No Karan Johar, No Ranbir Kapoor at Priyanka Chopra’s very intimate get-together on Saturday night attended by a handful of selected guests. One of the very special invitees said, “Priyanka had personally...
Is it November 18 or 20? It could be either or neither. Close friends insist the dates being given out in the media have not come to...
The best thing about the otherwise-disappointing trailer of Patakha is the casting of Sanya Malhotra and Radhika Madan as two foul-mouthed belligerent sisters who fight their way through the trailer as though they were...
What has the response been so far? Has the audience understood your impatience with conventional treatment of love and courtship? The response is shocking. I can’t...
The two senior-most and most venerated leaders of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L K Advani, shared a common trait: their love for the arts and cinema. Atalji had many...
“What can I say about Atalji that I haven’t said before? Atalji and Advaniji are my Gurus my mentors in politics. They are both father figures in my life. I was sent by...
Dhoom is Yash Raj Films’ most successful franchise. After three successful installments, we all want to see where the Dhoom franchise is heading. But here is the thing: there is...
Unable to find her car in the melee of mourners after the late and great Atal Bihari Vajpeyee’s last rites, actress and BJP member Hema Malini simply hopped on to a passing auto rickshaw....
Many would agree that one of the best things about Reema Kagti’s Gold is Amit Sadh as the aristocratic arrogant and yet likable hockey player Raghubir Pratap Singh. Amit now reveals that he modeled his character in Gold on his...
Devastated by the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s death, Asia’s nightingale Lata Mangeshkar who shared a very close bonding with Atalji says, “He was like my father. He called me Beti. I...
Is Priyanka Chopra getting engaged on Saturday? No one from her film fraternity in Mumbai seems to have been invited. A colleague and close to the actress say she has no...
The rivalry between Katrina Kaif and Jacqueline Fernandez has never been a secret. And now it has come to light Ms. Fernandez coveted the role that finally went to...
Let’s not beat around the bush. 2018 is the year of biopics in Bollywood. Barely have we gotten out of the two back-to-back hockey sagas Soorma and Gold when it’s time to...
On Thursday Telugu star-actor Vijay Deverekonda woke up to the shocking reality of illegal piracy when his new film Geetha Govindam was leaked online. Instant rectification of the crime saved the day....
Buzz is that Priyanka Chopra who had announced she won’t be any part of the sequel to Dostana is likely to return to the sequel after all. Sources say Katrina Kaif who...
He may not admit it in public. But friends say Salman Khan is “deeply shocked” by the box office outcome of his latest release Race 3. The film was expected to rake...
Gold (2018) Starring Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Mouni Roy, Vineet Kumar Singh Directed by Reema Kagti Rating: **** ½ (4 and a half stars) There is something to be said about motivational sports films. They make...
On the occasion of our Independence Day, superstars Anushka Sharma and Varun Dhawan are celebrating it with a special gesture that will touch your hearts. Like...
What happened to all the great patriotic films that would light up our movie theatres every year, and not only for Republic Day and Independence Day?...
Vivek Agnihotri: “It depends on what kind of person you are. If you believe whatever love, fame and money you are getting is only because of your talent...
Dosti be dammed. It’s an open war between Akshay Kumar and John Abraham this week at the box office. While the competition was earlier seen to be that between unequals, John...
Satyameva Jayate Starring John Abraham, Manoj Bajpai, Manish Choudhary, Aisha Sharma Directed by Milap Milan Jhaveri Rating: ** (2 stars) It is easy enough to ridicule Satyameva Jayate. God knows, it renders itself vulnerable to severe...
Geetha Govindam (Telugu) Starring Vijay Deverakonda, Rashmika Mandanna Directed by Parasuram Rating: **** (4 stars) Some movie experiences take us on a romantic joyride while offering us an insight into human nature...
Period or contemporary? That’s the question. Gold is set in the 1940’s. Satyamev Jayate (SJ) unfolds in today’s times. Period films are by their vary nature restricted in appeal. On other hand, an anti-corruption...
After leaving Salman Khan and the team of Bharat in a lurch by opting out of the project at the last minute, Priyanka Chopra seems to be in a mending mood....
Rumours of the legendary team of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and leading lady Aishwarya Rai Bachchan coming together again, abound. The lovely lady laughs pleasurably and says, “This is a measure of how much people...
1. Jaag Utha Insaan (1983): Though it was Himmatwala that launched her into stardom in Bollywood it was this unsuccessful nugget of a film produced by Rakesh Roshan and directed...
Karan Johar is all set to direct his first costume drama with a star cast that reads like the who’s who of Bollywood. The budget, we hear...
Brutal, gruesome, graphic, violent… are some of the terms that were used by the Central Board Of Film Certification to describe the content of Milap Jhaveri’s anti-corruption film Satyamev Jayate. For once...
To say that Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was gifted writer is to understate the brilliance of an irascible, irritating and often provocative author. Nor is it...
Even as Mulk faces the wrath and acceptance of polarized political wings in India, director Anubhav Sinha has moved on to his next political drama. “My next entitled Abhi Toh Party Shuroo Hui Hai is even more hard-hitting than Mulk. I can...
Yamla Pagal Deewana Phir Se is the third film to bring Dharmendra and his two sons Sunny and Bobby together. This time all three head for Gujarat and the senior most Deol is not happy. “Wahan ka climate achcha nahin hai,”...
By: The Cinema Cynic There is nothing like a good shark movie to deliver that most peculiarly satisfying package of gore, guts and glory. Unfortunately, The...
I’ve known the enterprising Mr. Kamal Haasan for 18 years now. We’ve faced some choppy weather in our relationship, brought on, I might add, by his unforeseen shift into a...
There are scenes of torture and brutality in Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam 2 including a shot of a hand being chopped off and a man with a punctured throat bleeding to...
It’s a sunkissed working holiday for Mahesh Babu in Goa. On his birthday on Thursday the entire unit of his new film Maharshi threw a party for him. “And for once Mahesh Babu just...
From what I gather the Toilet Ek Prem Katha director Shree Narayan Singh’s new film Batti Gul Meter Chalu is about power theft in themo fussil areas. No, not politics. But the vandalizing of electricity. The inflated bills that put consumers into...
Is the commitment-phobic Ranbir Kapoor actually planning to tie the knot with the new love of his life Alia Bhatt? Sources close to the Kapoor family reiterate that Ranbir’s parents...
It is a Goa birthday for Telugu cinema’s biggest superstar Mahesh Babu. On Thursday morning after releasing the first look of his new film entitled Maharshi, Mahesh Babu left for Goa with...
A Fantastic Woman (Spanish, with English Subtitles) Starring: Daniela Vega Directed by: Sebastian Lelio Rating: ** ½ (2 and a half stars) A Fantastic Woman could have been penetrating...
Vishwaroopam 2 Starring Kamal Haasan, Waheeda Rehman, Shekhar Kapoor, Anand Mahadevan, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah Directed by Kamal Haasan Rating: *** ½ (3 a half stars)...
The biggest singing sensation of Bollywood, Arijit Singh had a heart filled message for Imtiaz Ali the moment he heard ‘Aahista’, the new song out today...
A lot of the scenes in the new Mission Impossible film were edited out even before the film reached the censor board. This was to avoid accusations of political disinformation. A...
If rumors within the Hindi film industry are to be believed then the Tamil-Hindi actor Madhavan has said a firm no to the Hindi remake of his Tamil blockbuster Vikram Veda....
Now that Dulquer Salman’s Hindi debut in Karwaan is out of the way it is time for the actor to plunge into his sophomore stint in Bollywood. Dulquer now starts prepping for the big-screen adaptation of Anuja Chauhan’s The Zoya Factor which...
Is the suddenly in-demand Ishan Khattar going to be seen with Bade Bhai Shahid Kapoor ? Talk at Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions suggests that Karan is “seriously working” on a project that would bring the two brothers together. Shahid, it must be mentioned, has never been...
It’s not official as yet. But if sources are to be believed the news that Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter’s Suhana will make her large-screen debut would soon be out. While the obvious...
“Does she even want to work in India?” Salman Khan asked in Hindi at the media interaction in Delhi to release the trailer of his home production Loveratri . Salman’s outburst where he very clearly accused Priyanka of unprofessional behaviour by opting...
The tragic passing away of entrepreneur Rajan Nanda in Delhi left many saddened and at a loss. Mr Nanda was the father-in-law of Amitabh Bachchan’s daughter Shweta. Naturally the entire Bachchan parivar flew to Delhi to be with the bereaved family. While Abhishek and Aishwarya flew in from Mumbai, Jaya Bachchan was already in Mumbaifor the monsoon...
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s iconic status never comes in the way of her duties as a mother, a wife, daughter, and daughter-in-law in that order. Just how she manages...
