Perhaps it is the stress of being seen as the face and creative helmer of one of the most expensive films every produced in India. But Kangana Ranaut is in...
On Sunday evening the co-producers of Manikarnika hosted a special screening for handpicked guests. I spoke to some invitees who were generally positive in their response to the ...
So okay. We all know Shah Rukh Khan has opted out of the astronaut Rakesh Sharma’s bio-pic produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, because he didn’t want to do another space film...
While Ashvin Kumar , the intrepid filmmaker whose Kashmir chronicles have constantly run into trouble with the censor board, claims his new film No Fathers In Kashmir has been blocked by...
Challenges his detractors, many of them from his own parent party, with a line taken from actor Sohrab Modi. There is a lot of speculation about your political...
When you are at the mercy of Karan Johar on his motor-mouthed talk show you need to be briefed on how not to fall into the trap of...
There is a gigantic level of resentment in the ranks of actors and technicians who have pitched their talent into the controversial historical Manikarnika. While two of...
Soni(Netflix) Starring: Geetika Vidya Ohlyan,Saloni Batra Directed by Ivan Ayr Rating: *****(5 stars) Netflix’s prized find of this year opens with a girl cycling down a deserted road in the dead ...
Celebrity cousins Farhan Akhtar and Farah Khan are friends no more. Close pals since their childhood, the twosome have lately begun to could-shoulder one another over MeToo allegations against Farah’s...
Not that Vijay Ratnakar Gutte is daunted by the savage tone of some of the reviews. But the first-time director has vowed to never again make a political film. “And ...
At the inauguration of the film museum at the NFDC on Saturday Prime Minister Modi threw the catchphrase ‘How’s Your Josh?’ from the film Uri on the enchanted and amused audience. What...
The stress of having to produce a rudderlss controversial 100-crore budgeted historical Manikarnika The Queen Of Jhansi, has taken its toll its on its young producer Kamal Jain. According to sources, Jain who is...
Tapsee Pannu who is rightly upset about her unceremonious ouster from the Pati Patni Aur Woh remake , can seek comfort in her predecessors who have been similarly deserted at the last moment....
Guess who paid for the Mumbai film industry to visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi last week ? It was none other Bollywood’s resident Santa Claus our very own Karan Johar. A ...
Emraan, your performance in Tiger and now Why Cheat India is of a very authentic texture. Thank you I am glad you liked it. This is...
The latest Ramcharan Teja starrer in Telugu Vinaya Vidheya Rama(VVR) which opened on Pongal all across Andhra Pradesh is a deeply offensive film on every possible level.It insults the female sex by lewdly objectifying the...
There was a time during the 1990s when Karisma Kapoor was one of the busiest and most popular actresses , doing 2 and 3 shifts per day. Her career...
That singer-actor-director Farhan Akhtar is completely smitten by the new love of his life, Shibani Dandekar is for everyone to see on social media. Close friends reveal that Farhan intends to legalize his ...
Vijayendra Prasad, the veteran writer is now part of the most controversial film of his career Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi. So many controversies. Can we talk about them?...
Shah Jahan Regency Starring Abir Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee,Swastika Mukherjee, Anjan Dutta, Mamata Shankar, RituparnaSengupta Written and Directed by Srijit Mukherjee Rating: **** ½(4 and a half stars) Without doubt, Srijit Mukerjee is the best contemporary living filmmaker in Bengal. The range of themes...
Bombairiya Starring Radhika Apte, Akshay Oberoi, Ravi Kissan, Siddhant Kapoor, Adil Hussain, Amit Sial Directed by Pia Sukanya Rating:***(3 stars) Mumbai, or Bombay as we all know it, is a schizophrenic city. Inviting welcoming affectionate and warm one ...
Rangeela Raja Starring Govinda & Govinda, Shakti Kapoor, Govind Namdeo Director’s name not given Rating: **(2 stars) It is karma hooting dharma, albeit with a cruel...
It looks like Boney Kapoor’s dream of all his children from his two marriages coming together under one roof,would remain just a dream. While Boney has been thinking of his...
With strong disciplinary action being taken against cricketer Hardik Pandya for his deeply sexist comments it looks like the axe may also fall on Karan Johar’s talk show Koffee With Karan. Sources close ...
Actor Nihar Pandya , to be seen very shortly in the historical Manikarnika, is all set to tie the knot with singer Neeti Mohan. Speaking on the whirlwind courtship romance...
Shabana Azmi’s extremely shy and gifted cinematographer brother Baba Azmi is directing a film. Entitled Me Raqsam(I Dance) the film is being shot currently at Mijwan , Shabana and Baba’s father the eminent poet Kaifi Azmi’s native village. Speaking from Mijwan the proud and happy sister Shabana says,...
Why Cheat India Starring Emraan Hashmi, Shreya Dhanwanthary Directed by Soumik Sen Rating: ****(4 stars) Relevant topical films frequently fall into the trap of overstatement. But here is where Why Cheat India scores ...
Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon is all set to celebrate her decade in the industry. The girl is here to rule the box office and she proved...
After working successfully in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films Simran Bagga is back playing Rajinikanth’s love interest in his new blockbuster Petta where at 42, she shows us what...
It seems as though young Priya Prakash Varrier whose one wink in the song Manikya Malaraya Poovi from the Malayam film Oru Adar Love made her an internet sensation,may not find her transition to Bollywood to be smooth sailing. Her purported Bollywood debut film...
In what could possibly be a retaliatory move to show last week’s anti-Pakistan film Uri its place, the Pakistan censor board has given the go-ahead to the other...
After giving two years of his life to directing the stunning new war film Uri , director Aditya Dhar is exhausted . “But in a good way. There is so...
She is every man’s fantasy and is definitely one of the most desirable women in the world of entertainment. Yes, we are indeed talking about the...
After 2019’s bonanza of hits for Bollywood, it looks like this year too will reap rich harvests . 2018 ended with a big hit Simmba.Now 2019 has...
This Friday it’s a battle of chicanery in the movie theaters. While Govinda plays a con-man and fake godman in Pahlaj Nihalani’s Rangeela Raja, Emraan Hashmi plays a professional hustler of the academic world...
Shame(Short Film) Swara Bhaskar, Ranveer Shorey, Sayani Gupta, Cyrus Sahukar Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) Any doubts that some of the best work in cinema is happening in the...
Actor gets into the Action Avatar With the New Show.Shreyas Talpade who will soon be seen as the protagonist in an upcoming Hindi television show titled...
After his flop pairing with Anushka Sharma in Imtiaz Ali’s super flop Jab Harry Met Sejal,Shah Rukh has delivered another devastating dud with the same leading lady. Which makes his close friends wonder, why...
There are reports of 2018’s most promising newcomer Ishaan Khattar being in the remake of last year’s Telugu hitGeetha Govindham.The original starred Telugu cinema’s fastest-rising superstar...
The one thing that we won’t see in 2019 is real-life pair Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in a film together.And that’s the level of professionalism the real-life couple intends to ...
Has the MeToo movement finally claimed a hotshot in the entertainment industry? Calling out Raj Kumar Hirani in theMeToo movement is a radical step-up in the naming and shaming endeavour. The monstrously ...
There are reports of Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor’s impending engagement in 2019. But a close friend of the Kapoors completely debunks the reports, asserting that the couple’s focus is elsewhere...
It is strange how I never thought of Naseeruddin Shah as a Muslim until now when his religious identity is being used against him to prove he is ...
David Dhawan is one happy father, and grandfather. His elder son Rohit recently became a proud father of an adorable little baby girl. And David’s life has changed. “Varun...
Savage reviews notwithstanding The Accidental Prime Minister, the controversial Manmohan Singh bio-pic, has opened to surprisingly satisfactory crowds. Some critics have ripped into the film ferociously. Anupam who...
It’s not been an easy phase for the Roshan family starting with daughter Sunaina’s broken marriage and then her fight with cancer, then son Hrithik Roshan’s ostensibly rocksteady marriage with Sussanne Khan...
BThe ten percent reservations for ‘poor uppercastes’ declared by the Modi government has the Party’s rebel leader Shatrughan Singa unsure of the applause-worthiness of the decision. “Job reservation for forward castes?...
Good and bad news for fans of the Ranveer-Deepika pair. The good news is, they will only be seen together in films that completely justify their combined ...
The Accidental Prime Minister Starring Anupam Kher,Akshaye Khanna Directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte Rating: ***(3 stars) If you enjoy political satires, The Accidental Prime Minister may not be the film that its makers would...
