'After the shoot, I was like, "Yeh maine kiya hai?"'
Aiyaary is a bloated, prolonged mess of misplaced purpose that digresses from military misdeeds to animal cruelty, feels Sukanya Verma.
Neeraj Pandey's Aiyaary is the sort of spy fantasy story that drunks narrate in bars, says Sreehari Nair.
a team led by ecologist Uma Ramakrishnan and her student Vinay Sagar from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, have discovered that the coat colouration and patterning which make the wild cats appear dark boil down to a single mutation
Social media posts from your favourite celebs.
The hits and misses of the week.
Aligarh is a milestone in the history of Indian cinema that should start the much needed conversation about how India treats gays and lesbians, feels Aseem Chhabra.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Neeraj Pandey's short film Ouch deals with a relevant topic, like an extra martial affair, without being preachy, feels Namrata Thakker.
'Raj and DK have taken the effort to look at Moosa as a person.' 'Like, what happened to him?' 'What made him become a terrorist?' 'The emotional trauma that he might have had... that clicked for me.'
Every once in a while, has come a political movie led by a woman.
'Being the first doctor in the family comes with a lot of expectations.' 'I guess I have been a constant source of disappointment.'
'I am really happy with how people remember my character.'
The film will clash with Akshay Kumar's PadMan at the box office.
'The overarching fact of modern social behaviour isn't that we are irresponsible women and men, but that we are never quite sure, when and how to act responsibly.' 'This is the real side of every Twitter outrage, where those who tweet about stories of 'unreported domestic abuse' end up feeling superior to those neighbours who are summoned up as clueless witnesses.' 'This view of the supposed spiritual decay of our times, which is at the core of Gali Guleiyan, is thus more fashionable than perceptive,' says Sreehari Nair.
Who are the Bollywood actors making their debut on OTT platforms, the go-to form of entertainment during the lockdown?
'One ticket costs over Rs 300. Which means a family of five pays Rs 1,500, plus the food with one bucket of popcorn at Rs 350, a samosa for Rs 150.' 'Tell me, is it worth it?' asks Subhash K Jha.
'The blockbusters are unlikely to be launched in 2020.' 'They will move into the 2021 cycle when confidence level among people will be higher.'
'When Zubeida came, everybody loved me and I got a slew of offers of the same kind.' 'People started saying, "Aap nayi Aruna Irani ban jayegi".'
'Around the same time, I watched Rock On!! where those guys have that midlife crisis.' 'They are busy with their corporate jobs and then they want to start singing again.' 'Seeing that, I got a boost.' 'I felt if I don't give acting a full chance again, I will regret it.' 'So I decided to quit my job and pursue acting full time.'
It's party time for the team.
Former cricketer Gautam Gambhir, actor Manoj Bajpayee, mountaineer Bachendri Pal, ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan and Odisha tea seller D Prakash Rao were among the recipients of the honour.
As late filmmaker Rajesh Pillai's Bollywood film Traffic releases this week, Rediff.com contributor Vijay George reveals what happened behind the cameras.
Sonchiriya is that rare Bollywood film, one that soars wildly above others in its genre, notes Ritwik Sharma.
'For me personally, there was nothing till Aranyak made me say, 'This is it!''
Manoj Bajpayee simply lives, and loves, the role -- of a man who life is fast passing by, and who continues to live the lie of a simple government servant, observes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
A look at the arrivals for the screening.
'Never had I imagined even in my wildest dreams that this 18-year-journey through 80 films would bring me so much love, respect and appreciation.' 'I never thought I would become such a charchit abhineta (popular actor).'
Bollywood actors salute Irrfan Khan, legend.
'Daniel Craig was my first choice but he requested if we could allow some time as he was also being considered to be the next James Bond.'
Cinderella releases on March 20.
A look at the hits and flops of the week.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
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