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'When it comes to work, he forgets his sleep, his food, everything.' 'He is too involved in the process and that gives him strength.'
Former India World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev hopes that the focus is not just on him, but on the entire squad in the upcoming film '83' which narrates the story of the historic 1983 World Cup triumph. In '83', directed by Kabir Khan, features Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev, who led the team to India's first-ever World Cup win against the mighty West Indies.
'I got a call from Shah Rukh Khan.' 'Gana leak ho gaya,' he said. 'Leak ho gaya, toh ho gaya. Nikal jayega,' I said. 'And that's what happened.' 'Chammak Challo went viral overnight!'
'Working with Papa was the toughest,' confesses Varun Dhawan.
'What Super 30 really wants to say is Hrithik Roshan can be an action hero without showing off his sculpted torso,' says Sukanya Verma.
Bryan Adams sent Ronjita Kulkarni and several hundred Mumbaikars to Heaven!
'When Julie 2 releases, I will tell you whether I am sanskari or not.'
'Ashwiny Iyer comes from a school of Nil Battey Sannata.' 'The writer of the film Nitesh Tiwari made Dangal.' 'So you can see the kind of cinema they have done and how they will treat the film.' 'That will make Bareilly Ki Barfi different.'
'Not only are the concerns expressed in Stree (patriarchy, consent, prejudice against women) mere excuses to touch our 'sentimental hotspots', the movie itself is a few tricks cobbled together,' says Sreehari Nair.
'You have not understood the heart of the Indian Air Force,' notes IAF Veteran Nitin Welde.
While the media has been going into overdrive over red carpet appearances at Cannes, Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been quietly building a legacy.
'Will anything change for you after the election?' And the man said 'Kuch nahin badlega.' And he had a smile on his face. He knew nothing was going to change.
'I didn't even know where Bombay was before I came here.'
'It is a male-dominated show, but that does not mean that the female characters do not stand out.'
Nil Battey Sannata is a fitting tribute to mothers and their unconditional love, feels Namrata Thakker.
As much as Rs 4,300 crore was generated by 2019 movie releases. But 2020 is all set to be bigger and better!
Sacred Games 2 is an upgrade, and is shaping up to be one of India's great cultural events, feels Sreehari Nair.
'Cinema in our country is changing rapidly. Newton is proof of that change.'
Sukanya Verma presents an appreciation post for the cast of this must-watch movie.
Anaarkali Of Aarah is a tale well told.
Manjhi The Mountain Man carries much promise but it is flimsily executed, feels Sukanya Verma.
'We wanted people to love Stree and that has happened.' 'It is a unique, one-of-a-kind movie.'
Munna Michael's hollowness is as striking as Tiger's chiselled torso, one that he freely bares in everything from an unzipped hoodie to a doily masquerading as a shirt, says Sukanya Verma.
Bollywood makes way for regional cinema at the 65th National Awards.
'It's not easy playing a ghost.'
'You come out of the theatre feeling happy, inspired, with moist eyes and in awe.'
Director Shanker Raman, with an appetite for noir and a natural temperament for fast-cutting, takes you so swiftly and so deeply inside Gurgaon's anomie that you may mistake his vision of the city for some dystopian view of the future, feels Sreehari Nair.
'It is a huge responsibility to play Netaji.'
'The National Award is our nation's highest recognition, being recognised at the President's hand is our privilege, our honour and our dream.' 'The nation's sentiment got left out in the choices that were made yesterday...'
'People thought I am doing this for promotions, but I wouldn't do that.' 'I have better things to do and better ideas to promote myself.'
While filled with startling insights and questions, and buoyed by terrific performances throughout, Newton suffers from a lack of end-to-end clarity. It is a near-great film but one that for some reason doesn't express itself fully, feels Sreehari Nair.
At its core, Criminal Justice is a tale of small miscalculations leading to grave consequences, feels Sreehari Nair.
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'What we have here is a director who understands how people fight, but has not a clue about how they make love,' points out Sreehari Nair.
'The Maoists want the tribals to boycott the election while the police think the election is a farce and do not want to risk going deeper in the conflict zone.' 'Newton (played with sincerity and deep felt passion by Rajkummar Rao) wants to make sure that the locals cast their vote, a right given to them by the Constitution.'
'When you are sitting in a small city like Chandigarh, you think it is tough to make it in Bollywood. Sometimes when you see actors like Ranbir Kapoor and Varun Dhawan on screen, you think these things are beyond your reach.'
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