Welcome to Bharti's wedding party!
With comic Kenny Sebastian, you don't just get a stand-up act, you get a performance.
Beg, borrow, steal or adopt, fake parents share a history of coming to the hero or heroine's rescue ensuing in much mirth and masala.
'I don't know whether this curse will be lifted or not. It's in the hands of the audience.'
'The response to savagery and mass injustice is never a persistent howl.' 'There will be, among the victims, those who choose to forget the scars, those who go on living, those who challenge the overall environment of sentimentality.' 'And the more effort you put into including these other voices, into assimilating these spoilsports, the more balanced your depiction of the tragedy in question will be,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'I do drama with the same intensity as any comedy.'
Director Rohit Shetty is laughs his way to the bank.
'Once in a while if there is a great show, why not do it on OTT?'
'It has been a roller coaster ride for me. When I look back, there is only one word with which I can express my journey: Gratitude.'
The actor, whose real name was Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri, had not been keeping well, producer Mehmood Ali, a family friend, told PTI.
Biju Menon tells Divya Nair/Rediff.com how he transformed himself to play a 73 year old character, one of his most challenging and satisfying roles as an actor.
'How can so many misfortunes fall on one beautiful family?'
Karisma Kapoor is all set to make her digital debut in Ekta Kapoor's Mentalhood, a comedy about the madness of motherhood.
From South Korean treats to internationally acclaimed series to home-grown delights, here are Sukanya Verma's favourite OTT shows of 2021.
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'An old party like the Congress cannot rely solely on the prescriptions of a 'Doctor' whose motives and intentions are still unknown and that he does not look attached towards any party or ideology,' point out Sunil Gatade and Venkatesh Kesari.
'I'd definitely wish that the audience of Kerala mature. There are a large number of people who welcome sexual scenes or content if it is in a foreign movie but they can't accept this in a regional movie. That attitude of hypocrisy has to change.'
Pellissery's women continue to express the beauty in our common humanity. And often, these women go so far into expressing our hopes, desires, absurdities and follies that they end up acting at variance with the ethical prescriptions of our age. And this, I believe, is precisely why they remain "invisible" to a whole bunch of viewers, says Sreehari Nair.
Shimla Mirchi is a lost opportunity, feels Moumita Bhattacharjee.
There's the excitement of watching minor people commit major crimes and watching how that becomes their second nature, almost. Just when you think the show is extending outwards, it implodes. And with the ethical hinges off totally, you, the viewer, wouldn't know quite how to react, observes Sreehari Nair.
Sunny Leone lashes out at Congress MP Abhishek Manu Sanghvi.
When the top stars refused to play Milkha Singh, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra went down another route. A riveting excerpt from the director's memoir The Stranger In The Mirror.
Dhilluku Dhuddu is an unremarkable horror comedy, writes S Saraswathi.
'As a family, we were not going through a very good time financially.' 'I wanted to be an interior designer, but I didn't have enough money to join the polytechnic.' 'I was about 15-and-a-half, 16, so I said okay, let me just try (acting).'
'War is never a solution. It's nothing but real estate business I am against any kind of violence.'
Variety is the spice of life and the greatest USP of OTT platforms. Sukanya Verma points out all the wonderful stuff to choose from this week's mix.
Kapil takes over from Ranveer and Nick!
'Dev for me embodied all that kind of charm, optimism, energy, vulnerability, awkwardness and yet strength.' 'He's in every scene for two hours.' 'He has to play drama, melodrama, romance, pathos, comedy.' 'It was a relief when he said yes.'
'It's happened many times, all these lovely aunties come to me and say, 'Beta, whenever you come onscreen, you make us laugh even before saying a dialogue'.'
'There have been more than 1,500 encounters.' 'So it's 1,500 murders.'
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Joginder Tuteja looks at the dadis of Bollywood.
There's a lot of action on the OTT platform this March, thanks to some interesting film and Web series coming up.
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'My entire house turn their backs on me when a cricket match is happening.' 'The minute I look at the TV screen, an Indian player gets out.' 'So if I do enter the room, I have to sit with my back to the TV.'
'I think we can agree she was the lucky one there?'
'If you don't get married, it's not a crime. If you do, it's not an achievement either.'
The VFX is rather ordinary and the film is loaded with annoying horror clichs, feels S Saraswathi.
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