‘Dhootha’ trailer: Naga Chaitanya plays a journalist in serial murder mystery
Vikram K Kumar’s Telugu series for Prime Video also stars Parvathy Thiruvothu, Priya Bhavani Shanker and Prachi Desai. Out on December 1.

India’s passport ranking drops to 148 among 199 countries
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April in nonfiction: Six new books about the complexities of the ever-evolving Indian experience
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BookMyShow removes Kunal Kamra from site, Shinde Sena leader thanks CEO for ‘keeping portal clean’
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