Actor Khushbu Sundar was seen in a Hindi film recently after a long time. The actor appeared in a cameo in Suresh Triveni’s Subedaar, playing Anil Kapoor’s wife. In an interview, Khushbu, who has been working in films for 45 years, said she finds it difficult to give advice to younger female stars today.

Khushbu then praised actors like Priyanka Chopra and Alia Bhatt for taking Indian cinema global with their appearances at award shows. “Priyanka Chopra will be seen at the Oscars as a presenter. Alia Bhatt was recently present at the BAFTAs. It has become essential in today’s era to break those walls we build,” she added.

Subedaar is the story of Subedaar Arjun Maurya (Anil Kapoor), a retired soldier who returns home and tries to adjust to civilian life. Set in Madhya Pradesh, the film shows his fight against corruption in his area while also dealing with a difficult relationship with his daughter Shyama (Radhika Madan). Apart from Anil, Radhikka, and Khushbu, the film also features Saurabh Shukla, Aditya Rawal, Mona Singh, and Faisal Malik in important roles. The Suresh Triveni film was released on Amazon Prime Video on March 5 to largely positive reviews with praise for the action sequences and Anil Kapoor.

Actor Priyanka Chopra stepped into the fierce Bloody Mary avatar for the R-rated pirate adventure The Bluff. While the film opened to mixed reviews, it is winning the streaming race and has emerged as the most-watched original film across OTT platforms worldwide.

It is followed by Anubhuti Kashyap’s psychological thriller, Accused, which was released on Netflix on February 27. Starring Konkona Sen Sharma and Pratibha Ranta, the film is about a London-based gynecologist who faces serious allegations of sexual misconduct at the workplace. Accused has amassed an estimated 213.1 million minutes of viewership.

David Victori’s Firebreak, which was released on Netflix, has secured the third spot with an estimated 177.2 million minutes of viewership. It is followed by Paul McCartney: Man on the Run, directed by Morgan Neville and released on Prime Video, which garnered around 156.2 million minutes of viewership. Ángel Manuel Soto’s The Wrecking Crew rounds out the top five, with the Prime Video release clocking an estimated 110.6 million minutes of viewership.

Fans of Priyanka Chopra are celebrating the latest update, with many saying the achievement is well deserved. One wrote, “She deserved it.. She worked so hard for this,” with another sharing, “Holy moly… she deserved it.”

“So happy for my queen,” one gushed, with another writing, “The Bluff rocks!!”. One commented, “WOW!!! Impressive”, with one sharing, “Bluff is a good watch for sure.” “The Bluff was shockingly good,” one mentioned.

The Bluff tells the story of Ercell Borden (Priyanka), a fishwife living in an Eden-like Caribbean town with her son and sister-in-law. Her husband, sailor TH Borden (Ismael Cruz Córdova), has been captured by a pirate named Connor (Karl Urban), who is now hunting her to settle old scores. Forced to confront a past she had long tried to leave behind, Ercell must embrace her alter ego: Bloody Mary, a feared pirate legend, in order to protect her family.

Directed by Frank E Flowers, the film is produced by siblings Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, and Angela Russo-Otstot under the banner AGBO. The Bluff has been streaming on Prime Video since February 25. The ensemble cast includes Safia Oakley-Green, Temuera Morrison, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Zack Morris and David Field, among others.

In a candid revelation, Willa Ford has shared her private struggle with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, a condition that nearly silenced her music career forever. The early 2000s pop sensation, now 45 and known for hits like ‘I Wanna Be Bad,’ initially kept her battle under wraps out of fear and stigma. Her decision to speak out stems from a transformative realization that vulnerability could inspire others facing similar invisible illnesses.

Onset of deadly seizures

Willa Ford first experienced psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, or PNES, in December 2023. Defined by the National Institutes of Health as seizures potentially triggered by psychological factors, PNES disrupted her life dramatically. She could neither work nor drive during the worst episodes, which left her feeling isolated. “I wasn’t going to tell people because I think it scares [them],” Willa Ford told People magazine. “Like, ‘Oh, she’s going to have one on stage.”

Nature of PNES

Willa Ford describes her seizures as a brain disconnect that spares physical injury. “My brain disconnects, so it actually doesn’t injure my brain,” she explained. “It’s the better of the seizures to have, if I’m being honest. My body just flails, or I get frozen, but I’m coherent. I can talk to you [and] do math, unless my mouth is doing weird things.” She stresses that PNES varies by individual and stems from trauma, in her case linked to a past music industry event. “What I will say is it had nothing to do with my label [Atlantic Records], my labelmates, or a producer or anything. It wasn’t anybody I worked with. It is an out-of-this-world story that doesn’t even sound real.”

The wake-up call and diagnosis

The seizures became a wake-up call. “The seizures are what made me decide I wasn’t done living,” Willa Ford told People. Learning their trauma root prompted her return to songwriting, her sole creative outlet then. “When Ford learned her seizures were caused by a past trauma connected to music, she focused on songwriting. ‘That’s all I could do,’ she says,” said the report. This process fueled her new album, channeling pain into art.Today, seizures strike about once a month, managed through therapy, anti-anxiety medication, and a rescue med for crises. Willa Ford initially viewed her case as rare but now sees its broader relevance. Her interior design business sustained her, even leading to a Flip It Like Disick collaboration with Scott Disick. By addressing suppressed trauma tied to music, as explored with neuroscientists, she reclaimed her voice both literally and artistically.