'It was my job to read out their lines to the actors and make sure they spoke them with the right diction, accent and pronunciation. If you look at my photographs from the Sadma set, you will always find me with a file in hand, even when I am in my costume. While Kamal and Sridevi were diligent about their Hindi dialogue, Silk Smitha, while always respectful, was not too interested in her lines or my instructions.'
Bollywood doesn't need fire-breathing dragons when it has Bhai.
'I play a suicide bomber and while doing this job if my character suddenly breaks into song and dance, it won't look good.'
As he celebrates his 38th birthday, Namrata Thakker takes a closer look at his AMAZING life through his Instagram feed.
Good, bad, evil, we saw a gamut of emotions on display in their most stirring form as actors reiterated their worth.
Be it Kabir Singh or Ranvijay Singh, alpha males are nothing but grown men in diapers, observes Durba Dhyani.
Athiya shows potential, Sooraj his physique in Hero, says Sukanya Verma.
Here's looking at 10 of his most action-packed Akshay Kumar moments on screen.
Showtime is watchable but never engrossing, notes Sukanya Verma.
''Even today, after 63 years, I'm still looking forward to a new release.'
After Hero, Salman is planning to sign Sooraj for his home production again.
Get your low down on what's happening in Bollywood, right here!
Sukanya Verma gives us her picks for the Top 10 Actors of 2022, in no particular order.
Comedies are a difficult genre to pull off in today's day and age, thanks to the audiences' increasing exposure to diverse content and dwindling attention spans. Still, there are quite a few Tamil movies that can bring on the laughs. Arjun Menon lists the recent releases you can watch at home.
From Vijay Devarakonda to Kung Fu Panda, Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on OTT this week.
Amazon Prime Video has announced 69 assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
Sukanya Verma looks at notable troikas in Bollywood's catalog of three hero vehicles.
An ultra-violent film about violence, Kill's greatest accomplishment isn't its death count alone but to challenge our perception of violence, observes Sukanya Verma.
'We are blessed to be working at a time like this because we get to satisfy hunger by playing diverse roles.'
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films, most of them shown at international film festivals held virtually (Berlinale and Rotterdam), hybrid (Toronto) or physical (Cannes and Venice).
The last two months of 2015 have some big Malayalam movie releases coming up.
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia starrer Arjun, 1985.
As their latest star-studded collaboration Pathaan starring Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone readies for release this Wednesday, Sukanya Verma offers a lowdown on everything Siddharth has directed so far.
Sethupathi will soon make his Hindi debut with Mumbaikaar.
It takes concrete storytelling not style to camouflage John Abraham's limitations. He bears the physicality of a man who could take on a dozen but his blank, pained surface cannot offer threat or evoke sympathy, writes Sukanya Verma.
'It is not easy to pull off a seven-part show because it is almost like making four films at once.'
Bad Cop is not unwatchable. For older viewers, there may even be some comfort in the familiar, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Proving that all the financial action in the movie business is on the digital platform currently, Director Kabir Khan's underproduction biopic Chandu Champion -- on the life of paralympics winner Murlikant Petkar -- has been purchased for satellite, OTT and music rights for...
A lowdown on all the goings-on in the Malayalam film industry.
The latest updates from Malayalam film industry.
Yet again, Drishyam 2 ruled the weekend, as the three new releases could not make any mark at the box office.
'...for their bravery and the sacrifices they make, often putting their country above their personal lives.'
The saving grace of Shankar's expanded universe is the masterful precision with which Kamal Haasan drops himself into a messy setup, only slightly to elevate the pulpy tendencies of Shankar's vision, observes Arjun Menon.
On her 50th birthday on June 25, Sukanya Verma celebrates some of her most significant works.
Catch J Baby in theatres, and if you want to watch more touching Tamil stories on the dysfunctional family, Arjun Menon lists where you can find them on OTT.
The actor will be seen playing a double role in the film
'There are only two religions in this country: Films and cricket.' 'These two religions will unite all religions.' 'And that only happens in a cinema hall.'
'It's such a mishmash of wonderful things, so many different cultures, subsections of society and weird histories.'
