whom it is based, the source reveals it will have the backing from Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions.

If all goes well, the project will roll in August.

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Britain moves to ban porn showing sexual strangulation

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What Britain’s ban on strangulation porn really means and why campaigners say it could backfire

Highlights:

  • Government to criminalise porn that shows strangulation or suffocation during sex.
  • Part of wider plan to fight violence against women and online harm.
  • Tech firms will be forced to block such content or face heavy Ofcom fines.
  • Experts say the ban responds to medical evidence and years of campaigning.

You see it everywhere now. In mainstream pornography, a man’s hands around a woman’s neck. It has become so common that for many, especially the young, it just seems like part of sex, a normal step. The UK government has decided it should not be, and soon, it will be a crime.

The plan is to make possessing or distributing pornographic material that shows sexual strangulation, often called ‘choking’, illegal. This is a specific amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill. Ministers are acting on the back of a stark, independent review. That report found this kind of violence is not just available online, but it is rampant. It has quietly, steadily, become normalised.

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