The news of his passing is sad and sudden but the body of work he leaves behind will neither fade nor be forgotten.
'The show -- one friend described it as a desi Lion King -- was stunning to watch. The lights, set design, sound, the selection of songs was simply quite spectacular.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at Ranbir's films, which have seen the best opening collections.
'Pancham was way ahead of his times. Picture chale na chale, RD's music was damn good.'
'It's amazing how many different kinds of patriotic songs we have in our country.'
Director Raghava Lawrence's Kanchana 2 is an enjoyable horror comedy about six ghosts who are out to avenge their deaths.
'I thought my journey had ended even before it began.'
The nominees for the Academy Awards enjoyed a special Oscar luncheon at the Fairmont Century Plaza in California on March 7, 20 days before the big day on March 27.
The Krrish 3 soundtrack had to be nothing short of magnificent but it doesn't come anywhere close to that.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big November hits in the past decade.
Aseem Chhabra presents his list of 10 international films that mattered to him, stories that he connected with and characters that gave him a better understanding of the human condition.
Blockbusters of the year, serial killer of Bollywood movie critics, goth teen queens discovering psychic powers and Groot in holiday mood, it's all there on OTT this week.
It was heartening to see so many women -- young and old, many in hijab and burqa shaking their bodies, raising their arms and singing with complete abandonment.
Begum, 80, wasn't keeping well since last few years.
The Best of Me fits well enough in the genre to which it belongs and will obviously prove to be a major tearjerker for hopeless romantics. The rest of us can only find it amusing, at best, says Paloma Sharma.
The south awards night was a GRAND affair!
'2015 gave us a set of Hindi films that brought to light, the true uncorrupted joys of filmmaking even in their roughness.' 'Films which told us why we loved films in the first place. Films that were less ashamed of revealing their weakness and ones that took chances with audience expectations.'
Ayushmann Khurrana is ready to repeat the flirtatious woman deed second time around in Dream Girl 2.
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel loses the plot somewhere in the first 15 minutes, says Nishi Tiwari.
The movies that impressed, puzzled and stunned Sukanya Verma at MAMI this year.
Sukanya Verma lists her five BEST and WORST Bollywood movies of 2019.
There are so many patriotic songs that make us proud to be Indians.
Aseem Chhabra highlights 10 films that moved him, films that may show up in theatres near you.
'It's everyone's dream to have their pictures show up on Google.' 'In the beginning, you're not used to it.' 'It's a bit weird and even now it's weird.'
Sreesanth will also be singing a fast number in the movie for which recording has begun in a studio in Kochi.
'I don't think 'oh, I have done 534 films' or 'I have 40 years of experience behind me.'
Sreehari Nair is *not* impressed by this lot of films at all.
One expected just a fun-filled score, but composers Vishal-Shekhar have gone beyond that to bring us some soulful melodies as well.
'With the media and social media pulling them down every second day, there are no heroes left.' 'What we have are actors and we want to see them play characters which are real, human and identifiable.'
In Khufiya, a mother's journey, a lover's vendetta and a country's mission, skewed patriotism and moral disengagement coalesce and highlight the nature of the spying business, notes Sukanya Verma.
Boman shares a BTS from Chandigarh... Amitabh supports a young talent... Hina leaves New York...
The Stardust 50th Anniversary Honours awards saw the who's who of Bollywood on the red carpet.
An evening celebrating the best of what medicine has to offer.
Aditya Chopra may be a household name in India, but few have seen his face, recognise his voice or know the brain behind the business outside his tight inner circle. The Romantics makes sure it has its own to brag about when he, finally, appears before the camera, notes Sukanya Verma.
'Laxmi was insistent that our homes should never have name-plates, because the name Laxmikant-Pyarelal should never be separated!'
A R Rahman plucks the strings of a harp following a rehearsal at The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Amitabh Bachchan remembers Holi over the years.
Sukanya Verma looks at how one of the seven primal human emotions is usually treated in Hindi movies.
As much as we enjoy and write reams and reams about our amazement at the Kantara climax, 30 years on from now, will we remember these portions more fondly or the ones where Shiva is simply hanging out with his friends, mulls Rohit Sathish Nair.
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