Advertising agencies admitted that conversations had begun with their clients to exercise restraint while using brand endorsements featuring film actors whose names appeared in the probe.
Sukanya Verma looks at notable troikas in Bollywood's catalog of three hero vehicles.
"It's a pity that because there are no big names attached to it, Sony Liv did not go all out to promote this dark and gripping series, the way they did with a Scam 1992. They should have made it track more to ensure it reached more people."
Bollywood has given us quite a few suspense tales before, and many of them have done well at the box office.
A look at the Holi releases in the past decade.
Just how well do Ajay Devgn's comedies fare?
'There are people who loved the show and people who have been shocked by it.'
Sukanya Verma looks back at actors, who have sported multiple looks in a single film.
Saluting the late music composers most memorable film songs.
Streaming a diverse range of moods and moments, these films are a fairly commendable effort if not always riveting, feels Sukanya Verma.
Asin joins a long list of actresses, who married rich businessmen!
Aftab Shivdasani chats with Rediff readers.
Salman, Akshay, Sanjay... It's a tough choice.
Despite a few flaws in the film, Yash Chopra distinguishes himself.
'What you saw in Gangs Of Wasseypur is only two percent of what really happens. Murder and other crimes are a daily affair even today. There is no value for life. People can shoot someone for Rs two! Once, I was talking to a person. I turned around to ask for tea, and when I looked at him again, someone had shot him dead.' Meeruthiya Gangsters director Zeishan Quadri talks tough.
'I have watched comedies but some have failed to make me laugh. The characters indulge in too much buffoonery. They move too much, falling, hitting each other, making faces... Comedy is very serious business.' Director Anees Bazmee tells us how he makes people laugh with his films.
Each time they held the leafy bedsheet over the window for a few seconds, a clearer but very grey visage of Indrani came into view. In the barely discernible image, Indrani seemed to look tired and downbeat. But then the bedsheet would be taken away and Indrani would disappear into the darkness once more.
'We have a huge responsibility of being so-and-so's daughter... you are compared to your parents who are these legends right from your first film, and that can get hard.'
Indrani looked cheerful and upbeat and announced she had quite recovered from her wounds...
'Indrani gave a mirthless laugh on spying The Suitcase, from the accused enclosure and, in sign language, gestured the impossibility of anyone fitting in such a small bag.'
