Actor Saba Azad has been hospitalised due to the Cyclospora cayetanensis parasite. She took to her Instagram on Friday to post a picture of her looking shrunken in a massive hospital bed. Assuring that Hrithik Roshan has been keeping her spirits up, she revealed what happened, calling it the ‘worst 14 days’ of her life.
Saba Azad wrote that Hrithik Roshan has been cheering her up during hospitalisation.
Saba Azad hospitalised from parasitic infection
Saba posted a picture of her throwing the peace sign while lying in a massive hospital bed. She revealed in the caption that she was hospitalised, writing, “Worst 14 days of my life. Cyclospora cayetanensis you nasty piece of work!! For somone who only ever eats home food, carries her water bottle everywhere, this bug came outa nowhere, that too at the busiest time of the year for me. Iv lost 4 kgs that I didn’t have spare in two weeks and I can barely walk.”
She added that she was working out but suddenly couldn’t lift anything due to weakness. “One day im training twice a day, doing pull-ups, lifting heavy and the next im half my size, without strength to lift a goddamn toothpick leave alone weights. So pls for the love of your gut wash your salad leaves and veg like your life depends on it – cause sometimes it really does!! Our new method is Baking soda + veggie wash (Herbal Strategi has a good one),” wrote Saba.
She ended her note by writing that Hrithik has been by her side, “(camera emoji) by @hrithikroshan who’s kept my very grumpy sprits up and always manages to find humour in the darnest situations. PS – I haven’t shrunk quite as much as it may seem here, the bed is supersized and the angle is wide.”
About Hrithik Roshan and Saba Azad
Hrithik was married to Sussanne Khan from 2000 to 2014. The couple were married in a private ceremony in Bengaluru and have two sons, Hrehaan and Hridhaan, born in 2006 and 2008. They separated in 2013, and their divorce was finalised in 2014. The couple parted amicably and have remained friends, apart from co-parenting their sons.
Hrithik and Saba began dating in 2022 and marked their fourth anniversary in October 2025. The couple were spotted on dinner dates and at Karan Johar’s 50th birthday party before fans realised they were in a relationship. They have since also hung out with Sussanne and her boyfriend Arslan Goni, who also began dating in 2022.
Hrithik will soon turn director with Krrish 4, which he’s also producing along with a Prime Video web series titled Storm.
After falling just short in the 2025 final, Shashank Singh is convinced that Punjab Kings will go one step further this season and lift the Indian Premier League trophy. Punjab Kings had ended a decade-long wait to reach the final last year, only to lose by six runs to Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a closely fought title clash. Despite that heartbreak, Shashank is confident the outcome will be different this time, with the final scheduled for May 31 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. “I know that on May 31st, we will be playing at the Chinnaswamy and lifting the cup. It’s not just a feeling, I know this. This will happen,” Shashank said. “It’s the self belief and team belief. Everyone is on the same page. There is confidence in everyone.” PBKS had an impressive campaign in 2025, finishing top of the league stage with nine wins from 14 matches before defeating Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 to secure a place in the final. Looking ahead, Shashank stressed the importance of staying grounded rather than dwelling on last season’s success. “We will take it match by match because ultimate aim is to get a trophy.” “If we keep thinking we reached the final last year, there will be a lot of pressure on us. So our immediate aim is to prepare for our first game against GT, then against CSK and KKR,” he said during the ‘JioStar Press Room’. Under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer and head coach Ricky Ponting, the franchise has retained 21 players from last season, maintaining a stable core. “To play the final and win is the ultimate goal. But we have to focus on every match, rectify our mistakes that will be easier. We are very motivated and excited that we are the same group. We are better prepared than last year.” Shashank also spoke about embracing his role in the lower middle order, saying it has played a crucial part in his development. “It’s important to love the role. Earlier I also used to think I am a top-order batter and I have been thrown down the order. But then I fell in love with the role.” “The most important thing to prosper in this role is to get the backing (of the team management and dressing room) because you need freedom to play high risk cricket.” Reflecting on his preparation, the 34-year-old revealed that personal milestones will take a backseat this season. “It is more a mental game than skill game during the IPL. The past year didn’t go well for me as I had a spate of injuries and I couldn’t play competitive cricket much.” “My biggest goal is to make an impact for the team. Individual goal will be secondary because I want the team to win and I want a photo with the cup.” “I don’t like batting much in the nets, and I prefer to bat in the games because my role requires to use the mind more than the skill set, stay calm under pressure.” Shashank also acknowledged the added scrutiny on emerging players such as Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Priyansh Arya, both of whom impressed last season. “It won’t be difficult but teams will be better prepared and there will be pressure of performance this year. We all know what IPL is. There will be expectation from them.” Drawing from his own experience, Shashank emphasised the importance of backing up a strong debut season. “Like last year for me, I didn’t want to be a one-year wonder, a lot of time we see that happening. Those who do well in one season their second season become really important because every team is planning for us and there is fan, owner, franchise pressure, performance pressure to match the previous season,” he added.
Even as more people switch from DTH and cable television to OTT platforms and streaming services, prices have risen significantly over the last few years. HBO Max, Hulu and Disney+ hiked subscription prices for some of their bundles in the US, with the cost going up to over $25 ( ₹2367) per month. While India has yet to catch up to that rate, it’s not far behind.
As subscription prices for OTT platforms increase, here’s where India and the US stand.
Subscription prices go up in the US for streaming platforms
The Wall Street Journal reported in November 2025 on the subscription price hikes, calling it a ‘wave of streamflation’. Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO Max, whose least expensive option is now $10.99 ( ₹1041), while its premium subscription goes up to $22.99 ( ₹2178). Netflix’s basic plan with ads costs $7.99 ( ₹756), and the premium plan costs $24.99 ( ₹2365). Disney+, Hulu, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple all had their highest-priced subscriptions at $12.99-18.99 ( ₹1299-1797).
For context, Netflix’s premium subscription cost $15.99 per month in 2020. HBO Max was priced at $14.99 per month, while Disney+ cost $6.99 per month, showing over 170% hike since then. Hulu, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple were priced between $9.99 and $11.99 per month.
In March this year, the LA Times wrote that video streaming platforms were launched as an affordable way to watch movies without ads. And yet, as subscription fees increased and ad-supported subscriptions were introduced, more people seem to choose the latter. According to Deloitte’s 2026 digital media trends report, two-thirds of streaming subscribers are now opting for ads over paying a higher fee.
Subscription prices in India
Streaming in India gained momentum during the pandemic and, for the most part, has seen prices increase since 2020. But the per-month price in the US is comparable to most per-year prices in India.
Netflix’s premium streaming service, which was priced at ₹9588 per year in 2020, is now priced at ₹7788 per year. The mobile plan is ₹1788, down from ₹2388 six years ago. Reports state that this is to stay competitive with the newly merged JioHotstar, which has seen a sizeable increase in subscription fee.
Disney+ Hotstar in 2020 offered its premium subscription at ₹1499 per year, while JioHotstar offers it at ₹2199 per year. JioHotstar’s basic plan, termed the Super/VIP, had gone from ₹399 to a whopping ₹1099. The mobile-only viewing plan is for ₹499 per year.
But Amazon Prime had a standard subscription fee of ₹999 in 2020, which is now ₹1499 per year, with a ₹699 add-on for going ad-free. Sony LIV and Zee5 also saw an increase, going from ₹999 per year in 2020 to ₹1499 per year.
Liverpool star Dominik Szoboszlai turned up the style quotient as he linked up with the Hungarian squad for their upcoming friendlies against Slovenia and Greece. The hardworking midfielder Instagrammed this picture, sporting a snazzy brown leather jacket, featuring a light blue hexagonal patch in the centre. He teamed that up with light brown trousers, a dark brown bag and a cool pair of sunglasses.
Some people have elaborate, customized morning routines. Others, like me, hit snooze on the alarm, head over to the coffee maker, and start walking around as it slowly comes to life. There is a flood of early-morning routine content on social media and the pages of magazines, newspapers and books. According to Google’s Ngram Viewer, which tracks the appearance of words and phrases in books, the number of “morning routines” has nearly quadrupled over the past two decades. If you don’t follow complicated steps when getting up, it can make you feel like you’re doing something wrong. But the truth is more complex.
“Another powerful way to think about routine is to develop daily, weekly, and monthly practices.” Here people have included yoga in their daily life. (Shutterstock)
Every day when we wake up, we face a chaotic and complex world full of uncertainty. We can’t control the weather. We cannot control other people. We cannot control the emotions we experience moment by moment. If you believe otherwise, try it for an hour and see how it goes. Yet there are some things we can do to create order and get into a rhythm amidst the chaos. This is where the power of routine lies.
Almost every person who achieves excellence depends on routine. Routines provide structure to our days, provide a sense of predictability in a naturally unpredictable world, help us energize when we’re feeling down, and keep us grounded when we’re full of energy. They automate decisions so we don’t waste willpower and prepare our mind and body for performance. Routines support focus, consistency, discipline, patience, confidence and many other factors of excellence. If you exercise, write, sketch, or journal every morning, you don’t have to think about it. You just do it. It becomes part of your daily routine.
Research also shows that the objects we surround ourselves with produce certain behaviors. For example, the more you associate going to a specific coffee shop at a specific time of day with writing, the easier it becomes to enter a productive flow. This is why people find comfort in having a game-day blazer for public speaking, or a special pair of jeans they wear to an artist’s studio. These artworks serve as a cue to step out of the ordinary life and step into your respective craft. The best routines are like easy chairs, writes George Leonard in Mastery. You settle into them, oblivious to the ups and downs of time and the world.
Here’s the problem: Although routines can be magical, there is no magical routine.
Many of the characteristics found in so-called “optimal routines” affect people differently. Some people perform better when listening to music. Others don’t. Some get a boost from caffeine. Others experience anxiety or upset stomach. Some people find a cold bath invigorating. Others remain shivering for hours and find the entire process tiring.
We cannot develop optimal routines by copying what other people do. While it’s true that some behaviors are universally effective — like exercise, social connections, and sleep — there’s no single best time, place, or way to engage in each. Only through subtle self-awareness and experimentation do we discover what works best for us. The remainder of this chapter will show you how.
Different people have different chronotypes, a term used to describe the natural fluctuations of energy we experience over the course of 24 hours. Whether it’s a physically or cognitively demanding task, research shows that most people perform at their best in the earlier or later part of the day. These individual differences are rooted in our unique biological rhythms – when different hormones associated with energy and focus are released and when our body temperature rises and falls. Scientists call those who are most alert in the morning as larks and those who are most alert in the evening are called owls. There is no evidence that any chronology is inherently better. What matters for each of us is to try to align our activities with our energy levels.
in his book daily ritualsAuthor Mason Curry details a typical day for more than 50 of the world’s greatest artists, writers, musicians and thinkers. Almost all of them had tried and tested routines. But the routine itself was quite different. This was especially true when people did their best work. Some people, like Mozart, worked late into the night. Others, like Beethoven, were most productive during the early morning hours. The take-home message was not that most great artists accomplished their best work at a certain time of day or that there is an optimal time for productivity. Rather, each person discovered when they were most alert and focused, and did what they could to design their days accordingly.
designing days
Researchers at the Sleep Research Center at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom developed an evidence-based questionnaire to help people determine their chronotype. Answering the following three questions will help you figure out where you fall on the lark-owl spectrum:
1. “If you were completely free to arrange your evening, with no commitments in the morning, what time would you go to bed?”
2. “You have to work physically hard for two hours. When would you do this work if you were completely free to plan your day?”
3. “You have to take a two-hour exam, which you know will be mentally exhausting. If you were free to choose, when would you want to take the exam?”
This questionnaire is a valuable tool, especially when combined with listening to your body in real time. Over the next few days, you can pay attention to when your energy levels are highest and when you fall into a foggy brain state, where you lose focus and your work begins to suffer. Most people recognize their chronotype after just a day or two of paying careful attention. However, the gold standard is to go seven days without setting an alarm clock or compensating for fatigue with caffeine or other stimulants. Not only will you get accurate track of your chronotype, but you’ll also benefit from a reset period during which your body can return to its natural rhythm.
Once you understand your chronotype, you can take advantage of it by intentionally scheduling your hardest and most demanding work for times when your alertness is at its peak. When your biology changes and your alertness wanes, you can focus on tasks that require less attention, like responding to emails, scheduling inevitable meetings, or doing basic chores around the house. Finally, when your attention span begins to wane completely, you don’t need to force yourself to continue. Rather, you can allow your mind and body to heal.
Of course, there are as many unique situations in the world as there are people. Family, coworkers, teammates, and other obligations place restrictions on what you can and cannot do, and when. But it’s also beneficial to have a general knowledge of your timeline running in the background. For example, I’ve discovered that I do my best work in the first half of the day, and after 6:30 pm my brain essentially goes to waste. Does this mean that I write non-stop from six in the morning until noon every day, or that I never do any work in the evening? No, but I get much closer than if I didn’t mind my chronology. The goal is not to be rigid or perfect. The goal is to make the best use of this information as possible. Instead of thinking about managing your time, think about managing your energy.
Daily, Weekly and Monthly Practice
Another powerful way to think about routine is to develop daily, weekly, and monthly practices. These become the fundamental elements of our life that propel us to excellence. Instead of trying to create elaborate routines with 19 components — and in the process, creating more stress instead of reducing it — we can simplify and focus on what matters most. We can name the main things and call them the main things.
My three daily habits are 45 to 90 minutes of physical activity, doing deep-focused work on a meaningful project at least once, and not fighting evening sleep, which usually means going to bed before 10:00 p.m.
My three weekly practices are taking long walks outside at least twice, meeting with friends at least once, and spending a day completely offline (a digital Sabbath).
At least one part of my three monthly practices involves meditation, contemplation, listening to music, or some other type of intentional reflection on who I am and why I am here; At least one day when I’m mainly outside; And when I’m connected to my local community I go out for a walk at least once in a while.
These exercises and rhythms work for me. Yours will almost certainly differ. But the broader list — movement, sleep, community, nature, meaning — aligns with decades of research on health, longevity, and prosperity.
Another area of investigation is nutrition. What we put into our bodies can have a profound effect on how we feel and what we do. While some people find diet rules unhelpful (and, in the case of disordered eating, quite harmful), others find them beneficial. Examples include eating a certain number of vegetables per day, avoiding fast food, limiting sweets to special occasions, or developing a common menu of options for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
It cannot be stressed enough that there is considerable variability from person to person. We may be convinced that doing daily, monthly, and weekly exercises is beneficial, but only you can figure out what those exercises should be.
What makes this kind of approach powerful is its simplicity and concreteness. Developing a few anchors promotes stability, predictability, and strength in a world of chaos, complexity, and infinite choices. I have yet to meet anyone who has not found this framework to be effective, if not transformative. Remember that it’s the small day-to-day routines that create the foundation for great moments and even greatness. Everyone loves to talk about the latter, but we can’t get there without the former.
The simpler our life, the more strict we can be in our daily routine. For someone who lives alone and sets his own work hours, it may be beneficial to get most of his work done at a fixed time and place. Someone with children and a different profession will definitely need a broader and more flexible set of principles. Neither approach is better or worse. Problems only arise when you try to fit a square peg into a round hole. The point is that routines are personal. What works for one person may not work for another. What matters is being aware of the trade-offs and then deliberately choosing the best routine for yourself.
Madhuri Dixit has leased a commercial office space in Mumbai’s Lower Parel for a period of five years, with the total rental value amounting to Rs 2.81 crore, according to documents reviewed by Square Yards.As per the registration papers, the office unit is situated in One Lodha Place and spans a carpet area of 731 sq ft. The agreement also includes one dedicated parking space. The transaction incurred a stamp duty of Rs 72,600, along with registration charges of Rs 1,000, and involved a security deposit of ₹17 lakh.The lease has been signed for 60 months (five years), with a structured rent escalation. The monthly rent starts at Rs 4.25 lakh in the first year and increases by 5 per cent to Rs 4.46 lakh in the second year. It further rises by 5 per cent to Rs 4.68 lakh in the third year, Rs 4.91 lakh in the fourth year, and reaches ₹5.16 lakh in the fifth year, the documents showed.Accordingly, the cumulative rental value over the entire five-year term is Rs 2.81 crore, SquareYards said. The deal was officially registered on March 24, 2026, with the property leased from Rinku Parikshit Joshi.On work front, Madhuri was last seen in Nagesh Kukunoor’s thriller series ‘Mrs Deshpande’ where she plays a complex serial killer. She also featured in the 2024 film ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’ alongside Vidya Balan and Kartik Aaryan.
Gold futures traded higher on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) on Friday with key contracts registering gains of up to 1.6 per cent amid firm buying interest and supportive global cues.The April 2026 gold contract rose by Rs 2,290, or 1.64 per cent, to trade at Rs 1,41,783 per 10 grams. The contract moved between an intraday low of Rs 1,40,287 and a high of Rs 1,42,800. The June 2026 contract, which saw higher trading activity, gained Rs 1,921, or 1.35 per cent, to Rs 1,44,435 per 10 grams. During the session, it touched a low of Rs 1,43,652 and a high of Rs 1,45,773. Meanwhile, the August 2026 contract advanced by Rs 1,480, or 1.02 per cent, to Rs 1,47,100 per 10 grams, with an intraday range of Rs 1,47,040 to Rs 1,48,600.Here is how gold prices stand across major cities today:
Gold price in Delhi today
Gold prices in the national capital declined, with 24K gold quoted at Rs 14,486 per gram, down Rs 218, while 22K gold slipped Rs 200 to Rs 13,280 per gram.
Gold price in Mumbai today
Mumbai bullion markets also saw a drop, with 24K gold priced at Rs 14,471 per gram, down Rs 218, and 22K gold at Rs 13,265 per gram, lower by Rs 200.
Gold price in Chennai today
Chennai recorded a sharper decline, with 24K gold selling at Rs 14,651 per gram, down Rs 262, while 22K gold dropped Rs 240 to Rs 13,430 per gram.
Gold price in Kolkata today
In Kolkata, 24K gold was quoted at Rs 14,471 per gram, down Rs 218, while 22K gold stood at Rs 13,265 per gram, lower by Rs 200.
Gold price in Hyderabad today
Hyderabad markets reflected a similar trend, with 24K gold priced at Rs 14,471 per gram, down Rs 218, and 22K gold at Rs 13,265 per gram, slipping Rs 200.
Gold price in Bangalore today
In Bangalore, 24K gold was quoted at Rs 14,471 per gram, down Rs 218, while 22K gold was selling at Rs 13,265 per gram, lower by Rs 200.
Gold price in Ahmedabad today
Ahmedabad bullion markets showed declines, with 24K gold at Rs 14,476 per gram, down Rs 218, while 22K gold fell Rs 200 to Rs 13,270 per gram.
Gold price in Lucknow today
In Lucknow, 24K gold was priced at Rs 14,486 per gram, down Rs 218, while 22K gold moved lower by Rs 200 to Rs 13,280 per gram.
Gold price in Patna today
Patna markets also recorded weaker rates, with 24K gold quoted at Rs 14,476 per gram, down Rs 218, and 22K gold at Rs 13,270 per gram, lower by Rs 200.
Gold price in Jaipur today
In Jaipur, 24K gold was quoted at Rs 14,486 per gram, down Rs 218, while 22K gold stood at Rs 13,280 per gram, down Rs 200.
SunRisers Hyderabad have been rage-baiting Indian cricket fans since 2024. Not just with their results, but with the way they have chosen to play, often sticking to an ultra-aggressive approach even when conditions suggested otherwise. Since the advent of the Impact Player rule, SRH have figured out that there was no point in scoring middling targets of 170-180 runs. Either you go hell for leather and hit upwards of 230-240, or you get bowled out trying.
Led by Pat Cummins, SRH figured out early in 2024 that there was no point in playing safe. The think tank knew that in the era of eight specialist batters in a team line-up, even a competitive total of 190 runs was not enough. So, in most matches played over the last two seasons, SRH tried to go all-out attack, targeting a mega total regardless of conditions.
And there was perhaps a good reason for that. A simple reflection of the previous season reveals that SRH scored between 140-190 runs while batting first in five matches; they lost all of them. The only games that SRH won while batting first came when they scored upwards of 230 runs. The pattern was hard to ignore.
However, what angered the fans was their batting approach on pitches that were clearly tricky in nature. When wickets clearly did not look suitable for high totals, SRH continued with their hammer-and-tongs method. No surprises that their method backfired, and the team was either bowled out or restricted to between 120-165 runs four times last season – all games that they lost.
But a bullish SRH stuck to their process. Pat Cummins and head coach Daniel Vettori were hell-bent on applying their philosophy and chasing the near-unattainable mark of 250 in every single match. It meant that after winning their opening game, SRH lost four on the trot, getting pegged back early last season.
But the thing with rage-baiting is that it only works for so long. And SunRisers realised that deep into the season, when they were pushed into a do-or-die situation – when they had to finally adjust.
Waking up very late from their slumber, SRH played their final four games with more sensibility, winning the last three. They would have won four on the trot, but their home game against Delhi Capitals was washed out by rain, at a time when SRH needed just 134 runs to win the contest.
That late correction is what makes this season interesting.
Would this season be different? Will the SunRisers peak at the right time this season?
Led by Ishan Kishan, who has been handed the mantle of leadership in the absence of Pat Cummins, SRH certainly lack the killer vibe this season. A happy go lucky guy since his Mumbai Indians days, Kishan did well as the captain of Jharkhand in the domestic season, but his ability to keep calm under pressure in tough situations is still unproven.
When the mantle of leadership is inexperienced, a team only survives if they rally around each other and extract the best out of themselves. Which means that the key to the team doing well falls solely on the squad that SRH have built this season, and how well they respond to situations when Plan A inevitably fails.
A squad that was built on a rather unique, borderline weird auction strategy.
SRH’S NEAR-MISSES IN IPL AUCTION
Kaviya Maran’s franchise entered the auction pool with a decent budget of Rs 25.50 crore. The targets in mind – an elite fast bowler, a lead spinner, and a couple of middle-order Indian reinforcements who could provide the team with some batting back-up.
The team lost four key bids in the auction last season: Auqib Nabi, Ravi Bishnoi, Kartik Sharma and Prashant Veer.
Bishnoi, the lead spinner, was the first to slip away from SRH’s hands. SRH’s final bid for Bishnoi was Rs 7 crore. The spinner was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 7.20 crore.
Auqib Nabi was next. SRH bid for the pacer 16 times, eventually letting go at Rs 8.20 crore. Nabi was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 8.40 crore.
Uncapped Indian stars Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma were next, both going to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 14.20 crore – record money for uncapped Indians. SRH’s final bid for both? Rs 14 crore.
With their favoured players out of hand, SRH resorted to Plan B, which was to buy players either they had scouted or players who had done well in their nets before.
This meant that SRH bought players like Krains Fuletra, Shivang Kumar – also known as Madhya Pradesh’s Noor Ahmad – Shivam Mavi and Praful Hinge in their line-up.
This freed up the budget to get an overseas all-rounder, where they splurged money on Liam Livingstone (Rs 13 crore), which was perhaps a questionable choice.
But what did the buys solve?
Arguably not a lot, lol. This only means that SRH will have to trust their uncapped stars to pull their weight in this edition of the competition. If the signings do bring in the element of surprise, SRH will be a force to reckon with in the early half of the season.
But if they do not click, which more often than not is the case in top-tier cricket, SRH are going to have a miserable time this season.
*Jack Edwards was replaced by David Payne for Rs 1.5 crore
SRH’S PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT FOR
The army of uncapped stars will certainly be the group to look out for at SunRisers Hyderabad this season. The likes of Harsh Dubey and Aniket Verma have already played last time around and will be more familiar with the team’s proceedings.
Smaran Ravichandran had a strong outing with Karnataka this season and is being touted as the next prolific run-scorer in the middle overs. He is an all-format talent and could be given a go in the line-up if someone like Aniket Verma is not able to step up this season.
Krains Fuletra outwitted Heinrich Klaasen as a net bowler last season. The batter was so impressed that SRH bought Fuletra in the 2026 auction.
Salil Arora, batting in the SRH practice game, smashed five sixes in five balls. The right-hander is a middle-order batter with a penchant for big hitting.
But it is possible that he remains an Impact Player option at best.
And that brings us to the problem that SRH have – if an uncapped Salil Arora can hit five consecutive sixes, one wonders, what will the rest of the teams, with world-class batters, do to SunRisers Hyderabad’s bowling this season?
This means that SRH will be missing a lot of experience in the bowling unit. And the existing options in Jaydev Unadkat, Harshal Patel and Shivam Mavi are highly unlikely to fill that hole.
Which means that someone like Nitish Kumar Reddy, at SRH since 2023, will need to raise his level and shoulder some responsibility. He did pick up a hat-trick in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, but his bowling credentials continue to remain questionable at the IPL level.
So, where does that bring us?
To the rage-baiting, of course. SRH have to score either 240 runs or risk losing the game. That’s it. That perhaps sums up the expectations from SRH this season.
The Devil Wears Prada, first released in 2006, has achieved cult status among fans worldwide. The much-awaited sequel is all set to release in theatres on May 1. It will see the return of Meryl Streep as Runway editor Miranda Priestly, along with co-stars Emily Blunt, Anne Hathaway and Stanley Tucci. Earlier last year, several pictures from the film’s shoot surfaced on social media. Meryl and Anne have now spoken about the experience of shooting amid the chaotic fan frenzy and paparazzi. (Also read: The Devil Wears Prada 2 trailer: Meryl Streep brings the sass, fails to recognise Anne Hathaway; fans love the chemistry)
The Devil Wears Prada 2 marks the return of the main cast, including Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Stanley Tucci.
What Meryl Streep said
Meryl Streep shared just how overwhelming the experience was this time around, “Even though we were aware of the impact of the first film two decades ago, I think none of us were prepared for the ambush of both goodwill and avid attention that engulfed us. We needed police barriers and crowd control. Buses of fans turned up, and paparazzi swarmed and in one case kept jumping in front of the camera and the shot and got in a kerfuffle with crew! Annie kept her cool, but I was unnerved.”
Anne recalled a moment when her heel broke mid-scene, and she fell down a few steps. She got back up immediately, smiling and reassuring everyone she was okay. She admitted, but later admitted her first thought was, “I was aware that I was falling, I was aware that I was being photographed.”
About The Devil Wears Prada
The original film was based on author Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel about a young woman’s nightmarish experience working at a fashion magazine. Meryl starred as Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor-in-chief of the fictional Runway magazine. The film was a huge commercial success, earning earned $326.7 million worldwide. The film also got Meryl a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy and an Oscar nomination.
The sequel reunites the original main cast with director David Frankel and writer Aline Brosh McKenna, and introduces new characters, including Kenneth Branagh, Simone Ashley, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, Patrick Brammall, Caleb Hearon, Helen J. Shen, Pauline Chalamet, B.J. Novak and Conrad Ricamora.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is produced by Wendy Finerman, and executive produced by Michael Bederman, Karen Rosenfelt and Aline Brosh McKenna. The film releases in theatres in India on May 1.
