I am sad Kundan Shah is no more. I am sad he couldn't make the kind of films he wanted. But I am also grateful. He made me laugh. He made me cry. He made me believe in Hum Honge Kamyab and the power of a shooting star. Sukanya Verma salutes Kundan Shah.
'If this is how the audience likes me, I will continue doing it.'
Ko 2 is too dreary to make an impact, feels S Saraswathi.
Gully Boy is a glorious blend of hip-hop and assured filmmaking, promises Sukanya Verma.
You must watch The Sky is Pink just for Priyanka Chopra, applauds Sukanya Verma.
When you walk out of Thithi, you walk out with a feeling of having been completely inside its characters' heads, says Sreehari Nair.
A year has passed since Shashi Kapoor passed into the ages. His movies live on on television, but Shashiji's greatest legacy must remain Mumbai's Prithvi Theatre, where people came to be entertained, informed and, perhaps, also enlightened.
The movies that impressed, puzzled and stunned Sukanya Verma at MAMI this year.
'My father never saw any success for me. 'When I meet him in the next world, I will proudly say that I didn't buy houses and cars, but I made some art that will hopefully stand the test of time.'
Director Ashwin Saravanan's Maya is a gripping supernatural thriller. S Saraswathi recommends.
The Wolf of Wall Street can really please the senses. Just remember to forget your humanity for a while, says Paloma Sharma.
'With the deaths of Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi, the BJP and Congress thought that they had a chance.' 'They have conceded that power is with the Dravidian parties.'
'He never went to the Bombay industry.'
'The nicest thing is that it is not my film.' 'People bring their own stories and life histories to the film.'
Did you know that Clark Gable nearly didn't say 'Frankly, my dear I don't give a damn' in Gone With The Wind? Or the film's India connections?
Siddharth Roy Kapur will take charge as managing director of the Walt Disney Company India from January 1.
Pavan Malhotra, one of our finest actors, shows us another side of Bollywood.
'People think Saif and I have a lot of issues but actually, there are none. When we met, we realised the so-called issues were only in the newspapers.' Shahid Kapoor discusses Rangoon and box office numbers.
It's pouring premieres in Hollywood.
'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.'
Anushka Sharma is at her most impressive in the chilling NH10 but the climax is a bit of a letdown, notes Sukanya Verma.
'The starting point of the Udta Punjab casting was that we didn't think stars would do a film like this, so we'd take non-stars. As the names kept rolling in and we had Kareena Kapoor and Shahid and Alia Bhatt, I was like yaar yeh ho kya raha hai?'
'At a festival that has shown so many brilliant films, I cannot be more thrilled to receive this award,' said Slave's director Steve McQueen.
'... and committed.' 'Priyanka had so much happening in her personal life...' 'Once we started, Priyanka rose to it.'
Hamari Adhuri Kahani director Mohit Suri talks about finding success.
'I choose the best of what I get. I will not do every Hindi film that comes my way. I would rather wait and do good films than do rubbish films because I will have no career left. It's tough in Bollywood because there is a lot of competition. You have to create a niche for yourself.' Raima Sen tells us why she's been away from Bollywood.
Shreyas Talpade reveals how he has survived in Bollywood.
At its core, Criminal Justice is a tale of small miscalculations leading to grave consequences, feels Sreehari Nair.
Arjun Mathur recounts his journey as an actor in Bollywood.
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The stories in this anthology range from breathtaking to borderline bizarre.
Rustom, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, PadMan... ...Vishal Bhardwaj's next with Deepika Padukone and Irrfan, John Abraham's Parmanu, Anushka Sharma's Pari, Abhishek Kapoor's Kedarnath, Anil Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Fanney Khan, Shahid Kapoor's Batti Gul Meter Chalu... Meet Prernaa Arora, the young lady above the title...
Son Suneil Anand talks about his famous father, and their life together.
That makes winning the National Award for Arjun Rampal even more special...
'I am proud that I am an outsider and have been able to survive for so long in a place that has been very loving but is also quite harsh,' Shah Rukh Khan tells the media on his 49th birthday. Rajul Hegde listens in.
What's eating the Kapoors? Sukanya Verma gives you some answers.
'I still fight with my sister.' 'I still get scolded by my mom.' 'I still travel by autos sometimes.'
Brilliant cinema at the ongoing Mumbai Film Festival, raves Sukanya Verma.
