Akshay and Emraan's first movie outing together seems a good family entertainer with loads of action, drama and comedy.
The US is currently Earth's most powerful country and a certain latitude of understanding -- a world view -- is popularly expected from its leadership. From a country identified with freedom, constitution, debate, democracy and the likes of Abraham Lincoln even as it had the most powerful military around, the US, following Trump's actions, seemed repositioned as militarily powerful with other qualities secondary, observes Shyam G Menon.
From Vijay saving the day yet again to Vikramaditya Motwane's latest offering, here's everything you can watch on OTT this week.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
This is the first time that a trailer has been launched midair.
When mainstream Hindi cinema is preoccupied with romance, comedy, horror and action, stories about sisters and brothers are very rare. Vasan Bala has made a first-of-its-kind film where the leads play sister and brother, notes Aseem Chhabra.
It's going to be a party on OTT this September, with a string of interesting releases but the theatre scene looks bare.
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If Naam was made today, there wouldn't even have been enough audiences to boo it out of the halls, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'Do films today even have the courage to question the establishment?'
'When you're attempting a genre such as action with two big action heroes, your film needs to look and feel a certain way, which was very difficult to achieve.'
'What a monstrous year this has been, excited like a child for you guys to be a part of my 2025'
Sukanya Verma looks at their eclectic career of over two decades as their latest offering Citadel: Honey Bunny, the Indian leg of the Russo Brothers globetrotting spy universe series, drops on Amazon Prime Video on November 7.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is going full throttle with its creeps and cackle, which marks the addition of Madhuri Dixit and re-entry of the OG Manjulika, Vidya Balan.
'Since childhood, I have enjoyed playing with children. Even when I did films early in my career, I would make sure that whatever content I am putting out, kids should be able to watch these films.'
The tide has turned for Sunny. He has another actioner in the upcoming Jatt and has reteamed with Rajkumar Santoshi after almost three decades for the Aamir Khan produced Lahore 1947.
Emotions run high more than usual on OTT this week.
'Jitendra Pratap Singh (his character in Vedaa) believes in the divisive politics of society and that is more dangerous than the regular goons.'
While one waits to see when theatres will reopen, it would be nice to start off with light-hearted movies.
Sukanya Verma gives you some interesting options.
It was a hit and miss for some but each one of them revelled in the opportunity to showcase their talent.
'We start shooting in January and will complete in April.'
Bollywood hero on the run, hijacked weddings, shrinks in need of therapy, Sukanya Verma lists the chaos and entertainment on OTT this week.
The many episodes in which the characters quarrel, sulk and rehearse would have been boring were it not for the music, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Good, bad, evil, we saw a gamut of emotions on display in their most stirring form as actors reiterated their worth.
Fast, furious and fashionable, it's all there on OTT this week. Here's the action-packed menu.
Bollywood seems to have ignored the month of September, with only two Hindi releases coming up in theatres. But cine-goers need not worry, as Hollywood and south cinema makes up for it.
Namrata Thakker picks her 10 favourite Leo movies.
Salman Khan shares his look from his latest action-comedy, Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan.
'When he played his inner light shone so bright! His joy embraced us all... we experienced divinity.'
'If you are watching cricket and don't want to leave the screen, you could check the menu and order through Zomato (or any other app) from a small part of your screen. That is what we are working towards.'
Lots of romance and action on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.
'It's very heartening because it's a kind of underdog story and you know, we're not a big film, we're not with big people, we have not been able to plaster ourselves all over the place to make ourselves be seen and watched.' 'But still, we have managed to somehow get here.'
Munjya is the most wildly entertaining ghost I have encountered at the movies recently. But he has the added advantage of being a Maharashtrian ghost, of possessing rhythms of speech and behaviour that are distinctly Maharashtrian, of being blessed with that beautiful brand of Maharashtrian irritability
Producer Dinesh Vijan has worked with several film stars, and they all came together to party hard on his birthday.
Riteish Deshmukh talks about his films, being typecast and more...
'People worship Krishna. People don't worship Ved Vyas, who wrote the Mahabharata.' 'It's a cultural thing because we don't see the heroes behind the screen, we see the heroes who are in front of the screen.'
Shah Rukh Khan discusses his new film Chennai Express at its trailer launch.
An Action Hero's oil and water combination of genres doesn't always gel, gets overly far-fetched in places but still holds up on the strength of whimsy and surprise, notes Sukanya Verma. An Action Hero Review.
Film stars from Hindi cinema as well as the south came together on a common platform, where they were honoured for their work.