Madhuri Dixit has proved lucky for producer Karan Johar on the OTT platform. While their collaboration on the large screen for Kalank in 2019 proved disastrous, Karan’s...
Finally, Jhund The Amitabh Bachchan Sports Film Hits Theatres This Friday, Subhash K Jha Lists Unknown Facts About This Long-Awaited Film Jhund is a rarity in Mr Bachchan’s career. ...
Dum Lagake Haisha which was released on 27 February , 2015 is probably Yash Raj films’ biggest money maker ever. Estimated budget: Rs 7 crores. Estimated profits: over Rs...
Belying the myth that women-centric films receive a tame welcome from audience, Gangubai Kathiawadi has recorded all-India collections of approximately 10 crore rupees on the opening day.The...
Maine Pyar Kiya’s star Bhagyashree’s daughter Avantika Dassani has just made an impressive debut in Applause Entertainment’s series Mithya on Zee. Speaking on playing such a...
West Side Story Starring Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler Directed by Steven Spielberg Rating: ** ½ Without beating around the bush, let’s get to the brass-tacks. Westside...
The controversial-even-before-release talkshow Lock Upp again made news recently when it was challenged on allegations of plagiarism and a court issued a stay order on its...
The Big B Mr Amitabh Bachchan agreeing to do the voiceover in Prabhas’ Radhe Shyam is a manifestation of the new friendship that burgeoned on the sets...
Even before it began streaming on 27 February, as per schedule,Kangana Ranut’s talkshow LockkUp , produced by Ekta Kapoor’s Balajee Telefilms is already in serious trouble. The City Civil Court of Hyderabad...
Alia Bhatt should retire after Gangubai Kathiawadi. Nothing she does hereafter will compare even remotely with what she has achieved under the super-vision of Bhansali. She is not...
The iconic Madhuri Dixit is back in the Netflix series The Fame Game. She speaks to Subhash K Jha about her life-choices in recent times, children and...
Gangubai Kathiawadi Music and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali Rating: ***** A very young very pained girl face is being painted, prepared for something not very pleasant....
The Fame Game(Netflix, 8 Episodes) Starring Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Kapoor, Manav Kaul, Rajshri Deshpande Directed by Bejoy Nambiar Rating: *** ½ Rarely do all the components...
Taran Adarsh (trade analyst,movie critic): “I am very, very optimistic when it comes to Gangubai Kathiawadi. Main reason: it’s an SLB film. An SLB film is special,...
Karan Johar currently in London , has double reason to be nervous and anxious. His first webseries The Fame Game which brings Madhuri Dixit back into the limelight,...
After several misfires Madhuri Dixit Nene who left the Hindi film industry in 1999 to concentrate on marriage and motherhood, has finally made her comeback. Netflix’s...
Meena Kumari was only 39 when she left us. Chalte chalte yuhi koi mil gaya ttha. She came she conquered, we concurred, she departed. Madhubala left us on...
No one does it quite like Sanjay Leela Bhansali(SLB). His cinema weaves passionate dreams into the operatic language , creating a world so beautiful you wish...
Kartik Aaryan’s career-changing romcom Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety(SKTKS) which completes four years since its release on on 23 February in 2018, is getting ready for...
It is amusing and a tad annoying to hear the expert opinions of those who have not see Gangubai Kathiawadi. Many feel Alia is too “upperclass” to...
Sanjay Leela Bhansali feels Gangubai Kathiawadi is his best film to date. “It comes straight from my heart. I am so much more in control of my craft...
Fistful Of Vengeance(Netflix) Starring Iko Uwais, Lewis Tan, Lawrence Kao, JuJu Chan, Pearl Thusi Directed by Roel Rene Rating: ** As a followup to that very successful series We Assassins, ...
After giving us films like Saand Ki Aankh and Mubarakan as a writer, Balwinder Singh Janjua shifts gears to turn director. Following the completion of Tera Kya Hoga Lovely, a...
Sanjay Leela Bhansali has returned from the Berlin Film Festival a very happy man. He says, “It was memorable in every way possible.I cannot thank the ...
No, Arjun Reddy star Vijay Deverakonda is not dating , let alone marrying his Geetha Govindam and Dear Comrade co-star Rashmika Mandanna. Reports in a section of the media suggest that Vijay is...
Anil Kapoor and his son Harshvardhan who were to do the Abhinav Bhindre bio-pic together have now shifted sights. The father-son pair will be seen together in Netflix’s Thar produced...
Abaar Bochhor Kuri Pore(released on February 18, now showin theatres in Kolkata) Starring Abir Chatterjee, Abhishek Bannerjee,Arpita Chatterjee, Tnusree C Written & Directed by Srimanta Sengupta...
My Father Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar: “My father was a huge influence in shaping me into the singer that I became. He taught me music. Do you know for a very...
Writer(Tamil, Aha) Starring Samuthirakani, Dileepan and Ineya Written & Directed by Franklin Jacob Rating: **** Simply, or not so simply, stunning…. Writer is the kind of rare film...
The trailer of the new Akshay Kumar starrer(his 7th or 8th release in 3 years) Bahchan Pandey shows the actor in a wannabe Pushpa mode. The “hero” is a one-eyed outlaw and very...
Lalit Pandit, one-half the popular Jatin-Lalit duo, tells Subhash K Jha what it means to be Lata Mangeshkar and to have worked with her. “There never ...
Bestseller(Amazon Prime Video; 8 Episodes) Starring Mithun Chakraborty, Arjan Bajwa, Shruti Haasan, Gauahar Khan, Satyajeet Dubey, Sonalee Kulkarni, Directed by Mukul Abhyankar Rating: *** ½ It...
Mithya(Zee5, 8 Episodes) Starring Huma S Qureshi, Avantika Dassani, Parambrata Chatterjee Directed by Rohan Sippy Rating: **** Mithya is the kind of ballsy breakneck thriller that doesn’t shy away...
The buzz in Bollywood circles is that erstwhile actor Harman Baweja has bought the remake rights of Jeo Baby’s near-flawless Malayalam masterpiece The Great Indian Kitchen about...
Alka Yagnik sang the most songs for Bappi Lahiri among the female singers. As Alka, still in a state of shock puts it, they were recording...
Nandita Das is all set to direct comic actor Kapil Sharma and the ever-brilliant Shahana Goswami in her third directorial outing after the well-received Firaaq and Manto. They say...
Considering his better –half Jaya Bhaduri was one of Gulzar’s all-time favourite actors(“Jaya and Tabu are the two actresses who heralded a new phase in Indian ...
A Thursday(Disney-Hotstar) Starring Yami Gautam Dhar, Atul Kulkarni, Neha Dhupia Directed by Behzad Khambata Rating: ** ½ A Wednesday was about a common man played by not...
In a hark-back to the glorious day when Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Aishwarya Rai were at the Cannes Film Festival for the screening of Devdas in 2002,...
It seems as if Bappi Lahiri decided to join his Saraswati Mata up there where they can create some more divine music. Indeed Bappi’s tuning with...
First there was the webseries Applause Entertainment’s Humble Politician Nagraj then Amazon Prime Video’s feature film One Cut Two Cut …Both have been widely liked. Suddenly comedy actor Danish Sait...
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule Interview The reticent, mutely gifted Nagraj Manjule stunned us with his Marathi film Fandry in 2013 .He then directed Sairath in 2015 which brought him into pan-India renown....
It’s a pity that Randhir Kapoor got trapped in the image of a happy-go-lucky awaraa-nalayak version of his father Raj Kapoor. There was so much more to him...
He repairs almost anything, including irreparably damaged relationships . But this film about damaged lives needs no repairing. My Name Is Khan is an almost-flawless work, as perfect ...
Bigscreen star Ajay Devgan is all set for his OTT premiere as his 6-part series Rudra, produced by Applause Entertainment, begins streamin on March 5. The series...
Javed Akhtar told me about an incident that Pandit Jasraj narrated to him .In the 1950s Pandit Jasraj was in Amritsar when he went to meet the classical...
Love comes home this year as Amazon Prime Video today announced local adaptations of international hit series, Modern Love. Launching in three Indian languages – Hindi, Tamil...
Madhubala: It was in her smile — the flirtatious half-smile that hinted at more stormy secrets within. Madhubala is still considered by many connoisseurs to be...
My Best Friend Anne Frank(Dutch, Netflix) Starring Josephine Arendsen, Aiko Beemsterboer Directed by Ben Sombogaart. Rating: ** ½ This tale of friendship during war and genocide(the Nazi...
The Tinder Swindler(Netflix Documentary) Directed by Felicity Morris Rating: ** I came away under-impressed by Netflix’s much talked-about documentary on the life and crimes of Simon...
