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The film also features Sheeba Chaddha and Shreya Dhanwanthary.
'A majority of filmmakers cannot truly understand the city because they don't live here,' says Anusha Rizvi, Director, The Great Shamsuddin Family.
The Great Shamsuddin Family is a seemingly light chamber piece that hides its claws of social commentary under the chirpy banter of an apartment full of women, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Vampires, murders, superheroes and romantic reunions galore, it's quite a package of emotions on OTT this week.
Writer and director Anusha Rizvi returns to cinema after 15 years with warmth, wit and many a laughs.
Aseem Chhabra ranks the Best of 2025's films that released in theatres, or went directly to OTT platforms.
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Peepli [Live] is India's official entry for the Oscars out of 27 films
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Peepli [Live] is a well-researched, brilliantly-written and effectively documented creation that hasn't negotiated its wry vision for big screen.
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Raghubir Yadav goes from real life farmer to reel life farmer.
Priyanka Jain spoke to debutante director Anusha Rizvi, and came away impressed.
The singers of Mehangai Daayan Khaye Jaat Hai' from Aamir Khan's home production Peepli Live are unhappy with the amount paid for their work.
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A Delhi court has convicted Peepli [Live]'s co-director Mahmood Farouqui for the rape of an American research scholar.
Fusion band Indian Ocean, who have scored two songs for Aamir Khan's upcoming film Peepli Live, perform live.
The actor gets candid about his latest production, his career and the real reason why he does one film a year.
'Peepli Live' co-director Mahmood Farooqui has been arrested and sent to jail on charges of raping a US-based Indian origin research scholar in New Delhi.
Anusha Rizvi, former NDTV producer talks about her directorial debut with Peepli Live! produced by Aamir Khan.
A Delhi court on Saturday convicted filmmaker Mahmood Farooqui of raping a 30-year-old United States researcher last year.
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The actor, 54, passed away early morning today after battling kidney and lung cancer.
Aamir Khan's production is missing from the final list of nine films in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra has once again found himself at the center of a controversy, this time for his comments about Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Kamra has been a controversial figure for years, with his comedy often targeting politicians and other public figures. This latest incident has led to a backlash from Shinde's supporters, who have vandalized the venue of Kamra's show. Kamra has a history of making controversial remarks, including heckling a TV anchor on a flight and making comments about the judiciary.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
The court has fixed September 9 to launch day-to-day trial in the case.
Mahmood Farooqui will walk free from Tihar Jail, with the Delhi high court on Monday acquitting him in a rape case involving a United States researcher, saying it remained doubtful whether any such incident took place.
Bollywood film 'Peepli Live' co-director Mahmood Farooqui, held guilty for raping a US researcher, was on Thursday sent to seven years in jail by a Delhi court which said that he took advantage of the situation when she was alone in his house.
Lok Pal Bill has some disastrous simplistic provisions that need serious repair.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Veteran actor Raghubir Yadav, who after essaying a medley of characters on bigscreen, wants to go behind the camera.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the biggest Bollywood hits in August in the last decade.
Kathal has a fairly kooky premise, one that would fill up a half an hour sitcom in a bundle of studio laughs. But when stretched into a feature film, its whimsy slumps into awkward energy, observes Sukanya Verma.
'If you sit collar turned up and tell yourself, you are great, you will never evolve as an actor.'
'I guess things happen when they have to happen.' 'And the film got delayed by COVID a little bit. But yeah, it's been a decade which I do not regret.' 'I feel like I have grown so much, as an artist, as well as just a human being.' 'So much life experience to channel into films that I think is an advantage almost.'
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to.
'He was sitting on a sofa in the Aamir Khan Productions office and he just loosened his body a little.' 'Then he delivered the perfect Bhai Thakur.' 'What followed was a spectacular jamming of the craft of acting.'
Here's the lowdown of the music launch of Peepli Live.
Reader Sonali Aggarwal sends us a photograph.
Taking a break from Parliamentary parleys and governing the world's largest democracy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will watch the movie Peepli Live at his residence on Sunday. The special screening of the film has been arranged by the film's producer Aamir Khan. Khan had arranged a similar screening of Peepli Live for the top brass of the Bharatiya Janata Party, including senior leader L K Advani, a few days ago. Advani, known to be a film buff, reportedly enjoyed the film.
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