'For a working actor in Bollywood, it is nearly impossible to criticise its reigning deities.' 'Besides, due care ought to be taken when speaking of the dead too.'
'My heart was filled with pride while watching Padmaavat.' 'It is a film for every Indian.' 'The film is a passionate, unadulterated, homage to the valour and integrity of the Rajput community.' 'Not a word, not a frame, in the film is an insult to the community.'
This Sanjay Dutt starrer is cringe-inducing fare.
Sukanya Verma looks at the many ways fire enjoys a significant presence in our movies.
A Death in the Gunj is not a happy film at all times, but it is very entertaining says Aseem Chhabra.
Shabana Azmi shares some beautiful stories of her frequent co-star Vinod Khanna.
'Nobody laughed during the shooting. There were fights, swearing and what not. Tempers were high but the unit and the actors stayed on, and finally, the film was made. But it was like riding a wild horse!' Kundan Shah's last interview.
'Mumbai is very different from the rest of India. It can be ruthless if you don't have work or friends. The struggle time and times of disappointment are horrific and can break you.'
The Hundred-Foot Journey treats its Indian characters with respect, discovers Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com
A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Ghayal Once Again starts out wobbly but gains substantial momentum till interval point, only to go completely haywire in its latter half, writes Sukanya Verma.
As Sunny Deol returns as Ajay Mehra in Ghayal Once Again, tomorrow, we remember his dialoguebaazi in Ghayal.
'I got an offer to do a cameo in Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin.' 'I did it just to get out of my house, and so that my parents would not see me so depressed.'
Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week marks a star-studded start to the year
The second season of City Of Dreams has more pulp, hardly any juice, feels Sreehari Nair.
Here's looking at the films that failed at the box office in the first half of this year.
Octogenarian shooter Chandro Tomar, nicknamed 'Shooter Dadi', died on Friday after battling COVID-19.
'Even in its unmistakably masala tone, Bajrangi Bhaijaan firmly believes the desire for peace is universal and recommends being a hero. Or just human,' says Sukanya Verma.
'My chowkidar and the paanwala near my house have seen Mirzapur.' 'They may have missed Delhi Crime but they have seen Mirzapur.' ''Delhi Crime won Emmy, people know me from Mirzapur'Sometimes I feel I have done so much work, why do people know me only by this role?'
At the peak of his popularity and charisma, filmmakers considered him a bigger draw than the leading man and often remunerated him with a higher fee than the hero.
Today, turning bad seems to have trendy, as A-listers are taking the villain route.
And you thought Bollywood was just about making movies!
It's never too late to start your career in Bollywood.
In Maqbool, Vishal Bhardwaj did a Godfather; in that he took something that was pulpy and fast and gripping, and made out of it something timeless and grand, feels Sreehari Nair.
The death of his beloved wife was a blow Shashi Kapoor never recovered from, reveals Aseem Chhabra.
Pavan Malhotra, one of our finest actors, shows us another side of Bollywood.
'Aamir has bigger goodwill than even the Tatas and Birlas.' 'The Sanjay Dutt biopic is amazing because of Rajkumar Hirani, because of Abhijat Joshi's writing and because of Ranbir Kapoor's acting.'
Prepping for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati, remembering Rajesh Khanna and Raaj Kumar's exclusive tramp club and picking Ranbir Kapoor's best performance in my Super Filmi Week.
Sukanya Verma offers some amazing opening scenes in Hindi films that fuels an excitement for what happens next.
Mira's films are alive, rocking and so true to the reality I know. They are gifts that I keep revisiting, and I cannot wait for what more she will share with us, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Despite its many problems, A Death in the Gunj is an important work says Sreehari Nair.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
P K Nair dedicated his life to restoring and archiving films.
How many of the 354 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2017 have you seen?
Sukanya Verma presents a DDLJ special quiz to test your knowledge about one of Hindi cinema's most successful films of all time.
Of all the Indian films screened in Toronto, three stood out for Aseem Chhabra -- A Death in the Gunj, Mostly Sunny and An Insignificant Man.
Despite being well shot and fairly well edited, Heartless has nothing of value to offer, says Paloma Sharma
The actor has quite a body of memorable death scenes to boast of.
