She once told me she was named Lara after the heroine in her mother’s favourite film Dr Zhivago.I don’t know Lara Dutta well. But I’ve always felt very positive...
On Sunday, fans friends and admirers of the iconic Dharmendra were concerned when he posted what seemed to be a despondent poem about mortality.Soon tweets about his...
It seems providential to me that Dia Mirza got married during the same week that Madhavan received his doctorate. They both made their debut together 20 years ago in Rehna Hai Terre DilMein....
We all know about Meena Kumari’s Pakeezah and Rekha’s Umrao Jaan. These two films epitomize the cinematic tawaif, a combination of poetess and seductress, steeped in the tragic metaphor of the candle that...
Vadham(MX Player , 10 Episodes in original Tamil,also dubbed in Hindi and Telugu) Starring Shruthi Hariharan, Ashwathy Ravikumar, K. Semmalar Annam, Haritha Badavagopi Directed byVenkatesh Babu Rating: *** ½ stars At the climax of this well-crafted commercial...
Kamal Haasan whom I see as a Bollywoodian as much as any other influential actor in India has often held radical agnostic views on life and politics which he shared...
Rajesh Khanna’s rich repertoire of melody-drenched performances in Aradhana, Amar Prem. Kati Patang,Dushman, Sachcha Jhutha, Roti, Premnagar, Aap Ki Kasam, etc etc have been rightly celebrated. But as a diehard Khanna fan I can tell you Khanna did better than what...
Arguably this is the worst Diwali in the history of our civilization. A virus has created worldwide havoc leaving us bereft and bewildered. Time to escape...
Shatrughan Sinha’s son Luv Sinha’s decision to contest election on a Congress ticket from Bihar has taken many political commentators by surprise. The star-kid made a ...
As India’s eternal Dream Girl Hema Malini turns 72 on October 16 good wishes pour in from everywhere.No one has anything but good wishes for India’s first and only...
Pritish Nandy: “Everybody has the right to protect their reputation. And that is exactly what the film industry is trying to do. This continuous and unfounded...
Even before he turned superstar with Zanjeer in 1973 Amitabh Bachchan gave incredibly intense performances in some films, and we aren’t only talking about Anand, but other performances where he...
The Bachchan parivar is under serious threat from social-media sociopaths who have taken great umbrage to Mrs Jaya Bachchan’s defence of the film industry on the parliament floor against narcotic charges....
Sooraj Barjatya owes Basu Chatterjee an apology for what he did to his Chit Chor. Remember Barjatya’s atrocious remake Main Prem Hi Deewani Hoon?Basuda had a great sense of humour. But he wasn’t amused with what Barjatya had done to...
There is an odd romantic occurrence in Rishi Kapoor’s career peculiar to him alone. Three times he has played a young man who falls in love...
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...