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...
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan who is on the jury of Cinestaan India’s Storytellers Script Contest along with Anjum Rajabali, Juhi Chaturvedi and Raju Hirani asks...
The surprise casting of the very talented Rajit Kapoor(of Byomkesh Bakshi fame, last seen as Alia Bhatt’s father in Raazi) as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a master-stroke. In a season saturated with real-life political...
What a year Ayushmann Khurrana has had! Two remarkable hits, and his career is soaring,Alas, the dark clouds did appear on his bright horizon, as they are wont to....
That cricketer Hardik Pandya’s utterly crass and vulgar statements on women and womanizing on Karan Johar’s talkshow Koffee With Karan has snowballed into a major controversy is not surprising. Even the Bollywood fraternity’s silence over the...
The biopic on Bihar’s world-renowned mathematician just got bigger. The producers have decided to hold the film back to give it a more definitive and comprehensive ...
On Thursday morning a slew of topnotch actors,producers and directors flew to Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The delegation included actors Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan,Alia Bhatt,Siddharth Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal,Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar, Rajkummar Rao,producers Ekta Kapoor, Karan Johar and Mahaveer Jain and directors Ashwini Iyer Tiwari and Rohit Shetty. The agenda...
“Hrithik Can Work With Other Directors, I Will Never Work With Any Other Hero,” Doting Papa Rakesh Roshan Speaks About Hrithik On HisBirthday As Hrithik Roshan...
Hrithik Roshan who celebrates his 45th birthday on January 10 has come a long from his Bhagwan Dada days when he stood his ground with Rajnikanth and...
Cabaret(Zee5 ) Starring Richa Chadha, Gulshan Devaiah, S Sreesanth Directed by Kaustav Narayan Niyogi Rating: 0 stars Do you remember those gorgeous sizzling cabaret numbers by Helen in the films of the 1970s? Yes??? ...
It looks like the coming Friday political stalwarts from different moral and political outfits are all set for a clash at the boxoffice. While debutant director...
After elder daughter Sonam Kapoor tied the knot with her long –standing boyfriend AnandAhuja, it’s time for the younger born Rhea in Anil Kapoor’s family to make it official with her boyfriend Karan Boolani.Says a source close...
In what could be seen as a huge relief for rape-accused Alok Nath , a sessions court in Mumbai has suggested that writer-filmmaker Vinta Nanda might not be telling the truth. The court...
Uri Starring Vickey Kaushal, Mohit Raina, Paresh Rawal, Yami Gautam Written & Directed by Aditya Dhar Rating: **** ½(4 and a half stars) Wars often rage within the soldiers’ hearts, specially when they belong to army...
This month on Jan 10-11 three Bollywood personalities I’ve known closely over the years and one of whom I no longer know or want to know, turned a year older within 24...
Mahesh Manjrekar, Pradeep Sarkar, Priyadarshan and Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s film-The Invisible Masks to be released this year! It doesn’t happen every day that a team of...
Everyone knows all the acts at the awards functions are planned beforehand. But some of them do get out of hand, no matter how carefully they...
If advance reports of director Karthik Subbiraj’s Petta are to be believed, then Rajinikanth has another blockbuster on his hands just a month after the super-success of 2:0 And that really puts...
The belief within the film fraternity is, if Salman Khan is a blessing to his friends he’s a curse to his enemies, specially friends who betray him. After...
KGF superstar Yash brought in his 33rd birthday with minimum fanfare. He says he is no mood for partying and celebration, what with the death of Kannada’s veteran...
Ever since Hrithik Roshan announced on social media that his father Rakesh Roshan was afflicted with throat cancer the family’s well wishers and friends have been trying to glean more information on ...
Actor Alok Nath accused of rape by writer-director Vinta Nanda, has been given relief by the courts. He has been granted anticipatory bail. For the first time since the accusation snowballed ...
Irony can go no further than this. The Accidental Prime Minister ,the much talked-about bio-pic on former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh won’t be watched by the man himself. And ...
After 2018,it looks like 2019 will be another golden year for Indian cinema. First Yuri which is on release and thenSonechiriya speak about a simmering war raging at the ...
This week a court granted Alok Nath anticipatory bail in the case charging him with alleged rape against him by writer-director Vinta Nanda. Vinta expresses no disappoimtment as she says, “I haven’t read...
Sara Ali Khan has made a grand impact with her debut film Kedaranth. And now her second release Simmba is also a hit.Not only has she won the ...
If it wasn’t for director Abhishek Kapoor’s insistence through legal redressal, Sara would have ended up with Simmba , where she has nothing to do except be a decorative doll, as her ...
Once upon a time in a not so distant past producer Pahlaj Nihalani was all set to launch Kangana Ranaut in a film called I Love You Boss with Kangana Ranaut. The same project is now...
If you are producer desirous of signing Ranveer Singh for a project, then you are for a rude shock. It’s now going to cost much more to get Ranveer on bord ...
On Irrfan Khan’s 51st Birthday Subhash K Jha Picks His 10 Most Memorable Characters Very few Indian actors have had the privilege of playing such a wide variety of characters . Irrfan Khan’s versatility and...
Beautiful Boy(Amazon) Starring Steve Carell, Timothy Chalamet Directed by Felix Van Groeningen Rating: ***(3 stars) There is so much that this heartshattering drama about a distraught father coping with his son’s...
Today Jan 6 the maverick composer A R Rahman, the repository of raga renown, turns 51. Interestingly Rahman’s son shares his father’s birth date. A few years ago on his birthday Rahmn had revealed,...
Lata Mangeshkar: “A R Rahman bahot talented insaan hain. I’ve sung very few songs for him. I love Jiya jale in Dil Se, Khamoshiyan gun-guna lagi (1 2 Ka 4) ,O paalan hare(Lagaan) and Luka chuppi(Rang De Basanti). A R Rahman and I came together for the first time for the evergreen Jiya jale in Mani...
Subhash K Jha Picks 5 Actors Whose Careers Were Dramatically Escalated Last Year 1. Kiara Advani: The orgasm did it. From being just another hopeful pretty face in the Bollywood crows Kiara Advani, who had been...
There is no doubt that the one death which hit us the hardest in 2018 was that of Sridevi . Her going away so suddenly was a brutal...
January has turned out to be a bonanza for Ranveer Singh and his director Rohit Shetty, as their joint effort Simmba marches on.But it’s proven a nightmare for the releases slotted...
BThe Mule Starring Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper Directed by Clint Eastwood Rating: **(2 stars) At 90, Clint Eastwood mulishly clings to his legendary aura in The Mule.From ...
Mary Poppins Returns Starring Emily Blunt, Lin Manuel-Miranda, Ben Whinshaw, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep Directed by Rob Marshall Rating; ** A more destitute classic would be hard to find....
Laal Ishq has continued to keep its audiences hooked with its riveting stories, in spite of the television space being swamped with supernatural shows currently. What sets...
Mumbai: Legendary veteran actor-producer Sanjay Khan who is riding high on the success of his autobiography ‘The Best Mistakes Of My Life’ recently announced his second...
The trailer of the upcoming comic caper Fraud Saiyaan was recently released and it is nothing but a laughter riot. Arshad Warsi plays the character of...
The good times are rolling out for Saif Ali Khan. While son Taimur is hellbent on being the youngest rock star in the global history of superstardom father Saif has also had a satisfying...
One of Tamil cinema’s most accomplished actors Siddharth Suriya has expressed a keen interest in remaking the Ayushmann Khurrana thriller Adha Dhun. Ayushmann is game. But he has a huge misgiving about the tenability ...
Easily The Star Of Year. He chats up with Subhash K Jha about the not-so-surprising success of KFG ,his humble beginnings and his hopeful future. Yash, tell me about your beginnings?...
All sorts of misinformation about Kader Khan’s funeral is being tossed about in sections of the media. Even the date of burial being given is wrong. We spoke ...
Shatrughan Sinha thinks his parent-party is practising the politics of vendetta on him. So he is joining hand with Laloo Yadav? Shatruji, what is this about the VIP treatment being withdrawn at airports for you? It...