'Why can't a woman make a Rs 100 or Rs 1,000 crore film, why only a male director has to make?'
Singer Jasmine Sandlas paused her concert at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium after noticing women being harassed, drawing praise for prioritizing their safety.
The film has crossed the Rs 100 crores (Rs 1 billion) mark with effortless ease as it opened quite well at Rs 28.60 crores (Rs 286 million) on Friday and then crossed the Rs 30 crores (Rs 300 million) and then Rs 40 crores (Rs 400 million) milestone on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
Dhurandhar - The Revenge arrives this week and all eyes are on how entertaining the film turns out to be and how much money it makes at the box office. A look at the Top 10 biggies in the Hindi spy film genre.
Dhurandhar stands at Rs 581 crore and by Tuesday, it will have entered the Rs 600 Crore Club.
Eagle-eyed movie buffs don't miss a thing. Part of their passion for cinema is noticing clever little details slipped in by the filmmaker as ardently as the creative. With Easter Sunday just around the corner, Sukanya Verma digs up some super filmi easter eggs just for you.
'It feels like the universe gently whispered, 'Pause, don't rush away yet, there's a story waiting for you here'.'
French President Emmanuel Macron's recent state visit to India concluded with a tribute video featuring the title track from the Hindi blockbuster 'Dhurandhar,' sparking widespread social media buzz.
Ranveer Singh was fully charged at the music album launch of his upcoming film, Dhurandhar, held in Mumbai.
Sanjay Dutt visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar with Uri Director Aditya Dhar, who's directing Dutt in his next. Accompanying them was a special guest.
'It's not hidden, it's not unintentional -- inciting hate and violence is in the DNA of Dhurandhar.'
We asked readers to list their favourite films from 2025, and we got an interesting range of movies that included blockbusters, well-reviewed films and a couple of surprises.
Ranbir Kapoor: 'I'm working very hard for two-three years on the movies that I'm doing.'
If the stories are food for the mind then our digestive system has changed. If they are a piece of art, our gaze has altered. This calls for a change not in stories, but in the grammar of storytelling so that it can cut through the deluge and gluttony and force people to savour, appreciate and re-visit it. That is what the creators of Taskaree or Dhurandhar are trying, points out Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Bollywood families celebrated Diwali and created memories on social media.
2026 is all set to be big, when it comes to movie releases from Bollywood as well as pan-India releases from Tamil and Telugu cinema.
The year will close on a blockbuster note, if December's theatre line-up is any indication. Be it Bollywood, Hollywood or south, there are many biggies ready for release.
The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to consider the objections of the parents of Major Mohit Sharma, a martyr, before certifying the film 'Dhurandhar'. The film's release is scheduled for December 5.
Yami with son Vedavid... Alia and Shaheen... Esha's beach life...
The reason is because there aren't any screens for a large mass of Indians.
Big films like Dhurandhar, Chhava and Kantara: Chapter 1 hit box office gold in 2025, and its directors, Aditya Dhar, Laxman Utekar and Rishab Shetty, have proved their worth. But many other directors made an impact with their 2025 releases, in various languages.
No, they are not twins but these celebrities share a strong resemblance with their siblings.
2025 started with a blockbuster in Chhaava and ended with an even bigger one in Dhurandhar. There have been other Hindi hits too, and we take a look at the Top 10.
Dhurandhar does not ask audiences to cheer blindly, notes Kumar Abhishek. It asks them to see how power operates in grey zones, and at moral cost.
The supernatural-mystery stuff is well balanced with Baramulla's more grounded, socially realistic elements, making it one of the most unique and creatively well-realised Hindi films Mayur Sanap has seen in a long time.
Dhurandhar may not have the dark realism of a spy story which a web show can manage. But it does not have the flamboyance either, that has come to be associated with espionage movies, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'This film is a wild and unpredictable ride.'
'...That people are suddenly recognising me.'
Yami Gautam and Uri Director Aditya Dhar announced that they have become parents to a baby boy, who was born on May 10.
'If you don't have a discussion, there is no meaning to any film.' 'I hope Haq will come in that category that you like a lot.'
Here's a quick look at the Bollywood movies list of 2026. Lots of interesting titles and genres coming right up!
Where Dhurandhar leaned into aggressive bloodlust through its acerbic storytelling, Ikkis moves in the opposite direction, asking us to see people beyond uniforms, slogans, or sides, observes Mayur Sanap.
'Established filmmakers want to go with the sequels of earlier hit films like Housefull 5 or Mastiii 4. They don't want to come up with fresh ideas. This is pure laziness.'
So many movies are coming up for release in 2025!
As the year draws to a close, Rediff's Senior Contributor Roshmila Bhattacharya takes a look at the hits and misses, the highs and lows, the newsmakers and the dealbreakers in alphabetical order.
'This felt surreal because the baby was also a part of it. Some of the inspiration also came from how I saw my mother work her way through. We Indian women are stronger than we give ourselves credit for.'
Over 25 years, societies evolve and tastes change. Cinema absorbs and reflects this transformation. Picking only 25 films from the first quarter of the century is tough.
Yami Gautam and film-maker Aditya Dhar are set to embrace parenthood.
It's 'not looking like a Diwali lineup, which is usually grand and has superstar movies.'
While some of them were excellent, most were passable. But many were far superior to the theatrical releases.
