'Despite acting in some 100 films and television plays, people still remember the daadi of Hum Log.'
Marathi film folk were honoured at the Filmfare Awards Marathi 2025.
As the year draws to a close, Rediff's Senior Contributor Roshmila Bhattacharya takes a look at the hits and misses, the highs and lows, the newsmakers and the dealbreakers in alphabetical order.
Dharmendra remained one of the most loved stars of all time, even when his movies tapered off, and age caught up with him.
'If I had the chance now, I would have continued acting.' 'The cultures of Maharashtra and Bengal are different and I felt I had to give my best to be a good daughter-in-law and an ideal wife.' 'I never thought I could balance both.'
Kriti goes green... Sonakshi picks black... Mouni gets her blush on...
Aseem Chhabra lists his favorite 2023 films -- a healthy blend of Bollywood, Hindi indies and some of the best work that is being done in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali cinema.
Sejal Shah's flatly-narrated timeline would probably serve better as a documentary, observes Sukanya Verma.
'City Of Dreams ended the shameless self-promotion that my films had to be necessarily subjected to.'
After making a mark in Tamil, Priya Anand is ready with her Telugu debut.
'Since childhood, I have enjoyed playing with children. Even when I did films early in my career, I would make sure that whatever content I am putting out, kids should be able to watch these films.'
It's a mixed plate in theatres this October, and OTT has a lot of interesting releases coming up as well.
Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh, who plays Byomkesh Bakshi in the film, was also present at the screening held in Kolkata on September 6.
Nothing is going to change in a hurry unless attitudes change and punishments are speedy and fair, notes Ramesh Menon.
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Chaarulatha is a brilliant film that could have been more emotionally appealing.
'If the South starts shooting on IMAX more, it will be beneficial. And likewise, it will benefit Bollywood directors.'
The Supreme Court on Friday sought replies of the West Bengal and Tamil Nadu governments on a plea of the producers of The Kerala Story challenging the ban in the two states.
This tangled tale of good versus evil could have been far more intriguing, observes Mayur Sanap.
Subhash K Jha picks his favourite films of 2023 from south India.
Tanuja could do practically anything on screen, applauds Subhash K Jha, as he salutes the actor on her 80th birthday on September 23.
'We have to scale down our theatre's seating capacity by tweaking the arrangement of seats.' 'We have to stop screening back-to-back shows to ensure that people do not bump into one another.'
'I'm even bald in the film, so that's something I'm never ever going to be in my life.'
'Bottomline, hairline and waistline -- you have to watch them always.'
Things may not always look bright, but the sun won't stay out forever is a running theme conveyed across its short films about people from various walks of life in all their varying moods and musings, applauds Sukanya Verma.
In the mood for romance but don't know which movies to watch? Tamil cinema has a lot to offer on OTT, and Arjun Menon lists his favourites.
Some of her best films are not available on streaming platforms, but Deepa Gahlot looks at her Hindi cinema oeuvre on OTT.
There's a lot of entertainment coming up for you on OTT in the month of August.
'You have to fight your own battles and I fought mine.'
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
Arjun Menon lists some of the popular songs from the South Indian movies in 2023.
A fascinating excerpt from Amborish Roychoudhury's book, Sridevi: The South Years.
A pick of just 10 watchable (a couple of them admittedly in the so-bad-it's-fun category) foreign films starring Bollywood stars in significant roles are available to watch on streaming platforms.
'I am working harder than I worked in the last 29 years because now I experience extreme happiness when people love my film.'
'The moment I met him, the first thing he did was hug me, and then warmly gave a kiss on my forehead.' 'In that moment, I was like, "Oh my God!"'
The 10th edition of South Indian International Awards took place in Bengaluru over the weekend.
Director Neeraj Ghaywan explains why his cinema challenges the traditional notion of good and evil.
Zwigato urges viewers to think critically about the kind of unethical behaviour that food delivery workers have to put up with on a daily basis because of insensitive customers, observes Chintan Girish Modi.
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