The first half of 2026 has concluded with a stark reality check for Bollywood, as over 25 films underperformed at the box office.
This week's OTT releases feature a diverse range of genres, from the adult entertainment platform-focused Margo's Got Money Troubles starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nicole Kidman, to the Hindi crime drama Matka King with Vijay Varma, exploring Bombay's gambling culture.
'Playing a rape survivor can't ever be compared to actually being one.'
Taapsee Pannu plays a relentless lawyer in Assi, who leaves no stone unturned to find the culprits.
'PINK was about consent. Assi asks society, what are we doing about this issue? Where have we gone wrong?'
Ayushmann Khurrana, known for consistently breaking conventions with his choice of roles and projects since his 2012 debut in 'Vicky Donor', is gearing up for his new release 'Pati Patni Aur Woh Do'. Ahead of its release, a list ranks his top 10 standout films, highlighting his unique contributions to Indian cinema.
Explore the interesting trend in Bollywood where popular film franchises opt for entirely new lead casts in their sequels.
Concept-driven films are finding it more and more difficult to find theatrical audiences today.
Vijay Varma continues to impress critics and fans with his performance in 'Matka King', prompting a look back at his most defining roles, from the conflicted cop in 'Monsoon Shootout' to the chilling antagonist in 'Darlings'.
Deepa Gahlot picks 10 must-watch movies about singles and the consciously uncoupled.
It's going to be a busy month at the theatres in February.
As Assi gets ready for release this week, Deepa Gahlot lists 10 films that deal with rape in different ways.
Taapsee has not had a single release in 2025, here is her line-up for 2026.
There are moments in Assi when you will get scared, when you will get angry, when you will feel helpless... when you will realise the enormity of the crime.
'So my question was, 'What is it that you are proud of? What have you achieved? What is your contribution?' 'He had no answer.'
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's best-known diamond robberies in film.
Imtiaz Ali's Amar Singh Chamkila, starring Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra, is getting rave reviews.
Aaliya Kashyap and Shane Gregoire had a starry reception on Wednesday evening.
More than a week after its release in theatres, Bheed Director Anubhav Sinha organised a get-together in Mumbai. The cast of the Web series Taj: Divided by Blood mingled with them too.
All You Want To Know About The 1999 Hijack.
Priyanka Chopra gave a shoutout to her cousin Mannara Chopra, who is among the finalists in Bigg Boss 17.
Pooja Kataria, a passenger on the IC-814 flight hijacked in 1999, says viewers should approach the recently released web series based on the incident as entertainment rather than sparking controversy.
The depiction of hijackers of the Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Delhi has kicked off a row with a section of viewers objecting to the 'humane' projection of the perpetrators.
Netflix India's content head Monika Shergill on Tuesday met Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sanjay Jaju in New Delhi, amid a row over the web series IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack.
Ayushmann Khurrana and Anubhav Sinha will make another political thriller.
Enchanted rings, talking teddy bears and arranged marriages of the phony kind, hijack horror and more on OTT this week.
The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned.
Andrea Kevichusa grabbed everyone's attention in the Anek trailer, making us wonder who she really is.
'Even they can see through the stories on these news channels and can see how these channels keep shifting their goals: From murder, drugs, to someone missing. They are worthless goals.'
Film folk queued up to watch the latest Friday release, Sudhir Mishra's Afwaah, at a special screening in Mumbai.
'He told me he was very happy to see the realistic portrayal of the cockpit too.' 'His wife told me that I carried the same kind of personality as her husband in my performance.'
Quite a few film folk turned up to cheer the girl gang of Ratna Pathak Shah, Dia Mirza, Fatima Sana Sheikh and Sanjana Sanghi, who get together for their new film, Dhak Dhak.
When the post-pandemic audience wants large-scale entertainers, Anubhav Sinha has the courage to make a film that determinedly veers away from escapism, applauds Deepa Gahlot.
Rekha and Vishal Bhardwaj hosted a screening for Kuttey.
Look who turned up to watch the Sanya Malhotra-Rajkummar Rao starrer, HIT: The First Case.
They try to hide behind the smokescreen that these are works of fiction inspired by real events. So, you can pick and choose from facts and fictionalise to push the right triggers with your audience or appease the powers that be, observes Shekhar Gupta.
'I am not disowning my earlier films, but I have no right to own them. I was not making them from my heart.'
