Will Deepika Padukone Play Sita ?
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 into the same role ...
Nagarjuna Speaks On Brahmastra
It’s always a pleasure to catch up with Telugu superstar Nagarjuna .He has just returned to Hyderabad after completing a Hindi film Brahmastra with producer Karan Johar and director Ayan Mukerjee, and...
5 Most Memorable Films On The Tawaif
We all know about Meena Kumari’s Pakeezah and Rekha’s Umrao Jaan. These two films epitomize the cinematic tawaif, a combination of poetess and seductress, steeped in the tragic metaphor of the candle that burns itself out while...
Preity Zinta Friends Forever
The first time that I met Preity Zinta, I was accompanied by Karan Johar to lunch where she joined at us at the Olive. I remember I was a wearing a hideous yellow teeshirt and Karan couldn’t stop...
Karan Johar Will Dance At Varun’s Wedding
As D-Day approaches, more details on the ever-expanding guest list emerge at Varun Dhawan’s wedding. Apparently Karan Johar will organize the sangeet ceremony where Varun’s filmy friends are expected to...
Ahead Of Announcement, Here Are 5 Things To Know About Vijay Deverakonda’s Hindi Debut
1. Vijay Deverakonda’s Hindi debut film is called Fighter. Vijay shot most of it before Covid with director Puri Jaganannath a big name in Telugu cinema, but a flop in Hindi, unless you would like to recall his Hindi films Shart The...
The Trauma Of The Trolled, 2020.
….Or, I trolled you so! The five who were most brutally trolled in the year that the world went viral in more ways than one. 1. Karan Johar: Easily the most ...
Kiara Advani & Aditya Seal’s ‘Homage’ To Urmila,Shammi Kapoor & Sharmila Tagore Is Libellous
I’ve nothing against retro songs, as long as they remember whom they are paying a homage to. In the track Disco deewane in Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year, the ethos and the aura...
Diljit Dosanjh Is The Last Person To Get Into A Spat
I know Diljit Dosanjh well. He is even-tempered, soft-spoken, always affable and never negative. If he could be provoked so hard by Kangana Ranaut think of what effect she has...
Ajay Bahl Signs Kartik Aryan For a Social Comedy
In June 2021, Kartik Aryan will start shooting for director Ajay Bahl’s social comedy. The film to be produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies would feature Kartik in a never-before avatar.Kartik who has a jampacked year ahead agreed...
Bramhastra Rumours Of Disney-Fox Asking For Cuts Totally Untrue
“They haven’t even finished shooting. They’ve a long way to go. How can Fox-Star ask for the length of Brahmastra to be cut when the film is yet to be completed?” asks...
Anupam Kher Left Out Of KKHH Celebrations
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 have alienated himself from...
Karan Johar’s Notorious Party Video Cleared
Amidst assurances from the Narcotics Control Bureau that the 2019 video shot from a party at Karan Johar’s residence which was being seen as incriminating evidence of Bollywood’s drug habits...
Vijay Deverakonda’s Hindi Debut To Resume Shooting
Karan Johar had promised to launch Telugu superstar Vijay Deverakonda in style in Bollywood. And no matter how deeply Johar is affected by the current controversies slamming him for...
How Much Of Budget Cut Will Bramhastra Take?
Karan Johar’s most expensive film to date is likely to take a huge budget cut. The question is, how much? A source in the know informs, “Post the Coronova crisis and the...
Padma Shri For Ajay Devgn, And Not For Rishi Kapoor? You’ve Got To Be Kidding
One night in 2016 my dear friend and one of my favourite actors Rishi Kapoor sent me three stills of a 90-plus old man. I confess I was puzzled. Was the actor sending the wrong pictures...
Mahesh Bhatt Owes His Daughter An Apology….The Shocking Shoddiness Of Sadak 2 Will Affect Bhansali’s Film
Why did Mahesh Bhatt return to direction after 22 years to make film as deplorable as Sadak 2, and that to direct his superstar-daughter Alia Bhatt for the first time? We will never know. Everyone in Sadak 2 is suicidal,...
Sushant’s Name Being Used For Abusive Videos
In the two months that Sushant Singh Rajput has been missing from our lives, a whole cottage industry of superstar-haters powered by the anti-nepotism industry has come into existence. The ...
No TV Appearance No Interviews For Karan Johar
The lately beleaguered Karan Johar has been advised by experts to lie very very low until the end of the year . The hounding trolling and abuse he has gone through as the ...
The IAF Attack On Gunjan Saxena Biopic Is The Lowest Blow For Karan Johar
It is very strange that the Indian Air Force has taken umbrage to certain episodes in the film Gunjan Sexena The Kargil Girl. While the film was in the making the real Gunjan Saxena who was taken...
Homophobia Hits Bollywood …Major Studios Wary Of Gay Themes
While in America and the rest of the West films about homosexuality are being made with remarkable rampancy ,in Bollywood the theme of same-sex relationships has become “largely unacceptable” to...
No Truth To Rumours Regarding Agastya Bachchan’s Acting Debut
One doesn’t know where these rumours come from .Maybe just idle minds slouching over blank computer screens . The latest one doing the rounds, in these times of coronova, nepotism and ...
Janhvi Kapoor Deserves To Play Gunjan Saxena
It is not very clear why Janhvi Kapoor is being trolled for her presence in the forthcoming bio-pic Gunjan Saxena The Kargil Girl. Is it because she is the legendary Sridevi’s daughter and therefore, according to the twisted ...
Meera Chopra Is Deeply Affected by Sushant’s Death
Actress Meera Chopra is happy about Bihar’s chief minister Nitish Kumar asking for a CBI probe into Sushant Singh Rajput’s mysterious death. “I so shaken by Sushant’s death that I’ve somewhere begun to fear for my own wellbeing.”confesses Meera. She ...
“Karan Johar Is Not To Blamed For Sushant’s Death,” Shatrughan Sinha
Is it right to blame Karan Johar for Sushant Singh Rajput's death? It is unfair and futile to blame Karan Johar for Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.First of all, who is Karan...
Karan Johar Not Summoned But His CEO Is! Here’s Why
While filmmakers like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Aditya Chopra and now Mahesh Bhatt who had no direct connection with Sushant Singh Rajput have been summoned for questioning by the Maharashtra police , the one filmmaker whose name has been repeatedly brought up...
Kangana Calls Out Karan Johar, Defends Bhansali!
In an interview to Arnab Goswami on Friday evening Kangana Ranaut has questioned the competence of the Mumbai police in investigating Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. She questioned the cops’ line of questioning and cast serious aspersions on the choice ...
Who Killed Sushant Singh Rajput?(Not Karan Johar)
It’s been a month since we lost the bright talent .I wonder what Sushant Singh Rajput would have to say about the hysteria that has grown around his personality after his death. There...
Here’s Why Karan Johar Partied With The Kapoors
Karan Johar, the reluctant party guest at Neetu Kapoor’s birthday on 8 Juky was actually coaxed into stepping out because of Ranbir Kapoor and his girlfriend Alia Bhatt. “Both are very precious to Karan.And they insisted that he join...
Karan Johar Out Of Sooryavanshi? Bakwaas!
Stop this mob-lynching at once! Just because Karan Johar is going through some rough times in the social media it doesn’t follow that the industry is turning its back on him. This...
Karan Johar No More Koffee?
If sources in the know are to believed Karan Johar’s controversial celebrity talk show Koffee With Karan has come to an inglorious end. The channel Star World which was hosting the show would no...
Karan Johar’s Twins Usurp Taimur As Star Kid(s) No1
Have Karan Johar’s twins Roohi and Yash replaced Taimur Ali Khan as the most successful star-kids in tinsel town? It looks like the twins, thanks to a huge helping hand from their ‘Dadda’ Karan Johar have raced forward as the ...
Dear Karan Johar, Please Don’t Do This To Your Children
Dear Karan Johar, Why are you subjecting your adorable twins to the Taimur yardstick of unseasonable stardom ? Why are you bombarding the public domain with videos where they are tutored to say...
After Fall-out With Fox Star, Karan Johar Now Teams Up With T Series For Takht
As reported by this writer, Karan Johar’s collaboration with Fox-Star studios over Takht ,his most expensive project to date , came to a deadend . The enterprising Karan Johar has...
Fox-Star Pulls Out Of Takht, End Of Collaboration With Karan Johar
One of Bollywood’s most prestigious film production companies Fox-Star India has been facing financial setbacks in 2020. First Meghna Gulzar’s Chhapaak and then Ashwini Iyer Tiwari’s Panga have both underperformed severely at the boxoffice. And now with Coronova playing havoc with schedules...
When Kareena Kapoor and KJO Stopped Being Friends
Kareena Kapoor Khan’s best friend in the entertainment industry and her go-to person for all the gossip she wants and all the heartaches she gets, is indisputably Karan Johar. They are inseparably close. But...
Corona Virus Impact: Karan Johar’s Takht , Dostana 2 May be Dropped
The Corona Virus is bound to have far-reaching repercussions on the entire Indian film industry. One hears from very reliable sources that Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions may drop two of their most prestigious ...
Karan Johar To Remake World-Famous Lover?
We all know that Karan Johar has taken a shine to Telugu superstar Vijay Deverakonda. The Dharma helmer purchased the remake rights of Vijay’s previous release Dear Comrade but decided to ...
Karan Johar Gets Set To Face His Biggest Challenge
Here’s something no one knows about Karan Johar’s ambitious Takht. It’s Johar’s most expensive , lavish, ambitious and epic film to date. The budget, we hear, leaves Karan’s earlier opuses like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, KabhiAlvida Na Kehna and Agneepath far behind.I...
Karan Johar Steps In..Alaya Bags Student Of The Year 3
Unlike other star-children Alaya Furniturewalla did not bag a debut role in a Dharma Production or Yashraj Films. Instead Alaya has made her maiden appearance in a relatively small(but sweet) romcom Jawani Jaaneman produced by Jay Shewakramani, Deepshikha Deshmukh and Saif Ali Khan. But Alaya has made a strong...
Karan Johar, Kangana Ranaut, Ekta Kapoor , Adnan Sami ,Suresh Wadekar get Padma Shris
You really didn’r expect Deepika Padukone to be conferred with a Padma award, did you?Not after her JNU visit for sure. This Republic Day, the Governmemt, in all its time-tested wisdom has decided to honour a selfsconsciously motley...
Karan Johar, Kangana Ranaut, Ekta Kapoor, Adnan Sami ,Suresh Wadekar get Padma Shris
You really didn’r expect Deepika Padukone to be conferred with a Padma award, did you?Not after her JNU visit for sure. This Republic Day, the Governmemt, in all its time-tested wisdom has decided to honour a selfsconsciously motley...
Karan Johar To Plan Varun Dhawan’s Wedding
Among the many hats that Karan Johar wears here is one talent that would be unearthed in the months to come.Karan will be planning all the details of Varun Dhawan’s wedding with his girlfriend Natasha Dalal which...
Karan Johar Selects Avinash Tiwary For Dharma
If you’ve seen Netflix’s horror omnibus Ghost Stories you can’t help but notice the young striking actor who plays the lead in the Karan Johar-directed segment. Avinash Tiwary is no stranger...
How Did Karan Johar’s Sex Comedy Get A “UA” Certificate?
It seems the always-controversial Central Board Of Film Certification(CBFC) has a whole lot of explaining to do about how the new Karan Johar production Good Newzz about two couples desperately copulating for procreation, was given...
Akshay Kumar’s Shockingly Inappropriate Comment On Katrina
If you are Karan Johar and Akshay Kumar, you can get away with anything. Or so it seems after watching Good Newzz, the posh year-end comedy from Johar’s Dharma Production which casts Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor Khan as a couple desperate to have...
Will Good Newzz Be Postponed Due To Unrest?
While the nation goes up in flames with students protesting all across the country against the Government’s new migration policy, the entertainment business is badly hit. With a big Salman Khan starrer Dabangg 3 opening much...
Scoop: Karan Johar Finally Signs Deepika Padukone Again
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone are among Karan Johar’s closest friends in the film industry. While Ranveer has repeatedly worked with Karan Johar,Deepika did the successful Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani in 2013 with Karan’s Dharma Productions. Since then they have been trying to find the right ...
Bollywood To End 2019 With A Bang
The last month of the year promise to deliver some solid hits for Bollywood.Beginning with Ashutosh Gowariker’s lavish historical Panipat and Mudassar Aziz’s lascivious comedy PatiPatni Aur Woh on December 6, the year closes with the Rani Mukerjee-driven action drama Mardaani 2 and the Rishi Kapoor(his first...
Good Newwz Is A Sex Comedy In The Truest Sense
‘Sperm’ ceased to be a dirty word in Hindi cinema after Vicky Donor. Now in Karan Johar’s full-on sex comedy Good Newwz the word is given constant currency. Except that it’s pronounced ‘spam’ by ...