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Kapoor made her official streaming debut with Netflix's Jaane Jaan (2023), a thriller directed by Sujoy Ghosh. Stepping away from the high-glam roles that defined her early career, she played a resilient single mother entangled in a murder investigation. The film's success proved that her star power translates effectively from premium movie theaters to domestic streaming screens. Podcast and Talk Show Hosting This paper is structured around three core axes of analysis
Comparing Kareena Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut: Broad Directions of Female Stardom in Contemporary Bollywood Third, we explore gender and the gaze ,