Ghoomer is an efficient crowd-pleaser that puts a lump in the throat, a tear in the eyes, and a smile on the face, all at the same time, applauds Mayur Sanap.
The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2023, held at Mumbai's Taj Land's End hotel, saw some Bollywood and television stars in attendance.
Twinkle's short story Salaam Noni Appa will mark ad-man Sonal Dabral's directorial debut.
'It is definitely disheartening when (Ghoomer) doesn't reach a larger audience, especially when whoever's watched it has come out saying that "It is one of the best things we've seen in a decade" or that "It moved us, and we cried and laughed".'
'Amitji is not integral to my cinema, he is integral to cinema.'
'After 10 days, Balki, Sunny Deol and Pooja Bhatt liked what I did, and the tension eased.' 'I started calming down a little bit. but nobody knew that in my head a tandav was going on.'
The Akshay Kumar starrer released on Thursday.
Anthology movies are a strange beast. They can be as monotonous and harmless as munching away a bumper bag of chips -- you eat one, you have to finish the rest. Or they can be like discovering a rare treasure marked by profound insight and offbeat experiences, observes Sukanya Verma.
Blockbusters of the year, serial killer of Bollywood movie critics, goth teen queens discovering psychic powers and Groot in holiday mood, it's all there on OTT this week.
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Critics of Hindi cinema are a disparate, colourful, bunch that evoke much derision and tut-tut among its own tribe, but Chup's distant understanding of their influence and idiosyncrasies fails to give the loathing any real impact, notes Rediff.com Principal Movie Critic Sukanya Verma.
A look at the pictures.
Using snatches of a cult favourite or evergreen classic in its original form for action, comedy or romance can transform the entire vibe of a scene.
Arjun wants all his friends to see India's Most Wanted.
'Chup is the work that I'm most satisfied with; it won't bore me or make me cringe later.'
It was a lull period for Bollywood in August as none of the new releases could work at the box office, hope that it turns around in September.
Isha Ambani started the Holi celebrations early and threw a party for her celebrity friends.
Varun-Janhvi's masti... Kartik's important message... Mithila's FOMO...
Houseful signs were visible on online booking apps as well as physical boards all over again. It has been ages since one has seen a phenomenon like this.
'Sunny can command respect without raising his voice or fist. I wanted that personality for this character.'
It will be a start-to-finish quickie and feature the multi-faceted Dulquer in a role never seen before.
Disha's sizzling selfie... Keerty's gorgeous sari... Nithya's brilliant smile...
'It's time to change this system of randomly giving stars and the right to bad critics to run down our products.' 'Two films, even if both get three stars, are very different from each other.' 'I can understand if these stars indicated a level of enjoyment or engagement, but the current rating system is flawed because there are no parameters.'
'The thinking of society, even today, is that a woman always needs a man to be complete.' 'I am 50. I am single. I am invincible because I have been there, done that.'
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
Janhvi and Ishaan's families watch Dhadak.
'You become a critic because the job entails watching a 100 films a year, out of which there will be five or six good films.' 'It's really a glutton for punishment, but you're also optimistic and want to see exciting things.'
Akshay Kumar and his Padman director R Balki shot a corona-preventive ad film on May 26.
'As an actor, the excitement for me is to step into those shoes and see what keeps that man going and what has made him what he is today.'
Made in Heaven is written by Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Alankrita Shrivastava, has 9 episodes and four directors -- Nitya Mehra, Zoya, Alankrita and Prashant Nair. It stars Arjun Mathur, Sobhita Dhulipala, Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh, Shashank Arora, Shivani Raghuvanshi.
It's movie night for these filmi folk.
Ayushmann Khurana, who is shooting, was missing at the celebrations.
Was Akshay Kumar's new film what you expected it to be?
There are quite a few movies that still don't have a title.
'My entire house turn their backs on me when a cricket match is happening.' 'The minute I look at the TV screen, an Indian player gets out.' 'So if I do enter the room, I have to sit with my back to the TV.'
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