'There are no heroes, saviour or destroyers in Bombay Begums. Every character is real and believable.'
If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our greatest artist-scientist, asserts Sreehari Nair.
'Even when he moves beyond his traditional repertoire, he sticks to a template that does not take him too far from the viewer's gentler emotions,' notes Vikram Johri.
As media phenomenon, Arikomban is in a different league. Efforts to capture the elephant were telecast live. Local three-wheeler drivers started a fans association for the pachyderm. A film has now been announced based on Arikomban's life.
'The people are angry. They feel let down.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Which one are *you* looking forward to?
'I had anger management issues, but I would like to believe that I worked on myself to make sure that I am a slightly better version of myself.'
Whether it's a filmi rite of passage or just another facet of nepotism, quite a few star kids began their journey as ADs.
'Whatever scrapings are left is dished out to people like me.'
'... and they don't even make a big deal about it.' 'Whether it is the conditions they live in or the duties they do or the facilities they have or don't have.'
Rekka overdoses on action, feels S Saraswathi.
Bhaiaji Superhit is bah baloney! sighs Sukanya Verma.
Action director S Vijayan on the fight scenes he has come up for Dabangg.
Joginder Tuteja looks at Hrithik's biggest hits over the years.
Khan will be play leading man next in Remo's next production.
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'Before I started Haider, I read a little bit of Hamlet. I saw a Russian version of Hamlet and, honestly, I got bored halfway through.' But Shahid claims his latest film is the best movie of his career yet.
The poster references 2001 Hindi political thriller Nayak, a remake of Tamil film Mudhalvan (1999) in which Kapoor plays a reporter who becomes chief minister of Maharashtra for a day and strives to eliminate corruption.
'When we make these action machismo films, the stupidest thing is to show that the hero sails through a thousand people. It's a tradition we have grown up with.' 'We don't have the basis of creating a Bruce Lee or a Jackie Chan.'
The film is a regular commercial potboiler loaded with high-voltage action.
Fan gives Shah Rukh Khan space to exploit the actor in him and he tries hard, with a nod to his creepy characters in Baazigar and Darr.
'Look at what we are doing to the goats, the cows, the women, the children...'
Testosterone not rationale is the driving force behind KGF franchise, observes Sukanya Verma.
The film reunites Welcome Back leads John Abraham and Shruti Haasan.
Hero is the most hackneyed of trailers that doesn't try to break clutter or do anything at all new, says Raja Sen.
Zombies, high society, avenging monkeys, reincarnation, twins, meteor strikes, you'll be spoiled for choice on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma makes her recommendations:
Review: Saif and Katrina make Phantom a joke
Tiger Shroff's dream woman is probably nothing like the bold, action-loving heroine of his new film Baaghi: A Rebel For Love.
Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama and trauma, fun and festivity, love and war into the year.
The Punjabi film industry is going through an explosion, with a film releasing every third day.
'I haven't given up on spreading awareness about toilet and female sanitation, and I won't give up on this either.'
Humshakals features the rare Mclaren sports car but we've seen these awesome cars before, in the movies.
'People think Salman is ready to remove his shirt for small things but it takes a lot to convince him to take that shirt off.' Sultan director Ali Abbas Zafar tells us what to expect from his film.
'Minorities should not fear a Modi sarkar... Who has given the right to kill in the name of religion? No one! You are not James Bond 007, that you will just take a shotgun and kill anybody at your whims and fancies. We are not living in a banana republic...' The inimitable Shatrughan Sinha on Narendra Modi as a dabbang action hero, what a Modi Sarkar would be like.
