'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.
'They wanted a character, who could speak both Tamil and Hindi. That's how I got on board.'
'You've to wait for the correct project and the right character.'
His ability to think like a visionary helps him expand his business, make new friends and improve his network.
Home-grown fare, international discoveries, brand new seasons of hugely anticipated series, Sukanya Verma lists her top 10 OTT shows.
Does Manmarziyaan feature in your list?
Films that amazed Aseem Chhabra at the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.
Several parts of Drishyam work but the film is more tackiness than craft, says Raja Sen.
In one of Britain's biggest jewellery heist, robbers have made off with an estimated 200 million (Rs 1,858 crore) worth of jewels from the most exclusive jewellery district.
'When you are crafting a story, it's always important to see how authentic that story is because if it is authentic and rooted, it will stand the test of time.'
While work on his most ambitious project Bombay Velvet is on, Anurag Kashyap's taut and gritty thriller Ugly screened at the ongoing New York Indian Film Festival.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films from the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
A mostly watchable thriller, Jazbaa is marred by its director Sanjay Gupta's penchant for excesses, feels Sukanya Verma.
Hindi cinema has not just explored various instances of brute force, but often glorified its misogyny.
'A lot of married people are not happy with their partners, so how does a marriage decide happiness? Our family wants us to be happy and successful, and marriage doesn't fit anywhere.'
'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.'
A clutch of professional talent management firms is changing the balance of demand and supply in India's entertainment industry, writes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'We wanted to explore the divisions in India -- be it class, caste, language, religion or gender.'
Sukanya Verma salutes the late actor's spectacular cinematic legacy.
From Aurangzeb to Sangh Parivar, the year 2016 offers plenty of hope in historical and modern literature.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier has action-packed entertainment, raves Paloma Sharma.
The comic punches in Dishkiyaoon are too few and far between, plot twists make little sense and are saddled with glaring loopholes, writes Nishi Tiwari.
Isn't It Romantic is about a New York woman hit on the head during a mugging. The impact leaves her feeling that she is in a rom-com.
Neerja Pandey's Baby, one must say, wouldn't have been as interesting without the lead troika.
'The biggest success of Andhadhun is that viewers are thinking and debating about it. I didn't expect it,' Sriram Raghavan tells Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff.com.
From sports to history, Rediff reader Sabyasachi Dutta shares a selection of books for you to add to your reading list in 2020.
Faux feminism aside, Mardaani is mostly a middling action thriller, writes Sukanya Verma.
The latest news on models, designers and actors from the world of glamour and fashion.
A look at films that were shot in Sri Lanka.
There is talk about 'cultural connect' and the 'warmth of storytelling' in Indian films vis-a-vis the spectacle and scale that Hollywood specialises in.
'I want to something drastically different, where people will get the shock of their lives. But that has not happened yet.'
'There are enough LGBTQ people in the industry, so I don't feel like a misfit.'
Streaming a diverse range of moods and moments, these films are a fairly commendable effort if not always riveting, feels Sukanya Verma.
While Calcutta has transitioned to Kolkata, Satyajit Ray's detective, Feluda, has remained unchanged in the Bengali consciousness
