Pratiksha Karkera Jaipal 🇮🇳

Hindu. Proud Tuluva. Journalist. Previously @republic @etnowlive & @aajtak

[Pratiksha Karkera Jaipal 🇮🇳 @pratikshajaipal]

My account is locked for inactivity but I have active pending orders. Phone lines are not connecting.

@myntra @MyntraSupport Do look into this!

[Sunanda Vashisht @sunandavashisht]

Just watched #Dhurandhar. I don’t know what critics are smoking but everything they flagged is actually what makes this breathtaking cinema.
1) Length- Not for a second does the movie drag. The film is edited tightly. You don’t even have a second to glance even at your phone lest you miss something on the screen.
2) Too much violence - Yes but the film is about gangsters and undercover spies who live and die by gun. The world depicted is the dangerous underbelly of Lyari streets. The film sets you up to expect violence. And then all action scenes are choreographed so well that they feel they belong to the scene and are not put there for cheap thrills.
3) Love story drags - Not for a minute. Love story is essential part of protagonist’s journey and the girl plays a pivotal role in shaping the climax. The age difference is well understood and justified.
4) Propaganda: Those who think Homebound is some great work of cinema and Dhurandhar is propaganda should shut their shop and live off their past glory. Or better still spend time reading about India’s covert operations.
5) Islamophobia: Absolute rubbish. There is nothing divisive or communal about the film. It is an espionage thriller meets gangster drama done so well that you will be mesmerised.
Why Dhurandhar will script history:
1) All fake spy sagas from YRF universe and adjacent universes will be shut down. No one will accept Indian agents singing and dancing with ISI agents after this.
2) Set Design : I cannot remember last Hindi film I saw with such elaborate set design that replicates the town of Lyari thousands of miles away. The attention to detail is stunning. This is a set that does not scream ‘I am a set’ . It makes you forget the film is shot on a set.
3) Sound : The attention paid to sound design particularly stood out for me. It made every scene come alive and in a thriller, sound is everything .
4) Casting : I cannot remember a more perfectly cast film. From main characters to bystanders, you forget these are characters performing a role. They look and breathe the part including those who are just standing on the streets as extras.
5) Performances : So much has already been said. Akshaye Khanna delivers a performance of a life time. Well after Gandhi my father. Or as good. Dear Gen Z look that film up too :)
@RanveerOfficial - you beauty. Director @AdityaDharFilms gives him no crutches that stars are used to . No entry, no personal BGM, no action sequences that glorify him, no dialogues that are paisa vasool yet @RanveerOfficial shines as an actor. He has to be a shadow and yet deliver. This is not an easy task by any means. Very well done .
My favorite performance was Rakesh Bedi. What a stirring performance. Very difficult role to make sure audience hates you through the film and is not amused. He delivers and how.
@ActorMadhavan gets the most paisa vasool lines of the film. And Maddy becomes Ajay Sanyal. You would have to pinch me to believe he is not Ajay Sanyal.
Sanjay Dutt delivers with just his screen presence. I am shocked no critic saw the ‘poetry’ of cinema in his face off with Akshaye Khanna. Those were my favorite scenes. Arjun Rampal too delivers and the disgust he evokes is his success as an actor.
Music is just perfect and appropriately placed. Really lifts the film.
Dhurandhar is cinema equivalent of ‘ghar main ghus ke maarna’. We needed a film that showed us the universe from where terror is exported to us. Who are they? What motivates them? What are their faultlines like?
Watch Dhurandhar in theaters. Least you can do for the ‘unknown gunman’ who keeps you safe by going in the hell hole himself. Well done @AdityaDharFilms and Dhurandhar team.

[Tathvam-asi @tathvamasi6]

An entire industry tried its best to showcase Pakistan and its people in a very positive light for the past 78 years.

Pakistan’s ISI was portrayed as powerful, friendly to India, and in lovable roles, while RAW was shown as a rogue agency.

They tried to project that only the government is the villain in Indo-Pak relations.

They tried to project that Pakistan is not a terrorist nation.

The same industry went to extremes by employing Pakistani actors who demeaned the Indian army and used money earned from Indians to fund terrorists in Pakistan.

One movie, #Dhurandar has smashed that image by showing the truth about Pakistan and the illegal links between terrorists, ISI, gangsters, politicians, and common people - how everyone there breathes only anti-Hindu and anti-India hate and lives to see India’s destruction.

Obviously, this is a sad weekend for them all. They are rattled to the core. Their 78 years of propaganda have been shattered. They fear they can no longer brainwash Gen-Z. They are having nightmares that, seeing this movie’s success, more and more filmmakers will come forward and show the reality of Pakistan through a more real lens.

You did it @AdityaDharFilms Be proud of yourself.

#DhurandharReview #DhurandharKaDhamaka

[Abhi and Niyu @abhiandniyu]

Don’t watch Dhurandhar

[Pratiksha Karkera Jaipal 🇮🇳 @pratikshajaipal]

@KFC_India Sent.

[Pratiksha Karkera Jaipal 🇮🇳 @pratikshajaipal]

Anyone else noticed the chicken from KFC isn’t the same like before? Low quality meat, it feels like you’re eating rubber! Ordered this from @KFC_India @kfc Kharghar outlet, Little World Mall. Going to stop eating this. Thanks.

[Devendra Fadnavis @Dev_Fadnavis]

#NMIA #NaviMumbaiInternationalAirport #NewIndia #ViksitBharat

[Devendra Fadnavis @Dev_Fadnavis]

💫Step into the future of world class air travel!

Travellers will now experience an amalgamation of cutting edge technology and inspired modern design making the Navi Mumbai International Airport a global infrastructure masterpiece. Its architecture is inspired by the lotus flower. It will use large glass façades, open spaces, and natural lighting to create an airy, modern ambience. A flagship infrastructure project which Hon PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji will dedicate to the people of Maharashtra tomorrow.

@narendramodi @mygovindia
#NMIA #NaviMumbaiInternationalAirport #NewIndia #ViksitBharat

[Devendra Fadnavis @Dev_Fadnavis]

विकसित भारत के शिल्पकार, मा. प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी इनका महाराष्ट्र में कार्यक्रम

दिनांक : 8 अक्टूबर, 2025

नवी मुंबई अंतरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डे का उदघाटन
समय : दोपहर 3 बजे
📍 स्थान : उलवे, नवी मुंबई

@narendramodi
#Maharashtra #Development

[Sagar Paleja 🇮🇳 @smartspendcode]

Serious concern during a Zomato delivery 🚨

Faced a concerning delivery experience last night. The order was delayed due to multiple groupings. When the person finally came, I felt something didn’t match the registered name “Ashok Ram"

As he was leaving, I casually asked, “Kya naam hai aapka?” he instantly replied “Bismillahum”. When I asked again, he changed his answer saying people call him that but his name is “Ashok”.

I asked to see his ID card; he refused and left abruptly. His body language completely changed.

Forget the delay but this is a serious safety issue if the person is not registered with actual name? @deepigoyal @zomato please investigate if accounts are registered with fake credentials/IDs or shared by someone else(mechanism to detect this? Device binding?. Also delivery partners should have visible ID cards while delivering for everyone’s safety.

[Pratiksha Karkera Jaipal 🇮🇳 @pratikshajaipal]

Just visited Ramdevra Temple, a holy pilgrimage. Their security guards are terrible. All guards are disrespectful & yell at ladies. This man spoke ill to our ladies. Kept threatening won’t let us do Darshan. @RajCMO @RajGovOfficial @rpbreakingnews @News18Rajasthan @BJP4Rajasthan

[Pratiksha Karkera Jaipal 🇮🇳 @pratikshajaipal]

Booked tickets in Ranakpur Express, 2AC with my 65 YO MiL (Sr citizen) and 6 MO Infant. Tickets confirmed, berth preference given still we got 1 Upper Berth and 1 Side Lower. No regards for our preference. 22 hours and I’m stuck with these seats! @RailMinIndia @RailwaySeva

[Maj Manik M Jolly,SM @Manik_M_Jolly]

The India-Pakistan match in #AsiaCup deserves an empty stadium, and no viewership on TV in India.

Maybe that’ll be a wake up call for all sponsors, promoters, broadcasters and @BCCI !

I really hope the country makes this happen this time.

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

I hope I'm wrong.

But tonight feels like some sort of invisible line has been crossed that we didn't even know was there. The last time I felt like this was 9/11 when it was clear, without knowing the how and the what, that the world was about to change forever.

Like the rules of the game had been permanently altered and there was simply no going to back to the innocent, peaceful past.

I didn't feel like this when an attempt was made on President Trump's life. If I had to rationalise why I didn't, I guess it's because several US Presidents have been shot at and even assassinated. Somehow it was within the realms of the possible, no matter how awful.

But to murder a young father simply for doing debates and mobilising young people to vote for a party that represents half of America? This is something else.

Charlie's death is a tragedy for his wife, his children and his family. I don't pray often. I am praying for them tonight.

But I fear his murder will be a tragedy for all of us in ways we will only understand as time unfolds.

I hope I'm wrong.

[Pratiksha Karkera Jaipal 🇮🇳 @pratikshajaipal]

Noticed undelivered orders from Amazon happening frequently in Navi Mumbai. If it’s your prepaid order then delivery guys mark your order ‘delivered’ and show that it’s given to security however there’s no such parcel anytime. It’s happened thrice with me. @amazonIN @AmazonHelp

[Pratiksha Karkera Jaipal 🇮🇳 @pratikshajaipal]

Encountered strange behaviour from @SwiggyInstamart ‘s delivery guys! This man Nawaz Sayyad brings the bag, throws the bag on the floor, orders us to remove items from the bag and hand him the bag again. Very rude and disrespectful. @SwiggyCares @harshamjty

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

BREAKING ⚠️

Foreign Secy Vikram Misri confirms ceasefire violations by Pakistan post today’s ceasefire. Also confirms drone activity. Calls it a ‘repeated breach of the understanding’. Calls upon Pakistan to take ‘appropriate steps’. Armed forces instructed to deal strongly.

[Ministry of Defence, Government of India @SpokespersonMoD]

Watch | Special Briefing on Operation Sindoor | May 10, 2025 | 🇮🇳

https://t.co/yvH0UOLqBo

[Major Gaurav Arya (Retd) @majorgauravarya]

ESCALATE

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

⚠️ So the India-Pak ceasefire lasted less than 3 hours, looks like—Multiple violations and/or drone actions from Pakistan’s side reported from:
1️⃣Udhampur
2️⃣Akhnoor
3️⃣Nowshera
4️⃣Poonch
5️⃣Rajouri
6️⃣Mendhar
7️⃣Jammu
8️⃣Sunderbani
9️⃣RS Pura
🔟Arnia
⏸️Kathua