To see Shabana Azmi take over the screen once again , and never mind its size, in Terrie Samundra’s otherwise-disappointing Kali Kuhi is to be made aware all over again that...
I don’t remember when I spoke to Aishwarya Rai first. But it was definitely long before she became Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. And we’ve marveled at the amazing ways of providence, to have ...
Director Shree Narayan Singh’s decision to remake that powerful father-son 1992 drama Shakti seems ill-conceived. Ramesh Sippy has already done what needed to be done to that particular Salim-Javed script. What more more can Shree Naryan do ...
Mee Raqsam makes me wonder why your brother Baba took so log to make his directorial debut? Ha! We’ve been pushing him for years. I am very excited that Mee Raqsam (...
If there is one person in Shabana Azmi’s life who is more precious to her than husband Javed Akhtar it is her brother Baba Azmi. With the death of their beloved mother Shaukat Kaifi last...
There was a spot of panic when a BMC poster quarantining the Akhtars’ residence where Javed Akhtar’s daughter lives with her mother Honey Irani, showed up...
Another season of the highly-acclaimed Netflix series Sacred Games seems out of the question. Nawazuddin Siddiqui who acquired a new level of fame with Sacred Games, admitted as much ...
Superstar-choreographer Saroj Khan and epic filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali go back a long way. Recalling his warm and very fruitful association with Saroj Khan SLB says, “The first time I worked with Sarojji was the first time...
Actor-entertainer Javed Jaffrey’s son Meezan who made his debut last year in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali production Malaal , is happily quarantined at a friend’s farmhouse in the outskirts of Mumbai. Speaking from his secure haven Meezan sighs,...
We all swear by his swagger in Zanjeer, Deewaar, Amar Akbar Anthony and Satte Pe Satta. But if you want to see Amitabh Bachchan’s finest performances try these. Bemisaal(1982): Based on a Samresh Basu novel Bemisal is the story of...
Okay, we all know songs have always been an intrinsic part of Hindi cinema. Our actors sing when they are happy, sing when they are sad…there’s...
Swara Bhaskar: “I have a maha-needy and attention-seeking dog who is taking up all my energy and I’m trying hard to work on a long pending...
Is the bio-pic on poet-lyricist-thinker-activist Sahir Ludhianvi jinxed? The project has gone from hand to hand without any progress for three years now. It was originally...
Maska(Netflix) Starring Manisha Koirala, Prit Kamani, Nikita Dutta, Javed Jaffrey, Shirley Setia Directed by Neeraj Udhwani Rating: ***(3 stars) If we disregard Manisha Koirala Manisha Koirala’s overdone Parsi accent and the rather embarrassing plunge into excessive maudlinism in the second-half, Maska is quite the ...
Shabana Azmi: “I came back from Budapest from shooting on 15 March and both (husband) Javed (Akhtar)and I have self-quarantined. We have been counselling whomever we can to maintain...
She is the undisputed queen of melody. Lata Mangeshkar is to music what Picasso is to painting and Mozart to the symphony. Such talent and reputation comes with a...