'My family are the mainstream audience and think I am wasting my time. Until I make a Rs 100 crore film, they won't be convinced.'
Pushpa 2's advance bookings have set a new record, with advance bookings standing at Rs 50 crore on Day One.
Deadly brides, daredevil officers, bloodthirsty royals, killer toys, celebrity chefs, comic book heroes, angry goddesses, senior citizen dreams, poisonous snowfall, the OTT offerings this week will make you wish for days twice the size of its menu.
2024 may have seen a few flops at the box office but there have been some hits as well.
Janhvi Kapoor celebrates four years of her film Roohi and her dance number Nadiyon Par in the film.
Such a collection of amiable characters were last seen in Panchayat. There are greedy dowry seekers, criminals, misogynists and the like, but the collective goodness of the others keep violence and male chauvinism in check, notes Deepa Gahlot.
'When I am working on a series, be it Paatal Lok on Amazon Prime or Kohrra on Netflix, I never take it for granted that we will be back with another season.' 'It's only at the end of the season that I ask myself if I still have it in me to take the story further and if I would like to meet the characters again.' 'If the answer is yes, then I find ways to make the journey exciting for myself, like taking Inspector Haathiram Chaudhary to Nagaland.'
Romance, horror, adventure, animation, sushi, Sukanya Verma gives us her OTT recommendations for the week.
'No words can heal the wounds of a mother who lost her child, or a friend who lost their companion. But we must speak, we must feel, and we must remember.'
Bhai returns to the big screen after 18 months.
1920: Horrors of the Heart has arrived out of nowhere and emerged as a small success at the box office.
The Wife could have been a game-changer in the horror genre, but falls prey to listless execution, complains Moumita Bhattacharjee.
The fourth Pinkvilla Screen & Style Icons awards saw a splash of A-listers walk down the red carpet.
The second seasons of OTT's two best shows, Paatal Lok and Severance, coming up. Sukanya Verma lists your options.
IMDb rankings are based on page views from over 250 million monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide. Stars who consistently ranked the highest in the weekly rankings in 2024 make it to the top 10.
'When Shahid, Ishaan and I are together, it is a madhouse because we are all performers.'
GT vaulted to the top of the table with 16 points, while MI now find themselves in must-win territory in their remaining games.
'But the truth is that I don't think Bloody Ishq could have been made without Avika.'
Action, romance, comedy, it's raining masala entertainment on OTT this week.
This week on OTT is only about three things -- entertainment, entertainment, entertainment.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Like the countless other things that were made possible online by the deadly coronavirus, Connect adds demonic possession and exorcism to the list, observes S Saraswathi.
Bollywood doesn't need fire-breathing dragons when it has Bhai.
'People ask me why I'm not doing much work, where have I vanished... But it's my life. And I am enjoying it.' Bipasha Basu gets ready to haunt you all over again.
'On the governmental level, we are saying all the right things, like beti bachao, beti padhao. Yet, a High Court judge in Prayagraj, who is highly educated, has studied the Constitution and its laws, says breaking the naada of a pyjama or touching the breasts of a minor girl is not part of the reform process. Just giving lip service is not enough, the general mindset has to change.'
Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship attempts to give you the chills but they don't, feels Moumita Bhattacharya.
Sonakshi Sinha, Riteish Deshmukh and Saqib Saleem's horror comedy Kakuda will stream on ZEE5 from July 12.
Bring out the popcorn, Sukanya Verma promises that there's *tons* to catch up on OTT this week.
Starting out as a comedy format, mockumentaries have now pervaded the horror genre too.
Producer Dinesh Vijan has worked with several film stars, and they all came together to party hard on his birthday.
Bloody Ishq comes off looking even more shoddy and ill-conceived when there is so much superior content to entertain the horror buff, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Justice in medieval times, whodunit in the woods, mafia boss in the making, Sukanya Verma takes a look at the sheer variety on OTT this week.
'When you are starting your journey, people say that's the hardest part.' 'But I feel that when you get a taste of success, when you get a taste of things working out for you, it is harder.'
He had been admitted to the CritiCare hospital two days ago.
Joginder Tueja looks at horror comedies gone by and how they have fared at the box office.
Many interesting films with A-Listers line up for release in June.
Not only is the story done-to-death, there is hardly anything spooky about 1920 London, feels Namrata Thakker.
Somy Ali recently took to Instagram to post pictures of herself with a cryptic message, calling out to her alleged abuser.