Divya Nair makes a list of Tamil films you must watch at least once. The good news is that they're on OTT right now.
'I did get a couple of offers (in Hindi cinema) but the roles required a doll-like heroine, a glamorous role. I was getting challenging roles in the South and so I stayed here.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at Bollywood's ladies, where they will be calling the shots in their films.
The chairman of the Essel Group says he has settled 91.2 per cent of the estimated Rs 11,000 crore debt on the group's books.
'Ponni is not a criminal. 'She is someone who does what she has to due to the adversities that have occurred in her life. I had to keep that in mind.'
'We are all trying to make great cinema and trying to put Malayalam cinema on the map.'
Affluence without conscience, haunted homes and heads, a big fat Punjabi wedding and more on OTT this week. Here are Sukanya Verma's 10 recommendations.
Zee and Star, the two largest media companies in India, are undergoing some radical ownership changes. What could it mean? Vanita Kohli Khandekar attempts an answer.
It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business.
Women have been getting the short stick at major tournaments.
'A well made masala film will never go out of fashion. Pushpa proved it yet again.'
Instead of jumping into marriage Indians now like to understand the person first as friends and discover if they truly have a connection, observes Shalini Singh, founder, andwemet, an Indian matchmaking Web site.
'There is a lot of money coming into the business, people are consuming a lot of content, there is no dearth of new films and shows coming out of India and being available worldwide.'
'I'm probably the actor who should have the Guinness Record for the maximum obituaries written for his career.'
'People are talking about my character and about my performance. That is overwhelming for me.'
'There were initial hiccups with Ayushmann as Mr Bachchan has an aura; he isn't called a legend for anything.'
Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com takes a look at OnePlus's latest offering.
Guilty Minds has too much going on to wolf down it all in one big binge watch session, notes Sukanya Verma.
Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar is an intriguing mess, feels Sukanya Verma.
Netflix has already released 8 and the rest 14 will be out over the next 18 months, starting with the Abhay Deol-starrer Chopstick this month.
For all of us who have been through the different challenges of the pandemic, each of the stories will evoke your senses in its own way, notes Divya Nair.
'In the lockdown, family viewing became even more important.' 'Kids saw adult content and adults saw a lot of kids content.' 'The audience is no longer just the housewife, but the whole family.'
What was the need to fictionalise a series on real events that were far more horrific because they were real? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Once you are done paying your respect to God and Grasshoppers, you circle back to the human beings in Gold, and that's when things become progressively more and more muddled, observes Sreehari Nair.
Sharmaji Namkeen is Rishi Kapoor's swansong and show. His cinematic memories are coloured in liveliest hues of celebration and happiness, observes Sukanya Verma.
Guess who else features on the Variety500 list?
The Looming Tower reveals the bitter CIA-FBI turf battles that led to the worst terrorist attack in America's history.
One of the most famous Indian faces on the planet, everything Priyanka Chopra Jonas learned, she learned it on the job.
The Rs 19,100 crore 'Indian film industry' is more than its monikers for three simple reasons, feels Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Modern Love Hyderabad, even though predictable, is interesting in parts and keeps you entertained emotionally, observes Divya Nair.
It's addictive. It's entertaining. It's gorgeous. Once bitten by the K-drama bug, there's no going back.
This Mohanlal suspense drama may well go down as yet another modern day classic, raves Joginder Tuteja.
'... I didn't have an Instagram account!' 'I was told that the actor who's being considered in my place has a lot of followers, and that will help the producers.'
If everybody is 'working' from home, then how has TV consumption gone up? Who is making all that gourmet food being posted on social media?
It is the most potent symbol of India's soft power -- more perhaps than the IT industry and our managerial skill, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar
'While assisting on Made In Heaven, Ritesh Sidhwani asked me if I had anything I wanted to make.' 'Luckily, I had this script. I was working on the script of Eternally Confused And Eager For Love for four years.' 'Excel pitched the show to Netflix, and that was it!
An individual with a self-learning attitude is critical to surviving and growing in a competitive environment, says Narayan Mahadevan.
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