"From a very early age, I imagined myself playing powerful characters," she says, and she proves it with her filmography.
The best films are not necessarily the most successful -- that would be another list altogether -- although sometimes quality and commerce do converge.
A year marked by more lows than highs for Hindi cinema, here's a recap of the best and worst in 2021.
'There have been and will continue to be, so many captivating stories in colonial India.' 'Obviously, most of the white people were British, so if I am going to take on a role in a film set in one of the most turbulent periods of Indian history, then it only stands to reason that my character would be of British descent.' 'But that doesn't mean all my roles are negative.'
Some of her best films are not available on streaming platforms, but Deepa Gahlot looks at her Hindi cinema oeuvre on OTT.
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.
Rediff's film critic Sukanya Verma lists her top best actors of 2015.
Sukanya Verma's OTT recommendations for the week.
Shah Rukh Khan's weathered intensity, grizzly charisma and trademark wit lends Pathaan's all-out, devil-may-care antics a sense of purpose that evades mindless acts of mayhem, cheers Sukanya Verma.
'I don't want my life to be a rat race. I want it to be an adventure.
The two National award-winning film is directed by Geetu Mohandas.
In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics we look back at Mahesh Bhatt's 1989's critically acclaimed film Daddy.
You'll wish weekends lasted as long as weeks after looking at Sukanya Verma's long, long list of recommendations on OTT this week.
Today, Anirudh Ravichander's name on a film's poster is enough to pull in audiences, notes Arjun Menon.
The 2017 movie release calendar is out, and filmmakers have picked the major festival/ holiday time to release their films.
As the spirit of summer holiday takes over , here's looking at 15 Hindi songs whose tourist-y picturisation transported us into a feast of sights and sceneries on silver screen.
'People thought I was one of the coolest rapists to have ever graced the Hindi film screen.' Prem Chopra, in a candid account of his life and work.
Ghosh was reportedly suffering from pancreatitis.
'With the media and social media pulling them down every second day, there are no heroes left.' 'What we have are actors and we want to see them play characters which are real, human and identifiable.'
Meena Kumari's classic film released 50 years ago, on February 4, 1972.
'He underwent angioplasty. He is fine now.'
After being off the air for five years, celebrity dance reality show is all set to return on September 2.
Here are Sukanya Verma's favourite female performances of 2021.
Get your lowdown of what's happening in Kannada cinema.
There will be work today, there will be work tomorrow, there will be work the day after, but nothing will make up for the eternal regret of not seeing a friend when he was dying.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the patriotic movies coming up in 2022.
Character actor Seema Deo looks back at her career in films, and the movie legends she's shared the screen with.
In 2020, Hindi cinema had a tough time staying on par with its southern counterparts.
'It's all that pain that makes you the artist you are.'
'This is a film that speaks to the spirit of women who have been cast into the bottom of India's social hierarchy, and how they have navigated their way to redefine the meaning of power.'
'God had a bigger plan for me. It was never in my mind while growing up that I would end up in Bollywood or India.' Lauren Gottlieb dances into our lives, yet again.
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's newsmakers and events.
Sudipto Sen, the lone Indian in the jury board of the just-concluded International Film Festival of India, Saturday maintained that the remarks made by Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid about The Kashmir Files were his personal opinion even as three other co-jurors came out in support of the jury head.
If Rajesh Khanna was the greatest star of Hindi cinema, the songs played a major part in his superstardom.
'At a time when there's a lot of conversation happening around how AI has made art directors and production designers jobless, we will simply say that if your work speaks for you, you will never be out of work.'
We pay homage to Bhanu Athaiya by celebrating her best creations.
'I remember I was doing The Hate Story and had finished shooting all the other bits with Paoli (Dam, actress), only the erotic bits were left. It was the first time I was doing lovemaking scenes and I had no clue how to do that. My wife was like, 'don't worry, just be comfortable, it's your job.' It was comforting coming from my wife.' Knowing Gulshan Devaiah better.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the movies he's made so far. Tell us your favourite in the poll.
'Some asked why Budapest?' 'I had two relatively new actors and a limited budget; Budapest gives you a rebate.' 'We have spent around Rs 32, 33 crores, which is very good.'
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