Both Ajay Devgan and Saif Ali Khan who are pitched against one another as the protagonist and antagonist in debutant director Om Raut’s historical Taanaaji would be required to go bare-chested for...
Every time India is attacked by Pakistan, Bollywood pledges to boycott Pakistani artistes. It doesn’t take long for our greed-driven film industry to go back on its words....
Director Krish Jagarlamudi is done with the bickering with Kangana Ranaut. “I’ve had my say . No more. If she(Ranaut) wants to believe she directed all ofManikarnika, so be it....
Cutting down all loose talk about making a quick sequel to Uri, director Aditya Dhar says he is done with URI and the genre for the time being. “A story needed to...
The village of Johri in the Bagpat district of Uttar Pradesh is currently teeming with activity. Anurag Kashyap has landed there with actresses Tapsee Pannu and BhumiPednekar to shoot for Saand Ki Aankh(whatever that means),a truelife bio-pic on the two iconic matriarchs of ...
Dev(Tamil) Staring Karthi, Rakul Preet Singh Directed by Rajath Ravishankar Rating: * ½ (one and a half stars) After plodding through a plot that crawls at a snail’s pace , I was...
This Valentine’s Day was special for Alia Bhatt. As the whole world knows she is in love, So, the day was very special for her. “I was...
Shabana Azmi always believed the borders between the two warring nations India and Pakistan must not be sealed against cultural exchanges. But now after the dastardly and gruesome Pulawama ...
Prolific filmmaker Anees Bazmi wonders where all the stories of Sunny Deol playing the main antagonist in Aankhen 2 come from. “So far we’ve only finalized Bachchan Saab. Like every filmmaker-fan I’ve wanted to work...
Reports have been doing the round of how Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt’s liplocks in Zoya Akhtar’s wonderfulGully Boy have been curtailed by the Central Board Of Film Certification(CBFC). However a source very...
Scarcely has Shabana Azmi snapped out old her swine flu attack than her husband Javed Akhtar has been diagnosed with the same ailment. And Shabana who , like her husband, maintains a sense ...
The Wife Starring: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater Directed by: Bjorn Runge Rating:**(2 stars) Nothing is more saddening than to see a mediocre film being elevated...
Game Over is the new thriller that the very versatile Tapsee Pannu has completed in Telugu. As she waits for its release she can’t help feeling a sense ...
Shabana Azmi(married to poet-thinker-lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar): “Our relationship is based on friendship and the same world view. There is a magic code between us .. in the middle of...
The collective gasp that went up in theatres as the Venus Of India Madhubala unveiled her magnetic beauty to moviegoers, can still be heard all over the country. The magic of Madhubala is...
Tanushree Dutta, the harbinger of the MeToo movement in the Indian entertainment industry , has been invited to the Harvard Business School in Boston USA as a guest-speaker. How...
BGully Boy Starring Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Kalki Koechlin, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Vishal Verma,Vijay Raaz, Amruta Subhash Directed by Zoya Akhtar Rating: *****(5 stars) A boy from the chawls craves to make a name as a rapper. But his tyrannical father...
1. Ranveer Singh: He started 2018 with a blockbuster Padmaavat , ended last year with another blockbuster Simmba. No wonder the film trade expects him tokickstart 2019 with a big hit. 2. Alia Bhatt: ...
Is Telugu cinema’s primary superstar Mahesh Babu being persecuted and hounded by political forces for being a supporter of the Andhra’s Telugu Desam Party(TDP)? The rumours ...
Not Sara Ali Khan, and not Disha Patani. It’s Shradha Kapoor, again, opposite Tiger Shroff in Baaghi 3.And I say ‘again’ because Ms Kapoor was Tiger’s Significant Other in the first film of the...
Some learned critics thought Anupam Kher’s performance as former prime minister Manmohan Singh in The Accidental Prime Minister to be a mimicry of the actual man’s walk talk and mannerisms. Wonder what...
A routine checkup for cough and cold has landed Shabana Azmi in hospital with a severe bout of swine flu. She is recuperating fast. But using the time in ...
The makers of Baaghi 3 have finally found their female lead. Shraddha Kapoor will star opposite Tiger Shroff in the third instalment of the successful franchise. The duo...
Now that the MeToo accused director Subhash Kapoor has been ousted from the bio-pic on music moghul Gulshan Kumar , Aamir Khan has decided to slip back into the project. To go back a bit, Aamir had agreed ...
After Bhaag Milkha Bhaag the prolific Rakeysh Mehra is all set to direct another sports film with Farhan Akhtar, though this time it’s not a bio-pic. Reveals Rakeysh, “It is a fictional love story, my ...
A quick look at Sushant Singh Rajput’s appearances and you’ll notice how the actor favours T-shirts with quirky captions. Turns out, during the shoot of the...
Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy has scored big at the Berlin Film Festival where the eagerly-awaited film was screened on Saturday night. Ranveer Singh who attended the screening along with his ...
So jobless and financially desperate was actor Mahesh Anand, found dead in his Mumbaiapartment on Saturday, that he was willing to take on any acting offer that came his...
What is your opinion on the way the LGBT community is represented in mainstream Hindi cinema? Times are changing and so is our cinema. I’ve been...
The impromptu titular war between media guru Pritish Nandy and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap took a nasty turn when Kashyap in a rather unbecoming tweet accused Nandy of extortion by asking for Rs 1 crore to...
The new Tamil Mammootty starrer Peranbu which opened on February 1 and which has been described variously by critics as a masterpiece and a life-changing experience, left me wishing it...
Kartik Aryan who has garnered an impressive fan following after the success of SonuKe Titu Ki Sweety now has all eyes glued to his next release Lukka Chuppi which opens on March 1. Shooting a...
The promotions and marketing of Zoya Akhtar’s eagerly-awaited Gully Boy is on full blast.And no one is having a bigger blast than Ranveer Singh who is rapping live on stage at promotional...
Without even seeing one shot of the film, Karan Johar is so deeply impressed by S S Rajamouli’s next , tentatively titled RRR that Bollywood’s most successful producer has decided to ...
Among all the high-profile activities that Priyanka Chopra is indulging in, we can now include her life story. So far. Says a source very close to the...
It’s time for Sanjay Dutt to make his debut in the South Indian cinema . Dutt has been offered the role of the arch-villain in the sequel to the Kannada blockbuster KGF....
Alita Battle Angel Starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz. Directed by Robert Rodriguez Rating: ** ½(two and a half stars) “I am a very insignificant girl,” our petite firebrand...
Sonam K Ahuja, as Sonam Kapoor is known after marriage,is very happy with the way her latest film Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga has been received. Though the boxoffice numbers have not been large Sonam is content as only...
Amavas Starring: Sachiin Joshi, Nargis Fakhri, Mona Singh, Asgar Ali , Vivan Bhatena Directed by Bhushan Patel Rating: *** ½ The immovable tropes of the horror genre in Bollywood, move! Well, somewhat. For a very long time...
So much speculation about Siddharth Malhotra ever since he parted ways with Alia Bhatt. Thereafter he was linked with Kiara Advani. Now it’s Tara Sutaria who is being launched opposite Tiger Shroff by Karan Johar in Student Of The Year....
Hit the fakenews button fast if you have been reading and believing in the casting of Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan in Sanjay Bhansali’s next. The casting coup is not just financially...
The Fakir Of Venice Starring: Farhan Akhtar, Anu Kapoor,Valentina Carnelutti, Kamal Sidhu Directed by Anand Surapur Rating: ***(3 stars) In his first acting assignment Farhan Akhtar is splendidly in form as a bit of jerk. He plays...
Classics and non-classics continue to be vandalized by the creatively bankrupt entertainment industry. Old songs are ripped off from their original habitat and transplanted into a...
There were reports in the press that Varun Dhawan seriously injured his foot while negotiating an intricate dance steps for Remo d’Souza’s Street Dancer. But Varun’s father director David Dhawan debunks the injury theory....
First of all,how does it feel to be celebrated as a bright young writer for your work in Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga? To...
Reports in a section of the press that Sara Ali Khan is doing a bio-pic directed by Kanan Iyer has someone closely associated with the project in splits. “Kanan Iyer has...
In an unprecedented move to bring the mountain to Mohamed, the team behind Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu’s wax statute being installed in Singapore , will transport the life-size...
Mumbai, India – February 06, 2019- Priyanka Chopra and Madhu Chopra’s Marathi production Firebrand will premiere exclusively on Netflix, in 190 countries on 22 February 2019....
Velvet Buzzsaw Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton Directed by Dan Gilroy Rating: * ½ (one and a half stars) Imagine if all the critics who have ever...
Why is Karan Johar allowed to ask things that other television anchors wouldn’t even dare? His three-way gupshup with “two of the hottest men”(Johar’s description) on Sunday evening had me going...
