The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
SS Rajamouli's magnum opus gets an explosive start at the box office.
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The studio said it would soon announce the new release date for the film.
Here's your lowdown on what's going on in the world of Telugu films.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
A look at star arrivals.
Sukanya Verma salutes the legend and celebrates some of the finest soundtracks of his career.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry.
Does Abhijit Banerjee's Nobel Prize help India reduce extreme poverty, asks Rajeev Srinivasan.
'The story has to be told well, it has to be marketed and presented well, and now, released well too.' 'Only then will the film do well.' 'The actor walks away with the victory credit, but we do not give enough credit to the script writers, directors and producers who put up a film that shines.'
For Chef Thomas Zacharias, Chef Floyd Cardoz, was a partner, mentor. And family.
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'This is a giant film, a magnum opus drunk on its own magnum-ity, and it is perfectly clear early on, as the narrative races out the gate and gauntlets are flung up in the air and shot through with arrows, that a film like this can only work as opera,' says Raja Sen.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Every year, 1,500-2,000 films are produced in India, losing up to 30 per cent of their business to piracy.
'As the film progresses, you tire of the been-there seen-that spectacle.' 'You want a story. You want good dialogue, not the corny words you are hearing.' 'You want an emotional connect. You want a tighter film.' 'Sadly, with Padmaavat, that's not what you get,' says Savera R Someshwar.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry.
Move over Happy New Year and Dhoom 3, we have a new champion in a non-Bollywood film.
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Vote for your favourite Bollywood dance-off sequence!
The rising popularity of Heritage Walks is uncovering forgotten historic sites all over India.
A look at some of the most anticipated films of 2015.
Good looks, good acting chops, and now good voices!
Prepping for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati, remembering Rajesh Khanna and Raaj Kumar's exclusive tramp club and picking Ranbir Kapoor's best performance in my Super Filmi Week.
Among the finest Indian actors, voices and smiles to grace the stage and screen, Om Puri's uniqueness, always so fluid and natural, cannot be summed up in a few words, feels Sukanya Verma.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday moved the Election Commission seeking directions from it to stop the government from making key appointments including those of the Army Chief and the Lokpal when the poll process is on.
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Parinda, 1942: A LOve Story, Devdas, Kareeb, Mission Kashmir, Munnabhai MBBS, Rang De Basanti, Delhi 6, Bhag Milkha Bhag, Kalank... all bear the visual stamp of Binod Pradhan's genius.
Once the initial wide-eyed worship of the filming process fades away, all that Boyhood leaves you with is a faint sense of nostalgia and not much else, says Paloma Sharma.
Let us see the problem for what it actually is: Illegal Immigration plain and simple, confined to the northeast with a definite communal slant that poses a national security risk and one that needs to be dealt with firmly and promptly by stringent identification (and deportation), says Vivek Gumaste.
Here are some of the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities...
This December has a lot in common with the Diwali of 2007!
'Deepika has got a lot to do with whatever I have achieved in the last six years.' 'She has kept me grounded. Otherwise, who knows what I would have turned into?'
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Ajith's magnetic screen presence is enhanced by his popular salt and pepper look.
If Mahabharat maintains the quality of writing and cast, we may have another winner among us.
Christopher Nolan's next, Gulzar's gussa, Shyam Benegal's Shivaji and RD's Lawrence of Arabia connection, catch all this and more in Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
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