The Coimbatore-based beauty loves to go make-up free and it's impossible to not be fida over that gorgeous face.
'It's been 10 years since I started working in cinema but this year, I truly felt a sense of accomplishment.'
It is the first Indian film in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 30 years.
'Did anyone else get the feeling that AWIAL -- despite being ostensibly based in the Mumbai of today -- is actually set in a Neverland of Solemnity?' asks Sreehari Nair.
Despite not securing a win at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, All We Imagine As Light Director Payal Kapadia expressed gratitude for the experience and the memories.
'Thank you to the Cannes Film Festival for having our film here. Please don't wait 30 years to have another Indian film.'
Her acclaimed film All We Imagine As Light received two Golden Globe nominations in the Best Director (Motion Picture) and Best Motion Picture (Non English Language Film) categories. This marks the first time an Indian director has been nominated in the Director category.
Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light continues to shine on the global stage.
Which of the 28 films in contention gets your vote?
All We Imagine as Light has been on several critics' best of the year lists, including Sight and Sound (Payal Kapadia appeared on the magazine's cover, perhaps a first for an Indian filmmaker), to The New York Times, Time and it is the number one film recommended by Barack Obama. The future certainly belongs to Payal Kapadia, asserts Aseem Chhabra.
All We Imagine As Light remains heart-warmingly affecting because you know experiences like this are few and far between. Payal Kapadia's film-making voice must be cherished, asserts Mayur Sanap.
When I go to act in a film, I don't think of the journey.'
'In Mumbai, isolation is a very different isolation.' 'It's not about actual physical loneliness.' 'It's the loneliness in the company of others, and I felt that that is a very Mumbai thing.' 'You can be travelling in the ladies compartment squashed against everybody's armpits and still be really, really sad and alone.'
Payal Kapadia's understanding of what it means to be a woman is as poignant as her authentic portrait of Mumbai's hoi polloi, observes Sukanya Verma.
How wonderful it would be for all of us to watch the Oscar ceremony on March 2, 2025 and watch AWIAL win an Oscar, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the top female performers of 2024.
'Hope is about being more accepting of each other, the kind of solidarity and friendship that even our families may not be able to give.'
Ariyippu is not a movie where you ask for a happy ending and you are served it on a platter. As situations change, the central characters conceal and display their vulnerability as any other real-life couple, observes Divya Nair.
'Everyone should understand that Laapataa Ladies is not the only best film in India.' 'It is one of the best films out of these 29 entries.'
'If there is an artiste somewhere in India or in the world who wants to express her art, I hoped that this award would inspire them, and add meaning to their journey.'
'It is for the first time that a film of mine will be released in theatres and Indian audiences will finally be able to buy tickets and experience it on a big screen, where cinema truly comes to life.'
Sara vacays in the Maldives... Preity takes a road trip...
Aseem Chhabra picks his top 10 Indian films of 2024, which includes films that have had theatrical releases or are streaming on OTT.
Arjun Menon looks at the Top 10 South films that made an impact in 2024.
'I never thought the European audience will love this film, but we had over 2,000 people at the screening.'
'The real change will happen when more powerful roles come to me.' 'I am looking forward to that change.'
Amazon Prime Video has announced 69 assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
Year after year, Malayalam cinema throws stunning surprises at us. 2022 was no exception.
Everything about Radhe Shyam is such a boring waste of time that you can't decide whether to doze off or scratch your head and hope to make some sense of what the film is trying to tell you, sighs Divya Nair.
There's so much entertainment coming up in April, May, June 2023.
Lovingly made, heartfelt stories that speak the truths about our lives.
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
The additional director general of police (security), however, said in an order on Friday that the security personnel were 'being withdrawn on a purely temporary basis in connection with an emergent law and order duty'.
Abhinay Deo's film never runs short of bite and sting, says Prasanna D Zore.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Bollywood makes way for regional cinema at the 65th National Awards.
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