Even as the Indian boxoffice limps back to restoration,normalcy seems like a distant dream. Even the American boxoffice has not shown any encouraging signs after the Covid19 lockdown with big-budgeted ...
Curious are the ways of the Indian entertainment industry. Yusuf Khan becomes DilipKumar.Rajkumar Yadav becomes Rajkummar Rao. Kareena Kapoor becomes Kareena Kapoor Khan. And a long-delayed film Tina & Lolo with Sunny Leone and Karishma Tanna in the titular roles becomes , errrr,...
Shatrughan Sinha’s son Luv Sinha’s decision to contest election on a Congress ticket from Bihar has taken many political commentators by surprise. The star-kid made a ...
Tanya Maniktala who plays the heroine Lata in Mira Nair’s affectionate and adroit adaptation of Vikram Seth’s vast epic novel A Suitable Boy,talks To Subhash K...
Is singer Neha Kakkar really getting married to Rohanpreet Singh ?According to reports in a section of the press Ms Kakkar is all set to tie the knot with Singh at ...
From what I hear Gulzar is none too happy about his Angoor going into a remake.According to a source very close to the poet-filmmaker Gulzar Saab feels remakes are the road to...
I may be wrong. But then during these troubled times, hope is all we have to live by. AnuragBasu’s Ludo is looking like the best film of the year. ...
So what happened to freedom of expression? Apparently actors in India can no longer play controversial figures specially those with political leanings.One of Tamil cinema’s most...
Putham Pudhu Kaalai(Amazon Prime) Directed by Sudha Kongara,Gautham Vasudev Menon,Suhasini Mani Ratnam,RajivMenon,Karthik Subbaraj Rating: ** ½ We all know this is the time when we need to be kind.And if you don’t know why then...
Don’t get me wrong. I like Akshay Kumar’s work. He is versatile, charismatic, effortless and spontaneous most of the time. But not in the Burj khalifa song from Laxmmi ...
There are numerous proposals and feelers for actor-philanthropist and the migrants’ messiah Sonu Sood’s life to be turned into a film. But Sonu, too be busy being a doer ...
The Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar is a huge fan of Ma Durgaa. “I’ve always been an admirer of Her shakti,her determination to drive Evil out of the universe. Given the bleak situation,we ...
Matthias & Maxime(Mubi India) Starring Xavier Dolan as Maxime,Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas as Matthias Directed by Xaviar Dolan Rating: ** If you have followed the fascinating chequered and prolific cinema of the young Canadian actor-director Xaviar Dolan you would know two...
Tiger Shroff is all set to play the lead in director Vikas Behl’s action-oriented Ganpat,a film that goes into a territory never attempted before in mainstream cinema....
With question about semen stains being raised in the probe into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, the issue has clearly veered into the distasteful zone with supposedly...
The disastrous re-opening of movie theatres across the country has put a huge question mark on the future of movie theatres in India.Sources say if the...
Hansal Mehta’s films are anything but soft and gentle. His propensity for harsh home truths is about to change.Chhalaang seems to be his breeziest show to date, slyly ...
As Anupam Kher chose to remain aloof from the lawsuit that the Bollywood film industry collectively filed against two news channel for slander and misinformation, the actor seems to...
1. Chalo bulava aaya hai mata na bulaya hai(Avtaar): It is widely believed that Avtaar which was one of Rajesh Khanna’s last hits became a craze largely due to this MaataBhajan sung in full-throated glory by Narendra Chanchal and accompanied by Mahendra Kapoor and Asha Bhosle. Audiences...
As India’s eternal Dream Girl Hema Malini turns 72 on October 16 good wishes pour in from everywhere.No one has anything but good wishes for India’s first and only...
And the date is set. Says Aditya, “We’re getting married on 1 December.Because of Covid19, we can invite only the close family and friends, since Maharashtra does not allow...
A leading filmmaker who has produced and directed several blockbusters in recent times shared these details on condition of anonymity. “For now we’ve all decided to...
Nawazuddin Siddiqui who is one of Indian cinema’s most celebrated actors startled this writer by speaking forthrightly about the discrimination and oppression he faced in his community for...
What prompted action from you after so many months of slander on one channel? There is a saying in Hindi , ‘Der aaye durust aaye’. It has taken me...
Television heart-throb Karanvir Bohra and his lovely wife Teejay are expecting their third child in December. “The date is December 24 .And my wife Teejay and I very excited as the day...
The super-successful OTT content provider Applause Entertainment is all set to bring the hit French workplace comedy ‘Dix Pour Cent’ (Call My Agent), originally created by Fanny Herreroand Showrunner Cedric Klapisch and represented...
A systematic campaign to downgrade Akshay Kumar’s latest release, seems to be going on through the social media.Initially after the trailer released #BoycottLaxmmiBomb trended as netizens reacting to Akshay putting out a video defending Bollywood ...
By refusing to release in theatres the films that have recently been streaming on the OTT platform, the multiplex chains have made it very clear to...
There were some ridiculous reports some time ago of Shahid Kapoor having signed a 100-croredeal with Netflix.They turned out to be completely false . Shahid was actually in talks with...
Producer Dinesh Vijan who has so far been silent on Sushant Singh Rajput’s death (when in fact everyone knows they were the thickest of pals) will now have some tough questions...
Pritish Nandy: “Everybody has the right to protect their reputation. And that is exactly what the film industry is trying to do. This continuous and unfounded...
The true doyen of Bengali cinema Soumitra Chatterjee who is fighting the Covid19 virus in a private clinic in Kolkata. Prosenjit, the current superstar of Bengali cinema says, “We are...
Producer Sandeep Singh has sent a lengthy legal notice accusing Arnab Goswami and his parent-channel Republic TV of lies , misinformation , defamation and extortion. The notice sent on 14 October...
Actress Swara Bhaskar who has been vocal in her opposition to the vilification campaign against Bollywood spoke exclusively after the lawsuit. “It’s a most welcome move. During the last few months...
A Call To Spy · Starring Sara Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte · Directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher · Rating: *** · Move over, Frieda Pinto, Move over, Priyanka Chopra. Radhika Apte has just done what could comfortably ...
Television’s most wanted star-actor Ronit Roy who turned 55 on October 11, says he missed his most precious gift for the day when India’s Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar tweeted her birthday wishes...
In her heydays Moushumi Chatterjee worked with every major director from Raj Khosla to Basu Chatterjee. The one conspicuous name missing from her impressive roster of directors was Hrishikesh Mukherjee. And with reason. During a...
The most foolhardy decision that the Coolie No 1 team has taken is to postpone their release from Diwali to Christmas. As one trade analyst who wishes to...
Gujarati Theatre & Film Actor Pratik Gandhi Speaks To Subhash K Jha On His Role As The Controversial stockmarket guru HarshadMehta who played havoc with the Indian economy and middleclassaspirations in the 1990s, In Hansal Mehta’s New Webseries Scam 1992...
All Together Now(Netflix) Starring Auliʻi Cravalho,Rhenzy Feliz,Judy Reyes Directed by Brett Haley Rating: *** Most films about youngsters have to do with dating and various ways of doing...
With Covid raging across the universe , is this really the right time to open theatres? No, says ‘James Bond’ Daniel Craig who very clearly states, ‘This is ...
Now that it’s pretty much clear that the movie theatres in India will be allowed to screen films from October 15, the question that needs to...
Katrina Kaif begins shooting in Abu Dhabi for her superwoman action film directed by Ali Abbas Zafar early next year.Director Ali Abbas Zafar is currently in Dubai preparing for the shooting. Why Dubai?...
High(MX Player, 9 Episodes) Rating: ** ½ Akshay Oberoi’s sterling performance as a drug addict kept me going through this interesting but uneven study of drugs as poison...
Even before he turned superstar with Zanjeer in 1973 Amitabh Bachchan gave incredibly intense performances in some films, and we aren’t only talking about Anand, but other performances where he...
So now we know why it’s called a teaser. The teaser of Bejoy Nambiar’s Taish plays with our sensibilities, flirts with our senses and tickles our fancy with its volatile...
Everyone is talking about Amitabh Bachchan turning music composer with the racy Badumba track in the film 102 Not Out. However the ever-enterprising Mr B caught me by surprise by confessing that Badumba was not the first song he had composed....
This incident actually happened . A gentleman had been harassing Amitji for a ‘together’ photograph , a request he had been politely turning down for a while….until Amitji bumped into this persistent gentleman at a social gathering. Before he...
Do Anjaane(1976)—All of Rekha’s best performances came in the 2nd phase of her career after the miraculous makeover . Do Anjaane was actually the beginning of the new fat-free svelte sexy Rekha’s...
The death of ‘Bihar Ka Beta’ Sushant Singh Rajput was seen as a major electoral issue in the forthcoming Bihar elections. No more! The issue has over the weeks and months been sidelined as ...
