Two successive Rajni flops could well mean that Tamil cinema might come to a grinding halt, affecting the careers of other big-ticket actors, banners and filmmakers, says N Sathiya Moorthy
'A look at the winners and losers tells us that the topic of the film is but one factor in ensuring success.'
These 19th-century Victorian Gothic buildings lie to the east of the Oval Maidan in Mumbai.
The concluding part of the A to Z guide to a year that will soon become history.
'I was so nervous and embarrassed that I hid behind a pillar, just watching my son quietly.' 'I could see him very quiet, not communicating with anybody.'' 'I thought he was not interested. But when he gave his first shot, he was perfect!'
Hindi cinema has completed a grand century and we can't help but marvel at all it has to offer. From a breathtaking collection of films to a range of versatile actors. We ask you, Dear Readers, to tell us who you think are the Best Bollywood Actors and Actresses of all times.
Diwali blockbusters Saawariya and Om Shanti Om may not be screened at a multiplex near you. Leading multiplex chains PVR Cinemas, Inox Lesiure, Cinemax India and Fame, which account for 80 per cent of the country's multiplex screens and half the box office collections, have rejected a demand for a higher revenue share by the films' distributors and have threatened a blackout.
'He always seemed one of us, part of the great aspiring middle class -- his values, his simplicity, even the intellectual snobbery which he could barely hide,' observes Mousumi Sengupta.
If you're a fan of sensible cinema liberally shot with realism, gallows humour and no-nonsense scripts, then this Tamil movie should gladden your heart.
The maverick filmmaker's latest offering Gangs Of Wasseypur has been a hit with the discerning audience.
We pay homage to Bhanu Athaiya by celebrating her best creations.
Multiplex chains are rushing to smaller towns
Bhaichung said he is proud to represent Sikkim at the 13th edition of Sustainable Fashion Day.
'The first one has done what it needs to do.' 'I'm sure there's going to be a stronger wave.' 'Anybody who thinks #MeToo has gone and they are off the hook are fooling themselves'
There is a world that Satyajit Ray created in his films that I wanted to be a part of -- as Durga bathed in the rain to Ravi Shankar's music; when Charulata sat on the swing regretting she never had a child; and Aarti stood up in defence of her colleague. Aseem Chhabra shares interesting memoris of Satyajit Ray on the latter's birth centenary on May 2.
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And the reason has everything to do with box office collections, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'These are cautionary tales, warning you to grow up fast, to be aware of the world around you and make sure that there are no wolves hiding in the shadows.'
Various events, award functions, interviews, shooting schedules have been called off in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
A good deal of the 92nd Academy Awards (going hostless second year in a row) was a drag what with a staggeringly dull red carpet, long-winded, lacklustre speeches and uneven live acts following too quickly one after another.
The revived factionalism in the AIADMK, if not curbed now, has the potential to split the party vertically, warns N Sathiya Moorthy.
DAM 999 will enter the library even before its theatrical release later this month.
Feeling the heat and tension of the crisis? Fikar not!
'It is not only the hero who displays guts and cleverness but the villain can also have these traits.'
The raids were carried out across 23 locations in the state and involved around 200 sleuths, they said.
'Other designers take empty suitcases and go shopping for the actors's clothes in New York.' 'To me, this is bankruptcy of imagination.'
Was romance invented so that Sanjay Leela Bhansali would one day make Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which released on June 18, 1999, asks Subhash K Jha.
Others taxed at 5, 12, 18, 28%
'The response to savagery and mass injustice is never a persistent howl.' 'There will be, among the victims, those who choose to forget the scars, those who go on living, those who challenge the overall environment of sentimentality.' 'And the more effort you put into including these other voices, into assimilating these spoilsports, the more balanced your depiction of the tragedy in question will be,' observes Sreehari Nair.
Thugs of Hindostan may not have as easy a run at the box office as previous Hindi films did during Diwali.
Rajinikanth is yet to identify a filmi platform to be able to launch his political career from the celluloid platform as only MGR had done, successfully and in the pre-IT era, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Some people get really angry when I talk about nationalism or when I share my opinion on farm laws.'
'The day I am bored with acting, I will shift to something.'
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
The Telugu film industry reaches out to Chennai.
Some people know no limits. They don't think twice to challenge the extreme or go the extra mile. Some succeed, other keep trying. Here's a collection of some attempts at breaking records.
Over the last decade the Indian film industry has reinvented itself. Do film critics need to do that too?
'Once Mohanlal's ever-swelling entourage grasped his enormous worth, once it realized that the innate Mohanlal appeal could be profited from, it set about to exploit, to make uproars, to create the Mohanlal brand.' 'And he wasn't meant to be a brand. He was meant to be an artist, a tireless explorer of the unique seas inside him,' asserts Sreehari Nair.
