Forrest Gump Will Change Your Life | The Jaftaf Show 102
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In 1981 a feather lands at a bus stop in Savannah, Georgia, where Forrest Gump recounts his life story to strangers on a bus bench.
In 1950s Alabama, Forrest is fitted with leg braces to correct a curved spine. His mother runs a boarding house out of their home. Among their tenants is Elvis Presley, who incorporates Forrest's jerky dance movements into his performances. On his first day of school, Forrest befriends a girl named Jenny Curran.
Forrest is often bullied because of his physical disability and low intelligence. While fleeing from several bullies, his leg braces break off, revealing Forrest to be a very fast runner. This talent eventually allows him to receive a football scholarship at the University of Alabama in 1963, where he is coached by Bear Bryant, and witnesses Governor George Wallace's Stand in the Schoolhouse Door, during which he returns a dropped book to Vivian Malone Jones. Forrest becomes a top kick returner, is named to the All-American team, and meets President John F. Kennedy at the White House.
After graduating college in 1966, Forrest is drafted into the U.S. Army where he befriends Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue, who convinces Forrest to go into the shrimping business with him after their service. They arrive in Vietnam in 1967 and serve with the 9th Infantry Division in the Mekong Delta. Their platoon is ambushed during a patrol, Bubba is killed in action, and Forrest saves several wounded platoon mates – including his lieutenant, Dan Taylor. Forrest is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
At the anti-war March on the Pentagon rally, Forrest meets Abbie Hoffman and briefly reunites with Jenny, who has been living a hippie lifestyle. He also develops a talent for ping-pong, and becomes a sports celebrity as he competes against Chinese teams in ping-pong diplomacy, earning him an interview alongside John Lennon on The Dick Cavett Show, influencing the song "Imagine". He spends the 1971 New Year's Eve in New York City with Dan, who lost his legs in Vietnam and has become deeply embittered. Forrest meets President Richard Nixon, who grants him a room in the Watergate Hotel, where he unwittingly exposes the Watergate scandal.
Discharged from the Army, Forrest returns to Alabama and endorses a ping-pong paddle manufacturer, using the earnings to buy a shrimping boat in Bayou La Batre, fulfilling his promise to Bubba. Dan joins Forrest in 1974, and their lack of success changes when their boat becomes the sole survivor of Hurricane Carmen. They create the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Dan reconciles himself to his disabilities, and finally thanks Forrest for saving his life. Forrest returns home to his mother as she dies of cancer. Dan invests in Apple Computer and the two become millionaires, but Forrest also shares their earnings with the community and Bubba's family.
Jenny returns to stay with Forrest in 1976, recovering from years of child abuse, drugs, and prostitution. When Forrest proposes to her, she tells him she loves him and the two have sex, but she leaves the next morning. Heartbroken, Forrest spends the next three years in a relentless cross-country run.
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Why The Shawshank Redemption Is Life Changing | The Jaftaf Show 101
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In 1947, Portland, Maine, banker Andy Dufresne arrives at Shawshank State Prison to serve two consecutive life sentences for murdering his wife and her lover. He is befriended by Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, a contraband smuggler serving a life sentence, who procures for him a rock hammer and a large poster of Rita Hayworth. Assigned to work in the prison laundry, Andy is frequently raped by "the Sisters" gang, led by Bogs Diamond.
In 1949, Andy overhears the captain of the guards, Byron Hadley, complaining about being taxed on an inheritance and offers to help him shelter the money legally. After the Sisters beat Andy to near-death, Hadley cripples Bogs, who is subsequently transferred to a minimum security hospital; Andy is not attacked again. Warden Samuel Norton assigns Andy to the prison's decrepit library, ostensibly to assist elderly inmate Brooks Hatlen, but in reality, to use Andy's financial expertise in managing the warden's and other prison staff's finances. Andy also starts writing weekly letters to the state legislature, requesting funding to improve the library.
Brooks is paroled in 1954 after serving 50 years, but cannot adjust to the outside world and eventually hangs himself. After years of Andy's ceaseless letters, the legislature sends a library donation that includes a recording of The Marriage of Figaro; Andy plays an excerpt over the public address system, experiencing a moment of personal freedom before he is punished with solitary confinement. After his release, Andy explains to a dismissive Red that hope is what gets him through his sentence. In 1963, Norton begins exploiting prison labor for public works, profiting by undercutting skilled labor costs and receiving bribes. Andy launders the money using the alias "Randall Stephens".
In 1965, Andy and Red befriend Tommy Williams, a young inmate convicted of burglary. Andy helps Tommy pass his General Educational Development exam, and Tommy later reveals that his cellmate at another prison confessed to committing the murders for which Andy was convicted. When Andy informs Norton, the warden refuses to act. Although Andy promises to keep the money laundering a secret, Norton has Hadley kill Tommy under the guise of an escape attempt and sends Andy to solitary confinement. Norton then threatens to destroy the library, strip Andy of guard protection, and transfer him to harsher conditions if he refuses to continue with his scheme.
A dishevelled Andy is released from solitary confinement after two months. He tells a skeptical Red that he dreams of living in Zihuatanejo, a town on the Mexican Pacific coast, where he can start anew. He asks Red to promise, once he is released, to travel to a specific hayfield near Buxton and recover a package that Andy buried there. Red worries that Andy is suicidal, especially after learning that he asked a fellow inmate for a rope.
At the next day's roll call, the guards find Andy's cell empty. An irate Norton throws a rock at a poster of Raquel Welch hanging on the cell wall, revealing a tunnel that Andy had dug with his rock hammer over 19 years.
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Bads of Bollywood : 50 Shades of Bollywood | The Jaftaf Show 100
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Aasmaan Singh lives in Mumbai with his friend Parvaiz and uncle Avtaar Singh, a former playback singer. His debut film, produced by Freddy Sodawallah’s company, becomes a hit. Aasmaan’s parents, Rajat and Neeta Singh, visit from Delhi to celebrate. At a party, Aasmaan meets actor Ajay Talvar. His manager, Sanya Ahmed, pitches him to Karan Johar for a film role, but Freddy pressures Aasmaan into signing a three-film deal. At a roundtable conference hosted by Sanjeev, Aasmaan insults Karishma Talvar, Ajay’s daughter, for her industry connections, causing tension with Ajay. Impressed by Aasmaan’s boldness, Karan offers him the role. Aasmaan, Sanya, and Parvaiz meet Freddy and encounter Jaraj Saxena, who has been sidelined for 15 years after signing with another producer. Freddy initially supports Aasmaan’s work with Karan but later urges him to cancel. At Dharma Productions, Aasmaan learns Karishma is the female lead and apologizes for his earlier remarks, but a reporter’s comment sparks a scene. Aasmaan signs a commercial to fund his father Rajat’s liver transplant. Rajat advises him to stay resilient. Ajay disapproves of Aasmaan’s casting opposite Karishma. When Freddy pressures Aasmaan to abandon Karan’s project, Aasmaan cancels the three-film deal and leaves. Aasmaan, Parvaiz, Sanya, Karishma, and her bodyguard Sukhi travel to Goa to rehearse intimate scenes. The intimacy coach is replaced by Emraan Hashmi, who struggles to train them. Ajay monitors Karishma through Sukhi. After failing to perform, Aasmaan and Karishma are locked on a balcony, where they bond and improve their acting, impressing Hashmi. The next day, Aasmaan performs a Heimlich maneuver when Karishma chokes on a fishbone, and the incident goes viral, causing a scandal. Karishma’s brother Shaumik embarrasses the family by publicizing the news. Karishma explains the situation to her parents. Freddy assigns lawyers against Aasmaan, but Parvaiz’s friends force Freddy to sign a new deal. Ajay refuses Freddy’s request for help, unwilling to work with him if Aasmaan joins Karan’s film. Aasmaan and his friends celebrate when Parvaiz secures a new deal from Freddy, though they overlook his coercive methods. Freddy faces challenges as Ajay refuses to work with him due to Aasmaan’s involvement in Karan’s film, threatening Sodawallah Productions. Karan approaches Aasmaan and Avtaar for his movie. Ajay grows concerned about Karishma’s friendship with Aasmaan and invites him home to rehearse but becomes uneasy with the script’s intimate scenes. At Karishma’s birthday party, her boyfriend Sameer proposes under pressure from Ajay, and she reluctantly accepts. Aasmaan leaves the party upset. Karishma, learning Ajay orchestrated the proposal, questions Aasmaan about his feelings, but he is kidnapped by goons before responding. Aasmaan is taken to meet Ghafoor Ismail, an underworld don. Jaraj Saxena obtains a video of the meeting and uses it to strike a deal with Freddy to ruin Aasmaan’s career. Freddy leverages the video to convince Ajay to sign a film with him in exchange for removing Aasmaan from Karan’s project. The video leads to Aasmaan’s removal from the film. Karishma suspects Ajay’s involvement but he denies it.
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Kantara Exploring Būta Kōlā, Deities & Sacred Rituals | The Jaftaf Show 99
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1847: A king with a great kingdom in coastal Karnataka lived with his loving wife and children but could not find peace. He sets out on a journey to discover spirituality and bliss. He comes upon a holy stone in a forest occupied by Panjurli, a demigod protecting the forest's villagers. He donates a vast portion of his land to the villagers in exchange for taking the holy stone with him. Panjurli warns the king, through a human-medium, that his family and successors should keep their word and not reclaim the land; if they do, then they will incur the wrath of Panjurli's companion, the ferocious demon named Guliga.
1970: The king's descendant asks a Bhoota Kola performer, who is possessed by Panjurli to make the locals hand over the land to him, which the performer refuses and states that if the former goes to court to decide on the land's custody, then the Daiva will deliver his verdict on the stairs of the court. The descendant is skeptical of the performer's possession by Panjurli, to which the performer replies he would vanish if he is possessed, after which he runs into a forest and is indeed never seen again. As warned and professed by the performer, a few months later, on the steps of the court, the king's successor dies mysteriously while en route to argue over the land's possession.
1990: Murali, a forest officer, is tasked with converting the villagers' land into a forest reserve. However, he is challenged by Shiva, a Kambala athlete and the missing performer's son from the Kaadubettu village. Shiva is backed by his patron and the village's landlord, Devendra Suttooru, who is the king's descendant. Although Shiva has repeatedly been asked to perform the Bhoota Kola, he refuses due to the trauma of his father's disappearance. Instead, his cousin, Guruva, takes his place. Murali and his staff start erecting a fence along the earmarked forest reserve, and Shiva falls in love with his childhood friend, Leela. He uses his connections with Devendra to appoint her as a forest guard. The villagers try to stop the fencing, but the police and forest guards (including Leela) brutally suppress them, creating a rift between Leela and Shiva even though she was following orders.
As the feud between Murali and Shiva intensifies, Murali decides to arrest Shiva and his friends and heads to their hideout along with Devendra's henchman, Sudhakara. While en route to arrest him, Murali's jeep accidentally gets crushed by the trunk of a tree, which was being cut by Shiva. While Murali survives with severe injuries, Shiva and his companions go undercover to avoid being arrested. A few days later, they secretly return to the village to meet their families; Shiva makes up with Leela and tells her that he will surrender. However, all of them are caught by the police and forest guards the next morning. Guruva asks Devendra to bail out Shiva, but during their conversation, Devendra tries to bribe him to impersonate being possessed by Panjurli in the next Bhoota Kola and order the villagers to hand over the land, revealing Devendra's true intention of acquiring the land from the villagers. Guruva refuses, and Devendra kills him. Learning that Murali has figured out his ulterior motive, Devendra decides to set Shiva against Murali.
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Why The Godfather Is A Masterpiece | The Jaftaf Show 98
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In 1945, the don of New York City's Corleone family, Vito Corleone, listens to requests during his daughter Connie's wedding to Carlo Rizzi. Vito's youngest son Michael, a Marine and World War II hero who has so far stayed out of the family business, introduces his girlfriend Kay Adams to his family at the reception. Johnny Fontane, a popular singer and Vito's godson, seeks Vito's help in securing a movie role. Vito sends his consigliere, Tom Hagen, to persuade studio president Jack Woltz to offer Johnny the part. Woltz refuses Hagen's request at first, but soon complies after finding the severed head of his prized stud horse in his bed.
As Christmas approaches, drug baron Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo asks Vito to invest in his narcotics business to provide police protection. Vito declines, citing that involvement in narcotics would alienate his political connections. Suspicious of Sollozzo's partnership with the Tattaglia crime family, Vito sends his enforcer Luca Brasi to the Tattaglias on an espionage mission. Brasi is garroted to death during the initial meeting. Later, hitmen gun down Vito and coerce Hagen into a meeting. With Vito's first-born Sonny now in command, Sollozzo pressures Hagen to persuade Sonny to accept the narcotics deal. Vito survives the shooting and is visited in the hospital by Michael, who finds him unprotected after NYPD police officers on Sollozzo's payroll clear out Vito's guards. Michael stops the attempt on his father's life but is beaten by corrupt police captain Mark McCluskey. After the attempted hit at the hospital, Sonny retaliates with a hit on Bruno Tattaglia. Sollozzo and McCluskey request to meet with Michael and settle the dispute. The Corleones agree to the meeting and devise a plan to plant a handgun in the bathroom of the Bronx restaurant where the meeting will be held. Michael speaks with Sollozzo for several minutes then excuses himself, retrieves the gun, and shoots both men dead.
Despite a clampdown by the authorities for the killing of a police captain, the Five Families erupt in open warfare. Michael takes refuge under the protection of Don Tommasino in Sicily, and Vito's second son Fredo is sheltered by Jewish mobster Moe Greene in Las Vegas. In Sicily, Michael meets and marries a local woman, Apollonia. Sonny publicly attacks and threatens Carlo for physically abusing Connie. When he abuses her again, Sonny speeds to their home but is ambushed and murdered by gangsters at a highway toll booth. Apollonia is killed shortly thereafter by a car bomb intended for Michael.
Devastated by Sonny's death and tired of war as the capo dei capi, Vito sets up a meeting with the Five Families. He assures them that he will withdraw his opposition to their narcotics business and forgo avenging Sonny's murder. His safety guaranteed, Michael returns home to enter the family business and marry Kay. They have two children in the early 1950s. With his father nearing the end of his life and Fredo not suited to lead, Michael assumes the position of head of the Corleone family. Vito tells Michael that he now knows that their true adversary had been Don Barzini all along. He warns him that Barzini would try to kill him at a meeting organized by a traitorous Corleone capo.
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The Conjuring Last Rites - Is it Really The End? | The Jaftaf Show 97
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In 1964, an expecting Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate a haunting involving an antique mirror at a curio shop. Lorraine collapses upon seeing a vision of an entity and her unborn child, and goes into labor. Ed speeds Lorraine to the hospital, but the baby is stillborn. However, Lorraine's prayers revive the baby, whom she names Judy.
Twenty-two years later, the Smurl family moves to Pennsylvania. Jack and Janet Smurl share the home with Jack's parents, Mary and John, along with their four daughters: Dawn, Heather, and twins Carin and Shannon. For Heather's confirmation ceremony, John gifts her the antique mirror. During dinner, a kitchen ceiling light suddenly crashes down, narrowly missing Heather.
Due to Ed's worsening heart condition, the Warrens retire from their investigations but continue giving lectures, which are now sparsely attended. While at dinner, Judy, who has become increasingly sensitive to psychic visions, has an episode and begins to panic. Using a rhyme created while Judy was a little girl, Lorraine helps her calm down and reminds her to always shut herself off from the supernatural. Dawn and Heather attempt to dispose of the mirror, but the family continues to be terrorized by three entities: an elderly woman, a younger woman, and a man wielding an axe. Exhausted, the family shares their story with the press in the hope of finding help, which attracts the interest of Father Gordon.
Judy's boyfriend, Tony, proposes to Judy during Ed's birthday party, which she accepts. Unable to obtain the Warrens' help, Father Gordon goes to the Diocese of Scranton to assist the Smurls. The demon attacks Gordon at the diocese and induces him to commit suicide. At Father Gordon's funeral, Judy learns from a vision that he died while investigating the Smurls' haunting. She secretly leaves for Pennsylvania to investigate, and Lorraine has a vision that warns her about Judy.
Ed, Lorraine, and Tony are led to the Smurls, and Judy convinces her reluctant parents to help. Lorraine discovers that the three spirits are of a husband who had killed his wife and her mother, but they are being used as a facade by a demon. Judy's visions lead her to the attic, where she is attacked, causing her to fall down the stairs. Ed and Lorraine discover the mirror and realize it is the demon from their first investigation. Certain that the demon is hunting Judy, they decide to transport the mirror back to their home, where it can be contained. Judy falls ill as the Warrens are unable to remove the mirror from the house.
The demon possesses Judy and causes Ed to have a cardiac episode while Lorraine is attacked in the basement. Tony rescues Lorraine, and Ed recovers. The possessed Judy, now in the attic, attempts to hang herself but is cut down by Ed. Lorraine again uses prayer to revive Judy, and the demon attacks them. Ed is unable to excise the mirror, and Lorraine resolves to tell Judy to embrace her psychic abilities. With Judy's help, the Warrens destroy the mirror. The Smurls live in the house for three more years, and the remains of the mirror are kept within the Warrens' occult museum.
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Wednesday Season 2 Part 2 Seems Different | The Jaftaf Show 96
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Wednesday is an American supernatural mystery comedy[2] television series based on the character Wednesday Addams by Charles Addams. Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, it stars Jenna Ortega as the titular character, with Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Georgie Farmer, Naomi J. Ogawa, Christina Ricci, and Moosa Mostafa appearing in supporting roles. Four out of the eight episodes of the first season were directed by Tim Burton, who also was executive producer. The first season revolves around Wednesday Addams, who attempts to solve a murder mystery at her new school.
Burton was previously approached to direct the 1991 film The Addams Family and was later involved in a canceled stop-motion animated film featuring the Addams Family. In October 2020, he was reported to be helming a television series, which was later given a series order by Netflix. Ortega was cast in part to represent the character's Latina heritage. Ricci, who had played Wednesday in the 1991 film and its 1993 sequel Addams Family Values, was asked by Burton to join the series in a supporting role. Filming took place in Romania between September 2021 and March 2022.
Wednesday premiered on November 16, 2022, and was released on Netflix on November 23 to positive reviews from critics; Ortega's performance received critical acclaim.[4] Within three weeks of release, it became the second-most watched English-language Netflix series. It received two Golden Globe nominations: Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for Ortega. It also won four Primetime Emmy Awards, while receiving nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Ortega. In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on August 6, 2025; the second half is expected to be released on September 3. In July 2025, the series was renewed for a third season.
Premise
Wednesday Addams is expelled from her school after dumping live piranhas into the school's pool in retaliation for the boys' water polo team bullying her brother Pugsley. Consequently, her parents Gomez and Morticia Addams transfer her to their high school alma mater Nevermore Academy, a private school for monstrous outcasts, in the town of Jericho, Vermont. Wednesday's cold, emotionless personality and her defiant nature make it difficult for her to connect with her schoolmates and cause her to run afoul of the school's principal Larissa Weems. However, she discovers she has inherited her mother's psychic abilities, which allow her to solve a local murder mystery.
In the second season, Wednesday returns to Nevermore and while developing her psychic abilities she must face a new tormentor and prevent her roommate's death. In addition, Pugsley enrolls at Nevermore as Weems' successor Barry Dort wants Morticia to take on a fundraising role.
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Swades - Shah Rukh Khan's Path Breaking Movie | The Jaftaf Show 95
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Mohan Bhargava is an NRI who works as a Project Manager on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) program for NASA in Washington, D.C. Mohan relocated to the U.S. to attend college and stayed there after his parents died in a car accident in India. He worries about his Kaveri Amma, a nanny in his native Uttar Pradesh, who raised him during his childhood. After his parents' death, Kaveri Amma moved to an old age home in Delhi and eventually lost contact with Mohan.
Mohan wishes to return to India and bring Kaveri Amma back with him to the U.S. Following the recent success of Phase I of his project, he takes a few weeks off and travels to India. He visits Kaveri Amma's old age home but learns that she no longer lives there and went to a village named Charanpur a year ago. Mohan decides to travel to Charanpur.
Mohan uses a recreational vehicle to reach the village, fearing that he might not get the required facilities there. Upon reaching Charanpur, he reunities with Kaveri Amma and learns that his childhood friend Geeta, whom he referred to as 'Gitli' in his childhood, brought Kaveri Amma to stay with her after Mohan's parents died. Geeta runs a school in Charanpur and works hard to improve the living conditions of the villagers through education. The village, however, is divided largely by caste and religious beliefs. Geeta disapproves of Mohan's arrival, believing that he will take Kaveri Amma back with him to the U.S, leaving she and her younger brother, Nandan 'Chiku' alone. Kaveri Amma tells Mohan that she needs to get Gita married first as it is her responsibility. Gita is a strong believer of women's empowerment and gender equality, which attracts Mohan to her and he decides to help her by campaigning for education among backward communities and girls. Mohan befriends villagers, Nivaaran and Mela Ram, and they support him in his campaign. Mohan also gains the attention of Dadaji, a kind village chief.
Mohan and Geeta eventually grow closer. Kaveri Amma asks Mohan to visit a nearby village named Kodi to collect money from a man named Haridas who owes it to Geeta. Mohan visits Kodi and feels empathetic towards Haridas for his poor condition, which is such that he is unable to provide for his family with meals each day. Haridas tells Mohan that since he belongs to a low caste, his job as a weaver wasn't earning him enough money, so he started tenant farming. However, this change in profession led to him getting shunned by the villagers, who even denied him water for his crops. Mohan begins to understand the situation and realizes that many villages in India are still like Kodi. He returns to Charanpur with a heavy heart and decides to do something for the welfare of the village.
Mohan extends his stay by three weeks. He learns that electricity inconsistency and frequent power cuts are a major problem in Charanpur. He decides to set up a hydroelectric power generation facility from a nearby water source. Mohan purchases the equipment needed from his own funds and oversees the construction of the power generation unit. The unit works and the village gets sufficient and consistent power.
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Saiyaara : Kya Tha Yeh Movie | The Jaftaf Show 94
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With her parents and younger brother, Vaani waits at the court for Mahesh and his family for their scheduled marriage. However, during a phone call, Vaani learns that Mahesh has abandoned her for the daughter of a prominent businessman, choosing career ambitions over love. Devastated, Vaani faints and withdraws into deep depression, locking herself in her room for months and losing touch with her passion for writing.
Krish Kapoor, a young and talented musician, is trying to establish himself in the industry. He is emotionally unstable, aggressive, and uses music to cope with childhood trauma. After an unpleasant encounter with a journalist and a confrontation with a band member who took credit for his work, Krish is held together by his friend KV, who financially supports the band using money meant for his education. One day, Krish comes across the personal poetry of Vaani who is seeking a job as an anchor and writer at a publishing house. He is immediately drawn to the raw simplicity and depth in her writing.
Despite initial hesitation due to Krish's erratic behavior and the overwhelming environment of the music studio, Vaani agrees to collaborate with him on a song for a production house. During a creative block, Krish discovers torn pages in her notebook and realizes she is carrying emotional baggage of her own. To ease her mind, Krish takes Vaani to a cricket ground where he often finds peace. Inspired by his passion and focus, Vaani begins writing again.
Their collaboration deepens as they spend more time together in the studio, riding on Krish's bike, and attending social gatherings. Vaani slowly regains her confidence, while Krish finds clarity and balance in her presence. When Krish is publicly embarrassed by the sight of his drunken father being brought home by the police, he vents his pent-up anger at him, blaming him for his mother's death due to alcoholism. He escapes to the cricket ground, where Vaani follows and comforts him. She acknowledges how Krish has helped her heal and now she is able to write freely again. In turn, she supports him in enrolling his father into a rehabilitation center. Their emotional bond strengthens further.
Once their project is completed, Krish drops Vaani home and tells her that her life would be better without him. However, fate intervenes when they reunite at a concert, where they realize their mutual feelings.
One day, Vaani's parents see Krish dropping her off and grow concerned. Her mother fears Krish might abandon Vaani like Mahesh once did. Overwhelmed by the stress, Vaani faints and is hospitalized. Her father allows Krish to visit her, and her mother, though skeptical, asks Krish if he truly intends to stay. She tells him to marry Vaani if he genuinely loves her. Krish agrees, strengthening Vaani's belief in his love and deepening their connection.
Their lives take a dramatic turn when Vaani is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, with signs of memory loss becoming apparent just as Krish is about to leave for a concert. Her condition leads to a public outburst after unexpectedly running into Mahesh at an event. Krish receives a call from a security guard using Vaani's phone, informing him about her distressed state and abandoned belongings.
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Coolie : Rajinikanth & Aamir Khan's New Masala | The Jaftaf Show 93
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At the Visakhapatnam harbour, smuggler Simon Xavier runs an operation trafficking gold and luxury watches with his lieutenant Dayalan "Dayal." Simon's son, Arjun, rejects his family's criminal business and becomes a customs officer. An undercover cop posing as a coolie is killed by Dayal, who then offers a ₹2 crore reward for exposing another undercover officer in the gang.
In Chennai, Devaraj "Deva" runs a strict boarding house. After learning of his friend Rajasekhar's death, he attends the funeral but is driven away by Rajasekhar's daughter, Preethi. A drunken friend, Ravi, admits he and Rajasekhar ruined their lives, prompting Deva to investigate. Though the autopsy claims a heart attack, Deva finds evidence of chest trauma. Rajasekhar, once broke, had invented an electric chair for disposing of animal remains. His patent rejected, he was coerced by Simon into adapting it for human use to dispose of murder victims. Dayal tries to abduct Preethi as she knew how to operate the electric chair after her father, but Deva intervenes and joins the operation, using the chair with her help. Deva tells Preethi to quit this profession, but Preethi is helpless as she wants to support her sisters.
Eventually, Simon asks Deva to bury Dayal, claiming he was an undercover cop. They discover Dayal alive; he reveals his identity and threatens Preethi. Simon shows Deva a video of Dayal killing Rajasekhar. Dayal later contacts Deva from Nellore, demanding obedience and holding Preethi hostage in his hideout. Deva, following Dayal's orders, gains access to a harbour vault and uncovers a heart-trafficking ring targeting coolies. One order is to kill Arjun, but Deva spares him and asks him to run away with his lover in a boat. Dayal retaliates by threatening Preethi on a rooftop, but Deva unsettles him by revealing his real name, Dilip, and police past, working as a Constable in Thrissur.
He then captures Dayal's wife, Kalyani, who was revealed to be duping lover of Arjun, and demands Preethi’s release. Kalyani frees herself, kills Ravi, and reveals that she and Dayal were undercover partners. She orders Dayal to pursue Preethi, who escapes on a train but unwittingly calls Deva using a code from Rajasekhar, revealing she is Deva’s daughter. Deva's aide sacrifices himself to protect her from Dayal, who survives. Kalyani tells Dayal to go to her car, which was parked. Dayal finds Arjun there. Dayal calls up Simon and reveals that he was alive, and kills Arjun in front of him. Simon goes to Chennai and sends his men to Deva's mansion to kill off Deva and Preethi's sisters, but Deva kills off his men with the help of his lieutenant, Kaleesha, and 18 coolies who worked with Deva. On reaching Chennai, Kalyani captures Preethi but is herself kidnapped by Simon's men. Simon kills Kalyani in front of Dayal, then seizes Preethi to harvest her heart.
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War 2 ⋮ Hrithik Roshan & NTR's Worst Movie | The Jaftaf Show 92
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In 2024, five years after going rogue and taking down Saurabh and Rizwan Ilyasi,[b] Kabir Dhaliwal operates as a freelance mercenary for various international contractors. After eliminating a gangster in Japan, Kabir proceeds to Berlin to meet the contractor and receive the money, but there he is drugged by the contractor and transported to India, where he is introduced to the Kali Cartel — a powerful criminal syndicate with members from India, Russia, China and its neighboring countries, aiming to infiltrate and control the Indian government. The cartel requests Kabir’s assistance, unaware that two years earlier, Colonel Sunil Luthra had secretly tasked him with infiltrating the organization, creating the public perception that Kabir was a rogue agent and no longer affiliated with RAW.
Kabir’s first assignment from the cartel is to assassinate Luthra, a method of proving his loyalty to the organization. Luthra himself coerces Kabir into carrying out the act, which Kabir does with a deep emotional conflict. This earns Kabir the trust of the cartel, and he is sent to Yemen to meet the Indian leader of the cartel — the businessman Gautam Gulati. Meanwhile, RAW receives footage of Kabir killing Luthra, and former Colonel Vikrant Kaul is appointed as the new RAW chief. Wing Commander Kavya, Luthra’s daughter and Kabir’s former lover, joins the team assigned to track him. On the recommendation of Defence Minister Vilasrao Sarang, Special Unit Officer Vikram Chelapathi is recruited to the task force, who shares an unrevealed personal grudge against Kabir.
Kabir is later tracked in Spain, where he is visiting his adopted daughter Ruhi. He is ambushed by RAW officials but was tipped earlier by the cartel. Vikram pursues him in a high-speed car chase and later on a train, but allows him to escape moments before the train crashes. Kabir, along with Ruhi, visits Khalid's house in Manali and asks Khalid's mother Nafisa to keep Ruhi safe. Following a deliberate clue left by Kabir, Vikram meets him privately and learns the truth about Kabir’s mission, agreeing to aid him. Gulati subsequently orders Kabir to assassinate Sarang’s family aboard a chartered flight to pressure the minister. Kabir, along with mercenaries from the cartel, attaches the plane to a stealth bomber, facilitating intrusion into the plane, however, Kabir turns back on the cartel. With Vikram’s help, he kills the attackers on the plane and appears to save the family, but to his shock, Vikram is revealed to be secretly a member of the cartel as he murders them in front of Kabir. He ejects Kabir from the plane and addresses him cryptically as “Kaboo.” Following his landing on the ground, Kabir remembers his troublesome childhood.
In 1999 Mumbai, a 15-year-old Kabir is left homeless after his widowed father dies by suicide. He befriends a boy named Raghu, and the two are arrested during a robbery, ending up in a juvenile detention center. Luthra, then an army major, visits to motivate the inmates to join the army. Kabir and Raghu pass the physical tests, but Raghu fails the emotional evaluation for prioritizing himself over the country. Kabir enlists in the army with Luthra’s support, leaving Raghu behind. Feeling betrayed, Raghu escapes detention and is later revealed to be Vikram.
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KPop Demon Hunters: BLACKPINK Vs BTS | The Jaftaf Show 91
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Long ago, demons preyed on humans, feeding their souls to their ruler Gwi-Ma. Eventually, three women became demon hunters and sealed the demons away with a magical barrier called the Honmoon. Their legacy continued across the generations, with each new trio using their singing voices to maintain the Honmoon, working to eventually strengthen it into the Golden Honmoon – a final seal that would banish demons permanently.
In the present, the K-pop girl group Huntr/x – comprised of Rumi, Mira, and Zoey – is the latest demon-hunting trio under the guidance of Celine, a previous hunter who raised Rumi. After completing their world tour, Huntr/x release and prepare for the first live performance of a new single, "Golden", until Rumi begins losing her voice due to her secret demon heritage, which only Celine knows. As a child, Rumi was told by Celine that turning the Honmoon gold would erase her demon marks.
In the demon world, Gwi-Ma grows enraged at his minions' failures. Five demons, led by former human Jinu, form a K-pop boy band called the Saja Boys to steal Huntr/x's fans and weaken the Honmoon, in exchange for Gwi-Ma erasing Jinu's human memories. Huntr/x quickly discover the Saja Boys' demonic nature while encountering them during their debut. Jinu discovers Rumi's demon marks as they fight, but helps hide it from her bandmates.
Meeting her privately, Jinu tells Rumi that feelings of shame enslave demons through voices from Gwi-Ma. He reveals that around 400 years earlier, Gwi-Ma granted him a beautiful voice that helped him and his family emerge from poverty, but then condemned him to the demon world; Jinu now lives with guilt over his family's subsequent downfall.
As the Idol Awards approach, Huntr/x rush to produce a new song, "Takedown", to expose the Saja Boys while their popularity skyrockets. Mira grows suspicious when Rumi questions if "Takedown" is too hateful toward demons. Torn between her identities, Rumi proposes a plan to Jinu: if he helps Huntr/x win the Idol Awards and strengthen the Honmoon, he could freely stay in the human world.
As the Honmoon weakens and more souls are stolen by demons, Mira tells Rumi to prioritize saving lives over rewriting "Takedown". Rumi confides in Jinu that her shame over her heritage weakened her voice, but talking with him healed it. Jinu confirms he no longer hears voices thanks to Rumi, and agrees to sabotage the Saja Boys. Gwi-Ma then summons Jinu, reminding him of their deal and the truth that he abandoned his family for a life of wealth and comfort, before threatening to bring back the tormenting voices unless he obeys him.
At the Idol Awards, the Saja Boys fail to appear, and Huntr/x perform "Golden", having chosen to shelve "Takedown" due to the contention it caused within the group. However, impostor demons sent by Jinu split Mira and Zoey from Rumi, then pose as them to trick Rumi into performing "Takedown", during which they publicly reveal her demon marks. She flees the stage and runs into the real Mira and Zoey, who feel betrayed upon learning of her heritage and collusion with Jinu. Rumi confronts Jinu for tricking her, and he admits to lying about his past.
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Wednesday: Season 2 Might Be Better One | The Jaftaf Show 90
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Wednesday is an American supernatural mystery comedy[2] television series based on the character Wednesday Addams by Charles Addams. Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, it stars Jenna Ortega as the titular character, with Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Georgie Farmer, Naomi J. Ogawa, Christina Ricci, and Moosa Mostafa appearing in supporting roles. Four out of the eight episodes of the first season were directed by Tim Burton, who also was executive producer. The first season revolves around Wednesday Addams, who attempts to solve a murder mystery at her new school.
Burton was previously approached to direct the 1991 film The Addams Family and was later involved in a canceled stop-motion animated film featuring the Addams Family. In October 2020, he was reported to be helming a television series, which was later given a series order by Netflix. Ortega was cast in part to represent the character's Latina heritage. Ricci, who had played Wednesday in the 1991 film and its 1993 sequel Addams Family Values, was asked by Burton to join the series in a supporting role. Filming took place in Romania between September 2021 and March 2022.
Wednesday premiered on November 16, 2022, and was released on Netflix on November 23 to positive reviews from critics; Ortega's performance received critical acclaim.[4] Within three weeks of release, it became the second-most watched English-language Netflix series. It received two Golden Globe nominations: Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for Ortega. It also won four Primetime Emmy Awards, while receiving nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Ortega. In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on August 6, 2025; the second half is expected to be released on September 3. In July 2025, the series was renewed for a third season.
Premise
Wednesday Addams is expelled from her school after dumping live piranhas into the school's pool in retaliation for the boys' water polo team bullying her brother Pugsley. Consequently, her parents Gomez and Morticia Addams transfer her to their high school alma mater Nevermore Academy, a private school for monstrous outcasts, in the town of Jericho, Vermont. Wednesday's cold, emotionless personality and her defiant nature make it difficult for her to connect with her schoolmates and cause her to run afoul of the school's principal Larissa Weems. However, she discovers she has inherited her mother's psychic abilities, which allow her to solve a local murder mystery.
In the second season, Wednesday returns to Nevermore and while developing her psychic abilities she must face a new tormentor and prevent her roommate's death. In addition, Pugsley enrolls at Nevermore as Weems' successor Barry Dort wants Morticia to take on a fundraising role.
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Spoiler Discussion | Doctor Doom | The Jaftaf Show 89
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In 1960, on Earth-828, astronauts Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm embarked on a mission into outer space, during which they gained superhuman abilities from cosmic rays. Upon returning to Earth, they became the superhero team known as the Fantastic Four.
Four years later, the Fantastic Four have become celebrities and are regarded as the world's protectors. During a family dinner, Reed and Sue reveal to Ben and Johnny that they are expecting a child. A few months later, the Silver Surfer suddenly appears to announce to the people of Earth that their planet has been marked for destruction by a planet-devouring cosmic being known as Galactus. After studying numerous anomalies involving the disappearance of planets, the team decides to try and negotiate Earth's fate with Galactus.
Tracking the Silver Surfer's energy signature to a distant star system, the planet they encounter is immediately destroyed by Galactus' ship, and the team is captured. Galactus offers to spare Earth in exchange for Reed and Sue's unborn son, as he senses an immense power within him, inducing Sue to go into labor. The team refuses and escapes from Galactus and the Silver Surfer using gravity from a black hole. On the flight back to Earth, Sue gives birth to her son, Franklin Richards. Following a disastrous press conference to explain their failure to defeat Galactus, the world turns against the team, fearing Galactus' imminent arrival. With Franklin in her arms, Sue declares to the public that they will do whatever is necessary to defeat Galactus, regaining public trust.
Reed devises a network of standing teleportation bridges that will transport Earth away from Galactus's reach, by hiding it in a distant galaxy many light-years away. Just as they begin activating the bridges, they are destroyed by the Silver Surfer. Johnny stops her from reaching the last bridge in Times Square and, having learned her language from their first encounter, identifies her as Shalla-Bal, who willingly became Galactus's herald to spare her own world, Zenn-La, from the same fate. Forced to hear the dying words of the planets she had led Galactus to, Shalla-Bal flees in anguish.
Using Franklin as bait, the team plans to lure Galactus to the Times Square bridge and teleport him away from Earth, negotiating with Mole Man to evacuate the citizens of New York to his underground city of Subterranea. The plan fails, and Galactus takes the baby from the team's headquarters, the Baxter Building. Sue forces Galactus into the portal using her shield-generating powers while Reed rescues Franklin. When Sue begins to falter from overexertion, Johnny prepares to sacrifice himself to give Galactus a final push into the portal. Having a change of heart, Shalla-Bal stops him and sacrifices herself instead, as Galactus gets consumed by the portal and thrown into the void. Reed, Ben, and Johnny recover Sue, who has seemingly died after exhausting her powers. However, when Reed places Franklin on her chest, his newly awakened powers resuscitate her. In the aftermath, the team is celebrated for their victory.
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Superman: DC is Back and Its Future | The Jaftaf Show 88
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After Clark Kent / Superman stops the nation of Boravia, an ally of the United States, from invading the neighboring country of Jarhanpur, a metahuman named the "Hammer of Boravia" attacked Superman in Metropolis. Superman is defeated for the first time, and flees to his Fortress of Solitude in Antarctica with the help of the superpowered dog Krypto. They are followed by Angela Spica / The Engineer, an ally of billionaire Lex Luthor. Superman's robots use concentrated solar radiation to heal him and comfort Superman with a message from his alien parents, Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van, who sent him to Earth to save him from the destruction of their planet Krypton. The message was damaged during the journey, so only the first half can be played. Superman returns to Metropolis and is again beaten by the Hammer, who is secretly Luthor's metahuman Ultraman.
Superman agrees to be interviewed by Lois Lane, his girlfriend and reporter colleague at the Daily Planet, leading to an argument when Lois presses him on the legal and ethical implications of his actions in Boravia. Weeks later, Luthor unleashes a kaiju on Metropolis as a distraction while he infiltrates the Fortress with Ultraman and the Engineer. They overpower the robots, capture Krypto, and discover the Kryptonian message; the Engineer restores the damaged portion. As Superman fights the kaiju, the "Justice Gang", a team composed of heroes Green Lantern, Mister Terrific, and Hawkgirl arrives and kills the kaiju, much to Superman's disappointment. In that moment, Luthor broadcasts the entire Kryptonian message to the world, and Superman is shocked to hear the second half in which his parents urge him to conquer Earth and take as many wives as needed to restore the Kryptonian race. Public opinion quickly turns against Superman, and the U.S. government allows Luthor to detain him. Lois reassures Superman that she believes he is good. He confesses his love for her before surrendering himself to the U.S. government, who in turn hand him over to Luthor.
Luthor imprisons Superman in an artificial pocket universe where he holds his enemies, including Krypto and the metahuman Metamorpho. Using Metamorpho's infant son Joey as leverage, Luthor forces Metamorpho to transmute his body into Kryptonite which renders Superman powerless. While questioning Superman, Luthor murders Superman supporter Malik Ali, which horrifies Metamorpho. He helps Superman escape and together they free Joey and Krypto. Lois convinces Mister Terrific to help find Superman and they enter the pocket universe, rescuing the others. Lois takes Superman to recuperate with his adopted human parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent. Jonathan tells the demoralized Superman that his actions determine who he is, not the message from his birth parents. Luthor lures Superman back to Metropolis by opening an unstable portal to the pocket universe which creates a dimensional rift. Luthor's girlfriend Eve Teschmacher, who is infatuated with Daily Planet photographer Jimmy Olsen, provides evidence to the Daily Planet that Luthor is aiding Boravia in return for half of Jarhanpur's territory before being imprisoned herself.
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Stranger Things Season 5 Teaser Review | The Jaftaf Show 87
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Stranger Things is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s. The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy but also secretly experiments with the paranormal and supernatural, sometimes with human test subjects. They have inadvertently created a portal to an alternate dimension they refer to as the Upside Down, whose presence begins to affect the residents of Hawkins in unusual ways.[11][12]
The first season begins in November 1983 when Will Byers is abducted by a creature from the Upside Down. His mother Joyce, Police Chief Jim Hopper, and a group of volunteers search for him. A young psychokinetic girl named Eleven escapes from the laboratory and is found by friends of Will. Eleven befriends and assists them in their efforts to find Will.[13]
The second season is set eleven months later, in October 1984. Will has been rescued, but he begins having premonitions of the fall of Hawkins caused by a creature in the Upside Down. When it is discovered that Will is still being possessed by an entity from the Upside Down, his friends and family learn that there is a larger threat to their world.[14]
The third season is set nine months later, in the days leading up to the Fourth of July celebration in 1985. The new Starcourt Mall has become the center of attention for Hawkins residents, putting the majority of other local stores out of business due to the mall's popularity. Hopper becomes increasingly concerned about Eleven and Mike Wheeler's relationship and becomes very protective of his daughter. Unbeknownst to the town, a secret Soviet laboratory underneath Starcourt seeks to open the gateway to the Upside Down. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer uses mind control to make Billy do his bidding.[15][16]
The fourth season is set eight months later, in March 1986. Joyce, Will, Eleven, and Jonathan have moved to Lenora, California for a fresh start. In California, Eleven struggles with the loss of her powers and being bullied in school. Meanwhile, in Hawkins, a being from the Upside Down—an entity later dubbed Vecna—begins killing the residents of Hawkins, opening new gates between the two worlds in the process. Planning to stop Vecna, Dr. Sam Owens takes Eleven to a facility to help her regain her powers. Simultaneously, Joyce and Murray Bauman fly to Russia to rescue Hopper from the Gulag in Kamchatka.
The fifth and final season is set in the fall of 1987. The group seeks to find and kill Vecna after the Rifts opened in Hawkins. The mission becomes complicated when the military sets up shop in Hawkins and begins hunting Eleven. Near the anniversary of Will's disappearance, the group must stay together one last time for the final battle and face something more powerful and deadly than ever before.
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BLACKPINK - ‘뛰어(JUMP)’ M/V HONEST THOUGHTS | The Jaftaf Show 86
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Blackpink (Korean: 블랙핑크, stylized in all caps or as BLɅϽKPIИK) is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment. The group is composed of four members: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. Regarded by various publications as the "biggest girl group in the world", they are recognized as a leading force in the Korean Wave and an ambassador of the "girl crush" concept in K-pop, which explores themes of self-confidence and female empowerment.
Blackpink debuted in August 2016 with their single album Square One, which included "Whistle", their first number-one hit on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart, and "Boombayah", their first number-one on the US Billboard World Digital Songs chart. Three months later, they released another single album, Square Two, whose song "Playing with Fire" was the first by a Korean girl group to enter the Billboard Canadian Hot 100. The group's domestic and global popularity grew with the chart-topping single "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" (2018), the first song by a Korean female group to enter the UK Singles Chart and receive a certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Its music video was the first by a Korean group to surpass one and two billion views on YouTube. Their music videos for "Kill This Love" (2019) and "How You Like That" (2020) set records for the most-viewed music videos within the first 24 hours of release; the latter topped the Gaon Digital Chart and set five Guinness World Records.
Blackpink's debut studio album, The Album (2020), was the first album by a female act in South Korea to sell one million copies. Their 2022 follow-up, Born Pink, was the first to sell two million copies, the first by a girl group to reach number one on the Billboard 200 since Danity Kane in 2008, and the first by a Korean girl group to top the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart. The album's lead single, "Pink Venom" (2022), was the first song by a Korean group to reach number one on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart and the first by a girl group to reach number one on the Billboard Global 200. Blackpink is the highest-charting Korean girl group on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 13 with "Ice Cream" (2020), and on the Billboard 200, peaking at number one with Born Pink.
With 40 billion streams and 20 million records sold worldwide, Blackpink is one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Their Born Pink World Tour (2022–23) was the highest-grossing concert tour by a female group and Asian act; they were the first Asian act to headline Coachella. They have the most-subscribed and most-viewed music artist channel on YouTube, and are the most-followed and most-streamed girl group on Spotify. Blackpink's accolades include several Golden Disc Awards, MAMA Awards, People's Choice Awards, and MTV Video Music Awards; they were the first girl group to win Group of the Year at the latter awards in the 21st century. Outside of music, they have endorsement deals in various industries and incorporate fashion into their public image. For their work as advocates for climate change awareness, the group was invested as honorary Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2023. Blackpink was the first girl group to enter Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia and was named Time's 2022 Entertainer of the Year.
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Cocaine Bear : Bear Became A Mad Killer After Having Drugs | The Jaftaf Show 85
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In 1985, drug smuggler Andrew C. Thornton II drops a shipment of cocaine from his plane. He attempts to parachute out with a drug-filled duffel bag, but knocks himself unconscious on the doorframe and falls to his death. His body lands in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is identified by Bob, a local detective. He concludes that the cocaine is likely from St. Louis drug kingpin Syd White, and the remainder is missing.
Meanwhile, in the Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest, an American black bear eats some of the cocaine. Becoming highly aggressive, it attacks hikers Elsa and Olaf, killing the former.
In northeast Georgia, middle schooler Dee Dee lives with her mother, nurse Sari. Dee Dee skips school with her best friend Henry in order to paint a picture of the falls in the forest. On the trail to the falls, they find a lost brick of cocaine and ingest some before being attacked by the bear.
Sari searches for the children with Liz, a park ranger, and Peter, a wildlife activist. In the forest, they find Henry clinging to a tree. The bear attacks, sending Peter stumbling through a pile of cocaine and slashing Liz in the process. The bear gets attracted to a cocaine-coated Peter and kills him. Sari and Henry flee deeper into the forest, and Liz calls for help.
In St. Louis, Syd, his widowed son Eddie and fixer Daveed arrive in Georgia to recover the cocaine, as does Bob. At the forest station, Daveed gets into a fight with local delinquents Ponytail, Vest and Stache. After the three are beaten up, Stache takes Daveed and Eddie to recover some of the cocaine he stashed in a gazebo.
Liz arrives back at the station, pursued by the bear. She accidentally kills Ponytail, and the bear slaughters Vest. Paramedics Beth and Tom arrive and collect Liz after a brief skirmish with the bear. They leave with Liz in an ambulance, but the bear pursues and jumps into the vehicle. In the ensuing chaos, Tom is killed by the bear, while Liz falls out of the ambulance and is dragged to death on the road. Beth crashes the vehicle into a tree and flies through the windshield to her death.
Sari and Henry discover that Dee Dee left a trail of paint and follow it. Daveed and Eddie are taken to the gazebo, but when they encounter Bob there with the stashed duffel of cocaine, Bob wounds Daveed. The bear appears, but Bob distracts it with the bag of coke. Bob is suddenly shot fatally by Syd, who is under pressure from his superiors to retrieve the cocaine.
Sari and Henry find Olaf, who is mourning Elsa. He leads them to Dee Dee's hiding place in the bear's cave, which contains two cubs, revealing that the bear is a mother. Olaf leaves and is killed by the bear. Syd, Eddie, and Daveed find the cave, which leads out to a ledge behind the falls. When the bear returns to the cave, Sari, Henry, and Dee Dee jump into the water below, followed by Eddie and Daveed, who have chosen to quit the drug business, and they all survive. However, Syd refuses to leave the bag of cocaine found in the cave. He wounds the bear, but fails to kill it and is disemboweled by the bear and her cubs.
Later, Stache hitchhikes to New York with a duffel bag of cocaine, while Eddie, accompanied by Daveed and Bob's dog, reunites with his son.
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F1 The Movie : Brad Pitt's Most Hyped Movie in 2025 | The Jaftaf Show 84
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The aging American racing driver, and former Formula One (F1) prodigy, Sonny Hayes refuses to retire, living nomadically as a racer-for-hire. Although he raced for Lotus in the 1990s, severe injuries from a crash at the Spanish Grand Prix in 1993 ended his F1 career.[c] He subsequently became a gambling addict and lost three marriages. After winning the 24 Hours of Daytona,[d] his former Lotus teammate Ruben Cervantes, who owns the APXGP F1 Team, offers him a test drive to fill their spare seat. Cervantes discloses that his investors will sell the team unless APXGP—last in the World Constructors' Championship—wins one of the nine remaining Grands Prix that year. Hayes reluctantly agrees after Cervantes tells him victory will make him "the best in the world".
At the Silverstone test, Hayes meets team principal Kaspar Smolinski, technical director Kate McKenna, and ambitious British rookie Joshua Pearce, who reveal that seven drivers had turned down the opportunity. Pearce maintains an arrogant demeanor, yet worries that the potential sale will result in his replacement, believing he must trounce his teammates to impress the paddock. During his test, Hayes struggles adjusting to modern F1 machinery but, contrary to Pearce, immediately identifies APXGP's problem areas. He pushes too hard and crashes, but Smolinski recognizes his skill and signs him.
Hayes returns at the British Grand Prix, where slow pit stops demote the APXGP drivers to last-place after a promising start. Hayes ignores team orders to let Pearce by and they collide. In Hungary, Hayes mends his relationship with Pearce by exploiting the rules of F1: by intentionally crashing into other drivers to force safety cars, he helps Pearce catch the midfield and score APXGP's maiden points finish.[e] Pearce adopts Hayes's old-school training methods and Hayes emulates his simulator work. APXGP becomes a midfield team after Hayes persuades McKenna to re-design the car for "combat".[f] During the rain-affected Italian Grand Prix, Hayes encourages Pearce to stay out on slick tires, which risks aquaplaning but vaults Pearce to second-place. However, Pearce ignores Hayes's advice to wait for a straight before attempting to overtake Max Verstappen. Pearce hits a curb at Curva Parabolica and his car is engulfed in flames after flying over the crash barrier.[g] Hayes rescues him from the fire and Pearce misses the next three races due his injuries,[h] while Hayes claims consistent points. Pearce resolves to defeat Hayes when he returns.
In his comeback race—the Belgian Grand Prix—Pearce's aggressive driving causes a collision with Hayes at Les Combes, forcing him out of the race and infuriating him. With two races left, McKenna arranges a poker game where the winner gets favorable treatment at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Pearce wins but, after he leaves, Hayes reveals that he intentionally folded with a winning hand. Impressed, McKenna takes Hayes to her room, and they spend the night together. Cervantes interrupts them to announce that an anonymous tip claimed McKenna manufactured upgrades illegally.[i] McKenna denies wrongdoing, but the FIA demand the upgrades' removal.
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Panchayat S4 Ka Ending & Future Kya Hain? | The Jaftaf Show 83
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Panchayat is an Indian Hindi-language comedy drama web series created by The Viral Fever for Amazon Prime Video. Written by Chandan Kumar and directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra, the series stars Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Sanvikaa Pooja Singh, Chandan Roy, Durgesh Kumar, Ashok Pathak, Faisal Malik, Sunita Rajwar and Pankaj Jha. It follows the story of an engineering graduate who becomes a panchayat secretary in the fictional village of Phulera in Uttar Pradesh due to limited job opportunities.
The series was filmed at a real panchayat office in Mahodiya, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, located around 40 km from Bhopal, the state capital. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Anurag Saikia, while cinematography and editing were handled by Amitabha Singh and Amit Kulkarni, respectively. It marked Mishra’s first full-length directorial project following his work on the second seasons of Permanent Roommates and Humorously Yours!.[1]
Panchayat premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 3 April 2020.[2] The series received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances, writing, direction, and technical aspects. The show's rural backdrop was noted as a departure from the urban settings featured in many of TVF’s earlier productions.[3] At the inaugural Filmfare OTT Awards, the series won multiple awards in the Comedy Series category, except for Best Actress. It was also nominated for Best Original Story, Screenplay, and Dialogues for Chandan Kumar, though it did not win in these categories.[4]
The second season of the series was scheduled to release on 20 May 2022 but premiered two days earlier.[5] In this season, Abhishek is shown becoming more involved in village politics and development while preparing for the CAT exam.
The series was renewed for a third season, originally planned to premiere on 15 January 2024 but delayed multiple times. It was eventually released on 28 May 2024. The season focuses on the panchayat elections and the political landscape surrounding them.[6][7][8]
The series was renewed for a fourth season,[9] which was released on 24 June 2025.
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