From melodrama to mockery (remember Amar and Prem's phony separated-at-Kumbh Mela reunion in a gag of Andaz Apna Apna?), there are numerous instances of its presence.
'People started noticing me again. OTT is a good platform for serious actors. In the olden days, unless you are the heroine, actors would have screen deaths. But now, there are so many good roles for women.'
The Vin Diesel film had the best collections amongst all the movies in the running across the country.
Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's wife lodged a counter FIR against 5 fellow residents of a housing society in Mumbai for allegedly rioting.
'In India, I'm able to work with the biggest stars on creating a scene, creating that emotion, without being too hung up on their persona.'
'I love the country and the people so very much. My children grew up watching Om Shanti Om.'
Now the India Pavilion at Cannes would have to make do without Akshay, while Madhavan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui would happily hog the limelight.
The purple carpet was rolled out for the OTTplay Awards 2023.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui is not romcom material, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Film folk queued up to watch the latest Friday release, Sudhir Mishra's Afwaah, at a special screening in Mumbai.
Deepa Gahlot lists Hindi biopics about Indian political leaders: Some worked, some did not, but they managed to avoid controversy.
The first half of 2023 has been good to Bollywood, as we saw big blockbusters like Pathaan and The Kerala Story. But there have been flops as well.
Raja Sen can't wait to see Raman Raghav 2.0.
Pradeep Bandekar ran into Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shraddha Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna on Tuesday.
Priyanka goes shopping with Malti... Jacqueline has a request... Huma is a chaotic mess...
Sukanya Verma shows you everything you can catch on OTT this week.
After a rather dull April when there were hardly any theatrical or OTT releases, May would be a lot more crowded with a dozen odd movies and web series arriving.
''The reason I have kept quiet is because all this tamasha will somewhere be read by my small children.'
Watching Haddi after a meal is not advised since some scenes could induce nausea, warns Deepa Gahlot.
The second season of Bigg Boss OTT premiered over the weekend on JIO Cinema and it was an exciting watch, thanks to host Salman Khan and an interesting line-up of contestants.
His friends and colleagues attended the funeral to pay their last respects to the fine actor and offer support to his family.
'Even if I don't get to work for the rest of the year, I am okay with it.'
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.
The pilot of Vishal Bhardwaj's much-anticipated adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Sittaford Mystery is here. Aditya Roy Kapur's hotel manager takes on Anil Kapoor's all-powerful arms dealer. Idris Elba is back in action. Sukanya Verma shares her OTT recommendations this week.
'There can be no bigger compliment than people walking away, carrying the film in their hearts, and thanking you for it.'
Even the worst movies have a song, a scene, or a performance that makes all the effort of making a film worthwhile. This one should have been scrapped at script stage, declares Deepa Gahlot.
Shekhar is in Sydney. Urmila is in Jammu. Urvashi is in Paris...
Kangana-Arjun are praying... Vidya Balan is in London... Ileana's having fun...
'There is a not a single film that I've made that I regret.'
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who played Irrfan's friend and colleague named Shaikh in The Lunchbox, has only words of praise for the film, its director and co-star.
Afwaah is a sum of Sudhir Mishra's thought-provoking reflections and appeal to question what's real, what's rumour, notes Sukanya Verma.
The ongoing International Film Festival of India hosted a screening of Yami Gautam's latest film Lost.
Stars dazzled on the red carpet at the Filmfare OTT awards.
'Everyone is curious about what I am doing.'
Deepa Gahlot lists 10 gangster thrillers on OTT for those who have the stomach for gaalis and gore.
February has its share of biggies coming up, and one hopes that the big bucks continue to flow at the box office with audiences making a beeline for films.
Along with Salman Khan's Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan and Keanu Reeves' action blockbuster John Wick: Chapter 4, we have Nawazuddin Siddiqui's rom-com Tiku Weds Sheru releasing on OTT this week and much more.
'Everyone's favourite show Mirzapur is returning with a third season in which I am reprising my role as Beena Tripathi.'
Action, drama, thriller and rom-coms, this week has a lot of entertainment coming up on OTT as well as in theatres.
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