Stargazer: Priyanshu Chatterjee, Juhi Chawla and Nandana Dev Sen

Back in Action

Priyanshu Chatterjee was a heartthrob the moment Tum Bin landed in 2001. From then on, his appearances have been sporadic but much loved. Now in Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe, a 14-episode Tulsea Original microdrama, created and written by Namrata Wadhwani and directed by Raashi Priya Nahata, he’s back as a guest in widow Sheeba Chadha’s life, cooking for her, drinking with her, and generally standing up for her to her wicked brother-in-law. Available on Kusha Kapila’s Instagram page, it also features Kapila as the young woman Chadha mistakenly writes to. Now all we need is a feature film with Chatterjee and Chadha in the lead roles.

Nostalgic Beats

Juhi Chawla’s 1994 Hindi film with Chiranjeevi The Gentleman left us with the immortal AR Rahman song, ‘Roop Suhana Lagta Hai’. Now that has been recreated by Apple for a new Deepavali campaign in collaboration with the fashion brand Raw Mango. Chawla herself makes an appearance recreating her iconic dance steps. The result is spectacular.

Diaspora Drama

The highly anticipated Netflix adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth brings Nandana Dev Sen back on screen along with Jayant Kripalani in the generation-spanning series. A publisher, actor, and author, Dev Sen—daughter of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen—knows about life as a Bengali American based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is the premise of the book.