'I don't know whether this curse will be lifted or not. It's in the hands of the audience.'
'The script, the way it has been written, the relationships, the intensity... everything was so powerful.'
'I want the audience to smile when they see my film.'
As much as we enjoy and write reams and reams about our amazement at the Kantara climax, 30 years on from now, will we remember these portions more fondly or the ones where Shiva is simply hanging out with his friends, mulls Rohit Sathish Nair.
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade.
Sruthi Hariharan talks about her role in Lucia and why she is excited about the film.
'This is a blip in the 100-year history of cinema.'
There are a lot many gems he produced long before Naatu Naatu became a worldwide Oscar-nominated (and winning in all likelihood) sensation.
Meera Nandan talks about her debut in Kannada cinema and what it means to work outside her home state.
'Kunji Ramayanam was entertaining and had a likable plot. We thought that even if the film did not have a great initial, it would pick up. That's why we took the risk of releasing it along with the big names, during Onam,' director Basil Joseph tells Vijay George.
Despite its stiffness, in Aarkkariyam, a supernatural glow does shine out of the ordinary.
'I will miss you, dear Venu. You reached the pinnacle with your talent,' recalls K Kunhikrishnan who knew the legendary actor well.
As good as Mammootty is playing Sundaram, we see this facet of his performance through two lenses: That of Sundaram being an offset to whatever we know about James, and that of Mammootty doing quintessentially Tamil tics, including enacting scenes from old Tamil movies like solo plays, observes Rohit Sathish Nair.
Swargathekkaal Sundaram is one more addition to the heap of films that leave hardly anything to be remembered,
From world cinema to old-fashioned whodunits, it's all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma makes her recommendations.
Sonam Kapoor likes to mix and match movie genres but picks comedy as her favourite.
'Sunny can command respect without raising his voice or fist. I wanted that personality for this character.'
Punyalan Agarbatthis is a well executed film with Jayasurya along with the rest of the cast giving a likable performance.
Dear Friend is for those who idealised Dil Chahta Hai all out of proportion, and then warmed up to the premise that friendship could be a lot more complicated, and transient, observes Sreehari Nair.
Debutante director Sam Anton's Darling has a decent pace, some excellent comedy and an engaging screenplay, says S Saraswathi.
The best films are not necessarily the most successful -- that would be another list altogether -- although sometimes quality and commerce do converge.
Saif Ali Khan, who showed us how wicked he could be in Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior has been cast in the role.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Priyanka expressed disappointment that the church denied her nani's last wish to be buried in Kumarakom.
As we celebrate the actor's much deserved award, Divya Nair presents 10 landmark films in Suriya's career, ranked in order of performance.
Ivide tries to tackle a lot of things but ends up satisfying none.
Rasika celebrates her birthday... Lakshmi shoots in Kochi... Bachchan Pandey gets a release date...
Queen, directed by Vikas Bahl, has picked up an award for Best Hindi film as well.
The question 'Who was/were behind Aditha Karikalan's killing?' will continue to remain a historic mystery despite Mani Ratnam setting out to unravel it in his own way, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
'If we selected a political film or a film on a specific cultural event, they could easily be bypassed if they don't match with the political ideologies of the people viewing the film at the Oscars.'
Medieval heroes, cursed heroes, monsters, scamsters, there's no dearth of action on OTT this week, Sukanya Verma tells us.
Has a distinguished poet's memory been sullied, asks K Kunhikrishnan?
Deepa Gahlot picks a list of 10 essential RGV movies though there are 84 to wade through.
'I don't find characters that are not grey that exciting.'
Vidya Balan's biggest challenge is to look, sound and act like poetess Kamala Das, voice coach on board.
As Fahadh Faasil turns 39 on August 8, Subhash K Jha looks back at his favourite films featuring the brilliant actor.
Subtlety has never been a strong suit of Bollywood remakes. They cannot resist adding that extra something or going overboard, sighs Sukanya Verma.
'With the media and social media pulling them down every second day, there are no heroes left.' 'What we have are actors and we want to see them play characters which are real, human and identifiable.'
Malayalam film Kili Poyi is for people who enjoy adult entertainers.
