'We've seen in recent times what excessive marketing and hype can do to films.'
War 2 offers you exactly what you'd expect from a mass entertainer: some escapist fun, some truly knockout action scenes, and overall a good time at the movies, observes Mayur Sanap.
Full credit to Ayan Mukerji for venturing into the 'Astraverse', says Deepa Gahlot.
'People ask me about my biggest action sequence; this is it, because it involved two giants of Indian cinema.'
'Movie-goers will thrive if you give them what they want.'
Actor-Writer Hussain Dalal is engaged to his fashion stylist and costume designer girlfriend, Zeeba Miraie.
The two immensely watchable stars aside, War 2 looks like a banal amalgam of every action flick we have seen before.
Director Ayan Mukerji has started introducing the main characters of his mega movie Brahmastra, Part One: Shiva.
'The way the anticipation is built up for Gabbar Singh's introduction scene with sound, image and details of his personality, like the combat boots he wears.' 'The camera comes so close -- not a tele lens shot, but a wide-angle close-up -- that you can almost smell Gabbar's breath.'
The Indian government defended its decision to revoke the security clearance of Turkey-based Celebi without warning, citing an "unprecedented" threat to aviation security. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that giving a hearing or reasons before taking action would "defeat the purpose" in matters of national security. The decision came after Turkey backed Pakistan and condemned India's airstrikes on terror camps in the neighboring country. Celebi, which operates at nine Indian airports, has challenged the government's move in court.
Nobody else needs to boycott Bollywood, they are doing a pretty good job of digging up their own foundation, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Two double centuries, three movies over the Rs 150 crore mark and five centuries -- that's how the repertoire looks like for Karan Johar and his Dharma Productions.
For the first time ever, Alia has scored a Rs 100 crore+ weekend opener, which takes her straight to the superstar league.
Alia Bhatt has been holidaying with her family in Thailand, where she brought in the New Year.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Amitabh Bachchan shared pictures from the sets of his upcoming film, Brahmastra.
Malaika wraps up a trip... Abhay meets Baby Yoda... Prithviraj quotes Will Smith...
It's a fun, Fun, FUN menu on OTT this week.
As much as we enjoy and write reams and reams about our amazement at the Kantara climax, 30 years on from now, will we remember these portions more fondly or the ones where Shiva is simply hanging out with his friends, mulls Rohit Sathish Nair.
'Zakhm was my last full-fledged role in a Hindi film.' 'I remember Alia Bhatt as a child on the set. Now I am working with her in Brahmastra,' Nag tells Subhash K Jha.
Alia and Ranbir had surprise visitors!
Ranbir Kapoor's superhero movie Brahmastra has been in the making for such a long time that even he is tired of the delay.
'It took me three days to tell him that I am his huge fan.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Just what are Ranbir and Alia doing on the film's sets?
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Like every year, the Mukherjees got together to celebrate Durga Puja, looking beautiful in their colourful traditional wear.
While we wait to see just how good Brahmastra is and how well it does at the box office, Joginder Tuteja looks at how sci-fi movies have done in recent times.
After the blazing success of RRR two years ago, southern superstar Jr NTR returns to the silver screen with his new pan-India star vehicle, Devara.
Amitabh Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor worked together in Brahmastra for the first time. Now, they are poised to come together again.
A lot of time is spent on giving us the background of the story and establishing the characters but the film is named Kalki and the man is not even born, notes A Ganesh Nadar.
Bollywood doesn't need fire-breathing dragons when it has Bhai.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sunday saw a superstar night out, as Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and NTR Jr went out for dinner in Mumbai.
The term, 'pro-Pakistani', is helpful for the BJP to depict its opponents as anti-nationals while the sedition law is handy for locking up or harassing the government's critics, points out Amulya Ganguli.
It has already collected Rs 110 crore* (Rs 1.1 billion), which is better than the three -day weekend score of Prabhas' previous release, Adipurush (Rs 103 crore/ Rs 1.03 billion).
It was a busy weekend for film folk as they stepped out for events and parties.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
If the BJP is set to return to power in UP, Uttarakhand, Manipur and even Goa, it is not because of the party's performance or the quality of governance. No. It is essentially Modi's popularity, observes Virendra Kapoor.
