Roohi did well in movie theatres? I’m extremely delighted by the response. As a cinema lover even I was missing watching films on the big screen. I’m...
The Chehre producer Anand Pandit is glad that the trailer reveals that Rhea had not been obliterated from the film’s publicity or for that matter, from the ...
Twilight’s Kiss(Original Title Suk Suk, in Cantonese) Starring Tai Bo as Pak,Ben Yuen as Hoi Directed by Ray Yeung Rating: ** ½ This much talked-about film promises a lot more than it delivers.To begin with,...
C/O Kaadhal(Tamil, Netflix) Directed by Hemambar Jasti Rating: *** ½ By the end of the 2 hour-plus film about four star-crossed love-couple grappling with social strictures and emotional sleepingdogs, all but...
The 30 July release date of one of this year’s most anticipated film Gangubai Kathiawadiremains unchanged in spite of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali(SLB) and a few crew members contracting the Covid .Sources...
Boney and Sridevi Kapoor’s younger daughter Khushi is getting ready for her Bollywooddebut in the next two years.Unlike her mom and sister Janhvi, Khushi has decided to be a trained actor. Says her proud...
The legendary Dharmendra who has been locked way in his farmhouse during the pandemic is all set to step out for the Covid19 vaccination. “I recommend it...
Kailash Surendanath an iconic name in the ad world has taken the plunge into the OTT platform with Applause Entertainment’s weberies Chakravyuha. Recalling his journey Kailash says “I started making films from the...
India’s most precious national treasure Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar has some advice for Mumbaikars and Maharashtrians. “My humble request to them with folded hands is, please don’t take Covid lightly. It is not gone as yet....
Even as the sequel to KGF wraps up shooting and readies for a Summer 2021 release, Kannada superstar Yash has moved on to his next project....
A screen-shot of an FIR posted on Twitter accompanied by the following message has created quite a stir.The message reads “No Compromise On City’s Safety!BMC has filed...
Sophie Jones Starring Jessica Barr as Sophie Jones,Skyler Verity as Kevin,Claire Manning as Claire,Charlie Jackson as Lucy,Dave Roberts as Aaron,Tristan Decker as Riley,Sam Kamerman as Kate...
On Sunday, fans friends and admirers of the iconic Dharmendra were concerned when he posted what seemed to be a despondent poem about mortality.Soon tweets about his...
Priyanka and Nick Jonas’ announcements of the Oscar’s nominations were more exciting than the nominations themselves. Priyanka gave the list her full Bollywood treatment. Sadly some of the nominations...
After 2020’s morale-roasting events, Mahesh Bhatt has much reason to be happy in 2021. Both his daughters Pooja Bhatt and Alia Bhatt have given powerful exceptional performances in different films. While Alia Bhatt’s pitch-perfect...
She started her career as a leading lady in her mentor Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year—prior to that she played young Preity Zinta in Tanuja Chandra’s Sungharsh because they both had the dimples...
March 14 is director Rohit Shetty’s birthday. Rohit’s friend Akshay Kumar announced the release date of his first collaboration with Rohit Shetty on Twitter. After repeated postponements Sooryavanshi is indeed releasing on April 30. Confirming ...
The Mauritanian Starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley, and Benedict Cumberbatch. Directed by Kevin Macdonald Rating: *** They gave the Golden Globe to the wrong actor in the right film. Powerful ...
There was something special about Alia from the beginning. Among all of Mahesh Bhatt’s children Alia was the Chosen One.Being the youngest she should have been Bhatt Saab’s favourite. But...
Operation Cleanup has started in right earnest on all the major streaming platforms with all references to religion politics and real-life characters wiped out. One major...
Actor-singer Karan Oberoi who was embroiled in an ugly sexual harassment case in 2019 where a woman accused him of blackmail among other things, knows the pain of being ...
The legendary Dharmendra was filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s favourite actor. And RajeshKhanna who was extremely possessive about his favourite directors didn’t like thie partiality at all. Hrishida told me how irked “Kaka”(Khanna) would get when...
Bombay Rose(Netflix) Animation Film Rating: **** True confession. I have never been a fan of animation films.Until now. Bombay Rose , a delicately drawn , elegantly told ...
It appears to be one more case of a long-standing relationship gone sour. Young actor MadhurMittal stands accused of rape by his former girlfriend,whom he was all...
I can’t deny Aamir is the most adventurous performer in India. Aamir has constantly taken risks, gone against the flow and generally been more than just...
Maderc..d. That’s the last word we hear Nagarjuna utter in the breakneck paced trailer of Wild Dog. Nag, we are told, plays the title role. So called by his...
It’s time to dance for Janhvi Kapoor and her two co-stars Rajkummar Rao and Varun Sharma who have what looks like a hit on their hands. A year after Covid closed down theatres audiences have shown...
With the release date of Rumi Jaffrey’s crime thriller Chehre being announced preponed from April 30 to April 9 internal discussions in the team are on to decide...
The captivating enigmatic Rekha may not be seen on screen these days. But she is pursuing her secret passion…no, not what you think…Rekhaji is heavily into singing, and ...
Chakravyuha(MX Player, 8 Episodes) Starring Prateik Babbar, Simran Kaur Mundi, Ruhi Singh, Ashish Vidyarthi, Shiv Panditt, Gopal Datt and Asif Basra Directed by Sajit Warrior Rating: *** ½ Chakravyuha , based on Piyush Jha’s crime bestseller, fills that space on the web which we want filled:...
Anand marked the first of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 3 historic collaborations with RajeshKhanna, the other two being Bawarchi and Namak Haraam. Anand is without a shred of doubt Rajesh Khanna’s career’s finest performance.Just how he got the role...
After regaling his fans for 15 years Arijit Singh has now reinvented himself as a music composer. In Netflix’s forthcoming feature film Pagglait which features a stellar line-up ...
Aelay(Tamil, Netflix) Starring Samuthirakani and Manikandan Written & Directed by Halitha Shameem Rating: ** More thn 24 hours after I finished watching this annoyingly selfconscious dramedy about a father who sells icecream and a son who screams and...
Netflix’s Delhi Crime in 2019 , recreating the horrific gangrape and death of Nirbhaya, shook the nation’s conscience. Very few web shows in India have had a similar impact....
Roohi…Earlier known as Rooh Afza? (chuckles) Yes it was Rooh Afza. Then we though we could get away with Roohi Afza. Phir humne socha Roohi hi rakh lo chup-chaap. You are no stranger to ghost stories? Yes, earlier I...
A popular entertainment portal has made a mellifluous tall claim on behalf of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi. The portal most confidently announced that Alia will be singing a composition...
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights(NCPCR) has asked Netflix to stop streaming Alankrita Shrivastava’s stunningly layered Bombay Begums.Apparently two Twitter handles condemning scenes related to the film’s youngest ...
Even as the internet went wild over an announcement that the Russo Brothers’s global multi-series Citadel will headline Priyanka Chopra in one of its episodes, news comes that our very own ...
Roohi Starring Janhvi Kapoor,Rajkummar Rao Varun Sharma Rating: **** Directed by Hardik Mehta There are three principal actors playing four main characters in Roohi, all whipping...
That our own Adarsh Gourav stands tall in the BAFTA nominations for best actor alongside Riz Ahmed for The Sound Of Metal , late Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom , Mads Mikkelsen for the Danish language film Another Round,veteran British actor...
If there was a lifetime achievement award for the most undisciplined potential star of Bollywood, Prateik Babbar would win hands-down. His constant battle to stay on the right track has...
The hope that the big filmmakers with big-screen films won’t go the OTT way seems like a distant dream now. More and more of the biggies are going...
Coming 2 America(Amazon Prime Video) Starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headley, Teyana Taylor, Wesley Snipes, and James Earl Jones Directed by Craig Brewer Rating:...
Going out to greet crowds during this time of the Covid crisis is the last thing any actor would want to do .And yet Janhvi is doing just that....
Congratulations on a stunning comeback in Bombay Begums. It is criminal how you have been hiding yourself from the camera? Ha ha, thank you. I got...
Indian cinema finally get a pride of place on the global map after a long time.Thanks to the exceptional performance given by Adarsh Gourav in The White Tiger. On Tuesday...
1. It is the first big-budget film of the year, and not a carryover from another time being revived to cash in on the current famine of ...
The relationship between a fan and a star is very sacred. I still remember how kind Shabana Azmi was to me when I met her for...
While women have actively joined the gender conversation in every walk of life, there continues to be a dismaying paucity of women directors all over the...
Bombay Begums(Netflix, 8 Episodes) Starring Pooja Bhatt,Amruta Subhash, Shahana Goswami, Plabita Borthakur, Aadhya Anand Directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, Bornila Chatterjee Rating: **** Like them or loathe them, hug them or hate them, spurn them or ‘sperm’ them….The 5 ...
