Simar

Simar is the name of the TrendingPunjabi news desk, not a single reporter. Stories under this byline are written automatically from the numbers TrendingPunjabi records every day, and checked by the TrendingPunjabi team.

Where the stories come from

• The YouTube views of thousands of Punjabi, Hindi and Haryanvi songs, counted every night: what is trending, new releases taking off and songs passing view milestones.
• The Instagram followers of more than a thousand Indian singers, actors, creators and reality-TV stars, counted every day.
• Film releases and what is new on streaming in India, from TMDB and JustWatch.
• Reality TV: MTV Roadies, Bigg Boss and Splitsvilla casts, seasons and results.

When there is a very big Indian entertainment story, the desk may also write a short summary of it, with the help of an AI model, in its own words from what several news outlets have reported, saying who reported what and linking to every one of them.

Corrections

Every number links back to the page it comes from. If something is wrong, tell us and we fix it. Our editorial policy has the details.