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Starcast of ‘Shortcut Romeo’ visits Cinépolis Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, June 12, 2013: Cinépolis, India’s first international movie exhibitor and Ahmedabad’s first international multiplex, yet again lived up to their promise of getting the movie stars close to their fans as the Star cast of the upcoming Romantic film -Shortcut Romeo visited Cinépolis with their lead actors Amisha Patel, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Puja Gupta.
Thanking Cinépolis on the occasion Neil NitinMukeshadded, “We are glad to see such an overwhelming response of Ahmedavadi’s. We thank Cinépolis for giving us such a delightful experience and we hope our movie does well at the box office all around the globe.”
Shortcut Romeo is an upcoming Indian romantic crime thriller directed and produced by Susi Ganeshan under the banner of Susi Ganesh Productions. It is the Hindi remake of the director’s own Tamil film Thiruttu Payale (2006), starring Neil Nitin Mukesh in the title role with Puja Gupta as his love interest and Ameesha Patel in a negative character.
Responding to her fans, Amisha Patel quoted, “The love we have received at Cinépolis is amazing. I always love coming to this great city and meet my fans. I hope our hard work at this project will for sure entertain our fans and make it up to their expectations.”
On the occasion,Manish Karanwal – Unit Head, Cinépolis Ahmedabad shared, “It’s a privilege to host the stars from Shortcut Romeo at Cinépolis. We have lots of expectations from the movie and I hope it would be enjoyed by all. We can make out from the excitement level of our supporters how much they enjoy meeting the stars. We will continue to provide such opportunities to our patrons.”
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News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
