The Pyaar Ka Punchnaama actor Kartik Aryan who is from Gwalior had no connection with the film industry when he broke on the scene with that delightful monologue on what women want...
The torrent of simultaneous releases is taking a heavy toll on the smaller films trying to find a release. The latest victim of the crowded-Friday syndrome...
Faraaz Directed by Hansal Mehta Rating: *** ½ Compared with Hansal Mehta’s other two films on global terrorism ,Shahid and Omerta, Faraaz is a mellower more lenient and forgiving work....
Ikkat (Kannada, Amazon Prime) Director Esham Khan Writers Esham Khan,Haseen Khan Cast Nagabhushana N S,Bhoomi Shetty,Sundar Plot A couple on the verge of divorce have to...
Hungama 2 is actually a remake of my 1994 Malayalam film Minnaram Hungama 2: The super-prolific Priyadarshan is making a comeback to direction in Hindi after 7 years. “It’s been a...
Sanju: Some little known fact about the movie 1. Ranbir Kapoor is a big Sanjay Dutt fan. Long before Ranbir Kapoor played Dutt he told me he hero-worshipped Dutt and that the senior actor would often given him expensive...
Gone are the days when OTT platforms fell over one another in pursuit of big-budgeted Bollywood big-screen projects. Disney-Hotstar apparently cut a very hard deal with producer Ratan Jain before purchasing his new...
One must congratulate the brave soul producer Ashwin Varde for doing a sequel to Umesh Shukla’s 2013 film Oh My God a mildly amusing debate on atheism versus religiosity . Since then the ...
A story doing the rounds claims Manoj Bajpai and Irrfan Khan were both being considered for the role of Paresh Rawal’s henchman in Ram Gopal Varma’s 1997 dud Daud. Manoj finally got the role. According to Manoj, Ramu agreed...
There is more to Arshad Warsi than meets the eye.Much more. A natural-born scenestealer Arshad has been constantly shortchanged by the entertainment industry. It can’t be because of his short height, because...
Dear David, Merry Christmas, David. I always think of you as a Christian. Could your name have something to do with it? I’m so moved that ...
Kangana Ranaut’s place of birth Himachal Pradesh has completely mesmerized filmmaker Priyadarshan. Shooting in Himachal Pradesh for Hungama 2 with Meezan Jaffrey, Shilpa Shetty, PareshRawal and others Priyan sighs, “I’ve shot in some of the most beautiful spots of earth. But none...
Soorarai Pottru(Tamil, Amazon Video With Hindi/English Subtitles) Starring Suriya, Paresh Rawal, and Aparna Balamurali Directed by Sudha Kongara Rating: **** Emotions run high when Maara(Suriya)runs out of money to pay for his business-class ticket to...
In the trailer of director Sudha Kongra’s bio-pic Soorarai Pottru on economized air travel’s prime architect G R Gopinath, Suriya is not named Gopinath. He is Nedumaaran Rajangam. Shakespeare has warned us about a rose by by...
The ever-radiant Hema Malini is deeply concerned about ground-level artistes and musicians. “Those who lead a hand-to-mouth existence are really suffering in this lockdown. Musicians who play accompanying instruments ...
There has been a spate of rumours regarding who will finally play Prime Minister NarendraModi in his biopic. The three actors whose names keep coming up are Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar ...