The movie evokes a few laughs but otherwise it decides to shift tracks from droll comedy to dreadful drama.
'I know many actors living outside India put on accents in films because they think that is how Indians talk. I avoid that.' 'I don't have to prove anything through my accent. My psyche is Indian.' Anupam Kher gives us his 500th film!
Here are Aseem Chhabra's picks -- 'films that mattered to me, entertained me and will stay with me through the year.'
'I was working with a lady, who is dressed in a miniscule dress, and there are so many people around. If I screw up, I will end up making everyone uncomfortable.' Television star Karan Singh Grover talks about his debut film Alone, and his co-star Bipasha Basu.
'With Tiger, you always need to be on your toes and always ready to dance.'
'The dark side is not me; I am a mama's boy,' Ganesh Venkatraman tells S Saraswathi.
A lesson for Jeetendra from Raaj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor delivering gas and Susan Sarandon-Jessica Lange's caustic retelling of the infamous Bette Davis-Joan Crawford feud, Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week turned out to quite a blast from the past.
A look at the portrayal of air hostesses in Hindi movies.
Hamari Adhuri Kahani director Mohit Suri talks about finding success.
'If Michael Jackson is called the King of Pop, would he mind it? It's a great thing. I don't mind being called excellent in what I do. I don't mind being typecast. I am very good at what I do, nobody can do what I do. I am the best action hero.' There's no stopping Vidyut Jammwal.
'Director Abhishek Chaubey didn't think I could be this girl. He didn't even think of coming to me. Shahid thought of coming to me and that's how everything happened. I feel if I don't take risks, I'll never know. I have to play around a little bit. I want to do a film like Udta Punjab as well as an out-and-out comedy.' Alia Bhatt is ready to fly high with Udta Punjab.
There's a lot happening in Bollywood, Hollywood and world cinema this year.
A look at all the times Goa played Bollywood's favourite getaway on screen.
'We will never really lose him because in death, his spirit, trapped in a frail body, has been set free and will surround us like the air we breathe.'
Most people have made plans to travel over the long Independence Day weekend. What about you? Planned something exciting for the I-Day weekend? No? Fret not! Rediff.com's Anita Aikara is here!
Besharam is so unbelievably sloppy and senseless, not even the best actors in the business can redeem it.
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The film has it's fair share of comic moments but they are few and far between to keep the audience engaged.
Total Siyappa is so insipid, it implores your mind to wander off every few minutes.
Veteran actor Vinod Khanna passed away on Thursday after battling cancer. He was 70.
Nargis Fakhri is really fun to be around, discovers Patcy N/Rediff.com.
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Ram Leela is a lavish visual spread and is filled with moments of thrill, ingenuity and splendour.
'Sudhir Mishra takes us into the dreams and fears of our politicians, into their self-deceiving pitches, and he shows us their demons and angels,' says Sreehari Nair.
Showbiz shaadis that made headlines in 2014.
'I couldn't understand why people didn't want to take me in a film or why I was offered the roles that I got.'
'End of the day, my thing is, entertainment, entertainment, entertainment.'
How many of these have aged well?
'It is impossible to pin down the genius of David Bowie, to distill any kind of essence of that singer-songwriter-visionary-buccaneer-icon into a line or several.'
'We are caring and sweet to each other.' 'We do have our tiffs, arguments on everything; neither of us agrees to be wrong.'
'Single life is pretty good. I like the attention. If I feel lonely, I just call my mom and she sleeps in my bed,' Kalki Koechlin tells Rediff.com contributor Paloma Sharma.
Kabir Khan tells Patcy N/ Rediff.com what Bajrangi Bhaijaan is all about.
Bollywood's Badshah turns 50 on November 2, and it's time to celebrate his life and his movies.
Aseem Chhabra lists the elements that he loved and was pleasantly surprised by in the movies.
'I wasn't initially convinced about Finding Fanny. I didn't know what the hell Homi (Adajania, director) had written.' Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah gets candid.
Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year.
'In Angamaly Diaries, dreams, kinks, small corruptions, cheap lives, and hopes are all given their due and that attitude frees us up to believe that perhaps there is more good than bad in the sum total of us.' 'This is a coming-of-age tale taken straight out of a diary written in blood,' says Sreehari Nair.
Talented, rebellious, obsessive: Ranjita Ganesan and Dhruv Munjal find traces of the actor's different streaks in Mandi, Chandigarh and Mumbai.
Founders should have faith in themselves, their vision and their team, feels Infosys founder Narayana Murthy.
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