Deepa Gahlot picks 10 Bollywood horror flicks to mark Friday the 13th.
Sunny Deol. Akshaye Khanna. Anil Kapoor. Madhuri Dixit. Saif Ali Khan. Manoj Bajaypee. Netflix's 2026 slate packs a starry punch.
'Had I been launched as a leading actor, it would probably have worked better.' 'Prabhu Devaa came eight years after me. Maybe if a filmmaker had thought of a film for me like the ones he got, my career would have been a different trajectory.'
Tumbbad got the best collections at the box office last weekend.
It was a low weekend for Yudhra as Rs 8 crore (Rs 80 million) came in at the box office.
'My family are the mainstream audience and think I am wasting my time. Until I make a Rs 100 crore film, they won't be convinced.'
'After Diwali, I don't see this trend of re-releases going forward. We won't have that window to re-release films because of the kind of movies that are slated to be released.'
'What seemed missing in Tumbbad was that screwiness, that kinkiness, which shades so many of our best parables,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'When we make such stories, that's when we see how tough it is.' 'Our grandmother may narrate a story of a rakshas, but to create that is like chewing peanuts made up of iron!'
After a flurry of flops and disasters -- Tumbbad bringing in a whiff of fresh air despite being a re-release -- Devara has managed to bring audiences back to theatres.
Bollywood doesn't need fire-breathing dragons when it has Bhai.
The hits and misses of the week.
On September 13, three nostalgic movies are up for re-release: Shah Rukh Khan's ageless romance with Preity Zinta Veer Zaara, Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia Deshmukh's first film together, Tujhe Meri Kasam and Soham Shah's horror film, Tumbbad.
Despite its horror movie momentum, what draws us to Aditya Sarpotdar's narrative is Bittu's homely universe and sweet struggle to confess his feelings to Bela, not Munjya's malevolent antics.
We take a look at 10 recent awe-inspiring prosthetic aesthetics that actors have rocked for their respective roles in films.
'In the first lockdown, my mother used to feed me everything possible.' 'After all, she is an Indian mother.' 'Sometimes laddoos, sometimes parathas.' 'I gained almost 10 kg.' 'When Maharani fell into my lap, the weight was a perfect match for the character.'
Take our quiz to find out just how much you know.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sukanya Verma looks at the many ways fire enjoys a significant presence in our movies.
Bollywood took to the stage quite glamorously at IIFA Rocks, the event that kick-started the 20th edition of IIFA.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the film-maker's work over the years.
Sukanya Verma lists the 2018 films that impressive her.
The Oscars is prestigious and all artists covet it but ultimately, the business of winning is ruthless and political. And India has seldom risen to the challenge, argues Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma curates an impressive list.
'We are so busy in our lives, there is never any time.'
'In the new Bollywood, where success can translate, like a chain reaction, into gains in related fields, mere appearance on the screen is no longer a guarantor of fame,' says Vikram Johri.
Aseem Chhabra picks the scenes that left him impressed this year.
The hits and misses of the week.
How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen?
Sreehari Nair is *not* impressed by this lot of films at all.
Sukanya Verma presents an appreciation post for the cast of this must-watch movie.
What Readers thought of Article 15.
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