You won't take away anything from Thackeray when you leave the theatre, says Hemant Waje, reviewing the Marathi version of the biopic.
Gupt's greatest success lies in how attractive it remains despite the suspense becoming common knowledge, feels Sukanya Verma.
Season 3 of Airtel Super Singers will be judged by veteran singers.
'Seeing the characters you had conceived come alive, saying the lines you had written for them... or the actor giving it a totally different meaning from what you had originally thought... is unbelievable!' Sreebala K Menon tells Paresh C Palicha.
Hollywood's Sarah Thompson is reportedly heading to Bollywood to act as the actor's American girlfriend in the blockbuster drama Raajneeti.
3 Idiots has so much promise and it holds on to that every so often during its nearly three-hour long run. But as often happens in Bollywood, ambitious projects led with good intentions, and packaged neatly with a ton of talent and smart brains, are compromised.
Veteran Tamil actor Sivakumar (actor Suriya's father) delivered a 2 hour and 20 minute long speech on the Ramayana without pausing to refer to a note.
The singer and actress' debut as music composer for her father's Tamil production, Unnai Pol Oruvan is promising.
Now comes word of a relationship with the impossibly long-limbed, strikingly beautiful Pia Glenn, who plays Condoleezza Rice in Will Ferrell's Broadway show, 'You're Welcome, America: A Final Night With George W. Bush.'
Who won at the Globes? We tell you!
Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya, known the world over for his mastery of Hindustani classical music, and more recently his foray into American blues, has bagged the uber-prestigious Best Traditional World Music Album nomination for the 51st Grammy Awards.
Esha Deol's new tattoo reminds us of Angelina Jolie's latest.
'I don't get attached to my success,' Ayushmann Khurrana tells Kavita Chowdhury.
Even if reduced to a "relic of a deleted timeline," Schwarzenegger is easily the only attraction of this wishy-washy sequel, prequel, reboot, offshoot, whatever. But that's no reason to overstay one's welcome even if it's an iconic character. Rather especially if it's an iconic character.
On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days.
Find out which films make it to Sukanya Verma's Top 10 of the year!
Shaji Kailas and Suresh Gopi's Time is a timepass flick.
Yorgos Lanthimos's royal drama has 12 nominations!
The complete set of winners on Oscar night!
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com pays tribute to his school mate, Talat Jani, the man behind quite a few episodes of Kyunki... Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi...
'My inspiration to write songs for any film must come from the script alone. I am not writing an independent poem. What I write is drawn from the characters and their relationships,' Gulzar tells Sonil Dedhia.
Lakshmi Prasanna Manchu would be seen acting and in her upcoming production venture Dongata.
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.
'I believe after Shailendra's Mera Joota Hai Japaani in Raj Kapoor's Shree 420, Chhaiyyan Chhaiyyan is now the Indian film song that is recognised the world over -- millions know it as 'the train song'.'
'Low-hanging ambitions and straightforward conflict between negotiators of harm and reform renders Lucknow Central a surprising watchability,' says Sukanya Verma.
Sulabha Deshpande passed away on June 3.
Dinesh Raheja salutes the legend's versatility in her heyday.
'We have lost one of music's most revered and prolific visionaries.'
'My work hasn't reached many people, and I hope that changes.'
Can a film and the voice of its actor really influence us, and change our lives? I like to believe so, says Aseem Chhabra.
'Jagga Jasoos revels in its lavish imagination, meddlesome inquiries and delicious Bongness, never once pausing to catch a breath or make sense.'
Raja Sen feels Dedh Ishqiya is a genuinely smart film.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances