Pop culture staying power from a 2001 Bollywood blockbuster is still fueling fashion trends, and Manish Malhotra is taking a well-earned victory lap.
Malhotra on Kareena's iconic Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham looks
Manish Malhotra credited Kareena Kapoor Khan's costumes with becoming pop culture staples.
Her portrayal of Poo delivered fashion that felt ahead of its era.
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham dropped in 2001, directed by Karan Johar.
Bold, unapologetically glamorous fits defined that character perfectly.
Bole Chudiyan's cultural ripple effect
Malhotra pointed to Bole Chudiyan as the sangeet trend starter.
Families dressing up and dancing together became the norm after it.
Nysa Devgn recently wore a 2025/26 update of that outfit...
A claustrophobic one-night thriller from 1999 is back in the spotlight as its lead actress marks 27 years since its release.
Urmila Matondkar celebrates Kaun's anniversary
Urmila Matondkar posted the original Kaun trailer on her socials.
Her caption nodded to that single rainy night driving the plot.
Ram Gopal Varma directed the 1999 psychological thriller.
Manoj Bajpayee and Sushant Singh rounded out the cast.
What Kaun is actually about
A woman stuck at home alone learns a serial killer is on the loose.
A stranger shows up at her door, begging for shelter from the rain.
Suspicion spirals hard from that point on.
Tight writing and wild twists kept viewers guessing throughout.
Matondkar's performance stood out big time
Urmila...
An action-romance project is gearing up to showcase a completely different side of Ahaan Panday, and Ali Abbas Zafar is steering the ship.
Ali Abbas Zafar on directing Ahaan Panday
Ali Abbas Zafar is helming an untitled film starring Ahaan Panday.
Panday's old-school sincerity on camera is what sold Zafar.
His willingness to be emotionally open apparently lands perfectly on screen.
Zafar sees real long-term romantic-hero potential in him.
Shooting kicks off late March
Ahaan Panday starts filming on March 30 in Mumbai.
UK locations follow, with roughly 60 days of shooting planned there.
Sharvari is attached as the female lead opposite him.
Zafar is framing it as a full-on action entertainer.
Zafar's take on blending romance and...
A fresh musical pairing just landed for Aishwarya Rajinikanth's next directorial venture, and it has Yuvan Shankar Raja attached as composer.
Yuvan Shankar Raja joins KRG's Production No. 9
Aishwarya Rajinikanth is helming this project for Kannan Ravi Group.
Raja got tapped to handle the score.
KRG dropped a poster on socials confirming it.
Her producer credit was revealed barely a day prior.
Multi-lingual rollout is on the table
Five languages are locked in for release.
Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi made the cut.
KRG is billing it as a mass entertainer.
Production No. 9 is their ninth venture overall.
Kannan Ravi Group's track record speaks
Kannan Ravi is a Dubai-based Indian businessman running KRG.
His banner...
A brand-new talent pipeline for Tanzanian musicians just got the green light, and it has French backing baked right in.
BASATA Rising Star Award launch
BASATA officially dropped the Rising Star Award at an event in Dar es Salaam.
Executive Secretary Kelvin Stansilausi called it a historic day for the music sector.
Alliance Française and the French Embassy in Tanzania co-developed the program.
Flora Rousseau handles international representation for BASATA on this initiative.
How it actually works
Emerging artists with tracks on digital platforms but weak promotion are the targets.
Valid BASATA registration is a hard requirement for participation.
Monthly winners score media tours, recording sessions, and performance slots...
A fresh drilling push in Mtwara is gunning to boost Tanzania's natural gas output and reserves simultaneously.
Minister Ndejembi's Mtwara visit
Energy Minister Deogratius Ndejembi touched down in Mtwara on February 27, 2026.
Acting Regional Commissioner Abdallah Mwaipaya greeted him alongside party and government leaders.
Dr. James Mataragio, Permanent Secretary for Oil and Gas, came along for the trip.
Ministry experts and oil-and-gas institutional reps rounded out the delegation.
What is happening on the ground
Drilling exercises are being kicked off to ramp up natural gas production.
Research wells at Mnazi Bay and Ntorya Blocks target expanding gas reserves.
Electricity generation, industrial use, and domestic supply all stand...
A nationwide land clinic is about to hit all 26 mainland regions, and it is laser-focused on closing Tanzania's massive gender gap in property ownership.
Samia Ardhi Kliniki rollout
Deputy Secretary General Lucy Kabyemela announced the initiative on February 27, 2026.
Female-only staff will run the clinics across every mainland region.
Land titles go directly to women who have reached the ownership stage.
International Women's Day on March 8, 2026, is the catalyst behind the timing.
Why this matters
Only about 28 percent of women in Tanzania currently hold land.
Kabyemela flagged poor awareness of rights as a major barrier to ownership.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan directed public servants to bring services closer to communities...
A Tanzanian woman walked into her first Mining Indaba and walked out with a continental award nobody saw coming.
Leminatha's big win in South Africa
Leminatha Kabigumila snagged the Women Entrepreneur in Mining Award from AWIMA.
The 2nd International Mining Indaba ran from February 8 to 12, 2026, in South Africa.
She founded RARE Mining East Africa Limited and is its CEO.
Kabigumila showed up expecting to learn and network, not collect hardware.
Her mining portfolio is stacked
RARE Mining holds 21 licenses covering gypsum and gold operations.
Gypsum gets mined in Kyerwa, Kagera, while gold comes from Kahama, Shinyanga, and Manyara.
All her gold goes straight to the Bank of Tanzania in Dodoma.
Three prior awards for best miner, top...
A green-energy skills program just scaled from 500 to 1,600 women and youth, and it is targeting clean-tech jobs across Tanzania.
BES-TVET project basics
REDESO and the government are jointly rolling out green-energy training nationwide.
IDRC is footing the bill, with implementation spanning Tanzania and Uganda.
CEO Abeid Kasaizi laid out the plan at an inception workshop in Dar es Salaam.
A pilot batch of 500 participants already went through the program.
What trainees actually learn
Smart stoves, solar systems, and electric transportation tech are all on the curriculum.
Entrepreneurship training ensures graduates can launch their own ventures.
Six TVET centers will get upgraded to teach these clean-energy modules.
VETA is wired in...
