'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.' 'Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.'
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's newsmakers and events.
Kamal is the second Tamil actor after Sivaji Ganesan to be awarded this honour.
A look at the winners of the 89th Annual Academy Awards.
'It's amazing how many different kinds of patriotic songs we have in our country.'
Parasite created history at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards as the South Korean class drama went on to become the first foreign language film to pick up the top prize of the Best Motion Picture cast award.
Madame Tussauds honours the most recorded artist in music history.
The best films are not necessarily the most successful -- that would be another list altogether -- although sometimes quality and commerce do converge.
'Dune deserves all the raves it has been getting.'
'It is a film with a good human concept that would touch people around the world.' 'We are honouring a film that deserves to be at the Oscars.'
Following a year of pandemic prompted no-show and another of backlash for its staggering lack of representation, the Golden Globes felt more atonement than awards ceremony in its 80th iteration.
In spite of a selection of fine actors doing their best, and an eye-catching visual quality, Rana Naidu is more disturbing than entertaining, feels Deepa Gahlot.
''Chadwick Boseman didn't get sympathy votes because he is dead.' 'He would have won even if he were alive.' 'What a contrast to our nation where you are instantly anointed to greatness if you are dead and your abysmally mediocre posthumous film gets designated as a classic,' sighs Subhash K Jha.
'If you sit collar turned up and tell yourself, you are great, you will never evolve as an actor.'
Roger Ebert's favourite Fellini film, time travel in Kolkata, Charlie Kaufman's existential horror, Fahadh Faasil's hacker skills, audacious superheroes, fledgling superheroes, Sukanya Verma offers 10 recommendations to watch on OTT.
Why were two of 2018's critically panned films awarded?! exclaims Aseem Chhabra.
'A lot of people in the West think that India has a very conservative culture, so we don't show much intimacy and sex in movies here. But I always say that, without sex, India won't have a population of over 1.2 billion people.'
National award winner Chaitanya Tamhane tells us the story behind his film, Court.
Guess how many screens Happy New Year will be shown in!
The veteran filmmaker passed away in Mumbai. He was 88.
Back in Mumbai, the Quantico actress said she wanted to celebrate birthday with family.
Which films are *you* rooting for?
'Every day, after 'pack-up', Khansaab and Deepika would come for dance practice and rehearse till around 1-1.30 am.' 'The weather was a challenge because while on screen, it looks warm and sunny, it was actually bitterly cold, with a sharp, stinging wind which had the actors and dancers shivering in their summer clothing.'
'How is it to live in a place that does not have electricity or a telephone connection, where people do not have any concept of what the world is beyond the mountains?'
'The richness of Buddhism makes it possible for us to create these stories and to interpret them.'
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'She is associated with our growing up years.' 'When I first met her, it was a little awkward for a couple of days as she is a really popular actor of the '90s.'
'The way the winners react and the speeches they deliver.' 'That is where the fun happens, when the actors and other winners let down their guard, challenge the system, talk about issues that should matter to us,' says Aseem Chhabra.
Sukanya Verma tells you everything you need to know about the Oscars.
Aseem Chhabra's recommendations for the Mumbai film festival.
The 90th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold.
'Seven months he has been in jail for no reason.'
The complete set of winners on Oscar night!
Dunkirk may have been missed at the year's earlier awards shows, but thanks god, Chris Nolan's classic gets enough play at the Oscar noms.
As his latest, much-talked about venture, I, starring Vikram, is all set to hit the screens this Pongal, here is a look at the other heroes, who have been a part of this brilliant director's extraordinary journey of success.
'Good luck, Chaitanya Tamhane. May the jury system prove better for you than the bench trial did for your protagonist.'
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