'Then, one fine morning, I returned to my first love.' 'All the top directors of the time were waiting for me.' 'In one day, I signed 12 films.' 'Prosenjit Chatterjee was back!'
Rediff.com's Ashish Narsale presents a list of gadgets that will fit your budget and instantly impress your bae.
Is Christmas a good time to release big films?
Even if it wants to censor what you read, watch, or consume, the amount of content online is so huge that it is physically impossible for any government to do it, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Mobile internet penetration has grown thanks to affordable data costs, investments in content and evolution of monetisation avenues
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big clashes in the Independence Day weekend in the last decade.
The device is already great. But its real capabilities will be unleashed after the iOS 11 is rolled out, says Abhik Sen.
Despite all its drawbacks, I was engrossed in Toofaan and the intensity Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra imbues it with for most part, observes Sukanya Verma.
'And it always should be.' 'I believe nothing should come easily to anyone because then there is no thrill in it.'
While Reliance has the clout to negotiate prices with suppliers for its e-commerce, not to forget the cost advantage of integrated warehouse and supply chains, Amazon and Walmart are no pushovers, they too have deep pockets.
Nikita Puri lists the best shows and films to watch online as you ace social distancing.
'I don't know whether this curse will be lifted or not. It's in the hands of the audience.'
Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah are powerhouse talents and are tailor-made for Jalsa's overwrought premise, notes Sukanya Verma.
None of the Big Tech companies or tycoons appears to be playing a meaningful role in the testing, spread, cure, or eradication of the virus or even in contact tracing so far, says Prosenjit Datta.
'When I meet Raj and DK next, I will force them to tell me!'
'It would have been easy to play Danny like a bad guy, but then, at the end, the audience might well have said, "Why is Latika still stuck with this ass**** when he is giving her so much grief?"'
Deepika Padukone embodies to perfection the Gehraiyaan in the title, applauds Sukanya Verma.
'When I look at my journey in Bollywood, I realise that all of those things were small pieces towards a larger sort of plan, which just had to fall in place the way it did.'
'When we were in a room, the only conversation one could have at that time was about the situation that the country was in, the world was in.' 'But the moment the cameras were on, we had to leave all that behind and get on with the show.' 'We had to make it something that everybody wants to watch, laugh, enjoy, and has a good reason to stay home.'
'At the end of the day, this is Bachchan's film.' 'Despite the distracting makeup, his famous baritone and indisputable flair for dedicated inanity lend Mirza an air of significance,' observes Sukanya Verma.
This is the meatiest role of Sidharth Malhotra's career and the man sure enough gives it his all. There's charm, swagger, warmth, empathy, verve, authority -- a lively portrait of a lion, a legend, applauds Sukanya Verma.
The Family Man is the espionage drama India is waiting to see, raves Karan Sanjay Shah.
'Having lived through cancer, through so many ups and downs, I'm not particularly attached to attention or success -- it's lovely if it's there, it's fine if it's not.'
Tandav is as mainstream and contrived as it gets, but not completely without its moments of charisma and drama, observes Sukanya Verma.
Since its entry in 2016, Netflix has announced over 60 titles to be sourced from India.
These films, even at their saddest, darkest and grossest, retain their sense of humour, their sense of proportion, which again is something you associate with a Malayali.
'This is the first time when you see the story of the Azad Hind Fauj through the eyes of the soldiers.'
First it was called content-led commerce. Then it came to be known as influencer-led commerce. And its latest iteration is creator economy. This evolution of the terminology for online personas impacting buying decisions -- through blogs, memes, bite-sized videos, and podcasts -- has happened over the past five to seven years.
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'There are people who loved the show and people who have been shocked by it.'
'If you sit collar turned up and tell yourself, you are great, you will never evolve as an actor.'
'The real India lives in the villages where everyone is trying to improve the other.'
Putham Pudhu Kaalai is refreshing like the unsuspecting morning dew that teases your senses when you step on the grass barefoot, discovers Divya Nair.
Sumukhi's fitness trainer Urmi Kothari reveals the techniques she used to help the artiste lose weight and get in shape.
Here's the second part of guide to a year that will soon become history.
'He was once a hero. He was the poster boy of investigative journalism.' 'Then suddenly, because the TRPs of his channel were down, his boss decides to sack him.'
Laying fibre to home is a cumbersome and a slow process as every building has to be physically wired.
'I find drawing inspiration for characters from real life very limiting.'
This TV also comes with an innovation -- it uses the screen as a speaker, says Uttaran Das Gupta.
For years it has been evident that fibre and DTH would give tough competition to cable in India where regulatory overload has mutilated an already warped industry structure. OTT added fuel to the fire. From Rs 27,000 crore in 2010, cable's share of subscription revenues is now estimated at Rs 13,000 crore.