Subhash K Jha Selects The Legendary Chiranjeevi’s 5 Finest Some actors are great performers,others are big stars ,while some others are good human beings. Chiranjeeevi is a blend of all 3. Spanning...
1. Mr India: He was invisible on screen most of the time. But when he did show up it was to either squabble with Sridevi , spar with Amrish Puri or play...
Films were always meant to change the way we look at life. Alas,they seldom do that. Busy as they are trying to desperately entertain us,movies forget their original raison d’etre to raise our level of social consciousness...
What To Expect In Baahubali 2. The pressure to deliver more of everything—drama, spectacle,razzdazzle and mystery—in the second segment of Baahubali, entitledBaahubali 2 The Conclusion, shows...
1. Ranbir was his illustrious grandfather Raj Kapoor’s favourite grandchild. Whenever Ranbir’s mom Neetu Singh Kapoor scolded Ranbir the little brat would complain to his Dadajee who would fire the hell out of Neetu. 2. Childhood...
The term bold and beautiful perfectly describes our girl Shama Sikander. She looks absolutely glorious and beautiful in these new set of pictures. She nails it...
Rangbaaz Phirse(Zee5):Bullet-ridden biographic sketches of hardcore criminals in North Indian exploring the genesis of their outlawry…that seems to be the brief for the Rangbaaz series which is...
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak(1988): The (lover)Boy Next Door image which was created specifically for this film became the reference point for Aamir’s image in future. He is the dependable...
The days of cine-superstars lording over audiences’ attention is over. The OTT platform ,a compulsion rather than a preference in 2020 to begin with, has now come to...
Slow and steady always wins the race. Nowhere is this truer than in showbiz where the ones who have endured are the ones who have made...
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...
When we think of teachers and pupils we always think of idealized mentor-pupil relationships as seen in films like To Sir With Love and Taare Zameen Par. But relationships between the...
1. Barse ghan saari raat…sangg sow jao(Tarang): The immensely gifed composer Vanraj Bhatia created only one song for Lataji for Kumar Shahani’s experimental film Tarang…and what a song….a long narrative...
1. Sridevi started her career in Hindi cinema as a child actor in two films. She played the child version of actress actress Vijaylalitha in the stunt action film Rani Mera Naam ...
Katrina Kaif, The Star! here are some lesser known facts about her Katrina Kaif was born in Hong Kong, and then moved to different countries, and...
If you notice, some people always strike the same pose or make the same face whenever they face a camera, and sometimes that’s awkward. Well, it...
Pareeksha(Zee5): The heart is completely in the right place. Pareeksha,director Prakash Jha’s best in years, is a heartwarming unabashed tearjerker.It reminded me of one my favourite Shabana Azmi starrers Bhavna (1984) where the mother...
1. Mann dole mera tann dole in Nagin: The original naag-anthem composed by Hemant Kumar and filmed on the beautiful Vyjanthimala had the been music performed by Kalyani , one-half of the Kalyanji-Anandji duo, on the clavioline. The song was such a hit ...
2 OTT Webseries You May Have Missed OTT Webseries: 22 Yards(Amazon Prime) ”Normally I wouldn’t trust a hero named Ron Roy. It sounds like an alias for a scamster ...
1. Every year Salman Khan’s birthday is brought in at his family farm in Panvel .Salman hates cutting cakes on his birthday. Since the family insists on the cake-cutting ceremony he...
Shashi Kapoor was Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s second choice for Anand.The first choice was Kishore Kumar. Shashi was finalized . But when the reigning superstar Rajesh Khanna showed...
On Sanjay Dutt’s Birthday(July 29) , Dutt’s Top 10 Hathyaar(1992): Hugely underrated gangster saga directed by J P Dutta where Sanjay Dutt played a boy obsessed...
1. The story of a man who won’t consummate his marriage with his bride and would rather finds his wife’s lover whom she can’t stop loving even...
Oh ma teri soorat se alag bhagwan ki soorat kya hogi: Dadi Maa(1966)—It’s not easy to sing in praise of the Mother Figure without tripping into...
1. She is the undisputed God of all melodious of things. The Sing Sena Supremo. But whom does Lata Mangeshkar idolize as a singer? It’s Kundal Lal Saigal. She adored his voice...
Nepotism is again a much-discussed subject in Bollywood, what with 3 prominent star kids Agastya Nanda, Khushi Kapoor and Suhana Khan making their debut in Zoya...
As Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Turns 10 Here’s looking at the 10 most celebrated friendship films of filmdom. 10 Friendship Films you must watch with your...
Amruta Khanvilkar is such a stunner. She is basking on the success of her film Malang and she is slaying it with her looks in a...
Javed Akhtar had nothing to do with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(KKHH). He was supposed to write the lyrics. But he found the title vulgar and opted...
From the overrated Chandni and Veer-Zara to the hugely underrated Mashaal and Lamhe, Yash Chopra created a treasury of movies, not necessarily all romantic, though each one of his works embraced a refined...
Lootera has completed 8 years. Here are some lesser known facts about the movie. Released on July 3, 2013 Lootera was not a boxoffice success. The tender slender...
Aamir Khan is known to be a perfectionist. There are stories attached to every film that he has done so far. Here are some that you may...
Varun Dhawan loves attention on his birthday.But pretends it doesn’t matter. Woe be on to anyone close to him who forgets his birthday. Or even PRETENDS to forget this...
1. Roja: Mani Ratnam’s 1992 film was about a honeymooning couple Arvind Swamy and Madhoo’s bliss being rudely interrupted when the husband is taken hostage by a Kashmiri militant, played by Pankaj Kapoor. Fascinating fusion of...
1. Released on May 18, 2001 Ek Rishta: The Bond Love was the mother of all multi-starrers and the last film to feature such a star-studded cast: Amitabh Bachchan , Raakhee Gulzar, Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Mohnish Behl, Juhi Chawla. The era of...
Chalo bulava aaya hai mata na bulaya hai(Avtaar): It is widely believed that Avtaar which was one of Rajesh Khanna’s last hits became a craze largely due to this Maata Bhajan sung in full-throated glory by Narendra Chanchal and accompanied by Mahendra Kapoor and Asha Bhosle....
Darbaan: There is something about Rabindranath Tagore’s stories that lends itself to great cinema. Darbaan is a very good piece of cinema.Artistically imagined and gently executed, it has the very...
These were often an excuse for some heavyduty skin exposure accompanied plenty of heaving and thrusting of the bosom in the camera. Actor-activist-filmmaker Amole Gupte agrees...
There may be better actors than Rajkummar Rao, but none as fearless. This actor can do anything for a character. He has played the nerd, the...
3 OTT Gems Rasbhari(Amazon Prime) OTT Webseries: Imagine –and imagination plays a pivotal part in this provocative coming-of-age series—if Sushmita Sen , the sexy teacher in Main Hoon Na walked out...
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On His Birthday September 26, Subhash K Jha Selects 10 Favourite Dev Anand Starrers Bambai Ka Babu(1960)—An absolute knockout of a movie directed by the very...
Supermodel turned actress Pranati Rai Prakash has won millions of hearts through her hard work and She enjoys the fandom of more than 1 million followers on...
1. Insaaf Ka Tarazu(1980): B R Chopra brazenly lifted scene after scene from Lamon Johnson’s Lipstick where real-life sisters Margaux and Hamiel Hemmingway played rape survivors violated by the same man. Raj Babbar who played the rapist in...
1. Sonam Kapoor was an assistant to Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the sets of Black. So was Ranbir Kapoor. Initially she was not cast with Ranbir in Saawariya . Deepika Padukone was the first choice. But then the temptation to ...
1. The sleeper hit of 2011 Pyaar Ka Punchnaama(PKPN) introduced six new stars: Kartik Aaryan, Divyendu Sharma, Raayo S. Bakhirta, Nushrat Bharucha, Sonnalli Seygall and Ishita Raj Sharma. One of them Kartik Aaryan went on to become a superstar. Two others Divyendu and Nushrat are making names for themselves in quality content...
Vinod Khanna remained underrated throughout his career. He just didn’t care enough. Midway through his career he simply chucked Bollywood to join Osho in Oregon where he worked as a gardener....
Shah Rukh Khan & Deewana 29 Years 1. Hema Malini’s Dil Aashna Hai and not Deewana was supposed to be Shah Rukh Khan’s debut film. Hema’s initial release on December 18 1992 got delayed ...
Feeling the heat and tension of the crisis? Fiqar not! Nothing like a good happy positive film to launch you into the orbit of optimism. Here are 3...
1. Amar Prem(1971): Playing the kothewali with a heart as pure as the GangotriSharmila Tagore brings to her character Pushpa a sense of sublime selfnegation and craving for unconditional love that makes her shower her motherly...