News

Domestic productions may still make up the majority of the American viewer’s media diet, but international productions are gaining ground, with Netflix reporting 13% of its U.S. viewing hours coming from non-English titles in 2023. Foreign-language television dramas in particular are becoming a more significant part of watercooler discussions, as streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, Tubi, Viki, and iQiyi make international series like “Squid Game,” “Moving,” and “Maxton Hall” more accessible than ever across national borders, bringing more attention to the variety and depth of what global TV production has to offer.

In recognition of the increasingly global nature of TV watching and criticism, we have compiled a list of some of the best international TV drama shows in 2024. The entries are limited to one series per country, which makes selection from strong and prolific industries, such as Japan, Korea, and Germany, particularly difficult. To be considered,...

Sonali Bendre Once Spoke About Doing Cringe Content To Support Her & Her Family(Photo Credit – Instagram)

Sonali Bendre is a renowned name in the Indian film industry. The actress has made many critically and commercially successful movies, but there was a time when she had to make cringe films to pay her rent. The actress once admitted taking up projects to support her family during tough times. Scroll below for the deets.

Sonali not only won hearts with her performance and divine beauty, but she also inspired many by braving the cancer. In 1998, she was also charged with poaching two blackbucks in Jodhpur while filming Hum Saath Saath Hain alongside co-stars Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, and Neelam Kothari.

On the personal front, Sonali Bendre is married to filmmaker Goldie Behl and has a son with him. The actress made her Bollywood acting debut with Aag in 1994, and some...

When Sonali Bendre Was Body-Shamed For Being Skinny (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Sonali Bendre is a prominent actress who set the screens on fire with her beauty and performances in the 1990s. However, she was also a victim of body-shaming in the industry in her early days. The actress once opened up about the dark side of showbiz and shared her story of being body-shamed. Scroll below for more.

Sonali made her acting debut in Aag, starring Govinda and Shilpa Shetty in key roles. However, Bendre was not overshadowed; rather, she won the Filmfare Award for New Face of the Year. She has worked on several renowned movies, including Sarfarosh, Diljale, Major Saab, Hum Sath Sath Hai, and more. Besides the Hindi film industry, she also gave successful movies in the Telugu film industry; some of the movies are Indra, Khadgam, and Shankar Dada Mbbs.

A few years back, Sonali Bendre,...

The Broken News season two on Zee5 has been released, and this time it continues to expand on the characters that were built up in season one. Season one ended on a high, which set the tone for the next one, which was released on the weekend. Many characters influence the leads and guide them towards a better solution in life. The Broken News has a couple of them who take the right step, and a few take the wrong one, each charting a journey based on the choices they made.

Radha Bhargava

Shriya Pilgaonkar, as Radha Bhargava, is the epitome of someone whose values-fueled journalism is something to look up to in the first season. This television news channel is all about unbiased coverage of news, and Radha was dedicated to it until fate had other plans for her. Radha, at the end of season one, relentlessly went after...

The Broken News Season 1 ended with Radha Bhargava going to jail for accessing confidential files about Operation Umbrella and exposing them to the public. Dipankar Sanyal openly branded her a terrorist, and this led to her arrest, which she wholeheartedly contested and vowed to fight the injustice done to her. The Broken News is all about the world of television news media, where everyone is crazy about getting TRPs for their respective organizations. The show mirrors real-life instances many have not seen on live television and fictionalized all of them to show audiences the reality.

Spoilers Ahead

What did Dipankar want?

Season two begins with Kamal covering the death of Radha Bhargava and claiming she was killed by the system. Months before the incident, Dipankar Sanyal visited Radha in prison to make her sign the apology letter that would fast-track her bail application. Radha refused to sign it. However, Dipankar...

The Broken News season one was a good insight into how the news media worked, and it mirrored many instances that may or may not have occurred in real life. There is no shortage of television news channels anymore, and each of them runs only after Trp and forgets about presenting news to the people. An opinion and an agenda are already formed, as are the power dynamics when multinational companies begin to invest in them for their own benefit.

Season one ended with Radha Bhargava being sent to prison for speaking up against the Operation Umbrella, followed by Dipankar Sanyal openly declaring her to be a terrorist for speaking up against the surveillance program packaged beautifully as something that would benefit the people in the long run. The second season is directed by Vinay Waikul and written for the screen by Sambit Mishra. They are back, continuing the stories of Amina Qureshi,...

The Broken News, season one created for Zee5, is based on the BBC One Original Press, directed for Hindi audiences by Vinay Waikul and written by Sambit Mishra. The show is about two television news channels, Josh 24/7 and Awaaz Bharati, and their bitter rivalry over TRPs and the kind of news presented to their audience.

Spoilers Ahead

Why was Radha upset?

The Broken News begins with Radha Bhargava, an employee of Awaaz Bharati, being declared a traitor by Dipankar Sanyal, the lead anchor of Josh 24/7, who thrives on his name and his antics to gather as much Trp as possible for the channel to prosper. The show then goes back three months, to set up the events that will lead to the climax. Radha Bhargava, one of the producers on the channel, was not in the right state of mind. Her friend and fellow journalist, Julia Alvares, had died in the City Glitz mall,...

Mirzapur Star Shriya Pilgaonkar Rubbishes Rumors That She Is Not Sachin & Supriya Pilgaonkar’s Birth Daughter. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Shriya Pilgaonkar has been on a journey to conquer it all. The actress, who has been part of many hit series like Mirzapur, Guilty Minds, The Broken News, and more, is now making a shocking revelation. Shriya, who is Sachin & Supriya Pilgaonkars’ birth daughter, clarifies that she is not adopted, contradicting the widespread rumors. She made the following statement!

In a recent interview with a portal, Actress Shriya Pilgaonkar, who is set to return as journalist Radha Bhargava in Season 2 of the streaming series The Broken News, recently opened up about the headlines about herself when she was reported to be the adopted child of her famous parents, Sachin and Supriya.

Refuting the rumors about the viral article, Shriya said, “There was a random article that said I was adopted. No,...

Samarth Jurel & Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia Are the Latest To Join Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

It’s the Khatron ka season. While fans may be disappointed that Bigg Boss Ott is not returning, there is still some happy news for reality show lovers. We updated you that Khatron Ke Khiladi will return for a fourteenth season. And there are so many new updates. But one of the major updates is that fans think, former Bigg Boss contestants Samath Jurel and Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia have already left for the show.

Gear up for deadly fears and crazier stunts! Khatron Ke Khiladi is coming back for a 14th soon. Colors stunt-based reality show has gained a cult following in recent years, with fans and followers tuning in to watch their favorite celebrities battle their fears and emerge as the winner.

As Rohit Shetty‘s Khatron Ke Khiladi is 14 inches close, new contestants’ names have been confirmed.

Here’s How Much Sofia Vergara Raked In From America’s Got Talent! (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Sofia Vergara is one of the most famous faces in the television industry. She gained unimaginable fame with her show Modern Family, opposite Ed O’Neil. The actress recently won hearts with her performance in the Netflix series Griselda. She is also loved as one of the judges on the famous reality show America’s Got Talent. Sofia has been a part of the talent hunt reality show over the past few years and has raked a handsome check per Season.

It was a rough year for the actress in 2023 as she parted ways with her husband, Joe Manganiello. The couple was married for about six years. Soon after the split, there were several reports about Joe moving on from Sofia. He is reportedly dating actress Caitlyn O’Connor. Sofia revealed that the reason behind their split was...

The Broken News 2 Trailer Out: Will The Old Wine Work? (Photo Credit – Youtube)

Sonali Bendre, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Indraneil Sengupta, and Jaideep Ahlawat are back with another sensational and spicy world of journalism where ethics and morals are twisted on personal ends to meet professional highs.

The last season ended on a high note, and the new season offers deeper dive into the bad world of this profession, bringing the age-old Sach Vs. Sensation debate to the table. When do we draw the line, and where do we draw it?

While the three anchors fight to break a story that might help them in different capacities, the rat race and the cat chase get a good amount of twists and turns in the 2-minute 26-second trailer.

Trending Dil Dosti Dilemma Trailer Review: Anushka Sen’s ‘Bagawat Ki Boo’ As A Rich Brat Is Sonam Kapoor’s Aisha Turned Upside Down With Better Actors & Story Obvio!

South Asian focused streamer ZEE5 has unveiled a 111-strong 2023 slate on the occasion of its fifth anniversary.

The lineup is across the Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bangla, Punjabi and Marathi languages. The content is from top producers including Dharma Productions, Salman Khan Films, Oscar winner Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment, Bhanushali Studios, The Viral Fever, Applause Entertainment, Rose Audio Visuals, Vikas Bahl, Vivek Agnihotri, Nagraj Manjule and Sudhir Mishra.

A-list performers in the shows and films include Manoj Bajpayee, Pankaj Tripathi, Huma Qureshi, Arya, Parambrata Chatterjee, Vijay Sethupathi, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte.

Titles revealed so far include films and series including Manoj Bajpayee’s “Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai”; Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s “Haddi” and “Love is Blind,” Pankaj Tripathi’s “Kadak Singh”; Huma Qureshi’s “Tarla”; Sunny Deol’s “Gadar 2”; Vetrimaaran and Vijay Sethupathi’s “Viduthalai – Part 1”; Arya’s “Kathar Basha Endra Muthuramalingam”; Nagraj Manjule...

South Asian focused streamer ZEE5 Global has ambitious growth plans for the U.S., where it has just completed a year of operations. It envisages local commissions, English- and Spanish-language dubbing and subtitling and reaching deep into the South Asian diaspora through grassroots promotions.

“We want to be the one that is at the forefront of creating the crossover for South Asian content — the one that makes South Asian content go mainstream,” Archana Anand, chief business officer, ZEE5 Global, told Variety. “We want for the global audiences sitting in the U.S. to now start watching ZEE5 Global, including the Spanish audiences. So when we dub or when we subtitle we want to start subtitling in English and Spanish, and have those stories cross over.”

To achieve this, Anand is planning a two-pronged approach — to identify the ZEE5 content that has the ability to crossover, and commission local productions, something...

Exclusive: South Asian content streamer ZEE5 Global has unveiled a slate of 11 Telugu originals. The titles featured at as star-studded event an event in Hyderabad and comprise comedies, dramas, romantic stories and thrillers.

The likes of screenwriter and director Harish Shankar, Indo-American director Praveen Sattaru and producer Kona Venkat were in attendance at the event, which was titled ‘Hooked.’

They comprise crime thriller Recce, featuring Shiva Balaji, Sri Ram and Dhanya Balakrishna among others; rom com May Nell Tank, set in a small village and marking actor Sushanth’s Ott debut; heist comedy Atm, starring Subbaraju, Prudhvi and VJ Sunny; and Aha Nee Pellanta, a romance-theme show about man’s failed attempt to find a spouse.

Also featured were Hello World!, which is based on the life and trials of youngsters on the cusp of careers in Hyderabad’s prominent It sector; Mission Tashaffi, an “adrenaline-pumping” spy drama. The others were Paruvu,...