'Rapists do have families. I wanted to see how a father or mother would deal with it.' 'They go through shame as well and get discriminated from the rest of the village.' 'Why don't we show it that way?'
'...he had to take his exams in Hindi at IIT-Kharagpur.' 'You wouldn't have got someone like Sundar Pichai because Hindi is not a friendly language for a person from Tamil Nadu.'
Halloween mood looms large on OTT's dark, devilish delights this week.
'There's just a handful of roles for a few actresses.' 'When I meet other actresses my age, they say the same thing: No roles!'
'In terms of ticket sales, Hindi is at 50-60 per cent while the South markets are at 80-90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.' The patchy performance of Hindi, the largest segment of the business is the nub of what is bothering Indian cinema.
'Some people believe that guys with muscles don't have a sense of humour.' 'We wanted to prove them wrong.'
'Cinema or the sentiment of a people, disgusted by contemporary politics and wanting to feel whole by collectively recalling a moment of great difficulty that was also a cause for togetherness?', asks Shyam G Menon.
The controversy-ridden film, which registered a bumper opening at the box office only to witness a major drop in collections as negative word of mouth spread on social media, is now screening in theatres with altered dialogues.
rediffGurus Mayank Chandel and Prof Preetam Patil will answer your NEET-UG and MHT-CET questions.
'Even though Gandhiji did not know me well, Sardar knew and remembered me working with him till the Congress was banned.' Glimpses from the fascinating memoirs of Chakkedath Sankarankutty Menon, the stenographer who worked for Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel during the freedom struggle.
There's tons more action to catch on OTT this week.
'The moments of laughter you've gifted us will always remain.'
Ariyippu is not a movie where you ask for a happy ending and you are served it on a platter. As situations change, the central characters conceal and display their vulnerability as any other real-life couple, observes Divya Nair.
Shukla, who has penned the Hindi dialogues and songs of the retelling of the Ramayana, said the amended lines will be added to the film by this week.
Arnie's back, Varun shape shifts while others fight the good fight and more on OTT this week.
The prime minister will be part of the launch of several development initiatives on his birthday.
'Bharat is a name that is 7000 years old.' 'We are not saying the name of the country should be changed from India to Bharat; we only recommended that the stress should be on Bharat.'
'I am a non-resident Indian. I didn't come to India to shine a light on its negative aspects.' 'I came to India to showcase what I think are remarkable aspects of India and Indians on a global scale.'
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021.
Akshay and Emraan's first movie outing together seems a good family entertainer with loads of action, drama and comedy.
'I had the great honor of meeting her back in 2017 at Buckingham Palace. Rest in peace Your Majesty.'
'Every film cannot do a business of Rs 200 crore.'
'Tamil, Telugu or Malayalam films are rooted in their culture.' 'Hindi films are not rooted.' 'English-speaking people are making Hindi films.'
The minister said this underlying resentment and pain of those countries regarding the global economy was building up for the last 15-20 years and the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict resulted in prices of energy and food items going up.
'I will always remember him for his innocent smile, twinkling eyes, and kind words.'
Vishakan has urged the court to issue an interim direction for return of his mobile as it was the sole source of his livelihood.
This is the kind of essential saas-bahu banter we don't mind tolerating on our screens, Divya Nair tells us.
Dapper dads who look good at every age.
Just how hard was it for Janhvi Kapoor to play a girl trapped in a freezer?
'When I saw my name in the list, it was unbelievable.'
In addition to Hindi and English, the question paper will be set in 13 regional languages -- Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Urdu, Punjabi, Manipuri and Konkani.
Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on streaming platforms this weekend.
'I did get a couple of offers (in Hindi cinema) but the roles required a doll-like heroine, a glamorous role. I was getting challenging roles in the South and so I stayed here.'
Currently, the film stands at Rs 324 crore and reaffirmed that big budget Hollywood action entertainers have a set market in India.
It's an action packed schedule on OTT this week.
'We are all trying to make great cinema and trying to put Malayalam cinema on the map.'
'We will think (of the sequel) if we come across a story that shares the same plight.'
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