Joginder Tuteja looks at the big November hits in the past decade.
'What matters to me is that the film is reaching out and touching hearts.' 'An 85-year old man and his 75-year wife, who had never stepped into a cinema, went to see The Kashmir Files.' 'That is my real achievement.'
There are a lot many gems he produced long before Naatu Naatu became a worldwide Oscar-nominated (and winning in all likelihood) sensation.
Following a year of pandemic prompted no-show and another of backlash for its staggering lack of representation, the Golden Globes felt more atonement than awards ceremony in its 80th iteration.
'Almost everyone in the team favours a digital release for RRR except Raja sir (Director S S Rajamouli), who won't hear of it.'
On Imtiaz Ali's 50th birthday on June 16, Joginder Tuteja looks at his brand of films.
Seven of Bollywood's big stars (Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Ajay Devgn, Varun Dhawan, Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham and Shahid Kapoor), who had 10 movies released with a collective budget of Rs 1,100 crore since December, could rustle up only around a third of that money at the box office.
Mutliplexes want the gap between a film's release in theatres and on OTT to be doubled from 4 to 8 weeks.
Rangan Chakravarty talks about the success of Bari Tar Bangla and the difficulties of making a film in Bengali.
Joginder Tuteja looks at recent films exploring the drug culture.
A Delhi court on Friday convicted real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal for tampering with evidence in the 1997 case of Uphaar Cinema fire which claimed 59 lives.
Take away Chiranjeevi from Godfather, and there's little left to keep the audience engaged, observes Deepa Gahlot. Godfather Review.
'#MeToo is a giant stride towards protesting sexual/verbal assault.' 'It is very important for us, as a society, to 'listen', to introspect and to understand that this is part of 'change' towards a safer society.' 'Hushing it up will only encourage the perpetrators who will begin to feel that they are invincible.'
'These days, the whole world is out there on the Net giving a lot of gaalis to the film industry.'
'For him to suddenly leave the way that he did, it shattered me.' 'It took me a long, long, time to come to terms with it.' 'Because the loss of such a friend can destroy you.' 'The loss was and continues to be immense.'
Joginder Tuteja lists how much money Salman's Eid releases have made over the years.
As Sachin turns 50, Rediff brings you 50 fascinating facts about the God of Cricket.
10 grossers where he either had the leading part or played a pivotal role.
'A good pipeline of movies is fuelling this trend of revenge consumption.'
Author and former Bollywood actor Twinkle Khanna is being criticised on social media for making a tongue-in-cheek remark about the film The Kashmir Files in her Sunday column for a leading daily.
'A well made masala film will never go out of fashion. Pushpa proved it yet again.'
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia also announced that during weekdays, government employees, barring those engaged in essential services, will be asked to work from home, while private offices will remain open with 50 percent capacity.
Buoyed by Sooryavanshi's success, the Hindi film industry is banking on 25-30 big movies lined up with a collective cost tag of Rs 2,000 crore.
As we celebrate Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's birthday on April 14, Subhash K Jha picks 5 fine films based on inequality and the caste system.
'We have to scale down our theatre's seating capacity by tweaking the arrangement of seats.' 'We have to stop screening back-to-back shows to ensure that people do not bump into one another.'
'Stop showing off your star power because there is nothing called star power.' 'The power is only in the script.' 'If you are getting a good script, 'Chup chaap le lo!''
'I did a small role in Masoom.' 'Do you remember the scene where an old man brings Jugal Hansraj to Naseer's house?' 'I put on the full make-up of an old man and stood in front of Shekhar.' 'He had no choice but to take me.'
2019 had as many as 17 films in the Rs 100/200/300 crore clubs. What's even more remarkable is that 10 directors made their debut in this elite club, something totally unprecedented.
Joginder Tuteja looks at just how Taapsee's movies fare at the box office.
'We will see footfall returning to pre-COVID levels by January.'
As it celebrates 50 years of being in business, Joginder Tuteja looks at the big hits in the first part of this special.
Sushmita and her thoughts... Malaika-Gauri get together... Divyanka's ode to summer...
Joginder Tuteja celebrates Ranbir's birthday by looking at his top 10 hits.
Joginder Tuteja looks back at her career, and looks at her top films.
Year after year, Malayalam cinema throws stunning surprises at us. 2022 was no exception.
'When I got married and moved to the US, I found it liberating in a way that I understood myself, who I am as a person and how I process things.'
'We didn't know where the story was going. But I knew I was telling the story of an extremely lonely journalist.'
'EV-charging is the next big opportunity after fuelling'
'South movies have the perfect script, the perfect action and the perfect romance.' 'That's why these films are running in theatres.'