portraying

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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

The author rescues her from near-historical oblivion, portraying a woman of intense piety, “even more devout than her mother-in-law.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

He linked the reopening of the internet to restoring smart services and meeting demands of citizens who had "stood by the system and Iran", while portraying it as necessary for scientific and knowledge-based development.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Universe conditioned us to worship such false idols, portraying wealthy, aristocratic heroes as our greatest defense against alien threats and vigilantes working beyond the reach of the law as the true keepers of justice.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Or maybe it would come across as confidence, portraying a mystical belief that the scale wouldn’t betray him.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss