Deepika Padukone’s recent promotional gambit on TikTok where she asked a fan to recreate her ‘look’ of the acid-attack survivor in Chhapaak has provoked a severe backlash . The latest ...
Director Anil Ravipudi , currently basking in the success of his new Telugu film SarileruNeekevvaru says he has nothing to do with the Hindi remake of his last year’s blockbuster comedy F2...
The one baffling puzzle that follows us out of the hugely entertaining Telugu release Ala Vaikuntapurramloo is, what is the super-talented beautiful Tabu doing playing playing Allu Arjun’s mother in this out-and-out masala film? Allu is ...
The astonishing Vijayashanti who at one point in her long illustrious career was known as ‘Lady Amitabh’ is back on screen after a gap of 13 years ...
“Kab se janta hai ki tu yeh hai?” the inquisitive Uncle asks Ayushman Khurrana. “Yeh nahin bolte gay bolte hain… aur aapne kab jana ki aap gay nahin hain?”Khurrana retorts If every other line of dialogue in this quirky crazy love story is just as crisp and corny, then let’s not...
A stream visitors from the film fraternity who visited Shabana Azmi at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital had to return without meeting the injured actress. Explains her husband poet-writer-thinker Javed Akhtar, “She is in ...
If all had gone well, Ranveer Singh would be working with Meghna Gulzar next, now that she has completed her film with his wife Deepika Padukone. It is reliably learnt that Ranveer was Meghna’s first...
If Fate, that capricious mistress of Man’s future, had willed it, director Kabir Khan’s first feature film would have been on the Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army(INA). “I had made...
A day after the ghastly road accident which left her automobile smashed, Shabana Azmi was doing fine at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital in Mumbai. On Sunday all essential medical tests were done on ...
At around 4 pm on Saturday someone sent me a message. “Shabana Azmi critically injured in a road accident. Really sad.” He sounded more excited for having broken...
What was probably meant to be a harmless gesture of fan-star bonding on the social media has turned into an occasion of savage trolling for Deepika Padukone. It...
The trailer of Remo D Souza’s Street Dancer 3D proves there is no substitute to the masala entertainer.And when it comes to films about dancers and dancing there is no substitute...
This Republic Day, while Varun Dhawan clashes with Shradha Kapoor on the dancefloor in Street Dancer and Kangana clashes with kabaddi players in the akhada in Panga, the two parent films are poised for a face-off at the boxoffice. However the Street Dancer director Remo d’Souza sees ...
After five years of courtship Abhishek Bachchan and Karisma Kapoor were all set to tie the knot in 2002. What went wrong? There are many theories on why the couple called it...
Among the many hats that Karan Johar wears here is one talent that would be unearthed in the months to come.Karan will be planning all the details of Varun Dhawan’s wedding with...
It is very difficult to decide the status of Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan’s relationship.Are they friends pretending to be hostile to one another for...
They haven’t really worked together since My Name Is Khan in 2010, although Shah Rukh Khan did make a guest appearance in Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil ...
1917 Starring George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman Directed by Sam Mendes Rating: *****(5 stars) At the end of Sam Mendes’ 1917 I heard someone sobbing. I realized it was me. After...
Imtiaz Ali’s latest work of fractured passion Love Aaj Kal features the very massy and commercial Kartik Aryan and Sara Ali Khan doing a realistic love story where every emotion, feeling and dialogue is taken...
Those sections of the film industry repeatedly accused by Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli of nepotism are having the last laugh as Kangana has appointed her brother Akshat as the legal adviser for ...
It was with considerable excitement that Priyanka Chopra had last year announced a bio-pic on Osho Rajneesh’s trusted lieutenant and right-hand woman Ma Sheela. Often known as the power behind...
With the National Commission For Women closing the case against Anu Malik for alleged sexual misconduct ,the curtain has fallen on allegations against one more weighty name mentioned in...
Actress-activist Tanushree Dutta who spearheded the MeToo movement in Bollywood is extremely upset at the National Commission For Women(NCW) for exonerating musician Anu Malik from charges of sexual misconduct. Says Tanushree, “The National Commission for women ...
The trailer of the Kartik Aryan-Sara Ali Khan helmed Love Aaj Kal left me confused. Is it a remake of the earlier film of the same title starring Sara’s pop Saif? Or is it...
Dolittle Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Harry Collette, Antonio Banderas. Directed by: Stephen Gaghan Rating: *(1 star) Two thoughts struck me as I sat wide-eyed and open-mouthed(for all the wrong...
Almost every fortnight there is a new “reliable report” on Varun Dhawan’s wedding , venue date and all.A new report tells us that Varun and his...
Today’s actors are very different from the Govindas and Akshay Kumars of yore who signed everything that came their way after their debut. Nowadays, they wait. Here are the ones who...
Ever wondered why the most sensitive poetic romantic filmmaker Gulzar never worked with the most sensitive poetic romantic star Rajesh Khanna? Although Gulzar wrote some really sensitive dialogues and songs for Rajesh Khanna in the clasic Anand, the director ...
Don’t get me wrong. I love Alia Bhatt. She is as beautiful inside as she is on the outside. And she’s a great learner on the sets....
There is no doubt that Kangana Ranaut will leave all competition far behind with Panga and will pick up all the awards at the end of the year. Wowing the critics...
Jai Mummy Di Starring Sunny Singh, Sonnalli Seygall, Poonam Dhillon, Supriya Pathak Written & Directed by Navjot Gulati Rating: **** The good newzz (excluse my sloppy spelling) is that there is a romcom far funnier than the recent overrated Good Newzz.In many ...
What really happened to the 19-year old sensation Divya Bharti on the night of April 5, 1993 when in the presence of dress designer Neeta Lulla and her husband, she plunged to her...
On his birthday on January 8 Kannada superstar Yash encountered the kind of adulation never seen before in this country. The mass of humanity which descended on Bengaluru from...
Mahesh Babu and his team of his superhit Telugu film Sarileru Neekevvaru are in the mood to party. With the collections touching 100 crores in the first three days the joyous team ...
Shah Rukh Khan’s fans may choose to get as impatient as they like. But the mega-star is not biting the bait.He will say yes only when he is...
Suddenly in recent years a handful of voices have emerged on social media with strong political ideas, thoughts and influences. These voices gathered a growing power...
It is pretty much clear now that Hrithik Roshan is no more a part of Farah Khan’s remake of Raj N Sippy’s 1982 semi-hit Satte Pe Satta....
There are reports in a section of the press on Farhan Akhtar and his girlfriend tying the knot in 2020. The imaginative though alas, grosly misleading story even sets a time...
Telugu superstar Allu Arjun is on Cloud Nine. His latest film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo has opened to record crowds. “It is likely to be my career’s biggest hit so far. What can I ...
The Oscar nominations announced on Monday proved a blessing in disguise for Reliance Entertainment. 1917, the harrowing majestic World War 1 drama walked away with major nominations...
India’s most prolific filmmaker Priyadarshan is not happy with the voices of protest being raised in the film industry against the Government’s Citizens’ Amendment Act(CAA). “What have film...
Mahesh Babu: “Pongal this year comes to us with mixed feelings. While we’re very happy about the opening of my new film Sarileru Neekevvaru, there has been a death...
Politics has finally and irrevocably entered our cinema. This is proven by the abysmally low boxoffice figures for Chhapaak Meghna Gulzar’s much talked-about tale of an acid-attack survivor’s fight for justice....
Bombshell Starring Carlize Theron. Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow Directed by Jay Roach Rating: ** ½ (two and a half stars) Why is Bollywood not making a single film about sexual...
Veteran actress Raakhee Gulzar is her super-talented daughter Meghna Gulzar’s biggest critic. This is one parent who won’t indulge in futile flattery. Raakheeji refused to watch the film in any of the...
It is common knowledge in the film industry that Ajay Devgan and director Anubhav Sinha can’t stand one another since they worked together in a flop caper named Cash in 2007. The ...
History has again ,repeated itself when on Saturday .Shahid Kapoor while shooting for Gowtam Tinnanuri’s Jersey, the Hindi remake of the director’s Tamil hit of the same title, injured himself on...
Ranveer Singh, known for his outlandish fashion sense, has worn a skirt more than once in public. Now it’s the more conservative dresser Varun Dhawan’s turn to don a ...
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (Telugu) Starring Allu Arjun, Tabu, Jairam, Sushant,Pooja Hegde Written & Directed by Trivikram Srinivas Rating: ****(4 stars) When it comes to South Imdian screen icons, their larger-than-life image far supercedes the calibre, heft and tenability of the...
By now it is common knowledge in the Mumbai film industry that Sushant Singh Rajput is “very serious’ about starlet Rhea Chakraborty. What is not so...
