'Laxmi and I firmly believed that while working, the egoistic word 'Main (I)' never interferes.'
''The OTT platform has been taken over by dark dramas and thrillers.' 'So Baarish 2 is a enjoyable breeze.'
Deepika Padukone embodies to perfection the Gehraiyaan in the title, applauds Sukanya Verma.
'The show is about women taking ownership of their lives.'
'If you can tell the quality of a movie-watching experience, only and only by referring to set standards, you *aren't really* going to the movies,' argues Sreehari Nair.
Amitabh Bachchan was preparing to pack up his bags and return to Allahabad if Zanjeer failed.
Here are Sukanya Verma's favourite female performances of 2021.
'Women use acting as a way to protect themselves.'
Subhash K Jha lists Holi songs that you have probably never heard.
Anil Kapoor's mastery shows in how he finds the space between an actor reaching out to his actuality while remaining an actor while Anurag Kashyap's comfort in bullying his co-actor fuels their bickering camaraderie, notes Sukanya Verma.
On his 90th birth anniversary, Sukanya Verma lists 20 of her favourite scenes that reiterate his extraordinary grasp on the language of cinema and connect with the viewer.
The Hindutva social media continues to present the DMK especially as anti-god, anti-Hindu and anti-Brahmin. The strategy did not work in the past, it has not worked in the present, and would not work in the future, as a massive vote-getter, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.
Badhaai Do carries its audience on the wave of those little farces that come with being queer in India, a land where masculinity still has some say, observes Sreehari Nair.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big November hits in the past decade.
Buoyed by Sooryavanshi's success, the Hindi film industry is banking on 25-30 big movies lined up with a collective cost tag of Rs 2,000 crore.
Here's what a Rajinikanth movie screening looks like.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about Kareena Kapoor.
As we prepare to return to the land of silver screens and samosa, Sukanya Verma looks at notable theatre moments in Hindi films.
The revived factionalism in the AIADMK, if not curbed now, has the potential to split the party vertically, warns N Sathiya Moorthy.
A Nedumudi Venu character was happiest when moving his head to a piece of music with his eyes closed; or, when inventing off of a note that a co-actor had left unfinished; or, when reciting a poem by Kavalam Narayana Panicker where a hymn about nature descends into a musing about cheating, depression and death, feels Sreehari Nair.
Joginder Tuteja offers a fresh recap of its 10 most iconic moments.
There has only been a boom in the cinema industry in Pakistan in the last few years because of the release of latest Bollywood and Hollywood films if there is any permanent ban you can expect lot of cinema houses and multiplexes to close down.
'Kishoreda was very close to our family and offered a lot of support.'
New-age Hindi films are blurring the lines between commercial and art-house cinema.
'The fun of laughing with everyone and getting scared with everyone is something you cannot recreate anywhere else.'
'Sushant Singh Rajput, a bright young lad who had a life beyond films, was probably too good for Bollywood.' 'To blame his death by suicide on a gang of Bollywood bullies is stretching the point too far,' argues Saibal Chatterjee.
'Your memories will always remain etched in my heart through your films.'
A copious amount of blood, beating, crying, saving, sacrificing, nationalism fills up its staggering three hours running time. Emotions run sky high, but you feel nothing, sighs Sukanya Verma.
'I'm trying to move away from what I've done before, not because I'm not happy with what it was, but because I have already done that.'
Scores of people in violence-hit areas of northeast Delhi have been spending their nights in the dark as power lines damaged during the riots remain unrepaired and dangle precariously outside their houses.
SRK's persona and brand power has been built over nearly 30 years of public acclaim and love. Brands perhaps believe that his troubles are transitory and that as a human brand he has long legs capable of striding over controversies, explains ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
'To be pitched against him as a rival was not right. Luckily, it did not affect our personal equation.'
There are as many as 10 theatre releases this month.
The Bihar government has issued directives to screen Madhuri Dixit's comeback movie Aaja Nachle in cinema halls without the objectionable lines in a song.
The way Dilip came to the porch to receive Lata, you would never have guessed something was amiss between the two. Raju Bharatan's many wonderful insights into Dilip Kumar's life.
This Khan superstar told Gulshan Grover, 'Go ahead, become a star in Hollywood.'
Farhan Akhtar, in first person, about the role that transformed his career as an actor.
'My mother is a lady with a lot of emotional stability and strength. And wisdom.' 'When I was younger, she would tell me that if I ever refused water to anyone, I would have to drink gutter water.' 'When I grew up, she would say, "Be liberal when you know what you are talking about, and be conservative when you don't".'
Naren from Hyderabad tells us how his family saved money in the lockdown.
Many believe Kishore Kumar serenaded the ladies better than any other iconic playback singer.
