Home-grown fare, international discoveries, brand new seasons of hugely anticipated series, Sukanya Verma lists her top 10 OTT shows.
In a balancing act after massive protests in Kolkata over rise in rapes in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday had sharp words for intellectuals who had deserted her, while appealing for help to raise social awareness against such crimes.
Made In China is puerile, flimsy film-making, sighs Sukanya Verma.
No Ganpati celebration is complete without Humse Badhkar Kaun's hugely popular song, Deva O Deva Ganpati Deva Tumse Badhkar Kaun blaring out of the pandal speakers.
Mira Nair, in New York to release The Namesake on DVD, talks about Shantaram and lots more.
Vishwas strongly rejected the allegations, saying she had come back targeting him with "another script".
A neat family story blended with some thrilling elements. Ramesh Arvind scores while Saakshi falters. Hamsalekha's melodious music is another high point. Visually a brilliant.
'The facts have become unimportant and useless.' 'What is important is the constantly shouting of patriotism even as one undermines the interests of the people.' 'And the abusing of rivals as being traitors,' says Aakar Patel.
Dealing with a case of stalking of a 10-year-old girl, the court relied on the testimony of the victim as the people in the neighbourhood where the incidents had occured and the passers-by kept themselves away from the probe.
Aseem Chhabra lists the best non-Hindi language films he watched in 2020, with the hope that they will have a wider reach in the new year.
Police, however, rubbished the criminal's claims, saying he was doing this for cheap publicity.
Since its entry in 2016, Netflix has announced over 60 titles to be sourced from India.
Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit get ready to make Total Dhamaal on the big screen again!
'During my nearly three decades of military service, both in war and peace, I have usefully drawn upon Gandhiji's storehouse of wisdom.' 'When military intelligence jobs require tightrope walking on the edge of moral and ethical dilemmas, I have looked up to Gandhiji,' notes Colonel R Hariharan (retd).
The court premises witnessed high drama as the police forcefully took the duo into custody from the court complex.
The element of curiosity and chill is doubled when it's inspired from real-life manslaughter.
The hounding of Rhea Chakraborty in the Sushant Singh Rajput case is a drug that is being carefully pumped into India's veins to make it comfortably numb as it is wracked by economic ruin and disease, notes Sumit Bhattacharya.
A serving army personnel was on Sunday arrested by Delhi Police from Siliguri in West Bengal in connection with the alleged ISI-linked espionage racket, taking to five the number of people taken into custody in the case.
A 37-year-old mother was on Sunday charged for killing her seven children from five different husbands and her niece, who were found stabbed to death in Cairns city in north Queensland in Australia.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to implement its earlier order on dance bars.
'It's also a movie-crazed kid's idea of a great time,' discovers Sreehari Nair.
'As an actor, the excitement for me is to step into those shoes and see what keeps that man going and what has made him what he is today.'
Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana on Thursday refused to grant any relief to Akshay Kumar, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh and rejected the petition saying no valid ground has been brought to his notice to justify the stay of execution of death warrants scheduled on March 20 at 5:30 am.
'I am learning good things and trying to avoid the bad. I am moving ahead with a positive attitude. That is my biggest achievement.'
Hindi cinema has not just explored various instances of brute force, but often glorified its misogyny.
Haryana Agriculture Minister O P Dhankar has triggered a row by terming farmers who commit suicide as criminals and cowards.
Every single one of Parinda's magnificent frames is a masterclass in slick. Sukanya Verma tells us why.
The visibly heartbroken and exhausted parents of Nirbhaya on Friday slammed reports of the Home ministry contemplating of having the juvenile convict sign a legal bond affirming good behaviour after his release, and demanded to know how it would guarantee that he would not repeat the crime again.
The influence of EDM was seen in Bollywood songs throughout the year.
Bollywood has told many 'Brothers' tales over the years.
'What if this was my child?' 'My 3 year old, my 8 year old, my 17 year old?' Would I be insular, silent?' 'Would I protect those who I so actively protect now?' asks Preeti D'Mello.
There's a certain amount of drama to the profession. Sample these taglines: 'We can see the unseen'; 'I can plant my detective in your guest bedroom.' One agency has even ensured that all its phone numbers end in '007'.
On that note, Sukanya Verma lists 10 times when Bollywood assembled a bevy of evil-doers to make life hell for its leading man.
So many films have been made with Muslim characters. But how many have actually got them right?
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors is not a great show, but an efficient one, notes Sreehari Nair.
Mayawati charged that the communal atmosphere in the state had been spoilt because of an understanding between the SP and the BJP.
In its preoccupation to collect details, Te3n flounders on motive, says Sukanya Verma.
A bland remake of the Tamil hit Mouna Guru, girl power is merely a USP device in Akira, says Sukanya Verma.
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