Veteran music composer Khayyam revisits Umrao Jaan.
Once the initial wide-eyed worship of the filming process fades away, all that Boyhood leaves you with is a faint sense of nostalgia and not much else, says Paloma Sharma.
Sukanya Verma's super filmy week was high on emotions.
'Good luck, Chaitanya Tamhane. May the jury system prove better for you than the bench trial did for your protagonist.'
Filmmaker Mansoor Khan turned his back to the movies, to live a simple life off the land. He has another passion now -- Mother Earth.
Lucy could have used more action and a better soundtrack, feels Paloma Sharma.
Bhar Do Jholi Meri is Salman's favourite song. Here's looking at other smashing qawwalis through time.
If sporting films were pitted against one another, Dangal would be champion, says Raja Sen.
'A film that tells its tale with calculated intent -- coolly, cleverly, taking its time -- mirroring the dry panache of its self-assured protagonist.'
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite episodes from Koffee With Karan over the years.
The car is a conventional hatchback with state-of-the-art aerodynamics.
Raja Sen says his goodbyes to a true comic genius.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Deepika Padukone gives her point of view, yet again.
Take the kids you know (and the kid within you) and go watch The Jungle Book, Raja Sen advises.
'Dhoni's skills are unbelievable and also his mindset, the way he thinks about the game.'
Rubbishing the speculations that all is not well in Indian dressing room, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that these imaginary stories that have come out could be made into a movie by Warner brothers.
'For the last ten years they have approached me every single year.' 'There was a year when I was really looking forward to going.' 'I wanted to see how interesting it is to spend 60 days with random people.' 'But as time progressed the dirt kept becoming bigger and bigger and personalities kept becoming smaller and smaller.'
The gulf between Hindi cinema's finest current actor and his contemporaries widens with each film. But even Irrfan Khan, in Mick Jagger's words, can't always get what he wants. Raja Sen tells us why that's not a bad thing.
Don't bother with 47 Ronin if you've already seen the 2:31 minute trailer, the rest of the 116.69 minutes can be ignored, writes Paloma Sharma.
Saeed Jaffrey lives on through his versatile body of work.
The Bollywood veteran celebrated her birthday on Sunday, September 8.
Crimson Peak is not for everyone, but the mood is set very early on, says Raja Sen.
Talvar is a cleanly-crafted film, says Raja Sen.
Singing doyen Lata Mangeshkar, who turns 86 today, September 28, looks back at her glorious singing career with Subhash K Jha.
'This is a giant film, a magnum opus drunk on its own magnum-ity, and it is perfectly clear early on, as the narrative races out the gate and gauntlets are flung up in the air and shot through with arrows, that a film like this can only work as opera,' says Raja Sen.
Masaan is an immense achievement for a first-time filmmaker and must be applauded, says Raja Sen.
The new Surface Pro an impressive upgrade over its predecessors, says Aparna Banerjea.
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Ram Leela is a lavish visual spread and is filled with moments of thrill, ingenuity and splendour.
R K Narayan's house has been preserved as a simple museum with his memorabilia, thanks to the imagination of a commissioner of Mysore, who stopped its sale by RKN's successors to a property developer and purchased it for the government.
Pacific Rim is possibly the best and the grandest belated gift a man can offer his childhood, writes Sukanya Verma.
The Wolf of Wall Street has its moments but it is director Martin Scorsese's weakest attempt at film-making, says Aseem Chhabra.
It is a film worth watching and recommending and loving, like a novel you can't wait to lend to friends you care about.
'I salute Dixit and Qureshi for playing roles that are not in line with what mainstream Bollywood expects of its female stars,' says Aseem Chhabra, noting how Dedh Ishqiya makes important points in the most nuanced way.
Manu Kumar Jain, India head, Xiaomi, tells Sangeeta Tanwar how the Chinese smartphone maker won over the Indian market.
Shah Rukh Khan yelps and squeaks and shrieks and bares fangs and pouts and, well, exhausts himself overcompensating at every step, despite nobody else in the film following this template.
Bhoothnath Returns has a few laughs but it ignores the basics, rants Raja Sen.
