Most successful and ambitious business leaders feel persuaded that they have no competent successor, says R G Vilakudi.
Sukanya Verma celebrates the acting legend.
Christie often stated that she would plan out the murder or event first and then set the introduction, background and resolution following it.
Perfect occasion for Sukanya Verma to look into all the Woh woes in Hindi cinema.
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha has something pertinent to say but isn't clever enough to venture beyond screaming platitudes, notes Sukanya Verma.
Haraamkhor may not appeal to the regular Bollywood audience but if you're a Nawazuddin Siddiqui fan and love watching performance-oriented films, this shouldn't be missed at all, raves Namrata Thakkar.
Beauty is woven into the ghazal with such deep feelings of love that the focus is always on seeking oneness with the other, notes Gopi Chand Narang.
'The emotion of love is the same, but we have made it a math calculation, messed up and complicated.'
The argument that the pandemic has given a boost to streaming video is fallacious. Only three OTTs saw a rise in viewership; the others fell.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
Indu Sarkar is an effective propaganda movie only to the extent that it knows its mission-statement and knows whom to shame and whom to take in its stride, feels Sreehari Nair.
Skip Fifty Shades of Grey. Watch these well-made films recommended by Aseem Chhabra.
'As the film progresses, you tire of the been-there seen-that spectacle.' 'You want a story. You want good dialogue, not the corny words you are hearing.' 'You want an emotional connect. You want a tighter film.' 'Sadly, with Padmaavat, that's not what you get,' says Savera R Someshwar.
It's so good to see a film that revels in womanhood, says Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma presents the changing faces of Shashi Kapoor.
The stark simplicity of the dialogues, the well-etched characters, the intriguing plot, the captivating music, the cinematography, but most of all the brilliant twist at the end makes Director Balaji K Kumar's Vidiyum Munn a must watch, says S Saraswathi
'Scenes of self-destruction are exhausting after a point. At nearly three hours, Kabir Singh's belligerence is too much to bear,' says Sukanya Verma.
Anaarkali Of Aarah is a tale well told.
Prepping for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati, remembering Rajesh Khanna and Raaj Kumar's exclusive tramp club and picking Ranbir Kapoor's best performance in my Super Filmi Week.
A shorter crisper version of the film would perhaps have been more entertaining.
The film could have been a true horror flick if the casting would had been better.
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Paloma Sharma feels Rajjo is a very confusing film.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
'In a nation where safety standards are the lowest in the world, why make compliance expensive?' asks Aakar Patel.
This piece is a tribute to that corner of film criticism that they call subtextual film criticism.
We list down some of the memorable performances as historical figures.
How well did these actors play homosexuals? RATE THEM!
'Being called 'hot' was getting offensive after a point. I refused to play a hot girl and take the typical route in Queen,' Lisa Haydon tells Rajul Hegde.
Nargis Fakhri is really fun to be around, discovers Patcy N/Rediff.com.
The prosecution in the December 16 gang rape case on Saturday told a court in Mumbai that the brutal assault meted out to the victim and her male friend by the alleged rapists was with a motive to "eliminate" them so that neither was left alive to narrate the horrific ordeal.
Half of the screenplay's job is done the minute Dilip Kumar's hypnotising gaze falls on Nargis. The screen bubbles with intense chemistry and sexual tension every time this incredibly handsome pair converse from a distance. Revisiting Kidar Sharma's 1950 classic, Jogan.
Celebrating the Thalaiva's birthday.
If the radical Islamic movement had been largely peaceful, Headley would have probably found another way to ensure real life excitement.' 'But I really do believe that his relationship with radical Islam is real. Very real.' 'It was a match for his desires.'
'Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical characters behave as though they are already aware of the chapters that will be dedicated to them and the sonnets that will be written in their memory.' 'And yet, they talk relentlessly about making and remaking history.' 'Can anything be more superficial?' asks Sreehari Nair.
'I know many actors living outside India put on accents in films because they think that is how Indians talk. I avoid that.' 'I don't have to prove anything through my accent. My psyche is Indian.' Anupam Kher gives us his 500th film!
Could Ambassador B S Prakash's nightmare turn real?
Juhi Chawla steals Madhuri Dixit's thunder in Gulaab Gang, feels Savera R Someshwar.
