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Here's a quick look at the Bollywood movies list of 2026. Lots of interesting titles and genres coming right up!
January releases also feature Pawan Kalyan, the Fukrey folks, Vir Das, and the Border stars...
Then there is Love And War featuring Alia, Ranbir, Vicky...
Trade analyst Girish Wankhede puts together a curated list of the 25 biggest hits in the first 25 years of the century.
'I would rather make movies in this universe and build up a loyal fan base over a period.'
'People ask me about my biggest action sequence; this is it, because it involved two giants of Indian cinema.'
While Amitabh Bachchan's chemistry with his heroines -- from Jaya Bhaduri to Rekha to Hema Malini -- brought sizzle to his films, many of his biggest blockbusters have been powered by his combustible combination with male co-stars.
Mirai is an ambitious, but lazily timid visual effects overkill that squanders away potential with an undercooked early draft screenplay that needed rework, notes Arjun Menon.
'It is daunting, for sure, because you're rowing upstream.'
It is sporadically chilling but the disparate elements take forever to come together, notes Deepa Gahlot.
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As a nothing-better-to-do weekend watch, Jurassic World Rebirth is fine. But the franchise is losing steam, observes Deepa Gahlot.
The two immensely watchable stars aside, War 2 looks like a banal amalgam of every action flick we have seen before.
For all its preoccupation with blindness, the only people Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan deems blind is the audience to think they cannot see what poppycock unfolds, sighs Sukanya Verma.
The first glimpse of Director Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana was unveiled at a packed IMAX auditorium in Mumbai.
From event planning to digital arts, career coach Nayagam PP offers a list of exciting courses you can pursue after Class 12.
Telugu star Allu Arjun and Tamil director Atlee are all set to collaborate on a film, backed by the production banner Sun Pictures.
Kannappa is a bloated mess of a film that underutilises interesting story ideas, observes Arjun Menon.
'The country that does most of the visual effects, more than any other country, is India.' 'There are more Indians working on VFX in any major Hollywood film than there are in Indian films.'
'Mera plan hain aap logon ko itna daraungi, itna daraungi ki matlab bas band bajne wali hain.'
Sooraj Pancholi, nostrils flaring and eyes twitching, tries to sell his character's steely resolve, but, sighs Mayur Sanap, the boy just can't act.
'There were 3,400 VFX shots, which made up 80% of the run time, amounting to 125 minutes of its total 156 minutes run time.'
The year 2025 started slowly at the box office but the summer is looking up for theatrical releases.
Chhorii 2 frustrates way more than it frightens, sighs Sukanya Verma.
If not for Tamannaah, it would have been an ordeal to sit through this uninspired horror fable, notes Arjun Menon.
'It's been seven years since I did a movie. Now, I'm back.'
There's not any effort -- not even a smidgen -- to resurrect a superstar on the wane in Sikandar, sighs Sukanya Verma.
Brave New World deviates from the Marvel template and takes a route of a paranoid thriller with a politically charged narrative, observes Mayur Sanap.
Shahid's heft is the only thing that keeps up the momentum in a mediocre rehash, dumbed down by flimsy motive and mindless bravado, sighs Sukanya Verma.
'Abhishek is known to launch new 'stars' and not 'kids.' He has always been successful with that. He has a lot of patience for new people. I won't say to tolerate them, but to nurture them. All of them have done very well.' Rediff.com's Mayur Sanap, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar report from the trailer launch.
We do not whistle for Hathiram Chaudhary. And yet the bond we feel towards him is spontaneous, almost effortless. This is because he shares something of our too-ideal dreams, our wry acceptance of our limitations, our useful frustrations, and our pointless sprints, explains Sreehari Nair.
It's been nine years since magnum opus Baahubali: The Beginning hit the screen, and Tamannaah Bhatia goes down memory lane.
'Nobody likes preachy stories. When you lace it with humour, it works.'
This year, the genre has done especially well, with films like Stree 2 and Munjya. Will Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 keep up the momentum?
'Out of some 540 films in my career, I can confidently say that this film is one of my best five.'
It looks like Stree 2 has been granted a bigger budget for VFX and sound, bringing with it a promise of more chills, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'We shot about 20 or 30 days, I'd say at best 20 per cent. The big stuff is remaining.'
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