Year: 2018

The new Thums Up ad featuring Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu is not just a treat for his fans , it is a also a full-on adventure story narrated in a...

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. Ever-grateful and humbled  for his stardom Diljit says, “I’ve always ...

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 shooting. He  is apparently  completed his shooting for ...

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 11. But hang on. This doesn’t mean Nargis has forgotten...

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 alacrity with which she controlled  herself when she...

While we  speak  of  pay parity and equal opportunities  for women in the  film industry, the reality speaks in an  entirely different language. This, Amy Jackson must have  realized when...

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 he announced his new digital  production plans. And...

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 about  Man, Robot and Radiation the  biggest letdown ...

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 schedule,   has been stoutly refuted by Aanand  Kumar himself.  Talking ...

Vijay Deverekonda who is currently riding a crest of stardom after the  success  of  Taxiwala his third release this year,  had an unexpected  blush  moment when  the iconic Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi Kapoor gushed  over the Arjun Reddy star on...

Just hours before its  release  there is  apparent trouble  for  one of  the  biggest films of the year Shankar’s 2: O . According to  reports, the Cellular Operators Association of India filed a...

Rogan  Josh(Short Film) Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Avantika Akerkar, Shishir Sharma Directed  by: Sanjeev Wig Rating: **(2 stars) 26/11  has spawned many works of art, some memorable, others chilling …Some neither. This all-heart-no-substance  short-film  falls in  the ...

Horror in India is a horrifically abused genre. Purveyors  of ersatz chills have reduced the shiver giver to a mockery, so much so that  every time one more  horror director ...

his is a crucial release for Rajinikanth, as his last few  films have underperformed at  the  boxoffice. On  the  success ratio of 2:0  would depend his future in politics. Rajini  returns with his...

Shocking and frustrating as  it may sound, it seems that the MeToo movement that has brought radical changes in the American entertainment industry will have no impact on the Indian entertainment industry....

In a rather strange extension  of an actor’s  jurisdiction Aamir Khan has come forward claiming  responsibility and apologizing to the public  for  disappointing them  in his latest release The Thugs Of...

Screen legend Sridevi who passed away suddenly on 24 February  this year, will  be seen one  last time on screen in Aanand Rai’s eagerly awaited Shah Rukh Khan starrer Zero. Sridevi who was very fond  of Shah Rukh agreed to...

The going was great for Mohd Aziz in the  1980s. The great Mohd Rafi and  Kishore Kumar were  no more. And the  only competition  that   Aziz, affectionately know as Munna, had was Shabbir Kumar. Shabbir sang offkey .I openly supported  Aziz’s voice  in my  music...

18-year  old Mohammad Samad who left such a  strong impact in Tumbbad,  plays the  central  character in the Netflix series Selection Day. Based on  the Booker winner Aravind Adiga’s best-selling novel, it is the story of an underprivileged smalltown ...

There are  strong chances that newly weds Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh  will attend Priyanka Chopra’s marriage with Nick Jonas next  month in Jodhpur. Apparently Priyanka has sent  off an invitation which has duly been accepted. “And why not?” reasons ...

When  family members of 106-year  old Relangi Satyavati Garu came  on a local  television channel in Andhra Pradesh  to  let the world know the  old lady’s last wish,Mahesh babu’s team quickly  geared  into action.  The lady’s last...

One always  thinks of Moushumi Chatterjee as a happy-go-luck chatterbox  who featured in a  series of hits in the 1970s and 80s with the  top stars  of the time. Never known to bow...

Although  actors Arjun Kapoor and Janhvi Kapoor are step-siblings who share the same father  but different  mothers, their relationship is hard to define .Since Jahnvi’s mother the great Sridevi died  the estranged siblings have begun bonding.As Arjun  said,...

On Friday when Preity Zinta was in Mumbai for  the release  of her new film Bhaiaji Superhit she lost her chauffeur Ganesh suddenly . Close to Preity for ten years, Ganesh’s death is an irreparable loss for the  actress-entrepreneur.She has  now...

A picture at  the airport  showing Shahid Kapoor’s  newly-born  baby  Zain being carried by a nanny has triggered  off a torrent of  trolls suggesting Shahid’s wife is  not  doing her motherly duties  properly.Mrs Mira Kapoor was...

The  #MeToo accused director Sajid Khan  couldn’t have  anticipated a worse birthday for himself. As he turned a year older  on November 23  he had lost his job as director  of  the  big...

With  a budget of  Rs 510 crores, 2:0 is  by far the  most expensive Indian film to have ever been made. Will Rajinikanth  break his principle  of  not promoting his  films before ...

It’s good see Saif Ali Khan  back in the reckoning with the webseries  Sacred Games. He deserves to be on the top.That’s where he belongs. Over  different periods  of  time, I’ve interacted  with all...

The Girl In  The  Spider’s Web Starring Claire Foy Directed by Fede Alvarez Rating:**(2 stars) God and  the  godforsaken Crime Thriller genre move in  uncertain ways. The uncertainties  of  the plot in this...

Kapil Sharma’s wedding  in Amritsar on December 12 won’t have any major Bollywood  presence because he  isn’t inviting any.  None except Amitabh Bachchan whom Kapil has personally and sincerely invited. And Mr Bachchan who is known to  go out...

Hands-down the favourite Bachchan in  the  Bachchan  household is little Aaradhya who turned a grand 7 this week  . But she actually behaves like someone  much older and wiser. Says  a close friend  of  the...

Bride-to-be Priyanka Chopra and her groom-in-the-making Nick Jonas were in Delhi on Thursday . The  buzz  is that they met Prime Minister Narendra Modi inviting him for their wedding in  Jodhpur on December 1 . A  source...

I’ve known  Zeenat Aman for many many years. She is  well-read, articulate, warm  but reserved. She doesn’t invite unnecessary  closeness with any one. It takes years to win  her trust but only moments...

The  biggest collaboration  of  the Baahubali director  S R Rajumouli’s career  may well be his  next film, a multi-million extravaganza in a  realistic space  featuring Mahesh Babu in the lead. Rajamouli and  Mahesh have been brainstorming over  a possible ...

With an  FIR for rape  lodged against character actor Alok Nath ,writer-director Vinta Nanda’s fight for justice has  gone to another level. “Actually the  FIR was lodged  on Tuesday. The media got wind of  it...

Bhaiaji Superhit Starring Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta,  Arshad Warsi, Ameesha Patel, Shreyas Talpade, Directed by Neerraj Pathak Rating: ***(3 stars) What  does a UP Bhaiyya-Gangster do when his beloved wife leaves  him? He gets a failed braggart  director from Bollywoodto make a film on...

With a successful film already in their bag & two films in making, T-Series, JA Entertainment and Emmay Entertainment have decided on a joint venture to produce more films together....

Tigers Starring Emraan Hashmi, Geetanjali Thapa,Satyadeep Mishra, Maryam d’Abo, Supriya Pathak, Vinod Nagpal Directed  by Danis  Tanovic Rating: **(2 stars) Funny, how idealism can never be defeated by compromise. In  fiction  or in  real life, the Man Who Holds His Head High always ...

Sunny Deol has been facing rough weather at  the  boxoffice for the past few years. Every attempt to make  a comeback with  or without his  father the legendary Dharmendra and  brother Bobby Deol for company, has  fallen flat....

Believe  it or not 2-year old Taimur has his own doll figurine in the toy stores  of  Kerala now. The fan-frenzy  that Taimurcommands easily  out-distances the  popularity of his parents Kareena  Kapoor Khan and  Saif Ali  Khan, a fact  of ...

The  excited and  anxious team behind  Shankar’s long-awaited opus 2:0 featuring  Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar in a confrontational combat, has just finished editing the  footage  .  And we are happy to announce that the  playing-time for  the...

If  you’ve been watching the live streaming of the web series Mirzapur you can’t miss the very talented Vikrant Massey’s  knock-out performance as a trigger-happy but  quiet character who makes his  presence  felt through...

The  internet is buzzing with  stories of an impending marriage between Sushmita Sen  who turned 43  on 19 November, and her new male friend  model Rohman Shawl who is  15...

Some comments made by  actress Preity Zinta on the current campaign against sexual harassment has raised eyebrows and set tongues wagging  about the actress’ lack of sensitivity towards the  MeToo movement. Apparently in a video...

Telugu cinema’s  ‘Masala Raja’ Ravi Teja  is serving it  bland these days. He has just delivered what looks like the  fourth  dud  at the  boxoffice  in a row. The  film is Amar Akbar Anthony(AAA)...

Newly-wed couple Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone returned to Mumbai  on Sunday to a tumultuous  welcome at the airport. The  question their fans would like answered now is  about their immediate plans. According to  a   friend...

A  new  video  showing Priyanka Chopra emerging from an airport has been  caught out by observant  net users as being doctored. The same two fans who accost her at the beginning of...

Sara Ali Khan’s debut  film Kedarnath is around the corner.  But to me her debut on Karan Johar talkshow on Sunday  night proves she’s a star already. Poised, articulate, relaxed,witty. And very eager to embrace  the...