'I'd rather do a great role in any language than do mediocre stuff in Hindi.'
'Being a hero is not a very easy task. You have to dance around trees, not to mention all the odd and unnatural things you have to do. Now I am spared of all that.' Jagapathi Babu reveals why playing an antagonist is far more rewarding than being a hero.
Celebrating the Thalaiva's birthday.
'The writer remains the most creative force in the process.' 'Producers need to be inventive in how they reward good writing.'
Actress Catherine Tresa talks about her newest hit, her first Tamil film Madras, and her upcoming projects.
Karma Cartel director Vinod Bharathan gives us an insight into his style of filmmaking.
'Salman has changed a lot in the past few years. He was totally different when I shot with him for Jai Ho. He has mellowed down, but I don't like him like this.'
Choose from the eight releases this week.
'It feels like a part of me is going away with her death.'
A look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Kaala's sin is not that it is presented as a mouthpiece for its director Pa Ranjith's political viewpoints, but that it makes a travesty of them.' 'Ranjith turns Marx into merchandise, all the while functioning as a hired hand for Brand Rajinikanth,' points out Sreehari Nair.
In a year where we can find positives in wins for the great Gulabi Gang documentary and ace cinematographer Rajeev Ravi, the silver lining doesn't seem as wide if our priorities remain as skewed.
Veteran Telugu film producer Dr Daggubbati Ramanaidu passed away into the ages on February 18. In an interview he had granted Rediff.com in September 2010, he tells us how he started making movies.
Theatre director, Joy Matthew has made a comeback to films after 26 years and he is busy like never before.
'I got Rs 300 for a dubbing job, and I was so happy with that money because it was my first income in Mumbai!' Laal Rang heroine Pia Bajpai shares her story.
Members from several TV unions came together on April 15 to register their protest against the trend by popular TV channels to telecast dubbed Hindi and Korean serials.
Kamalinee Mukherjee talks about her new film, working with Krishnavamsi and her future plans.
How do you even define a movie that primarily exists as an invitation to its audience -- an invitation to come and merely laze around with a set of interesting characters, asks Sreehari Nair.
Here looking at 10 of Bollywood's best-known crime movies.
Several parts of Drishyam work but the film is more tackiness than craft, says Raja Sen.
'To jump from Madras Cafe to Piku to PINK to October, it takes time...'
Directors Rajesh Touchriver and Sunitha Krishnan reveal the challenges and difficulties they faced in the writing, production and distribution of Naa Bangaru Talli.
'I never tried to get into Hindi films. But when I heard the script of Baaghi, I found it interesting. Tiger is a bundle of energy. He keeps working during the shoots as well. He is focused all the time.' Sudheer Babu is ready for his BIG Bollywood debut!
'Movie plots clearly don't excite director Dileesh Pothan as much as true stories where life had come dizzyingly close to becoming like a movie and then, had fused back with life.' 'This means that a conversation he overhears at a tea shop is more likely to give Pothan a setting for his next picture than a brainstorming session inside a conference room,' says Sreehari Nair.
25 years on, we see how these actors have fared.
Aseem Chhabra spots 10 must-see movies at the Berlin Film Festival.
'I want people to get into the habit of paying money to see Marathi films. Otherwise, how will Marathi cinema earn revenue like Rs 100 crore?' Shreyas Talpade asks Prasanna D Zore/ Rediff.com
'My father became a very popular villain and in some films, was paid more than the hero. He was a very simple person. All he needed was six pairs of white shirts and trousers for the whole year, one or two packets of Dunhill cigarettes a day and books.' Shehzaad Khan on his famous father Ajit.
On Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 91st birth anniversary on September 30, we bring back excerpts from a Rediff interview with the brilliant filmmaker, just after the release of his last film, Jhoot Bole Kauwa Kate.
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