05062026-LSTC-01.qxd 6/5/2026 1:02 AM Page 1 c m y b TRIBUNE Life of Shania Life A biopic based on the life of global music star Shania Twain is reportedly in the works. The film, titled Shania, will trace the singer’s journey from her early days in Canada. CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 5 JUNE 2026 Revisiting Tere Bin Hina Khan reacts to Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hain! row ‘Baseless allegations’ Hina Khan has reacted to Shilpa Shinde’s recent admission that the sexual harassment allegations she made against Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! producer Sanjay Kohli nearly a decade ago were false, calling the act “absolutely shameful”. Hina wrote, “Yes, using your sex to malign someone’s image in order to win during a conflict is absolutely shameful. And everyone is absolutely right to call it out and demand Justice. I am shocked beyond words. But I want to talk about the ‘real victim’ here. A respected man with a wife, a daughter and many other women in his family.. A real hardworking producer with many iconic shows. Who went through such an ordeal. As admitted by the female actor, her allegations were not just baseless they were to claim, to settle without the utilisation of law.” jalandhar WHAT’S HOT eat SIP & SHOP L OOKING for a café in Jalandhar that goes beyond coffee? The Caffe Boutique Emporium on 66-Foot Road offers a personalised dining experience. Book through its app 72 hours in advance, and the team reserves your preferred balcony or terrace table, notes your choices, connects you with the chef. The venue also houses a bakery and a grocery store. Aamir confirms marriage to Gauri Spratt Authenticity has a longer shelf life than any trend ever will, feels Rabbi Shergill Simran Sandhu W HAT does it take to write a song that outlives the generation it was written for? Not talent. Talent is common. Not ambition either — the music industry runs on ambition and most of it is forgotten by Friday. What it takes, if Rabbi Shergill’s life and work are any evidence, is something far simpler. The willingness to go somewhere completely, soulfully true — and stay there long enough to write. There is a reason Tere Bin still finds you. Not merely because it is a great song, though it is. But because it does something most music only pretends to do — it meets you exactly where you are. Heartbroken at seventeen. Quietly hollow at thirty-five. Missing someone you cannot even name. It has always known. And that is precisely why, when Rabbi performed it live at Biella Jazz Club in Italy last year, the world loved it all over again — as if hearing it for the very first time. Some songs do not age. They simply wait for the next person who needs them. Rabbi is a man who understood that human feelings are often the most universal: the fear of loss, the need for love, the ache of remembering. The emotions that remain long after the music ends. Because beyond the music, Rabbi has spent much of his life searching for the same thing his songs search for: what remains when everything else falls away. With roots in a village in Ajnala, near Amritsar, and having been raised in Delhi, he grew up among people from every corner of the country. Yet, even as the city widened his imagination, he found himself drawn back to the things that had quietly formed him: his father, Gurbani, Punjabi poetry and a language he consciously chose to hold closer. At a very young age, he realised something unsettling. “I felt my father wasn’t going to be around forever,” he says. “So, I started listening to my grandmother and my father a little more intently. I really wanted to know that language. I really wanted to call that language my own.” For Rabbi, language is not merely a means of communi- TO LOSE A LANGUAGE IS TO LOSE AN ENTIRE UNIVERSE...PUNJABI MUSIC HAS SPREAD A LOT, BUT HAS IT GONE DEEP ENOUGH? cation. It is inheritance. “To lose a language is to lose an entire universe,” he says. That concern with continuity runs through almost everything, he says. Ask him about Punjabi music today and the conversation quickly moves beyond charts, streams or global popularity. His question is not whether Punjabi music has travelled far. It is whether it has travelled deep enough. “It’s spread a lot,” he says thoughtfully. “But has it gone deep enough?” For Rabbi, Punjab is not merely an identity. It is the land of Baba play The Don 3 crisis CLASSICAL TREAT C LASSICAL dance enthusiasts in Delhi are in for an evening steeped in tradition, devotion and artistry as Aayam presents Nrityadhara 3 at the LTG Auditorium on June 5. Conceived and directed by noted Bharatanatyam guru Sindhu Mishra, the annual showcase will bring together more than 100 dancers, from young beginners to senior disciples, celebrating the enduring legacy of the Bharatanatyam bani of K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai. The repertoire spans devotional and narrative works. delhi What triggered Ranveer Singh’s exit? Subhash K Jha What began as one of Bollywood’s most anticipated franchise revivals eventually spiralled into one of the industry’s most closely scrutinized disputes. When Ranveer Singh exited Don 3 in December 2025, less than three weeks before the film was scheduled to go on floors, the decision sent shockwaves across the Hindi film industry. For months, public discourse largely focused on Excel Entertainment, with speculation surrounding delays and uncertainty over the future of the franchise. However, accounts from individuals familiar with the mediation process suggest love FORBIDDEN WORDS chandigarh Farid, Bulleh Shah, Shah Hussain and centuries of poetry that asked difficult questions of society and of itself. Which is perhaps why he grows uneasy when contemporary music becomes trapped in narrow ideas of status, masculinity or superiority while ignoring the deeper concerns of the land it comes from. At one point, he recalls Baba Farid: Fareeda lorai daakh bijauriyaan, kikkar beejai jatt. Handhai unn kataaida, paidha lorai patt. (Farid, one cannot plant acacias and expect sweet fruits.) The verse arrives not as criti- cism, but as a reminder. What we celebrate eventually shapes what we become. Yet, for all his concerns about where Punjabi music is headed, Rabbi’s faith in people remains intact. “When something authentic becomes sensational, it really enriches the culture,” he says. The line feels almost like a summary of his own journey. He never set out to write songs that would survive decades. He simply tried to write something he felt. The fact that people continue to find themselves in those songs, years later, is proof that authenticity has a longer shelf life than any trend ever will, and that what is most honest in one’s life often becomes meaningful in countless others. For all the conversations around legacy, Rabbi himself seems remarkably uninterested in preserving one. He speaks instead about curiosity, dialogue and the importance of remaining open to conversation. Even now, with new music waiting to be released, he sounds less like someone looking back at what he has achieved and more like someone still searching. Perhaps that is why the songs endure. Superstar Aamir Khan has confirmed that he will tie the knot with partner Gauri Spratt on July 5. Several reports on Wednesday claimed that Aamir and Spratt are planning an intimate wedding next month. However, the actor hadn't responded to the speculation. On Thursday, Aamir confirmed the news. "I'm currently traveling in the US. The news about the marriage is true. It's on July 5," Aamir said. Aamir introduced Gauri Spratt to the media during an event in 2025 when he was promoting his film Sitaare Zameen Par. — PTI T HINKERS Collective, an initiative of the Institute for Development and Communication, presents Bounded Ideas, an exhibition that brings forth 37 books that have been banned or censored across 1950 to 2022 in India. The exhibition will be inaugurated on June 5 at 11 am at Institute for Development and Communication, Sector 38-A, Chandigarh. FARHAN AKHTAR & RANVEER SINGH c m y b that the discussions behind closed doors revealed a very different picture. Announced in August 2023, Don 3 marked Ranveer’s entry into one of Indian cinema’s most iconic franchises. The formal term sheet was signed on August 7, 2024. According to sources, Ranveer participated in script-reading sessions with director Farhan Akhtar and members of the cast as recently as December 15 and 16. A scheduled look test on December 17 was subsequently cancelled, and on December 20, Ranveer informed the producers of his decision to leave the film. The timing attracted attention, coming shortly after the blockbuster success of Dhurandhar. Following the actor’s exit, Excel Entertainment approached the Producers Guild of India, resulting in multiple rounds of mediation involving nearly 25 senior industry stakeholders, including leading filmmakers, producers and actors. During one of the key sessions, Ranveer reportedly outlined four major concerns: dissatisfaction with the script, questions regarding Farhan Akhtar’s availability, fee-related issues, and the absence of a signing advance. To address these concerns, Farhan and Ritesh Sidhwani reportedly presented extensive communication records documenting discussions around the script and project development.