Super Model is everything it shouldn't be -- dowdy, uninteresting, and clumsy.
What is noticeable in both movies is the willingness with which both the ageing stars -- Kamal is 68 and Rajini, four years older at 72 with a kidney transplant that he has not shied away from acknowledging -- have learnt to respect their age and bodies, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
We celebrate Bhattsaab and his greatest gems.
'I draw inspiration from superheroes. I don't like gruesome action. I don't like showing blood.'
Deepa Gahlot picks a list of 10 essential RGV movies though there are 84 to wade through.
The hits and misses of the week.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the lesser known films of these stars.
The hits and misses of the week.
Joginder Tuteja lists the biggest box office successes with stars in uniform.
Joginder Tuteja looks at 10 flawed characters through the years -- and we're not talking villains here -- and how successful they have been at the box office.
Joginder Tuteja looks at how well Hindi remakes perform at the box office.
Pay a little more attention and there's a lot she can teach you about romantic relationships.
'Unlike the Shah Rukh Khan in Darr, Baazigar, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, there's an amazing child-like vulnerability and honesty in the Shah Rukh of Devdas.'
'It is the best feeling in the world to give back to your family what you have earned,' Tiger Shroff tells Subhash K Jha.
In the second part of this four-part special, Joginder Tuteja lists the new releases of 2021.
'Recently, I received a call from A R Rahman.' 'He said, "Someone wants to talk to you".' 'Ahmed Khan was a part of the conference call. He said, 'Mehboob-bhai, I am making Heropanti 2 and you will write the lyrics".' '"Let the three of us create the same magic".'
"Every actor's life is short. It exists only between 'Action' and 'Cut'," Mohanlal once told Subhash K Jha.
Entertainment may be its raison d'etre but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant.
White is pure. White is powerful. And our movies just love to channelise its immaculate energy and enhance a visual's impact.
We haven't seen them on the big screen yet, but these stars are working *very* hard!
'I feel very lucky that people have noticed my work.'
'...changed my image, changed everything.' 'Now I make calls with great confidence.' 'Day before yesterday, I sent a message to a director that I heard you are making a film, is there any role for me?' 'I have confidence now. Earlier, I could never do.'
'There's zero emotion and logic in anything about Baaghi 2,' says Sukanya Verma.
Joginder Tuteja looks at 10 film-makers who returned to direction after a long time.
Anil Kapoor's mastery shows in how he finds the space between an actor reaching out to his actuality while remaining an actor while Anurag Kashyap's comfort in bullying his co-actor fuels their bickering camaraderie, notes Sukanya Verma.
The new kid on the block, Athiya Shetty, speaks about her dream has come with her debut film, Hero.
The resemblance is uncanny!
'J P Dutta's clownish treatment of history and hard-earned triumph demeans the efforts and sacrifices of real-life martyrs and bravehearts with its pompous ideas of valour, clunky writing and a cadre of lacklustre actors,' says Sukanya Verma.
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Parinda, 1942: A LOve Story, Devdas, Kareeb, Mission Kashmir, Munnabhai MBBS, Rang De Basanti, Delhi 6, Bhag Milkha Bhag, Kalank... all bear the visual stamp of Binod Pradhan's genius.
Perfect occasion for Sukanya Verma to look into all the Woh woes in Hindi cinema.
Bhilar, a strawberry farming hub in Maharashtra, has been transformed into India's first 'books village'.
