Hindi
Pappu Can’t Dance Saala loses steam after a decent start
MUMBAI: Pappu Can‘t Dance Saala, as the title suggests, would be a comedy revolving around Vinay Pathak.
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Producer: Sameer Nair, Saurabh Shukla. |
The thing with Vinay Pathak is that while he may fit into the character of a middle class simpleton, he just can‘t go beyond that due to which he ends up doing the same kind of roles with same input.
Pappu Can‘t Dance Saala is about how a simple man from Varanasi, Vinay Pathak and a street smart girl, Neha Dhupia, a film chorus dancer end up in the same house. They were neighbours in a government housing building, but following a raid by the vigilance department, Neha Dhupia is evicted from her flat. Suspecting Vinay Pathak of having complained to authorities, she muscles her way into his house, also taking over his bedroom.
The fun begins with the duo‘s petty squabbling and fights; the problem is the fun does not last long enough. As the film progresses, things become repetitive and the interest sags. Script is contrived as per convenience and none of the two main characters possess the ability to carry the film on their own shoulders. There are notmany characters either to share the screen time.
The script loses steam after a decent start and so does direction, which loses hold on the film. While the dialogues are good at places, the other aspects like music, cinematography are passable.
Vinay Pathak and Neha Dhupia do well within their limited range. Naseeruddin Shah is good in a special appearance. Rajat Kapoor, Brijendra Kala, Veena Mallik, Sanjay Mishra etc give fair support.
Pappu Can‘t Dance Saala would find some of its viewers on TV and video but hardly any at the cinema halls.
Jo Hum Chahein is forgettable
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Producer: Aman Gill. |
Jo Hum Chahein is a family enterprise of three brothers, Aman Gill (producer), Pawan Gill (director) and Sunny Gill (lead actor), who is being launched with this film.
It is a coming of age story of a young management graduate, Sunny Gill, who reek of overconfidence and always wants to be number one in all the challenges he faces.
In same vein, he wants to top the performance list in his stock broking firm in Mumbai where he has been accepted as an apprentice and also in the same spirit of challenge he pursues a girl, Simran Mundi to add to his list of conquests.
Simran, however, is not an easy catch since she has her idea of love well-defined. As it would happen, her reluctance to succumb to his passes only makes him fall in love with her.
At the same time, in his quest to be at the top of list in his office, he falls prey to his senior colleague‘s ploy, ending up as toy boy for a wealthy widow. What follows is a usual love story, falling in love, the mandatory misunderstanding, the man straying in greed and the eventual positive ending.
I am not calling it a happy ending because by the time the film ends, you are anything but happy; spent and mentally fatigued is more like it! (Comparing the theme as modern day Shri 420 would be sacrilege.)
The film rests mainly on just two characters, the lead pair, both new and not at all prepared to carry this film with no twists and turns.
The script is routine with little drama. Direction is average and the first half has overdose of songs even as the musical score is not much of help. Dialogue lacks punch. Performance wise Sunny Gill is okay with limited range while Simran Mundi is expressionless. Ally Khan did well.
Jo Hum Chahein is forgettable.
Hindi
India’s telecom subscribers cross 1.32 billion in February 2026
Broadband base swells past 1.06 billion as Jio and Airtel tighten grip on the market.
MUMBAI: India’s telecom sector is ringing in steady growth once again adding millions of new connections every month while the race for broadband supremacy continues to heat up like a fiercely contested cricket match. According to the latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 1 April 2026, the total telephone subscriber base in the country reached 1,321.31 million at the end of February 2026. This marked a net addition of 7.31 million subscribers during the month, translating into a monthly growth rate of 0.56 per cent.
Wireless subscribers (including mobile and Fixed Wireless Access) stood at 1,273.31 million, registering a net addition of 6.97 million and a growth rate of 0.55 per cent. Within this, urban wireless connections grew to 730.75 million (growth 0.70 per cent), while rural wireless subscribers reached 542.56 million (growth 0.35 per cent).
Wireline subscribers, though much smaller in scale, showed slightly faster growth. The total wireline base increased to 47.99 million, with a net addition of 0.34 million and a monthly growth rate of 0.70 per cent. Urban areas continued to dominate wireline connections with a share of 89.41 per cent.
Overall tele-density in India improved to 92.66 per cent. Urban tele-density stood at 150.68 per cent, while rural tele-density edged up to 60.02 per cent.
The broadband subscriber base crossed a significant milestone, reaching 1,059.05 million at the end of February 2026. This reflected a healthy net addition of 6.33 million subscribers and a monthly growth rate of 0.60 per cent from January’s figure of 1,052.72 million.
Segment-wise, mobile wireless access continued to drive the majority of growth with 996.52 million subscribers. Fixed Wireless Access (including 5G FWA) added 16.51 million, while wired broadband stood at 46.02 million.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. maintained its commanding lead with 519.64 million broadband subscribers. Bharti Airtel Ltd. followed with 364.14 million, Vodafone Idea Ltd. with 129.36 million, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. with 28.70 million, and Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. with 2.38 million.
Together, these top five players command a massive 98.60 per cent share of the total broadband market.
In the wireless (mobile) segment, private operators continued to dominate with 92.59 per cent market share, leaving public sector undertakings (BSNL and MTNL) with just 7.41 per cent.
Out of the total 1,257.29 million wireless (mobile) subscribers, 1,177.60 million were active on the peak Visitor Location Register (VLR) date, representing an impressive 93.66 per cent activity rate. Bharti Airtel led in this metric with 99.42 per cent of its subscribers active.
Meanwhile, 14.47 million subscribers submitted requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in February, indicating healthy competition and customer churn across zones.
While urban areas still lead in absolute numbers, rural connectivity is slowly catching up. Rural wireless tele-density stood at 59.46 per cent, compared with the much higher urban figure of 142.32 per cent.
Fixed Wireless Access using 5G technology also showed promising traction, growing to 11.93 million subscribers. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are the primary players driving this segment.
The data paints a picture of a maturing yet still rapidly expanding telecom ecosystem. With total telephone subscribers now well past the 1.32 billion mark and broadband users comfortably above 1.06 billion, India continues to solidify its position as one of the world’s largest and most dynamic digital markets.
From bustling city streets to remote villages, more Indians are staying connected than ever before proving that when it comes to telecom, the country’s appetite for growth shows no signs of hanging up anytime soon.
