Category: Bollywood News

(As Told To Subhash K Jha) “What my sister Asha   has achieved is amazing. I’m  very proud of  her. It’s said that  no tree can grow under a large  tree....

 After all  the changes, delays  and second thoughts Nagraj (Sairat) Manjule’s  Hindi directorial  debut Jhund  is finally ready for release.  Jhund which tells  the  story  of  the much-revered  Nagpur-based  football coach  Vijay Barse who did  for underprivileged  footballers...

Is it fair  to  attack the Saaho  director  Sujeeth Reddy  alone  for  the  way the film finally  shaped up?  From what  one hears  the  film’s leading man  Prabhas was as  hands-on  during the  making...

 It can’t get more comfortable for Arjun Rampal’s life. It seems his  estranged wife  Mehr  Jessiahas made  pace with  the new  lady and baby in her husband’s life.   On Tuesday for Ganpati, Arjun came confidently to ...

The young and  bright  Sara Ali Khan was  as usual brimming with  enthusiasm when she posted  pictures on  social media  showing her celebrating Ganesh Chaturvedi. Little  did  she  know she would be...

While  pretending to be  celebrating the  so-called   Saaho  the  producers  of Saaho  are  laying  all the blame for  the  film's  endless woes squarely  on  the  young director Sujeeth. The producers ...

Suddenly Dangal  director Nitesh Tiwary has a lot more to smile about. The sweeping spectacular  success of Saaho has made  Nitesh’s Chhichhore , releasing a week after Saaho, a winning  proposition. The reason? Shradha  Kapoor who is common to both.  Suddenly Chhichhore which was...

Except  for  the spectacular  success  of  Hrithik Roshan on  Super 30  it’s been a really tough  year  for  the  Roshans, what with the  patriarch Rakesh Roshan detected with  a life-threatening  ailment, and  daughter Sunaina on  a warpath against her  family....

Chhichhore Starring : Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha  Kapoor,Varun Sharma, Prateik Babbar,  Tahir Raj Bhasin,  Naveen Polishetty, Tushar Pandey, Saharsh Shukla Directed  by  Nitesh Tiwary Rating : **** ½ (4 and a  half stars) There  is  something  ageless  about college  friendships. Quite  often they last for a lifetime. Films about...

Regarding  Government New Traffic-Violation Policies In his 2018   blockbuster Bharat Ane Nenu, Mahesh Babu, espousing radical  socio-political  reforms , was shown propagating  heavy  fines for traffic violation. His  logic was,unless the  potential traffic rule-breaker   is  apprehensive ...

From Minnale (2001) to  his  on-release  new film   Enai Noki Paayum Thota Gautham Menon is  the visual voice of  the  radical progressive Tamil cinema in  the post-Ratnam era. Clearheaded, softspoken , wry  and  sharp, in this interview with Subhash K Jha he tells it like  it...

Actress  Tanushree Dutta  credited with   bringing the MeToo movement  to Bollywood by bringing up her  10-year old  allegation of harassment against Nana Patekar, is all set to come back to Hindi cinema after  a hiatus  of  nearly...

The euphoria and  the  aggressive  stand  taken by Prabhas’ fans in the   South may see Saaho through  to  being a  moderate success. But  in the North for  the  Hindi version of Saaho,  the...

When  it  comes  to  getting drenched Bollywood actresses are next to none. They twirl and  they  twist in the  torrential  rain and they bring the house down  , but not a  sneeze!...

Are Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh  going to be  proud parents  next year?  Indications are,  that’s  the plan. A  source  in the  know informs that Deepika is turning down all roles after  Meghna  Gulzar’s Chhapaak and  Kabir Khan’s  ’83. “In fact,” says  the ...

From the  railway station to the  recording room, the  swift journey of street singer Ranu Mandalfrom  destitution to  fame, is stuff that fairytales are made of.  But the singer,  one among  millions of women...

After  the  crisis  that gripped Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s  Inshallah after  its leading man SalmanKhan’s exit,the one thing that  became clear  was that the film’s  beautiful heroine  Alia Bhattwon’t say word  on the  issue. And  it’s not...

Here is  news about everyone’s favourite Alia Bhatt and  her eagerly-awaited  role in  S S Rajamouli’s  RRR. What  is Alia playing in  RRR? Well we can tell  you with certainty that she  is cast...

Prabhas’  legion  of fans are thrilled  to bits at how slim dapper and  svelte he  looks in Saaho. But  sources  in the know  whisper  of Prabhas’s  image being  ‘fudged’, ‘modified’ and ...

When Adivi Sesh tweeted about Evaru being the  biggest hit of his career there was an immediate backlash from a fraction challenging his  claims, stating that  Goodachari  was  a bigger hit.  Says Adivi, “That tweet about Goodachari has  now...

The  buzz in Tollywood regarding  S S Rajamouli’s  RRR is  that  it’s an out-and-out men’s picture-show with very little room  or scope  for  the female characters. Says a  source  in  the  know, “Unlike Baahubali where  Anushka Shetty and  Ramya Krishna had...

There was a time,  during the  1980s when Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff  were inseparable . they worked together in more than a  dozen films , most notable of these  was Subhash Ghai’s Ram Lakhan  in 1989. And now...

Telugu superstar  Vijay Deverakonda’s  last release Dear Comrade may have underperformed at  the  boxoffice.However that  doesn’t deter  him from being the toast  of  tinsel town,  in both  Hyderabad and Mumbai.  The  news from Mumbai is  , at least...

While the opening  figures  for Saaho are impressive, a huge slump is expected at  the  boxoffice, specially in the Hindi belt where  audiences have  not taken kindly to the film’s  chaotic shenanigans. Distributors...

There  are  reports in certain sections of  press quoting ‘reliable’  sources  that Shah Rukh Khan is all set to replace Salman Khan  in  Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Inshallah after  Salman’s ouster  from the  project. However sources  close  to  Bhansali Productions  completely...

As  Tapsee prepares  to play a sprinter  in her next  film, she  looks back without rancour  on her days of rejection. “In the Telugu film industry I was called  the ‘Iron Leg’...

Bengal’s most  prolific and popular  director Srijit Mukherjee has  Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s family deepelyincensed.  They have collectively put out a statement that Mukherjee is trying to  malign Netaji’s  name in his  new Hindi-Bengali bio-pic Gumnaami by  propagating the theory that...

Saaho director Sujeeth  is  in a daze.  While Saaho his  2-year labour  of love, has opened to packed  houses across the country,  critics in one  voice have savaged the film. "I don't read reviews.And I...

 In spite of  its blatant jingoism  , unabashed nationalism and a pronounced message on women’s empowerment—all powerful  tenets  of  the ruling government—why has Jagat Shakti’s Mission Mangal not being given tax exemption in any  state...

There are alarming reports  of  the  eagerly-awaited  sequel to last year’s Kannada-Hindi  blockbuster KGF  being halted  by a court order. A report  on a website says, “In a sudden move, the...

Plotless  extravaganza,  is  how  Saaho is described by a leading-distributor  exhibitor from the North who adds that  the film will find it  difficult to  break even  with its  Rs 380-crore  budget....

Prabhas  fans in  certain parts  of  North India where  the ‘2K’  format  of  film-projection is applied in theatres, were  in for a disappointment. Saaho could not make it in time in several...

Adnan  Sami who had the rare privilege  of meeting interacting and working with   Michael Jackson says he  is stunned  by the allegations made in  the documentary  Leaving Neverland where two of his former protégées have  accused Jackson of being a  pedophile. Says Adnan with...

Prakash Javedekar,the lately appointed  Minister of Information  & Broadcasting, is  keen to  get a better  understanding of  the workings  of  the  Mumbai film  industry. On  August 31 Mr Javedkarwho has taken over from Rajyavardhan Rathore, will...

Singer-politician-minister  Baabul Supriyo proved luckier than some  of  the other dignitaries  at  Arun Jaitley’s creation on August 25.  Baabul along with ten other VIP attendees lost their cellphone. “Luckily I had a backup phone and  all...

With Sanjay Leela Bhansali packing  up  Inshallah  even before the  shooting started SalmanKhan’s ego has taken a big bruise. As far as the won’t-take-no Superstar is  concerned he must make it into theatres for Eid  by hook...

I don’t know  if I heard  correctly—too much noise  both  on screen and  in  theatre, plus Hindi dialogues are terribly  done—but Prabhas tells his ladylove , ‘You are too pretty to be a cop.’...