Joginder Tuteja looks at how successful the genre has been in recent times.
'Life had its own plans and now I have learnt to go with the flow.'
At a time when many women were forbidden by their caste-conscious families from taking up acting assignments in an industry not deemed respectable, Phalke wanted to cast his wife as the female lead in Raja Harishchandra.
'Since God was being shown in live action on such a large scale, Prasanth was initially sceptical about going with an animated character.'
Father and son could have a movie release every month.
'If you watch Baazigar even today, after 30 years of its release, you will enjoy it because of its novel story line.'
'Bahut mazaa aaya tha doing Agneepath. When you are working with good actors, it enriches your acting.' 'Amitabhji and I had done Shahenshah before, but that was a fun film.'
'Suffering has always been an incentive for my creativity.'
'Everywhere, people would ask me why I had left films. They wanted to see more of me.' 'Their words were music to my ears.'
Anu Malik reveals how Baazigar revived his career.
'I know people tell me aur picture karo, but it's so difficult to find scripts that actually offer the audience something new.'
After giving a great performance in Rock On!!, Shahana Goswami is all set to play in Arjun Chandramohan Bali's Ru Ba Ru. This new kid in the block is all set to make a mark for herself in the industry.
Deepa Gahlot lists Hindi biopics about Indian political leaders: Some worked, some did not, but they managed to avoid controversy.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films, most of them shown at international film festivals held virtually (Berlinale and Rotterdam), hybrid (Toronto) or physical (Cannes and Venice).
'Priyanka has done very well in Bollywood and Hollywood. But had she joined politics, it might have been a different story altogether. Given how ambitious she was, she would have made a good youth leader. She might even have launched her own party,' says Sathya Saran
Today, Anirudh Ravichander's name on a film's poster is enough to pull in audiences, notes Arjun Menon.
Last week's releases Farrey and Starfish have not done well at the box office.
'I had the opportunity to portray a wildlife crime fighter on screen, which allowed me to express my concern for society, wildlife, and the environment. I strongly believe that humans share this planet with countless other species and hold immense respect for every living creature.'
'I have been hearing this for the last four generations, that this is the last generation of superstars.' 'We will not leave it for the younger generation to take it easily.' 'We will not hand it over to them.'
'Movie-goers will thrive if you give them what they want.'
Arjun Menon lists some of the popular songs from the South Indian movies in 2023.
'I could not adjust to the way they treat you.' 'They expect certain things from you, which I was not comfortable with.' 'Like, they expect you to wear a certain kind of clothes, even if you don't want to wear that.' 'They'll be like, just wear it, because it's such a male-dominated industry.'
Scoop seems like they conclude he is but Vaihayasi Pande Daniel recommends that you watch the film to find out for yourselves.
'Love will always be a mystery.' 'The day it stops being a mystery it won't exist.'
Sam Bahadur brims with patriotic fervour, but one can trust Director Meghna Gulzar's refined sensibilities to not descend into nationalistic jingoism, believes Mayur Sanap.
'In a world obsessed with counting likes and followers, I count my blessings in doing what I love, and doing it my way.'
Three different invitations were sent out for the wedding and the receptions with top-run guests being sent a large red box that contained an intricate chest incorporating a mini silver temple featuring gold idols of various Hindu deities, including Lord Ganesh, Radha-Krishna, and Goddess Durga.
'In our Indian content, you always see the mother is presented a bit differently.' 'But in this show, the mother is the one who's most glamorous and she is the bombshell of the show.'
'Eddie Murphy was approached for Sanjay Dutt's role, Omar Sharif for Jackie's Shroff's. The title of Khalnayak was Be Negative then. I had started working on the screenplay with Hollywood writers. And then after three-four months...
Five movies and almost Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) to his name already. That's the blockbuster run Rajkumar Hirani has been enjoying at the box office ever since he made his directorial debut with Munnabhai MBBS 20 years ago.
Some of her best films are not available on streaming platforms, but Deepa Gahlot looks at her Hindi cinema oeuvre on OTT.
They have shared quite a few pictures from the film and behind the scenes, and we bring them here.
Taapsee Pannu wed longtime beau Mathias Boe over the weekend in Udaipur.
Sanjay Gadhvi once revealed to Subhash K Jha that he never wanted to make Dhoom.
Sukanya Verma salutes the late actor's spectacular cinematic legacy.
If you thought you had seen the high points in the trailer, the entire film is simply fire, applauds Joginder Tuteja.
The Marvels is a muddled effort, but it still stands up as this refreshingly goofy and enjoyable superhero romp, notes Mayur Sanap.
Amazon Prime Video has doubled its content investments in India and announced as many as 41 new titles in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English, thereby throwing an open challenge to their streaming competitor, Netflix.
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