The Baadshaho trailer has packed in all the masala one expects from an Ajay Devgn film, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Nothing 'accidental' about this movie, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'While I am talking to you, I have no idea whether I'm infected or not.' 'I just want to go back home safely.'
'If the Congress party wants to take on the BJP it cannot do it in this fuddy-duddy, grand old party, style.'
'Whenever the Government of India throws the debris, they will not take such care of the mosque's debris and Muslims may object to such a move at that time.'
'The home minister of India has given his assurance to the MP of Lakshadweep.'
'This government will end after five years, but farmers will not end after five years.' 'This is the source of our confidence.'
'No Indian political party functions in a democratic way.'
'They were only chanting one slogan, "Ghar jaana hai (we want to go home)".'
Amjed Ullah Khan, who carried out investigations of his own and helped rescue 15 women from Hyderabad, tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com how the women get trapped in an underground slave market that 'sells' them to employers who force them to work for less or no pay and often under inhuman conditions.
'When a criminal assumes a new identity he think everybody knows them by that name only.' 'Criminals forget that the police are always hunting for them to put them in jail.'
Worried over those under home quarantine going out and mingling with others, the Karnataka government wants them to confirm their location through selfies.
It looks as if first-time director Abhay Chopra has forgotten what 2017 is like, as he adapts the 1969 classic to the present time.
Patel, 71, who was critical for a few days, was admitted to the Medanta hospital in Gurugram on November 15 after he developed complications. His son Faisal said he died at 3.30 am.
'When I stepped on Indian soil, I lay down on the ground and kissed my homeland.'
It was Dev Anand's dream to put Indian cinema on the world map and he thought Guide was the perfect film for it.
'I criticise the interference of the army in politics.' 'But the people know I am not anti-Pakistan.' 'Public support is my biggest strength.'
'People will feel cheated as they always felt a part of India. We want to be with India and we want people of India to accept us.' Laway tells Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'On the Kashmir and Pakistan question, it is startling that Vajpayee and Advani did more than anybody in Indian history.'
'We have been appealing to various governments for so many years that there should be no dams in the Himalayas, but no one listens.' 'Nature responded in its own way.'
The beefcake looks lost, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf, his expressions for a gangster just don't hold up.
'If you can come with some arrangement with the Pakistanis that Pakistan ceases to stop creating trouble in Kashmir in return for the Indians not arming Afghanistan, everyone wins.' William Dalrymple discusses his new book Return of a King, Afghanistan, the Mughals and, of course, India with Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
After watching Uri: The Surgical Strike, Syed Firdaus Ashraf gets the feeling that Modi has added another tool to help him win the 2019 Lok Sabha election: Hindi cinema...
Narendra Modi can never be Vajpayee because the poet-prime minister had a heart. Modi doesn't. He only understands the language of business, of profit and loss. It is beyond his capacity to understand a complex country like India, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com finds out why Sacred Games has run into trouble.
No one can make the audience laugh like Govinda, raves Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Where should shudra-OBCs go because of whom the nation is surviving?'
Syed Firdaus Ashraf applauds The Kapil Sharma Show's reincarnation.
'There was outside intervention which is what led to the initial violence.' 'Once the violence started, there was a brutal lathi-charge by the police.'
'The most important thing is that medical aid reaches people whenever required.'
'If people want to blackmail others to get information or harm things, so why will someone give them information?'
'We cannot believe the police encounter story at all.' 'They were in the hands of the police and they were de-weaponised.' 'They didn't have weapons. How can you kill them?'
The BJP could win only 16 out of 57 seats where Shah campaigned.
'Will you declare MSP for 100 odd crops that the farmers of India grow?'
'We will resist it.' 'Farmers will not let that happen.'
The classic Marathi movie Simhasan would be an interesting watch today as it draws a parallels to the current political turmoil in Maharashtra.
'The Congress today has lost contact with the Hindu clergy.' 'They go to to Hindu clergy only during the time of elections.'
'The Muslim community is disappointed with this judgment.'
'It is not the duty of government to protect minority religions or promote it.'
