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Suniel Shetty returns, Jackie Shroff joins the mayhem in Hunter Season 2
MUMBAI: The streets of Mumbai are set to rumble again, and this time, there’s twice the firepower. Amazon MX Player, Amazon’s free streaming service, has just dropped the high-octane teaser for Hunter Season 2, reuniting fans with Suniel Shetty’s brooding cop Vikram Sinha and introducing Jackie Shroff in a role that’s as unpredictable as it is powerful.
Directed by Prince Dhiman and Alok Batra, and produced by Yoodlee Films (the film division of Saregama India), the new season promises a bigger, bolder, and bloodier ride through the murky alleys of crime and vengeance, this time with international stakes and a villain who’s all charm, chaos, and calculated menace.
From Mumbai to Thailand, the teaser teases a wild chase high on drama, heavy on action, and packed with the kind of Bollywood masala that fans crave. Also starring Anusha Dandekar and Barkha Bisht, Season 2 of Hunter picks up where the first left off: Vikram Sinha is back, but this mission is deeply personal, and the shadows are darker than ever.
In typical MX Player style, Hunter S2 will stream for free, making it easily accessible across the Amazon shopping app, Prime Video, Fire TV, Smart TVs, Airtel Xstream, and the MX Player app.
Get ready for fists, fury, and full-blown face-offs because Vikram Sinha’s not just chasing justice, he’s outrunning his past.
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X launches XChat messaging app on iOS with calls and encryption
Standalone app marks shift from “everything app” vision, adds E2E messaging.
MUMBAI: From one big app to many small chats, X seems to be splitting its ambitions. X has rolled out its standalone messaging app, XChat, to iOS users, opening up a new front in its evolving product strategy. The app allows users to connect with existing X contacts through private and group messages, file sharing, as well as audio and video calls. The launch follows a limited beta phase, where the platform tested the product with a smaller user base to refine the experience. Now available publicly, XChat marks a notable pivot from earlier ambitions championed by Elon Musk to turn X into a single “everything app” combining messaging, payments, commerce and more.
Instead, the company under xAI ownership and backed by SpaceX appears to be building a suite of standalone applications, each targeting specific use cases while expanding its broader ecosystem.
At launch, XChat includes end-to-end encrypted messaging, PIN-based access, disappearing messages, and features such as message editing, deletion for all participants, and screenshot blocking. The company has also said the app is free from advertisements and tracking mechanisms, positioning it as a privacy-first alternative in a crowded messaging space.
However, security claims around the platform are likely to face scrutiny. Earlier iterations of XChat drew criticism from experts who argued it fell short of established encrypted platforms like Signal. With the wider rollout, the app is expected to undergo fresh evaluation to assess whether those concerns have been addressed.
Beyond messaging, XChat will also house X’s Communities feature, which is being discontinued on the main platform due to low usage and spam concerns. Migrating these users could provide an early boost to adoption, effectively turning XChat into both a communication and community hub.
The move underscores a broader recalibration at X less about cramming everything into one app, and more about spreading bets across multiple touchpoints, one message at a time.
