Bollywood’s Only Out-of-the-Closet Filmmaker Onir and gay writer Apurva Asrani Are Rhapsodic. Activist Shaban Azmi also joins in. Onir: “What can I say? I am rendered...
Somewhere I saw a supercilious review of this marvelous film describing it as an exercize in “potty training” This is akin to calling Pather Panchali poverty porn. Or Salaam Bombay is an...
Another season of KBC. It’s been 18 years of you and this amazing event. I still remember that moment when you decided to do it in spite...
Okay, Ayushmann Khurrana is only pretending to be blind in Sriram Raghavan’s Andha Dhun. If that is a spoiler then don’t blame me. It is in the...
As through the wonderfully erudite articulate and, yes, gracious parliamentarian-academic Shashi Tharoor didn’t have enough on his plate, he is now actively involved in a sprawling ambitious multi-lingual...
Alia Bhatt is on a roll. In a career of 6 years, she has delivered 9 hits including her latest Raazi which is now hurling towards the 100-crore...
After Ram Gopal Varma’s Officer which opens next week, Nagarjuna is already on to his next project a big light-hearted comedy with which the veteran star says...
The unexpectedly massive success of Stree has enthused the entire team into tackling the sequel sooner rather than later. And wait. There is more. A third...
When all fails, there is always the family to fall back on. But in the once-illustrious Sunny Deol’s case even the huge family name with the...
Gali Guleiyan Starring Manoj Bajpai, Ranveer Shorey, Neeraj Kabi, Shahana Goswami, Om Singh Rating: **** ½ (4 and a half stars) Rarely does the location serve as an antagonist. In most films, the environment that...
The desperation to score a hit is making the team behind this week’s release the love story LailaMajnu featuring tow newcomers who are worlds apart from...
For those of us who revere, Lata Mangeshkar’s Chalte chalte yuhi koi mil gaya tha the mellow Mujra melody composed by the great Ghulam Mohamed for...
Once Again Starring: Shefali Shah, Neeraj Kabi Directed by: Kanwal Sethi Rating: **** (4 stars) After watching Netflix’s two back-to-black—and I do mean black—dark dingy murky depressing crime...
The very talented and prolific Rajkummar Rao basking in the surprise success of his new film Stree says he couldn’t have hoped for a better birthday when...
With collections of Stree doubling on Day 2, and the weekend collections expected to hit 30 crores, this quirky shiver giver is all set to become...
The Answer Starring Victor Banerjee, Leonidas Gulaptis Directed by Pavan Kaul Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) “There is true kinship only with God,” says the film’s young protagonist...
Imaikkaa Nodigal Starring Nayanthara, Atharvaa, Anurag Kashyap Rating: ** (2 stars) In how many ways will Anurag Kashyap grimace to try and scare us? In Akira, he took on Sonakshi Sinha and lived to regret it. So did we. Here...
Among the many statements that Kangana Ranaut has put out justifying her takeover of the Krissh-directed Manikarnika The Queen Of Jhansi she has conjecturally alleged that Sonu Sood walked out of her project because he didn’t want to be ...
The historical epic Manikarnika : The Queen Of Jhansi is in serious trouble. Apparently Kangana Ranaut’s takeover of the project as director is not a temporary patchwork arrangement brought on because the ...
Just when we thought it couldn’t get any better for Asians in Hollywood after the fluke tempestuous (and not entirely deserved, I might add) success of...
Versatile and prolific Hindi-Tamil-Telugu actor Sonu Sood has staged an angry walk-out of director Krish’s lavish historical epic Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi, all because of the film’s leading lady Kangana Ranaut’s alleged high-handedness and bullying...
Salman Khan who had once singled out Dharmendra as the most handsome actor adores Dharmendra and considers the senior actor his only role model. When Dharmendra expressed the wish to do a...
A big face-off is being planned between the mighty Bachchan and the colossal Khan for the climax of Yash Raj films’ biggest project to date. In...
We at Kriarj are not only shocked but surprised at these false allegations of having committed offenses of cheating and forgery as alleged in the false...
Starring: Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Kriti Kharbanda Directed by Navaniat Singh Rating: *** (3 stars) Ambition is not a bad thing if applied sagaciously to a given situation. Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se is an ambitious comedy. To...
Ghoul (Netflix 3-part series) Starring: Radhika Apte, Manav Kaul, S M Zaheer Directed by: Patrick Graham Rating: ** (2 stars) If I didn’t know any better, I’d have thought...
If someone were to tell you he’s making a film about an old lonely Parsee woman who one day decided to get a tattoo, and a...
There is a strong anti-biopic wave going on against Vikas Behl’s Super 30, the film about the altruistic mathematical genius from Bihar, Anand Kumar. It is...
Very few actors today can boast of being as prolific and yet as quality-conscious as Rajkumar Rao. Having done some really serious films, Raj is now...
Here’s some great news for Kapil Sharma fans. He is back in India after a long rejuvenating holiday in Europe. And The Kapil Sharma Show is all...
A media house decided to create some excitement by suggesting that Hrithik Roshan has been text-flirting with Disha Patani and has even invited her out for...
Movie: Stree Starring: Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurrana Directed by: Amar Kaushik Rating: ****(4 stars) A new language in the horror genre burgeons as we watch this quirky cocktail—or shall we call it...
Taking a dig at stars who do “charity” and “social work” with a troupe of media representatives to record the historic moment, Tamil-Telugu actor Vishal Krishna...
A story doing its lascivious rounds says Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan “avoided” each other at an event. This is as ridiculous as it can get. Why...
Sonakshi and I both make a guest appearance for my dear friend Dharmendra in Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se. And then the week after that on September...
They play rivals in love in s’s Manmarziyan. But Abhishek Bachchan says he had a blast shooting with Vicky Kaushal. “He is a such an amazing...
While Soha Ali Khan has for now decided to set aside her career to be a full-time mother to Inaaya, Soha’s ultra-glamorous sister-in-law Kareena Kapoor is...
Is it just an uncanny coincidence that the rumours of the Ranveer-Deepika wedding have surfaced just when the Priyanka-Nick Jones alliance is gaining momentum? We suddenly hear of another big glamorous filmland...
Did Aishwarya Rai Bachchan lose the opportunity to work with her favourite director Sanjay Leela Bhansali again for the pleasure of sharing screen space with her husband in Anurag Kashyap’s next production? A source in the know informs that...
Now that Malaika Arora has dropped the Khan from her name she also seems to have dropped all inhibition regarding her relationship with Arjun Kapoor who is 10 years her junior....
The ever-gorgeous Hema Malini and her daughter Esha Deol walked the ramp at the Lakme Fashion Week for designer Sanjukta Dutta. While everyone has commented on how beautiful they both looked in their silk sarees, an...
A near-miracle happened for Boney Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan’s family this Raksha Bandhan. All of their children from their two marriages have now come together as one family. The process of rapprochement and...
Movies seem to be getting postponed with alarming frequency nowadays. Just when we were getting over the postponement of the eagerly awaited Kajol starrer Eela Helipcopter (apparently because of director Pradeep Sarkar’s illness) and Rajma Chawal (the RishiKapoor’s starrer)...
It was Poonam Dhillon who approached Sanjay Leela Bhansali to launch her son. An offer that he was skeptical about. So many newcomers approach Bhansali’s home production in the hope of a...
It is not for us to question why. But the fall of R K Studios is a collective failure of the Indian film industry to preserve...
Filmmaker Mudassar Aziz’s Happy Phir Bhaag Jayegi humanizes the traditional enemy the Chinese at a time when temperatures at the border are running high. Mudassar is no stranger to building bridges through his cinema....
After Barfi and Jagga Jasoos, Anurag Basu and Ranbir Kapoor are not getting together for a third film. There was much talk of the director and his favourite actor coming together for a third film in spite...
Krishna Shroff: “I am extremely grateful to have a brother like Tiger. He’s so inspiring, not just in the way that he handles his professional life, but more...
Kartik Aryan couldn’t be in a better place this Raksha Bandhan. “I am in my home-town Gwalior. After six years I am in my home-town for...
So it is actually happening. After all the hide and seek, all the will-she-won’t-she Priyanka Chopra finally got engaged to Nick Jonas at a very private...
