'I wasn't initially convinced about Finding Fanny. I didn't know what the hell Homi (Adajania, director) had written.' Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah gets candid.
'Anything that is anti-growth is demonised because growth is the biggest religion.' 'Growth is synonymous with progress. In fact, it is the opposite.' 'Exponential growth is cancer.'
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
'A hundred days later, it is a moot point whether the lockdown has been partially or totally effective, or, as sceptics indicate, plain ineffective.' 'Did it actually deflect infections and the loss of lives, or was it merely a hasty decision rammed down the populace's throats that choked the economy and caused the searing tragedy of dispossessed migrant workers?' ask Radha Roy Biswas and Manoj Mohanka.
Former skippers Ian Chappell and Mark Taylor feel next week's first Test between India and Australia in Brisbane should go ahead as it would help the cricketers and the fans to come out and share the mourning of the loss of Phillip Hughes.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Jab Harry Met Sejal has the stars, the songs, the scenery and everything you'd imagine in a love story. But in the absence of soul, none of it really matters, feels Sukanya Verma.
Dana Majhi's walk home is a shrivelling indictment of our humanity and of our priorities.
'People, who are greedy, are very self-oriented and cannot be team players.' 'I don't think you can be a part of great cinema if you are self-oriented.'
'After having rejected and sometimes also being rejected by 32 men in my unsuccessful journey to matrimony, I prayed that it would be love at first sight with motherhood,' says Priya Ramanathan.
This piece is a tribute to that corner of film criticism that they call subtextual film criticism.
The attendee had to call into the conference call and say a few initial pleasantries to establish his/her presence, but could then leave the app to handle the rest once the Senior Company Bore began his monologue... A rib-tickling excerpt from Sanjeev Sanyal's Life Over Two Beers.
The fruitless pursuit, which tore the Talwars' lives and reputations to shreds, means that Aarushi's killers have not only got away but may never be found, says Sunil Sethi.
After 20 plus years of threatening to offer us new sensations, Nagesh Kukunoor has finally let it rip, raves Sreehari Nair.
Naseeruddin Shah sets the gold standard as a master memoirist.
For the father of Chennai youth killed in stonethrowing in Srinagar, questions and memories are all that remain.
There may be flaws, but there is no denying that Karthik G Krish's Kappal is thoroughly entertaining. But do remember to leave your thinking cap at home, writes S Saraswathi
The ups and downs of Bigg Boss 10 this weekend.
'The ceremony on May 30 is all about Modi and there is the great risk that Imran Khan who is a rockstar among Indians might end up stealing the show,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
After a knockout debut, star Indian boxer Vijender Singh will face Englishman Dean Gillen in his second professional bout and the part-time firefighter has promised to be a 'dangerous opponent' in the bout scheduled in London, on October 30.
Aseem Chhabra is impressed by Rima Das's Bulbul Can Sing, Ritesh Batra's Photograph and eight other outstanding films.
Jamida K is the first Indian Muslim woman to lead the Friday prayer.
'They pushed me out of the truck (carrying Rajesh Khanna's body) as well. What could be more mean than this? They didn't want me in the last journey. What can be more violent than this?' Anita Advani explains her case against Dimple Kapadia and her family.
'From envy, heartburn and broken hearts to broken marriages, much damage has been done by unintended revelations in the social media. Suspicious partners bring out hidden relationships, which may never have come to light and hell breaks lose in many lives,' warns T P Sreenivasan.
"Just like if any Hindu commits female foeticide he will have to go to jail, similarly what is the crime of my Muslim sisters that some one says talaq over phone and her life is destroyed," he said
More than 70 years after World War II, Reinhold Hanning, 94, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment over his role at the Nazi-run camp in occupied Poland.
In her book, Make Love Not Scars, anti-acid attack champ Ria Sharma shares stories of the unbreakable spirit of acid attack survivors.
According to a report by Save the Children, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18.
'Neither the Centre nor the state is helping us, rather they are coming up with new ways to create stumbling blocks for the return of money.'
'There is no senior bureaucracy functioning now; these people only obey.' 'This is only a command and control kind of governance.'
Argentina coach Gerardo Martino expects Lionel Messi to be fit for his team's second Copa America Centenario fixture this week -- even if he is satisfied that the two-time world champions are adjusting to life without their injured superstar.
Despite its faults, Damaal Dumeel is engaging in parts.
Australia's David Warner breathed life into the rain-ruined final Test with a pulsating ton as the match meandered to a draw against the West Indies on Thursday. Warner, determined to finish an undistinguished series on a high, reached his 16th Test century off 82 balls before a small Sydney crowd. The buccaneering opener had a highest score of 64 in the two previous Tests as team-mates helped themselves to six centuries against the tourists' innocuous bowling attack.
Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge is set for a January return, according to manager Brendan Rodgers, who hinted he was unlikely to dip into the transfer market to solve the club's current striker issues.
Journalist Rana Ayyub refuses to allow our collective memories to fade. That, says respected filmmaker Saeed Mirza, is why he cannot stop worrying about her.
Nandini Gupta who interned at an IT firm explains how Artificial Intelligence can change our future.
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