Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

[Supratik]

It is time for the govt to consider whether Netflix should be banned in India. They are continuously producing propaganda content like the latest Ghuskhor Pandat. We have had enough of these fellows. I think the govt has taken this very lightly so far.

[Amber G.]

India’s Hero Roshan Lal Jalla - The Spy who came in from the Cold. Spent over 15 years in a Pakistani prison. Returned in late 80s, got no help from Government. Died in oblivion in 2021. Terribly sad end for someone who sacrificed everything for his nation India. (Story in Illustrated Weekly -- famous magazine in our days)

[Tanaji]

The OG katora chhaaps tried to shakedown the ICC and BCCI using the OG ingrates as a pawn. The ICC refused to buckle down and showed them their aukaat… Jay Shah didn’t even deign to go and meet the cup thief in all of this and sent his lackeys.

Katori laals have backed down and will now play India as agreed.

[Amber G.]

^^^ Can you translate this into non-brfite language. TIA.
Meanwhile xpost

US lost the T20 World Cup match against India by 18%, and I made a very humble request to Sergio Gor, suggesting that if you had made the reciprocal tariff zero, you might have won the match.”

- Piyush Goyal on India vs US.

[chetak]

It is time for the govt to consider whether Netflix should be banned in India. They are continuously producing propaganda content like the latest Ghuskhor Pandat. We have had enough of these fellows. I think the govt has taken this very lightly so far.

Supratik ji,



After Backlash, Netflix Moves To Change Title Of Manoj Bajpayee Starrer ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’


https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ent ... 187100.cms

[chetak]

FIR Filed Against Manoj Bajpayee’s Crime Thriller Series ‘Ghooskhor Pandat,’ on Directions of CM Yogi Adityanath


https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/story/ ... 2026-02-06

[Tanaji]

^^^ Can you translate this into non-brfite language. TIA.
Meanwhile xpost

Sorry AmberG:
OG - Original Gangster
Katora - begging bowl
Chhap - trademark
Needless to say above refers to Pak
OG ingrates refers to Bangladesh
Aukaat - worth, but the full derision behind the word doesnt really come across…

[Amber G.]

A YouTuber from NZ -discovers pirated copies of Dhurandhar movie being sold openly in Pakistan for PKR 50 (INR 16)!

[chetak]

A YouTuber from NZ -discovers pirated copies of Dhurandhar movie being sold openly in Pakistan for PKR 50 (INR 16)!

Amber G saar,


They started to pirate them right from very the early days of dhurandhar's release in India and HDCAM versions were available in pak. Pirated Indian movies are a great source of income for the jihadi underworld across the Indian subcontinent and the gelf where again this movie, though banned, has had a great run

when there is a theatre release, the only pirated versions available are the HDCAM versions, where scum who sneak in videocams into the theatre and film the entire movie and upload them to shady websites

[chetak]

Pakistan humiliated again, hockey team left on the road during Australia tour over non-payment of hotel bills


https://sports.ndtv.com/hockey/pakistan ... s-10993558



Pakistan Suffers Huge Embarrassment As National Hockey Team Spends Hours On Road Due To "Lack Of Funds"The players of the Pakistan hockey team were forced to spend several hours on the road upon reaching Canberra, as their hotel bookings in the Australian capital were cancelled.PTIUpdated: February 12, 2026 04:16 pm ISTRead Time: 3 min
Pakistan Suffers Huge Embarrassment As National Hockey Team Spends Hours On Road Due To "Lack Of Funds"
The incident is being seen as a major source of embarrassment for Pakistan's national sport.© X/@FIH_Hockey


Pakistan suffered embarrassment as their national hockey players faced hotel booking cancellation in Australia It happened in Canberra after the Pakistan Hockey Federation failed to pay the bill due to a lack of funds The Pakistan hockey team is in Australia for the second leg of the FIH Pro League event in Hobart

The players of the Pakistan hockey team were forced to spend several hours on the road upon reaching Canberra, as their hotel bookings in the Australian capital were cancelled after the Pakistan Hockey Federation failed to pay the bill due to a lack of funds. They are in Australia for the second leg of the FIH Pro League event in Hobart. According to sources close to the team, the players and team officials were left with no option but to "roam on the roads" before finding accommodation.


"Apparently the players and officials were booked in a four star hotel in Canberra and were told that the Pakistan Sports Board and Pakistan Hockey Federation had made all upfront payments for their stay in Canberra," a source said on Thursday.

"But when they reached Canberra last week, they found no bookings for them at the designated hotel. The team's head coach, Tahir Zaman, faced problems getting in touch with PSB and PHF officials back home because of the time difference," he added.

[S_Madhukar]

A movie called Ghooskhor Paki is due on Netflix by now.

[Tanaji]

After seeing how this match ended… forced India -Pak matches should be stopped just like the Wagah border drama.

[chetak]

everything is about islam!

ravish and manjarekar want us to shake hands with these islamists

Pakistani journalist makes admission

"70 crore Indian fans no longer watch Indo-Pak matches for its nail-biting thrill; they watch it to see how badly India humiliates Pakistan team."

[chetak]

[S_Madhukar]

I must have seen plenty of movies where the opposite was true ! Is this a new movie, old one or vintage

[chetak]

तुझको मिर्ची लगी तो मैं क्या करूं


"The Kerala Story" won two awards at the 71st National Film Awards: Best Director for Sudipto Sen and Best Cinematography

[chetak]

#EidMubarak to dia mirza

[shravanp]

The thing is, people seem to have forgotten the credibility of Dia Mirza. Remember the India-Today anchor Rahul Kanwal? He was gifted nicely by then-Congi party for assisting them....and the gift was that he asked for some B-woodia actress for a night.

And here she goes around preaching on environmental concerns during Hindu festivals, or fake protests on Aarey.

[S_Madhukar]

Past few months I am getting increasingly annoyed by Baki news on our media portals like rNDTV. The constant adulation of cricket stars or news about some female celebrity and her house in Dubai etc... treating them as if they are part of this country...trying to keep them in the mainstream memory...it has happened in the past too but surely by now this vast country warrants news from its every corner? Deliberately makes one feel as if we are on someone else' land - I know it is gaslighting but specially after Op Sindoor this deliberate ploy to keep reminding quom of that arse of a country... just why.. I mean take the $$ and just do a shit job if you are so corrupt but no they want to top this one ...
Not unlike most western liberal media outlets that worry more abt Gza and Ukr than their own regions.

[chetak]

BOLD, HARD- HITTING and deeply POWERFUL

#TheKeralaStory2 goes beyond entertainment and works as an AWAKENING film that pushes viewers to think and reflect.

The performances and narrative carry emotional weight, making the message feel URGENT and REAL.

This strong connection with audiences is clearly reflected in its outstanding 9.3/10 rating on BookMyShow, proving that meaningful cinema can also achieve massive appreciation.

[chetak]

In a shocking development reported by Telecom Asia Sport, a member of Pakistan's T20 World Cup squad was fined for allegedly misbehaving with a female hotel staff during the team's stay in Sri Lanka. As mentioned in the report, the incident took place in Kandy ahead of Pakistan's final Super Eights clash against co-hosts Sri Lanka.

Pakistan played all their matches at the marquee tournament in the island nation. The report citing sources mentioned that the accused behaved inappropriately with a housekeeping staff at the team hotel. The staff raised an alarm, which alerted other hotel employees, who then intervened and brought the situation under control.

The matter was then brought to the notice of Pakistan team manager Naveed Cheema.

https://sports.ndtv.com/t20-world-cup-2 ... y-11170483

[Amber G.]

Congratulations to#TeamIndia for a brilliant semi-final victory over England at Wankhede, storming into the Final of the #T20WorldCup!

[Amber G.]

T20 World Cup Champion!

[saip]

Congratulation team India for winning the T20 world championship back to back.

[Cyrano]

Shock and awe performance by the Indian team!

Tomorrow's Indian dorky media headline

Amit Shah in Narendra Modi stadium oversees Indian men's T20 team win the world cup against a global south team on women's day

[SRajesh]

^^ Saarmeltdown has already started on X.
Not just Pakistani's but our own like Pradeep magazine tweeting before the endof the match.
The bleating will go on until IPL starts in three weeks!!
And then it will be total 'China Syndrome'

[Amber G.]

Meanwhile watch Australian High Commission diplomats in India on Dhurandhar mode celebrating the International Women’s Day! <Enjoy>

[uddu]

F1 Engine Returns to India After 13 Years | Red Bull RB8 at Buddh Circuit
After 13 long years, the roar of a Formula 1 engine returned to the Buddh International Circuit. India’s former F1 driver Karun Chandhok got behind the wheel of Sebastian Vettel’s 2012 championship‑winning Red Bull RB8, bringing an iconic era of Formula 1 back to life on Indian soil.

In this special NDTV Auto video, we capture the sights, sounds and emotions as the V8 soundtrack echoes once again around the BIC – and revisit the big question: can Formula 1 return to India?

Watch the full report by Avnish Singh, relive the nostalgia of the Indian Grand Prix and tell us in the comments if you want F1 back at the Buddh International Circuit.

[Supratik]

India should send the men's and women's football teams to the Asian games. The women's senior, U20, U17 and men's U23, U17 teams are very promising with some changes to the line-up and should get exposure to build solid future teams.

[SRajesh]

^^ one way to resurrect India Football is to :
a. Promote Durand Cup aggressively like IPL ( Do you know that Durand Cup is older that FIFA World Cup!!)
b. I-League to be played off IPL season and promoted the same way like IPL teams ( A lot of indians follow EPL and European leagues/Trophy). Beer and Football go very well together. Yes Alcohol come with its own problems
c. Sports Ministry should take up age group promotions
And I sincerely wish and hope that before I hit Alzhemier (or before my Asti goes down Pashchimavahini or Ganga) I get to see the men in blues donning football gear and qualify for World Cup.
Many may not know that India was the first Asain country to qualify for World Cup (yes there will be naysayers Indonesian was Colonial territory and qualified as Dutch East Indies 1938)

[Vayutuvan]

Received in WA group. Is this true?

India wins back-to-back T20 World Cups.
Before we celebrate the players, let us remember the man who made all of this possible.
His name was hashtag#NKPSalve.

June 1983. Lord's Cricket Ground.
India has just reached the World Cup final. Salve — Cabinet Minister of India and BCCI President — makes a simple request.
Two tickets. Box seats. For the Indian High Commissioner and his wife.
The officials at Lord's said no.

The box was half empty. England hadn't even made the final. But India's cricket president could not be given two seats.

Salve never forgot. In his own words:
"They refused me two tickets in a half-empty box at Lord's to watch my own country play the World Cup final. That day I realised — India may have reached the top in cricket, but in the game's politics, we had been permanently damned to second-grade status. That had to change."

India won the Cup that afternoon. The nation erupted.
But Salve was already planning.
He met PM Indira Gandhi, told her of the humiliation, and received her full backing. His mission: bring the World Cup out of England. Forever.
Everyone said it was impossible. England and Australia held veto powers. They had hosted every World Cup in history.

Salve didn't argue with the fortress. He studied its blueprint.
He united India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka into an Asian bloc. He courted 21 Associate Member nations that England had always ignored — promising them five times more money. He peeled Australia away from England by offering them the next hosting rights. And when England said Asian daylight was too short for 60-over matches, he simply changed the format to 50 overs — creating the modern ODI standard the whole world plays today.
The ICC vote: 16 to 12.

For the first time in history, the World Cup left England.
What followed changed everything.

England and Australia lost their veto powers within a decade.
The financial centre of cricket shifted from Lord's to Mumbai.
The BCCI became the richest cricket board on earth. The IPL was born. Billion-dollar TV deals followed.
Every rupee. Every franchise. Every World Cup on Indian soil.
All of it traces back to two refused tickets in a half-empty box.

The lesson:
The officials at Lord's spent one minute refusing those tickets. Salve spent four years responding to that refusal.
Respect costs nothing. Disrespect can cost you the ownership of an entire sport.

Rest in peace, N.K.P. Salve.

India's cricketers win with bat and ball. You won with vision, patience, and self-respect.

[Tanaji]

Received in WA group. Is this true?

Somewhat true. But it completely ignores the role of Jagmohan Dalmiya. Salve might have been the one to be slighted and provide subsequent political patronage but the hard yards and actual work was done by Dalmiya. The courting of Associate members was a Dalmiya- Bindra strategy and the rest is history.

[SRajesh]

Yes it was largely Dalmiya's strategy: Got all the Asian countries to Join.
India/SL hosted together first one outside UK and the inducement was Aus/NZ and WI to host as well.
Most importantly was the money sharing formula was the clincher.
But IPL credit should go the Modi (though tainted he was instrumental in getting people to buy the stakes in teams)
And IPL was eventual follower of previous avatar promioted by Sahara Group which included teams from both India and Pakistan (If I remember correctly)
As BCCI did not recognise it people who palyed in that league were banned by BCCI. One name that i can recall is Ambatti Rayadu who served the ban for quite a while before being resurrected into IPL

[SBajwa]

Yes it was largely Dalmiya's strategy: Got all the Asian countries to Join.
India/SL hosted together first one outside UK and the inducement was Aus/NZ and WI to host as well.
Most importantly was the money sharing formula was the clincher.
But IPL credit should go the Modi (though tainted he was instrumental in getting people to buy the stakes in teams)
And IPL was eventual follower of previous avatar promioted by Sahara Group which included teams from both India and Pakistan (If I remember correctly)
As BCCI did not recognise it people who palyed in that league were banned by BCCI. One name that i can recall is Ambatti Rayadu who served the ban for quite a while before being resurrected into IPL

Actually it was Zee group who created the first T20 league, Kapil Dev who supported it was totally banned by BCCI for any roles (commentary, coaching, etc).

[Supratik]

Bakwaas. Indian cricket changed after it became a professional sport courtesy IPL.

[Tanaji]

Bakwaas. Indian cricket changed after it became a professional sport courtesy IPL.

What exactly is bakwaas? ICL did exist for 2 years and was spearheaded by Zee. Unfortunately BCCI did not want to share the pie and wanted to nurture IPL so it started banning people associated with ICL and as a result it folded. Both existed at the same time.

No one denies the role of IPL in growing Indian cricket and making it more professional.

[Supratik]

I am talking about the WA story. Never heard about it before.
Indian cricket turned after it became a professional sport. Even when we had legends like Sachin, Saurav, Dravid, etc we were not a team expected to win.

[Tanaji]

The story is broadly true:

https://www.republicworld.com/sports/cr ... 3-wc-final

The Reliance world cup was 1987. SRT debut was 1989. IPL would not have been possible without the initial steps taken by bringing the WC in 1987. BCCI coffers and influence started growing after this point - before that we were limited to days of Gavaskar and Vishwanath and Vengsarkar and Kapil - individual brilliance but nothing to show for it for Indian crickets health. Lets not forget Motabhai stepping up as the sponsor…

IPL made Indian cricket professional no doubt, but the seed of it was laid by the 1987 WC.

[Supratik]

Even if the Salve story is true I do not see how it suddenly changed Indian cricket. I was then a young man and there was no TV. 1983 was all on radio.
What it did give to Indians is a light of hope in a desperately poor and struggling country. But the cricket team struggled for decades. Before the professional leagues started the Sachin-Saurav-Dravid era was the best.

Financial domination and sporting domination came only after Indian cricket turned professional.
Three things changed.
1) Financial muscle dramatically changed
2) Budding cricketers now not only could earn money from sports but could become rich. So their parents had no hesitation in allowing them to play cricket. Talent started coming out thick and fast e.g. this is the most dominating T20 team I have seen in cricket. It is not just 1-2 players.
3) Talent became competitive and merit based. As long as you are performing you are in the team. Replacements now are very quick.

[SRajesh]

^^Saar
There is a video clip on SM circulating wherein The English excaptians and players are discussing around a table.
Micheal Vaughan is cussing and dissing SA for not throwing match agsinst WI.
His point: if WI had won that match then India would not have qualified for the SF and then would not have won the WC. After a few rounds of low key ethics everybody agrees yes that would be tactical
We were drip-fed on this bullshit of Cricket is a Gentleman's game, spririt of the game yada yada.
Two people who instilled some spine and said winning is all that matters : Kapil Paaji and Dada.
Rememeber the backlash they received not only from goras but our own brown sepoys!!
That psychological shift and of course money pouring into the game has broken all the gora imposed schakles
And the results are there.
And the goras dont like it (just look at all the reactions from around the globe)