For a person who hasn't overdosed on a TV series for decades -- not since the delightful Friends, and much further back, the homily-laden Hum Log or the excellent Buniyaad or Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi -- Game of Thrones has been a game changer for me, writes Shuma Raha.
Bollywood inspired weddings, Dharmendra's cringe-worthy attempt at realism, Sridevi and Aishwarya's painful connection and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
Sukanya Verma on The Zoya Factor in Indian cinema.
At its core, Criminal Justice is a tale of small miscalculations leading to grave consequences, feels Sreehari Nair.
A look at some of the most anticipated films of 2015.
This is a film where random storylines are padded together with obscure Internet facts, observes Sreehari Nair.
What Sukanya Verma loves about Kenneth Branagh's extravagant vision is he gives us a Cinderella that's got a little more spirit and penchant for horse-riding if not the hand-drawn delicacy or singing prowess of her animated avatar.
Aseem Chhabra picks 10 fascinating films he watched in Macao -- a blend of Asian, independent, Hollywood projects and even a 66-years-old classic Japanese film that still stands the test of time.
When PK works, it does with great merit. When it does not, it sermonises, says Sukanya Verma.
We celebrate Bhattsaab and his greatest gems.
Sridevi was one of India's finest actresses. Here's the proof.
'The content on television is directly proportional to what the audience likes.'
Bhoothnath Returns starts off with a fascinating premise but drags towards the end, says Sukanya Verma.
'Kader Khan could be horribly intimidating, impossibly silly, achingly human and, sometimes, all at once.' 'I was drawn to his magic and magnetism even when I didn't know he was behind it,' recalls Sukanya Verma.
You can proudly show these movies to the impressionable ones!
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Ekta Kapoor candidly confessed that she is equated with scandal, sleaze and shocking content.' 'So it's gutsy on her part that she is not bothered if our Indian audience is ready for such a Web series.'
The lasting influence of Amitabh Bachchan's Supremo, hitchhiking with Salman Khan, a taste of Tom Alter, Padmaavat's best scene and more in Sukanya Verma's Super-filmi Week.
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.
Bombay Velvet was Bollywood's biggest flop this year.
One of Bollywood's most rock-solid careers, Anil Kapoor shows no signs of stopping!
The movies that impressed, puzzled and stunned Sukanya Verma at MAMI this year.
Prepping for the Baahubali juggernaut, remembering a toddler Vinod Khanna and making Deepika Padukone dance to Jennifer Lopez's tunes, Sukanya Verma's super filmi week was pretty eventful.
Brilliant cinema at the ongoing Mumbai Film Festival, raves Sukanya Verma.
Jobs fails to meet expectations, writes Paloma Sharma.
Sonali Barthwal, who debuted at Lakme Fashion Week, is a Delhi girl, originally hailing for Garhwal, Uttaranchal. Bubbly and effervescent she's got a sense of humour too.
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Ram Leela is a lavish visual spread and is filled with moments of thrill, ingenuity and splendour.
'When we make these action machismo films, the stupidest thing is to show that the hero sails through a thousand people. It's a tradition we have grown up with.' 'We don't have the basis of creating a Bruce Lee or a Jackie Chan.'
Aseem Chhabra lists the elements that he loved and was pleasantly surprised by in the movies.
'If not now, then when will I take risks and enjoy myself?'
Nikhil Lakshman remembers the times he spent with the legendary writer who passed into the ages six days before his 86th birthday.
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.
The gulf between Hindi cinema's finest current actor and his contemporaries widens with each film. But even Irrfan Khan, in Mick Jagger's words, can't always get what he wants. Raja Sen tells us why that's not a bad thing.
'2015 gave us a set of Hindi films that brought to light, the true uncorrupted joys of filmmaking even in their roughness.' 'Films which told us why we loved films in the first place. Films that were less ashamed of revealing their weakness and ones that took chances with audience expectations.'
A headline or a tweet or a status update should not, in a civil world, be allowed to contain a spoiler, rants Raja Sen.
Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year.
Lootera is a gorgeous, gorgeous film, one that uses its period setting affectionately, with loving detail, and not exploitatively, as our cinema is wont to do.
'For a long time Pakistan dreamt that India would break up and that it would be the predominant power in the region,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Rediff.com reproduces the 1997 feature about Laxman, his passion for crows, and of course, his genius.
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