In all modesty, Nawazuddin Siddqui, considered one the finest contemporary actors. Feels inadequate when he watches an actor like Soumitra Chatterjee on screen. “He could convey so much by saying and...
Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari sees you donning several disguises.Was that a challenge? It was a challenge getting into all those disguises. When you have 4-5 people working on your looks,...
Shabana Azmi is currently in Budapest shooting for Steven Spielberg’s webseries. She was filled with a sense of unreality when news of Soumitra Chatterjee’s death reached her. “It was a rude...
Girl(French, Belgian. Available on Netflix) Starring Victor Polster as Lara Verhaeghen,Arieh Worthalter as Mathias Verhaeghen Directed by Lukas Dhont **** ½ Watching first-time actor Victor Polster nailing the role of a young transgender in the painful...
The mighty Satyajit Ray directed Soumitra Chatterjee in 14 films. Ray’s son Sandip grew up watching this great twosome at work, one of world cinema’s most accomplished collaborations…. “Comparable with Fellini and...
The Life Ahead(Italian, Netflix) Starring Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye and Abril Zamora. Directed Edoardo Ponti Rating: *** ½ Some experiences are forever. For those of us who grew up worshipping the ground on which...
Although Diljit Dosanjh is very happy that his comedy Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari is released in movie theatres, he wonders if the public will return to theatres with the pandemic still prevalent. “We are...
Back from his incarceration news-anchor Arnab Goswami has renewed his attack on Bollywoodand its actors. Calling out Arjun Rampal for being summoned by the Narcotics Control Bureau,Arnab ,looking lean and nursing a sore throat...
Kartik Aryan who has been very busy during the lockdown posting videos of his family activities, is all set to return to the his acting assignments.In December he will...
The film is Called Qutub Minar, and that’s the name given to the hero of the film KaranvirBohra who suffers from macro-phallus, a condition where the reproductive organ is unnaturally...
Arjun Rampal has always been a genial bloke, easy to get along with , much loved and respected by all his colleagues and filmland friends. But now when the net...
With Disney-Hotstar’s Laxmmi, earlier entitled Laxmmi Bomb(probably they knew it would bomb) getting the poorest response from the audience and an average vote of 2.4/10 with more than 12,000...
Just two days after veteran actor Jeetendra declared that he won’t be hosting a Diwali party this year in deference to his deceased best friend Rishi Kapoor’s memory, Jeetendra’s darling...
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...
The New Mutants Starring Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, and Henry Zaga. Directed by Josh Boone Rating: ** There are just 7 characters in the Mutant...
Mindless entertainment is no longer an option for Indian audiences. The shocking response to the new AkshayKumar starrer Laxmii which was premiered on Disney-Hotstar on November 9 has put...
Diwali this year would not only lowkey in the film industry , but almost non-existent. Those film families known to have all-night Diwali parties in the film industry are Aamir Khan, the Bachchans,Sajid Nadiadwala and Ekta Kapoor....
It can now be told that producer Siddharth Roy Kapur was the brain behind the collective lawsuit that the film industry filed against the two news channels TimesNow and Republic...
“I don’t know of anyone as erudite as Soumitra. He could talk about any subject under the sun and with irrefutable knowledge.Soumitra and I started our careers together...
Abir Chatterjee: “The last of the Mohicans. Irreparable loss. He was an institution.He is part of our growing up… Not only as an actor.. but everything. I did...
It is very convenient to attribute intentions and words to a dead person, since he isn’t around to contradict you. We now have reports that Rishi Kapoor and his...
Arguably this is the worst Diwali in the history of our civilization. A virus has created worldwide havoc leaving us bereft and bewildered. Time to escape...
Just how many films is Akshay Kumar going to do every year? He has just completed and released Laxmii . Sooryavanshi is ready for release. Now comes the announcement on Diwali day of Ram Setu,...
In Imtiaz Ali’s Jab We Met he had only one sequence as a railway-platform lecher who harasses Kareena Kapoor Khan. But Asif Basra owned that sequence as he owned everything that the film industry ...
Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari Starring: Manoj Bajpai,Diljit Dosanjh, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Sripiya Pilagoaonkar, Anu Kapoor Directed by: Abhishek Sharma Rating: *** Suppose Tom was a Sardarji and Jerry a Maharashtrian.And suppose, just for the heck of it, they were at war...
Shabana Azmi: “I am shooting for Halo In Budapest till 11th December. Budapest has also got into lockdown since Wednesday . Curfew from 8pm- 5 am . For Diwali I am ...
Chhalaang(Amazon Prime) Starring Rajkummar Rao ,Nushrratt Bharuccha, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Mr. Singh,Saurabh Shukla ,Ila Arun ,Satish Kaushik Directed by Hansal Mehta Rating: ** ½ The most complicated part of this languid film is the spelling of the heroine’s name. Otherwise...
Spontaneous Starring Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer, Directed by Brian Duffield Rating: ** ½ Life can get awfully messy. Just imagine, you are in a highschool attending a class when all of ...
.Saloni Discusses Her Own Show With Subhash K Jha Congratulations now you have your own show Uncommon Sense With Saloni on SonyLIV. Your feelings about it at the moment? It’s an amazing feeling...
Entertainment journalism is going rapidly from fact to fiction to fantasy. The latest brainwave of a desk job is the “news” that Aamir Khan will direct Shah Rukh Khan in...
Will another Don film ever get made? Don director Farhan Akhtar is frequently rumoured to be writing one more Don film for the longest time. Farhan has frequently denied these rumours.In fact...
Anurag Basu’s delightful ensemble cast in Ludo is an acting paradise. But tucked away in the film’s melee of talent and charisma is the director himself, playing the film’s sutradhar who ...
There are big offers for Kriti Sanon’s baby-sister Nupur in Bollywood. Several major producers including Sajid Nadiadwala, Aditya Chopra and Karan Johar are interested in launching her into Bollywood.While Nupur is yet to make up her mind about her...
Your son Luv lost the the Bihar Assembly elections? Regardless of the outcome of the election, I’m proud of my son.It was his decision to contest the elections....
After the health trauma that he has gone through Sanjay Dutt was expected to be in subdued form on returning to work for the multi-lingual KGF2 directed by Prashant Neel.But Dutt has surprised ...
Ludo(Netflix) Starring Abhishek Bachchan .Aditya Roy Kapur .Rajkummar Rao ,Fatima Sana Shaikh ,SanyaMalhotra ,Pankaj Tripathi ,Rohit Suresh Saraf,Pearle Maaney,Inayat Verma,ParitoshTripathi,Asha Negi,Shalini Vatsa Cinematography and Directed by Anurag Basu Rating: **** “When luck suck, everyone f…k, ” drawls Pankaj Tripathy,delightfully droll and wickedly wise as a chawl-level ganglord. The grammatical...
Raghava Lawrence’s Laxmii is a very strange film. It’s all about the spirit of a transgender person that enters Akshay Kumar… and then he starts behaving...
Kajillionaire Starring Evan Rachel Wood ,Richard Jenkins ,Debra Winger ,Gina Rodriguez Directed by Miranda July Rating: ** ½ If a lockdown had a human form it would be Evan...
If there is anything that Mallika Sherawat likes even more than being in the news it is shooting pictures with international leaders and global celebrities who are in ...
Siddharth Anand is a name much in demand after the stupendous success of War last year.Both the War heroes Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff were keen do a sequel to War with ...
As a controversy rages over Milind Soman’s birthday-suited appearance on the beach we look at other Bollywood male actors who have dropped their clothes for the camera. 1. Ranbir Kapoor In Saawariya:He was in a towel and...
If all had gone well, Deepika Padukone would have made her debut in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya instead of Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om. But fate and the boxoffice had other plans. Bhansali had all but finalized one long-legged...
Big breakthrough for the deadlock faced by movie theatres for new content post-lockdown . Abhishek Sharma’s comedy Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari featuring Manoj Bajpai and Dilijit Dosanjhwill release in movie theatres on November 15, two days after it streams...
When the very lovely Anya Taylor-Joy came on board, the chess board in The Queen’s Gambit she made sure she was well-prepared. She not only learnt chess from scratch,she...
Just a day to go before the Akshay Kumar starrer Laxmmi(nee Bomb) starts streaming, and the film is being talked about as the blockbuster of the year.Sources say the producers ...
Mirzapur , the popular webseries on Zee5 , is in a bit of plan change. The plan was to drop Vikrant Massey’s character Bablu in Season 1 and Divyendu Sharma’s character Munna in Season 2. Things...
4 Hindi films, Raghava Lawrence’s Laxmmi, Hansal Mehta’s Chhalaang, Anurag Basu’s Ludo and Abhishek Sharma’s Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari. Trade experts comment on the Diwali content Milap Zaveri(writer-filmmaker): “I am excited about all 4 of them. Laxmmi looks brilliant!!! Akshay sir is a...
Never one to mince words, Shatrughan Sinha again shows exemplary courage of conviction by speaking up for beleaguered producer Firoz Nadiadwala whose wife has been arrest by the NCB. In an ...
Trouble for Milind Soman ahead as he gets booked for obscenity for his nude run on a Goan beach to bring in his 55th birthday om...
Imagination soars beyond the skies as entertainment portals get desperate for news. The latest brainwave comes to us in the form of a Vicky Kaushal –Manushi Chillar comedy which according...