'In today's world, more than ever, we feel the need for comfort, for love. There is so much to reassure us here -- the beautifully captured billowing embrace of the smoke, the golden light, the subject's expression as he prepares the food for sharing.'
Celebrity sightings from the ongoing fest.
Kareena has a question... Vidya makes the sari look si good... the film Anil Kapoor is watching...
Bollywood loves number games. And not just the rat race kind. There's a slew of movies with numbers in their title.
The film will star Nymphomaniac actor Stacy Martin.
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Meet the ladies who have made an impression in the OTT universe.
Its success script: Investing more in local content ecosystem; growing its partnership footprint.
Urmila Matondkar returns to the movies, and we can't keep calm!
MLB also said in 2021 it will bring back the Million Dollar Arm, a contest that has participants compete to earn a tryout with a Major League team.
'I wish you were here to see for yourself what Mughal-e-Azam means to Indians in America.'
'All my life, I have made expensive films. This time, I want to make the least expensive film ever made in Bollywood.' 'It's an honest attempt to climb Mount Everest without knowing if I will reach the peak.'
'Cinema or the sentiment of a people, disgusted by contemporary politics and wanting to feel whole by collectively recalling a moment of great difficulty that was also a cause for togetherness?', asks Shyam G Menon.
In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from Kashmir to Kerala and Mizoram to Maharashtra, explains Shreekant Sambrani.
'I always gave my best, even to what people considered to be trashy content.'
If Rajesh Khanna was the greatest star of Hindi cinema, the songs played a major part in his superstardom.
With an endless number of star kid debuts in the offing, we thought of looking at how this decade's brigade compares to their mums, dads, uncles or siblings.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
As 2022 readies to bid adieu, Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the 10 high points of the year.
'I believe FFI has made a mistake,' notes Aseem Chhabra.
Sukanya Verma raises a toast (he'd like that very much) to the magnificent Rishi Kapoor and his 25 essential performances.
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's newsmakers and events.
Some promos manage to startle, to provoke, to intrigue. To really make us want to watch the film.
Reader Sudan Mandlekar sends us a photograph.
Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
Reader Rajiv Bhatnagar has sent us a photograph.
State of Siege 26/ 11 leaves you shocked and wide-eyed, says Joginder Tuteja.
'The makers of The Accidental Prime Minister would have to get an NOC from Manmohan Singhji, Sonia Gandhiji and all the other politicians who are part of the narrative,'
Raja Sen analyses the contenders for the Best Director category at the Oscars.
Raja Sen analyses the contenders for the Best Supporting Actress category at the Oscars.
Diljit Dosanjh's switch in singing style as he smoothly assumes Chamkila's vocal persona highlights the brilliance of his artistry, observes Sukanya Verma.
The Tamil film industry won't forget Vijayakanth's large-heartedness, how he took care of fellow industry persons, male or female, rich or poor, young or old...recalls N Sathiya Moorthy. How he sent money quietly for the family of a stunt artiste to meet his funeral expenses, how he always ensured that all female co-stars, including junior artistes, had secure accommodation on outdoor shoots, and how he would always the first to rush help if anyone from the fraternity was in distress.
Dinesh Raheja doffs his hat to the movie legend, who will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year.
'While I was performing it, I had a weird feeling that people would love it because it's so bizarre.'
Sreehari Nair could not put up with turgid and self-serious ones like Super Deluxe and Gully Boy. His list of favourite Indian movies of 2019 contains just five names.
Tanuja could do practically anything on screen, applauds Subhash K Jha, as he salutes the actor on her 80th birthday on September 23.
Raja Sen analyses the contenders for the Best Actress category at the Oscars.
From the pinnacle of Veer Zara's teary romance, the transition to Pathaan and Jawan must have entailed a lot of resetting, rewiring, and recalibration in the mind. But SRK has done it. And done it well, notes Sandeep Goyal.
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