{
  "id": 622112,
  "title": "‘I’m the original item girl’: Usha Uthup on embracing age, her brassy 'bedroom voice' and how Dhurandhar gave her career a new boost",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/im-the-original-item-girl-usha-uthup-on-embracing-age-her-brassy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T01:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/im-the-original-item-girl-usha-uthup-on-embracing-age-her-brassy-bedroom-voice-and-how-dhurandhar-gave-her-career-a-new-boost-1.500637557"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dubai: Three minutes. That’s roughly all it took for Usha Uthup to become Usha Uthup. When the legendary Indian singer first logged onto our zoom video call, there had been a small but crucial miscommunication: she had been told it was an audio interview. “I thought this was not a video chat,” she said, slightly startled when I asked if she could switch on her camera. The reason was wonderfully…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}