Over the last decade the Indian film industry has reinvented itself. Do film critics need to do that too?
At a time when priapic sex comedies are ruling the roost in Bollywood, Udta Punjab is nothing less than a fresh blast of oxygen!
'I hear any sound like "Ooh, aah, ouch" and you will know Alia is on set.' 'If she holds a gun in front of a person, that person wouldn't be scared because they would know she would harm herself first.'
A look at B-town stars who turned die-hard fans onscreen!
As we eagerly wait to see what 'farq' it makes when it hits the screens on June 28, Sukanya Verma looks at the few occasions caste came up in Hindi movies.
'Like you have your first child, your first kiss, your first relationship... this was a first for me.' 'I've never done this before.' 'When it got over, there was a feeling of disbelief that we managed to attain this feat in a matter of three days.'
Netflix plans local studio in India push. Move comes as rival Amazon Prime Video lines up as many as 18 original shows for India.
Bhushan Kumar sacks Subhash Kapoor as director of the Gulshan Kumar biopic.
The celebrities offer their condolences.
Are you looking forward to Bollywood's new love stories?
Rediff's film critic Sukanya Verma lists her top Hindi movies of 2014.
In the beginning was Salman Khan and the word was Dabangg. Ever since Sallu bhaiyya outdid every other star's box-office record with his brother's film, by playing the buffoon and dumbing down to hitherto unimagined levels , every other actor worth his namak has had his Dabangg moment: Shah Rukh Khan with Chennai Express, Ranbir Kapoor with Besharam and Shahid Kapur with Phata Poster Nikla Hero.
Successes and controversies have gone hand-in-hand for Maria.
'It is difficult to speak about Sushant in the past tense.'
'Gully Boy is a pulsating salute to the new angry India and its youth,' says Aseem Chhabra who watched Zoya Akhtar's movie at the Berlin film festival.
On Tuesday, 49 people, including award-winning filmmakers Aparna Sen and Mani Ratnam, and historian Ramachandra Guha, wrote to PM Modi, urging him to intervene in cases of hate crimes and atrocities against minority communities.
Business is better than usual in Bollywood.
'Maneesh Sharma's Fan should be good. It will have Shah Rukh doing something entirely different from what he has been doing recently.'
The most rocking disproportionate screen couples of Bollywood.
'People think it's okay to poke fun at people who are overweight but I never took it lying down. I made sure I stood up for myself.' Sonakshi Sinha, in fighting form.
'Discussions of favouritism and the #MeToo movement really unearthed a lot.' 'I really hope that these movements force people to look inwards and be nicer to each other.' 'But it's definitely not as bad as it's made out to be.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'I didn't even know where Bombay was before I came here.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big September hits in the past decade.
'One afternoon, I spotted Karan Johar and film critic Rajeev Masand having tea with Nina Gupta, the head of NFDC, and barged into their meeting.' Aseem Chhabra's IFFI diaries...
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Here is a look at some of Aseem Chhabra's favourite memories of 2020 in Hindi cinema, performances by well-known and new actors, special moments in films and shows.
'Nothing comes easy, but I knew what I was getting in to.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'It smells like a case to silence my voice at this important time in the #metoo movement but in the larger context it could be a ploy to muddy the waters and sabotage the entire movement altogether.'
The Padmavati controversy has come at an awakard time for Bollywood.
Did you like Chennai Express, Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram Leela and 3 Idiots?
"From a very early age, I imagined myself playing powerful characters," she says, and she proves it with her filmography.
The element of curiosity and chill is doubled when it's inspired from real-life manslaughter.
Former Miss India Niharika Singh alleged Nawaz grabbed her and told her it was his dream to have a Miss India or an actress wife.
From being noticed in a supporting role as her debut to Cannes glory, Richa Chadha has come a long way in Bollywood.
Here looking at 10 of Bollywood's best-known crime movies.
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