Sukanya Verma tells us just what makes Mirch Masala a must watch.
As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
Favourite movie homes, comparing Amitabh-Shashi's beds in Kabhi Kabhie and discovering the truth about Salman Khan's 1990s chartbuster... All in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
It is to Vajpayee's credit that he told Dilip Kumar to ignore Thackeray and to follow his own conscience. But the episode -- as indeed, the manner in which Dilip Kumar has been made to pay for being a Muslim throughout his life -- shames us all as Indians, says Vir Sanghvi.
Sanjay B Jumaani, India's leading astro-numerologist, makes his predictions.
Porbandar, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, and nearly 170 towns in Gujarat were declared Open Defection Free on the birth anniversary of the 'Father of the Nation'.
'I used to be humiliated.' 'If I would approach an actor, he would just say hello and then turn away.' 'That's when I understood the whole game of the industry.'
Bhaag Johnny is a mangled mess of a film, says Nishi Tiwari.
'October is the month when the sweet-smelling flower, known as parijat, shiuli, harsingar, night jasmine or prajakta, enters bloom.' 'But the lesson of love and loss in Shoojit Sircar's poignant drama is likely to linger all year long,' says Sukanya Verma.
Dibakar Banerjee delivers his finest work to date, and Sreehari Nair makes sure to applaud him.
'Thugs is smarter than a lot of 'nationalistic' movies,' notes Rohit Sathish Nair.
The best part of the film is that, though it revolves around Vijay Sethupathi and Madonna Sebastian, they are small players in the larger story, says S Saraswathi.
The heist stretch of the movie is not without imagination, but arriving at that chunk, and sitting through what follows, can be bad for your skin, warns Sreehari Nair.
New York-based photographer Mark Bennington recently released his collection of beautiful photographs depicting the typical Bollywood life in a coffee table book called Living the Dream: The Life of the 'Bollywood' Actor.
Sukanya Verma recaps all the action at this year's MAMI.
A Death in the Gunj is not a happy film at all times, but it is very entertaining says Aseem Chhabra.
Satyajit Ray. Films from Italy, Iceland and Albania feature on Aseem Chhabra's list.
Akshay Manwani traces Aamir Khan's fascinating journey to stardom.
Sukanya Verma lists significant memories in our 1996 recap.
'For the RSS, which is supposed to be the standard-bearer of plain living and high thinking, to be as quiet as a mouse suggests that it, too, is playing a political game like its political wing, the BJP,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
Kabali will hit nearly 5,000 screens worldwide on July 1.
Arjun Mathur recounts his journey as an actor in Bollywood.
The actress talks about her first Hollywood film, the Jude Law, Melissa McCarthy and Jason Stathom starrer Spy.
'If we keep losing such institutions, we will soon become a city and culture of short-term memory.' 'Nothing to remind us of the years gone by and eventually with nothing to remember.'
If Manto, the film, falls short of being a masterpiece it's because Nandita Das could not quite crack the Manto code: She couldn't quite see the wholeness of her subject with the same eyes that Manto saw his people. This imperfection in the film, in a way, becomes the greatest tribute to Manto, feels Sreehari Nair.
'I didn't want to be the bottom-most in the food chain of a commercial film.' 'I'd rather do something experimental and learn and hope that this translates into somebody noticing me.'
Amazing stories about some of our best loved movies from Bhavani Iyer who wrote them.
Katrina Kaif on Bang Bang, how difficult it was, and working with superstars
Ever wondered how Bollywood films have grown snazzier over the years?
'Don't do it if you only want to wear good clothes and drive a flashy car. Get into banking, then.'
Kadvi Hawa has some very bad news for us all.
Dani Alves has blamed the media for Brazil's unsuccessful World Cup campaign but conceded that the team did not prepare properly ahead of the humiliating 7-1 defeat by Germany in the semi-final.
The Salman-starrer rakes in Rs 26.4 crore on opening day; more expected on day of Eid
Rajinikanth is yet to identify a filmi platform to be able to launch his political career from the celluloid platform as only MGR had done, successfully and in the pre-IT era, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Ameesha Joshi tells Harish Kotian/Rediff.com what made her and Anna Sarkissian devote much of the last 10 years on a movie on women's boxing in India.
A serial killer may be insane; a show about a serial killer need not be a celebration of his insanity.
