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...
The trailer of Shonali Bose’s awaited family drama The Sky Is Pink is so euphoric it left me giddy with joy and made me completely forget that there is a tragedy and a...
Late Night(Amazon) Starring Emma Thomson, Mindy Kaling Directed by Nisha Ganatra Rating: *** ½(3 and ahalf stars) I can’t recall the last time when I had so much LOL fun watching a film. For one, the imploding ...
On Sunday at an event to commemorate badminton champ P V Sindhu Abhishek Bachchan surprised everyone by hugging Vivek Oberoi while the cameras went berserk And why not? This was Mrs Bachchan Aishwarya’s ex-boyfriend and not a very...
Ever since the long-awaited Saaho was released the savage flak directed at its young director Sujeeth Reddy has left him reeling. Rather than justify what he has done in Saaho Sujeeth has sensibly decided to stay mum. And...
It was Salman Khan, ever honest and not the least insecure about his rivals, who declared that among all his contemporaries Akshay Kumar has evolved the most. I agree. For my money, Akshay Kumar is today the most...
As Akshay Kumar turns 52 on September 9 ,and his new release Mission Mangal touches the all-important 100-crore mark, I find it hard to believe that his journey as an individual and an actor has taken him...
Among the 5 A-list superstars from the earlier generation—Shah Rukh, Aamir,Salman, Hrithik, Akshay and one more Ajay, if you want it to stretch it to no 6--Akshay Kumar stands tall. Here are 10 reasons why. 1. Fit & Fine...
Akshay Kumar’s uninterrupted success run at the boxoffice continues. His new release Mission Mangal has accrued approximately Rs 120 crores in six days , making it a huge winner. Prior to this Akshay scored with the historical Kesari and in 2018 he had three hits Padman, Gold and 2: 0.The ...
Salman Khan who is as Muslim or Hindu as Sara Ali Khan, is seen celebrating the Ganpatifestival every year with friends and family. This year was no exception. And we loved his...
The one big fan-base that the softspoken director Nitesh Tiwari has obtained for himself after the release of his new feature film Chhichhore are the former IIT students “From everywhere, I’m getting messages and calls saying former IIT-ians are booking...
Sujeeth Reddy the beleaguered young director of Saaho, was hospitalized on Saturday morning in Hyderabad.He is suffering from an attack of dengue fever and is expected to recover in a few days. According...
A court order restraining the cast and crew of KGF 2 from shooting in the Kolar Gold Fields, brought the shooting to a grinding halt last month. But now this week the shooting has resumed...
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.’...