Hollywood's brilliant 2006 film, Little Miss Sunshine, seems to have inspired Mahesh Manjrekar's latest Marathi film, De Dhakka.
Sumedha Raikar-Mhatre examines the Marathi film industry, which annually produces around 190 dissimilar films that requires an investment of Rs 400 crores.
'A struggling actor once came to me and told me there's no work.' 'I said when there's no work, that's when you have a lot of work.' 'He said he didn't understand.' 'I explained that you have to keep reading, watching, writing, traveling.' 'It is like riyaaz for an actor.'
Her personality shines through her wardrobe. As it should.
'If you keep criticising yourself, the zenith of it is suicide,' Shobha Warrier gets under the skin of superstar Kamal Haasan.
In a controversial move, the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra is set to enact a law to make it mandatory for multiplexes in the state to screen Marathi movies during prime time slots.
Rajinikanth may have made his last Hindi film two decades ago but he can still set the screen alight, blazing away with a gun that has dozens of barrels. As Thalaiva turns 75 on December 12, Dinesh Raheja looks back at his 17 year journey in Hindi cinema.
'Not just women, but even men are judged by the colour of their skin and have to fight prejudice every day.'
'We wouldn't have had to face all this had our national leaders taken care to select a place for Sindhis and sent us there, instead of sending us all over to settle in places where the locals didn't want us.' 'They could have partitioned Sindh and given us a Sindhi state from its two Hindu-majority districts.' 'Wasn't that the logic of Partition?'
The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Monday asked private carrier Jet Airways to make announcements in Marathi and also Marathi movies and newspapers mandatory in flights operating from Mumbai.
The 71st National Awards were presented at the Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
Here's a look at the actresses featured on the calendar.
A look at the star arrivals.
Where is Bollywood travelling? Let's find out.
Priyanka Chopra gives a bright smile to the Mumbai media, as she gets clicked at the airport.
Actor-filmmaker Sachin directs his new Marathi film Amhi Satpute. It is said that Amhi Satpute is inspired from the 1982, Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini starrer Satte Pe Satta. Sachin played the role of Big B's youngest brother in Satte Pe Satta, whereas in the new film, he plays the eldest of the Satpute clan.
'Or because I am getting a s**tload of money.'
'Some time back, music was just noise.' 'Producers wrongly think item songs sell better.' 'Audiences are intelligent, they accept whatever you give, but that doesn't mean you can fool them.'
After his megahit Marathi film two years ago, Navra Maza Navsacha, Sachin is ready with another upcoming Marathi blockbuster, Amhi Satpute starring Supriya and Ashok Saraf.
'Even the stars are jealous of the sparkle in her eyes'.
Inspector Zende had the potential to be genuinely entertaining. Instead, it settles for formulaic fun, observes Mayur Sanap.
Ramesh Bhatkar and others have a case registered against them in Pune.
The actress-producer, 59, was being treated for cancer.
The tone of the film may be gloomy but it is never tragic or hopeless. Like millions of underprivileged people who find joy in small things, Shanu, Bua and their mother keep their heads above water, notes Deepa Gahlot.
'When I met Dubeyji, whose character I am playing, I told him the story is even more filmi than films.'
'One day my neighbour in Denver called me and said, "I think somebody is casing your house. So should I call the cops?"... they were scared that people case your house and then rob it.' 'And I said, "no, no, no. It's just that I am an actress".'
'Sulochanaji was indeed a mother-figure to both the Hindi and Marathi film industry.'
'Film shooting is a long process, and it is important to have a good bonding with the person you are going to spend six to eight months of your life.' 'Baaki, film toh bann jaati hain.'
It's the highest that a Mission: Impossible film has done in India.
The government maintained that Hindi would not be compulsory, but mandated the consent of at least 20 students per grade in a school for studying any Indian language other than Hindi.
Mimi will be directed by Kriti's Luka Chuppi director, Laxman Utekar.
Madhuri Dixit's first Marathi production 15 August will soon be streamed on Netflix.
'...and say that if I don't wear a sari, they will unfollow me.' 'Today, if I have 2.9 million followers on Instagram, out of that, the majority is from the South.' 'Telugu has given me the most fame and money.'
'When you are in new waters, you have to follow the rules of that water.'
'One is not allowed to smoke on the sets of a Hollywood film even during a break.' 'When I asked an assistant to suggest some place where I could light a cigarette, he recommended the bad boys' corner -- where Jack Nicholson smoked.' 'However, I hesitated.' 'But when I was heading back to my chair after the shot, Jack Nicholson asked me if I wanted to join him for a smoke. We had a long conversation over cups of cappuccino.'
Anand Abhyankar, 50, and Akshay Pendse, 33, were on their way to Mumbai from Pune when the accident happened.
Dinesh Raheja salutes Sandhya, the acclaimed dancer who passed into the ages on October 4.
Aseem Chhabra picks his top 10 Indian films of 2024, which includes films that have had theatrical releases or are streaming on OTT.
A Mumbai man helped a woman deliver a baby on a railway platform with the guidance of a doctor over a video call after she went into labor on a local train.
'In the beginning of Thamma, he's a common man like all of us. At the end of the film, he's a sexy beast!'
