Mathematical maestro Anand Kumar from Bihar would not be present for the post release of Super 30 the film based on his life and teachings. Says Anand, “The poster was released on Teacher’s...
Producer Aanand Rai and director Anurag Kashyap have been forced to cut out scenes showing Abhishek Bachchan smoking in Manmarziyan and Abhishek is not happy about...
There are some disturbing rumours about differences of opinion and conflict of interest cropping up between Disha Patani and her very devoted boyfriend Tiger Shroff. However...
Bollywood films are normally woven around the lead actors. They are the ones who lead the entire film on their shoulders. But sometimes just casting the...
Richa’s friend who works with NGOs working towards rehabilitation of girls and women who are rescued, sent her a warm thank you note! Richa Chadha has...
After collaborating over several out-of-the-box films with Anurag Kashyap filmmaker Aanand Rai has decided to become production partners with Shah Rukh Khan. The two will be collaborating...
When it comes to producer Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt is irreplaceable . But is Alia Bhatt no more that blue-eyed girl of director Shashank Khaitan? If whispers doing the rounds in the corridors of...
Manto Starring: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rasika Duggal,Tahir Raj Bhasin. Star **** ½(4 and a half stars) Jaane wohkaise log the jinke pyar ko pyar mila….Echoing the disenchantment of a post-Nehruvian generation trapped between Partition and modernization, Guru Dutt in Pyaasa epitomized the poet’s disenchanment with a world he never asked for.Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaye toh kya hai? Saadat Haasan Manto was poet posing as a prose writer. He...
It seems this is a great time to belong to small-town India .An slew of such films are expected to hit the theatres in the coming...
Not content with just replicating Bihari Mathematician Anand Kumar’s life and work , Hrithik Roshan will now be attending Aanand’s maths classes in Patna An informed...
It is Mehta on Mehta now. Filmmaker Hansal Mehta who has made many memorable movies on real-life characters such as Shahid, Aligarh and Omerta, is all set to crack a bio-pic on the very...
The revived and renewed friendship between Karan Johar and Kajol who had fallen apart because apparently Karan said rude things about Kajol’s family, is not just a social obligation. Apparently Karan is all...
“Girlfriends may come girlfriends may go, Katrina goes on forever,” a very close friend of Salman Khan philosophises. And he isn’t off the mark.A majority of those close to Salman say Katrina...
2018 will be one of Varun Dhawan’s most creatively satisfying years since his arrival in Bollywood. Shoojit Sircar’s October fetched him the best reviews of his...
Is it just an uncanny coincidence that the rumours of the Ranveer-Deepika wedding have surfaced just when the Priyanka-Nick Jones alliance is gaining momentum? We suddenly...
In Radha Kyon Gori Main Kyun Kala the film directed by Prem Soni that Iulia Vantur is doing as her acting debut , she plays no...
Some epic experiences are never meant to be on the large screen. Jhansi Ki Rani has never yet made it to the large screen. And while the Ramayana has been rendered innumerable times on the large screen the Mahabharat has...
Every historic catastrophe, man made or otherwise, spawns its own cult of creative art. I am sure the Parisian attack will bring in its wake a slew...
Tapsee Pannu is on Cloud Nine. She has just returned from the Toronto Film Festival where her new film Manmarziyan was received with warm appreciation. “This was my first international film festival .And it was overwhelming. I guess...
One doesn’t know whom to congratulate more . Director Sajid Khan for his audacity in offering an item song to Jacqueline Fernandez in House Full 4 , or Jacqueline for...
Shabana Azmi who turns a year older on September 18, is currently in Karjat shooting for The Moghuls, a webseries for Hotstar produced by Nikhil Advani. The internet is a fascinating web for Shabana. “This is the first web series(for Hotstar) that I am doing. The reach...
Nepotism be damned, the Indian film industry is busy promoting its own kith and kin as prospective filmmakers and actors. Barely had we gotten over the the news...
The language used in Tabrez Noorani’s Love Sonia, a film that purports to blow the lid on child trafficking in India, is repellent to the point of rendering the rawness emasculated. It is meant to be the language of authenticity, But...
It is imperative for Shankar’s 3D monster-budgeted 2:O to click. The film has gone grossly over-budget and needs to earn back a large chunk of the investment to be considered a non-loser. Finally the first official teaser is...
If there is one Indian actor whose voice carries far beyond the screen, it is Akshay Kumar. The image of the truly dedicated Indian citizen who uses his...
Love Sonia Starring: Mrunal Thakur, Riya Sisodiya, Richa Chadha, Freida Pinto, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpai, Rajkummar Rao Directed by: Tabrez Noorani Rating:** (2 stars) This well-intended melodrama about human trafficking and child prostitution has its heart in...
Manmarziyan Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Tapsee Pannu, Vicky Kushal Directed by Anurag Kashyap Rating: **** ½(4 and a half stars) Imagine if Mani Ratnam had sex in his mind for Moun Ragam. Yes, the same story that Sanjay Leela Bhansali made into Hum… Dil Chuke Sanam about...
Manoj Bajpai is caught in web, though not of his own making. Raj & DK riding high on the success of the horror-comedy Stree which the duo has produced and written...
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is gearing up to direct his next venture.And it is most likely that he will be working with Deepika Padukone again for the fourth time. There was talk of Alia Bhatt stepping into Bhansali territory.And both the director and the...
Siddharth Malhotra seems to have gotten over Alia Bhatt at last.If rumours filtering out of Dharma Productions are to believed Dharma’s blue eyed boy Siddharth Malhotra...
One doesn’t know why anyone would want such an awful thing to happen. But Asia’s most revered entertainer Lata Mangeshkar gets killed repeatedly on Twitter and so does India’s most venerated actor...
Arjun Kapoor is currently shooting for India’s Most Wanted in Nepal with director Raj Kumar Gupta. Arjun plays the role of a dedicated RAW agent. Not many know that it was Ajay Devgan who recommended Arjun for the role. A source close to the development reveals, “When Raj Kumar Gupta was shooting...
Is the Ranveer Singh-Deeepika Padukone marriage really happening at Italy’s Lake Como ? Close friends of the couple say the venue is “undecided”. “I haven’t heard anything about Lake Como, though they are definitely getting...
The process of getting back into the groove has begun in right earnest for Kapil Sharma. A close friend reveals the comic virtuoso has gone on a strict diet to regain lost shape. Says the friend,...
Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri who believes in speaking his mind on Twitter , has got himself into a serious jam with women activists and his colleagues in Bollywood for referring to the rape survivor in Kerala as a “prostitute nun.”...
I hate to say this. But I saw it coming. Film Producer Madhu Mantena a dear friend had been in pain for a while now. A week back he...
We’ve heard so much about how and why Priyanka Chopra walked out of the big Salman Khan starrer .And now Salman for the first time spoke out in an interview against Priyanka’s decision to walk out of the project, saying,...
While she may be getting extremely negative press and psychological pressure for her part in the takeover of the Manikarnika project Kangana has her share of...
Will Kangana Ranaut’s dream of playing the Rani Of Jhansi ever materialize? Sources say the film Manikarnika is far from completion while its producer swear it will release this...
During a year when Bollywood has had more hits than any year in living memory it is shocking to discover the abysmally low attendance for a...
One of the most disturbing aspects of LA-based director Dipen Shah’s film Gali Guleiyan on child abuse is that many critics have not found the abusive...
I hate to say this. But I saw it coming. Film Producer Madhu Mantena a dear friend had been in pain for a while now. A week before he...
Article 377 has been repealed, and Manoj Bajpai who is currently shooting in Ladakh is celebrating the fall of the draconian law criminalizing homosexuality. Says Manoj...
If you are wondering about the “project” that Salman Khan has been talking about with his blow-hot-blow-cold buddy Sanjay Leela Bhansali, here is the truth. There...
On popular talkshow host Jimmy Falon’s show last week Nick Jonas spoke about his relationship with Priyanka Chopra. As per his revelations on the show ,...
As Akshay Kumar turns 51 on September 9 ,and his new release Gold touches the all-important 100-crore mark, I find it hard to believe that his...
Kapil Sharma Teaming Up With Abhishek Krushna? “Don’t believe What You Read I Haven’t Spoken To Any Media Or Journalist At All.” Kapil Sharma is getting...
15 years ago, Karisma Kapoor is the woman Abhishek Bachchan was to marry. Their courtship and engagement came to a sudden and bitter end on the...
With Kangana Ranaut’s reputation as a meddlesome actor on the sets gathering momentum filmmakers are growing increasingly wary of signing on this talented but self-willed actress....
Dipesh Jain’s Gali Guleiyan which open this Friday features the adolescent non-actor Om Singh as a victim of child abuse. Significantly Om suffered domestic violence of...
On Her Restaurant Business, Illustrious Sister, Struggles & Triumphs. Asha Bhosle is on an unparalleled high. In spite of crippling personal tragedies–she lost her daughter some...
Paltan Starring Arjun Rampal, Harshvardhan Rane, Gurmeet Chowdhary Directed by J P Dutta Rating: ** (2 Stars) For what seems like an intermittent period of acute...
Laila Majnu Starring Avinash Tiwary, Tripti Dimri Directed by Sajid Ali Rating: *** (3 stars) It takes this revisionist version of Laila Majnu time to come...
There are many reports of financial trouble in Priyanka Chopra’s sasural-to-be. Apparently, her fiancé Nick Jonas’ father has declared bankruptcy. But a friend of Priyanka says...
The poster of Super 30 the film based on the life of Bihar’s iconic mathematician Anand Kumar declares, ‘Ab Raja Ka Beta Raja Nahin Banega’ (A...
The first ‘Namaste’ in Namaste London, came to us ten years back. It was an honest sweet gentle film about an NRI London-bred girl Katrina’s attempts...
Late on Wednesday night Shahid Kapoor became the proud father of a second child, this time a son. Shahid and his wife Mira already have a...
Bollywood’s Only Out-of-the-Closet Filmmaker Onir and gay writer Apurva Asrani Are Rhapsodic. Activist Shaban Azmi also joins in. Onir: “What can I say? I am rendered...
Somewhere I saw a supercilious review of this marvelous film describing it as an exercize in “potty training” This is akin to calling Pather Panchali poverty porn. Or Salaam Bombay is an...
Another season of KBC. It’s been 18 years of you and this amazing event. I still remember that moment when you decided to do it in spite...
Okay, Ayushmann Khurrana is only pretending to be blind in Sriram Raghavan’s Andha Dhun. If that is a spoiler then don’t blame me. It is in the...
As through the wonderfully erudite articulate and, yes, gracious parliamentarian-academic Shashi Tharoor didn’t have enough on his plate, he is now actively involved in a sprawling ambitious multi-lingual...
Alia Bhatt is on a roll. In a career of 6 years, she has delivered 9 hits including her latest Raazi which is now hurling towards the 100-crore...
After Ram Gopal Varma’s Officer which opens next week, Nagarjuna is already on to his next project a big light-hearted comedy with which the veteran star says...
The unexpectedly massive success of Stree has enthused the entire team into tackling the sequel sooner rather than later. And wait. There is more. A third...
When all fails, there is always the family to fall back on. But in the once-illustrious Sunny Deol’s case even the huge family name with the...
Gali Guleiyan Starring Manoj Bajpai, Ranveer Shorey, Neeraj Kabi, Shahana Goswami, Om Singh Rating: **** ½ (4 and a half stars) Rarely does the location serve as an antagonist. In most films, the environment that...
The desperation to score a hit is making the team behind this week’s release the love story LailaMajnu featuring tow newcomers who are worlds apart from...
For those of us who revere, Lata Mangeshkar’s Chalte chalte yuhi koi mil gaya tha the mellow Mujra melody composed by the great Ghulam Mohamed for...
Once Again Starring: Shefali Shah, Neeraj Kabi Directed by: Kanwal Sethi Rating: **** (4 stars) After watching Netflix’s two back-to-black—and I do mean black—dark dingy murky depressing crime...
The very talented and prolific Rajkummar Rao basking in the surprise success of his new film Stree says he couldn’t have hoped for a better birthday when...
With collections of Stree doubling on Day 2, and the weekend collections expected to hit 30 crores, this quirky shiver giver is all set to become...
The Answer Starring Victor Banerjee, Leonidas Gulaptis Directed by Pavan Kaul Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) “There is true kinship only with God,” says the film’s young protagonist...
Imaikkaa Nodigal Starring Nayanthara, Atharvaa, Anurag Kashyap Rating: ** (2 stars) In how many ways will Anurag Kashyap grimace to try and scare us? In Akira, he took on Sonakshi Sinha and lived to regret it. So did we. Here...
Among the many statements that Kangana Ranaut has put out justifying her takeover of the Krissh-directed Manikarnika The Queen Of Jhansi she has conjecturally alleged that Sonu Sood walked out of her project because he didn’t want to be ...
The historical epic Manikarnika : The Queen Of Jhansi is in serious trouble. Apparently Kangana Ranaut’s takeover of the project as director is not a temporary patchwork arrangement brought on because the ...
Just when we thought it couldn’t get any better for Asians in Hollywood after the fluke tempestuous (and not entirely deserved, I might add) success of...
Versatile and prolific Hindi-Tamil-Telugu actor Sonu Sood has staged an angry walk-out of director Krish’s lavish historical epic Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi, all because of the film’s leading lady Kangana Ranaut’s alleged high-handedness and bullying...
Salman Khan who had once singled out Dharmendra as the most handsome actor adores Dharmendra and considers the senior actor his only role model. When Dharmendra expressed the wish to do a...
A big face-off is being planned between the mighty Bachchan and the colossal Khan for the climax of Yash Raj films’ biggest project to date. In...
We at Kriarj are not only shocked but surprised at these false allegations of having committed offenses of cheating and forgery as alleged in the false...
Starring: Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Kriti Kharbanda Directed by Navaniat Singh Rating: *** (3 stars) Ambition is not a bad thing if applied sagaciously to a given situation. Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se is an ambitious comedy. To...
Ghoul (Netflix 3-part series) Starring: Radhika Apte, Manav Kaul, S M Zaheer Directed by: Patrick Graham Rating: ** (2 stars) If I didn’t know any better, I’d have thought...
If someone were to tell you he’s making a film about an old lonely Parsee woman who one day decided to get a tattoo, and a...
There is a strong anti-biopic wave going on against Vikas Behl’s Super 30, the film about the altruistic mathematical genius from Bihar, Anand Kumar. It is...
Very few actors today can boast of being as prolific and yet as quality-conscious as Rajkumar Rao. Having done some really serious films, Raj is now...
Here’s some great news for Kapil Sharma fans. He is back in India after a long rejuvenating holiday in Europe. And The Kapil Sharma Show is all...
A media house decided to create some excitement by suggesting that Hrithik Roshan has been text-flirting with Disha Patani and has even invited her out for...
Movie: Stree Starring: Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurrana Directed by: Amar Kaushik Rating: ****(4 stars) A new language in the horror genre burgeons as we watch this quirky cocktail—or shall we call it...
Taking a dig at stars who do “charity” and “social work” with a troupe of media representatives to record the historic moment, Tamil-Telugu actor Vishal Krishna...
A story doing its lascivious rounds says Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan “avoided” each other at an event. This is as ridiculous as it can get. Why...
Sonakshi and I both make a guest appearance for my dear friend Dharmendra in Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se. And then the week after that on September...
They play rivals in love in s’s Manmarziyan. But Abhishek Bachchan says he had a blast shooting with Vicky Kaushal. “He is a such an amazing...
While Soha Ali Khan has for now decided to set aside her career to be a full-time mother to Inaaya, Soha’s ultra-glamorous sister-in-law Kareena Kapoor is...
Is it just an uncanny coincidence that the rumours of the Ranveer-Deepika wedding have surfaced just when the Priyanka-Nick Jones alliance is gaining momentum? We suddenly hear of another big glamorous filmland...
Did Aishwarya Rai Bachchan lose the opportunity to work with her favourite director Sanjay Leela Bhansali again for the pleasure of sharing screen space with her husband in Anurag Kashyap’s next production? A source in the know informs that...
Now that Malaika Arora has dropped the Khan from her name she also seems to have dropped all inhibition regarding her relationship with Arjun Kapoor who is 10 years her junior....
The ever-gorgeous Hema Malini and her daughter Esha Deol walked the ramp at the Lakme Fashion Week for designer Sanjukta Dutta. While everyone has commented on how beautiful they both looked in their silk sarees, an...
A near-miracle happened for Boney Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan’s family this Raksha Bandhan. All of their children from their two marriages have now come together as one family. The process of rapprochement and...
Movies seem to be getting postponed with alarming frequency nowadays. Just when we were getting over the postponement of the eagerly awaited Kajol starrer Eela Helipcopter (apparently because of director Pradeep Sarkar’s illness) and Rajma Chawal (the RishiKapoor’s starrer)...
Manto Starring: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rasika Duggal,Tahir Raj Bhasin. Star **** ½(4 and a half stars) Jaane wohkaise log the jinke pyar ko pyar mila….Echoing the disenchantment of a post-Nehruvian generation trapped between Partition and modernization, Guru Dutt in Pyaasa epitomized the poet’s disenchanment with a world he never asked for.Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaye toh kya hai? Saadat Haasan Manto was poet...
Manmarziyan Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Tapsee Pannu, Vicky Kushal Directed by Anurag Kashyap Rating: **** ½(4 and a half stars) Imagine if Mani Ratnam had sex in his mind for Moun Ragam. Yes,...
Paltan Starring Arjun Rampal, Harshvardhan Rane, Gurmeet Chowdhary Directed by J P Dutta Rating: ** (2 Stars) For what seems...
Laila Majnu Starring Avinash Tiwary, Tripti Dimri Directed by Sajid Ali Rating: *** (3 stars) It takes this revisionist version...
Gali Guleiyan Starring Manoj Bajpai, Ranveer Shorey, Neeraj Kabi, Shahana Goswami, Om Singh Rating: **** ½ (4 and a half stars) Rarely does the location serve as an antagonist....
Once Again Starring: Shefali Shah, Neeraj Kabi Directed by: Kanwal Sethi Rating: **** (4 stars) After watching Netflix’s two back-to-black—and I do...
Ghoul (Netflix 3-part series) Starring: Radhika Apte, Manav Kaul, S M Zaheer Directed by: Patrick Graham Rating: ** (2 stars) If I didn’t...
Movie: Stree Starring: Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurrana Directed by: Amar Kaushik Rating: ****(4 stars) A new language in the horror genre burgeons as we watch this...
Happy Phirr Bhaag Jayegi Starring Sonakshi Sinha, Jassi Gill, Jiimy Sheirgil, Denzil Smith, Aparshakti Khurrana Directed by Mudassar Aziz Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) A rom-com works and this one sure does! Only...
Genius Starring Utkarsh Sharma, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Ishitha Chauhan Directed by Anil Sharma Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars)...
Kapil Sharma Teaming Up With Abhishek Krushna? “Don’t believe What You Read I Haven’t Spoken To Any Media Or Journalist...
All of us who wished to see Kapil Sharma snap back into shape have our fingers crossed. Close friends say,...
Maniesh Paul Scoops The Best Host Award In Asia At SAAF 2018 In Hong Kong Versatile anchor-turned-Bollywood actor – Maniesh...
&TV’s popular show Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hain has kept the audience continuously engaged and entertained. Rohitashv Gour, one of...
Sehban Azim aka Yash from Bepannaah says, “I hope everyone has a great time celebrating Eid this year. Eid is...
COLORS’ latest offering, Roop…Mard ka naya Swaroop has enthralled the viewers with the story of an 8-year-old boy Roop (Afaan...
The laughter queen gets candid with host Rajeev Khandelwal to make some big revelations~ Zee TV’s weekend chat show ‘JuzzBaatt…...
The duo is all set to be seen in &TV’s Laal Ishq &TV is all set to present a brand-new...
Zee TV’s new weekend chat show ‘JuzzBaatt… Sangeen Se Namkeen Tak’ gives viewers a candid glimpse into the inspiring journeys...
To introduce the concept of the show and acquaint people with the rules of the game show, Salman played the...
Bhaiyyu Maharaj’s sudden suicide on Tuesday has shocked and stunned Asia’s Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar. “Yes,I knew him well and had...
Celebrities are getting more and more health conscious not just to ensure their bodies look great on camera but also...
In the last few years, Bollywood saw some very interesting and unusual onscreen pairings. Filmmakers across the board decided to...
PARVEEN BABI She has many hit movies like Namak Halal, Amar Akbor Anthony, Deewar and Shaan. This gorgeous bollywood actress...
There are some Bollywood actresses who are not well educated. These actresses have not even completed their graduation. So let’s...
Musicals are a huge part of Bollywood, we wouldn’t be one of the biggest film industries in the world if...
We often see a lot of behind-the-scene videos when a film makes it big in Bollywood. Most of these videos...
Photobomb means a photograph that has been spoiled by the unexpected appearance of an unintended subject in the camera’s field...
Hrithik Roshan: HRX by Hrithik Roshan has garnered immense popularity since its launch in November 2013. The brand, which manufactures...
VFX and GRAPHICS. These words were always linked to Hollywood movies but not now. Many Indian movies have used these...
