It's a treat to watch Pooja Bhatt explode on the small screen, raves Sukanya Verma.
Identical twins Mahroof Ahmed Khan and Masroor Ahmed Khan from Bhubneswar scored identical marks in the JEE Main exam, both achieving the 99.998th percentile. The brothers, who studied together at Allen Career Institute in Kota, are now preparing for JEE Advanced and aspire to study Computer Science at IIT Bombay.
Given all the talent involved and a rousing real life story at its centre, Haq is looking solid, notes Mayur Sanap.
The song that best encapsulates Geeta Dutt's unfairly abbreviated life would probably be: Yaad Karoge, Yaad Karoge, Ek Din Humko Yaad Karoge. On her 95th birth anniversary on November 23, Dinesh Raheja pieces together the life of this talented singer.
'This is the kind of dream role that actresses beyond a certain age don't get in our country.'
'We are henceforth going to black out all references to politics and religion.'
'There are no heroes, saviour or destroyers in Bombay Begums. Every character is real and believable.'
'The pain of not having a home is bearable, but the pain of having one -- and not finding peace in it -- is far worse.'
'I don't know if I became an actor, I was just trying to book jobs and survive.'
'A Lufthansa crew member reached a hotel in the middle of night and slept.' 'The next morning, something fell and she bent to pick it up.' 'She saw a dead body under the bed!'
'The thinking of society, even today, is that a woman always needs a man to be complete.' 'I am 50. I am single. I am invincible because I have been there, done that.'
She's the Moana of your fairy tale because 'a little bit of ocean, a little bit of sand' make her mighty happy.
'If we are unable to move out of catering to people's tantrums or their unreasonable demands or people treating other people badly or being okay with differential treatment, it will affect the storytelling and the creativity.'
The Bombay high court on Tuesday sought to know if a complainant in a case can ask for a particular advocate to be appointed as a special public prosecutor in the case.
A special screening of Ekta Kapoor's new Web series The Married Woman was held in Mumbai over the weekend.
IMDb has recognised the efforts of talented artists and awarded them the Breakout Talent of the Year 2021.
There's a lot of action on the OTT platform this March, thanks to some interesting film and Web series coming up.
Escaype Live will chronicle the 'realities of social media in today's times'.
Neha goes on a detox diet... Preity is missing her husband...
His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great performances is an art form to admire, appreciate and explore. Aseem Chhabra remembers Shyam Benegal, who passed into the ages on Monday evening.
Here are Sukanya Verma's favourite female performances of 2021.
OTT has been flooded with a number of film and Web series releases, and many of them are very entertaining.
'Sunny can command respect without raising his voice or fist. I wanted that personality for this character.'
'I was told so often by people, "Please leave your brains at home".' 'And I would say, "I only have myself to offer. I can't dance like Madhuri Dixit or Shilpa Shetty. I can only come and act."'
'Deepak's character is not an out and out sexual predator.' 'I liked the way it was done because I felt it was more real, rather than a more dramatic take where a girl feels that oh, I must fight for my rights.'
Rajkummar introduces us to Shardul... Shriya starts shooting... Gul goes biking...
'...it didn't make sense to me.' 'If the character was not adding (to the story), I wasn't interested.' 'The reason why I chose to act is because of the way it makes me feel when I'm acting, not for the fame and money.'
'I wanted to know whether I should stay in Paris or do something else, and in less than a week, I got the call for The Last Hour.'
Beloved movies, brand new shows, must-watch documentaries and feel-good fare, it's all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma offers a peek.
Alia has connections with several places about the globe -- Gujarat, Kashmir, UP, Germany, England -- and hails from a splendidly multi-cultural family.
Netflix has unveiled a line-up of 15 original series as well as returning seasons of popular shows.
'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.' 'Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.'
'My father never saw any success for me. 'When I meet him in the next world, I will proudly say that I didn't buy houses and cars, but I made some art that will hopefully stand the test of time.'
'While assisting on Made In Heaven, Ritesh Sidhwani asked me if I had anything I wanted to make.' 'Luckily, I had this script. I was working on the script of Eternally Confused And Eager For Love for four years.' 'Excel pitched the show to Netflix, and that was it!
The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that it would not appoint a new special public prosecutor in the Khwaja Yunus custodial death case till October 14.
She came like a whirlwind to wipe out, in one stroke, practically all female singing competition, recalls Raju Bharatan.
'At the end of the day, we are all humans.'
On her 72nd birthday on September 18, Sukanya Verma gives three cheers to the legend and lists 20 of her stellar performances.
The Maharashtra government has decided to give a compensation of Rs three lakh to the mother of Khwaja Yunus, an accused in the 2002 Ghatkopar bus blast, who died in police custody in Mumbai. The decision to give the compensation to Aasiya Begum was conveyed to the Bombay High Court by the government on Wednesday.
A decade after 2002 Ghatkopar bomb blast accused Khwaja Yunus was allegedly killed in police custody, the Maharashtra government is yet to pay compensation of Rs 17 lakh to his mother on orders of Bombay high court.
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