The emotional quotient of They Call Him OG falls flat, the plotting looks jerky, and the runtime feels compromised, but hey, if you are a Pawan Kalyan fan, none of this matters, notes Arjun Menon.
'It's not like I haven't made mistakes. There have been a couple of questionable films, but I have always learned from the films I pick.'
Gene Hackman had a long and rich career, playing leading and supporting roles in many Hollywood films.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite 2024 films that he watched at film festivals held in Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and India.
'On the set, he was this big personality, the great Om Puri. But at home, he was like a fluffy teddy bear.'
We dug out these pictures of Vietnamese actor Kha Ngan that reveal her love for swimming, fitness, and fashion.
'What is it about the institution of faith that makes somebody get a sense of impunity, that they believe they can get away with anything?'
The trailer of Jolly LLB 3 shows the two Jollys pitted against each other, which is a very clever idea, because both stars are terrific with comedy, notes Deepa Gahlot.
It's 'not looking like a Diwali lineup, which is usually grand and has superstar movies.'
With the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 fast approaching, the ICC has unveiled the flagship 'Will to Win' campaign film.
TVK cadres are worried, the leadership looks weak, and the party is not fully prepared for the 2026 elections, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'When you try to do something that's not been tried before, nobody likes that.'
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The NDA in Bihar, led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, strategically countered the Mahagathbandan's moves by implementing similar policies and announcements, effectively neutralising the MGB campaign promises and maintaining their political advantage.
Taming the animal called AI in its many avatars will clearly remain a work in progress.
After Gandhi made its premiere at the festival, Huma Qureshi made heads turn, thanks to her fashionable take.
Mirai is an ambitious, but lazily timid visual effects overkill that squanders away potential with an undercooked early draft screenplay that needed rework, notes Arjun Menon.
'Zarine spent her last autumn this year with my sister in Kashmir.' 'There, almost as a gentle premonition, Zarine said to my sister, "When I go, let my ashes be scattered across this valley".'
'I asked her whether she stood first. 'Yes Baba' was her reply. Her mother was crying in joy.'
A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan was hearing Seeman's plea challenging a Madras high court order refusing to quash the case against him.
'I fell in love with Suraiya and that was my first real gafla. The more I couldn't get her, the more I wanted her. When I couldn't marry her because the world didn't want it, I cried for the first time.'
'It is daunting, for sure, because you're rowing upstream.'
'They came to our bedrooms, woke people who were sleeping, and shot them. For what? For what?'
Ghaati does not understand how to harness Anushka Shetty's electrifying screen presence, complains Arjun Menon.
Though Vash Level 2 doesn't deliver an absolute knock-out experience we would expect from a horror sequel, it has got enough zing to keep the franchise hurtling forward, raves Mayur Sanap.
Deepika Padukone finally addressed the much-talked about eight-hour shift that's reportedly costing her big movies.
The top 10 films of the year may not be great by themselves but they stand out amidst the other OTT releases.
Delhi-born Telugu actor Ritika Nayak has a magnetic presence on social media where she shares her striking fashion looks.
While Nishaanchi is not a homerun for Kashyap, there's enough joy in this audience pleaser, notes Mayur Sanap.
Songs Of Paradise is the story of a female achiever that needed to be told, just as her songs of love and longing deserve to be rediscovered and shared with music aficionados, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Everything is over the top -- the style, the violence, the action. So nothing else matters, not gravity, bullets, or the presence of stalwarts like Naseeruddin Shah, observes Mayur Sanap.
What if Sholay were produced now, in our technologically advanced era, with AI vying for our attention?, asks Atanu Biswas.
'Women have always been given titles like 'mother' or 'housewife'. 'These tags put so much pressure on a woman to be a certain way.'
'Editor M S Shinde deserves full credit because, I'm told, Ramesh Sippy had shot 300,000 feet of footage, which was brought down to 18,000. 'He died in 2012, in a 126 square foot flat in Dharavi, penniless, a forgotten hero.'
The Kalyani Priyadarshan starrer is the kind of incentive superhero origin story that can alter the way such films are made in Malayalam cinema, feels Arjun Menon.
From facing Dennis Lillee to filming with Dharmendra, Mohsin Khan goes back in time in a freewheeling interview.
The Lucknow police have uncovered a cheating racket that mimicked the style of exam fraud seen in the first Munnabhai film, where real candidates were replaced by professional impersonators to sit for competitive exams.
'On our first day at the Kumbh Mela, there was a fire and shook our confidence. 'There must have been a few crore people there.' 'How do we place the camera in between them?'
'People ask me about my biggest action sequence; this is it, because it involved two giants of Indian cinema.'
Zubeen Garg was not just Assam's voice, he was its heartbeat, its rebellion, and its song of unity in a land often torn apart.
