It is difficult to make conveyor belt and baggage-scanning scenes thrilling -- which is how most people trying to sneak out through the Green Channel are caught -- but Neeraj Pandey and co-director Raghav M Jairath and co-writer Vipul K Rawal make sure there is enough going on to make the series watchable, raves Deepa Gahlot.
'I don't know what people will say, but as a liberal Muslim, I can say that I had no problems with the viewpoint of the film. Because we are not maligning any community, if we were I wouldn't have done this film...'
In the year gone by, quite a few of the younger actors flexed their acting muscle. Whether the films were blockbusters or not is immaterial, what matters is the effort put in.
The hope is that the film raises significant issues about the rights of women, and does not become a diatribe against a minority community that has happened with some recent films, points out Deepa Gahlot.
'You can't make art with a point of view of fear. You have to present the truth.' 'That's why such films are not being made these days.' 'You never put the truth in the script because you fear you might offend somebody.'
'Haq has become very personal to so many people.'
Jannat all comes down to the romance. It's the kind of simplistic storyline that could have been wrapped up in half the time.
His latest film Saiyaara is a blockbuster and has propelled him way into the big league.
January has a rich slate of web series and movies on the OTT platform. Joginder Tuteja gives us a quick look.
Sapne vs Everyone is dark, and often depressing. At the same time, it is not completely hopeless, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Akshay and Emraan's first movie outing together seems a good family entertainer with loads of action, drama and comedy.
Bhagyashree goes down memory lane... Kriti has a question... Kapil tries his hand at music...
'Aditya Dhar and Yami Gautam will have to move forward with extra caution.'
The cancer-survivor looked like a rockstar.
Now, here's a show that will show off the power struggles on and off the camera in the backstage areas of Bollywood.
'Pravina Deshpande was a living example of an iron lady who fought cancer with resilience, grace and strength.'
And where did Dia celebrates her birthday?
From psychological mind-benders to folklore nightmares and zombie comedies, these 10 Hindi horror films prove Bollywood has produced far more than just things that go bump in the night.
As time went by, different facets of the Hindi cinema started showing the complicated identity of Muslim -- sometimes tendentious and at other times perverse and unreliable.
Ground Zero is a decent watch but word-of-mouth needs to be strong for the weekdays to stay stable as well.
Two months after being enveloped in controversy for unsavoury comments made on Samay Raina's show, India's Got Latent, Ranveer Allahbadia is back in business.
Haq will aim for a lifetime collections of Rs 25 crore to Rs 30 crore
Gul Panag gets candid with fans on Turning 30 and more!
Some pretty candid confessions from Emraan Hashmi at the trailer launch of his new Web series, Showtime.
Emraan Hashmi is on a roll. Post the success of his last film, Jannat, the actor has signed a multiple deal with Percept Picture Company for Rs 15 crore.
Emraan Hashmi clears the air in this video.
We asked readers to list their favourite films from 2025, and we got an interesting range of movies that included blockbusters, well-reviewed films and a couple of surprises.
Emraan Hashmi is set to play former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin in a biopic titled Azhar.
The Madhya Pradesh high court has dismissed a petition filed by Shah Bano Begum's daughter seeking to stop the release of the Hindi film Haq, inspired by her mother's famous legal battle, holding that a person's right to reputation or privacy is not heritable.
Featuring Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Varun Dhawan, Emraan Hashmi...
The year had a variety of films to choose from. Not all of them were successful at the box office, but had merit.
A look at the interesting movie releases lined up for November.
While Kai Po Che director Abhishek Kapoor and producer Ronnie Screwvala attended the film's screening, Hashmi arrived to watch Bosnian-Belgian filmmaker Danis Tanovic's film An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker.
Ground Zero is a respectful biopic but a story like this needed more heart to make an actual impact, feels Mayur Sanap.
If the stories are food for the mind then our digestive system has changed. If they are a piece of art, our gaze has altered. This calls for a change not in stories, but in the grammar of storytelling so that it can cut through the deluge and gluttony and force people to savour, appreciate and re-visit it. That is what the creators of Taskaree or Dhurandhar are trying, points out Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Made at a time when an insidious agenda can be read into it, Haq is an important film that deals with a contentious subject with maturity, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Shilpa enjoys the sunlight... Chitrangda takes a selfie... Mouni gets a new bag...
'I was a nobody when I came here, and now I've become something.'
As Arijit Singh announces his plans for retirement from playback singing, we look back at his most popular Hindi film songs.
As Mumbai went to the polls, Bollywood stars did their primary duty for the country and cast their votes.
