Over-the-top platforms make it difficult for movies to run for long periods on the silver screen, thus hurting the cinema industry.
'When I meet someone and feel something, and start dreaming about a big wedding, I will...'
'It's heartening to see that the festive energy is being driven not only by star-led blockbusters but also by fresh, content-rich films.'
Dinesh Vijan's production banner Maddock has announced a slate of new titles in his ambitious horror-comedy universe.
With 17 films crossing the Rs 100 crore mark in the first six months, this year relied less on big-ticket blockbusters.
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'I've had a 10-and-a-half year journey behind the camera and people don't know who I am.'
Maddock Films' horror-comedy Munjya releases today, June 7, and a special screening of the film was held on Thursday night.
The blazing success of Vicky Kaushal's Chhaava has laid out a path for more eventful year at the movies, as an exciting line-up of historical biopics queue up for the big screen.
Producer Dinesh Vijan has worked with several film stars, and they all came together to party hard on his birthday.
'I was feeding off the bond that Ansari and Hathiram had formed during season one.'
Loud music, bombastic action scenes, over-the-top dialogues that don't have any ring of truth to it followed by scenes of blood-oozing bodies floating in a river definitely don't make for a magnum opus!' exclaims Prasanna D Zore after watching the Chhaava trailer.
'If we find the right story for the sequel, why not?'
'At the airport, some people held me like a mother holds her child's cheeks. I have never experienced these kinds of things.'
'You can expect bohut kuch. Our dreams are big about the larger plan.'
'There are certain characters that, when you get the opportunity to play them, you feel scared, wondering if you will be able to do justice to them.' 'That fear comes from knowing how deeply sentiments and faith are attached to such roles.'
'People worship Krishna. People don't worship Ved Vyas, who wrote the Mahabharata.' 'It's a cultural thing because we don't see the heroes behind the screen, we see the heroes who are in front of the screen.'
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'We think life will also have a happy ending, but for some people, it is not a happy ending... especially the victims and their family of any crime.'
The film promises the same hilarious stupidity with amusing gags, especially Pankaj Tripathi's snappy dialogues and Rajkummar Rao's physical comedy, which made the 2018 hit rollicking fun, observes Mayur Sanap.
'Nobody likes preachy stories. When you lace it with humour, it works.'
'Not many films have a reference to a creature who talks, emotes, acts in a film. And Munjya is doing all of it.
'Being the Rs 100 crore girl definitely has a nice ring to it. This will get me to work harder every time I face the camera.'
Original's goodwill, natural bonhomie amongst the actors and wild card entries, Stree 2's spirited return sure has its high points, notes Sukanya Verma.
Despite its horror movie momentum, what draws us to Aditya Sarpotdar's narrative is Bittu's homely universe and sweet struggle to confess his feelings to Bela, not Munjya's malevolent antics.
'Jitendra Pratap Singh (his character in Vedaa) believes in the divisive politics of society and that is more dangerous than the regular goons.'
Amazon Prime Video has announced 69 assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
Sriram Raghavan has signed Amitabh Bachchan's grandson for his war drama, Ikkis.
The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted on Monday.
Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar captures glimpses of the stars on Monday.
Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar glimpsed these stars on Tuesday
'Almost every shoot, you have to re-mould yourself and your personality.'
Janhvi's back in Mumbai... Suhana gets her hair done... Shahid visits Dinesh Vijan...
The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted on Wednesday.
Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar encountered these stars on Monday.
Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted these stars on Wednesday.
Find out which stars Photographer Pradeep Bandekar encountered on Tuesday.
