characters
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"Main Vaapas Aaunga" features Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh alongside veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, with Vedang Raina and Sharvari Wagh portraying younger characters navigating questions of love and commitment.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
All the adult actors are very pretty, including the women, though the calculation—a helpful one—was to cast performers who don’t resemble the younger selves of the present-day characters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Briny cooking asks us to make stars out of supporting characters.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
Martin Mull was best known to audiences for playing comedic characters like Col.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The characters at the center of Citigroup’s mess were the very same people I’d worked with at Salomon Brothers; a few of them had been in my Salomon Brothers training class.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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