Books on BookTok: 2025 authors predictions

Arts & Culture, Books

This week BookTok creators were asked to select the two authors they believe will be among the most popular on the app in 2025.
Romance author Emily Henry received two nominations, from Emily (@emilymiahreads; 82,100 followers) and Sanziana-Dana (@sanzireads; 2,577 followers). Henry is “appeal[ling] for everyone”, noted Emily. Henry’s next novel, Great Big Beautiful Life (Penguin), will be published in April 2025 and follows two competing writers vying to tell the story of reclusive heiress Margaret Ives. Combined, #romancebooktok and #romancebooks have been used in over five million posts on TikTok at the time of writing.
Brittany (@whatbritreads; 56,300 followers) and Emily also believe Sunrise on the Reaping (Scholastic), the latest addition to The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, will propel the author to new heights on BookTok. “It could be her BookTok break,” said Brittany. “She has, of course, been popular over the years, but her original teen readers are now adults with TikTok accounts ready to scream about this book series even louder”. For Brittany, the March publication will herald the return of “dystopian community” in a “big way”. She added: “I think we’ve been on the brink of a dystopian boom for a while now.” 

ML Wang will “for sure” be a popular author on BookTok in 2025, declared Suraka (@surakajanebooks; 16,300 followers). “More and more people” are reading Wang’s dark academia novel Blood Over Bright Haven (Cornerstone), noted the creator. Brittany added that Wang has “really taken the app by storm” with both Blood Over Bright Haven and the self-published fantasy novel, Sword of Kaigen. “She’s an excellent storyteller and, for fans of dark academia and high fantasy, she will be a hit.” Wang’s writing provides the “emotional grit and stunning magical world building that the BookTok community craves”, she continued.
Other nods went to Rebecca Kuang and the publication of Katabasis (HarperVoyager) in August. “Whenever Rebecca comes out with a new book, they completely take over,” stated Suraka. “Katabasis is highly anticipated and I’m so excited by the idea of Kuang bringing back nonsense literature.” In a talk at the Manchester Literature Festival last year, Kuang said of her inspiration for the novel: “Katabasis is a return to the fantasy genre, but instead of historical fantasy I’m leaning toward nonsense literature. I taught Alice in Wonderland in a craft class recently and I was really enamoured with Lewis Carroll’s ability to create a world in which the ground is always shifting under your feet, the rules don’t make any sense and the world is buffering again with each step you take further into it. I was wondering, how do you create a fantasy world that’s nonsense and have the reader feel grounded.” 

For Emily, “hype and people talking about” a given book “two months before publication and two months after publication” helps an author become popular on BookTok. “It has to be universally appealing to those who don’t really read many books as well as having bigger BookTokers from different parts of the world talking about it.” Brittany agreed that if publishers “put a book in the right people’s hands early enough, you can really try and make something of a release”. However, she added it is also a “stroke of luck” as to whether an author goes viral on BookTok, but “big creators screaming about something simultaneously” can mean the book will “pick up traction as the months go on”. Sanziana-Dana also said that “having the support of readers is key”.  

Regarding narrative, Suraka believes “relatable characters and stories that feature flawed, deeply human characters” help an author become popular on BookTok. “Emotional connection is important too. Whether through romance, heartbreak or triumph, books that create strong feelings in readers tend to inspire viral content and community engagement.” Brittany echoed this point: “I think people want more yearning. Whether romantic or platonic, people crave the pining of two people really destined to be in each other’s lives no matter what is in their way.”

Manoj Bajpayee reacts to reports about doing a film with Kay Kay Menon, Neeraj Pandey, and Netflix

Arts & Culture, Film & TV

While the anticipation for his highly acclaimed web-series The Family Man Season 3 is at an all-time high, seems like we can’t get enough of Manoj Bajpayee exploring the espionage genre. Recently, a few reports claimed that the actor will be joining hands with popular actor Kay Kay Menon, also known for a similar genre, to feature in filmmaker Neeraj Pandey’s next with Netflix. Reacting to the same, the Satya actor has taken to social media to share his thoughts on this piece of news that has been going viral.Manoj Bajpayee reacts to reports about doing a film with Kay Kay Menon, Neeraj Pandey, and NetflixManoj Bajpayee clarifies on reports about him doing a film with Kay Kay Menon Taking to the social media platform X, aka Twitter, Manoj Bajpayee reposted one of the reports that stated that the actor will be kicking off work on this untitled Neeraj Pandey – Netflix film with Kay Kay Menon. Bajpayee denied these rumours and commented, “Kab hua ye? (When did this happen)”. In response to Bajpayee’s clarification over the same, an apology statement was issued wherein the publication and the author accepted that the information provided to them was wrong.Kab hua ye ? https://t.co/7ebOlmM1qy— manoj bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) January 9, 2025For the unversed, the reports claimed that the actor and Kay Kay Menon are to collaborate for an untitled espionage thriller, directed by Neeraj Pandey with the makers opting for a direct-to-OTT release on Netflix.About Manoj Bajpayee, Kay Kay Menon, and Neeraj PandeyTalking about his upcoming work commitments, Manoj Bajpayee shared update about The Family Man 3 with his social media fam by posting videos and photos from the sets of the Amazon Prime Video about him wrapping up the series. On the other hand, Neeraj Pandey and Kay Kay Menon are currently gearing up for the premiere of the second season of their highly acclaimed Disney+ Hotstar web-series Special Ops.Also Read: Manoj Bajpayee CONFIRMS Vidhu Vinod Chopra bit Shabana Raza’s hand during Kareeb shoot: “She must have thought they are all mad geniuses”.also-read{border-radius:10px;background:#f2f2f2;padding:10px 15px 0}.also-read .bx-wrapper{max-width:100% !important}.also-read h2{font-size:20px;margin-bottom:5px}.also-read ul{display:flex;-ms-flex-wrap:wrap;flex-wrap:wrap;position:relative;box-sizing:border-box}.also-read li{position:relative;flex:0 0 33.333333%;max-width:33.333333%;padding:0 5px}.also-read .imgsnb .imaginary img{border-radius:8px}.also-read h5{margin-top:10px}.also-read h5 a{color:#000 !important;font-weight:400;line-height:15px}#also-read .bx-controls-direction{display:none}@media only screen and (max-width:400px){.also-read li{width:31.10% !important}}.addformobile{display:none}@media only screen and (max-width:767px){.addformobile{display:block}}BOLLYWOOD NEWS – LIVE UPDATESCatch us for latest Bollywood News, New Bollywood Movies update, Box office collection, New Movies Release , Bollywood News Hindi, Entertainment News, Bollywood Live News Today & Upcoming Movies 2025 and stay updated with latest hindi movies only on Bollywood Hungama.

Book on Crazy Mountain wind farm generates insight to wealthy Montana landowners

Arts & Culture, Books

BILLINGS — In Montana, private property rights are sacred, and several generations of family residency are oft-cited by locals to claim even greater privileges.So it’s a crazy tale that a group of wealthy nonresident landowners succeeded in sabotaging Sweet Grass County ranchers Rick Jarrett and Alfred and Dorothy Anderson’s efforts about six years ago to have a wind farm built on their land.“It was a modern-day range war in a warming West — a fight for power in its most elemental form,” wrote Amy Gamerman, author of a newly published book on Jarrett and the Andersons’ struggles and the forces involved.

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AAAS needs a reboot and the editor of Science should ‘get the boot’: The creeping corruption of DEI

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American science and medicine are becoming increasingly infiltrated by Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), to their detriment.Dr. H. Holden Thorp, the editor-in-chief of the prestigious journal Science since 2019, described on Substack a discussion that occurred during a recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In the closing plenary session, he posed to a “panel of scientific leaders” the question, “Who is a scientist?”  
The answers from the audience “ranged from very narrow (just people who are doing or planning research) to very broad (every living human).”
Then Thorp offered his opinion:
My view is that everyone who contributes to the scientific enterprise is a scientist. It’s not just lab work that makes up science. It’s science policy, science communication, scientific illustration, science education and many other things. In fact, you could make the case that our current struggles aren’t about whether we’re succeeding in the laboratory but rather whether all of the other parts of science are succeeding. Perhaps they would do better if we recognized the participants as science rather than as so-called “alternative careers.”

Let’s call this the “We’re All Scientists” formulation. Needless to say, especially in mathematics and physics, that’s problematic even for those committed to social justice and inclusiveness. Thorp doesn’t define what is included in, and more importantly, who is excluded from “contributes to the scientific enterprise.” So, what we’re left with is yet another, “Let’s all hold hands around the campfire and sing kumbaya” exercise. Or, as my colleague Dr. Chuck Dinerstein put it, “a more erudite version of ‘everyone gets a trophy.’”  
According to Thorp’s definition, even groups who impede science innovation and technology and outright quacks who promulgate dangerous disinformation could also be said to be participating in “science communication” and, therefore, are “scientists.”  
Coincidentally, on February 21, a day before Thorp’s posting, his hometown paper, the Washington Post, had published an exposé of four such groups: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense, Front Line Doctors, Informed Consent Action Network and Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance. Each of these groups has enjoyed a financial bonanza from “routinely buck[ing] scientific consensus,” such as by selling quack nostrums and raising unfounded doubts about the safety of vaccines. 
But according to Thorp’s formulation, we’re supposed to accept that they’re just unorthodox scientists performing science communication. Kind of like Edwin Goodwin, the amateur mathematician who convinced Indiana’s General Assembly in 1897 to legislate mathematics, claiming that he could square the circle by redefining as 3.2 the value of π, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.  (For those who don’t remember high school math, π=3.14159…  You can’t build a bridge or a space capsule using π=3.2.) Only the intervention of a Purdue University math professor who reschooled legislators as the bill neared a vote in the state senate saved Indiana from a monumental embarrassment.

An 1897 political cartoon mocking the Indiana π bill
Thorp also failed to mention that researchers who improperly manipulate data or purchase manuscripts from “paper mills” — a huge and expanding problem for the scientific literature — should be expelled from the fraternity of legitimate scientists. 
Thorp’s Substack post outlining his revisionist definition of a scientist was immediately greeted with astonishment and consternation in the form of two comments on it. The first consisted of a quote from a 2016 Caltech commencement speech by surgeon and writer Dr. Atul Gawande:
Science is not a major or a career. It is a commitment to a systematic way of thinking, an allegiance to a way of building knowledge and explaining the universe through testing and factual observation. The thing is, that isn’t a normal way of thinking. It is unnatural and counterintuitive. It has to be learned. Scientific explanation stands in contrast to the wisdom of divinity and experience and common sense.

Here is the second:
A scientist is someone who follows the scientific method. Period. Unfortunately, we have reached a point in our culture where almost no one knows what the scientific method is, anymore. Broadening the definition of scientist out so much that it is meaningless is not helpful.  This is a signature element of those forces of darkness that are frantic to destroy science; redefine the meaning of words so that no one knows what they are talking about anymore. 

I knew well two previous highly distinguished editors of Science: Daniel Koshland and Donald Kennedy. They were incapable of such New Age drivel. But there’s more that shows that Science under Thorp is in the thrall of DEI. Last August 15, I received an email that began thus: 
Subscribing to Science is reason enough to become an AAAS [American Association for the Advancement of Science] Member, but it’s just the start of what you’ll support. You’ll also be helping us create a more just future where everyone has a place in the sciences. (Emphasis added.)

That takes us back to Thorp’s theme of “everybody is a scientist.” And yes, I realize that a blurb like that is not a big deal, but other recent actions are. AAAS annually bestows the prestigious Newcomb Cleveland Prize, which is “awarded to the author or authors of an outstanding research article published in Science…. An eligible paper includes original research data, theory, or synthesis; is a fundamental contribution to basic knowledge or is a technical achievement of far-reaching consequence.”
What, then, deserved recognition for an article that contains “original research data, theory, or synthesis; a fundamental contribution to basic knowledge or is a technical achievement of far-reaching consequence?” Perhaps, you might guess, the description of a new “universal” flu or COVID vaccine that would induce an immune response to a conserved portion of the virus so that immunity would be long-lasting and not require yearly shots?  Or possibly the discovery of a new, previously unknown subatomic particle that offers important insights into the nature of matter?  Maybe a breakthrough in quantum computing that dwarfs the capacity of even current supercomputers?

Drum roll, please: The most recent Newcomb Cleveland Prize went to “Early dispersal of domestic horses into the Great Plains and Northern Rockies.” I thought I was reading something from The Onion, like their memorable, “Scientists Awestruck By Biodiversity Within Single Italian Sub,” as in submarine sandwich. The dispositive consideration was clearly in keeping with Thorpian reasoning: Many of the 89 coauthors are Native Americans, including Chief American Horse and Afraid of Bear-Cook.
Not surprisingly, the federal government is also getting in on the act. The difference is that American taxpayers are picking up the (large) tab. In October, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced, for the first time, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) would cover “traditional health care practices” provided by Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities, Tribal facilities, and urban Indian organizations (UIOs). 
The feds claim that this change in policy “is expected to improve access to culturally appropriate health care and improve the quality of care and health outcomes for tribal communities in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Oregon, and will support IHS, Tribal, and UIO facilities in serving their patients.” 
In their zeal to be inclusive, the feds seem to have forgotten the old adage that there are two kinds of medicine — the kind that works and the kind that doesn’t. The latter, sometimes dubbed “alternative medicine,” claims the ability to prevent or treat disease despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability, or evidence of safety and effectiveness. 
Thus, we have one small step for science and medicine, one giant leap for inclusion. And black eyes for the AAAS and federal policymakers.
Note: An earlier version of this article was published by the Genetic Literacy Project.

New Shows & Movies To Watch This Weekend: Peacock’s ‘The Traitors’ + More

Arts & Culture, Film & TV

Looking for something new to watch this weekend? Catch a campy new season of The Traitors on Peacock (plus a new season of Deal or No Deal Island!), the drama American Primeval on Netflix, or the chilling thriller Goosebumps: The Vanishing on Disney+, which are just a few of the new titles we’re excited for this week.

Not sure which new releases to check out? Let us here at Decider help you figure out what to watch this weekend and where to stream it.

New Movies & Shows To Stream This Weekend: The Traitors, American Primeval, Goosebumps: The Vanishing + More

Season two of The Traitors on Peacock was one of the most entertaining seasons of any show last year, and the killer competition returns this week with even more treachery. Season three dropped on Jan. 9, so if you haven’t already watched, please do so now. If murders in Scottish castles aren’t for you, why not check out murders on the American frontier? Netflix’s new western series American Primeval will deliver plenty of that as its six episodes explore the deadly and dangerous clashes between soldiers, religious settlers and the indigenous people of the American West in the 1800s. And on Disney+, check out the new season of Goosebumps: The Vanishing when all episodes drop on Friday.

New on Peacock January 9: The Traitors (Season 3)

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Marrggghderrrrrr. If you’ve missed Alan Cumming’s delightfully unhinged turn as the host of The Traitors, a new season is finally here. Three episodes of the reality competition series are out this week, and the show’s celebrity contestants this time include some bold personalities including Real Housewives stars Chanel Ayan and Dorinda Medley, Selling Sunset‘s Chrishell Stause, and Boston Rob Mariano. Hopefully one of them will live up to Phaedra Parks’ star turn as last year’s stone-cold killer.

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Nothing beats seeing Ross Gellar pivot to something completely new and different. David Schwimmer stars in the new season of the Disney+ anthology series Goosebumps: The Vanishing, playing a divorced father of teenage twins who come visit him at his house in Brooklyn for the summer. While the kids are in the city, they make some startling discoveries and are drawn into a mystery surrounding four teens who mysteriously disappeared in 1994.

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Peter Berg helms the new Netflix historical drama American Primeval, a period piece set in the 1850s as American expansion headed to the West and the Utah War between Mormon settlers and federal troops began in the Utah territory, which resulted in several grisly battles. Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Kim Coates and Jai Courtney co-star in the six-episode limited series which is out now.

Full List of New Movies and Shows on Streaming This Weekend:

The options above only scratch the surface, so you know that this weekend’s full lineup will have amazing options for what to watch this weekend! For the full breakdown of the best movies and shows to stream now, or if you’re still undecided on what to stream this weekend, then check out the complete list below:

New on Netflix – Full List

Released Thursday, January 9

American Primeval *NETFLIX SERIES

Asura (JP) *NETFLIX SERIES

I am Ilary (IT) *NETFLIX SERIES

Lion

The Upshaws: Part 6 *NETFLIX SERIES

Released Friday, January 10

Ad Vitam (FR) *NETFLIX FILM

Alpha Males: Season 3 (ES) *NETFLIX SERIES

Love Is Blind: Germany (DE) *NETFLIX SERIES (new episodes)

Released Saturday, January 11

SAKAMOTO DAYS (JP) *NETFLIX ANIME

New on Prime Video – Full List

Released January 10

Focus (2015)

New on Hulu – Full List

Released Thursday, January 9

65 – En Español (2023)

Biography: Alice Cooper: Complete Season 1

Biography: Chris Farley – Anything for a Laugh: Complete Season 1

Biography: Jeff Dunham – Talking Heads: Complete Season 1

Biography: Jeff Foxworthy – Stand Up Guy: Complete Season 1

Booked: First Day In: Complete Season 2

Celebrity Jeopardy!: Season 3 Premiere (ABC)

Dance First 

Extreme Builds: Complete Season 1

Interrogation Files: Complete Season 1

Kitchen Nightmares: Season Premiere (Fox)

MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES: Complete Season 1 (SUBBED & DUBBED)

More Power: Complete Season 1

My Hero Academia: Season 7, Episodes 148-159 (DUBBED)

Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test: Season 3 Premiere (Fox)

Shifting Gears: Season 1 Premiere (ABC)

Released Friday, January 10

American Star (2024)

Goosebumps: The Vanishing: Season Premiere

The Girl Locked Upstairs: The Tanya Kach Story (2024)

Released Sunday, January 12

The Silent Hour (2024)

New on Max – Full List

Released Thursday, January 9

Aaron Hernandez and the Untold Murders of Bristol (ID)

Sons of Ecstasy (Max Original)

The Pitt, Season 1 (Max Original)

Released Friday, January 10

Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? (HBO Original)

Black Butterfly (2017)

Holla (2006)

Look Into My Eyes (A24)

Vinnie Jones: In the Country, Season 1-2 (discovery+) 

Released Saturday, January 11

Road to NHL Winter Classic, Episode 204

The Steam Room with Ej and Chuck, Episode 125 (TNT)

Released Sunday, January 12

Naked and Afraid Spain (aka Aventura En Pelotas Espana), Season 1 (Discovery International) 

New on Disney+ – Full List

Released Thursday, January 9

UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (S2, 6 episodes)

Released Friday, January 10

Goosebumps: The Vanishing: Premiere – All Episodes Streaming *New to Disney+

Released Saturday, January 11

My Best Friend’s An Animal (S1, 6 episodes)

New on Paramount+ with Showtime – Full List

Released Thursday, January 9

Hollywood Squares**

New on Peacock – Full List

Released Thursday, January 9

The Traitors, Season 3 – Premiere, 3 Episodes, 60 min (Peacock Original)*

Released Friday, January 10

The Jane Mysteries: A Deadly Prescription+

Released Sunday, January 12

Polar Opposites+

What Else Is Streaming New This January?

What you see above is just a portion of the new movies and shows you can watch this month if you’ve got more than one streaming service subscription. We update our guides to the new releases on the most popular streaming platforms every month, so you can stay on top of the freshest titles to watch. Here are full lists, schedules, and reviews for everything streaming.

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Books Remain the Most Beautiful Gift, Albanian Literature Among the Top Sellers This Holiday Season

Arts & Culture, Books

Books have long been regarded as a thoughtful gift for holidays.
Gifting a book is like offering an experience, a piece of life, an unexpected gift that lingers forever.
This past holiday season, books were at the heart of gift-giving, with a significant surge in book sales across the capital’s bookstores.
“It was a busy yet rewarding period for us, with countless readers eager to share their love for books by gifting them for the holidays,” said bookseller Sinan Lila.
Contemporary and Albanian literature dominated the bestsellers list at the close of the year.
“The spotlight was on contemporary literature and new releases, not just the ‘bestsellers,’ but also debut authors who showcased their work for the first time at the fair,” Mr. Lila added.
A book is always a special gift, one that never disappoints.
/a.p./

National Center for Books and Reading Announces 2023 Literature Awards

Arts & Culture, Books

The National Center for Books and Reading has presented the 2023 National Literature Awards, honoring Besnik Mustafaj with the title of “Best Novel of the Year” for his book “Fati i marrë” (Reckless Fate).  
Mustafaj’s novel was praised for its “boldness and imagination in crafting an ‘alternative’ narrative that reimagines Albania’s history. By altering a small historical detail centuries ago, the story envisions a better and more compassionate Albania, where heroes are more relatable and human, and where women have a voice, even if expressed through sign language.”  
The jury, chaired by Koloreto Cukali, recognized outstanding works in six categories:  
1. Best Scholarly Work of the Year: Pëllumb Xhufi for “Shqipëria dhe fundshekulli i dëshpëruar” (Albania and the Desperate End of the Century).  2. Best Translation of the Year: “Daullja prej llamarine”(The Tin Drum) by Günter Grass, translated by Ana Kove.  3. Best Short Story Collection of the Year: Shpëtim Kelmendi for “Dashnia asht'” (Love Exists).  4. Best Poetry Collection of the Year: Entela Tabaku for “Qeramikiana”.  5. Best Children’s Book of the Year: Ledjona Braho for “Kroni dhe pulëbardhat” (The Spring and the Seagulls).  
The National Literature Awards, a cherished tradition, celebrate the finest literary achievements of the year, inspiring and motivating authors while fostering the growth of Albanian literature.

Game Changer: This song of Ram Charan, Kiara Advani cut from film, netizens get miffed, makers issue statement

Arts & Culture, Film & TV

Fans of Ram Charan are miffed as the popular song NaaNaa Hyraanaa has been edited from the final cut of Game Changer. Ram Charan and Kiara Advani in Game ChangerDirector S. Shankar’s much-awaited Game Changer has finally been released in cinemas and fans of Ram Charan have rushed to cinemas to watch his latest film. Though the movie got good reviews, a section of fans are miffed as the popular song from the movie, NaaNaa Hyraanaa, has been edited from the film. 

The makers of Game Changer issued a statement about the same and explained that the song couldn’t make it up to the final cut because of technical difficulties. NaaNaa Hyraanaa is said to be the first Indian number to be shot on camera with an infrared lens, which captures light visible beyond the light spectrum, revealing a world normally not visible to us, thus making it a visual curiosity. 

Everyone’s favorite, #NaanaaHyraanaa | #Lyraanaa | #JaanaHairaanSa from #GameChangerhas been edited out due to technical challenges encountered during the processing of infrared images in the initial prints. Rest assured, we are diligently working towards adding the song back… pic.twitter.com/N1mQO2GAG6
— Game Changer (@GameChangerOffl) January 9, 2025

As per the information, the makers are working to rectify the issues so that the song can be added in the movie by January 14, 2025, for the audience to have a more enjoyable experience. The statement issued on the official X page of Game Changer reads, “Everyone’s favorite, #NaanaaHyraanaa | #Lyraanaa | #JaanaHairaanSa from #GameChanger has been edited out due to technical challenges encountered during the processing of infrared images in the initial prints. Rest assured, we are diligently working towards adding the song back in the missing content, which will be available starting January 14th.”

As soon as the post was shared, it met with mixed reactions. A netizen wrote, “Costly miss @shankarshanmugh @AlwaysRamCharan if this song is there in the film then the audience would have come out of the theatre with some satisfaction after watching those visuals.” Another netizen wrote, “But people who are watching will miss it loss of money.” An internet user wrote, “Interesting! I’m sure it’ll improve the film.” Another internet user wrote, “Not an issue. We’ll watch #GameChanger again for the song.” Game Changer is currently streaming in cinemas near you. 

Also read: Game Changer movie review: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, Shankar treat fans with ‘unpredictable’ political action thriller