'One of his most famous scenes is set in a prison in Delhi where the British try to subvert Karla, the legendary Soviet spy who is being transferred back to Moscow and is being temporarily detained by the Indian agencies.' Ambassador B S Prakash salutes John le Carre.
'Life is unpredictable and it's not like once you have fallen in love with someone, you can't fall out, right?'
Director Halitha Shameem, deserve credit for weaving an excellent suspense thriller like Poovarasam Peepee.
Radhika Apte's espionage skills, a quartet of romances in Visakhapatnam and a whole lot of other adventures and thrills, there's tons of action to catch on OTT this week.
Some of Bollywood's top directors started very young.
The glass is always full when it comes to OTT. Sukanya Verma brings you everything you can catch on streaming platforms this week.
'It is not only the hero who displays guts and cleverness but the villain can also have these traits.'
'He resonates more with the youth which is always something brands want.'
'My director has put the ugliest face of a crime on screen.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
"You have an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad. You worked in a bank in New York. What made you give up all that and pursue acting?" 'A little bit of courage and a lot of stupidity.'
A year marked by more lows than highs for Hindi cinema, here's a recap of the best and worst in 2021.
If the stories weren't bound by their themes or expectations or if they weren't limited to the time and the medium, Mani Ratnam's Navarasa could have been something better, feels Divya Nair.
The writer may be dead, but his impeccable creations will remain immortalised forever in the hearts of millions of his fans. Here we ask our readers to speak about, share their memories of Dick Francis's favourite books. Please contribute your valuable thoughts in the message board below.
'What you do today defines what you are going to be tomorrow.'
Saptamasree Taskaraha is an enjoyable comic thriller, says Paresh C Palicha.
A neat review summing up what Akshay Kumar's 8*10 is all about.
The annual Toronto International Film Festival began on September 10.
'My first film put me in the spotlight as a commercial heroine. After that, I kept getting such films and I enjoyed them. Whatever I have learnt, I have learnt on the job through these films. I have also made mistakes like everyone but I have learnt from them and moved on.' Sonakshi Sinha gets us ready for Noor.
'As soon as the plane touched down and we emerged, barricades came down and his fans rushed towards us.' 'Then, before my astonished eyes, they had lifted him up and he was being passed along over the heads of people.' 'It was an incredible sight!'
'You need to be very passionate towards life, not because you are a film-maker, but because you are a human being.' 'If you can do that, then I think it reflects in the films that you make.'
Contrary to Rohit Shetty's hit comedy, Golmaal which was consistently funny, Sunday entertains as long as it tries to be funny but isn't sly enough to find a mention in the archive of whodunits.
Alka Film Corporation's Saadhu Miranda directed by Siddique is a surprisingly good crime thriller flick -- if you can ignore the slapstick.
'Somewhere, I have to be true to myself. At this point in life, I am more interested in human drama.'
'At the centre of it all is Abhishek Bachchan trying valiantly to pique our curiosity, but simply cannot muster the edginess his Avinash so badly needs,' observes Sukanya Verma.
Nikhil Siddhartha talks about his new film Karthikeya
Despite its many flaws, Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum surprisingly keeps you entertained, feels S Saraswathi.
Sukanya Verma looks at the recent spate of book-to-screen adaptations.
'I had been getting many offers, but either something had nudity or sex or abusive language.' 'I am not interested in doing all this just for the sake of it.'
You can be a copywriter, novelist or a content writer and turn your hobby into a fruitful career.
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.
Aseem Chhabra brings you the Best of the Berlinale.
'Discussions of favouritism and the #MeToo movement really unearthed a lot.' 'I really hope that these movements force people to look inwards and be nicer to each other.' 'But it's definitely not as bad as it's made out to be.'
'I find drawing inspiration for characters from real life very limiting.'
'Bypass Road goes around in circles and gets nowhere,' declares Sukanya Verma.
Badla wears the air of a cold, civil, old-fashioned whodunit, which treats its premise like an insidious game and characters with undisguised suspicion, feels Sukanya Verma.
'You've to wait for the correct project and the right character.'
'They wanted a character, who could speak both Tamil and Hindi. That's how I got on board.'
His ability to think like a visionary helps him expand his business, make new friends and improve his network.
