'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.'
Rediff's film critic Sukanya Verma lists her top Hindi movies of 2014.
'After doing films like Dedh Ishqiya and Bucket List, I am ready to take up risks in films. I am game for any kind of roles that put me in a different light.'
On her 53rd birthday, Sukanya Verma lists 10 times the world fell in love with La Dixit.
'The reaction to Cutting Chai has been, "I never thought you could do something like this!" and I like that.'
While we await Shilpa's second innings in the movies, Joginder Tuteja looks at how well the top '90s actresses have done when they returned to acting.
Here's what caught our eye at the movies this year.
'With the media and social media pulling them down every second day, there are no heroes left.' 'What we have are actors and we want to see them play characters which are real, human and identifiable.'
Deepika, Sonam, Aishwarya, Sridevi, Hema Malini...
So many films have been made with Muslim characters. But how many have actually got them right?
It's such a misconception that actresses -- any woman for that matter -- are on a downwards slope when they hit 40.
'He would dance and I would give him marks.' 'If I gave him five on 10, he would get disappointed.' 'So I would ask him to do better, and he would try and do better.'
Sonchiriya is that rare Bollywood film, one that soars wildly above others in its genre, notes Ritwik Sharma.
Abhishek Chaubey talks about Udta Punjab, his actors and how the drug-themed film happened.
Here's what Bollywood's rich and famous eat in the morning.
These gorgeous women have given some brilliant performances this year.
'Acting is my first love but dance is my passion.' Madhuri Dixit gets ready for her next dance reality show, So You Think You Can Dance: Ab India Ki Baari.
At a time when priapic sex comedies are ruling the roost in Bollywood, Udta Punjab is nothing less than a fresh blast of oxygen!
The 40s brigade is gorgeous and really, ageless.
The year saw some standout performances from lesser known actors.
The real achievement of the film, which is now available worldwide on Netflix, is that it resists the temptations of the genre.
NCW data show a noticeable rise in sexual harassment at the workplace.
Bhar Do Jholi Meri is Salman's favourite song. Here's looking at other smashing qawwalis through time.
Sukanya Verma celebrates the acting legend.
Sukanya Verma looks back at the decade gone by, in the movies.
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade.
'Sushant was our first choice for Lakhna.' 'Apart from looking desi, I wanted an actor who had a lot of physical energy.' 'Sushant came on board very quickly because he really liked the story.'
This piece is a tribute to that corner of film criticism that they call subtextual film criticism.
'I miss Tabu's beauty, her graceful presence, her delicate smile and the texture of her voice, with which she can convey so many things -- the lonely mother, the lover, the seductress, the wronged woman, or a young woman charmed by an older man,' says Aseem Chhabra.
'Even though Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyon was not a hit, people still remember me. I must have done some really good acting in it. I met Akshay (Kumar, her co-star) recently and he told me 'tu toh director ban gayi hai' (you've become a director). I told him you can never predict where life takes you.' Divya Khosla Kumar prepares us for Sanam Re.
Sreehari Nair presents his Top 20 movies of the decade.
'I wasn't initially convinced about Finding Fanny. I didn't know what the hell Homi (Adajania, director) had written.' Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah gets candid.
'Our story was really made after we saw what was happening in Punjab.' 'Earlier it was 'drug film, cool thriller, hipster movie.' Then we went to Punjab and we said, "Boss!"'
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