'Fawad wants to take my place as president of the bank in a fictional country.' 'That way I got to tell one of the most talented actors in Pakistan what to do all the time.' 'I enjoyed that.'
'In a typical Telugu film, the sub plot would be the love story. That is not there in my film. The focus is on the job. There is no heroism. The main character is a normal cop.' Terror director Satish Kasetty talks about the film.
After 2020 and 2021 saw movies either been made for the OTT channels or releasing straight in the digital medium, 2022 too saw films arriving directly on OTT screens.
'Every actor's journey is unique.' 'It's beautiful but also terrifying because you have to carve your own path.' 'So if there's somebody to talk it through, it's nice.'
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Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan is a good respite from the dark, violent films we have seen in recent times, observes Divya Nair.
Sulemani Keeda is a delightful, unpretentious indie, says Paloma Sharma.
I don't remember Rajinikanth beheading anyone so brutally in any of his previous films. Or glamourising so much of blood and violence. This is an altogether different version of a brutal Ra1jinikanth, something you and I had probably never imagined before, observes Divya Nair.
People move on, get attached to other people, ending a close bond. But we rarely see that on screen, observes Aseem Chhabra.
Though the lies hardly go beyond extramarital affairs and conception problems, they are laid out by arresting storytellers who raise the stakes while speaking in tongues not wiped clean to make progressive points (No Made in Heaven-type diddling, here), notes Sreehari Nair.
Thankam delivers an engaging drama that fans of good crime-solving tales will enjoy, recommends Mayur Sanap.
'Even today when I think of it, I wonder how it fell on my plate.' 'Not just the remix, but also to do it with the original leading lady, Shilpa Shetty.'
'He has taught us to take the moment and ourselves seriously.'
'I want to keep experimenting.' 'That's what I have done all my life, in my entire career.'
His scheduled visit to Sashastra Seema Bal's Patna Frontier on Sunday morning was cancelled due to 'unavoidable reasons', a statement said.
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'Before you get married, you should know each other's secrets.' 'You should know all the things that could cause problems later on.'
R Madhavan is a delight in this urban comedy, observes Namrata Thakker.
'All my experiences in life have made me who I am today and I am extremely thankful for it.'
Director Ezhil attempts to infuse a dose of humour into a tale of enemity.
'There have been people who are the sons and the brothers of superstars, but they have not lasted more than one or two movies.'
Leave logic behind, sit back and watch Vijay do the impossible, observes Divya Nair.
'Everyone is watching Korean content.' 'Their films are a lot like our Indian films.' 'Their emotion, expressions, it's all very Indian.'
Gajraj Rao sparkles in a muddled coming-of-age drama, notes Mayur Sanap. Thai Massage Review
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'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode might take,' observes Sreehari Nair.
On Kapil Sharma's 41st birthday, Subhash K Jha looks back on the comic's fall and resurrection.
Anand S., a Human Resources worker, shows us the absurd English errors that regularly cross his desk.
Goodbye makes ordinary places, ordinary people and ordinary events become interesting, observes Mayur Sanap.
'It's happened many times, all these lovely aunties come to me and say, 'Beta, whenever you come onscreen, you make us laugh even before saying a dialogue'.'
'Let's get a woman to be the antagonist, who really throws me around and hammers the s**t out of me. That would be fun.'
Citing people with knowledge of the situation, the report said that some managers were being asked to "draw up lists of employees to cut."
Joginder Tuteja lists the films and Web shows coming up.
'But you have to keep in mind the entertainment value. It can't be preachy.'
'I don't make big budget films. So if my film makes Rs 120 crore, it's a huge hit. We finish fast, make it on a small budget and recover fast,' Akshay Kumar tells Patcy N/Rediff.com.
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