The Mumbai police has decided to provide security to Manoj Shukla Muntashir, the dialogue writer of the film Adipurush after he cited a threat to his life, an official said on Monday.
'I pray you never have to go through months of treatment and medication like I did .. And here's some love from me to add to your glow.'
'I have saved your name on my phone, but I cannot read or pronounce it.' 'I am able to recognise my wife's name today because after seeing it for so long, it has been imprinted in my mind as a picture and not the letters.'
'This movie is not a reminder of the disaster we went through. It's a reminder of how we survived it.'
'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?'
The lyrical beauty of the songs, the exceptional frames that bind beauty and poetry make Neelavelicham a near-perfect tribute to the legendary writer who marvelled at imperfection and despised grammar as much as he hated his writing being edited, observes Divya Nair.
Ahead of his film Selfiee, which releases on Friday, Akshay Kumar broke the Guinness World Record for the Most Selfies taken in three minutes at a promotional event in Mumbai.
I do have a dream biopic. It has as its subject Renu Saluja, the cosmically gifted editor, with a special focus on the Vidhu Vinod Chopra-Saluja-Sudhir Mishra love story, says Sreehari Nair.
Last weekend seemed to be dedicated to awards for style and talent.
Zombies, multiverse, tragedy, Japanese culinary traditions, you'll find it aplenty on OTT this week.
Which film are *YOU* looking forward to?
A special screening was held in Mumbai for Janhvi Kapoor's new release, Mili.
When stars travel, they make lovely pictures on social media.
'In terms of ticket sales, Hindi is at 50-60 per cent while the South markets are at 80-90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.' The patchy performance of Hindi, the largest segment of the business is the nub of what is bothering Indian cinema.
'...he had to take his exams in Hindi at IIT-Kharagpur.' 'You wouldn't have got someone like Sundar Pichai because Hindi is not a friendly language for a person from Tamil Nadu.'
Halloween mood looms large on OTT's dark, devilish delights this week.
'Cinema or the sentiment of a people, disgusted by contemporary politics and wanting to feel whole by collectively recalling a moment of great difficulty that was also a cause for togetherness?', asks Shyam G Menon.
The controversy-ridden film, which registered a bumper opening at the box office only to witness a major drop in collections as negative word of mouth spread on social media, is now screening in theatres with altered dialogues.
rediffGurus Mayank Chandel and Prof Preetam Patil will answer your NEET-UG and MHT-CET questions.
'Even though Gandhiji did not know me well, Sardar knew and remembered me working with him till the Congress was banned.' Glimpses from the fascinating memoirs of Chakkedath Sankarankutty Menon, the stenographer who worked for Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel during the freedom struggle.
'There's just a handful of roles for a few actresses.' 'When I meet other actresses my age, they say the same thing: No roles!'
'Some people believe that guys with muscles don't have a sense of humour.' 'We wanted to prove them wrong.'
'The moments of laughter you've gifted us will always remain.'
'Bharat is a name that is 7000 years old.' 'We are not saying the name of the country should be changed from India to Bharat; we only recommended that the stress should be on Bharat.'
There's tons more action to catch on OTT this week.
The prime minister will be part of the launch of several development initiatives on his birthday.
Shukla, who has penned the Hindi dialogues and songs of the retelling of the Ramayana, said the amended lines will be added to the film by this week.
Arnie's back, Varun shape shifts while others fight the good fight and more on OTT this week.
Ariyippu is not a movie where you ask for a happy ending and you are served it on a platter. As situations change, the central characters conceal and display their vulnerability as any other real-life couple, observes Divya Nair.
The minister said this underlying resentment and pain of those countries regarding the global economy was building up for the last 15-20 years and the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict resulted in prices of energy and food items going up.
'I am a non-resident Indian. I didn't come to India to shine a light on its negative aspects.' 'I came to India to showcase what I think are remarkable aspects of India and Indians on a global scale.'
Akshay and Emraan's first movie outing together seems a good family entertainer with loads of action, drama and comedy.
Vishakan has urged the court to issue an interim direction for return of his mobile as it was the sole source of his livelihood.
'Every film cannot do a business of Rs 200 crore.'
This is the kind of essential saas-bahu banter we don't mind tolerating on our screens, Divya Nair tells us.
'I had the great honor of meeting her back in 2017 at Buckingham Palace. Rest in peace Your Majesty.'
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