'Suddenly the audience pool feels bigger, like everyone is watching everything now.' 'It's no longer limited in terms of boundaries, like a state or a language.' 'Whether it's a series, a movie or even a Korean film, the audience has access to all of it.' 'Slowly, the boundaries are blurring, so that's great for actors.'
'...without looking into yourself.' 'What matters most is human relationships and the human mind.'
I thought Saudi Vellakka a glancing, loving depiction of the judicial system as a pageantry filled with performers trying to do right by everyone, do everything by the book, and failing despite their best attempts, observes Sreehari Nair.
'Today, Shah Rukh is sitting so high up that it will have to be something really spectacular for him to jump up and say, "Hey, yes, let's make this film!".'
Tiger wraps Heropanti 2... Ameesha misses Goa...
Subhash K Jha celebrates the Ram Mandir pran pratishtha ceremony by picking some memorable Ram bhajans from movies you may not have heard of.
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani is sure to raise eyebrows with its over-the-top quality, but hey, this is the unabashed Bollywood we once fell in love with and who is better than Karan Johar to retrieve the genre, asserts Mayur Sanap.
'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian cinema.' N Sathiya Moorthy assesses the career and politics of movie legend Kamal Haasan on his 70th brthday.
Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
We took a little liberty to have some clean fun.
Here is a list of some activities you can do in the park in Bollywood style!
'And don't underestimate the enabling power of bribery.' 'Hark back to demonetisation.' 'All of the cash did come back.' 'The same thing will happen with the alphabet soup of the NRC, NPR and CAA except that this exercise will deal in documents, not cash.' 'Bribes will be paid.' 'Documents will be magically generated,' points out Devangshu Datta.
'A simple boy from Gurdaspur, whom I caught glimpses of when he was sitting alone in his penthouse, reflecting on life and how far he had come.'
There is a sudden realisation in party circles that prolonged court cases could damage its standing, both among the cadres and voters, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Let us see the tricolour flutter and soar as we park our vehicles, as we play cricket in the gullies, as we surf the Internet, as we enter our places of worship,' says Ankita Athawale.
The events of September 24 have not only earned the country a whole lot of interest but also showed the world how a lot more can be accomplished with a shoestring budget.
'Today, as a film personality, he is bigger than Dharma Productions.' 'But he is still warm and loyal to his friends from school, college and work.'
'The Congress has finally drawn a line in the sand over its pro-poor credentials.'
'The rich better watch out.'
Most people have made plans to travel over the long Independence Day weekend. What about you? Planned something exciting for the I-Day weekend? No? Fret not! Rediff.com's Anita Aikara is here!
Sharmila Nair's campaign '18 Shades of Black' is inspiring Indian women to talk about the restrictions they faced while growing up and encouraging people to find solutions.