It is no coincidence that stories of Baahubali superstar Prabhas’s purported marriage withAnushka Shetty re-surfaced on the eve of her new release. A friend of Prabhas smirks at the shaadi rumours as a “publicity...
Dear Karni Sena, Namaskaar. I have something to tell you. I sat riveted to Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat and while my entire consciousness was subsumed in the splendour, a part of my...
We all know what Akshay Kumar did for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat. By moving forward the release of his PadMan Akshay facilitated a smoother release and run for the beleaguered project Padmaavat. Now in a...
Movie Review: Padmaavat Starring: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Adito Rao, Jim Serbh Directed by: Sanjay Leela Bhansali Rating: *****(5 stars) For my money, there is no contemporary filmmaker with the vision and velocity of Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The...
The solution to the current imbroglio that has overtaken Padmaavat has been found. Members of The Karni Sena watched the film on Tuesday evening and gave it a clean chit. In what...
If Hrithik Roshan is busy brushing up his Bihari accent to play his Bihari character in Vikas Bahl’s Super 30,Shahid Kapoor is equally busy doing up his Garhwali accent. The shooting of Shahid Kapoor’s next film Batti Gul Meter Chalu is about to begin from...
Kay Kay Menon: “It’s Frustrating When Critics Don’t Understand The Compulsions Of Small-Budget OffBeat Films” For 22 years the vastly under-used actor Kay Kay Menon has been romancing the fringes...
Okay Twinkle..Tina…to begin with, let me ask you how has 2017 been for you as a daughter, wife, mother, author and entrepreneur? As a daughter I...
Akshay Kumar’s magnanimous gesture of postponing his PadMan to accommodatePadmaavat has not gone unnoticed by the film industry. The entire industry is talking about his extreme largesse. But not much...
It was going to be the casting coup of the year. Aamir Khan and Priyanka Chopra together for the first time. But fate willed otherwise. Aamir decided to opt out of ...
The legendary-in-her-own-right actress Mala Sinha who has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement award at the Filmfare awards 2018, is not overjoyed at the belated recognition. “Do you know,I’ve never won ...
Who Wants Bhansali To Show Padmaavat To The Karni Seva Never short of words, BJP’s most outspoken soldier Shatrughan Sinha comes out in the open to implore the Prime Minister to come out with his...
Filmmaker Anusha Rizvi Whose Husband Mahmood Farooqui Was Acquitted By The Honourable High Court Last Year Has Now Been Exonerated By The Honourable Supreme Court. She Talks With Subhash K Jha On Her Trauma Of ...
Akshay Kumar’s magnanimous gesture of postponing his PadMan to accommodate Padmaavat has not gone unnoticed by the film industry. The entire industry is talking about his extreme largesse. But not much...
On Friday evening Akshay Kumar got together with Sanjay Leela Bhansali to announce the postponement of PadMan so that Bhansali’s Padmaavat can get a solo release. Akshay’s entire team is with him on this decision. Says his co-producer Prernaa Arora of Kriarj Films,...
On Wednesday there was uncertainty and fear surrounding the future of Padmavati. Will the producers Viacom 18 Motion Pictures actually be able to release the film in spite...
In February Hrithik Roshan starts shooting for his biopic on the Patna-based mathematics genius Anand Kumar. Except, that the film Super 30 won’t be shot in Patna initially but in Varanasi. Says...
The 2018 movie calendar is going berserk, all thanks to Sanjay Bhansali’s delayed opus Padmaavat. As we hear of movies being hastily shifted to safer areas than Republic...
In what would be regarded as an unprecedented gesture of goodwill, Akshay Kumar and the other producers of PadMan, R Balki and Prernaa Arora, have taken a decision to postpone the release of PadMan to accommodate...
Vodka Diaries Starring:K K Menon, Mandira Bedi, Raima Sen, Sharib Hashmi Directed by Kushal Shrivastava Rating: ***(3 stars) It isn’t often that we get to see a suspense thriller that dares to go that extra...
Tweeting on Twitter apart,there has not been much reaction, let alone sharp objections, to the attempts to smother Sanjay Leela Bhansali’sPadmavat by fringe groups. But after the honourable Supreme ...
Salman Khan hates prosthetics.And with good reason. His neurological condition(he had undergone surgery for trigeminal neuralgia in 2011 and was cautioned against excessive stunts and makeup as his...
Just days back Emraan Hashmi got together with producers Bhushan Kumar of T Series, Tanuj Garg of Ellipsis Entertainment announcing the film Cheat India based on examination-paper scams in colleges. Now hours later we have another...
My Birthday Song Starring Sanjay Suri, Nora Fatehi, Zenia Starr Directed by Samir Soni Rating: ***(3 Stars) Actor Samir Soni turns director with a stylish erotic thriller about a man who on his...
2017 was a ghastly year for television superstar Kapil Sharma. His very popular The Kapil Sharma Show groaned to halt after some unsavoury controversies. And his feature film Firangi floundered at the boxoffice, leaving a big question-mark...
There are at least two iconic figures of Indian cinema planning to bring movie versions of the great Hindu epic the Mahabharat to the silver screen. While Aamir Khan is...
Poet and thinker-extraordinaire Javed Akhtar’s 73rd birthday on 17 January was brought in with cosy family dinner organized by his wife Shabana Azmi. And no , there was no cake- cutting. Not until...
The Darkest Hour Starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James Directed by Joe Wright Rating: ** ½(2 and a half stars) The true measure of a ...
If the truth be told it’s a life well verse living. On January 17, poet , screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar turns 73.The occasion triggered off a train of ...
Finally when Viacom 18 Motion Pictures went official with the release date of their long-in-the-aching—and I do mean, aching—Padmavat(i) the first thing that Sanjay Bhansali’s very worried mother...
After a disastrous start Anurag Kashyap’s Mukkaabaaz,a smalltown’s boxer’s love story, perhaps Kashyap’s most a typical film to date, has picked up at the boxoffice. Trade experts say the film...
Super-keen to do the Hindi remake of 2017’s most striking Telugu film Arjun Reddy, Arjun Kapoor made sure the project came his way , even if it meant demolishing the competition ...
Stop doing films that try to be so cool they end up being frozen goods in the boxoffice refrigerator.I am talking about films like BaarBaar Dekho(jisse audience ek baar bhi nahin dekha) and The Gentleman(which...
R Balki’s eagerly-awaited PadMan which is scheduled for release on January 25 is yet to be viewed by the CBFC panel. “There were the year-end and New Year holidays. Some ...
It was a night to remember for television actress Shilpa Shinde and all contestants of Bigg Boss on Sunday night .After the live telecast of the finals, host Salman Khan whisked Shilpa and runner-up Hina Khan...
Even as Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan prepare for Phase 2 of their age-old rivalry by combating in the political arena, Phase 1 has rared its ugly head again. Fierce rivals...
As Akshay Kumar gears up to do his first costume drama producer Sajid Nadiadwala is readying himself to make the most expensive film of his career,if not one of...
Producer Prernaa Arora is gearing up for the release of her very ambitious political thriller Parmanu: The Story Of Pokhran , director Abhishek Sharma’s taut take on the experimental nuclear explosions conducted by the Indian...
That things are not hunky-dory between Akshay Kumar and SalmanKhan is the buzz in Bollywood right now. It all started when Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar joined hands with Karan Johar for a proposed historical epic on the Battle...
So verdict is out Shilpa Shinde has win Bigg Boss 11. Meanwhile , Twitter already picked their favourite contestant as the winner. ‘Shilpa Shinde For The...
CBFC chairperson Prasoon Joshi is apparently “extremely unhappy” about the censor certification of Dr Chandraprakash Diwedi’s Mohalla Assi, a film long banned by the CBFC for its potentially inflammatory statements and content pertaining to the Holy...
Viacom18 Motion Pictures announced 25th January, 2018 as the worldwide release date of ‘Padmaavat’. Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, ‘Padmaavat’ is the first Indian film that will...
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam Starring Suriya,Ramya Krishnan, Keerthi Suresh Directed by Vignesh Shivan Rating: ** Let’s face it, Neeraj Pandey’s Special 26 was not so special. A hodgepodge of espionage, heist, caper and satire in hindsight it seems...
A drama series on British television which starting airing this week is creating ripples across the UK with its gripping,chilling heartrending portrayal of the dilemma faced...
It seems unlikely if not entirely impossible that Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s beleaguered Padmavat(i) would release for the Republic Day weekend, as it is being speculated. Apparently a second disclaimer was...
Starring: Pavan Kalyan, Anu Emmanuel, Keerthy Suresh, Khushboo Directed by: Trivikram Srinivas Rating: *(1 star) If I was the producer-director of the French film Largo Winch I wouldn’t even bother to acknowledge this alleged Wannabe Winch in ...
I ‘kid’ you not! Katrina Kaif’s kid-sister Isabelle Kaif who has been seen accompanying her star-sister at various dos in Bollywood, is all set to be launched as ...
Even as Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan prepare for Phase 2 of their age-old rivalry by combating in the political arena, Phase 1 has rared its ugly head again. Fierce rivals...
This week The very prolific filmmaker Vikram Bhatt released his new film entitled 1921, yet another supernatural-horror thriller, a genre this director has patented . Vikram, you are back...
Puritanism in the arts just acquired a new definition with Deepika Padukone being asked to cover up in the Ghoomar song in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati now entitled Padmavat. Apparently the...
