There are reports in a section of the media that Alia Bhatt will be performing two dance numbers in Gangubai Kathiawadi . Sources close to the film completely...
Netflix, Amazon, Disney-Hotstar, Applause Entertainment …get used to them around you. In the coming months, you will be hearing a lot more from them. Sources inform...
The Dussehra maha-yuddh between S S Rajamouli’s RRR and Boney Kapoor-Amit Sharma’s Maidaan is likely to averted. And the one playing peacemaker and mediator is Ajay Devgan. Says a source in the know, “Since Ajay Devgan happens...
Producer Feroze Nadiadwala has gone on-record to proclaim that he would love to work with MeTo accused Sajid Khan since they “go back a long way”...
Ever since Abhishek Bachchan as Harshad Mehta in the feature film The Big Bull started streaming ,critics and audiences have been comparing him to Pratik Gandhi’s Harshad ...
Hasrat Jaipuri Saab Was A Poet Who Thought Like The Masses,” Says LataMangeshkar,Paying The Peerless Poet A Tribute On his 99th Birth Anniversary If Hasrat Jaipuri had lived longer he would have...
1. Sujata(1959): Inspired directly by Dr Ambedkar’s treatise on the abolishment of the caste system Sujata is a haunting ever-renewable ever-relevant meditation on blood ties and social inequality. Nutan won her ...
Quo Vadis, Aida? Starring Jasna Đuričić as Aida Selmanagić Written & Directed by Jasmila Žbanić Rating: ***** This harrowing masterpiece, shot with the vividness of a flying bullet, hits home reminding us ...
The market was buzzing with this vital information since reports of Netflix acquiring Ram Madhvani’s thriller Dhamaka , based on the South Korean film The Terror Live where KartikAaryan stepped into the role originally...
The supremely talented Seema Pahwa who dazzled as the matriarch in Dum Lagake Haisha, Bareilly Ki Barfi, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan and Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari , has changed tracks , and how! In Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubau Kathiawadi Seema plays a role she has never attempted before. Without revealing her...
Actor-filmmaker Satish Kaushik who turned 65 on 13 April is not un happy about celebrating his birthday during times of Cornova, “This is my second consecutive lockdown birthday . Last year being at home I ...
With a partial lockdown and night curfew being re-introduced in Maharashtra the future of movie-theatre releases appears not only bleak but doomed. While all those films which had...
1. Chupke Chupke was a comedy of errors, a remake of a 1971 Bengali film Chhadmabeshi about a man who must pose as his wife’s chauffeur to hide his identity...
For all of us who were hoping to see Adarsh Gourav win the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for his stunning portrayal of an underdog’s...
Tha Tattoo Murders(Disney-Hotstar, 7 Episodes) Starring Meera Chopra, Tanuj Virwani Directed by Shravan Kumar Tiwari Rating: ** One * star for the solid effort put in by the two main actors to make this...
Looking at the first teaser of SonyLiv’s forthcoming political drama Maharani it is clear as daylight that the series is based on Rabri Devi’s ascent to the Chief...
Vakeel Saab , Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan’s first release in three years after the disappointing Agnyaathavaasi in 2018,is anything but an official remake of Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s 2016 cult hit Pink . As the trailer...
First rule of trumpet-blowing. Never blown your own. Second rule: before blowing make sure you have the facts right. Even basic research is lacking in the...
Jathi Ratnalu(Amazon Prime) Starring Naveen Polishetty, Priyadarshi, Rahul Ramakrishna, Faria Abdullah Written and directed by Anudeep KV Rating: *** When was the last time I had so much fun watching a film about a bunch...
Not many remember Satish Kaul as Rehana Sultan’s handsome lover in the 1973 drama Prem Parbat where he played the sexed-up forest ranger Rehana ran to for sex when her aged husband Nana Palsikar was asleep....
“Badhai Ho, you have tested Negative,” I pun-joked with filmmaker Amit Sharma whose new ambitious venture Maidaan promises to do for football what Lagaan did for cricket and ChakDe for hockey. Amit who has now...
Tamil-Hindi star-actor R Madhavan, quarantined at home with Covid, can’t wait to get back to work. “Just a few more days to go, then I can get back...
Well Done Baby(Amazon Prime) Starring Amruta Khanvilkar, Pushkar Jog, Vandana Gupte Directed by Priyanka Tanwar Rating: * ½ Marathi cinema has made great headway in terms of themes performances and execution. But the fascination ...
It is perhaps no coincidence that two of my favourite people from the Hindi film industry Jaya Bachchan and Swara Bhaskar are born on the same day. It is perhaps no coincidence...
The Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE) has issued a fresh set of guidelines to be followed by members of the film industry in view...
At one point in her career(circa 1973-75) Jaya Bhaduri was a bigger star than Amitabh Bachchan.Her much-lauded performances in the obvious films Abhimaan, Uphaar, KoraKagaz, etc need no recommendation. But what about the Jaya Bhaduri ...
No no not what you think. They are not doing a film together. However from Friday when Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan’s Vakeel Saab opens in movie theatres all across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the...
Singer-entertainer Aditya Narayan is back home after being hospitalized for Covid19. “I am feeling much better. My wife is also much better, though the virus has left her...
Once upon a time Deepika Chikhalia inscribed her name into history by playing Sita Maiyya in Ramanand Sagar’s long-running serial Ramayan. Now another Deepika, Padukone, may step...
Joji(Malayalam, Amazon Prime) Starring Fahadh Faasil ,Unnimaya Prasad,Baburaj ,JojiMundakayam ,Sunny PN Directed by Dileesh Pothan Rating: **** Is Fahadh Faasil India’s greatest living actor? In film after film he proves himself a fearless peerless seamless actor who...
Deepa Chatterjee , wife of the legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee who passed away in November 2020, joined her husband in his heavenly abode on April 3 after a prolonged illness....
The cast of Vikas Bahl’s Goodbye just got more interesting. Besides Amitabh Bachchan and Rashmika Mandannna who play father and daughter, the incredible Neena Gupta has now joined...
There is good news for Alia Bhatt all the way from Hyderabad. Sources close to S S Rajamouli’s RRR inform me that Alia’s role is in for a ...
The Serpent(Netflix, 8 Episodes) Starring Tahar Rahim as Charles Sobhraj,Jenna Coleman as Marie-Andrée Leclerc,Billy Howle as Herman Knippenberg, Amesh Edireweera as Ajay Chowdhury ·Directed by Tom Shankland, Hand Herbots · Rating: *** ½ It is hard to sit through 8 serpentine...
In the sweltering heat of Delhi, Aparna Sen who last directed a version of Rabindranath Tagore Ghaire Bhaire entitled Ghawre Bairey Aaj is now readying her next feature film which promises to be one of the finest ...
I know Ram Gopal Varma for a longer time than I know almost anyone else in the film industry,except Shabana Azmi and Sanjay Leela Bhansali whom I have been friends with from much longer....
Lucky -Brea Grant,Hunter C. Smith,Dhruv Uday Singh, Yasmine Al-Bustami Directed by Natasha Kermani Rating: ** This is one helluva frustrating angering film. Angering, because it seems too closely trapped in its own rage ...
Super-philanthropist Sonu Sood is enormously distressed by a chap from Muzaffarpur Ashish Kumar Singh defrauding an unsuspecting victim of Rs 60,000 by using Sonu’s name. Says Sonu Sood, “It is really sad when they try...
In spite of the Covid upsurge, Nagarjuna’s new action adventure Wild Dog has opened to encouraging response. Says Nag, “We always knew it wouldn’t be an opening like normal...
Kartik Aaryan’s journey to the top in Bollywood has remained exceptional and inspirational for many aspiring actors who come from the outside world. The actor who’s known as the heartthrob...
Sanjay Leela Bhansali who had one day’s shooting pending with Ajay Devgan when Covidplayed villain , has completed his stint with the actor. Ajay Devgan who has an extended guest appearance in Gangubai Kathiawadi couldn’t have ...
The iconic veteran actor Dharmendra wants to reassure his fans that the Covid vaccine is absolutely safe. “I took my first dose last month. There were...
Sometime Other Than Now Starring Donal Logue, Kate Walsh Directed by Dylan McCormick Rating: ** Love stories about couples past 50 are always welcome. But this doesn’t...
Wild Dog(Telugu) Starring Nagarjuna, Sayami Kher , Atul Kulkarni Directed by Ashishor Solomon Rating: *** ½ No trial, no jury….only fury ….That could sum up Nagarjuna’s role as the encounter-friendly cop from the imaginary ...
When the ever-affable Dharmendra returned my call on Sunday evening he was deeply grieved. “I just heard Shashikala is no more,” he mumbled sadly before I could raise the ...
The Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar is worried about the spike in Corona numbers. “It’s become much worse, and we are to blame for it. So many people are not following...
Lalit Pandit, The Composer Of Munni Badnaam Hui Darling Tere Liye , Tells Subhash K Jha What Composing This, The Most Popular Item Song Of Hindi Cinema, Meant...
Silvat(Zee5) Starring Kartik Aaryan, Meher Mistry Directed by Tanuja Chandra Rating: **** If you haven’t seen this 2018 digital film which you can easily locate on Zee5, you haven’t seen what Kartik Aaryan is ...
The two most hated screen women in the North belt of India were Lalita Pawar and Shashikala. And we can’t really blame our emotional audiences for despising these women. Both...
