Akshay Kumar was not present but the rest of the cast of Khel Khel Mein -- including Taapsee Pannu, Fardeen Khan, Ammy Virk, Aditya Seal and Pragya Jaiswal -- made sure to promote their new song Hauli Hauli.
Film stars from Hindi cinema as well as the south came together on a common platform, where they were honoured for their work.
'Nobody likes preachy stories. When you lace it with humour, it works.'
'It was my job to read out their lines to the actors and make sure they spoke them with the right diction, accent and pronunciation. If you look at my photographs from the Sadma set, you will always find me with a file in hand, even when I am in my costume. While Kamal and Sridevi were diligent about their Hindi dialogue, Silk Smitha, while always respectful, was not too interested in her lines or my instructions.'
'Success is in the hands of the audience. I learn from what they like or dislike, and take the next step further.'
'Not many films have a reference to a creature who talks, emotes, acts in a film. And Munjya is doing all of it.
Director Mohanakrishna Indraganti talks about his first comedy film Bandipotu.
Manisha has a question...Sanya makes black look good...Krystle's motto...
'I was completely in awe of him. After the shot was okayed, I would quickly run back to my chair and sit quietly till I was called again.'
Among other things, she can steal your dil in her ethnic best.
Fardeen Khan takes the world behind the scenes of his first theatrical release in 14 years, Khel Khel Mein, which is an ensemble film with Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu, Vaani Kapoor, Ammy Virk, Aditya Seal and Pragya Jaiswal.
'When Bad Newz was given to me to direct, the first thing I did was go back to my childhood.' 'It's an ode to Hindi cinema.'
This is the kind of film to watch with friends and maybe a six-pack. It has some risqu bits but nothing so vulgar that the pause button would need to be hit if Mummyji walks into the room, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan pits him and Tiger Shroff in titular avatars. While we wait to catch their distinct personality play off against each other, Sukanya Verma offers a lowdown on Akshay's two-hero jodis in the past.
'A journalist met me after Mastizaade failed and said, "'Whatever you do in life, you will never get rid of the Sex Comedy King of India tag".' 'She didn't mean to hurt me, but it broke me.'
Lots of romance and action on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.
'For India For Indian comedy. Every breath, every word.'
'Whenever there is a women-oriented film, people think that it will be a serious film, or there will be men-bashing. But there's nothing like that. Women can do comedy very, very well.'
Sitaram Yechury strived to have the country's Left movement shed its doctrinaire approach to India's socio-cultural complexities and stitch electoral and social alliances to fight the Sangh Parivar.
'We believe these five days should get roughly about 5 to 5.5 million people or more into the cinemas.'
Aftab Shivdasani joins Akshay Kumar in Ahmed Khan's Welcome to the Jungle.
Aditi shares beautiful pictures with her fiance from their Tuscany vacation.
Ammy and Triptii have the chemistry of a door-to-door salesman and disinterested customer.' On the other hand, she and Vicky burn down the house with their scorching sensuality, observes Sukanya Verma.
Dr Ramakanta Panda, one of the world's leading heart surgeons and the chairman and chief cardiac surgeon at Mumbai's Asian Heart Institute, recommends simple things you can do every day to keep your heart healthy.
July has some interesting content on OTT, with quite a few original shows and movies premiering in the digital space.
Stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma is back with his show and while the set is bigger and the look is grander, the gags are still the same, feels Namrata Thakker.
The Hindi dubbed (badly) version of the Tamil hit Aranmanai is out, and it turns out to be lengthy, noisy and mostly tedious, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Aamir Khan and nephew Imran Khan will play cameo roles in Happy Patel.
The Independence Day holiday weekend is very popular amongst film-makers and film-goers.
With Vinesh Phogat's heartbreaking disqualification over discrepancies in weight at the Paris Olympics just when India was keeping its fingers crossed for a sure shot victory at the finals, spirits have hit an all-time low. Art mirrors life and it won't be a surprise if our sports biopic obsessed film-makers turn this dramatic change of events into a movie one day.
Sooraj R Barjatya was judged Best Director for the Hindi movie Uunchai at the National Film Awards.
2024 may have seen a few flops at the box office but there have been some hits as well.
'If you're a person who's not comfortable going out to parties for networking, don't do it.' 'It's not like you're getting a film at a party.'
This is nature at its funniest, courtesy Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. Some seem to be having a whale of a time. Others, grinning for the camera, or caught in "gotcha" embarrassing moment. These are the best entries so far in the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, 2019.
'Out of sight, out of mind happens.'
Divya Nair recommends that non-Vijay fans save their money and wait for GOAT to drop on Netflix instead. At least you can fast forward and get to the climax faster.
Sukanya Verma gives you some great options to choose from.
Arjun's throwback selfie.. Sanju Baba remembers his father... Karishma's in Spain...
Vikrant Massey is a man of undeniable talent. But he too can't rise above Blackout's derailed script that reduces the likes of Jisshu Sengupta, Chhaya Kadam and Mouni Roy to chumps, observes Sukanya Verma.
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