Christopher Nolan's next, Gulzar's gussa, Shyam Benegal's Shivaji and RD's Lawrence of Arabia connection, catch all this and more in Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.
Rediff's film critic Sukanya Verma lists her top Hindi movies of 2014.
There's a lot happening in Bollywood, Hollywood and world cinema this year.
Did you like Chennai Express, Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram Leela and 3 Idiots?
'I don't take being a Nawab very seriously.'
'The fragility of this case is that taking a side could be a fallacy to do. Because you don't have all the answers. So how do you take one particular side?' Meghna Gulzar asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com
'The answer is no, the entire country's is.' 'So why such obsession with Delhi?' 'But the most powerful people in India live here: The prime minister, civil servants, Supreme Court judges, MPs, diplomats, dadas of the media...' 'If they can't deal with their own problem, what chance does the rest of the country have, with its foul air, dying rivers, frothing lakes, and crumbling mountains?' says Shekhar Gupta.
India isn't Israel, nor can it, or should be, says Shekhar Gupta.
Relive your childhood or enrich your kid's but revisit The Jungle Book you must, stresses Sukanya Verma.
Issaq is a shoddily written film with a cringeworthy performance from its leading man Prateik Babbar, writes Raja Sen.
The movies that impressed, puzzled and stunned Sukanya Verma at MAMI this year.
Saif Ali Khan takes stock of his recent hits and misses with a fresh perspective.
'Article 15 is not the work of a hack, or of someone merely scooping a plot out of newspaper headlines.' 'It is a well-researched, clear-headed movie; but its findings have a purpose,' says Sreehari Nair.
Monica Sindhwani left Rangoon for India at 20. Married to a retired Indian Army officer, she relives her memories of the pagodas, greenery and the home she left nearly 40 years ago.
Ram Gopal Varma's Veerapan to hit the screens this Friday.
Looking at some of Bollywood's coldest film locations.
Which one are you looking forward to?
KK discusses his top songs with Rajul Hegde/ Rediff.com, and even sings some of them!
Talvar is a cleanly-crafted film, says Raja Sen.
'It is a very uncomfortable film to watch, and that is what makes it so good. A good film should be able to get into our skin, challenge us, shake us up and Talvar does all of that.' Aseem Chhabra reviews Meghna Gulzar's film on the Aarushi murder case, the first of our reviews on arguably the most controversial movie of the year.
There is nothing the young Purvanchali wants more desperately than to escape to a place with less hopelessness, and some opportunity, discovers Shekhar Gupta.
Raag Desh is one of the best films of the year, Sreehari Nair raves.
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The tinsel town's overall financial performance would have been in a bad shape if it was not for the success of the woman-oriented blockbusters, writes Urvi Malvania.
'Talvar belongs to Irrfan Khan, who plays the chief investigating officer. With each new film, this very fine actor continues to surprise us and delight us.'
Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.
'There were certain ideals and morals that I had started bending as I was climbing up in the industry.' 'I was unknowingly hurting people close to me, unknowingly treating people the way I wouldn't want to be treated myself.' 'But I am not that person and I didn't start off like that.' 'Then the introspection began.' 'Very rarely does that happen when you do a film.' 'I was feeling unhappy as a person. Now I am much happier.'
'I would like to do a biopic (on) Parveen Babi. She was such a gorgeous woman. She was also my neighbour. It was very sad when she died. It is so tragic when you are young and have fame, fortune, praise and everything and then you are alone.' Shraddha Kapoor discusses her big hits.
The gulf between Hindi cinema's finest current actor and his contemporaries widens with each film. But even Irrfan Khan, in Mick Jagger's words, can't always get what he wants. Raja Sen tells us why that's not a bad thing.
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'A production designer could earn Rs 10 lakh per film. It could be Rs 70 lakh for an established designer.'
'Reality shows don't teach contestants how to deal with the reality of being a singer.'
'The public has appreciated Badlapur and a black marketeer was trying to sell me a ticket the other day!' Director Sriram Raghavan tells Patcy N/ Rediff.com
Bollywood has told many 'Brothers' tales over the years.
And no, the list doesn't start and stop with Boman Irani!
'The Ishrat encounter was neither genuine, nor fake. I believe it was a 'controlled killing,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Preetisheel Singh lets us into some star secrets.
Manoj Bajpayee confides in Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni about his 'long journey filled with rejection, betrayal, misery, failures and disillusionment.'
Sreehari Nair wasn't impressed with Rangoon at all. But find out which film tops his list!
When it comes to celebrating William Shakespeare, can India be far behind?
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