Rahul Dev Burman's collaboration with Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar was unique, but he saved his best for Lata Mangeshkar.
Ranveer is loud, but not shrill, notes Subhash K Jha. As in singing, in acting holding your pitch in the higher notes is a Himalayan task. Ranveer resides on the highest notes of the musical mountain and still manages to be coherent, fluent and persuasive.
'If you are mature and haven't done terrible things to each other, love doesn't have to go away.'
'We need to be proud of our Maratha history and should be ready to tell the world our stories and not just keep them limited to Maharashtra.'
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.
Find out more about interesting films and Web series coming up on OTT this month.
Have a party at home? Aelina Kapoor recommends the Loveshhuda soundtrack.
On the actress' fourth death anniversary, Subhash K Jha selects his favourites.
'In one case, she wasn't even there in the scene, but she just kept watching it and cheering me on.'
The next 12 months will see many world cinema heavyweights unveiling exciting new films.
'I believe FFI has made a mistake,' notes Aseem Chhabra.
'The nicest thing is that it is not my film.' 'People bring their own stories and life histories to the film.'
The greatest films on the kotha culture are the ones with the best poetry and music.
Sooper Se Ooper will not be able to make you laugh like Sidhu or Archana Puran Singh performing on their respective shows but it will make you chuckle to yourself softly at situations and the characters' reaction to them, writes Paloma Sharma.
Crime, climate change and cool Oscar winners dominate the OTT menu this week.
His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions. Siva Sankar pays tribute to S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer who passed into the ages on Friday.
Blinded By The Light will release on Netflix on September 6.
Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend.
Rupesh Paul, whose musical has been long-listed for the 2012 Academy Awards, talks about his film.
All roads led to Yash Raj Studios on May 25, as Bollywood's power couples and their friends celebrated Karan Johar's 50th birthday party.
Goodbye makes ordinary places, ordinary people and ordinary events become interesting, observes Mayur Sanap.
After the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon on Wednesday, August 23, Bollywood has joined India to laud ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) and its team for the historic mission.
'It's like he came on a Time Machine and left in the same vehicle. A fairytale ending, but not a happy one.'
An actor of remarkable presence and gravitas, Vikram Gokhale's dramatic eloquence and cocksure authority sparkled every time he had to call on someone's bluff or leave them too tongue-tied to beat around the bush. Often though, his cold, composed stare was enough to put a dolt in place.
As it celebrates 50 years of being in business, Joginder Tuteja looks at YRF's biggest hits.
'When I started my journey in Indian Idol, a lot of people laughed at me for not knowing Hindi well. I did feel bad but I did not let anything negative affect me and took it as a challenge.' Meet Indian Idol 9 winner V Revanth.
The Olivier Awards are the British stage equivalent of the Oscars.
Jubilee's irresistible celebration of cinema and all its good, bad, ugly ways lives up to its title, applauds Sukanya Verma.
'Masaan is history for me. This is another journey with Raman Raghav 2.0. You have to clean your slate after every film, and not let its success or failure affect you.' Vicky Kaushal moves on, with Raman Raghav 2.0.
Joginder Tuteja lists the biggest box office successes with stars in uniform.
Bappida's softer more creative work got buried in the noise, rues Subhash K Jha as he picks the late lamented composer's most soulful songs.
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Joginder Tuteja looks at films that didn't do well in theatres but became popular on satellite television or on OTT.
In a career of eight years, the actor -- who turned 33 on May 16 -- already has an impressive oeuvre.
Following a year of pandemic prompted no-show and another of backlash for its staggering lack of representation, the Golden Globes felt more atonement than awards ceremony in its 80th iteration.
Reviewers rated it high, but still, these films unfortunately flopped.
Sukanya Verma's OTT recommendations for the week.
'It feels good when you are able to share your experiences and learning with someone who is willing and happy to listen and accept.' 'More than moulding him, I gave with an open heart, and Ahan was very receptive.'
Hindi lyrics are no bar to the global appeal of his music.
