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Dance for politics: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is known for his constant connection with voters. He recently went all out to woo tribal voters at a mega event in Bhopal, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chouhan and his wife attended the programme in traditional tribal attire, and he stole the show by dancing with the tribal group. Now that is a hard act to copy, is it not? | Illustrations by Jairaj T.G.

Seeing red: The Congress party, or rather an alliance with it, is once again giving sleepless nights to the CPI(M) top brass. The West Bengal and the Kerala units of the party, who have been at loggerheads over the subject, are sticking to their original positions. Kolkata wants an alliance with the Congress and Kerala does not. The Kerala unit seems to have won this round with the party politburo—after spending long hours in discussion—deciding against an alliance with the Congress in the coming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Manipur and Uttarakhand. Interestingly, the CPI(M)’s presence in most of these states is almost negligible.

Fit for love: After wooing audiences in Shuddh Desi Romance and Befikre as the girl next door, Vaani Kapoor will be seen in the potentially game-changing role of a transgender woman in Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui. In the film, she is a zumba trainer who blazes into the same gym where Ayushmann Khurrana, who plays a buffed-up gym freak, is training for a weightlifting championship. When the teaser released recently, there was enough buzz on whether the film would prove to be a less cringe-worthy portrayal of an LGBT love story in Bollywood. Watch this space for more | PTI

Top cop: Raveena Tandon is all set to make her OTT debut with Netflix’s Aranyak. “Lights, camera, action. Raveena Tandon is back with a bang in these serene hills which have a secret to hide,” tweeted Netflix. Tandon plays a hill station cop who must work with her city-bred replacement (Parambrata Chatterjee) to solve the case of a missing foreign tourist. Directed by Vinay Vyakul and produced by Roy Kapur Films and Ramesh Sippy Entertainment, the series releases on December 10 | PTI

Joie de Bollywood: Ryan Reynolds seems to be a fan of Bollywood, specifically of the joy that suffuses Indian movies. It is this joy that he has tried to infuse into his latest film, Free Guy. “The last several years, certainly over here in North America, have been really challenging for so many people…. I wanted to make [Free Guy] an antidote to those feelings. I wanted it to feel like joy. And so much of what Bollywood puts up on the screen is infused with that in a very organic and natural way,” he said. What’s more, Reynolds says it would be fun to adapt his superhero film, Deadpool, for Bollywood. We would die to see that! | AP

Kill pill: From its trailer, Cyanide looks like an edge-of-seat thriller sure to give you the heebie-jeebies. In the web series, starring Sharib Hashmi and Sara Khan in lead roles, Aisha escapes the clutches of her serial killer husband who has murdered 12 people through cyanide poisoning. He then kidnaps her son to prevent her from going to the police. Will Aisha be able to save her son in time? The series releases on Ullu on November 19.

Swift rise: Prime Minister Narendra Modi got trumped by Taylor Swift in the list of 50 most influential people on Twitter in 2021; Swift came first and Modi, second. Sachin Tendulkar came 35th, beating the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Michelle Obama. Other influential Twitterati included Cristiano Ronaldo (6th), Lady Gaga (8th) and Elon Musk (4th). The list was brought out by consumer intelligence company Brandwatch | AFP