I have often disputed my Goddess Devi Ma Lata Mangeshkar’s assertion that to be a good artiste you need to be a good human being. Rahat...
Padma Shree awardee Suman Kalyanpur has had a blessed and cursed career. She had the good fortune of sounding similar to Lata Mangeshkar. But this blessing...
Ranbir Kapoor, currently riding high with the success of Animal has apparently hiked his fee from 30 to 65 after Animal. But he has apparently given his...
The Filmfare awards night is just hours away. And I can see a clear winner. It is none other than Vinod Chopra’s underdog film 12th Fail about the triumph...
Shilpa Shetty On Playing The Cop Hero In Rohit Shetty’s Indian Police Force What was your prep like for Rohit Shetty’s series? Everything happened so fast with Indian...
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it is Hanu Man! Mischievously plucking out a portion of our mythology , Hanu Man pitches an innocent sweetfaced ...
As the big day of the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya approaches, movie theatres anticipate a low turn out on January 22.
How and when did Rohit Shetty offer you Indian Air Force? We’ve met multiple times mostly over social and charitable causes because we align on that....
The Brothers Sun(Netflix, 8 Episodes) Starring Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chien, Sam Song Li Rating: *** ½ When I began bingeing on The Brothers Sun Netflix’s blockbuster series, I...
It is finally happening;he biopic on cricketer Saurav Ganguly will feature Ayushmann Khurrana. The film which has no title so far will be shot towards the middle of...
Poet-thinker Kaifi Azmi’s birth anniversary musn’t and doesn’t go unnoticed. Says Kaifi Saab’s proud daughter Shabana, “His birthday is celebrated in Lucknow , Mijwan , Delhi , Hyderabad annually...
Composer Ravindra Jain had once said, “If God had a voice it would be that of Yesudas. Sometimes I wish I could get my eyesight back...
Manoj Bajpayee is both amused and exasperated by reports that he is all set to get into active politics in Bihar. He clarifies for the last...
No One Killed Jessica straightaway takes us into the world of Jessica’s sister Sabrina Lal. The phone rings in the dead of the night to announce that...
Om Puri who died a sad lonely man on January 6, 2017,was highly disenchanted by Filmistan’s shoddy treatment of his talent. Once he told me angrily “ Why...
Of late, A R Rahman, considered the most revolutionary Indian music composer since Salil Chowdhury and Ilayaraja ,has been dealing his own reputation of a genius ...
2023 will go down in the history of Indian cinema as one of the most controversy-ridden years for Filmistan, most of them unnecessary, and irrelevant, though ...
Mangalavaaram(Telugu, Disney+Hostar) Starring Payal Rajput , Nanditha Swetha, Divya Pillai, Azmal, Ravindra Vijay, Krishna Chaitanya Written & Directed by Ajay Bhupathi Rating: * ½ It is...
Shastry Viruddh Shastry(streaming on Netflix) Starring Paresh Rawal, Neena Kulkarni,Shiv Pundit, Mimi Chakraborty Directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy Rating: ** ½ Viacom 18 is fast acquiring...
First the massive disappointments: Sushmita Sen in the third season of the moribund Aarya, Kajol in Lust Stories …these bigscreen A-listers brought nothing relevant to the OTT platform....
Sunny Deol: You have to hand it to Sunny Paaji for showing the world what a trueblue star is. No fudged boxoffice figures, no corporate booking…Gadar:...
Abhishek Chauhan In Mast Mein Rehne Ka: Not having seen this young actor’s work at all in the past, I was completely bowled over by Chauhan in Vijay...
Subhash K Jha Picks His Favourite Webseries Of 2023 Kohrra(Netflix): I wouldn’t want to insult Kohraa by calling it “entertaining” . As directed by Randeep Jha, Kohraa tried for something far more profound,...
Raveena Tandon To Play Madeleine Stowe’s Role From Revenge In Karmma Calling By Subhash K Jha Looks like Raveena Tandon and the OTT platform have become best friends.After...
It is hard to believe Shekhar Kapur is 78 now. There is a quality of uninterrupted youthfulness about him. Shekhar is naturally friendly. He doesn’t have to make an...
Amitabh Bachchan playing his son Abhishek Bachchan’s son…It’s still hard to believe!!! Fourteen years after its release the director R Balki of Paa wonders at his ...
Animal Rating: ** ½ Every woman in Sandeep Vanga Reddy’s beast of a film gets abused. Ranbir’s character Ranvijay’s mother gets shouted at and perhaps physically...
Sam Bahadur Captures Manekshaw’s Charisma In Spurts Sam Bahadur Rating: *** ½ Was Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw anything like Vicky Kaushal? Yes, and no. While Vicky...
Veteran actor Raza Murad who turns a year older today, has a very special professional rapport with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Says Murad, “I am the only...
Abhishek Bachchan has done what only one Indian actor has done before him. “I am in a film with only one character in it. That’s me...
Sanjay Gadhvi died on Sunday morning . As a filmmaker he has been non-functional for quite a while. Once Sanjay left Yash Raj Films,his career never ...
The viral venomous video of actor Nana Patekar wacking a stunned fan in Varanasi for trying to take selfie on an outdoor location for Anil Sharma’s...
The two-part trend for blockbuster films was started by Rajamouli who split his Baahubali in two halves and is still reaping the benefits. Prior to that Ram...
Shraddha Srinath who has played the lead in Tamil, Telugu,Malayalam and Hindi films, is currently being seen in the Tamil hit Irugapatru. She speaks to Subhash K...
Apurva(now streaming on Disney+Hotstar) Rating:*** Written & Directed Nikhil Nagesh Bhat Nikhil Bhat who is currently being lauded globally for his no-holds-barred killer thriller Kill, seems to...
Tiger 3 Starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif , Emraan Hashmi, Revathi, Riddhi Dogra Directed by Maneesh Sharma Rating: *** The good news first. Tiger 3 is infinitely...
For actress/activist Swara Bhaskar this Diwali brings multiple joys. Barely able to contain her joy Swara says, “This is a milestone Diwali and a double whammy...
Pippa(Prime Video) Rating:**** The tendency to glorify the ravages of war, is neatly avoided in Raja Menon’s Pippa which opens with a lengthy prologue explaining who or what...
Sooraj Barjatya rectifies all the mistakes he made in his first two historic hits “Maine Pyar Kiya” and “Hum Aapke Hain Koun”. The sweet coyness and...
No one knew this until now. Irrfan’s son Babil has played his father, albeit in one shot, in Tanuja Chandra’s Qarib Qarib Singlle, which turned 6 year old...
Rainbow Rishta(Prime Video; 6 Episodes) Rating: **** It isn’t so much about coming out. It is what happens after coming out that occupies the epicenter of this...
Killers Of The Flower Moon Is Flawless In Its Plea Against Culture Usurpation By Subhash K Jha Killers Of The Flower Moon Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert...
For Manoj Bajpai, Shool in which he played an honest cop wrestling with corruption in Bihar, would always be a special experience. “We shot the film as one...
At 52, Tabu is the pinnacle of her power as an actor. She knows exactly which button to press in her histrionic toolbox to get the...
Lakeerein Starring Ashutosh Rana, Bidita Bag, Gaurav Chopra ,Tia Bajpai Directed by Durgesh Pathak Rating: ** Ashutosh Rana and Bidita Bag battle it out in this ...
Aarya(Season 3,4 Episodes, Disney+Hotstar) Directed by Ram Madhavan Rating:** It is like some more of the same when you are filled up. Totally uncalled-for. And ruinously selfimportant....
Scam 2003: The Telgi Story, Volume 2(SonyLiv, 5 Episodes) Rating: **** For those out there lost in the OTT jungle of gangsterism and scams, Telgi Story Volume...
By a providential coincidence, Aishwarya already had the Bachchan middlename ‘Rai’ in her name when she became the Bachchan family’s daughter-in-law. “Isn’t it a lovely coincidence?...
