Three days to Sunday's 96th Academy Awards, and everyone has their predictions ready!
'It's a tremendous accomplishment to have a father like Amitabh Bachchan and still be so sorted, to not taste the kind of success that he should have and yet be so balanced.'
'I am glad Aranyer Din Ratri is being shown at Cannes.' 'The film was better appreciated outside India even when released originally.'
In the biggest surprise of the night, Emma Stone grabbed the Best Actress trophy for the complex portrayal of a Frankenstein-like character Bella, in Yargos Lanthimos' electrifying and most original film Poor Things. Aseem Chhabra recaps the 96th Annual Academy Awards.
The legendary British actress Dame Maggie Smith passed into the green room of eternal performers up in Heaven on Friday, September 27, 2024. She would have turned 90 on December 28.
The actress got emotional as she accepts the award for Best Actress for her Gujarati film, Kutch Express.
'If you watch songs like Acha Ji Main Haari Chalo Maan Jao Na, Lag Ja Gale or Jhumka Gira Re, you'll notice they're not just a distraction. There's a story unfolding within them.'
The Australian actress took home her first-ever Emmy trophy, winning Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Princess Diana in The Crown.
It is a pleasure to watch talented actresses break out of their comfort zones.
Hollywood's biggest night was high on glitz and glamour but lacked the edge and excitement of the movies it was celebrating, observes Sukanya Verma.
Sooraj R Barjatya was judged Best Director for the Hindi movie Uunchai at the National Film Awards.
Here's looking at the Best Supporting Actor nominnes.
Raja Sen analyses the contenders for the Best Actress category at the Oscars.
'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.'
A quick look at the winners of the 96th Annual Academy Awards.
Malayalam actress Nazriya Nazim Fahadh, who is married to Fahadh Faasil, recently penned a heartfelt note on social media, explaining her absence from work and public engagements.
'A director's actor, if I had told her to jump from a building, she would probably have.' 'But I only told her to jump off a running train...'
Through Bob Dylan's music, lyrics, and Timothe Chalamet's superb acting, we feel we have rubbed shoulders with greatness, even when it is full of flaws, self-doubts, warts and all, observes Aseem Chhabra.
Namrata Thakker picks her 10 favourite Leo movies.
The 66th National Awards have been announced, and Hindi cinema has emerged a major winner.
Fashion takes a front seat this awards season, as the Style Icons and OTTplay Changemaker Awards make way to the fifth edition of the Critics Choice Awards, 2023.
'Those were not kind days for a woman with a break-up. The world has changed; today, nobody cares.'
'I didn't like doing jhatak-mataks. I would subconsciously start feeling, 'Oh my God, my makeup man and my driver will be watching this.''
'Both Shahid and Ishaan are over-thinkers and I'm constantly telling them to lighten up, chill.'
Here's a guide to the 2014 Best Picture contenders at Oscars.
'Alaya has kept her career disconnected from me in every way.' 'She wanted to achieve success by herself without any help or interference.'
Love them, hate them but the Oscars have a way of sneaking up on you.
The BAFTAs were held at London's Royal Festival Hall on February 16.
'They can't take even the smallest step.' 'The mental abuse is so insidious that sometimes they don't even realise it's happening.'
'We have to keep knocking on it before we get a response.'
The 27th Critics Choice Awards was held at the Century Plaza Hotel in California on the same night as the BAFTAs.
The nominations for the 96th annual Academy Awards have been announced.
Filmfare Awards 2024 will always remain special for Alia Bhatt as both she and hubby Ranbir Kapoor bagged the top acting awards.
Aseem Chhabra Raja Sen, Sukanya Verma make their predictions.
Raja Sen's lists his seven favourite speeches from the recently concluded Oscars.
'When they took my name, I went numb.' 'Before I went on stage, my dress got caught in my shoe!' 'I said, stay calm.' 'Then I started walking and was like, okay, now think of what you're going to say, quickly!'
The complete set of winners on Oscar night!
Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker. The time was right. Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era. But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that cachet. It was Zeenat Aman who ended up being the definitive taboo-trasher of the era. Dinesh Raheja salutes the trendsetter of the 1970s, Rehana Sultan.
Film stars from Hindi cinema as well as the south came together on a common platform, where they were honoured for their work.
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