We celebrate Bhattsaab and his greatest gems.
'I draw inspiration from superheroes. I don't like gruesome action. I don't like showing blood.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at the lesser known films of these stars.
Joginder Tuteja lists the biggest box office successes with stars in uniform.
The hits and misses of the week.
The hits and misses of the week.
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.
'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.'
Pay a little more attention and there's a lot she can teach you about romantic relationships.
'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".'
Entertainment may be its raison d'etre but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant.
"Every actor's life is short. It exists only between 'Action' and 'Cut'," Mohanlal once told Subhash K Jha.
White is pure. White is powerful. And our movies just love to channelise its immaculate energy and enhance a visual's impact.
'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.'
We haven't seen them on the big screen yet, but these stars are working *very* hard!
Joginder Tuteja looks at 10 film-makers who returned to direction after a long time.
'There's zero emotion and logic in anything about Baaghi 2,' says Sukanya Verma.
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.
'In the last seven years or so, many reigning heroes have stopped working with him because no matter how popular a star they are, irrespective of whether they are playing the lead, it eventually becomes an Amitabh Bachchan film!'
Bhilar, a strawberry farming hub in Maharashtra, has been transformed into India's first 'books village'.
'In the new Bollywood, where success can translate, like a chain reaction, into gains in related fields, mere appearance on the screen is no longer a guarantor of fame,' says Vikram Johri.
Director Jayant Gilatar's sloppy 'tribute' never ever develops into anything noteworthy, writes Sukanya Verma
Sonu Sood had a special screening for his new film Kung Fu Yoga for his friends in the film fraternity in Mumbai.
'40 years later, the world is still singing I Am A Disco Dancer.'
