My friend Aanand Rai whom I’ve known from the time he made a little-seen crime thriller Strangers, was Ravi Rai’s kid brother to begin with. Today he has grown ...
I seriously thought she had the potential to be another Zeenat Aman. Pert,uninhibited, sensuous and spontaneous, Lisa Haydon kind of exploded on screen in a walk-on part as ...
Fashion(2008): The sum-total of Bhandarkar’s vision is far greater than the captivating components that characterize his protagonist’s journey to painful self realization. If we go right...
1. Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd(2007): Reema Kagti’s debut film has enough chutzpah to keep you purring at the blend of parody and pathos . Once you get into...
1. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi(2008): In her very first film this natural-born scenestealer proved herself a formidable co-star to Shah Rukh Khan. In a homage to Satyajit Ray’s Apur Sansar, Anushka plays Taani a newly-married wife whose husband-to-be dies...
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....
Bawri Chhori(Eros Now) Starring Ahana Kumra, Rumana Molla, Vikram Kocchar, Sohaila Kapur Directed by Abhishek Jaiswal Rating: *** Though the pronounced influence of Vikas Behl’s Queen is everywhere discernible in this short-and-sweet little film, Bawri Chokri will nonetheless make you smile. It comes from...
In her latest interview with Arnab Goswami—it seems they continue to be comrades—Kangan Ranaut has spoken about how she has lost multi-crores worth of endorsement deals for labeling farmers as “terrorists”....
Without getting into the politics of it, just the sheer volume of venom in Kangana Ranaut’s responses to Rihanna’s tweet supporting the farmers’ protest took my breath away.What...
Since there are no formal awards functions this year, Subhash K Jha decided to give some of his own. 1.Best Silent Actor Of The Year: Alia Bhatt who didn’t utter...
Bhaag Beanie Bhaag(Netflix) Starring Swara Bhaskar, Ravi Patel , Varun Thakur Rating: *** ½ Besides being trolled by Kangana Ranaut, what is the scariest experience in the world? Being up there on stage all...
I know Diljit Dosanjh well. He is even-tempered, soft-spoken, always affable and never negative. If he could be provoked so hard by Kangana Ranaut think of...
Kangana Ranaut’s place of birth Himachal Pradesh has completely mesmerized filmmaker Priyadarshan. Shooting in Himachal Pradesh for Hungama 2 with Meezan Jaffrey, Shilpa Shetty, PareshRawal and others Priyan sighs, “I’ve shot in some of the most beautiful spots of earth. But none...
Mismatched(Netflix) Starring Prajakta Kohli, Rohit Saraf, Rannvijay Singh, Vidya Malvade Rating: ** What if Simran in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai were a lesbian? And what if she hung around Rahul as his best friend without ever lusting for him? Mismatched seems to take...
The brutal death of Nikita Tomar in a town called Mewat in Haryana was allegedly inspired by Mirzapur2.So claims the assailant who says he was impelled to kill the girl...
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 ...