Sanjay Mishra's beautiful home is where he holds his script-reading sessions, costume trials and look tests. He throws the doors open for us.
Eminent filmmaker and Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner K Balachander died in Chennai on Tuesday at a private hospital after prolonged illness.
Joginder Tuteja lists those who are expected to score big with their Bollywood debuts in the months to come.
Some films have done predictably well at the box office while others have emerged as surprise hits.
Amol Palekar remembers his last two meetings with Hrishida
'When I heard the Total Dhamaal script, I laughed for two hours!' 'I told Indra Kumar that if he was going to make the film the way he narrated it to me, I was doing it.' 'And when I saw the film, I laughed as much.'
The kids have picked their favourites!
The hits and misses of the week.
Amazon Prime leads the race to buy digital rights for Bollywood blockbusters with Hotstar and Netflix trailing far behind.
Take a look at the star arrivals at Ramesh Taurani's pre-Diwali bash.
And yet, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Rohit Shetty share so much in common!
Magical! When cricket meets cinema...
'The story has to be told well, it has to be marketed and presented well, and now, released well too.' 'Only then will the film do well.' 'The actor walks away with the victory credit, but we do not give enough credit to the script writers, directors and producers who put up a film that shines.'
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'We need more universal films like Dangal, Sultan or Padmavat that work across single screens and multiplexes.'
The hits and misses of the week.
Why didn't his strategy work at the box office this time?
Joker, Thithi, Maheshinte Prathikaram and Pelli Choopulu bag the big awards of the night!
Take a look at the celeb arrivals.
As we prepare to return to the land of silver screens and samosa, Sukanya Verma looks at notable theatre moments in Hindi films.
On Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 91st birth anniversary on September 30, we bring back a Rediff Special done on the brilliant filmmaker in December 2002.
'This mess is an all boo, no show,' says Sukanya Verma.
Happy Friendship Day, folks!
'Nowadays anyone can get up and say his sentiments are hurt, that his faith is being disturbed.' 'Or he can say he doesn't like the size of Amol Palekar's nose, so chop it off.'
Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol look like a million bucks, but the situation -- and the drummed up "intensity" -- feel asinine, says Raja Sen.
Christopher Nolan's next, Gulzar's gussa, Shyam Benegal's Shivaji and RD's Lawrence of Arabia connection, catch all this and more in Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.
Un-Indian is a romantic comedy, slated for release this year.
Will we see a Baahubali kind of blockbuster this year?
Subhash K Jha brings us the latest Bollywood lowdown.
