Sukanya Verma looks at what's looking hot on the OTT menu this week.
Gowri Ramnarayan explores the world of Kalki Krishnamurthy whose magnificent novel Ponniyin Selvan has inspired Mani Ratnam's latest film PS I.
Joginder Tuteja takes a look at just how good this month is for Bollywood.
The couple ended their marriage with a cute message.
For audiences craving something new, Axone leaves a good impression, notes Joginder Tuteja.
'... and committed.' 'Priyanka had so much happening in her personal life...' 'Once we started, Priyanka rose to it.'
ZEE5 has launched a short film festival. Joginder Tuteja tells you what's on offer.
On his 90th birth anniversary, Sukanya Verma lists 20 of her favourite scenes that reiterate his extraordinary grasp on the language of cinema and connect with the viewer.
'Once Mohanlal's ever-swelling entourage grasped his enormous worth, once it realized that the innate Mohanlal appeal could be profited from, it set about to exploit, to make uproars, to create the Mohanlal brand.' 'And he wasn't meant to be a brand. He was meant to be an artist, a tireless explorer of the unique seas inside him,' asserts Sreehari Nair.
She was capable of a level of human compassion that is rare today among politicians, recalls Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who knew the Communist legend K R Gowri, who passed into the ages on May 11, from his childhood.
Badhaai Do carries its audience on the wave of those little farces that come with being queer in India, a land where masculinity still has some say, observes Sreehari Nair.
'I was heartbroken, reeling from the sadness that came with the realisation that I would never working with him again.'
The 'NRI movie' appeared soon after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge's blockbuster success.
Amitabh Bachchan shares his beautiful wedding story.
Khadija Choonawala tells us how she did the impossible.
The NGO runs a football program in rural Jharkhand covering 450 girls.
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Director Sohannlal does make an impression by narrating a different story in Kathaveedu.
'Some months before his death, when I had inquired about his health, he was annoyed that people assumed the worst.' '"I am not going anywhere," Rishi snapped as only he could.'
'Everywhere, people would ask me why I had left films. They wanted to see more of me.' 'Their words were music to my ears.'
Arundhuti Dasgupta maps a trail from the southernmost tip to its suburbs.
'I want to tell the singers of our country that they should not be another Rafi, Kishore, Lata, Asha or Mukesh,' Latajiji tells Subhash K Jha. 'Be yourself. Learn dedication to the craft from us, but do not imitate us.'
The number of Indians over 15 either working or looking for work is lower as a percentage than in the United States, China, Bangladesh or Pakistan, points out Aakar Patel.
Subhash K Jha catches up with Masaba Gupta, the newest star on the OTT platform.
At the end of the six short stories, Feels Like Ishq is uneven yet watchable, feels Sukanya Verma.
'Today, 25 years later, Raja Hindustani is as much a Dharmesh Darshan film as it is Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor's 'different' love story.'
'A lot of married people are not happy with their partners, so how does a marriage decide happiness? Our family wants us to be happy and successful, and marriage doesn't fit anywhere.'
'For men to find their centre of gravity, it will only come when they are settled in their head.'
Joaquin Phoneix (Joker) and Renne Zellweger (Judy) should keep their fingers crossed, says Kumar Abishek.
I remember a showbiz wedding during which guests had to sit through several painstakingly rehearsed but awkward dances performed by the bride's and groom's relatives. When Karan rolled his eyes, I smiled and said to him, 'You started it, now you suffer it.' An enchanting excerpt from Anupama Chopra's A Place In My Heart.
'After people watch this film, their thinking towards women will change.'
It is only in the second half that Batla House has gripping moments, feels Prasanna D Zore.
Two men smiling, eyeing each other as they briefly let their guard down, with no care of what the world around them is thinking, that has almost never been shown in a Bollywood film, notes Aseem Chhabra.
'I had never in my wildest dreams imagined that this could happen to me.'
As Sonam, Ranveer gear up for cricket movies we take a look at other hit cricket movies.
We asked you, our dear readers, to share your personal 2 States stories. Here is one more!
Never let self-doubt get in your way and the fear of rejection stop you from growing.
We asked you to share your 2 States stories and we've been inundated with your responses. Here is the latest one:
Satish Gangwar tells us how he found his lady love Deepti.
We invited you, our dear readers to share your 2 States stories with us and we've been inundated with your responses.
We had asked you, our dear readers, to tell us what it is really like for a south Indian to marry a north Indian. Geetika Choudhary shares her story!
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