This entertainment industry of ours loves to be entertained by misery. Any talk of a rift or a fall-out between friends is not only welcomed but...
So Akshay Kumar plays a transgender in his forthcoming film. He has come a lomg way from the time he nearly fainted when the late Rituparno ...
Hostages(Hotstar) Starring Ronit Roy,Tisca Arora, Parvin Dabas, Dalip Tahi; Directed by Sudhir Mishra Rating: **(2 stars) Sitting through the 10 artificially frenetic episodes of this thriller is a slog. Not because of any lack of...
Chernobyl(HBO 5-part miniseries) Starring Stellan Skarsgard, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter Directed by Johan Renck Rating; *** ½(3 and a half stars) It’s easy to see the where the superlative reviews...
A Monsoon Date (Eros Now) Short Film Directed by Tanuja Chandra Rating: *** (3 stars) There is a date, and then are are the dates. As the...
Salman Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali are all set to come together again after the ill-fated Saawariya in 2007 . In Hum…Dil De Chuke Sanam and Saawariya Salman’ didn’t get the girl at the end. In Hum… ...
So now Salman Khan is being pulled up for slapping an overzealous security guard.However we may hate him for his brashness, he doesn’t deserve to be ...
After over a month in custody for alleged rape,television actor and musician Karan Oberoi, who many believe to be innocent specially after his accuser’s lawyer was accused ...
Things are not looking up for Hrithik Roshan. Even as the trailer of his release Super 30 has been greeted by tons of trolls and mounds of memes, news...
While all of Hindustan waits for the verdict on Bharat, early responses are very encouraging.While critical reaction to the film is fairly mixed, first-day audiences seem to love...
Love can wait…Work comes first….Today’s actresses don’t allow their hearts to rule their heads. Did you ever hear of Kareena Kapoor or Deepika Padukone cancelling their...
Legendary gay singer-musician Elton John is pissed off with the Russians. Their country has just cut off some portions of the homosexual content in the Elton...
By Devyani Chaubal He is the undisputed Sultan of the boxoffice, The most beloved superstar with a clean image on screen : he doesn’t ever kiss his...
Bharat Starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sunil Grover, Disha Patani, Jackie shroff Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar Rating: ****(4 stars) It’s easy to be dismissive of...
The team of the new Ayushmann Khurrana project Bala finds itself in a soup.An assistant director Kamal Kant Chandra has filed a case against the film’s leading man Ayushmann Khurrana, producer Dinesh Vijan and directorAmar Kaushik for plagiarizing his idea....
Always Be My Maybe(NETFLIX) Starring Ali Wong, Randall Park , Keanu Reeves Directed by Nahnatchka Khan Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) When was the last time I had...
Prabhudheva who directs Salman Khan in the third film of the Dabangg series, has planned a huge hand-to-hand combat between Salman and the film’s antagonist played by the...
Zero failed to work the wonders at the boxoffice it was meant to. But director Aanand L Rai is not stopping from doing what he believes in. Aanand is already ...
Not much is known about Telugu star-actor Adivi Sesh’s next release Evaru which, Adivi informs me, means ‘Who?’ Adivi Sesh is certain that the secrecy surrounding Evaru will work to its advantage. “It is a...
The Perfection(Netflix) Starring Allison Williams, Logan Browning Directed by Richard Shepard Rating: *( 1 star) This is a horror film that could have been so much...
When I am asked my take on nepotism in the Indian entertainment industry my answer is simple. There is the plus, Ranbir Kapoor. And then there is the...
After the eleventh-hour run-in with his Ayogya producer actor-star-activist Vishal Krishna has decided to be a producer on all his films . “Why face the risk of going through...
An ‘internal committee’ at Reliance Entertainment has cleared rape-accused Vikas Bahl of all charges thereby paving the way for Bahl’s name to be reinstated as director in mathematician Anand kumar’s bio-pic Super ...
There seems to be a last-minute panic in the team of Salman Khan’s Eid release Bharat. Much is at stake, what with Salman’s last two Eid releases Tubelight in 2017 and Race 3 in 2018 underperforming(okay, we are ...
R Madhavan’s career achievements from television icon to Mani Ratnam’s favourite actor in Tamil to a successful stint in Bollywood , are staggering. As he turned 49 on...
The shocking truth about Indian cinema at the Cannes film festival is , everything we sent this year for consideration was rejected unceremoniously. While the polite...
While we don’t know much about Saif’s elder son Ebrahim who likes to keep a low profile, Saif’s younger son and only daughter Sara seem to be...
Although Priyanka Chopra was very keen to work with Sanjay Bhansali again after Bajirao Mastani she has just lost the chance to do so. The reason, in two words, is Salman Khan. The minute he...
NGK(Tamil) Starring Suriya, Sai Pallavi, Rakul Preet Singh Directed by Sevlaraghavan Rating: ** ½(2 and a half stars) It’s not easy being a superstar in the South. You constantly need to prove your...
BChopsticks(Netflix) Starring Abhay Deol, Mithila Palkar, Vijay Raaz Directed by Sachin Yardi Rating:* ½(one and a half stars) There is a vast difference between smart cinema and smartass cinema. The latter is designed by people who...
Sources close to the project confirm that that a sequel to Shaad Ali’s 2005 hit Bunty Aur Babli about a con-couple shooting and whooping their way through a series of capers ,...
So far Varun Dhawan’s guest appearance in Ali Abbas Zafar’s Bharat has only been whispered about. Now we can confirm that young Dhawan, a big Salman fan, is indeed a very small but...
Nakkash Starring Inaamulhaq, Sharib Hashmi, Kumud Mishra Written & Directed by Zaigham Imam Rating: ***(3 stars) Varanasi has hosted many recent films. Nakkash takes us into the uncomfortable and ruinous realm of the communal...
It’s become a bit of a joke at Dharma Productions . Drive which was meant to be released a year ago has missed at least four release dates so far,...
Newly elected parliementarians from showbiz Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan got savagely trolled for the clothes that they wore to parliament. Firstly , most sane elements of our society agree there was nothing ...
While Indian Idol has apparently lifted the ban on Anu Malik post the MeToo allegations, Yash Raj studios, Mumbai’s most prestigious entertainment studio, remains out of bounds for the tainted composer. A source from the Yash Raj...
Both Yash Raj films and Dharma Productions love her. Then why is the talented Anushka Sharma not signing any more films after Zero? Could it because the ...
Dear Departed Ritu People knew you as Rituparno Ghosh, Bengal’s most distinguished filmmaker since Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Ritwick Ghatak.Everyone called you Rituda. For me,...
Reports suggest that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is sulking over her illustrious father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan working with Emraan Hashmi The reason? Emraan had called Aishwarya “plastic” on...
Leading music composer Shankar Mahadevan has taken the revolutionary step of moving out of the big ambitious Saaho project at this late stage when the film...
Is Raveena Tandon playing the mighty Indira Gandhi in the sequel to KGF? Well, yes and no. Raveena plays India’s prime minister. And as we all...
Skyfire(Zee5 webseries in 8 episodes) Starring Prateik Babbar, Sonali Chauhan, Jatin Goswami,Jisshu Sengupta, Shataf Figar Directed by Soumik Sen Rating: ** ½ (2 and a half...
Kapil Sharma’s life is back on the right track after being derailed by the machinations and manipulations of colleagues whom he trusted blindly. It took his faithful...
Reports that the next Prabhas starrer Saaho will now be postponed from Independence Day August 15 to Dussehra seem to be someone’s idea of wishful thinking....
Durgeshgorer Guptodhon Starring Abir Chatterjee, Arjun Chakraborty, Ishaa Saha Directed by Dhrubo Bannerjee Rating: ***(3 stars) There is something to be said about Bengali cinema’s ongoing...
Is it really anyone’s business whom Karan Johar is seeing? Well no. But only if it is kept in the private space. As soon as international...
There was much more to Veeru Devgan than being Ajay Devgn’s father and Kajol’s father-in-law. He did to action direction in Bollywood what Saroj Khan did...
“Moon Moon Sen Was A Joke” The buzz in the corridors of power(a.k.a. BJP headquarters) is that singer-actor Baabul Supriyo who was minister for Heavy Industries...
As you read this, Mahesh Babu his wife Namrata and their two children Gautham and Sitara are in Germany holidaying after the massive success of Maharshi....
The accomplished Telugu director Krish Jagarlamudi is still hurting after the blow he was dealt during the making of Manikarnika. Scarcely had he got out of...
