While Amitabh Bachchan's chemistry with his heroines -- from Jaya Bhaduri to Rekha to Hema Malini -- brought sizzle to his films, many of his biggest blockbusters have been powered by his combustible combination with male co-stars.
Bhoothnath Returns has a few laughs but it ignores the basics, rants Raja Sen.
'Mr & Mrs 55 was breezy, romantic and so Hollywood.'
This year, the genre has done especially well, with films like Stree 2 and Munjya. Will Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 keep up the momentum?
Bhoothnath Returns starts off with a fascinating premise but drags towards the end, says Sukanya Verma.
Here's looking at the star arrivals.
Ranbir gets a haircut... Nia goes glam... Kartik, Vidya meet Amitabh...
Mehmood and R D Burman shiver, wail and flail when they encounter a stuffed tiger that wags its tail, furniture that moves on its own volition and dancing skeletons and mummies. Dinesh Raheja revisits a must-watch.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Joginder Tueja looks at horror comedies gone by and how they have fared at the box office.
Sukanya Verma lists SRK's special avatars in the movies.
In sum, Bhoothnath is more than a bit of a drag, despite the lead players trying hard to make it stick. The rest are just okay: Satish Shah makes white-bread sandwiches look yummy, Rajpal Yadav appears to be playing himself, a simpering Shah Rukh Khan looks like he's just bid Knight Riders players Brandon McCullum and Ricky Ponting goodbye, but it is Juhi Chawla whose performance ends up as the most laboured.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the forthcoming films, and also looks back at how successful this genre has been in the past.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Animation is becoming an important part of the movies these days. From Hum Tum, Hanuman Returns and Taare Zameen Par to the upcoming Roadside Romeo, these films have varying lengths of animation. Bhoothnath, releasing this Friday, has its share too -- 30 minutes of it!
Reader Anisha Sarkar, 27, from Jamshedpur writes about her pet dog.
Adityanath has earned a new sobriquet "bulldozer baba" due to raging of properties of criminals and mafias built through illegal means.
The conflict began when a kanwar yatris' procession was passing by a mosque on Sunday evening. A group of Muslim youths demanded that the music be minimised, an official said.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
At 71, Amitabh Bachchan is still a money-spinner.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood stars are tweeting.
Modi will start his Sunday election tour with a rally in Chapra, the political bastion of Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad. As per the itinerary, from Chapra he will go to Samastipur to address a public meeting in Housing Board ground, then at Gandhi maidan in Motihari and will end the campaign trip with a rally in Bagaha.
His Bhoothnath might not have done well at the box office inspite of big names like Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. But that hasn't deterred director Vivek Sharma from making his next -- Kal Kisne Dekha, starring newcomers Jaccky Bhagnani (producer Vashu Bhagnani's son) and Vaishali Desai (filmmaker Manmohan Desai's grand-niece).
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
Children can be quite lucky at the box office too!
Looking at the biggest movie hits during the IPL seasons.
We haven't seen them on the big screen yet, but these stars are working *very* hard!
Which movies should you watch in the coming year? We draw up a list.
'Maneesh Sharma's Fan should be good. It will have Shah Rukh doing something entirely different from what he has been doing recently.'
Take a look at ten filmmakers who also love acting.
'We have created an enemy we can't even see and that enemy is entertaining us while tightening the noose around our necks.' 'As the radiation increases, it will affect everything -- from your little bumble bee to plants to every living cell.' 'By the time the effects are understood, it might be too late.'
Here's looking at Bollywood's tryst with luxury cruise liners.
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