Vidhu Vinod Chopra returns as director , this time to tell his own story. Like him, thousands of Kashmiri Pandits were overnight rendered homeless when on 19 January 1990, sectarian violence...
Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against Quentin Tarantino’s cinema. They have invented a brutal bloodied toxic language of expression which suits today’s restless movie...
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is currently shooting in Thailand for Mani Ratnam’s Tamil period-historical drama Ponniyin Selvan. This is Aishwarya’s fourth collaboration with the remarkable Ratnam, and unarguably the almost ambitious collaboration.No other...
If you’ve seen Netflix’s horror omnibus Ghost Stories you can’t help but notice the young striking actor who plays the lead in the Karan Johar-directed segment. Avinash...
The trailer of Mohit Suri’s Malang is like a rollercoaster ride …on Speed. The images are deliberately done in distinctive blotchy colours to show minds on the brink.Producer Luv Ranjan says Malang is the most...
Barring Good Newzz at the end of 2019, all the other productions of Karan Johar during the last year were failures, putting Johar’s company Dharma Productions on its backfoot. One hears Karan Johar is doing some...
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s under-production Gangubai Kathiawadi is turning out to be a learning experience for Alia Bhatt in ways that she had never imagined. Not only did she have to change...
Ghost Stories is the third in a franchise series that started in 2013 when Bombay Talkies featuring the Fab Four Filmmakers Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee and Anurag Kashyap who were all at their brilliant best....
Sunny Kaushal Bhangra dancing in the dance extravaganza Bhanga Paa Le is in one word, extraordinary. The young actor who happens to be Vicky Kaushal’s sibling, dances the Bhangra like a dream. “It wasn’t easy,...
Both legends beyond all definition, Kishore Kumar and Madhubala , once married, are now joined together in an unexpected way. The bio-pics on their lives are stuck due to the intervention...
Doing retro numbers has become more a norm than an exception in our films. 2-films old Sara Ali Khan has already danced with Ranveer to an...
The mystery of the legendary Sridevi’s death in the bathtub just got a little less baffling . In a new interesting biography on the mythical actress ...
Ghost Stories (Netflix) Starring: Janhvi Kapoor, Surekha Sikri, Vishal Verma, Shobita Dhulipula, Sukant Goel, Avinash Tiwary, Mrunal Thakur Directed by: Zoya Akhtar,Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar Rating: ** ½ (two and a half stars) After hearing the distinguished quartet of directors and its excitable cast raving...
Shimla Mirchi Starring Hema Malini,Rajkummar Rao, Rakul Preet Singh Directed by Ramesh Sippy Rating: **(2 stars) Rajkummar Rao never fights shy of playing shy characters. There is an innate diffidence in his personality that renders itself effectively...
Sab Kushal Mangal Starring Akshaye Khanna, Pariyank Sharma, Riva Kishan Directed by Karan Vishwanath Kashyap Rating: ***(3 stars) Smalltown romances have flooded our movie-viewing bandwidth , so much so that it becomes difficult to tell Tanu Weds Manu apart from Bareilly Ki Barfi. The ...
When the first trailer of Megha Gulzar’s anxiously-awited bio-pic on acid-attack survivor Laxmi Aggarwal made its appearance , people wondered why the real-life survivor was not to be seen anywhere. Wagging tongues...
Real-life characters are the flavour of the new decade. As everyone grabs every opportunity to play authentic characters, here is my pick of the lot. 1. Deepika Padukone as Laxmi Aggarwal ...
Gully Boy rapper Siddhant Chaurvedi has ably wrapped up the ongoing debate on nepotism in the film industry . In an interview with Rajeev Masand featuring the most promising newcomers ...
It is rather sad when women don’t support their own kind. The very spunky and extremely talented Tahira Kashyap who also happens to be actor Ayushmann Khurrana’s wife, was all set...
Bhangra Paa Le Starring Sunny Kaushal, Rukhsar Dillon, Sriya Pligaonkar Directed by Sneha Taurani Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) A swirl of colours in two different palates, if you please, assails your...
While producers RSVP’s colourful musical extravaganza Bhangra Paa Le was wrongly being reported as going to the streaming platform, it is being released on January 3 in theatres across India,...
As far as new talent is concerned 2019 gave us actors as varied as Siddhant Chaturvedi, Meezaan Jaffrey and Ananya Pandey. 2020 has its own share of new acting talent to look forward ...
Actress Celine Jaitley Who Has Studied the Bill Minutely In Consulation with Lawyers. Tells Subhash K Jha Why She Supports The BJP Government’s Citizens’Amendment Act. Celina, I believe you have studied the controversial CAA closely? Yes I know...
Actor-parliamentarian Ravi Kissan’s daughter Riva is all set to make her debut in January 2020 with the film Sab Kushal Mangal. She has her father’s wholehearted support. “But I...
While producers RSVP’s colourful musical extravaganza Bhangra Paa Le was wrongly being reported as going to the streaming platform, it is being released on January 3 in theatres...
Ramesh Sippy once made Sholay. He also made Andaz and Seeta Aur Geeta. All three are landmarks in the great Hema Malini’s career. I was waiting for the long-delayed Shimla Mirch , not only because it marks the...
Karisma Kapoor is all set to make her digital debut in Balaji/Ekta Kapoor’s Mentalhood , a supposed comedy about the madness of motherhood, where she will be paired with Dino Moreaagain. They were...
For those wondering what Priyanka Chopra Jonas will be doing next in Bollywood, here is news. She is coming back , and sooner than most of...
It seems the always-controversial Central Board Of Film Certification(CBFC) has a whole lot of explaining to do about how the new Karan Johar production Good Newzz about two couples desperately copulating...
With tiresome regularity Kangana comes out against her film fraternity each time she has a film on release. This time it is Ashwini Iyer Tiwary’s Panga which is on release .And Kangana decided to do...
If you are Karan Johar and Akshay Kumar, you can get away with anything. Or so it seems after watching Good Newzz, the posh year-end comedy from Johar’s Dharma Production which casts Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor Khan as a...
In a sudden turn of events producers Viacom 18 have decided to release the long-delayed HemaMalini-Raj Kummar Rao starrer Shimla Mirch. The film about a romantic relationship between a young man and...
No one knew Rajesh Khanna well enough to be called a close friend. The first superstar of Indian cinema had no friends ,only cronies ,yes-men and sidekicks with whom...
Kamal Haasan has gone and sung a song for the incredibly accomplished composing maestro Ilayaraja…and that too at just half an hours’ notice after the singer...
Smalltown romances continued to rule the boxoffice in 2019. 2020 begins with one more chote-shahar ki badi-badi baatein. These earthy romances have grabbed audiences’ fancy .What...
Good Newzz Starring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh, Kiaran Advani Directed by Raj Mehta Rating:**(2 stars) Good Newzz could have been our very own Only You,the British drama directed by Harry Wootliff about a young couple desperately trying to...
Happi(Zee5) Starring Pankaj Kapoor , and Chotu Directed by Bhavna Talwar Rating: *** ½ (three and a half stars) Okay, we forgive Zee5 all its trespasses of excesses.By rescuing director Bhavna Talwar’s exquisite black-and-white...
In a shocking turn of events model, actor,anchor and reality-show participant Kushal Punjabi ended his life on December 26 evening. Exactly why a 37-year old entertainer with a...
American Indian comic virtuoso and political commentator Hasan Minhaj has made some scathing comments against PM Narendra Modi regarding the the controversial Citizen Amendments Act. In a recent episode of his Netflix news...
After a not-so-happy experience , Remo d’Souza, the super-talented choreographer turned actor is back with another dance film . Street Dancer 3D is looking like a film that would ...
On Tuesday morning the tabloids and entertainment portals were bustling with news that VarunDhawan will star in his brother Rohit’s next directorial. They even decided on behalf of ...
“The Left and the Congress want to ruin our country,” Ravi Kissan known to play angry pro-Establishment roles, now a very active BJP parliamentarian . does not mince words while ...
Congratulations are in order for the director of Badhai Ho. His film has won the National award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. Amit was at the National...
If at all, 2019 in Bollywood would be remembered for the workingclass hero,as represented by Ayushmann Khurrana giving us hits while the larger than life hero took a backseat.What does 2020 have in...
Amitabh Bachchan: “One of my most popular characters was a Catholic.It was a pleasant departure. The very name Amar Akbar Anthony for a film came at a time where there...
Ranbir Kapoor is Sandeep Vanga’s choice for his next Hindi venture Devil. However one hears that Ranbir has second thoughts about playing a character almost as dark...
2019 has been a year of tremendous success for Bhumi. “I started the year with Sonechiriyawhich may not have shown (boxoffice) numbers. But the kind of acclaim the ...
The bickerings of an average middleclass home…they never cease to be special no matter how ordinary the circumstances. The specialness of an ordinary household is so strongly redolent in the...
While the nation goes up in flames with students protesting all across the country against the Government’s new migration policy, the entertainment business is badly hit....
Is Amitabh Bachchan unwell again? His decision to skip the the National awards function at New Dellhi on Monday where he was to receive the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award, has again raised concerns regarding...
