'Ours is the only country which is very loyal to cinema, so making big bucks is a realistic possibility.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at contemporary actors who have done well in their kingly acts.
Making a blatant mockery of the great religious epic, Adipurush showcases the worst side of today's Bollywood, declares Sumeet Nadkarni.
Monday is the 20th day of release for the film, and it's still scoring in excess of Rs 10 crore (Rs 100 million), with the weekend showing a good jump all over again.
Singer Palak Muchhal and Composer Mithoon wed in an intimate ceremony.
'I felt insulted, very hurt, that Indian cinema meant only Hindi cinema.'
'Ours is a disaster movie with no big stars, songs or commercial ingredients.' 'Yet, it is Malayalam cinema's highest grosser.'
He claimed SBSP president Om Prakash Rajbhar has deviated from the party mission of working for the poor and deprived, and his only agenda is to collect money.
Ranbir Kapoor plays father and son in Shamshera, and Joginder Tuteja looks at actors who have got the father-son tuning right.
As the tussle for control of the Nationalist Congress Party hotted up after its vertical split, Sharad Pawar on Thursday declared he was the president of the party and hit back at nephew and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's retirement jibe, saying he will work more effectively "whether 82 or 92."
The trailer has everything you were looking for: Suspense, action, drama, plotting and vengeance, cheers Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
From being the biggest opener to being the fastest entrant into the Rs 100 crore, 200 crore and 300 crore (Rs 1 billion, 2 billion, 3 billion) club to going past the Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) mark with ease to opening the Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) club for Bollywood and now crossing the lifetime collections of the Hindi dubbed version of Baahubali: The Conclusion (Rs 511 crore/Rs 5.11 billion), Pathaan has done it all.
The Trump-Bahubali video, which ends with "USA and India United", went viral after Trump retweeted it.
Last week's releases Shehzada and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania kept their target audience engaged, even though more was expected.
'Rapists do have families. I wanted to see how a father or mother would deal with it.' 'They go through shame as well and get discriminated from the rest of the village.' 'Why don't we show it that way?'
'In two years, if films continue to perform like Baahubali, RRR and Pushpa...'
Also in Hyderabad, fans of actor Prabhas, who plays Lord Ram in Adipurush, beat up a moviegoer outside a theatre for criticising the movie.
'But it was dicey as he was still in jail.'
The producers feel there is no way they can recover their production costs.
'The doctors have advised him to halt all work for at least a month.'
N T Rama Rao Jr, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt and Director S S Rajamouli promote RRR in Delhi.
Tamannaah Bhatia matched her black gown with a beautiful sheer cape.
'We are called artists, just like the film people and dancers and actors. But there's a very little value to what we do as artists.'
He's at the top of his game but Prabhas remains a mystery to his fans.
It was a disappointing weekend for Bollywood as Selfiee didn't do well at the box office.
Time and again sequels have done well at the box office, as is apparent with the blockbuster success of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, the biggest Bollywood grosser of 2022 so far.
Joginder Tuteja gives us the half yearly box office report of 2023.
The sheer mayhem created in the very first weekend did the trick.
Meet the Bhandari brothers, who scored a critical and commercial hit with their debut film while the biggest movie of the year was dominating the box office across the country.
'If the South starts shooting on IMAX more, it will be beneficial. And likewise, it will benefit Bollywood directors.'
Director Om Raut recently threw a bash for the cast of his upcoming film, Adipurush.
The love story of Shakuntala and Dushyant is so familiar, from textbooks, comics, stage and screen versions, that it has become part of our cultural DNA. If a film-maker thinks he can make it his own by producing a 3D version with excessive CGI, he achieves nothing but overkill, notes Deepa Gahlot.
The Housefull 4 hit song is David Warner's new challenge.
'Such a historic, proud & happy moment for Indian Cinema at #Oscars95!'
What is noticeable in both movies is the willingness with which both the ageing stars -- Kamal is 68 and Rajini, four years older at 72 with a kidney transplant that he has not shied away from acknowledging -- have learnt to respect their age and bodies, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Amitabh Bachchan, who is shooting for Project K with Prabhas and Deepika Padukone in Hyderabad, attended the inauguration of its Producer Vyjayanthi Movies' new office in the city.
The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Wednesday raised objections to the portrayal of Lord Ram, Lakshman and Ravana in the teaser of Adipurush, claiming that it 'ridiculed Hindu society'.
'At a time when there's a lot of conversation happening around how AI has made art directors and production designers jobless, we will simply say that if your work speaks for you, you will never be out of work.'
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