Since Kakuda is made for OTT, the film might find its audience of horror fans but it is not particularly scary, and not the least bit funny, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Original's goodwill, natural bonhomie amongst the actors and wild card entries, Stree 2's spirited return sure has its high points, notes Sukanya Verma.
The Hindi dubbed (badly) version of the Tamil hit Aranmanai is out, and it turns out to be lengthy, noisy and mostly tedious, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Looking at American Sesh Adivi's upcoming film.
Action, drama, romance, comedy -- there's something for every kind of audience on OTT this week.
Amazon Prime Video has announced a huge number of assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
'I am thrilled to be making my streaming debut with a series as intriguing and distinct as Dhootha.'
'I think because India is a bigger country and Bollywood is such a well-oiled machine, the star thing has become so much bigger than the actor thing.'
2024 may have seen a few flops at the box office but there have been some hits as well.
From Vijay Devarakonda to Kung Fu Panda, Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on OTT this week.
'When I did Bhoot we got a lot of appreciation. After that I didn't get any script that was good in this genre.'
'Nobody likes preachy stories. When you lace it with humour, it works.'
'It looks like an overnight success but nothing happens overnight.' 'There's a lot of struggle, hard work and sacrifice.'
'I have only done supernatural fiction shows so far. 'I wanted to do KKK because I find it very adventurous.'
Dahan is an engrossing watch with the right amount of scare, observes Namrata Thakker.
After a blockbuster 2023, all eyes are now on what 2024 looks like.
Without getting pedagogical or making it sound like a spiritual discourse on life after death, Hereafter uses its plot to go beyond what is expected.
'Besides Ayodhya, the BJP lost in nine other constituencies with a Ramayana imprint; it tasted success only in Thrissur.' 'In Rameswaram, K Navaskani of the Indian Union Muslim League won with a 44% voteshare in a 84% Hindu constituency.' 'In the 21 seats in the Ayodhya and Varanasi regions, both crucial to the Hindutva project, the BJP won just 7.' 'It won just 3 out of 12 seats around Modi's constituency,' points out Krishna Prasad.
Here's what designer Monisha Jaising had to offer on Day One of HDIL India Couture Week.
The new president of MCC Mark Nicholas wants the ODI format to be played exclusively in the World Cup in a bid to protect the format that is losing its importance and the rise of T20I format over the period of time.
Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch.
Mammootty is towering as the unflinching enigma that prevents Bramayugam from being a middling genre exercise, observes Arjun Menon.
At the end of eight episodes, the climax is bound to leave you with questions but it would be fair to say that the two-episode backstory and the characters seemed far more interesting than the six-episode drama and tension that led to it, observes Divya Nair.
Catch one of Mammootty's career best works, Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh and more on OTT this week.
Imaad Shah's Tuesday's Women, Haoban Paban Kumar's Iron Women of Manipur, Shivam Singh Rajput's Ladakh 470 and Samman Roy's The Exile are among 10 titles to watch out for at the 17th edition of the Film Bazaar.
Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
You will appreciate the Mammootty of this movie better if you do not take the servile reviews to heart, for this is a grand, broad, almost proudly comic performance, assures Sreehari Nair.
The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted on Thursday.
You'll wish weekends lasted as long as weeks after looking at Sukanya Verma's long, long list of recommendations on OTT this week.
There's so much entertainment coming your way this July. From exciting theatre releases to fun OTT watch, there's so much happening.
'Almost every shoot, you have to re-mould yourself and your personality.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at the 10 Web series and movies (in alphabetical order) that have made the most impression.
'This man could hypnotise you with his voice, his words have so much depth.'
At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most likely have been hanging out with Dua Lipa.
Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on streaming platforms this weekend.
It's an action packed schedule on OTT this week.
