'He treated stars and assistants with the same unfailing courtesy.'
Director Krish (Krish Jagarlamudi) makes his Hindi debut with Akshay Kumar starrer Gabbar Is Back.
A look at 10 best kissers in the Hindi film industry.
Towards the end of the film, when one character exclaims, 'What a crazy case!' your sentiments feel validated, observes Mayur Sanap.
'Our producer Adi Chopra really wanted a proper kiss in the film... ' 'But Rani was not comfortable. She said, yes, but was so awkward and conscious!'
'Every film cannot do a business of Rs 200 crore.'
'My two life mantras are prioritisation and compartmentalisation.' 'Prioritisation allows you to put one thing over the other and compartmentalisation to focus on one priority at a time.'
'Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something just because it hasn't been done before. Take that first step. Keep learning. Believe in yourself even when no one else does.'
Barun Sobti has just completed 15 years of acting, and his new Web series, Rakshak India's Brave, has fetched him fresh laurels.
'It's like Virat Kohli being out of form for a while. Are you going to take away his records?'
'It's a struggle for everybody, even established people are struggling.'
These films are irredeemably bad, and Bollywood's best actors reduced to duds.
'My mom used to tell me that I should accept films where they would not make fun of me or my religion.' 'It's a conscious decision to stay away from such films.'
Yet again, it's a south dubbed film and a Hollywood release which are bringing on some business at the box office while Bollywood is struggling.
Catch one of Mammootty's career best works, Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh and more on OTT this week.
Of late, war films -- particularly those that tell stories of the 1971 War and Kargil -- have been produced.
'I felt insulted, very hurt, that Indian cinema meant only Hindi cinema.'
'I am always rocking.' 'I am a rockstar.' 'That's the way the world will always see me.'
'The more popular, the more work, the more money.'
Lovingly made, heartfelt stories that speak the truths about our lives.
A quick look at winners in the major categories.
'When there was a match, he would be up all night watching it on his laptop with Kishori Amonkarji singing on the side.'
While Satya's pleasures are palpable -- among them the poetry of the coarse language, the mercifully rough-hewn texture, the oh-so-familiar underdog story -- these pleasures hit you at a completely different speed. The movie is charged with a sense of discovery, and every shot is a cornucopia of details existing independent of the main story. It's touching, notes Sreehari Nair.
Trade pundits and quick think piece experts can speculate all they like, but what works at the box-office is a mystery as always.
'Sulochanaji was indeed a mother-figure to both the Hindi and Marathi film industry.'
Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor is enjoying the film festival in Goa.
'On the big screen, we focus on hope for your dreams whereas OTT is the bitter reality.'
'It doesn't matter if you are from abroad or Indian, we are told that there's a prime time for a female actor.' 'It's time that people understand there is no certain age for women to thrive in.'
'He is convinced that this will help him in the next election.' 'But as we know, the best laid plans of mice and men can go awry.'
Before Kuttey's release, co-produced and co-penned by VB, Sukanya Verma takes a look back at the filmmaker's unique body of work.
'The film industry has a lot of competition. You don't always get the roles you want.'
Rediff's film critic Sukanya Verma lists her top Hindi movies of 2014.
Uzbekistan lives comfortably in several centuries but is also a forward-looking nation, Deepa Gahlot discovers on a visit to this Central Asian country.
Gufi Paintal, best known for playing Shakuni mama in the epic television serial Mahabharat, died on Monday at a Mumbai hospital due to age-related issues. He was 79.
'I've never done anything cliche and I've never got anything cliche.'
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