Ramayana opens as its sequel moves to 2028, Kareena and Saif relive the night of the attack, and Jamie Foxx becomes a dad again

Ramayana: Part One, with Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi, opens worldwide today, 5 November, after paid previews at select cinemas last night. Producer Namit Malhotra has confirmed that Part Two, earlier set for 2027, will now arrive in 2028. “We didn’t want to do a rush job or get ahead of ourselves,” he told E! News, adding that the extra year was needed to deliver the finale “in as much grandeur as it deserves”, NDTV reported. In a separate interview he said the story had first been planned as a trilogy and that the makers may revisit that after seeing how audiences respond. Sony Pictures is reportedly distributing the film on about 50,000 screens in more than 100 countries, The Indian Express reported.

Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan returned to Karan Johar’s couch together for episode 4 of Koffee With Karan, the show’s final season, which began streaming on JioHotstar on 4 November. They spoke about 16 January 2025, when an intruder stabbed Saif at their Bandra home. Kareena said she could not sleep for six months afterwards and recalled: “I was screaming on the road, ‘Ruko, ruko’. It was like a movie scene.” Saif called it “the worst night in the history of nights”, the Hindustan Times reported. The trial of the accused began last month.

Singer Kanika Kapoor has announced that she and businessman Gautam Hathiramani are separating after four years of marriage. “After much thought and consideration, my husband and I are going our separate ways. I am grateful for the time we shared and wish him well for the future,” she wrote in an Instagram story, asking for privacy. Speaking to Mumbai Mirror, she said no third person was involved and denied reports that she had refused to move to Lagos, where he works, The Indian Express reported. The couple married in London in May 2022.

Mumbai Police arrested a 30-year-old IT engineer in Bengaluru on 3 November for allegedly sending threat messages to actors Ayushmann Khurrana and Tusshar Kapoor while pretending to be linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. An officer said the accused, identified as Vaibhav Mishra, is not connected to the gang and is suspected of using AI to generate voice samples, The Indian Express reported. Police said he had sent similar voice messages to several other film personalities.

Salman Khan has released Teri Sexy Beauty, a new song from his upcoming film Maatrubhumi: May War Rest in Peace, in which he appears with Chitrangda Singh. He announced the track with a playful early-morning social media post on 4 November, India Today reported.

In Hollywood, Jamie Foxx, 58, and his girlfriend Alyce Huckstepp, 31, have welcomed their first child together, his third. People first reported the news on 4 November; the baby’s sex and date of birth have not been announced, USA Today reported. Rapper Cardi B also revealed the name of her son with NFL player Stefon Diggs, Grey Marsean Diggs, along with his face for the first time, in an Instagram post marking his first birthday on 4 November, Billboard reported.

Quentin Tarantino told Empire that Brad Pitt “was the one I felt I was really letting down” when he decided not to direct the Cliff Booth sequel himself. “I felt bad about that,” he said. Tarantino wrote The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, which David Fincher directed with Pitt returning to the role; it reaches IMAX cinemas on 25 November before Netflix, Variety reported. Variety also reported that Cynthia Erivo will play Afeni Shakur, Tupac Shakur’s mother, in Universal’s Snoop Dogg biopic Snoop, directed by Craig Brewer and dated for 6 August.

In Pakistan, filming has begun on Case No. 10, the follow-up to the hit Case No. 9. Saba Qamar shared photos from the set on Instagram with the caption “Some very special cases are coming together for Case No. 10.” The drama is written by Geo News anchor Shahzeb Khanzada and directed by Danish Nawaz, with Tabish Hashmi in his first television acting role, Reviewit.pk reported. Separately, Talha Chahour told Aamna Isani that the story of his character ASP Hadi in ARY Digital’s Rutba, written by Umera Ahmed, is inspired by real events and people, ARY News reported. Rutba airs on Mondays and Tuesdays at 8pm Pakistan time.