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Helen’s 87th Birthday: Salma-Salim Khan, Rekha, Asha Parekh And Other Bollywood Celebs Arrive For The Queen Of Cabaret’s Party- Watch

by jummy84 November 21, 2025

written by jummy84

Helen celebrated her 87th birthday on Friday with a grand party in Mumbai. The veteran actress greeted paparazzi upon her arrival, smiling warmly and offering a traditional namaste. Among the guests was Salim Khan, who was also seen at the event. Veterans Rekha, Asha Parekh, Waheeda Rehman and others were present as well, adding to the star-studded gathering.

Helen Arrives At Mercii For Her 87th Birthday Party

Helen looked stunning in a violet churidaar suit as she stepped out of her car, posing for photos in front of the cameras. She raised her hands, waved, and expressed her gratitude for the birthday wishes before heading inside.

Salim Khan and Salma Khan arrived shortly afterwards.
Her close friend Rekha made a stylish appearance in a black jumpsuit paired with a blue jacket and striking black shades. She posed for photographs and even took a camera from a photographer to capture a moment herself, sharing the joy of the celebration.
The Golden Girl trio was completed once Waheeda Rehman and Asha Parekh arrived at Arpita Khan Sharma’s restaurant, Mercii. The duo smiled and posed for the paps.
Asha Parsik and Waheeda Rehman at Helen birthday party

About Helen’s Bollywood Career
Speaking of Helen, she has starred in more than 500 films over the course of a seven-decade career. Helen was given the Padma Shri in 2009 and is frequently mentioned as one of the most well-known nautch and cabaret dancers of her era. Among the films she has appeared in are Howrah Bridge, Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai, Woh Kaun Thi?, Caravan, Upaasna, Ram Balram and Sholay. Her most recent appearance was in the 2012 movie Heroine, which starred Kareena Kapoor Khan. Helen married Salim Khan in 1981.
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November 21, 2025 0 comments

TV & Streaming

4 Coronation Street spoilers next week: Asha Alahan in devastating suicide story and are Abi and Carl exposed?

by jummy84 September 30, 2025

written by jummy84

And Abi Webster (Sally Carman-Duttine) makes a mistake that finally sees her affair with Carl (Jonathan Howard) revealed to Kevin (Michael Le Vell).

Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) is reunited with an old flame, but their history isn’t all it seems.

Also, Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) heads to the hospital for an appointment concerning bowel cancer, keeping this from his controlling partner Theo Silverton (James Cartwright).

Read on for all your Coronation Street spoilers for Monday 6th October – Friday 10th October 2025.

4 Coronation Street spoilers next week

1. Asha Alahan is rushed to hospital after trying to take her own life

Asha is found unconscious. ITV

Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove) and Dev have finally had their wedding night at the hotel, but now Bernie reveals she’s worried about Asha.

In the shop, an exhausted Asha drinks from a bottle of wine, then suddenly orders Brody Michaelis (Ryan Mulvey) to mind the shop before heading out.

A tearful Asha is found by Theo slumped on the bench in Victoria Gardens with an empty bottle.

Theo raises the alarm and Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney) alerts Dev, while a paramedic tends to Asha, asking Dev and Amy if Asha might have taken any drugs in addition to the wine.

Dev and Bernie sitting in a hospital waiting room as she rests a hand on his leg in Coronation Street — Dev is distraught. ITV

As Dev waits for news in A&E, Sienna (Charlotte Tyree) approaches and gently reveals they’ve found drugs on Asha.

Dev is reeling as Bernie asks if Asha has tried to take her own life.

An image from later in the week confirms that physically, Asha will be okay, but there are continued concerns for her mental wellbeing as Dev struggles to contain his emotions.

He tells Bernie he can’t help feeling angry that Asha was prepared to put the family through so much pain.

Asha sitting in a chair as Dev lays on a hospital bed talking in Coronation Street — Dev visits Asha in hospital. ITV

Dev later visits Asha, but can he support his daughter?

Meanwhile, in the Rovers, characters including Kirk Sutherland (Andrew Whyment) and Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) discuss Asha’s situation.

As they share their concern for Dev, the group open up over their own worries and agree to share them rather than bottling things up.

If you need help and support on issues raised within this article, please visit Samaritans, CALM, Rethink Mental Illness and Mind for guidance.

2. Abi Webster and Carl Webster’s affair exposed in text blunder?

Carl and Abi feel awkward for different reasons! ITV

At Ronnie Bailey’s (Vinta Morgan) birthday bash, Carl is awkwardly sandwiched between both his secret lovers Abi and James Bailey (Jason Callender).

When young Alfie knocks over his drink, Carl helps as Abi mops up the spillage, and a furious Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney) notes their intimacy and spells out to Abi that she must end things with Carl.

Debbie then advises Kevin to hire a lawyer as Abi can’t be trusted.

Abi sees them talking but can’t hear what’s being said, and, assuming the worst, she sends a panicked text to Carl warning him that Kevin knows. Only, Abi’s texted Kev instead!

Carl tries to get hold of Kevin’s phone to delete the message, but the following day, it would seem that Kev has learned the truth, as he turns Abi away when she checks on him and Jack (Kyran Bowes), and makes clear that she’s no longer welcome.

Kevin demands her house key back, but later, Bernie tells Abi and Carl that she’s seen Kev chucking Abi’s belongings onto the street.

With Kevin heartbroken, will Abi come to regret her actions all the more when she inevitably finds out that Carl has been deceiving her?

3. Tim Metcalfe meets an old flame – and reveals a dark secret

Tim smiling at Trisha in Coronation Street — Tim recognises Trisha. ITV

Tim recognises a fare as Trisha Pinkerton, a girl he knew in the ’80s.

Meanwhile, it’s Tim and wife Sally’s (Sally Dynevor) anniversary, and she encourages Tim to go to the Rovers to help cheer up Kevin.

Trisha arrives and catches Tim’s eye, and he explains to the blokes that she’s a blast from his past.

Trisha Pinkerton in Coronation Street. ITV

Kevin disapproves, and the next day, Trisha visits Tim at the cab office, leaving Sally taken aback when she finds her there.

Sally explains she’s Tim’s wife, and is fuming with Tim as she points out that not only did he miss their anniversary meal, now he’s entertaining his ex at work!

Tim looking conflicted in Coronation Street — Joe Duttine as Tim Metcalfe. ITV

As Sally storms off, Tim tells Brian Packham (Peter Gunn) that he was only 14 when he got together with Trisha, who was nearly 20 at the time.

Brian is quietly shocked, and later, he accuses Trisha of grooming Tim as a child.

Sally Dynevor as Sally Metcalfe in Coronation Street — Sally Dynevor as Sally Metcalfe. ITV

Trisha is horrified while Tim rounds on Brian, who insists he needs to face up to what really happened with Trisha.

Sally confronts Tim, who admits he was only 14 when Trisha took his virginity.

Sally is shocked, but can she make Tim face up to the fact he was groomed?

For support on Tim’s story, visit NSPCC or call the helpline on 0808 800 5000.

4. Todd Grimshaw shields abusive Theo Silverton from his medical fears

Theo looking angrily at Todd in Coronation Street. ITV

Todd is upset as he confides in George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) that Theo still hasn’t been in touch.

George reckons Todd is better off without Theo, and later, after Theo finds Asha, Todd rails at Theo for his disappearing act.

Theo stomps off once more, while Amy tells Todd that if Theo hadn’t found Asha, things could have turned out so differently.

By the end of the week, Todd tells Theo he wishes he could support him at Noah Hedley’s (Richard Winsor) funeral but he has to work.

But instead, Todd confides in Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank) that he has a hospital appointment to check for bowel cancer, but he hasn’t told Theo as he has enough on his plate.

Theo looking angrily between Tidd and Billy in Coronation Street — Theo has no idea that Todd’s also had a difficult day. ITV

Todd is grateful when Billy accompanies him, and in the pub, Todd thanks Billy and assures him he’ll tell Theo once he’s got the results.

Theo is later annoyed to see Todd and Billy together, and even more so when Todd explains he’s agreed to dinner with George and Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins).

With Theo exhibiting increasingly controlling signs as he takes issue with Todd having a life outside of him, how will he react?

Coronation Street has been working with Galop on the portrayal of abuse within an LGBTQ+ relationship.

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September 30, 2025 0 comments

Lifestyle

From Anoushka Shankar to Asha Bhosle, Gorillaz’s The Mountain elevates Indian artists beyond exotic backdrops

by jummy84 September 13, 2025

written by jummy84

Animated alternative rock band Gorillaz, led by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, have announced their ninth studio album The Mountain, releasing on March 20, 2026. This new project is a departure from the virtual band’s wide-ranging earlier catalogue – which usually blends alternative rock with synth-pop, electronica and hip-hop – incorporating Indian themes, Hindustani classical music, as well as collaborations with Indian artists including the likes of Anoushka Shankar and Asha Bhosle.

The Mountain’s artwork showcases a representation of the Hindu deity Nataraja, holding various items including two crosses and a sitar.(instagram/@gorillaz)

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The artwork and tracklist

The album cover, artwork, and tracklist were revealed on social media on September 12. The album cover says “Parvat” in Hindi letters and the artwork features the four animated band members with various oriental overtones – Murdoc as a full-blown sanyasi or yogi wearing rudraksh-style beads, Russel sitting with a tuba donning a kurta-pajama set, complete with a pagri, Noodle acting as the bridge between the mystical and the modern, with a face full of Kabuki-inspired makeup, and 2D posing as the American traveler – and a representation of Nataraj in typical Gorillaz art style, holding various items including two crosses, a mobile phone and a sitar. It also features a royal Bengal tiger, a goat and a monkey.

The tracklist revealed epic collaborations in five different languages with artists including Asha Bhosle, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, Ajay Prasanna, Omar Souleyman, Asha Puthli, Anoushka Shankar, IDLES, Paul Simonon, Jalen Ngonda, and Johnny Marr from the Smiths (interesting, right?). In an interview with Rolling Stone UK, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett discussed their inspiration behind the album, their travels to India, their experience collaborating with Indian artists, and the theme of life, death, and transition, which is central to the project.

From voiceless muse to cultural agency

When Hindustani classical music was first popularised in Western music by the Beatles, back in the 60s, they borrowed musical elements, including instruments like the sitar and tambura, and appropriated the ‘exotic’ soundscapes into British psychedelic rock. Ever since the hippies turned to India for spiritual and religious transcendence, the country has been branded as a kaleidoscopic land of psychedelic visions, trippy colours and drugged ascetics lost in mind-bending meditation. Along with this came the appropriation of Hindustani music – long sitar solos and tambura drones in the backdrop – again branded as exotic background ambience for the Western imagination rather than celebrated as the work of skilled Indian musicians.

Gorillaz’s new album marks a departure from this century’s old Western tradition of idealising the East as the exotic land without a voice – the narrative of representation and the politics of authenticity has always been controlled by the West. The album explores the fictional travels of the four animated bandmates through India, and was recorded in London, Devon, and places in India. In the Rolling Stone interview, both Albarn and Hewlett talk about going through tragic losses – the deaths of their fathers and Hewlett’s mother-in-law – and finding comfort in the attitudes of Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism towards death. Belonging to a fundamentally Anglo-Christian background, their response is comparable to the hippie movement’s attraction to the east.

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Collaboration with Indian artists

The duo mentioned having their best time working with Indian artists and experiencing the country in ‘glorious technicolour’. One collaboration, however, stood out for Albarn – Anoushka Shankar. He was introduced to sitar virtuoso Pandit Ravi Shankar at an early age, courtesy of his parents’ deep appreciation for Indian classical music and ragas, and having the sitar guru’s daughter on his record marks a full circle moment for him. He told Rolling Stone, “I probably listened to Ravi Shankar before I listened to The Beatles when I was a kid,” and added, “to have Anoushka Shankar on the record is not only a real privilege, but the connection with my dad and his love of Ravi Shankar is great.”

This collaboration is not only a defining moment for Damon Albarn’s experience, but also marks a poetic return to the era when psych rock first wove Hindustani classical into its sonic tapestry – from the Beatles’ transformative journey to Rishikesh, where George Harrison learnt to play the sitar under the guidance of the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar.

Allowing Indian artists to have a voice and representing them on the global stage restores an agency to Eastern culture that was long overdue. Unlike past Western projects that borrowed Indian sounds as exotic adornments, this album places Indian musicians and instruments at the heart of its sonic identity. From Anoushka Shankar’s sitar to the intricate rhythms of classical percussion, the contributions aren’t background flourishes – they shape the very texture of the music. In doing so, Gorillaz challenge the old orientalist template, transforming India from a passive muse into an active co-creator in a globally resonant soundscape.

September 13, 2025 0 comments