Shreyas Talpade's film, co-starring the Deol brothers, never adds up to anything beyond a shrill or overdone caricature straight out of a dummy's guide in how to amuse, says Sukanya Verma.
'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.'
Yeh Meri Family 3 is developing into a Wonder Years kind of coming-of-age comedy that Indian viewers can relate to, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Sukanya Verma gives you some great options to choose from.
'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.'
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.
'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.'
'Out of sight, out of mind happens.'
Sukanya Verma gives you some great options to choose from.
'I'm just trying to keep my head down and hope people like my work.'
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.
Many interesting films with A-Listers line up for release in June.
Here's our advice: Skip the movie, buy the chocolate.
'My recent films didn't do well but that's a part of the game. I don't have any complaints. I feel sad and dejected, but you have to get moving,' Sharman Joshi tells Sonil Dedhia.
Raveena Tandon and daughter Rasha Thadani offered prayers at the Somnath Mahadev temple in Gujarat.
Cricket, time travel, artificial intelligence, haunted homes, World War II -- it's all there on OTT this week.
After the lull in January and February when only a handful of movies hit the screens, it's going to be a rather crowded March in the theatres.
April saw a lot of celebs put in that extra effort to look FASHIONABLY FABULOUS!
The 54-year-old silver fox had a new role as comedy fall guy to Iranian Mansour Bahrami in the gentlemen's senior invitation doubles on a packed outside court at Wimbledon.
'Being the Rs 100 crore girl definitely has a nice ring to it. This will get me to work harder every time I face the camera.'
While Hollywood attended the Oscars on Sunday night, film folk back home were busy getting glam for the Zee Cine Awards in Mumbai.
The actor has used the platform to make a few revelations about his personal life. Namrata Thakker lists them out.
Original's goodwill, natural bonhomie amongst the actors and wild card entries, Stree 2's spirited return sure has its high points, notes Sukanya Verma.
'Art should be judged by the way it is made and not by who is in it.' 'We should get better pay cheques now, because there is a huge gap. I hope that happens in time.'
Neither films were rejected by the audience, something that has happened with so many recent, mid-budget films.
'SRK couldn't have been nicer, empathetic, more sharing and interactive. It really was a wonderful moment.'
'You have to be in good spirits to make other people happy'.
'I am very happy that I took the decision to direct the film myself.'
'Now I have understood that an actor needs to switch on and off between action and cut.' 'I take my characters only from the vanity van to vanity van.' 'When I put on the makeup and wear the costume, I'm in character.' 'The minute I remove the makeup and take off my costume, I am out of it.'
'It's such a mishmash of wonderful things, so many different cultures, subsections of society and weird histories.'
Spooky spirits, identical twins, camping beagles, Game of Thrones spin-offs and the mad, MAD world of Bollywood, Sukanya Verma lists everything you can catch on OTT this week.
'If you respect your partner immaterial of anything. That respect should be there even when you are arguing. Because when you argue, there is a time when it slips. And then you start disrespecting. Once it comes, that crack, it is always visible.'
Since Kakuda is made for OTT, the film might find its audience of horror fans but it is not particularly scary, and not the least bit funny, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'If there is an artiste somewhere in India or in the world who wants to express her art, I hoped that this award would inspire them, and add meaning to their journey.'
Dhanush, Mahesh Babu, Sushmita Sen, Bhumi Pednekar, it's a star studded show on OTT this week.
Abhishek Bachchan talks about Housefull 3, co-star Nargis and fatherhood!
Sanjay Dutt performed the 'pind daan' at the Vishnupad temple in Gaya, Bihar, on Thursday.
