IMAGES from Day 2 of the 1st Test between England and India at Headingley in Leeds on Saturday.
Bollywood's biggest stars arrived at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai on May 1 to take part in the inaugural edition of World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025.
Turner International is close to acquiring a controlling stake in entertainment company NDTV Imagine, which runs three entertainment channels.
Retro is probably Surya's worst film till date, notes A Ganesh Nadar.
'I don't have a film background at all. This was the first I was presented on camera.'
'You can imagine for India what Shuks means not just to the billions of people in India but the entire Indian diaspora around the world.'
'Unfortunately, we live in a 'Mainstream Bollywood' bubble, where we cannot look beyond films that we ourselves find entertaining.'
Turner Broadcasting System has decided to shut down its Hindi general entertainment channel, Imagine TV. It had acquired the channel from NDTV in 2010.
Vaalvi is likely to become a cult film, appreciated by those with a warped sense of humour, predicts Mayur Sanap.
The channel was bought over by Turner Broadcasting System from NDTV in 2010.
The unspoken subject of Mithya is violence, and the big zinger here is our recognition that the movie is showing us the makings of a juvenile delinquent -- perhaps the finest since Truffaut unleashed his Antoine Doinel, applauds Sreehari Nair.
Flagging concerns about cricket's future, former Australia captain Ian Chappell says the cricket's administrators would do well to not add T10 to the smorgasbord of choices that they already offer.
'Everyone's favourite show Mirzapur is returning with a third season in which I am reprising my role as Beena Tripathi.'
He would often cross the railway tracks next to the Wankhede stadium just to catch a glimpse of the top Mumbai players. Today, a stand at that very stadium bears his name.
'Listen to the voice in your head and keep your inner sanctum safe.'
'Thankfully, as Indians, we have a long history of trans people in our culture, in our religions, in our mythology.' 'It's not a fad which has suddenly come into existence, the way that a lot of Americans treat it.'
Raghav Himatsingka, co-founder, Raising Superstars, explains how simple activities can help improve your child's cognitive skills and critical thinking.
Armed with funds, the news broadcaster will soon make its debut in the entertainment and lifestyle genres.
'The earlier a child is given a smartphone, the worst it becomes when they are 17, 18.' 'Every year you delay in giving a smartphone to child, the outcome becomes better.' 'The behavioural changes that are very specific to smartphones are aggression and anger.'
Citadel: Diana is fun to watch, in a popcorn entertainment way, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'What is Balaji without Ekta (Kapoor), what is Dharma without Karan (Johar?)'
Customised restaurant recreations, cafe setups, pop-ups by Michelin-star chefs, bespoke table linens with monograms and couple-themed hashtags.
'Four days before the shoot, I cut down my water intake to just one litre per day, eliminated salt and carbs, and focused solely on protein.' 'By the time we shot the scene, I was just waiting for it to be over, so I could finally drink water again!'
Can ordinary citizens counter this backward march? Can peace activists ensure that the two communities retain their bonds? Do they have a choice, asks Jyoti Punwani.
Aseem Chhabra picks his top 10 Indian films of 2024, which includes films that have had theatrical releases or are streaming on OTT.
While 2023 saw many mega blockbusters (Pathaan, Gadar 2, Jawan and Animal), this year had only two.
'I want to just haso, hasao and khush raho.'
'The most difficult aspect was to fulfill expectations of the audience.'
Mayur Sanap lists five films at MAMI 2024 that took his breath away.
Some airports are working towards cheering you up by adding entertainment options ranging from casinos to even golf courses.
Arjun Menon looks at 2024's top Web series from South India.
While Satya's pleasures are palpable -- among them the poetry of the coarse language, the mercifully rough-hewn texture, the oh-so-familiar underdog story -- these pleasures hit you at a completely different speed. The movie is charged with a sense of discovery, and every shot is a cornucopia of details existing independent of the main story. It's touching, notes Sreehari Nair.
The US is currently Earth's most powerful country and a certain latitude of understanding -- a world view -- is popularly expected from its leadership. From a country identified with freedom, constitution, debate, democracy and the likes of Abraham Lincoln even as it had the most powerful military around, the US, following Trump's actions, seemed repositioned as militarily powerful with other qualities secondary, observes Shyam G Menon.
This is a film that should appear on every year-end 'Best of' list, recommends Mayur Sanap.
'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.'
With 18 advertising deals in its kitty, NDTV Imagine determinedly chases the Rs 300 crore (Rs 3-billion) plus revenue target. In the latest TAM report (4 years plus viewers in cable and satellite homes in the Hindi-speaking markets) the channel shares the number three slot with Sony, ahead of Sahara, Star One, Sab and 9X.
When mainstream Hindi cinema is preoccupied with romance, comedy, horror and action, stories about sisters and brothers are very rare. Vasan Bala has made a first-of-its-kind film where the leads play sister and brother, notes Aseem Chhabra.
The Apprentice is a keenly observed and entertaining biopic about the making of a man who is mostly responsible for all that has gone wrong with current American politics, observes Aseem Chhabra.
'...something that should be discussed because it is a very important part of life.'
It was a day with a difference for industry icons Salim-Javed, who transformed Hindi cinema in the 1970s with films like Zanjeer, Sholay, Deewar and Don, when their families got together to hail them on stage.
