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Commotion: Juno noms and the return of Shah Rukh Khan

Today on Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud: music journalists A. Harmony and Niko Stratis, film critic Aparita Bhandari

Today on Commotion: A. Harmony, Niko Stratis and Aparita Bhandari

Image of Juno Award statuettes, Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone (R) and Shah Rukh Khan (L) gesture during a media event of their Hindi-language film Pathaan in Mumbai on January 30, 2023
Juno Award statuettes, Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone (R) and Shah Rukh Khan (L) gesture during a media event of their Hindi-language film Pathaan in Mumbai on January 30, 2023 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld, Sujit Jaiswalafp via Getty Images)

Today on Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud:

  • Music journalists A. Harmony and Niko Stratis give their highlights and reactions to yesterday's Junos nominations announcement and what they might say about the state of the Canadian music industry in 2023.
     
  • Bollywood has been in a slump the past couple of years — but Shah Rukh Khan's new film appears to be reviving the genre. Smashing all kinds of records since it opened last week, audiences are going wild for Pathaan. Aparita Bhandari tells Elamin why this is a comeback story worth paying attention to.

WATCH | Official trailer for Pathaan: