There is a group of La La Land haters -- especially jazz aficionados who feel the film gives too much importance to a white man who sets out to save the musical genre associated with the African American community, points out Aseem Chhabra.
Politics, favouritism and poor taste in cinema have contributed to embarrassing choices for the Oscar race in the past. This little gem from India needs the love, emotional and financial support from the government as well as the Indian film industry, argues Aseem Chhabra.
OBC leader Dharam Singh Saini on Thursday became the third minister to resign from the Uttar Pradesh cabinet this week, giving yet another jolt to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the run-up to the assembly polls.
Naan Sigappu Manithan has an honest narrative, excellent performances and many twists and turns that keep you entertained
To ensure transparency, the Third Eye Cinema Fund has roped in various agencies as auditors and advisors.
Jackie Shroff's son gets ready for Bollywood.
This is a film where random storylines are padded together with obscure Internet facts, observes Sreehari Nair.
The Supreme Court Tuesday said suspension from legislative assembly for one year should be linked with some purpose and there has to be an 'overpowering' reason that the member should not be allowed to even attend the next session.
Sardar Udham sets a great standard which, Utkarsh Mishra believes, would be emulated by other film-makers who want to make movies of this genre.
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The film gets repetitive after a point.
Back in Mumbai, the Quantico actress said she wanted to celebrate birthday with family.
Next week, US Secretary of State John Kerry travels to India for the fourth annual US-India Strategic Dialogue
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the petitions filed by the Shiv Sena and its rebel MLAs raise many constitutional questions which require consideration by a larger bench.
'He could indeed survive [the no confidence vote] even as he faces his biggest political test.'
Here's how she is linked to the most talked about Oscars speech of the year.
No one will outshine the Oscars stage this year.
"If telecom changed the game for how business was done in India, then we need 20 more of those systemic game-changers to take us to the next level," Ronnie Screwvala tells Pavan Lall.
White is pure. White is powerful. And our movies just love to channelise its immaculate energy and enhance a visual's impact.
'One can't allow oneself to be bullied into abandoning one's dream.'
The awards aren't the only story, and here, in chronological order, are my top 10 moments from this year's Globes.
When Rinku Singh won the Million Dollar Arm show in 2008, the Indians' 'Great American Dream' of playing professional baseball became a reality and now the promoters of that very contest want Americans to realise the 'Great Indian Dream' of playing in cash-rich Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament.
At 148 minutes, Spectre feels like the longest Bond film of all time, says Raja Sen.
Parasite's razor-sharp characterisations ensure that the picture is thoroughly entertaining though it falls short of greatness, declares Sreehari Nair.
'Another friend told me that the Russians had come to their homes, killed their neighbours and raped his neighbour's wife, and they killed even children in Bucha.'
Birdman. Boyhood. The Grand Budapest Hotel...
And no, the list doesn't start and stop with Boman Irani!
This TV also comes with an innovation -- it uses the screen as a speaker, says Uttaran Das Gupta.
The film hits theatres tomorrow, July 25.
A phone with a 4K display akin to Sony Bravia TV screens.
When a trial for a murder is going on -- with no end in sight -- more than ten years after the crime took place, it will not feel like the murder happened yesterday.
The curse of stardom, especially in a country like India -- which wants its Gods to be tidy and punctilious -- is that stardom forces you to stop exploring the frozen sea inside you, and instead inspires you more and more to perform out of a small puddle, observes Sreehari Nair.
The film is all about how a weak, good for nothing is suddenly transformed into a boxing champion by the power of true love.
Playing a character put off by the idea of retirement is becoming on Bachchan. Hands in pocket, eyes firmly focused on his mission, conviction inks his speech while his serene, sensitive, portrayal has a calming effect on the kids and Jhund, observes Sukanya Verma.
It is the most-awaited smartphone of 2018.
IMPPA officials had a closed door meeting with Shalini Thackeray, working president of Maharashtra Navnirman Chitrapat Karmachari Sena, to discuss the issue of release of "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" that hits cinema houses on October 28.
'I've had enough of umpire's call. Let's just ban umpire's call.'
Let the grandeur do the talking instead of the gags, says Raja Sen.
Cases that have come to light since the Weinstein scandal broke on October 5.
