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Kennedy orders American exposed to hantavirus to stay quarantined against her will, WSJ reports

Kennedy orders American exposed to hantavirus to stay quarantined against her will, WSJ reports

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June 16 – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ordered an American passenger exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship to remain in quarantine despite medical advice and against her will, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Kennedy orders American exposed to hantavirus to stay quarantined against her will, WSJ reports The passenger, Angela Perryman, 47, was one of 18 Americans quarantined in the U.S. after Andes hantavirus cases were found aboard a cruise ship earlier this year. The group had initially been placed at a Nebraska quarantine unit. A Department of Health and Human Services official told Reuters that midnight June 21 would mark the completion of the 42-day monitoring period. Reuters was unable to reach Perryman at the facility by phone. According to the official, the remaining passengers at the quarantine unit will leave Nebraska on June 22. The 42-day period began following their return to the United States on May 10, the official added. Eight U.S. residents who were on the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius returned to their home states …

Nukkad Naatak, Haq, Kennedy and more: How streaming is giving a second life to theatrical outcasts

Nukkad Naatak, Haq, Kennedy and more: How streaming is giving a second life to theatrical outcasts

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Nukkad Naatak is the most unusual Hindi film you will see this year. I refrain from using the term ‘Bollywood film’ here because the film does not fit into the traditional Bollywood mould. It is made by two beginners who scream ‘outsiders’ and has no industry support. Yet, this tiny indie film with a production budget under ₹1 crore not only made it to the theatres, but also released on Netflix last week. And since then, it has trended in the top 10 on the streaming giant, reaching audiences who had no idea the film even existed. Films like Haq and Nukkad Naatak found a new lease of life after streaming release. Nukkad Naatak is the most extreme example of a recent phenomenon in which streaming has turned films that have not received their due in theatres into ‘successes’ on OTT. Whether it is films like Haq or Dhadak 2 that failed at the box office and were dubbed ‘flops’ or something like a Kennedy that never even got its intended theatrical release, OTT has …

Rahul Bhat opens up about Kennedy climax: `Wasn`t supposed to be crying so much`

Rahul Bhat opens up about Kennedy climax: `Wasn`t supposed to be crying so much`

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Actor Rahul Bhat is being praised for his performance in the film Kennedy. Directed by Anurag Kashyap, the film was recently released on ZEE5 marking its India release. Ever since the release, Bhat has been receiving heavy praises for his performance as a contract killer.  Rahul Bhat on working with Anurag Kashyap Talking about working with filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, Rahul Bhat recalled the shoot of the climax scene. “The last scene is very characteristic of Anurag,” the actor recalled. “The character is completely alone, and I was emotionally drained while performing it. It was a very difficult and vulnerable space to be in.” What happened next stayed with him long after the cameras stopped rolling. During an intense close-up, he noticed that Anurag had stepped away from the monitor. Instead, he was sitting right beside him. “He was holding my right hand while I was crying and performing the shot,” the actor shares. “He was right there with me in that moment.” “He truly understands his actors,” he says. “It’s always a pleasure working with …

Kennedy review: Back in form Anurag Kashyap shows what Bombay Velvet could have been; Rahul Bhat gives a career-best act

Kennedy review: Back in form Anurag Kashyap shows what Bombay Velvet could have been; Rahul Bhat gives a career-best act

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Kennedy Cast: Rahul Bhat, Sunny Leone, Mohit Takalkar, Abhilash Thapliyal, Aamir Dalvi, Karishma Modi, Megha Burman Director: Anurag Kashyap Rating: ★★★.5 Over the years, many film buffs in India – dismayed by the apparent downfall in quality of Anurag Kashyap’s films – have chalked it out to the Gangs of Wasseypur curse. They theorise that the filmmaker is overwhelmed by what the cult film became, and has been chasing that high since, unsuccessfully. To me, the lapses that Kashyap made in the last decade were less to do with Wasseypur and more with Bombay Velvet. It was the filmmaker’s most ambitious film, and his biggest failure. I felt that Kashyap approached every new thing with a thought at the back of his mind – how different it all would be had Bombay Velvet worked. And I believe he wondered what it could have been. He answers the second question himself with Kennedy, a noir thriller that is as different from Bombay Velvet as two films can be, and yet, is similar in more ways than …

Kennedy movie review: Cannot take your eyes off Rahul Bhat in noir

Kennedy movie review: Cannot take your eyes off Rahul Bhat in noir

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After a long wait, festival acclaim, and multiple delays, Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy has finally arrived in India. Starring Rahul Bhat and Sunny Leone, the noir thriller premiered at international film festivals two years ago to strong critical reception. Following cuts and modifications by the CBFC, the film is now streaming on ZEE5. Kennedy plot Bhat plays the titular Kennedy- a man who wasn’t always Kennedy, a driver for a premier cab service and a contract killer. Once known as Uday Shetty, a cop now presumed dead, he lives in pandemic-stricken Mumbai, operating in isolation as a hired killer for a corrupt police commissioner. He executes assignments without question, driven by the promise of information about Saleem- a gangster he holds a deeply personal vendetta against. The film’s first half immerses us in Kennedy’s stark routine. A man of few words, he lets his gun speak for him. Emotionally vacant and mechanically precise, he is haunted by the voices of those he has murdered, though he never engages with them. Whether these voices are manifestations of …

Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy finally releases in India, but with many cuts; Dawood Ibrahim, Donald Trump references deleted

Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy finally releases in India, but with many cuts; Dawood Ibrahim, Donald Trump references deleted

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It took nearly three years for Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy to get a wide release in India. After being screened at the MAMI Film Festival in 2023, the noir thriller finally released on Zee5 on February 20, 2026. However, fans were left a little disappointed when they realised that the streaming version had a number of cuts and deletions, recommended by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). Sunny Leone in a still from Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy. Kennedy trimmed by CBFC Kennedy is a thriller with Rahul Bhat in the titular role, alongside Sunny Leone. The film follows a cop who is presumed dead and now works as a hitman for a corrupt senior police officer. The film deals with his quest for revenge against a gangster outside India, while navigating the corruption and power struggles in Mumbai on his master’s behest. According to a News 18 report, the CBFC passed Kennedy for release with an A certificate, but only after several cuts. This included muting the curse word ‘motherf*****’, adding an anti-smoking disclaimer during all …

Anurag Kashyap says he was once ‘furious and frustrated’ with an actor who could not walk straight during a scene

Anurag Kashyap says he was once ‘furious and frustrated’ with an actor who could not walk straight during a scene

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Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is gearing up for the release of his film Kennedy. In an interaction with Sucharita Tyagi on her YouTube channel, Anurag shared that there was once an actor who would take multiple takes to do a walking scene and still mess up. Anurag shared that he was ‘furious and frustrated’ with him after a point. (Also read: Anurag Kashyap says special effects work in Nishaanchi is ‘better’ than Sinners) Anurag Kashyap did not name the actor who made his furious for messing up a simple scene multiple times. What Anurag said When Anurag was asked if there was ever an instance where he felt stuck with an actor during a shoot, the director replied yes. He detailed one particular instance and said, “Ek baar phasa tha mein! Main tareeke dhundta hoon. Literally ek baar ek actor tha pata nahi kyu woh seedha chal hi nahi paa raha tha! I wanted him to come out of it smoothly, from behind this bar-like place. Woj jagah kam thi aur woh aaram se aa sakta …

Kennedy BTS: Rahul Bhat reveals gruelling transformation behind Anurag Kashyap’s

Kennedy BTS: Rahul Bhat reveals gruelling transformation behind Anurag Kashyap’s

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As Kennedy finally gears up for its much-awaited OTT release, the makers have dropped a jaw-dropping transformation video of Rahul Bhat, and it’s nothing short of electrifying. The video captures Bhat’s intense physical and emotional preparation for the role, offering a glimpse into the haunting world of Kennedy, a sleepless ex-cop navigating crime, corruption, and inner turmoil. Rahul Bhat`s transformation for Kennedy Directed by Anurag Kashyap, the film first premiered at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in 2023, where it received a roaring seven-minute standing ovation. The response was overwhelming, with international critics praising the film’s neo-noir texture, atmospheric storytelling, and Bhat’s deeply internal, brooding performance. Many called it one of Kashyap’s finest works in recent years, raw, restrained, and globally resonant.           View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by ZEE5 (@zee5) However, despite the critical acclaim, Kennedy faced a long three-year wait before its commercial release. During this time, the film travelled across international festivals, steadily building …

Anurag Kashyap had two heart attacks, went to rehab thrice after Netflix’s ‘miscarriage’ of Maximum City: ‘They were silent for 1.5 years’  | Bollywood News

Anurag Kashyap had two heart attacks, went to rehab thrice after Netflix’s ‘miscarriage’ of Maximum City: ‘They were silent for 1.5 years’  | Bollywood News

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4 min readMumbaiFeb 18, 2026 12:39 PM IST Anurag Kashyap’s next release, Kennedy, starring Rahul Roy and Sunny Leone, is finally coming out this Friday on ZEE5. The film has been doing the rounds for two years now, and was written by Kashyap overnight back in 2023. That happened after two to three years of personal and professional setbacks, starting with the shelving of his ambitious adaptation of Suketu Mehta’s 2004 book Maximum City by Netflix India. “I was only grieving over Maximum City. I was frustrated over Maximum City because the investment in that was so much. Because I’d been attached with Maximum City since 2009, when Danny Boyle was producing it. Slumdog Millionaire writer was writing it, and he wanted me to direct it at that time,” revealed Kashyap in a new interview. After the global crossover success of the Oscar-winning 2009 British film Slumdog Millionaire set in India, director Danny Boyle decided to adapt another Indian book, Maximum City, with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, but it didn’t work out. Kashyap told The Hollywood …

Sunny Leone says producers told her Kennedy will ‘change her image’, is hopeful she will get more work after it

Sunny Leone says producers told her Kennedy will ‘change her image’, is hopeful she will get more work after it

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Sunny Leone is hopeful that her role in Anurag Kashyap‘s Kennedy will lead to better parts and a shift in the industry’s perception of her as an actor. Sunny Leone in a still from Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy. Leone plays Charlie in the film where she becomes entangled in the world of the protagonist, Uday Shetty, played by Rahul Bhat, a former cop turned contract killer. She describes Charlie as mysterious, fragile and yet strong. Leone said Kashyap first contacted her husband and manager, Daniel Weber, who insisted the director speak to her directly. “I never in a million years thought that he was going to call me and say, ‘Hey, I’ve a part, will you come in for an audition?’ I was blown away by just the offer. When I hung up the phone, I got scared and extremely nervous. Just the idea of having this chance to be able to be a part of something that is larger than anything I’ve done before,” the actor told PTI in an interview. “Just being able to …