Although both Varun Dhawan and his father David Dhawan have very clearly told me that there are no marriage plans this year for Varun, friends of the young actor have been told...
Khayyam blossomed into a popular music-provider very late in his career. For too long he remained sidelined by a sense of self-worth that made any sort...
There is much reason for the Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar to mourn the passing forth of the peerless composer Khayyam. “Among the many composing geniuses who created beautiful tunes...
The mega-series based on the Ramayan that Madhu Mantena in producing in partnership with Namit Malhotraand Allu Aravind is likely to star Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone, together for the first time as Rama and Sita. Hrithik as Rama because many...
Bet you didn’t know this.But Lata Mangeshkar who is legendary for her singing , is an outstanding photographer.In fact there were exhibitions of her photography when she was younger...
25 years after Hum…Aapke Hain Koun created history, Salman Khan and Sooraj Barjatya are all set to come together again, hopefully to create history again. Their last outing together Prem Ratan Dhan Payo was a 3-hour syrupy homage to the...
Nonsensical reports suggesting that the shooting of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s new opus Inshallah has been delayed , can now be put to rest. It has been reliably confirmed that this ...
The peerless Lata Mangeshkar who is now approaching 90 says artistes never retire. “It is not something one switches on or off. If you are dancer or a singer,...
This month , the very adventurous Ajay Devgan will now plunge into his most difficult role since Chandrashekhar Azad in Amit(Badhai Ho) Sharma’s film on Syed Abdul Rahim, said to be the founding father of Indian ...
Unique love scenes in films are like scoops of eternity…never to be lost. Never to be collected in a clasp… only in a gasp. ...
Adivi Shesh is in seventh heaven….going on eighth. His new film Evaru which opened on August 15 has garnered huge appreciative audiences. “Quite honestly,” Adivi said in an interview on ...
Sacred Games 2(Netflix) Starring Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey Directed by Neeraj Ghaywan & Vikramaditya Motwane Rating: **(2stars) Sigh. Mumbai is again under siege.Nuclear attack being planned , no less, this time. And the monstrously notorious ...
We’ve all been waiting to see Deepika Padukone team up with Salman Khan for a very long time. It looks like the pairing is not likely to...
It takes very little for Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli to get provoked. Their latest target of scorn is Tapsee Pannu who lately asked—not unfairly I’d say—why Kangana had not spoken about the Tapsee starrer Mission Mangal which was ...
Parineeti Chopra is now in London shooting for the Hindi remake of a very dark brooding intense British drama The Girl On The Train for which the marvellous...
The painfully young Saaho director Sujeeth is not scared of comparisons with Baahubali. “I understand Prabhas’ fans want to see a film that will equal Baahubali in scale and content. I hope Saaho doesn’t disappoint. ...
Even when Bollywood makes movies about powerful women they need the male presence to bolster the film’s boxoffice prospects. That’s a sad fact. Lately the supremely saleable Akshay Kumar has been promoting Mission Mangal ,...
Farhan Akhtar and his business partner Ritesh Sidhvani seem to have hit on a goldmine, literally.After making more money on the Hindi dubbed version of Kolar Goldmine Films(KGF)...
Mission Mangal Starring Vidya Balan, Tapsee Pannu, Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha,Nithya Manen, Kriti Kulhari Directed by Jagat Shakti Rating: ** ½ (two and a half stars) Inspiring,yes. But in an uncomfortably perspiring way. Mission Mangal, based on a true and truly commendable...
There was a time when the Sister was an important, integral almost mandatory part of Hindi commercial cinema. Blockbuster films like Choti Bahen(1959), Bhai Bahen(1959), Badi Didi (1969), Pyari Behna(1985) ,Anokha Bandhan(1982) and Bandhan(1988) were devoted entirely...
Batla House Starring John Abraham, Mrunal Thakur Directed by Nikhil Advani Rating: *****(5 stars) There is a strong storm brewing in our deeply polarized society . It’s not about the haves...
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan: “Lataji’s Ae mere watan ke logon is my favourite patriotic song.” Shabana Azmi: “Kar chale him fida jaan-o-tan saathiyon is the most...
Evaru(Telugu) Starring Adivi Sesh, Regina Cassandra, Naveen Andrews Directed by Venkat Ramji Rating: ****(4 Stars) No matter how cynical you are about suspense thrillers, the end-twist in Evaru(which very appropriately means ‘Who Are...
It doesn’t take great powers of deduction to figure out that Imran Khan who once was king in in Jaane Tu…YaJaane Na is now out of work.Nobody knows what went wrong with...
Just what are Sara Ali Khan and Kartik Aryan trying to show to the world by being seen together all over the place, but not admitting to being...
The Hindi film industry’s leading spokesperson Ashoke Pandit has just paid a flying visit to Kashmir after Article 370 was repealed. He is now back claiming all is...
Mahesh Babu and his wife Namrata Shirodkar’s 7-year old daughter Sitara is breaking the internet with her dance performance to her father’s song Paala pitta from the film Maharshi. Proud mother Namrata just can’t stop smiling. “She is quite...
When Sanjay Leela Bhansali heard the news that he had been awarded the National award for best music composer for his songs and background music in ...
In a shocking disregard for public sentiments singer Mika Singh trouped off too Karachi with his band and performed at the wedding off a Pakistani billionaire’s daughter’s wedding.Understandably ...
Telugu superstar Prabhas, like Tamil cinema’s Rajinikant, Ajith and Vijay, is not happy with doing media interaction to promote his film. Given a choice Prabhas would rather let his work speak for him....
Dream Girl was the epithet reserved for the one and only Hema Malini. It seems we now have a new Dream Girl. Ayushmann Khurrana has a truckload of fun in the...
Yo Yo!! Does anyone remember Honey Singh? He took the charts by storm some years ago with his provocative misogynistic songs and then disappeared apparently due...
Farhan Akhtar inadvertently proved a source of inspiration for Aditya Dhar’s Uri. Recounting the sequence of events Aditya says, “I was doing research on what makes Indian army soldiers volunteer to be part ...
Badhai Ho, Amit. Your film has won two National awards. Amit is still in state of disbelief. “When the National awards were announced on Friday I only heard Surekha Sikrihad won ...
Hopefully, the answers would be provided on August 30 when the film releases. But for now the long-awaited trailer that came out on Saturday left many...
This is not an easy time for Indian celebrities at international forums where questions on the Indian government’s recent moves in Kashmir and other sensitive political...
The Southern film industry is known to be fanatical about its actors. Hero-worship has gone to another level with Malayali fans of the legendary Mammootty up in arms over his...
The Jabariya Jodi has separated. The lead pair from the just-released film is shooting in different parts of the world. While Parineeti Chopra is shooting in London for the Hindi adaptation ...
Prolific filmmaker Nikhil Advani is going through the best phase of his career. His Batla House looks as politically intense as Anubhav Sinha’s recently released Article 15 and tackles an issue that could spell as much...
Rahul Rawail who headed the 66th National Film Awards jury speaks to Subhash K Jha on what prompted the bold decisions by the jury Rahul Rawail is one of the bluntest film personalities....
Manmadhudu 2 (Telugu) Starring Nagarjuna, Rakul Preet Singh, Lakshmi Directed by Rahul Ravindran Rating: ****(4stars) At 60, Nagarjuna preserves a boyish charm that renders itself with great effectiveness in this winsome fluffy bouncy bubbly and ...
Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu who turns 44 on August 8 looks 23. Compliment him on his eternally youthful appearance and he smiles, “Thankyou .To be honest I don’t...
You could say it got away in the nick of time. Mahesh Babu’s next project Sarileru Neekevvaru was shot in July in Kashmir. “We wrapped up the Kashmir schedule just ...
Actress Richa Chadha is not happy with all the condolences pouring in for the premature demise of former I & B minister Sushma Swaraj. Speaking to this writer Richa says, “I think people...
Jabariya Jodi: Movie Review Starring Siddharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra Directed by Prashant Singh Rating: ****(4 stars) For a film that has not been shot Bihar/Patna at all, Jabariya Jodi gets the details right, including place names and...
Boney Kapoor has extremely ambivalent feelings about his first Tamil production Nerkonda Paarvai , a remake of the harditting Hindi film Pink which opens in the coming week. Says Boney emotionally, “While I am really happy with how...
Zaira Wasim’s premature adieu has sent shock waves across the Hindi film industry. There are those who think she was too hasty in chucking a promising career....
1. Alia Bhatt and Salman Khan do not play an age-challenged couple. If you are looking for a Lolita-unplugged kind of remix about a greying man and giggly teenager(almost), then look elsewhere)....
Ayushmann Khurrana is constantly looking for scripts that challenge him. With Article 15, Anubhav Sinha’s stunning disturbing exposition on the notorious caste system the young thinking actor...
To anyone who refers to the iconic producer-director J Om Prakash as Hrithik Roshan’s meternal grandfather ,one can only say, ignorance is bliss. J Om Prakash blazed a glorious trail with his superhit slew...
