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 ...
In his memoirs, Rishi Kapoor has grumbled about Bhansali being tightlipped about the content of Saawariya. I don’t know about Rishiji, but I was allowed to see...
On Wednesday the nation woke up to Ramayan’s favourite Sita , Dipika Chiklia being quoted in a Hindi daily, “अगर मोदी सरकार को लगता है कि...
Everybody knows Sushant Singh Rajput is in a relationship with starlet Rhea Chakraborty. In which case we wonder why she has given a long interview denying they are anything more than ...
As the film industry stares into the abyss of an unprecedented economic slump experts say the only out of the mess is for the leading men...
Leave those kids alone. This should be the trending hashtag on Twitter. The latest and most ridiculous manifestation of juvenile stalking via the paparazzi involves Sunny...
AB Aani CD (Marathi, Amazon Prime Video) Starring Vikram Gokhale, Subodh Bhave, Amitabh Bachchan Directed by Milind Lele Rating: ** Amitabh Bachchan as a concept rather than a living reality is nothing new. In the Kannada...
Tapsee Pannu(actress): “ It’s a lost battle Sir. How much more commenting can really change or stop this ?We all know such mentality exists so I wonder...
Raj Kapoor’s Bobby which introduced Rishi Kapoor as a leading man to Hindi cinema wiped out his huge financial debts. It was the biggest hit of Raj Kapoor’s career as...
It is no secret that Ramesh Sippy persuaded Dimple Kapadia to make a comeback in Saagar 12 years after Bobby when she gave up her stardom to be Mrs Rajesh Khanna. Ramesh Sippy pursued her relentlessly until...
Main shayar to nahin in Bobby gave birth to two stars. Rishi Kapoor who lip-synced this timeless song, and Shailendra Sing who actually sang the tune to eternal fame. Singh, now 67,living alone in blissful...
Reports appearing in a section of the over-zealous press declaring that Hrithik Roshan may be doing the remake of B R Chopra’s The Burning Train are not just false and misleading ...
The Telugu film industry has decided to take on fakenews and yellow journalism on a massive scale. It all started when Vijay Deverakonda was accused of misusing...
How are you spending your time during the lockdown? I’m working on a few important things now that I’m less distracted with other stuff. Curating an online...
If there is one actor in our film industry who speaks his mind as frankly as Rishi Kapoor it is Naseeruddin Shah. The actor-extraordinaire is not likely to gush over ...
When this week actress Meera Chopra’s father was robbed of his phone she was none too pleased when the news came out announcing her as “Priyanka...
In 2014 Irrfan opted out of the Ridley Scott sci-fi spectacle The Martian which later released to raves .Ridley Scott is the director of such futuristic classic blockbusters as Alien and Blade...
ILLegal (Voot, 10 Episodes) Starring Piyush Mishra, Neha Sharma, Akshay Oberoi, Satyadeep Mishra and Kubbra Sait Directed by Sahir Raza Rating: ** ½ A watchable cast holding together a seriously flawed plot like a group of Corona doctors in...
“I am an Indian first, an entrepreneur who takes care of over a 1000 families next. It is time we stop thinking ‘I’ and start thinking...
Sanjay Dutt is leaving no stone unturned to make sure his comeback in the Kannada superstar Yash’s KGF sequel will be a stunning return to stardom for him. The...
After the success of the OTT series Four More Shots Please Sayani Gupta seems to be enjoying a wave of delayed success. Saya Sayani, “I am enjoying this time apart from...
All Day & A Night(Netflix) Starring Ashton Sanders as Jahkor Abraham Lincoln,Jalyn Hall as young Jahkor.Jeffrey Wright as James Daniel “J.D.” Lincoln,Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Big Stunna Directed by Joe Robert Cole Rating:...
Sanjay Dutt Speaks To Subhash K Jha So tell us how are you spending your time in lockdown.Are you working out at home? Yes definitely I am working...
