'Find a name that changes the words honor killing and hopefully it includes the word murder.' 'If you use the words, you are trying to justify the murders.'
As 2022 readies to bid adieu, Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the 10 high points of the year.
A look at the star arrivals!
A study of a dysfunctional family, Rachael Getting Married doesn't have the intensity director Jonathan Demmy's Oscar winning films like Philadelphia and The Silence of the Lambs offered. But this modestly budgeted film, which was one of the critics' favourites at the recent Toronto International Film Festival and endeared itself to the audiences too, has enough drama and a handful of excellent performances to be a hit with upscale audiences.
64-year-old Ramanaidu, the legendary and prolific film maker from Andhra Pradesh who has worked with a galaxy of actors, will be presented the honour during the International Film Festival of India to be held in Goa in October, it was announced on Thursday.
Check out the star arrivals.
A look at the premiere pictures of Victoria And Abdul.
Like Slumdog Millionaire, RRR will remain a one-time phenomenon until another big, larger-than-life, Indian film connects with the critics in the West, predicts Aseem Chhabra.
'He provokes you intellectually so hard that you really break out of your shell and come up with something creative.' 'He can extract a creation out of you, such is the power of Godard and his films.'
'Don't be scared of the people who are trying to make a fool of you, those people who trying to pull you down...it is their insecurities that make them behave the way they do.'
The award celebrates women of the film industry all over the world.
'It is a film with a good human concept that would touch people around the world.' 'We are honouring a film that deserves to be at the Oscars.'
More Indians are watching films across screens, TV, online and other platforms than ever before. Whether it is by tackling costs, processes or revenues, the trick is to find a way of making money from all of them, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
The festival will be held in Goa between November 24 and December 4.
Jennifer mingles with Lopamudra at an awards function.
Filmmaker Nagesh Kukonoor speaks his mind post-Iqbal at IFFI.
Besides the five Indian films that are playing at the Toronto International Film Festival this year -- a rather large collection at an international film festival, says Aseem Chhabra -- there are more films with an Indian connect.
Results of the eight Mumbai International Film Festival.
'We'll certainly have Hollywood productions, so why wouldn't we have Bollywood?'
The pulling out of films S Durga and Nude from the 48th edition of IFFi did not go well with the director.
The actress, who turns feature film director with A Death in the Gunj, discusses the cinema she is comfortable with and why she loves being an outsider.
The court directed her to intimate to it as well as the Enforcement Directorate at least three days before leaving the country instead of taking prior permission.
Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor is enjoying the film festival in Goa.
The actress received a thumbs up for her latest Cannes appearance.
"One can avoid expensive gimmicks and make films with a smaller budget," says filmmaker Subhadro Choudhury.
The superstar will promote his production called Dr Cabbie, starring Isabel Kaif, at the TIFF.
How many of the 354 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2017 have you seen?
'The point about arranged marriages is -- because I come from a progressive family -- the idea was completely alien. But I have realised over time that there are instances of assisted marriages working very well. If you look at it, really, in a microcosm, it is the same thing as Tinder, isn't it? I mean, if you are trying to meet -- yes, no, yes, no, no.'
A lowdown on what's happening in Bollywood.
The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival awards were held in Mumbai on Sunday, and film folk were honoured for their recent work.
India is shining, although I will argue that it is a temporary acceptance until India once again makes a mega-successful film like RRR or another beautiful, moving, documentary like The Elephant Whisperers, notes Aseem Chhabra.
'We didn't know where the story was going. But I knew I was telling the story of an extremely lonely journalist.'
Legendary actress Suchitra Sen is in a serious condition after she was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata following a respiratory tract infection, doctors said on Sunday.
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