The Archies, directed by Zoya Akhtar and starring Suhana Khan, Agastya Nanda, Khushi Kapoor, Dot, Vedang Raina, and more is making headlines ahead of its premiere tomorrow. 

At a special screening in Mumbai last night, the entire Bachchan family, Shah Rukh Khan’s family, and various other celebrities graced the event. With just one day until the film’s release, Abhishek Bachchan shared a heartfelt post welcoming Agastya into the world of movies. 

In the picture, Agastya is elegantly dressed in a black velvet suit with a bow tie, while Abhishek opted for an all-black ensemble. Yesterday, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aaradhya, Navya Naveli Nanda, Shweta Bachchan, Nikhil Nanda, and Nitasha Nanda were seen posing together for a group pic at The Archies premiere.

Shah Rukh Khan and his family came together to support his daughter Suhana Khan at the premiere of her debut film The Archies. Many videos of SRK walking the red carpet with Suhana have gone viral. Now, an old video from 2011 of SRK manifesting this moment at the Filmfare Awards has resurfaced. 

The video is from the 56th Filmfare Awards, where Shah Rukh Khan won Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) for his film My Name Is Khan. During his award acceptance speech, he said, “To be really honest, my daughter has not been well and I wanted her to come here wearing a red gown, walk the red carpet with me but she is not well.” 

The video sees SRK accepting the award from Rekha. Now, years later on Tuesday, SRK was seen walking at The Archies red carpet with Suhana who was dressed in red.

On Tuesday, Shah Rukh, Gauri, along with their children Aryan Khan and AbRam, as well as Gauri’s mother Savita Chhibber, attended the premiere of The Archies in Mumbai. The Khan family posed together at the event, with Shah Rukh even sporting a T-shirt that had “The Archies” written on it to show his support for his daughter’s first film.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former President Pranab Mukherjee had a “strange” relationship – the BJP leader would always touch the Congress veteran’s feet as a mark of respect – but it was one marked by “honesty and openness”, the late Mr Mukherjee’s daughter told NDTV Wednesday.

Sharmishtha Mukherjee, the author of a new book – “Pranab My Father” – told NDTV her father, when elected President, was very clear about his duties and responsibilities and told the Prime Minister that while they belonged to different ideologies, he would not interfere in governance.

“I think that was something very strange considering their different ideologies. But, I think, the relationship actually goes back many years… even before Mr Modi became Gujarat Chief Minister.”

“He (PM Modi) told me that he used to come to Delhi then, as an ordinary party worker, for various events and that he used to meet baba (Mr Mukherjee) on morning walks. He told me baba would always talk very nicely to him and that he would always touch baba‘s feet,” Ms Mukherjee said.

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“I thought this was a very interesting entry in baba‘s diaries…”

Ms Mukherjee, also a former Congress leader, spoke of another entry in her late father’s diaries.

“When Mr Modi, as Gujarat Chief Minister, came to meet the President, for the first time, baba wrote, ‘He is a bitter critic of the Congress government and its policies… but in private he always touches my feet. He says it gives him pleasure. I do not understand why…’,” she told NDTV.

Ms Mukherjee said the Prime Minister had confirmed this anecdote to her.

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“The relationship between the President and the Prime Minister was not just built on personal regard. As President, baba believed he had a responsibility also to not interfere with the elected government.”

“So, in the very first meeting (in those roles), he very candidly told Mr Modi, ‘We belong to two different ideologies but the people have given you a mandate. I will not interfere with governance… that is your job. But if you need help in any constitutional matter, I will be there.”

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“I was told about this by Mr Modi himself, who said ‘For dada (older brother) to say this was a big thing. From the beginning there was openness and honesty between them,” she said.

That, however, did not mean the late President did not question the Prime Minister on key issues, including the government’s tendency to bypass Parliament and pass ordinances, Ms Mukherjee said.

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