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The Nightingale Sends Her Very Special Recorded Wishes To Ambani Newly Weds

When  you are the Ambanis you can get even Mata Saraswati to bless  you. That’s what admirers of Lata Mangeshkar call her. And that’s what she  did  when a...

Shah Rukh Khan Sticks To His Chivalrous Plans

The  credit  titles of  Aanand  Rai’s much-awaited Zero will show Shah Rukh Khan’s as third in the cast and crew cred titles at  the  beginning of the...

Sundeep Kishan: “I Love To Look Beyond What Is Expected Of Me”

Telugu-Tamil actor Sundeep Kishan’s latest  release Next Enti may not have performed as well as expected . But he  is  unfazed. And happy. “I would do the ...

Vinta Nanda Hits Back At Alok Nath’s ‘Malicious’ Allegations

Alok Nath  moved  court this week  for anticipatory bail for the rape charge that writer-director Vinta Nanda has leveled against him. Pleading for bail, Alok’s lawyer ...

Shah Rukh & Priyanka Acknowledge Each Other After years

For whatever the reason, Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra don’t acknowledge each other even with a hello…. Until the Ambani wedding...

Naal Is A Sparkling Gem…But Does It Serve Its Purpose?

Enough has been  said and written about Sairat. In 2018 we even saw a shoddy remake  of what we all declared to be...

The Kurranas Of Kanpur Is A Sad Spillover Of Kapil’s Show

A  little  bit of success is a very dangerous  thing.  It goes  straight to the head  and distorts all perception  of  reality....

Roma Is Good , But Not A Great Film

B Roma(Netflix) Written  &  Directed by  Alfonso Cuaron Rating; *** ½ (3 and a half stars)  The critics are going into a collecting...

Zero Is Going To Take Shah Rukh To The Next Level

I share a very special bonding with Aanand  Rai . It didn’t start  with Tanu Weds Manu where Aanand’s success  story starts. Most filmland friendships begin at the  signpost of  success....

Karan Johar Hits Out At Actors’ Ridiculously Hiked Remuneration

B Days since  Karan Johar took  direct potshots at  actors for their unrealistic price tags, there  is  a big debate in the  film industry on...

Is Sushant Singh Rajput Mending Bridges With His Ex?

B After  playing the  field and  generally making his life  a non-stop party, Sushant SinghRajput seems to have sobered  down quite  a  bit , all...

Horror Master Tulsi Ramsay Passes Away

Tulsi Ramsay the shiver-giver  of the 1970s and  80s who, together  with his 6 brothers  constituted  a palladium  of horror  and supernatural thrills...

Hug Of The Year: Kareena Reaches Out To Shahid’s Wife

BCall  it a  sign  of  maturity .But  when Shahid Kapoor’s wife Mira Rajput met  Shahid’s  erstwhile  Significant  Other  Kareena  Kapoor at  the Ambani wedding  last week, the past was washed...

Aquaman Is Baahubali Ki Soggy Bahen

Aquaman Starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman Directed  by James Wan Rating: **(2 stars)  Somewhere  deep in the recesses of this action-piqued satire-adventure ...

Vivek To Star In Swami Vivekananda’s Biopic

Mumbai: After the huge success of Inside Edge Bollywood A-lister Vivek Oberoi is set to star in an international web series which...

Ranveer And Sara Bring Back Romance To Switzerland

After setting the dance floor on fire with their flirtatious moves in Aankh Maare, Ranveer and Sara have turned their chemistry up a...

Spiderman Movie Review: It Gets A New Life

Spiderman  Into The Spider-Verse(animation film) Directed  by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman Rating: *** ½(3 and a  half stars)  Weirdly,  I  kept ...

Nihalani’ Film Rangeela Raja Finally Censored , but He’s Still Fuming

aThe longish battle of words(albeit one-sided) with the  Central Board  Of  Film Certification (CBFC) has ended  for Pahlaj Nihalani.  His film Rangeela Raja  which had been ordered...

Irrfan Gets Rave Reviews For His Latest Hollywood Release(And He’s Pleased)

aWhile the  inimitable Irrfan Khan  is recuperating in London  from  a serious ailment , his latest  Hollywood release  entitledPuzzle has opened to rave...

Sharmila Tagore Connects With Former Daughter-In-Law After 14 Years

Funny, how children can wash away all  the rancour  and make  the family come together  like never before. The film debut of...

Shatrughan Sinha In An Interview With Subhash k Jha On His Birthday

Shatrughan Sinha turned 72 on December 9 with a grand bash at his residence Ramayan in Mumbai where all his close friends...

Aquaman Unfit For Children In The UK, But Okay Here

Aquaman, the big Hollywood franchise film to be released coming Friday has been cleared by the Central Board Of Film Certification with...

Producer Dinesh Vijan Ties The Knot

Looks like 2018 will go  down in  history as  the year  of marriages  in  Bollywood. During a year when  Bollywood divas Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and  Priyanka  Chopra opted for...

Celebs at Isha Ambani Wedding Ceremony

The Ambani Wedding Inside Details

Undoubtedly  the  Ambanis , Mukesh and Neeta, scored  a straight 10  with their daughter’s Isha’s wedding and  pre-wedding festivities.  The wedding on Wednesday evening was attended by  anyone...

Superstars Play Chorus Dancers At Ambanis’ Sangeet

Paisa pheko tamasha dekho,seemed to be the ruling  sentiment at  the Ambanis’ wedding festivities. At  the lavishly-attended sangeet, superstars  Salman Khan and  Shah Rukh were seen dancing in the background...

ARJUN RAMPAL COMES ABOARD ZEE5 FOR HIS DIGITAL DEBUT

Superstar Arjun Rampal announced his digital debut with ZEE5, India’s largest multilingual entertainment destination. Titled ‘The Final Call’, the web series which is an adaptation of renowned...

Strict Disciplinary Action Taken Against Sajid Khan

The  Indian Film & Television  Directors’ Association (IFTDA)  has  suspended  television anchor turned  filmmaker Sajid Khan for one year from filmmaking. During this period Khan will...

Where Is Banita Sandhu After October?

Why  is  it that the pretty petite  Londoner Banita Sandhu,  seen recently with Diljit Dosanjh in his  music video, has vanished  from Mumbai  in spite of her  impressive...

Raj –DK To Sue Dinesh Vijan Over Stree Profits

 A  huge legal battle awaits  producer Dinesh  Vijan after he has allegedly refused  to share  the profits  of 2018’s surprise  hitStree with his co-producers Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK(known...

Aishwarya & Karisma Dance Together At The Ambanis’s Celebration

All eyes were  glued on Abhishek Bachchan’s  former girlfriend and  wife Karisma  Kapoor and Aishwarya as  they took  to the  floor  at Isha Ambani’s sangeet ceremony. This was the first time that the...

Everything Kartik Aryan revealed on No Filter Neha!

Sparks between Sara and Kartik at a party? I think Saif Sir was also there, so it was all eco-friendly This weird...

Lataji On Dilip Kumar….When Lataji Sang Into Dilip Kumar’s Memory

India’s most cherished singer Lata Mangeshkar and the country’s most accomplished actor Dilip Kumar dote  on one  another. Dilip Saab refers  to his Choti Bahen Lata with the same affection that he would have...

Anup Jalota: “Jasleen Should Have Gone Into Bigg Boss With Mika”

KA broken  marriage behind him notwithstanding ,Bhajan Samrat Anup Jalota’s spotless reputation has suffered  a setback with the scandal  involving modelJasleen Matharu in the Bigg Boss house. This week Jasleen  has been...

On December 11, India’s Most Distinguished Film Actor Dilip Kumar Turns 96.

Dilip kumar’s tirelessly devoted wife Saira Banu says  no  big celebrations are planned this time. Says  the yesteryears’ beauty  queen who regaled  us  from Junglee to Shagird , “We...

Video Showing The Mighty Rajinikanth Ill-Treating House Help

Last week the superstar  of superstars shamed  himself by showing himself  in a very poor light as an employer.Rajinikanth  , wife Latha  and ...

Indie Pop Diva & Fashionista Shalmali Kholgade And Her Mom Groove To TAKI TAKI

Indie Pop Diva & Fashionista, Shalmali Kholgade is ruling social media since yesterday with her dance version of Taki Taki.  She’s set...

Neha Kakkar Rocked Lucknow At Imperial Blue Superhit Nights

cknow, 10th December, 2018: Lucknow witnessed an electrifying performance at Imperial Blue Superhit Nights Season 5. After gripping the nation in entertainment for four consecutive...

Kamal Haasan To Adopt The Twenty 20 Model And Co-Opt The Idea To Replicate In Tamil Nadu

Mumbai, 17th December 2018: Kizhakkambalam Panchayath is an outstanding example of nation building, said Kamal Haasan, while addressing the media at Kitex Garments, Kochi. “I...

Rani’s next is Mardaani 2!

Rani Mukerji had wowed us all with her brilliantly feisty performance in the super-hit Mardaani. She played the role of a daredevil...

Abhishek Is Riding High Again With His New Film Kedarnath

Kedarnath director Abhishek Kapoor is no stranger  to ups and  down in his career. If Kai Po Che and Rock On established  him as a director of substance , Fitoor brought him...

What Is Mrs Nick Jonas Planning After Marriage?

 Here is  what our desi bride , India’s  glamour and  pride, is NOT  planning. She won’t change her name to ‘Priyanka Jonas’ or ‘Priyanka Chopra Jonas’...

Dharmendra Turns A Year Younger

Bollywood’s most handsome hero of all times  turned  83 on December 8. And  the ever-affable actor cannot stop being grateful  for the ...

Beyonce To Perform At The Ambani Wedding

The  Ambanis’ wedding of their daughter  Isha just got much bigger than both  of  the other  super-celebrity weddings in the past one month. Not...

Kareena-Priyanka In The Grand Finale Of Karan Johar’s Show

B  In  what  is slated  to be her first  interview after marriage Priyanka  Chopra  will  team up with  Kareena Kapoor Khan  for  the  final episode  of  Koffee With Karan and...

Mowgli The Legend Of The Jungle Movie Review: Why Another Weak-Willed  Jungle  Book?

Mowgli The Legend Of  The Jungle(animation) Directed  by Andy Serkis Rating; **(2 stars) Netflix’s big-screen experience of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book is here shrunken...

Arbaaz Khan’s Ex-Wife & Girlfriend Come Face-to-Face

Civilized breakups can’t get any  more civil than this. On December 7  when Salman, Arbaazand Sohail  Khan’s  mother Salma Khan  celebrated her  birthday, present at the  party ...

The Best Of Dharmendra & Sharmila Tagore

Two of Hindi cinema’s most enduring and endearing star-actors celebrate their birthday on  December 8 .While he-man Dharmendra turns  a ripe 80, the very...

Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore Turn A Year Older …Chupke Chupke

It’s really hard  if not impossible to imagine  two of  our cinema’s  most good-looking stars as being old. But reality, as they...

The legendary actress Sharmila Tagore Speaks To Subhash K Jha On Her Birthday

 Sharmila Tagore speakes on her husband, son Saif, grand-daughter Saira  and of course superstar-grandson  Taimur. Sharmilaji what are  you doing this birthday? Not very much, I’m...

Mortal EnginesMovie Review:It Is Far Better Than Some Reviews Suggest

Mortal Engines Starring  Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving Directed by Christian Rivers Rating: ***(3 stars)  True confession. I am really not into comicbook spectacles. The...

Cops Find Subhash Ghai Not Guilty Of Sexual Harassment, Punish The Accuser Say Industry Voices

With tainted filmmaker  Subhash Ghai’s being given a clean  chit by the  the Mumbai cops in the sexual harassment allegation by Kate Sharma, Ghai’s peers and  colleagues...

Mika Crosses The Line Again

Singer Mika has been arrested in Dubai for allegedly  sending obscene  photographs  to  a  minor girl .Apparently Mika who had gone to Dubai as a part...

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan launches new single ‘Dhadkane’ with JetSynthesys’ Music Boutique

National, 07 December 2018: JetSynthesys’ digital music and video content creation arm Music Boutique today launched its all-new music video with music...

Next Enti Movie Review: It Takes Telugu Cinema To The Next Level

Next Enti(Telugu) Starring: Tamannaah Bhatia, Sundeep Kishan Written & Directed by Kunal Kohli Rating: *** ½(three and a  half stars)  Telugu cinema is  changing  fast. Baahubali, Arjun Reddy and now  Next Enti. Not that...

Here Is Why Ranbir Stayed Away From Deepika’s Wedding Festivities

Is it a  mere coincidence that  in nearly all the  films that Ranbir Kapoor has done so far from Saawariya to Jagga Jasoos, he loses the girl he  loves...

Saif hasn’t Seen Sara’s Film Yet

No  entity on this  earth is as insecure as a parent waiting see a child’s career takeoff. Who would know this  better...

Nandita Das Wins Big At Brisbane

Actor-filmmaker Nandita Das has just returned  from Brisbane in Australia  after attending the APSA FIAPF Award  where she received an  award  for  “outstanding achievement in film in the Asia Pacific...

Kedarnath Is A Everything That A Love Story Should be

Kedarnath Starring Sushant Singh Rajput, Sara Ali Khan Direcred  by  Abhishek Kapoor Rating: **** ½(four and a  half stars) It’s  a pity that  revealing the end  of ...

Yami Gautam Oozes Sexiness On The Party Special December Issue Of FHM!

8 Things You Can Expect In Kedarnath

Intensely passionate  vibes between the  two  protagonists. Debutante  Sara Ali Khan has apparently  given her ‘veteran’ costar Sushant Singh Rajput a  run for his money.Besides  three...

Sara Ali Khan Walks Away With All The Attention At Kedarnath Promotions

All is not well with the team of the  upcoming film  Kedarnath.  Apparently the  film’s leading man  Sushant  Singh Rajput  is not  very happy with...

Lata Mangeshkar : “The So-Called News About My Retirement Is Fake”

On Monday Asia’s Nightingale woke up to a barrage  of  messages and calls  expressing grief  over her decision  to retire from active...

Taimur’s Second Birthday To Be A Big Party

When the biggest  Khan  superstar  Tamur Ali Khan turned 1  last year on December 20, the entire Pataudi-Kapoor family took off for Saif’s ancestral town of Pataudi in Madhya Pradesh for...

Zero’s Isaaqbaazi Number With SRK-Salman Has Plenty Inhouse Jokes

If you are not clued into  movie folklore  it would be easy to miss  all the inhouse references  in the song that comes with...

Priyanka Chopra : The Girl Who Made It To The Top On Her Own

From up there where she is perched, life looks  like  a bed of roses  for  the newly-married  Mrs Priyanka Jonas. But the climb to...

URI Trailer Review : India’s Surgical Strikes Come To Life

Quite recently the  ever-evolving Vicky Kaushal was seen in a film Raazi where the Pakistani military  officers  were shown to be such angels of  mercy we...

Thankfully Sara Has Kedarnath Before Simmba

At  some  point during the year when Abhishek Kapoor’s Kedarnath was  going through a period of  churning there was some talk of  Simmba, the  Rohit Shetty action film where Sara...

The Weddings That Rocked Bollywood In 2018

Never in living memory have three of Bollywood’s  screen  divas tied  the  knot during the same year. What  was it about 2018...

PM Modi Attends Priyanka-Nick Reception

It was one helluva  rush hour at  Priyanka Chopra and  Nick Jonas’ wedding  reception on Tuesday  in New Delhi . The guest   included several political bigwigs . However  the ...

Amitabh Bachchan Begins Shooting For His Football Film

Even as Nikhil Advani has been selected to direct  a football  film 1911  for John Abraham, Amitabh Bachchan  flew to Nagpur  to finally shoot for  Nagaraj Manjule’s football film Jhund where  Mr Bachchan plays...

Yami Gautam looks intense in the first look from URI as an Intelligence officer

Actress Yami Gautam will be seen in an all new avatar playing the role of an Intelligence officer in the highly anticipated film URI:...

9 Jhakaas Things Said By Anil Kapoor On No Filter Neha – Season 3

Anil Kapoor has been slapped by only one woman. Here’s who! Anil’s Quote – That happened because obviously I had bunked from school...

Rajma Chawal Review: It Has Its Heartwarming Moments

Rajma Chawal(Netflix) Starring Rishi Kapoor, Anirudh Tanwar, Amyra Dastur Directed by Leena  Yadav Rating: ** *( 3 stars) The closing song of this sensible but scattered film goes, ‘Mujhe dosti karne ka shauq  hai Mera dil chandni Chowk hai.’ What ...

Priyanka Chopra To Make A Comeback To Bollywood After Marriage With A Bhansali Film?

While Priyanka Chopra is  undoubtedly a  global star , the less said about her career in  Hollywood, the better. All her  attempts at  grabbing...

The Ranveer-Deepika Marriage,What Took Them So Long?

And  why the  secrecy  until  a fews weeks ago when the couple announced their marriage to the world? The  extended period  of courtship did...

Vinta Nanda Slams The Film Industry For Working With Alok Nath

Vinta Nanda who has charged actor Alok Nath with  rape is appalled that the film industry  is  still willing to work with him.Apparently Alok Nath has completed his work on ...

Irrfan Says He Has No Plans Of Returning To India

While we are all very happy to see another ailing actor Sonali Bendre   return home for what she so lucidly describes as a “happy...

Kedarnath All Set To Become A Blockbuster

Thanks  to  the  presence  of  debutante Sara Ali Khan and a powerful provocative inter-religious  love story as its plot,Kedarnath  is all set...

Firecracker Display At Priyanka’s Wedding Raises Protests

The  trollers couldn’t have hoped   for a better reason to rain on  Priyanka Chopra’s celebrations.After Priyanka was  legally wedded to Nick Jonas a huge firecracker  display was ...

Simmba Trailer Overpowers With Colour & Choler

There  is  a lot of flying objects  in  the  trailer  of Simmba…fists, fireworks, rhetorics and of course cars …you name it. This is the larger-than-life...

6 interesting stories by ace cricketer Harbhajan Singh on No Filter Neha – Season 3

When Bhajji lost a shopping trolley for Avocados! Harbhajan’s quote – Mujhe avocado dikh gaye. Trolley ko maine iske paas hi choda and I went to see those Avocados....

Koffee With Devgan-Kajol Was More Than Just Frivolous Fun

Kajol and Karan Johar are besties and Devgan  wanted  to be no part of his wife’s friends’circle. Kajol  was fine with that. This  was  one of  the ‘true confessions’that emerged...

Dwayne Johnson Was Never Supposed To Attend Priyanka’s Wedding

Whoever  thinks  up a guest list  for star marriages deserves  an Oscar for  imagination. Think of how obvious  a choice Dwayne Johnson ...

In Protest Of Remakes

Do you love Mother India/Mughal-e-Azam/Anand/Amar  Prem/Deewaar…..etc etc etc? Then please  don’t remake them. It amounts to  inappropriate touching. I have never come  across  a...

Boney Has No Plans Of  Casting His Son & Daughter Together

Ever since he  spoke on how keen he was to cast his son Arjun Kapoor from his first wife with his daughter Janhvi from his second  wife,...

Deepika Personally Supervised Every Detail At The Mumbai Wedding Reception

To the  question on the Deepika-Padukone marriage that  everyone is asking—who between them will wear the pants?—the answer  is ….Deepika. But of course. The...

On Priyanka Chopra Marriage Subhash K Jha Unravels Her, “The Complete Package”

From saying no to the unfaithful wife’s role in Sanjay Gupta’s Musafir to blissfully sinking her decalcified teeth into the role of a woman who kills seven husbands...

No A Listers At Priyanka Chopra’s Wedding

 None of  Bollywood’s A-listers will be seen at  Priyanka Chopra’s wedding,  Akshay Kumar and  Shah  Rukh Khan have a history with the...

Jatin Sarna’s Bunty In Scared Games Will Be Back In Season 2

The extremely talented Jatin  Sarna  who made a big impact in a small role as Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s  volatile hitman Buntyin Sacred Games  will be back  in Season 2 of...

Broken But Beautiful, A Web Series With A Heart

Broken But Beautiful Starring: Vikrant Massey,Harleen Sethi Rating: ***(3 stars)  After watching  dark violent sagas of gangsters  doing unspeakable things  to their  enemies and  mistresses...

Mahesh Babu On Shooting His New Cola ad In Kuala Lumpur

The new Thums Up ad featuring Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu is not just a treat for his fans , it is a...

Diljit Dosanjh’s New Song Breaks The Internet

Punjab’s most popular product after the sarson saag  Diljit Dosanjh is back with a new song . Entitled Jind Mahi it  was released on November 27 and  immediately  became an internetsensation....

Producers’ Guild Bans Alok Nath…But Does He Care?

Alok Nath who has been charged with rape , and  has had multiple women calling him out after writer Vinta Nanda, is  back at the studios...

Nargis Fakhri Returns In Sachin Joshi’s Film

The very beautiful Nargis Fakhri is back after leaving Bollywood in a  huff. She will now be seen  with actor-producer Sachiin  Joshi in the supernatural thriller  Amavas which  open on January...

Saif’s Legendary Mom Wants Taimur Protected From Media

If you  had  any doubts  about Saif and Amrita Singh’s daughter Sara’s  abilities as a potential star then all you had to  do was  see  the...

Amy Jackson’s Role  In 2.0 Is A ‘Gust’ Appearance

While we  speak  of  pay parity and equal opportunities  for women in the  film industry, the reality speaks in an  entirely different...

Karan Johar Starts Shooting In Chandigarh

At the end  of 2018 Karan Johar is on a roll once again. Barely had he  revived the new season of his celebrity talk show Koffee With Karan than...

2: 0 A Mammoth Disappointment

2: 0 Starring: Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar Directed by: Shankar Rating: *(1 star) With due  respects  to  The Thugs Of Hindostan it wouldn’t be wrong to call Shankar’s long-awaited spectacle...

Super 30 Is Very Much On Track, Says Aanand Kumar

A  report  on a portal claiming that the beleaguered project Super 30 directed by Vikas Bahl,chronicling the times and  teachings of Bihar’s maverick mathematician Aanand  Kumar is running behind...