Chris Gayle praised Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli for his work ethic and passion
Sukanya Verma looks at all the wonderful, wacky and woeful ways Bollywood has portrayed blindness on screen.
'We shot the song Zinda Banda for about six days.' 'We were dancing relentlessly for six days to a point when we thought our knees had started making sounds!' 'He was on set, every day, dancing next to us for all those six days.'
'What the film shows is an India, which was headed in a completely different direction than where we are headed.'
'Fawad wants to take my place as president of the bank in a fictional country.' 'That way I got to tell one of the most talented actors in Pakistan what to do all the time.' 'I enjoyed that.'
From show business to sports stories, you'll find plenty to keep you busy on OTT this week.
Shraddha, Varun, Nora on the making of what appears to be a memorable movie.
Scenes from the Rocky Aur Rani media interaction in Mumbai...
On his 50th birthday on May 25, Sukanya Verma celebrates the man and his movies.
Farah celebrates her anniversary... Dia celebrates her birthday... Ayan is 'blown' by RRR...
'We are the same people who can quench a man's thirst and also kill him.'
Malayalam cinema isn't the same as Telugu or Tamil, but Bollywood's blanket approach fails to see the distinction in Selfiee, observes Sukanya Verma.
Trade analysts believe it will be an interesting to watch how the films do at the box office this weekend.
Director Anwar Rasheed talks about his new film, starring Mohanlal.
'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.' 'And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole world, then we are really being losers.' 'The visionaries of the industry must pull up their socks and say that now we will create for the world.'
'There is no way they would accept any repetition from us. 'The audience constantly needs to be surprised, and I need to surprise myself too.'
'Some people believe that guys with muscles don't have a sense of humour.' 'We wanted to prove them wrong.'
'Life was a canvas and Pradeep Sarkar painted with full intensity -- be it an ad film or a feature film.'
Sukanya Verma reminds us why we love going to the movies.
'The reason is the subject and the way Anubhav sir (Sinha, director) has executed the idea. The film being black and white makes it even more special. It is very real in nature and has some of the finest actors of our country.'
Sukanya Verma looks at all the significant bald imagery of Bollywood through the years.
'To see India being recognized at a global level at a platform like this... 'I think it says a lot about where we are as a nation and the road ahead for us as a nation.'
'From the time we landed to the time we left, we got so much love that I didn't feel like coming home.'
As good as Mammootty is playing Sundaram, we see this facet of his performance through two lenses: That of Sundaram being an offset to whatever we know about James, and that of Mammootty doing quintessentially Tamil tics, including enacting scenes from old Tamil movies like solo plays, observes Rohit Sathish Nair.
What makes Har Har Mahadev consistently watchable are the solid performances from its stellar cast, applauds Mayur Sanap.
The two obvious best choices are to combine OTT viewing time with some good eating, because Joe, Rishi and Co don't have to be the only ones dining well.
'There's just a handful of roles for a few actresses.' 'When I meet other actresses my age, they say the same thing: No roles!'
We invite readers who've been at the receiving end of inconsiderate behaviour in cinema halls to share their experiences and advice.
'I am that person who will ignore hundred good things that are said about me and focus on those three bad things.'
There is a kind of audacious large-scale experimentation which is admirable, even if the novelty and potential of the idea are not fully realised, notes Deepa Gahlot.
'I did get a couple of offers (in Hindi cinema) but the roles required a doll-like heroine, a glamorous role. I was getting challenging roles in the South and so I stayed here.'
Using snatches of a cult favourite or evergreen classic in its original form for action, comedy or romance can transform the entire vibe of a scene.
'Writers are always nervous.' 'If you go to a party, you will notice that the writers are always in a corner of the party, looking anxious, sweating and tense about something or the other.' 'I am that kind of person.'
'She should stick to giving her opinion on cinema.'
'Everyone's favourite show Mirzapur is returning with a third season in which I am reprising my role as Beena Tripathi.'
'Sriram Raghavan is mainstream Hindi cinema's greatest gift to us,' declares Sreehari Nair after watching the director's latest movie caper.
'Every woman should believe she is a lady killer because that's the only way she can gain the confidence to achieve whatever she wants in life.'
Deepa Gahlot picks the top 10 Karan Johar films -- some that he directed and others that he produced or co-produced -- that you can watch on steaming platforms.
As Abhay turns 45 on March 15, Joginder Tuteja looks back at his best work.
RRR isn't the "spectacle" it is made out to be, argues Sreehari Nair.
