Joginder Tuteja looks at Akki's various cop roles through the years, and realises that he's played one as many as 17 times!
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro mixed comedy with themes of corruption and unemployment that lifted the modest NFDC production into one of the best dark comedies in Indian cinema.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week.
Joginder Tuteja looks back at Bollywood's wedding movies to see how well they have done in the past.
With the IPL season kicking in, here are some unique tips players can pick from Bollywood...
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar Pankaj Kapur, and Naseeruddin Shah's Khamosh (1985).
Gehraiyaan seems to be aurally thin, which serves as a clue to the larger issues plaguing the movie, observes Rohit Sathish Nair.
Amazon Prime Video has doubled its content investments in India and announced as many as 41 new titles in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English, thereby throwing an open challenge to their streaming competitor, Netflix.
She has moved on from Prithvi, but Sanjna Kapoor's passion for theatre remains undimmed.
'I was tempted to cast Madhuri Dixit in P Se PM Tak because her comic timing is very good,' director Kundan Shah says.
Don't look for a volunteering job for money, but as an investment for life, advises management consultant Virender Kapoor.
Naseeruddin Shah, accomplished actor, speaks about his choice of films, his favourite actors and films and the future of the film industry.
Is Rangoon a hit or a flop? Find out...
The hits and misses of the week.
We go down to the sets of the star's new film, Jackpot, in Goa and find out.
The hits and miss of the box office.
Vidya Balan's act makes sure that you memorise the film's release date!
Check out the star arrivals at this one.
Skilled actors sometimes rescue a film when the script is flailing. Chaalis Chauraasi is one such film.
Check out the celebs who turned up on day seven at the Mumbai Film Festival.
A look at the star arrivals
'The young generation doesn't want to work with old hats like me.' 'They don't understand that we are brighter and wiser because of our experience.' 'We can take them on the right path, but they should keep their ears open.'
British novelist H R F Keating, who died on Monday aged 84, created his best-known character Inspector Ganesh Ghote without visiting Mumbai. Filmmaker Zafar Hai salutes the writer who first made Mumbai famous in the world of detective fiction.
In this special series, directors choose their top 5 favourite movies of 2011.
In this special series, directors choose their top 5 favourite movies of 2011.
As part of a mega-celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of President John F Kennedy's inauguration, the Kennedy Centre in Washington, DC is mounting a Maximum India festival, featuring the dance, music, cinema, literature, theatre and cuisine from March 1 to 20.
Here's a look at some memorable pilfering pairs, down the years.
Here's looking at the film's cast, way back in 1983.
This week's release starring Suniel Shetty is a somewhat nave attempt at resolving the age-old Naxalite issue.
The veteran actor performs Dastangoi: The Adventures of Amir Hamza at the Asia Society New York on Monday.
'All my life, I have made expensive films. This time, I want to make the least expensive film ever made in Bollywood.' 'It's an honest attempt to climb Mount Everest without knowing if I will reach the peak.'
'This film is a product of a dangerous trend to take just a sprinkling of truth, mix it with free-flowing speculation and present it as historical facts,' says Manavi Kapur.
As dry as the martini Bond enjoyed, Connery's 007 was a tour de force of comicbook heroism replete with set pieces and choreographed stunts which he carried off with a Scottish virility, notes Subhash K Jha.
The hits and misses of the week.
28-year-old Faruk Kabir tackles the subject of juvenile crime in his debut feature film.
'I have never enjoyed being a woman more,' says Vidya Balan.
The biopic on Silk Smitha's life releases this December.
The hits and misses of the week.
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