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Unlock 4.0 : What Will Be Open From September 1

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Unlock 4.0 : What Will Be Open From September 1

Unlock 4.0, the fourth phase of opening of the economy after coronavirus lockdown, will start from September 1.

This phase comes at a time when India’s Covid-19 tally has crossed the 3.46 million mark and the number of deaths due to the disease have gone up to 62,550.

Officials have said Unlock 4 guidelines, which will be announced later this week, only mention the activities which will be prohibited while the rest can resume.

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See What Will Change During Unlock 4.0

• The Centre is likely to allow resumption of metro services, which were halted since March 22, in Delhi and the NCR from September 1. Contactless ticketing system will be put in place and passengers will not be allowed to use tokens anymore.

• Flouting Covid-19 norms such as not wearing a mask, sitting on seats meant to be left vacant in order to maintain social distancing and spitting or littering on the station premises will attract hefty fines.

• Schools and colleges will remain to be shut, while bars will be allowed to serve liquor over the counter for takeaways.

• Cinema halls will also remain shut as it won’t be feasible to run shows with only 25-30% capacity due to physical distancing norms.

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• In Karnataka, the academic year of colleges for various degree courses will commence from September 1 with online classes while offline classes may begin from October 1, the state government has said.

• Karnataka may push for opening cinema halls and allowing sale of liquor in restaurants in a relief to hospitality sector.

• In Unlock 4.0, domestic flights from Covid-19 hotspots will be allowed to land in Kolkata. “We have received several requests to resume flight operations from six Covid-19 hotspot states. So from September 1, flight services from these six states (Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Chennai and Ahmedabad) can resume thrice a week,” CM Mamata Banerjee said.

• While pubs and clubs are expected to open next month, West Bengal will be under complete lockdown twice a week.

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• Local trains in Mumbai will not resume in this phase. Mumbai police has also warned motorists that they will impound vehicles if they cannot show a valid reason for being out.

• Chennai has announced that e-passes will be mandatory for inter-state and inter-district movement. Restrictions on liquor shops and hotels may be eased in the city in Unlock 4.0.

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Also Read : Coronavirus Update: Total Cases Crossed 34 lakh Mark,Reported 76,000 Cases In Last 24 Hours

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This superstar played grandfather, then lover to 16-yr-old starlet at 56: Story of Indian cinema’s most shocking age gap

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This superstar played grandfather, then lover to 16-yr-old starlet at 56: Story of Indian cinema’s most shocking age gap

When a 56-year-old superstar played hero to a 16-year-old starlet just a few years after playing her grandfather, more than a few eyebrows were raised.
The issue of age gap between leading men and women in Indian cinema has been brought up many times in the last few years. Actors in their 40s and 50s have been called out for starring opposite heroines 20-30 years their junior. Yet, the trend continues. And it is not a new trend too. It is something that has existed for decades. Perhaps the most shocking example of this is from a 1979 film where a 56-year-old superstar romanced a 16-year-old actress, just a few years after he played her grandfather on screen. (Also read: Radhika Madan addresses 27-year age gap with Sarfira co-star Akshay Kumar, talks about their ‘intense chemistry’)

Indian cinema’s most shocking age gap

Sridevi is one of the most successful and impactful stars Indian cinema has seen. While many remember her as a leading actress of the 80s and 90s, she started her career as a child artist in the 60s, initially working in Tamil and Telugu films. In 1972, when she was 9, she appeared in Badi Panthulu. The reigning Telugu superstar NT Rama Rao—known popularly as NTR—played her grandfather in the film.

In 1978, Sridevi transitioned to lead roles with films like Padaharella Vayasu. The following year, at the age of 16, she played NTR’s heroine in Vetagaadu. At 56, the superstar was 40 years her senior, a case of one of the most shocking age gaps in Indian cinema. There have been larger age gaps in Indian films. For instance, Amitabh Bachchan was 46 years older than Jiah Khan in Nishabd. But that film was centred on the gap. In Vetagaadu, Sridevi and NTR’s characters were supposed to be of a similar age bracket. That, coupled with the fact that he had played her grandfather in another film just seven years prior, makes this quite unsavoury.

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Internet reactions to the age gap

A mashup of video clips from Badi Panthulu and Vetagaadu was shared recently on social media with users discussing the wild age gap. “This level of creepery will never be ever seen again in any industry I hope..Gosh Baby Sridevi had to through too much to feed her family,” one user wrote. Another echoed the sentiment and added, “While this kind of creepiness doesn’t happen to this extent anymore but there are still massive age gaps between heroes and their heroines.”

Another pointed out the irony that this is not even the largest age gap for an NTR film. “Interesting trivia: this is not even the largest age gap in NTR’s career. He starred with Vani Viswanath (then 21) when he was 69 in Samrat Ashoka (1992). That would make an age gap of 48 years – this might even be the highest in all of Indian cinema,” read the comment.

NTR and Sridevi’s careers

NTR is considered one of the biggest superstars in Telugu cinema history. After ruling the silver screen for three decades, he quit cinema for politics and was elected the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for three terms. He died in 1996 at the age of 72. Sridevi brought her south success to Bollywood in the 80s and reigned as the country’s numero uno actress for much of the 90s. After a brief hiatus, she returned to films in 2009, but her career was cut short with her death in 2018. She was 54.

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