Vasan Bala's ability to jolt our Bollywood conditioned brains into experiencing new forms of menace, turning a John Woo-style prison riot into a Chinese communist movement and showcasing Alia in a savage new light won Sukanya Verma's dil and jigra.
Karan Johar has his own grammar coming into play when it comes to films set in a campus says Joginder Tuteja.
On his 50th birthday on May 25, Sukanya Verma celebrates the man and his movies.
'Prior to release, we heard only exemplary things about the film, so the failure came as a complete shock to my father.'
'Comfortable in almost every genre going, there's pretty much nothing he can't do.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
'Very rarely does a film give you the opportunity to do this, I was constantly improvising and adding scenes on the set.'
Only a great person like him could be so encouraging to an ordinary musician, says drummer Ramesh Venkat.
'In a world which is full of categories, hatred and ideologies, there was this basic decency.'
If he wasn't an actor, Aamir Khan could have made an excellent life coach.
In this series, InstaStories, we let pictures on social media tell their beautiful back stories.
Sukanya Verma challenges you to find out how much you know about Hindi films.
'There's a very strong feeling of sisterhood that I feel is missing in Indian households.' 'I genuinely advocate the feeling of sisterhood because I feel that some of the strongest bonds, friendships and support groups could be our immediate relatives.'
'This government has done positive things, we got the Transgender Persons (protection of rights) Act under this government. Dheere-dheere hota hai.'
IIFA Awards, the three-day award gala, returns to Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, for the third consecutive year and will be held from September 27 to 29.
Jayanti Soni and her family return each year to Bhinmal, when they can, to celebrate Diwali in her family home.
Mind you, here we are not talking subscriber base or the pecking order in the India mobile phone market; this is simply about brand recall and the likeability factor.
'Rafi Saab was such a skilled singer he could create any mood through his voice.'
Basu Chatterjee's films have wonderful songs, 10 of which Joginder Tuteja lists here.
Bollywood stars sashayed down the red carpet at the Zee Cine Awards in Mumbai.
The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards were held at Mumbai's Taj Lands End hotel on February 20.
'It's a tremendous accomplishment to have a father like Amitabh Bachchan and still be so sorted, to not taste the kind of success that he should have and yet be so balanced.'
'You cannot change destiny. I have no regrets in life.'
The OTT boom has proved a boon for a lot of hibernating '90s beauties as they rediscover themselves in exciting new avatars.
Re-watching 1967's Jewel Thief evokes the joy of cinema, with its perfect blend of thrill, suspense, romance and music. A film like that can never be remade or be tampered with in any way, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'Kiran ma'am, Aamir sir and my lovely audience have given us wings to fly internationally.'
Hansal Mehta's Shahid tells the story of slain criminal defense lawyer Shahid Azmi.
Yeh Meri Family 3 is developing into a Wonder Years kind of coming-of-age comedy that Indian viewers can relate to, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week.
The late R D Burman has inspired music, musicians and movie titles. On his 75th birth anniversary on June 27, we celebrate the legend all over again.
The duo, who are playing a couple in their latest film, Gehraiyaan, seem pretty close in real life too.
Test your knowledge on some of Hindi cinema's memorable dialogues.
28 amazing years as the Badshah of Bollywood! Joginder Tuteja presents the movie milestones in Shah Rukh Khan's career.
Geeta Kapoor talks about her new telly show, India's Dancing Superstars.
Titled Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, the movie will also star Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma.
