South actress Pooja Kumar talks about working with Kamal Haasan in Uttama Villan.
The long-awaited book is frank, funny, self-lacerating and full of gossip worthy anecdotes. What else could we ask of the Rocketman?
Padmarajan's Thoovanathumbikal has become a part of Malayali mythology, just as its maker himself now possesses mythological status.
'People want to blacken my face for showing "leaders in a bad light".' 'People want to show loyalty to the party.' 'There's no end to it.' 'How many people should I show the film to?' 'Where do we draw the line?'
Ritesh Deshmukh talks about his upcoming Kya Kool Hai Hum
... you won't feel anything either.
'What is the fun of making a film without any message?'
Sukanya Verma looks at the various baap-beti equations depicted on the screen.
Property giant Dalian Wanda Group Co said on Wednesday it would buy a stake in Spanish soccer champions Atletico Madrid for 45 million euros ($52 million), becoming the first Chinese company to invest in a premier European football club.
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is one of the best and most uncompromised films of Indian cinema, says Sukanya Verma.
On his 100th birth anniversary M F Husain, one of the best known painters in modern and contemporary India, has been honoured with a Google Doodle.
Sources in the Tata group said they could not attend as they were travelling.
'I couldn't sleep for a couple of nights due to stress, wondering if I could do the role...' 'I am still enjoying my work and that is a huge pat on my back.' 'But I haven't done much work because I am lazy and choosy.'
Luka Chuppi is as much about live-in as Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was about pigeons.
'#MeToo is a giant stride towards protesting sexual/verbal assault.' 'It is very important for us, as a society, to 'listen', to introspect and to understand that this is part of 'change' towards a safer society.' 'Hushing it up will only encourage the perpetrators who will begin to feel that they are invincible.'
Paatal Lok is definitely a must watch show. The credit for its success goes to the writers who enthralled us with their unique characters, but also to the wonderful band of actors who grabbed the opportunity to showcase their frightening raw talent, notes Aseem Chhabra.
'Somewhere it gives you amazing work ethic.' 'Nobody's job is less, one should respect all.'
Sanjay Leela Bhansali celebrates the success of his dream project.
'Being a Delhi girl, I challenge you to fight the last two phases on the issues of demonetisation, GST, women security and the false promises you made to the people of the country'
Rajinikanth's style isn't his only talking point...
The SOPs, issued against the backdrop of the government's plans to open up the economy, say an entire office building need not be closed if one or two cases of COVID-19 are reported there and work can resume after disinfection as per the laid down protocols. However, if there is a larger outbreak, the entire building will have to be closed for 48 hours and all the staff will work from home till the building is adequately disinfected and is declared fit for re-occupation, the ministry said in its 'SOPs on preventive measures to contain spread of COVID-19 in offices'.
Rangoon is too fuzzy and half-hearted, feels Sukanya Verma.
A look at Tamil films which earned critical acclaim and also commercial success!
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
A lowdown of what's happening Malayalam cinema!
As India prepares for a calibrated exit from the lockdown by easing more restrictions, 'Unlock-1 -- the first of the three-phase plan for reopening of prohibited activities in non-containment zones with a stringent set of Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs) -- kicks in at a time when the country recorded a daily jump of COVID-19 cases by over 9,000 for the fifth straight day on Sunday.
'My chacha's music is sweet and intoxicating'
Vaughan predicts orange and purple cap winners at IPL 2019
Kamal Haasan's shares his memories of the superstar on Rajesh Khanna's 74th birth anniversary on December 29.
Over 75 films from 30 countries will be screened during the festival, showcasing the best Asian cinema from Japan to Turkey, says founder Aruna Vasudev.
'If this is how the audience likes me, I will continue doing it.'
While critics and protestors have multifarious arguments to offer, the defence of CAA has been uni-dimensional and uni-focussed as has been the case with most policies of the Modi government and the political positions of his party. But to be drawn into an issue that has assumed more than local and national dimensions, Rajini has knowingly or otherwise, taken the plunge and in favour of the BJP -- or, so it has come to be seen, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
'I will live my life and let other people live their life too.' 'There are big problems in life yaar, like global warming. Let's talk about that.'
The Gabbar Is Back star gets candid.
'Flypasts, bands, helicopters dropping flowers over hospitals treating coronavirus patients are cute ideas for an Akshay Kumar film.' 'But when lakhs of workers at the lowest rung of the employment ladder would still be walking back home, this is the true 2020 equivalent of 'let them eat cake,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
'It's a joy working there.' 'It's good work and when you come back it gives you pleasure.' 'On returning you take a shower and look at the day and say, "Ah! Nice scenes we did!"' 'Here sometimes you are doing nothing in the day, but you are there for the shoot.' 'You come home and it can be very frustrating, with that frustration the tiredness does not go, you know.' 'Good work gives you that strength and kick.'
'Kaala's sin is not that it is presented as a mouthpiece for its director Pa Ranjith's political viewpoints, but that it makes a travesty of them.' 'Ranjith turns Marx into merchandise, all the while functioning as a hired hand for Brand Rajinikanth,' points out Sreehari Nair.
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