Actor-entertainer Javed Jaffrey’s son Meezan who made his debut last year in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali production Malaal , is happily quarantined at a friend’s farmhouse in the outskirts of Mumbai. Speaking from his secure haven Meezan sighs,...
What a birthday present Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s wife has given him. As the celebrated actor turned 46 on May 19 his wife sent him a legal notice ...
Bull(Amazon Prime Video) Starring Rob Morgan , Amber Havard , Yolonda Ross , Steven Boyd Directed by Annie Silverstein Rating: *** ½ The untold pleasure of watching a film as luminously...
One night in 2017 my dear friend and one of my favourite actors Rishi Kapoor sent me three stills of a 90-plus old man. I confess I was...
A report on an entertainment portal stating that the prolific Tamil-Telugu-Hindi music composer M M Keeravani is planning to retire, has caused distress among some of his...
Have Karan Johar’s twins Roohi and Yash replaced Taimur Ali Khan as the most successful star-kids in tinsel town? It looks like the twins, thanks to a huge helping hand from their ‘Dadda’ Karan Johar have...
Reports that actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has headed to his home town in Budhana for Eid are only partially true. Nawaz has indeed travelled to his native place ...
Everything Is Fine Starring Seema Bhargava Pahwa, Paloma Ghosh Directed by Mansi Nirmal Jain Rating: *** ½ Sometimes a performance towers so above the parent-product that it tends to blur the other assets ...
End Of The Century(Spanish, Amazon Prime Video) Starring Juan Barberini,Ramon Pujol Directed by Lucio Castro Rating: ** ½ Strong powerful films on queer love have become the order ...
The Mighty Naseeruddin Shah In A Rare Interview With Subhash K Jha Tells It Like It Is On the Pandemic, Politics and the Pedestrianism Of A Placid Populace Naseer Saab, 2020 will probably...
When Salman Khan’s Significant Other the Romanian Iulia Vantur ventured to make it in Bollywood all on her own we saluted her spirit. But now her...
‘Lord Krishna’ Nitish Bhardwaj is pleasantly surprised to know that one of his old films Naache Nagin Gali Gali is a craze online with over 60 million views .And still counting. The ...
Salman Khan who is safely ensconced in his farmhouse outside Mumbai is likely to start editing his postponed Eid release Radhe : India’s Most Wanted Bhai...
The stern rebuke and threats of “retributive measures” issued by the INOX chain of multiplex theatres against producers going straight to the digital platform with their ready-for-release films,...
Singer Anupa Jalota is keeping himself very busy during the lockdown. While his Bhajans are being played across Hindu homes in India and abroad,Anup, has joined hands with 210 other singers for...
Shabana Azmi joins other international stars to collaborate with Erri de Luca, a major Italian author, some would even say the greatest Italian writing today. Luca has launched a new...
Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions has seen better days . The last two years have not been kind to the films released by Johar’s posh production House Dharma. And now ...
If all had gone well Rishi Kapoor would have played his son Ranbir’s father on screen in a bio-pic on the life of sharpshooter Abhinav Bindra. Ranbir was offered the role of Bindra and Rishi Kapoor was...
Trolls and other self appointed custodians of celebrities’ morals have expressed a collective outrage at seeing Ranbir Kapoor staying in his own apartment after his father...
Reports in a section of the media claiming Salman Khan has returned to his Mumbai /Bandra apartment “because he wanted to meet his parents” are false. Salman won’t budge from...
When the ‘confirmed bachelor’ Gulzar decided to marry the very beautiful actress Raakhee Gulzar he laid down only one pre-condition. That she wouldn’t return to acting.Ever. This was a time when Raakhee’s...
Tigmanshu Dhulia who directed Irrfan Khan in one of his best film Paan Singh Tomar was all set to collaborate with his favourite actor all over again when death made other...
With the announcement of the new Shoojit Sircar film Gulabo Sitabo going digital the entertainment industry is sharply polarized about the dos and donts of digital releases for big-screen projects....
How did Sunny Leone and her family reach Los Angeles? Last we checked in mid-April Sunny and her husband Daniel Weber were in their highrise apartment in Mumbai ...
After Shoojit Sircar’s katha of crankiness Gulabo Sitabo it is the turn of another cross-generation drama to premier on Amazon Prime Video . While the first announcement was made on Thursday ...
Pataal Lok (9 Episodes, Amazon Prime Video) Starring: Neeraj Kabi as Sanjeev Mehra,Jaideep Ahlawat as Hathiram Chaudhary,Abhishek Banerjee as Hathoda Tyagi,Swastika Mukherjee as Dolly Mehra,Ishwak Singh as Imran Ansari Directed by Prosit Roy & Avinsh Arun Dhaware Rating: ****(4 stars) This one just blows you away, no two ways...
We are going through times of severe recession. This Eid we therefore get no Salman Khan. But we get Nawazuddin instead . While Salman’s scheduled Eid release Radhe: India’s Most...
This week Celina Jaitley who lives in Austria with her husband and children, woke up to a rude shock when her followers on Twitter began to drop off...
Jaideep Ahlawat, who shot to fame with Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur and Meghna Gulzar’s Raazi, is set to spring a huge surprise on the audience and his fans...
5 Films Where Sridevi Proved Her Comic Aptitudes When it came to range, Sridevi was in league of her own. She could play anything, from a martyr in Nazrana to the super-bitch...
Actor Akshay Oberoi last seen in the successful webseries The Inside Edge and currently wooing the waves with the web series Ilegal is happy to get time at home ....
An interview on a gossipy website meant to spotlight Taapsee Pannu’s rapport with her mother, has ended up making headlines for reasons other than a Mother’s Day...
Actor Freddy Daruwala who made a striking debut as the main villain in the Akshay Kumar starrer Holiday, has just been to hell and back. Reliving ...
Sunny Leone who turned 39 on May 13, has vvid memories of celebrating her birthday in Canada with her parents. “My mother would always bake me a cake...
Hearts & Bones(iTunes, YouTube) Starring Hugo Weaving – Dan Fisher, Andrew Luri – Sebastian Ahmed,Hayley McElhinney – Josie Avril,Bolude Watson – Anishka Ahmed Directed by Ben...
Director Shoojit Sircar has been hinting about it for some time. Now his latest film Gulabo-Sitabo which features Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana as a squabbling landlord and tenant is said to be going straight to...
Vir Das as we know him, is an exceptional stand-up comedian, fearless funny and scathing. In his new feature-film for Netflix entitled Hasmukh Vir plays a bad stand comedian. I wonder how...
While the new normal is yet to be decided , the Indian entertainment industry is limping back to a tentative normalcy. Doing the work that could...
One wonders why Anurag Basu is bragging about offering Irrfan Khan a role in Jagga Jasoos. By offering him the role of Ranbir Kapoor’s foster-father in Jagga Jasoos, Anurag Basu insulted the extraordinary actor on several levels. Firstly...
Legendary Pakistani Ghazal singer, Mehdi Hassan and India’s most famous playback singer Lata mangeshkar’s long-standing dream of working together finally came true in 2011.Much as the...
With Rishi Kapoor’s passing the much-touted remake of the Hollywood rom-com the The Intern where the actor was to play the role originally done by Robert de...
1232 Kilometers is the destination that 30 migrants in the age-group of 22-32 cycled from Delhi to reach their homes in the Saharsa district of Bihar. And filmmaker Vinod Kapri , who ...
Former actress Sameera Reddy has been trying to keep two very young children aged 5 years and 9 month, respectively, entertained indoors for more than a...
While Rishi Kapoor had many pet peeves and partiality. the one superstition that he never got over was to do with watching his own films in advance. Rishi never...
Ranbir Kapoor and his father, the late Rishi Kapoor shared a turbulent relationship…Or maybe turbulent is too animated a word to describe their frozen relationship. During the making of Ranbir’s first...
What is the way forward for the film and television industry of India once the lockdown ends ? Last week the Producers’ Guild Of India issued a lengthy ...
Beanpole(Russian, Amazon Prime Video) Starring Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina Directed by Kantemir Balagov Rating: *** ½ There is no easy way of saying this. But for us worshippers worldcinema the lockdown is a boon. Films...
Rishi Kapoor’s father Raj Kapoor and singer Nitin Mukesh’s father the great Mukesh were best friends, so close as to be considered brothers. “And the tradition continued with our generation. I ...
How are you coping with the lockdown? Is Sappho keeping you busy round the clock? I have sappho and my twelve-year old brother Oriel staying with me, so between...
The entire team of Salman Khan’s Eid 2020 release Radhe: India’s Most Wanted Bhai is holding its collective breath to see when the lockdown will end. Radhe ...
On his father the legendary Krishna(Siva Rama Krishna Ghattamaneni)’s 77th birthday on 31 May, Mahesh Babu has announced his next Telugu film. It is...
The Nightingale hates playing favourites.When I urge her to do so she reminds me that she never listens to her...
When it came to calling a spade , a spade no one could do with better than Rishi Kapoor. I’ve been...
We would probably not have known about the death of poet-lyricist Yogesh Gaur had the Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar not tweeted...
The Invincible Amitabh Bachchan Speaks To Subhash K Jha On His Forthcoming Film Gulabo Sitabo Amitji, Gulabo Sitabo is your first release on the OTT platform. Does it feel any different from your earlier...
Sidharth Shukla couldn’t enjoy the new lease of stardom after his Bigg Boss win, because of the lockdown. But he is not...
The one member of the Indian entertainment industry who has proved himself a messiah for stranded migrant workers is Sonu...
Salman Khan’s next film to go on the floors would be a film with a very strong message on communal ...
While the actor to play the crazily talented singer Baiju in the love story Baiju Bawra is yet to be decided, Sanjay Leela Bhansali who is remaking the musical...
Long Shot(Amazon Prime Video) Starring Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen Directed by Jonathan Levine Rating: *** ½ (three and a half stars) This ...
Among all of Manmohan Desai’s blockbusters the one that is most loved by his fans is Amar Akbar Anthony(AAA), the splashy melodramatic 1977...
The two major celebrity weddings of 2020, Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan-Natasha Dalal, have now been shifted to 2021 in the light of the current crisis....
Now that the grief at the loss of Rishi Kapoor is settling down ,the question that a lot of industry...
How is the lockdown treating you? Quite well, all things considered! I’m staying positive and productive and just making the most of...
Sameer Nair(CEO, Applause Entertainment): “I think this whole Multiplex versus OTT Platform debate is much ado about nothing.For now, with theatres shut,...
Casting director, actor Abhishek Bannerjee, currently basking in the success of the series Paatal Lok, likes nothing better than to cook for his...
Almost Love(Amazon Prime Video) Starring Scott Evans ,Augustus Prew , Michelle Buteau Michelle Buteau Colin Donnell , Zoe Chao Directed by Mike Doyle Rating: ***(3 stars)...
Reports that the next instalment of the Fukrey franchise will incorporate plot points pertaining to the Corona virus have been effectually shut...
The premium OTT content providers Applause Entertainment. a venture of the Aditya Birla Group, have joined hands with SonyLiv the popular on...
One of television’s most distinguished actors Ronit Roy is currently coping with the chores at home rather than regaling audiences...