The Tamil Nadu-born Sivanandan taught economics for three years and shot to fame -- almost literally -- during his momentous tenure as head of the Mumbai Crime Branch during the late nineties. During his two-year stint as joint commissioner (crime), over 250 members of the Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan gangs were shot dead in police encounters.
Celebrating one of Bollywood's finest cult classics, as it turns 20.
While RGV's Phoonk has a sequel, here's a quick run through ten Twos that really, awesomely, delivered.
Guru Deshpande's Kannada film, Varasudhaara, is a mix of Mario Puzo's best-selling novel, Godfather and Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar.
The filmmaker is back with a horror film tentatively called Phoonk, which will be produced by One Thought Entertainment.
Sushmita Sen on her latest movie, working with Govinda and fighting with Lara Dutta.
Shahs new film title hasn't gone down well with the Ek Paheli Leela actress and her manager husband Daniel Weber.
Prashant Pandey, the script and dialogue write of Contract, talks about the similarity between the blasts and a scene from his film.
Mohanlal on why he agreed to star in the latest Malayalam movie Unnaipol Oruvan.
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.
With Agyaat ready to release, here's a look at different kinds of forest-based films.
This is a watchable, entirely forgettable film, and fans of the original are advised to rewatch that one again. Ramu has concentrated far too much on the angles and the light -- both of which succeed only in making you think you're watching a film without clarity -- and not enough on the focus.
With increasing corporatisation of Indian television, creativity is being backed by professional management. The growth potential is huge.
Sarim Momin, 30, who wrote the lyrics of Jana Gana Mana Rann, tries to defend his work, and tells us why it's just a 'film song'.
The Supreme Court came down heavily on Ram Gopal Varma's distortion of the national anthem in his forthcoming film Rann saying it gives a 'totally negative sense.'
The film fraternity tweets about the latest news.
Italian fashion label Police Time and Jewellery announced the khallas girl as their brand ambassador.
The film fraternity tweets about the latest news.
Bollywood is as much about friends as it is about feuding. Which is why several starry battles so frequently turn back to friendship. In the end, everybody ends up working together anyway.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Contract is a badly-made and disappointing film, way below the standards set by the director himself.
Has Ram Gopal Varma lost touch with the pulse of the masses? Or is he the experimental maverick you've always loved?
Madhu Mantena, Ghajini's producer, entered the film world almost by chance, and now he has a hit on his hands.
Rajan Varma will play Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist who was caught by the Mumbai police, and is presently in custody.
Manoj Bajpayee confides in Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni about his 'long journey filled with rejection, betrayal, misery, failures and disillusionment.'
A quiz on filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, as he readies for his first release of 2008, Sarkar Raj starring the Bachchans.
Even if you close your eyes and try to picture the almighty Amitabh Bachchan doing his thing against the soundtrack, this really is Govinda-overdose like never before.
Amitabh Bachchan talks about his forthcoming films, Rann and Teen Patti.
Director Pia Sukanya's effort is sincere, but it's not enough to create the madness required in such films, feels Ramesh S.
Sudeep will play an ambitious mediaperson in his next Hindi film, Rann.
Ram Gopal Varma's latest film is watchable, but not scary enough.
Brushing aside the criticisms on filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma being part of his entourage to the terror-hit Taj hotel and other sites, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Monday said there was "no bad intention in it".
'When I contracted COVID and was extremely unwell, I almost thought I was not going to make it.' 'But this man (Karan Johar) was like family for us in Bombay. He would send doctors for me, made sure my medication was done correctly and made sure I came out of COVID.'
There are as many as three films and a Web series premiering on October 2.
Four music directors, declares the album. Regretfully, barring a horror number, it looks like the composers have decided to deliver the most basic compositions.
