In Radha Kyon Gori Main Kyun Kala the film directed by Prem Soni that Iulia Vantur is doing as her acting debut , she plays no...
Some epic experiences are never meant to be on the large screen. Jhansi Ki Rani has never yet made it to the large screen. And while the Ramayana has been rendered innumerable times on the large screen the Mahabharat has...
Every historic catastrophe, man made or otherwise, spawns its own cult of creative art. I am sure the Parisian attack will bring in its wake a slew...
Tapsee Pannu is on Cloud Nine. She has just returned from the Toronto Film Festival where her new film Manmarziyan was received with warm appreciation. “This was my first international film festival .And it was overwhelming. I guess...
One doesn’t know whom to congratulate more . Director Sajid Khan for his audacity in offering an item song to Jacqueline Fernandez in House Full 4 , or Jacqueline for...
Shabana Azmi who turns a year older on September 18, is currently in Karjat shooting for The Moghuls, a webseries for Hotstar produced by Nikhil Advani. The internet is a fascinating web for Shabana. “This is the first web series(for Hotstar) that I am doing. The reach...
Nepotism be damned, the Indian film industry is busy promoting its own kith and kin as prospective filmmakers and actors. Barely had we gotten over the the news...
The language used in Tabrez Noorani’s Love Sonia, a film that purports to blow the lid on child trafficking in India, is repellent to the point of rendering the rawness emasculated. It is meant to be the language of authenticity, But...
It is imperative for Shankar’s 3D monster-budgeted 2:O to click. The film has gone grossly over-budget and needs to earn back a large chunk of the investment to be considered a non-loser. Finally the first official teaser is...
If there is one Indian actor whose voice carries far beyond the screen, it is Akshay Kumar. The image of the truly dedicated Indian citizen who uses his...
Love Sonia Starring: Mrunal Thakur, Riya Sisodiya, Richa Chadha, Freida Pinto, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpai, Rajkummar Rao Directed by: Tabrez Noorani Rating:** (2 stars) This well-intended melodrama about human trafficking and child prostitution has its heart in...
Manmarziyan Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Tapsee Pannu, Vicky Kushal Directed by Anurag Kashyap Rating: **** ½(4 and a half stars) Imagine if Mani Ratnam had sex in his mind for Moun Ragam. Yes, the same story that Sanjay Leela Bhansali made into Hum… Dil Chuke Sanam about...
Manoj Bajpai is caught in web, though not of his own making. Raj & DK riding high on the success of the horror-comedy Stree which the duo has produced and written...
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is gearing up to direct his next venture.And it is most likely that he will be working with Deepika Padukone again for the fourth time. There was talk of Alia Bhatt stepping into Bhansali territory.And both the director and the...
Siddharth Malhotra seems to have gotten over Alia Bhatt at last.If rumours filtering out of Dharma Productions are to believed Dharma’s blue eyed boy Siddharth Malhotra...
Arjun Kapoor is currently shooting for India’s Most Wanted in Nepal with director Raj Kumar Gupta. Arjun plays the role of a dedicated RAW agent. Not many know that it was Ajay Devgan who recommended Arjun for the role. A source close to the development reveals, “When Raj Kumar Gupta was shooting...
Is the Ranveer Singh-Deeepika Padukone marriage really happening at Italy’s Lake Como ? Close friends of the couple say the venue is “undecided”. “I haven’t heard anything about Lake Como, though they are definitely getting...
The process of getting back into the groove has begun in right earnest for Kapil Sharma. A close friend reveals the comic virtuoso has gone on a strict diet to regain lost shape. Says the friend,...
Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri who believes in speaking his mind on Twitter , has got himself into a serious jam with women activists and his colleagues in Bollywood for referring to the rape survivor in Kerala as a “prostitute nun.”...
I hate to say this. But I saw it coming. Film Producer Madhu Mantena a dear friend had been in pain for a while now. A week back he...
We’ve heard so much about how and why Priyanka Chopra walked out of the big Salman Khan starrer .And now Salman for the first time spoke out in an interview against Priyanka’s decision to walk out of the project, saying,...
While she may be getting extremely negative press and psychological pressure for her part in the takeover of the Manikarnika project Kangana has her share of...
Will Kangana Ranaut’s dream of playing the Rani Of Jhansi ever materialize? Sources say the film Manikarnika is far from completion while its producer swear it will release this...
During a year when Bollywood has had more hits than any year in living memory it is shocking to discover the abysmally low attendance for a...
One of the most disturbing aspects of LA-based director Dipen Shah’s film Gali Guleiyan on child abuse is that many critics have not found the abusive...
I hate to say this. But I saw it coming. Film Producer Madhu Mantena a dear friend had been in pain for a while now. A week before he...
Article 377 has been repealed, and Manoj Bajpai who is currently shooting in Ladakh is celebrating the fall of the draconian law criminalizing homosexuality. Says Manoj...
If you are wondering about the “project” that Salman Khan has been talking about with his blow-hot-blow-cold buddy Sanjay Leela Bhansali, here is the truth. There...
On popular talkshow host Jimmy Falon’s show last week Nick Jonas spoke about his relationship with Priyanka Chopra. As per his revelations on the show ,...
As Akshay Kumar turns 51 on September 9 ,and his new release Gold touches the all-important 100-crore mark, I find it hard to believe that his...
Kapil Sharma Teaming Up With Abhishek Krushna? “Don’t believe What You Read I Haven’t Spoken To Any Media Or Journalist At All.” Kapil Sharma is getting...
15 years ago, Karisma Kapoor is the woman Abhishek Bachchan was to marry. Their courtship and engagement came to a sudden and bitter end on the...
With Kangana Ranaut’s reputation as a meddlesome actor on the sets gathering momentum filmmakers are growing increasingly wary of signing on this talented but self-willed actress....
Dipesh Jain’s Gali Guleiyan which open this Friday features the adolescent non-actor Om Singh as a victim of child abuse. Significantly Om suffered domestic violence of...
On Her Restaurant Business, Illustrious Sister, Struggles & Triumphs. Asha Bhosle is on an unparalleled high. In spite of crippling personal tragedies–she lost her daughter some...
Paltan Starring Arjun Rampal, Harshvardhan Rane, Gurmeet Chowdhary Directed by J P Dutta Rating: ** (2 Stars) For what seems like an intermittent period of acute...
Laila Majnu Starring Avinash Tiwary, Tripti Dimri Directed by Sajid Ali Rating: *** (3 stars) It takes this revisionist version of Laila Majnu time to come...
There are many reports of financial trouble in Priyanka Chopra’s sasural-to-be. Apparently, her fiancé Nick Jonas’ father has declared bankruptcy. But a friend of Priyanka says...
The poster of Super 30 the film based on the life of Bihar’s iconic mathematician Anand Kumar declares, ‘Ab Raja Ka Beta Raja Nahin Banega’ (A...
The first ‘Namaste’ in Namaste London, came to us ten years back. It was an honest sweet gentle film about an NRI London-bred girl Katrina’s attempts...
Late on Wednesday night Shahid Kapoor became the proud father of a second child, this time a son. Shahid and his wife Mira already have a...
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...