A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Meet Bollywood's finest casting director Mukesh Chhabra.
'Trust me, it's a disadvantage because people don't take you seriously.'
In a year where we can find positives in wins for the great Gulabi Gang documentary and ace cinematographer Rajeev Ravi, the silver lining doesn't seem as wide if our priorities remain as skewed.
Aligarh mayor from BJP strongly backed an official ban on the movie Aligarh, claiming the movie is a "conspiracy" to defame the city.
'The story has to be told well, it has to be marketed and presented well, and now, released well too.' 'Only then will the film do well.' 'The actor walks away with the victory credit, but we do not give enough credit to the script writers, directors and producers who put up a film that shines.'
'People, who are objecting to the movie now, should have objected in 2014 when the book came out. But nobody did.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Yes, they're both movie directors. But there's something else!
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Manoj Bajpayee gives his character a lot soul and sensitivity in Aligarh, feels Sukanya Verma.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'If you have never seen Kangana Ranaut on screen before, and instead know more about her in real life and the spirited controversies that seem to happily follow her about, you realise that the actress puts a lot of herself into a screen role, feels Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
There is so much goodness in Garm Hava, says Aseem Chhabra/ Rediff.com
Kangana Ranaut, the fiery movie star, continues to be in the news for all the wrong reasons.
'Maneesh Sharma's Fan should be good. It will have Shah Rukh doing something entirely different from what he has been doing recently.'
There's a lot happening in Bollywood, Hollywood and world cinema this year.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Take a look at ten filmmakers who also love acting.
'For me, success is saying 'no' when you want to say no.'
'To be complimented for a fantastic performance after just viewing the trailer! This never happened to me before.' 'If you have given a party a mandate for five years, stop blaming it for everything under the sun.' 'My kind of films do not make stars. Now we, the actors, after years of struggle, have created a parallel industry where we have made a name for ourselves. But stars we are not nor can we be.' 'For a boy coming from a remote village of Bihar at the Indo-Nepal border where no transport was available to commute to the nearest town, even coming to Delhi and then Mumbai and finally watching himself on the silver screen was a huge thing!'
'I wasn't comfortable with the intimate scenes. There were 40 men behind the camera. It's mechanical and doesn't mean a thing but there are so many eyes watching you! I got panicky and asked Vikram (Bhatt, director) sir to help me out.' Patralekha gets bold and beautiful in Love Games.
How well did these actors play homosexuals? RATE THEM!
'Kaala's sin is not that it is presented as a mouthpiece for its director Pa Ranjith's political viewpoints, but that it makes a travesty of them.' 'Ranjith turns Marx into merchandise, all the while functioning as a hired hand for Brand Rajinikanth,' points out Sreehari Nair.
Sreehari Nair presents his Top 20 movies of the decade.
'This may seem like a lyrical lamenting of a writer, but it is the sad reality in and outside the industry. In films, nine out of 10 times the writer's name is not mentioned in posters, publicity or even reviews.' Screenwriter Anjum Rajabali and actress-writer Preeti Mamgain hope to make way for Bollywood's writers.
Dr Siras was a man determined to be a freak in the show called Life, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Chaitanya Tamhane's National Award-winning film seems more relevant today than when it released, says Sreehari Nair.
'What you saw in Gangs Of Wasseypur is only two percent of what really happens. Murder and other crimes are a daily affair even today. There is no value for life. People can shoot someone for Rs two! Once, I was talking to a person. I turned around to ask for tea, and when I looked at him again, someone had shot him dead.' Meeruthiya Gangsters director Zeishan Quadri talks tough.
'I wouldn't say Queen is a benchmark. For a 17-year-old to perform in Gangster, Fashion, Life... In A Metro, Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai is remarkable. I am a very bad girlfriend apparently. This is the feedback I have been getting from the time I started dating,' Kangana speaks out.
'I believe politics was imposed on it by the censor board, when it gave the film's trailer an A certificate, hoping to deny children, teenagers the opportunity to watch it during prime time television shows,' says Aseem Chhabra.
Bollywood is in shock after Sridevi's death.
'Today is our independence day. Udta Punjab is not just a film anymore. It is a movement and one that has ended in the victory of democracy.'
The year saw some standout performances from lesser known actors.
Brilliant cinema at the ongoing Mumbai Film Festival, raves Sukanya Verma.
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