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Upcoming Bollywood Movies we are excited about in 2019
First half of 2019 saw some amazing movies like Gully Boy, Total Dhamaal and Bharat, But the later half of the year is sure to be more exciting with some really big budget Bollywood films set to release. The upcoming movies that we are really excited about in 2019 and early 2020 are…
Student Of The Year 2
Student of the year 2 is the sequel of the 2012 film, Student Of The Year which was the debut movie for some of the finest actors in Bollywood that is Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra. The sequel of the franchise is set to star Tiger Shroff, Ananya Panday and Tara Sutaria in the lead role. The film is being produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banner Dharma Productions. The film is being directed by Punit Malhotra, who is best known for his films I Hate Luv Storys and Gori Tere Pyaar Mein. Student of the year 2 will be the Bollywood debut for Ananya Panday and Tara Sutaria. The film was earlier set to release in May, but the release has now been postponed to later half of 2019.
Brahmastra
Brahmastra is an upcoming Bollywood superhero film written and directed by Ayan Mukerji, and produced by Karan Johar. The film is set to star veteran superstar Amitabh Bachan and popular actors Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. The film is also said to star south superstar Akkineni Nagarjuna. In one of his interviews Karan Johar the producer of the movie said that Brahmastra is part one of a three-part trilogy which will be completed over a span of 10 years. The film is set to release on 20 December 2019.
Super 30
Super 30 is a biographical film directed by Anurag Kashyap and is based on the life of Anand Kumar, a mathematics genius from Bihar. The movie depicts his journey of starting a training program that is aimed at helping IIT aspirants crack the entrance test. The film stars popular Bollywood actors like Pankaj Tripathi and Hrithik Roshan who is one of the richest Bollywood actors by net worth. The film is set to release on 12 July 2019. The film is produced by Anurag Kashyap, Sajid Nadiadwala, Vikramaditya Motwane.
Arjun Patiala
Arjun Patiala is a romantic comedy movie starring Diljit Dosanjh, Kriti Sanon and Varun Sharma. In the film Diljit Dosanjh and Varun Sharma are known to play the role of small town cops and Kriti Sanon will be seen as a crime journalist. She is also known to enjoy eating some spicy indian dishes.The film is directed by Rohit Jugraj Chauhan. Rohit has earlier worked as an assistant director to Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ram Gopal Varma. The film is set to release on 26 July 2019.
Street Dancer
Street Dancer is an upcoming Bollywood dance movie which is said to be the third part in the ABCD dance movie series. The film stars Varun Dhawan, Prabhu Deva, Nora Fatehi and Shraddha Kapoor. We are sure the dance routines in the movie will be as amazing as those in the prequels. The film is produced by Bhushan Kumar under the banner of T-Series and is Directed by Remo D'Souza. The film is set to release on 24 January 2020.
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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.
