'... I didn't have an Instagram account!' 'I was told that the actor who's being considered in my place has a lot of followers, and that will help the producers.'
These films, even at their saddest, darkest and grossest, retain their sense of humour, their sense of proportion, which again is something you associate with a Malayali.
Aseem Chhabra highlights 10 films that moved him, films that may show up in theatres near you.
Joginder Tuteja lists the Web series coming your way in March.
Healing intergalactic encounters, haunted office spaces and spooky Star Wars, Sukanya Verma suggests everything you can catch on OTT this week.
'When I got married and moved to the US, I found it liberating in a way that I understood myself, who I am as a person and how I process things.'
The actor has been criticising protesting farmers over their agitations against the Centre's three farm laws.
'We are wondering if this will ever get over, if there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.'
Jennifer Aniston returns to her news anchor duties, Akshay Kumar saves the day and 456 South Koreans fight to the finish in a bloody game of survival. Sukanya Verma suggests everything you can catch on OTT this week.
Dear Men and Women, whether or not you think hookups are cool, no protection is definitely uncool. This is most important before saying yes to sex, insists Sybil Shiddell, Country Manager India for Gleeden, a discreet extra marital dating Web site.
After Gully Boy, Made in Heaven for Zoya.
'When you're in Tolkien, you have the feeling of being in a world that wasn't invented, but one that was discovered or one that was sort of excavated. It feels like a real place. Like if you had a time machine, you could actually travel to Middle Earth and because of that, you are immersed in it when you go there.'
Instead of jumping into marriage Indians now like to understand the person first as friends and discover if they truly have a connection, observes Shalini Singh, founder, andwemet, an Indian matchmaking Web site.
As many as five notable Web series and movies are planned for release in September.
Zombies, high society, avenging monkeys, reincarnation, twins, meteor strikes, you'll be spoiled for choice on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma makes her recommendations:
Rediff.com's Ashish Narsale handpicks some of the latest gadgets that are immensely useful.
These movies may or may not have got critical acclaim, but when it comes to sheer eyeballs, these films did their job rather well.
Popcorn entertainment returns to your living rooms with quite a bang on OTT this week.
Another week and a spate of OTT shows and movies to watch. Here's what Sukanya Verma recommends.
The Jonas Brothers documentary, Chasing Happiness, is airing on Amazon Prime.
Sukanya Verma offers you interesting choices from Ray to Godzilla on OTT this week.
'People are talking about my character and about my performance. That is overwhelming for me.'
Once you are done paying your respect to God and Grasshoppers, you circle back to the human beings in Gold, and that's when things become progressively more and more muddled, observes Sreehari Nair.
'There are people who loved the show and people who have been shocked by it.'
The boy from Kanpur kept his audiences in theatres, on television and lately on social media platforms engaged with vivid societal sketches, be it about travelling in Mumbai's famous locals or lampooning queues at wedding buffets.
The OTT menu is sparkling with brand new goodies. Here are Sukanya Verma's 10 recommendations for the week.
Sukanya Verma's OTT recommendations for the week.
If at all the series can be criticised, it would be for its all-Brahmin characters and keeping out the caste problems, the misogyny and the backwardness and ugliness of rural India, points out Deepa Gahlot.
Blockbusters, Oscar winners, fairy tales, indies and cute doggies, Sukanya Verma assures it's all there on OTT this week.
'And it always should be.' 'I believe nothing should come easily to anyone because then there is no thrill in it.'
Amitabh Bachchan has come up with a tongue-twister challenge to promote Gulabo Sitabo.
Subhash K Jha lists three most eagerly anticipated projects of the monsoon season.
There have been several films in which we have seen the victim/s resorting to unlawful means to seek justice. What sets Saani Kaayidham apart is the way it feeds your imagination with disgust, followed by anger and revenge, observes Divya Nair.
Raveena shares a wow throwback picture...Tisca shares her OTT binge list...
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and hubby Nick Jonas are reminiscing about their first date, two years ago.
As cinemas remain shut and watching movies on big screen still a distant dream, OTT platforms are keeping us distracted from the pandemic with its steady supply of content.
By the time, the story decides it has dilly dallied enough and finally throws light on its long-drawn-out mystery, curiosity has died a natural death, sighs Sukanya Verma.
A partner you get along with and who understands you brings tranquility of mind whereas an incompatible partner can drain you.
Puneeth fan M D Riti lists five films that she consider to be amongst his best.
