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The content head of <keyword id="19923295" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="OTT" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="OTT" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="OTT">OTT</keyword> platform <keyword id="19897536" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Netflix" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Netflix" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Netflix">Netflix</keyword> has been summoned on September 3 by the <keyword id="19967269" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ministry-of-Information-and-Broadcasting" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</keyword> over the series 'IC-814 - The Kandahar <keyword id="20102314" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="hijack" source="keywords">Hijack</keyword>' which has triggered a row on social media over the depiction of the hijackers. In the OTT series, the five hijackers of the flight from Kathmandu are referred to as Chief, Doctor, Burger, Bhola and Shankar. "I vividly remember IC-814. I was very aware of that accident and very involved in following that. Every man and woman in India and indeed in South Asia knows that the hijack of IC-814 from Kathmandu was committed by Pakistan's ISI-backed terrorists. Now, nobody thinks that there were some people from India who did the hijacking. So how the people have Hindu names in that movie, I don't know. But I'm very happy that the I&amp;B Ministry and the GoI have taken cognizance of this and have summoned Netflix" BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. The Hijack drama created by <keyword id="19913032" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Anubhav-Sinha" source="keywords">Anubhav Sinha</keyword> and Trishant Shrivastava stars actors Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Vijay Varma, Arvind Swamy, Patralekhaa and Dia Mirza. The six-episode series is based on real events. On December 24, 1999 flight <keyword id="20777484" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="IC-814" source="keywords">IC 814</keyword> an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 enroute to Delhi gets hijacked after take off from the Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal shortly after it entered Indian airspace. Soon after take-off, five hijackers, who were posing as passengers, took control of the plane. The hostage crisis lasted for seven days and ended after the then <keyword id="23009406" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Prime-Minister-Atal-Bihari-Vajpayee" source="keywords">Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee</keyword> government agreed to release three militants. There were 191 passengers on board including 15 crew members, where one person was stabbed, who succumbed to his injuries, while several others were wounded. BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya had posted on X, "The hijackers of IC-814 were dreaded terrorists, who acquired aliases to hide their Muslim identities. Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, legitimised their criminal intent, by furthering their non-Muslim names. Result? Decades later, people will think Hindus hijacked IC-814." Malviya further posted, "This will not just weaken / put in question India's security apparatus in the long run, but also shift the blame away from the religious cohort, that is responsible for all the bloodshed." In a suo motu statement by then External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh in Parliament stated that the hijacked IC-814 aircraft made several landings at Amritsar, Lahore, Dubai before being taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan. The government, then led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was forced to release three terrorists -- <keyword id="6459729" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Masood-Azhar" source="Orion">Masood Azhar</keyword>, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar -- from Indian prisons to secure the release of the hostages. Later, Masood Azhar went on to form Jaish-E-Mohammad, which claimed responsibility for Pulwama attack in India in 2019, 2001 Parliament attacks and 2016 Uri attacks, amongst others. Currently in Pakistan, Azhar remains active, and was seen attending a wedding in Bahawalpur city of Pakistan's Punjab last month, per media reports. As per a January 6, 200 statement by the Union Home Ministry the names of the hijackers were identified as Ibrahim Athar, Bahawalpur; Shahid Akhtar Sayed, Karachi; Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Karachi; Mistri Zahoor Ibrahim, Karachi and Shakir from Sukkur city "To the passengers of the hijacked place these hijackers came to be known respectively as (1) Chief, (2) Doctor, (3) Burger, (4) Bhola and (5) Shankar, the names by which the hijackers invariably addressed one another," the statement read.

I&B Ministry summons Netflix India's head of content over 'IC 814' web series

The world of <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> is dynamic, and for every moment you spend not keeping an eye on what’s happening there, you miss out on an interesting scoop. This is why we have come up with this new section where in we would tell you the news from Bollywood, hot and quick like your evening snacks.

Bollywood Insider: From Maharashtrian Ranveer to stubborn Kangana

It was in May last year that the makers of <keyword id="8402" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Azhar">Azhar</keyword>, the biopic on cricketer <keyword id="6463421" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mohammad-Azharuddin">Mohammad Azharuddin</keyword>, had unveiled the teaser of the look, along with the first look of <keyword id="1684" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Emraan-Hashmi">Emraan Hashmi</keyword> playing the titular role. 
 
Ever since then, barring a few updates here and a few appearances there, this movie has been pretty much unheard of, but now that the release date is nearing, the makers have decided to take on the promotions in full swing, and how. 
 Yesterday, the official Twitter handle of the movie unveiled the first look of two characters from the movie. While one was that of cricketer-turned-commentator Ravi Shastri, played by Bigg Boss fame <keyword id="272039" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gautam-Gulati">Gautam Gulati</keyword>, the other one is that of Meera, the lawyer fighting the case against Azhar, played by <keyword id="1037" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lara-Dutta">Lara Dutta</keyword>. 
 
Here is how the looks were unveiled. 
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
	
		Looking flamboyant &amp; sophisticated, here's the first look of <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGautamGulati">@TheGautamGulati</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Azhar?src=hash">#Azhar</a>! <a href="https://t.co/DXJXHNExNJ">https://t.co/DXJXHNExNJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/aMgZpPlY0U">pic.twitter.com/aMgZpPlY0U</a>
	— Azhar (@AzharTheFilm) <a href="https://twitter.com/AzharTheFilm/status/714334815252643840">March 28, 2016</a></blockquote>
We have to say that Gautam Gulati looks every bit like Ravi Shastri in his heydays, especially the moustache. As for Lara, who looks tough and determined as Meera, 
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
	
		Here's <a href="https://twitter.com/LaraDutta">@LaraDutta</a> in her no-nonsense lawyer avatar in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Azhar?src=hash">#Azhar</a>! 
		Read more about it here: <a href="https://t.co/tVNeivlbw1">https://t.co/tVNeivlbw1</a> <a href="https://t.co/jo0OqOvHm8">pic.twitter.com/jo0OqOvHm8</a>
	— Azhar (@AzharTheFilm) <a href="https://twitter.com/AzharTheFilm/status/714711183257944064">March 29, 2016</a></blockquote>
Lara Dutta is reported to have lived this character even off-screen, talking as a lawyer even as the camera wasn’t rolling. For the preparation of this role, Lara studied the whole case history and took help from one of her lawyer friends to observe the way lawyers speak. 
 
The movie is highly awaited, one because we haven’t seen Hashmi on the screen in the longest time, and two, because it would tell us the story of what went wrong with the star cricketer who was banned from playing the sport he loved and lived.

Check out Gautam Gulati and Lara Dutta’s first looks from Azhar

<ul><li><keyword id="1004414" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Social-media-apps">Social media apps</keyword> kept us together, even from miles apart, in 2020. </li><li>It will continue to play an important role in our lives in 2021 and beyond. </li><li>So, from our trends series today, we look back at 2020 and bring you some of the biggest <keyword id="1965440" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Social-media-trends">social media trends</keyword> for the year 2021. </li></ul>Ever wondered how difficult 2020 would have been without technology and social media apps? We would have spent hours playing the snake game on Nokia, stared at the ceiling roof and probably played Dumb Charades with our neighbours. Social media apps made surviving 2020 a little easier for us. While distance apart, it kept us together with our loved ones. We experimented with virtual dining, watched movies together over Zoom calls with our friends and even attended virtual birthday parties. If it wasn’t for YouTube, we have no idea how we would have looked up recipes. Brands also followed the consumers and relied on social media apps to lure them and stay connected. Social media has never been more powerful as a marketing tool as it is today. According to Socialbakers, brands dramatically increased their investment on social media advertising in 2020. At its peak in Q4, worldwide ad spend increased by 50.3% compared to the holiday peak in Q4 2019. Video posts on Twitter jumped by 26.7% in Q4. Video accounted for 17.9% of all posts on Instagram, and 18.1% of all posts on Facebook, in Q4 2020. In terms of format, Facebook Live was by far the most engaging type of post on that platform in Q4 2020. Statista predicts that one of the main trends within Social Media Advertising is monetization of social networks and messenger apps. The integration of shopping and payment solutions into social networks combined with exact localisation will increase user engagement, conversions, and performance of advanced targeting. Besides the growth potential in the field of social networks, an integration or proliferation of advertising spaces within messenger apps such as WhatsApp or Instagram will rapidly increase the revenue potential of current market key players like Facebook. So, as we move forward in 2021, what kind of role will social media play in our lives and what would be some of the marketing trends that would continue to penetrate in 2021? Here are some key trends, according to experts, to look forward to: <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Kanika Mittal, Business Head, Twitter India:" text="Kanika Mittal, Business Head, Twitter India:">Kanika Mittal, Business Head, <keyword id="749437" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twitter-India">Twitter India</keyword>:</cmsannotation> In 2020, with more people than ever on the Internet, Twitter saw the emergence of many new conversations and trends. We saw a number of interests gain popularity including hobbies like gaming, fitness, cooking, animal-Twitter, etc. These new conversations have uncovered opportunities for brands to take consumer engagement a step ahead by connecting around these themes that are fresh and relevant. We've worked with brands, and witnessed them be more open to experimentation and innovation in order to reach consumers where they are -- their homes and their timelines. We've also seen several businesses stand up and make a statement in these tough times. Bold and thoughtful innovation has emerged as a prevalent trend this year, and we foresee that continuing in the coming year too as businesses test and learn to adapt to these waves of change. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Durgesh Kaushik, Head - Market Development, Snap inc, India:" text="Durgesh Kaushik, Head - Market Development, Snap inc, India:">Durgesh Kaushik, Head - Market Development, Snap inc, India: </cmsannotation> A trend we’ve seen accelerate in 2020 is the importance of visual communication and how platforms like ours can help empower it. Globally, we saw an average of 4 billion snaps created every day in the first quarter of the year. Our Friendship Report showed that 91% of Indians - regardless of age - felt like digital communication helped them maintain their friendships during isolation. For example, we normally gather together to celebrate festivals, but were unable to do that this year. Through AR on <keyword id="6358096" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="snapchat">Snapchat</keyword>, we’ve helped Indians across the country celebrate over 20 cultural moments with friends. We believe Snapchat is a complement to real friendships and are grateful to be able to serve our community at such a moment in time. As we have continued to invest in our camera and augmented reality platforms, we have been able to see the power and potential of this technology when it is accessible to everyone. From our Lensathon in partnership with Skillenza where 70% of submittants said they had no prior AR or 3D design skills, to a university student who created a Lens which went viral in India and across Southeast Asia, garnering billions of views on Snapchat. AR provides a unique opportunity to build the creative digital skills that we believe - and already see - are vital to the new digital economy.” <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Azhar Iqubal, Founder and CEO, Public App and InShorts:" text="Azhar Iqubal, Founder and CEO, Public App and InShorts:">Azhar Iqubal, Founder and CEO, Public App and InShorts:</cmsannotation> 2020 was a high decibel year unlike any for our sector. On one hand, social media apps saw an unprecedented surge in user base, fuelled by the lockdown. On the other, our sector received backlash for circulation of unverified content. The government has done a commendable job by introducing guidelines to curb misinformation and create an enabling environment for homegrown apps to thrive responsibly. The digital content consumption habits formed during the lockdown will continue to drive growth for the sector in the new year, and I foresee fresh infusion of funds and talent to sustain this progress. At the same time, there will a far greater responsibility on us to prove that social media apps can serve as credible sources of information in addition to connecting users and communities. We have recently raised funding for the Public app and hired over 300 employees in 2020 to bolster our expansion plans in the coming year. We will continue investing in people and technologies like AI and ML for content monitoring and personalization as per user interest. We plan to hire an additional 300 employees and will start monetizing the app to make it self-sustaining. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Kyle Fernandes, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of MemeChat:" text="Kyle Fernandes, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of MemeChat:">Kyle Fernandes, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of MemeChat: </cmsannotation> 2020 was a unique year where digital-first companies were offered a chance to make a real impact. At MemeChat we saw tremendous growth with our user base multiplying in just a few months. It has been an eventful year where we have made decisive steps towards our long-term plan of working towards expanding our user-base while working on more innovative technologies. In 2021, we are hoping to keep pushing on our growth accelerator. We will see more participation by users in terms of viewership and meme creation. As a means of marketing and advertising, we will see memes going mainstream. 2021 will be the year meme marketing will come of age as more and more brands use it for their promotional activities.

Social Media Platforms: The trends to watch out for in 2021

<ul><li>InShorts, that started with a simple idea of summarizing news in 60 words, has now achieved a revenue run rate of $10 million per annum in FY19 and is aiming to double the figure this year. </li><li>InShorts has more than 300 advertisers and adds around 10 new advertisers every month. Its clientele list includes global <keyword id="31174" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="brands">brands</keyword> like Vodafone, OnePlus, Mercedez, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Myntra, among others. </li><li>The last big brand to leverage InShorts’ branded content was Netflix for 13 Reasons Why, Ghoul, Narcos</li></ul> It was in 2013 when Azhar Iqubal, Anunay Arunav of IIT Delhi, and Deepit Purkayastha of IIT Kharagpur came up with the idea of curating the most significant news items of the day and serving them in 60-word summaries. This was later tested on a Facebook page which quickly got the reader’s attention and within a few months, the team launched a mobile app called ‘News in Shorts.’ Cut to now, InShorts has around 300 advertisers investing on their platform and around 10 new advertisers come on board every month. The first brand to advertise on its platform was Airtel and now its clientele includes global brands like Vodafone, OnePlus, Mercedez, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Myntra. “We have done multiple campaigns with Netflix for their web series like Narcos, 13 Reasons Why, The Umbrella Academy, and Ghoul. For Amazon Prime, we have done a campaign around Oscar-nominated sci-fi movie - Ready Player One, a Comedy-drama series - Whiskey Cavalier and many more. We have also partnered with brands like Toyota, Levis, etc, in the past,” shares <keyword id="38485" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Tarun-Arora">Tarun Arora</keyword>, CMO, Inshorts. InShorts has achieved a revenue run rate of $10 million per annum in FY19 and is aiming to double it this year. It further aims to increase its user base by 3X in three years from its current user base of 10 million people on the back of its unique advertising model. It targets the smartphone generation who are short on time and want to stay updated with the current affairs. Hence, the majority of readers are from metros and Tier I cities. It gets 38% of traction from the age group of 18-24 and 40% of its users are in the age group of 24 - 35 years. Advertising Model It was InShorts’ advertising model that became a hit in a few years and helped it become operationally profitable in 2017. On the other hand, Circa, a short-form content portal, failed to monetize its platform despite raising $5.7 million. Inshorts pioneered the concept of short-form branded content on its app, which is the driving wheel for its growth and profitability. Arora says a few more content platforms followed their suit later. Currently, the platform has non-intrusive ads, broadly divided into six categories -- out of which ‘60 words branded story’ is the most preferred one. Whereas the most engaging formats are ‘Digital Magazines’ and ‘Fact Cards’; the former is a mix of creatives with gifs, videos, and polls and latter is a compilation of interesting facts about a brand, industry or an occasion day. Fact Cards are highly engaging as they get shared on social media very often. ‘Digital Magazines’, on the other side, helped Netflix get 3X more engagement as compared to text ads for its series - ‘The Umbrella Academy,’ within two weeks of its release. Plan Ahead After building a strong user base in Tier I cities, InShorts is now betting big on Tier II and Tier III cities. “The app now is pretty popular amongst influencers like enterprise professionals, politicians and CXOs throughout the spectrum. We are also trying to penetrate into Tier III cities, where we have seen a high potential of users. The future looks even more exciting with this next half of the population joining the digital generation. Our plan is to continuously work on solutions that would best suit the content needs of these new internet users,” concludes Arora.

How InShorts garnered a revenue run rate of $10 million on the back of its advertising model

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">Ex Machine the Movie</div></div></div>Microsoft is conducting what "could be the largest Turing test in history" in China, according to Yongdong Wang, a senior researcher and scientist at the company.Wang outlined what the company is doing with Xiaoice - pronounced Shao-ice and translated as "little Bing" - in China in <a href="http://nautil.us/issue/33/attraction/your-next-new-best-friend-might-be-a-robot">a report for Nautilus</a>.The "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test">Turing Test</a>," created by British scientist Alan Turing, is a test that looks to see if a human can detect whether the person answering a question is a human or a computer. The test has become a fixture in pop culture, with a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752/">starring role in the film "Ex Machina."</a>According to Wang, Xiaoice is used by millions of people every day, and can respond with human-like answers, questions, and "thoughts." If a user sends a picture of a broken ankle, Xiaoice will reply with a question asking about how much pain the injury caused, for example."Xiaoice can exchange views on any topic," writes Wang. "If it's something she doesn't know much about, she will try to cover it up. If that doesn't work, she might become embarrassed or even angry, just like a human would."A <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/people-in-china-love-microsoft-xiaoice-little-bing-2015-11">report from GeekWire</a> claimed that millions of Chinese users were telling Xiaoice that they loved it, without any apparent irony. Around 25% of Xiaoice's users - 10 million people - had said "I love you" while using the service.However, outside of Asia very few people have heard of Xiaoice. <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/trends/explore#q=Xiaoice">According to Google Trends</a>, which tracks what people are searching for, interest spiked in August last year but has fallen.<h2>But why has Microsoft built Samantha from "Her"?</h2><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_left"><div><div class="image">Warner Bros.A scene from the film "Her" in which the character falls in love with his computer.</div></div></div>Xiaoice is, essentially, a large-scale test of artificial intelligence for Microsoft."Xiaoice is teaching us what makes a relationship feel human, and hinting at a new goal for artificial intelligence: not just analyzing databases and driving cars, but making people happier," writes Wang.Outside of China, the company has been making strides with AI, buying up various startups and building its own apps for iPhone and Android.Microsoft Research, the 1,000-strong arm of the company that does scientific research, <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/microsoft-research-16-predictions-for-2016-2015-12">predicted that artificial intelligence would be a big trend in 2016</a> in a list of predictions published late last year.Xiaoice can do a myriad of things that Siri or Google Now can't, including offering a 33-day breakup course, according to Wang."Xiaoice is constantly memorizing and analyzing your emotional state," he writes. "If you have a recently failed romantic relationship, she will proactively ask whether you've gotten over it."The software behind Xiaoice is Bing, the search engine that Microsoft runs. "Xiaoice is a big data project, built on top of the Microsoft Bing search engine," writes Wang.The data that Microsoft can glean from Xiaoice in China can then be used elsewhere. Cortana, the virtual assistant that is built-into Windows 10, uses Bing data and could benefit from Xiaoice.<a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2015/people-china-love-microsofts-xiaoice-virtual-companion-says-artificial-intelligence/">In an interview with GeekWire last year</a>, Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon, who leads the Xiaoice project, said the technology could be exported outside of China, but the company had no current plans to.<h2>Microsoft is betting big on AI.</h2><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image">MicrosoftThe face of Cortana.</div></div></div>Microsoft is betting big on artificial intelligence, and has been for the past years. Microsoft Garage, an in-house app development project, has made <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/microsoft-is-using-fun-apps-to-dominate-ai-2016-1">a number of "silly" apps that, at the core, use AI technology</a>.An alarm clock for Android can <a href="http://www.techinsider.io/microsoft-mimicker-alarm-clock-for-android-2016-1">recognise facial expressions</a>, for example, and SwiftKey, <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/heres-why-microsoft-bought-swiftkey-2016-2">the keyboard app Microsoft acquired last week</a>, uses AI to predict words.Cortana and the Office suite, two core components of Microsoft's businesses, both use artificial intelligence and are powered by Bing, just like Xiaoice.Cortana, the virtual assistant, <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-10/getstarted-what-is-cortana">uses Bing to power results</a> that are spoken in natural language while Office Delve, a new addition in Office 365, <a href="https://products.office.com/en-gb/business/explore-office-delve">analyses a user's inbox and priorities some items</a>."Microsoft is a pretty serious business with clearly a lot going on in the AI and machine learning space," said Azeem Azhar, an AI expert, <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/microsoft-is-using-fun-apps-to-dominate-ai-2016-1">in an email to Business Insider last month</a>. He cited Cortana and Xiaoice as examples."Through the tens of billions of conversations she's had over the past 18 months, Xiaoice has added considerably to her store of known conversational scenarios, and improved her ability to rank answer candidates," writes Wang. "We can now claim that Xiaoice has entered a self-learning and self-growing loop [and] she is only going to get better." <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-sleeping-night-shift-mode-2016-1">The iPhone will finally stop ruining your sleep - here's how</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="1pNmo3MDE6SwWVu9wiBxmHuATQfzFzBN" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

Microsoft is carrying out a massive social experiment in China - and almost no one knows about it

<keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> beauties and <keyword id="6356028" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Sports">sports</keyword> stars have always been fascinated by each other! Their paths often cross; they fall for each other at times and also part ways. Here’s a look back at some of the most talked-about link-ups when Bollywood divas clean bowled the sports stars. 
 
1. <keyword id="6357860" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Anushka-Sharma">Anushka Sharma</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="6354486" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Virat-Kohli">Virat Kohli</keyword> This is the hottest talk of the town right now! Of late, the two have been spotted together on many occasions. From walking hand in hand in <keyword id="22501" type="COUNTRY" weightage="40" keywordseo="New-Zealand">New Zealand</keyword> to Virat coming to Anushka’s place after the last series – there are plenty of incidents to hit the headlines recently. While Anushka prefers to call Virat ‘just a friend,’ the <keyword id="1520" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Cricketer">cricketer</keyword> proves there’s more to it by coming to her rescue on the recent lip surgery issue. Will they <keyword id="15263" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Seal">seal</keyword> this relationship with matrimony? Let’s wait and watch. 
 
2. Anushka Sharma &amp; <keyword id="14587" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Suresh-Raina">Suresh Raina</keyword> 
Apparently, leggy beauty Anushka Sharma has a thing or two for cricketers. Before dating Virat, she was seen with another cricketer, Suresh Raina. But even then, Anushka maintained they were ‘just friends.’ 
 
3. <keyword id="1037" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Lara-Dutta">Lara Dutta</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="6394569" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Mahesh-Bhupathi">Mahesh Bhupathi</keyword> Another Bollywood beauty who got smitten by sport stars. Before marrying tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi, Lara dated American <keyword id="218011" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="baseball-player">baseball player</keyword> <keyword id="199138" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Derek-Jeter">Derek Jeter</keyword> for a short time. However, things ended quickly and we saw the former <keyword id="6381672" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Miss-Universe">Miss Universe</keyword> tie the knot with Bhupathi in 2011. 
 
4. <keyword id="12953" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Chitrangada-Singh">Chitrangada Singh</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="6327" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Jyoti-Randhawa">Jyoti Randhawa</keyword> Before she made it to the silver screen, Chitrangada was married to <keyword id="5573" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Golfer">golfer</keyword> Jyoti Randhawa and the couple had a son named Zorawar Randhawa. But there was a rift in the marriage soon after and the two parted ways in 2013. Was it her film career that caused the break-up? Only they can tell. 
 
5. <keyword id="4052" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Isha-Sharvani">Isha Sharvani</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="12644" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Zaheer-Khan">Zaheer Khan</keyword> 
They were seeing each other for eight long years and even marriage was on the cards. But things seem to have changed now between these two. Isha and Zaheer haven’t disclosed the reason behind the split but sources claim that it was ‘distance’ that axed this relationship. 
 
6. <keyword id="598" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Deepika-Padukone">Deepika Padukone</keyword> and <keyword id="351" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Yuvraj-Singh">Yuvraj Singh</keyword> The lover boy of the cricket world had been the favourite of a couple of Bollywood beauties. First, he was in a relationship with <keyword id="6135" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Kim-Sharma">Kim Sharma</keyword> and then it was Deepika. But it was a short-lived love affair with DP, just before she started dating Ranbir. 
 
7. <keyword id="29649" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Geeta-Basra">Geeta Basra</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="368" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Harbhajan-Singh">Harbhajan Singh</keyword> Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has been dating <keyword id="6355604" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="actress">actress</keyword> Geeta Basra for quite some now. She has been often spotted cheering Bhajji at various matches while the man keeps her happy by retweeting all that she posts on the micro-blogging site. The two were supposed to get married in 2012. That hasn’t happened yet but the two are still a couple. 
 
8. <keyword id="668529" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Naghma">Naghma</keyword> &amp; Saurav Ganguly 
Dada was happily married to Donna and steered clear of any controversy that could link him to Bollywood actress Naghma. But Naghma went on record saying there was something more than friendship between the two. Of course, the two never ended up together but all the hullaballoo definitely took a toll on Saurav and his career. 
 
9. Sangeeta Bijlani &amp; <keyword id="6463421" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Mohammad-Azharuddin">Mohammad Azharuddin</keyword> This relationship had everything Bollywood movies are made of. She was the country’s hottest <keyword id="6355606" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="model">model</keyword> while he was the cricketing ace. He was married with kids but still fell madly in love with her. What next? Azhar divorced his wife and married Sangeeta. 
 
10. <keyword id="133768" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Reena-Roy">Reena Roy</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="6372882" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Mohsin-Khan">Mohsin Khan</keyword> 
The Bollywood-cricket link-up had always been there. Way back in 1983, charming Reena Roy was smitten by Pakistani cricketer Mohsin Khan and she gave up her flourishing career to marry him. However, Mohsin’s family played the baddie and the marriage ended in divorce. 
 
11. <keyword id="1888" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Sharmila-Tagore">Sharmila Tagore</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="1896" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Mansoor-Ali-Khan-Pataudi">Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi</keyword> 
By far, this has been the most successful Bolly-cricket union. She was at the peak of her career when the two got married. And she was so much in love with the handsome Mansoor that she converted to Islam without the least hassle. They had a happy married life that lasted over four decades. 
 
12. <keyword id="1813" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="neena-gupta">Neena Gupta</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="84393" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Vivian-Richards">Vivian Richards</keyword> He was already married, but she loved him. Bollywood actress Neena Gupta and <keyword id="343995" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="West-Indies-cricketer">West Indies cricketer</keyword> Sir Vivian Richards also have a love child named Masaba. They were in a serious relationship but never tied the knot. Neena finally married <keyword id="26457" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Vivek-Mehra">Vivek Mehra</keyword>, a Delhi-based <keyword id="6358896" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Chartered-Accountant">chartered accountant</keyword> and <keyword id="25455" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="finance">finance</keyword> professional. 
 
13. <keyword id="14505" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Zeenat-Aman">Zeenat Aman</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="14676" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Imran-Khan">Imran Khan</keyword> 
Together, they made one of the most good-looking couples! The world spoke about their chemistry and expected the relationship to culminate into marriage. But that didn’t happen and the two parted ways. 
 
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