Press Pass & Popcorn

Dropped on Friday, deleted by Sunday! This week, Oshin and Mohar go behind the scenes of Diljit Dosanjh’s controversial film Satluj (formerly Punjab 95). They dissect its shocking 48-hour disappearance from ZEE5, the history of its 127 censor cuts, and the massive systemic battle over chronicling Punjab’s darkest chapter.

Is Bollywood finally facing a reality check? This week on Press Pass and Popcorn, Oshin Fernandes and Mohar Basu dive straight into the raging controversy surrounding Ajay Devgn’s upcoming film Chauhaan. Following intense pushback from the Kshatriya Parishad and the Rajput community over the teaser's polarizing punchline ("pathano se keh dena Chauhaan aaya hai"), we unpack why pitting communities...

From brutal cancellation to a massive Netflix and YouTube simu-stream comeback. This week on Press Pass & Popcorn, Oshin Fernandes and Mohar Basu dissect Samay Raina’s return with India’s Got Latent Season 2, the glaring double standards in comedy rehabilitation, and whether corporate sanitization has completely stripped the show of its bite.

A viral crowd-work clip about a ₹370 biryani bill has triggered national outrage, an NCW summons, and an FIR. This week on Press Pass & Popcorn, Oshin Fernandes and Tanisha Banerjee unpack the Pranit More controversy, Himanshu Jangra losing his corporate job, and why Indian stand-up comedy is facing its biggest reckoning over normalized misogyny.

After a massive public outcry over the objectification and hyper-sexualisation of Janhvi Kapoor’s character in Peddi, director Buchi Babu Sana issued an apology and promised edits. This week on Press Pass & Popcorn, we unpack the controversy, the viral resurgence of veteran opinions, and the persistent problem of the male gaze in mainstream blockbusters.

Why does every new Bollywood movie sound like a playlist from the 90s or 2000s? This week on Press Pass & Popcorn, we tackle one of the most polarizing trends in the Indian entertainment business: Song Remakes.

A creative dispute has exploded into a full-blown industry war! This week on Press Pass & Popcorn, Oshin Fernandez and Mohar Basu break down the biggest crisis hitting Bollywood: the FWICE’s massive "non-cooperation directive" against superstar Ranveer Singh following his abrupt exit from Don 3.