Vasan Bala's ability to jolt our Bollywood conditioned brains into experiencing new forms of menace, turning a John Woo-style prison riot into a Chinese communist movement and showcasing Alia in a savage new light won Sukanya Verma's dil and jigra.
From Star Wars to Santa to Alia Bhatt, OTT has a variety of entertainment to offer for all ages this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.
This is no straight-forward sob story, observes Mayur Sanap.
When mainstream Hindi cinema is preoccupied with romance, comedy, horror and action, stories about sisters and brothers are very rare. Vasan Bala has made a first-of-its-kind film where the leads play sister and brother, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video managed to do better than Jigra as it is more massy in its treatment and presentation.
The venue for the Filmfare Awards shifted to Ahmedabad last weekend, and stars dazzled on the red carpet and on stage.
Days after Alia Bhatt announced her next film, Jigra, she started work on it and shared pictures on social media.
Vasan Bala has directed Peddlers, Mard Ko Dard Nahin Lagta, Monica, O My Darling.
Television stars got together to celebrate 25 years of Anu Ranjan and Shashi Ranjan's Indian Television Academy (ITA) Awards over the weekend.
Alia Bhatt's former secretary Vedika Shetty was arrested by the Juhu police in Mumbai for swindling Rs 76 lakhs from her production house, Eternal Sunshine Productions Pvt Ltd, and her personal accounts.
'The learning will be long term and if anything unlearn everything from this and start afresh.'
It was a very poor weekend for Bollywood as just about Rs 10 crore (Rs 100 million) came in.
'Tourism will get hit. Thousands of lives will suffer. Businesses will shut down.'
'There's really the kindest soul hidden inside this genius businessman.'
The best part about a Manish Malhotra party is the jaw-dropping fashion the stars bring with them.
Ananya has CTRL... Raashii enjoys a cuppa... Asha Parekh in Australia...
Good, bad, evil, we saw a gamut of emotions on display in their most stirring form as actors reiterated their worth.
Just when it seemed that Bollywood had recovered with multiple big hits in 2023, it all came down in 2024 with a flurry of flops, disasters and mega disasters.
Aaliya Kashyap and Shane Gregoire had a starry reception on Wednesday evening.
Bollywood seems to have ignored the month of September, with only two Hindi releases coming up in theatres. But cine-goers need not worry, as Hollywood and south cinema makes up for it.
Triptii Dimri wowed everyone when she danced to her new song Mere Mehboob from her latest film, Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, at a promotional event.
Alia gives us a peek into their lives on the season premiere episode of The Great Indian Kapil Show, on which she was a special guest, along with Karan Johar, to promote their upcoming film, Jigra.
Alia in concert... Sunny gets a new family member... Shraddha asks about your Sunday...
Ananya in Paris... Patralekhaa takes a selfie...Vaani celebrates her 'ray of sunshine'...
Rakul is a denim girl... Raashii in London... Fatima in Amsterdam...
The fifth Filmfare OTT Awards 2024 was held on December 1 in Mumbai, and it saw a lot of glamour.
IMDb rankings are based on page views from over 250 million monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide. Stars who consistently ranked the highest in the weekly rankings in 2024 make it to the top 10.
Industry experts believe that this deal will positively impact the Indian film industry, which is struggling with fewer movie releases.
Siddharth Roy Kapur's RKF aims to raise around $50 million by offering up to a 50 per cent stake in the company.
Melodies that stayed on in the mind and memory are too few and far between. Except the ones that do make an impression are definitely worth celebrating for their refreshing style and substance.
>The success of Stree 2, which emerged as the highest-grossing Hindi film, was significant to PVR Inox's performance in the July-September quarter.
By avoiding the follow-on and standing firm against Australia's aggression, India ensured that they stayed alive in the series.
Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the top female performers of 2024.
'When a child is born, he is born crying, and he grows up looking for laughter.' 'So comedy films should be made more, as people want to watch comedy films.'
Emotions run high more than usual on OTT this week.
'This maha-parivarik is because of Mallika Sherawat.'
Sukanya Verma lists 10 of our best ruling the roost of Hindi cinema right now.
Joginder Tuteja lists the Bollywood arrivals in theatres later this year.
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