It was a quiet reopening with few people venturing warily to watch a mix of regional, English and Hindi reruns such as "Chhichhore", "Thappad", "Tanhaji" and "The Spy".
'With the media and social media pulling them down every second day, there are no heroes left.' 'What we have are actors and we want to see them play characters which are real, human and identifiable.'
Shilpa Shetty fills a uniform with grace and could, in an equal opportunity film industry, be cast with an actor half her age, and carry it off better than aging males prancing with women young enough to be their daughters, observes Deepa Gahlot.
These images prove what a whacky world we live in!
Akshay Kumar plays the part with enthusiasm, like he was just waiting to get into the costume of a historical hero, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Nasty surprises and quirky humour make Monica, O My Darling an intriguing, fun, watch, observes Sukanya Verma. Monica, O My Darling Review.
The separatist Hurriyat Conference is finished in Jammu and Kashmir but attempts are being made to keep it alive from Pakistan, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Monday, adding that the militancy in the region is "on crutches".
'I did a small role in Masoom.' 'Do you remember the scene where an old man brings Jugal Hansraj to Naseer's house?' 'I put on the full make-up of an old man and stood in front of Shekhar.' 'He had no choice but to take me.'
This isn't a compilation of his best films, biggest blockbusters or important milestones but moments that swept Sukanya Verma off the floor, blew her heart into smithereens, regaled her with their sheer silliness, made her laugh till her sides hurt and look at phenke hue paise in disdain.
Earlier titled Fighter, this much anticipated film from the Arjun Reddy star has been made at a whopping budget of Rs 125 crores.
'I wasn't getting the roles I wanted to play and the respect I thought I deserved as a senior actor, so I cut myself off from the industry for a while and moved to the US.'
'It pains me to see that a lot of women still think there is no way out of a bad marriage.'
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai held a meeting with experts, and senior ministers and officials of his government to assess the COVID-19 situation in the state and curbs that were put in place to control its spread.
Like Slumdog Millionaire, RRR will remain a one-time phenomenon until another big, larger-than-life, Indian film connects with the critics in the West, predicts Aseem Chhabra.
Mani Ratnam is experimenting with a real-life historical in Ponniyin Selvan, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
The film bears its weight largely on Mohanlal's shoulders who mostly looks tired and old as he delivers his flat, unmemorable lines trying to look passionate, observes Divya Nair.
'There's this one scene in Gulmohar that belongs to Manojji and everyone was excited for him.' 'The evening before we were to shoot it, everyone, from Sharmilaji to the junior most actor, wished him luck.'
'He was suddenly nervous.'
'The next day, 14 actors, from Sharmilaji and Amol Palekar to Suraj Sharma, all watched him perform.' 'It was like being back in film school.'
In a year of overwrought spectacles that slavishly sucked up to the audience, I found refuge in a bunch of 'mainstream' Indian films that espoused such old-fashioned values as dedication to craft, close observation and casual bravery, explains Sreehari Nair.
'I'm a very positive and optimistic human being.' 'You put a pile of garbage in front of me and I will find a flower in it.'
'We have to do everything in our power to get as many Academy members to watch the film as possible.' 'After that, I am confident, my film will speak for itself.'
Shabana Azmi regards Basu Chatterjee as the true father of Middle Of The Road cinema.
'Liger has been the hardest film for me physically, and mentally.' 'Performance-wise, it has been the most challenging film for me.'
Bollywood is ready with its line-up of theatre releases, but it remains to be seen whether we will get to watch these movies in theatres this year.
'I was scared and sceptical because I was not brought up to raise my hand on a woman.' 'So I didn't think I would look convincing in a hand-to-hand combat with a woman.'
'We knew exactly the impact it would have.' 'You see, the line doesn't make its impact in isolation.' 'Its resounding impact depends on Amitabh's lengthy diatribe that precedes Shashi's line.'
'The reason I have lasted so long is because I love my work very much.'
In a career spanning six decades, Chatterjee has acted in more than 300 films.
The state funeral on Monday will take the form of an elaborate ceremony that will see Her Majesty's coffin transported from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey and finally to Windsor Castle.
'The amount of warmth I received from Aamir Sir during the shooting of Laal Singh Chaddha is very difficult to describe in words.'
'I am as happy with Soha as I was before we got married because we were friends for a very long time.'
'I didn't expect much from him when he came on set.' 'But he was just jumping and flying around and I couldn't tell that this was his first action film!'
'Depicting the genocide of 3 lakh #KashmiriHindus cannot be called vulgar.'
'Why does it happen that our films don't work there, their films work here?'
JugJugg Jeeyo is a David Dhawan comedy, not directed by David Dhawan, observes Sukanya Verma.
'These experiences were necessary for my journey.'
'No matter how big the name, no one lives forever; like medicines, we come with an expiry date.' 'But, in the short time that we have, we try to make something that will stay on long after we are gone.'
'He was a very shy man of few words. Whenever we spoke about girls, he would run away.'
From getting candid about their partners to confessing their embarrassing stories and cringe performances, Sasha and Kiara -- and, of course, the host Karan Johar -- gave us an entertaining episode.
As Lord Ganesha arrives in our homes, Subhash K Jha brings you five devotional Ganpati songs.
After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style, become less mannered, draw directly from life. And getting a performer like that to play characters who seem 'completely dead inside', is, in my view, a betrayal of his legacy, his still-burning ambition, and his still-sharp feelers, observes Sreehari Nair.
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