The hits and flops of the week.
Like the rest of India, film folk like Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar came out on their balconies to clap and give a shout-out to people, who have been providing medical and other essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as part of PM Narendra Modi's Janta curfew initiative.
Dhamaka doesn't always hit the right buttons and Kartik Aaryan is a puny choice for a role of enormous calibre and incessant focus, rues Sukanya Verma.
The hits and flops of the week.
The new season begins on Star Plus from April 26.
Namrata Thakker turns her eyes to the ensemble cast and see what they have been up to since.
The hits and misses of the week.
Bollywood celebrated International Yoga Day by posting pictures from their yoga sessions.
'Dibakar Banerjee isn't simply giving a particular fascistic regime the finger.' 'Here, he wants to offer us a preview of the invisible forces and human tendencies that drive fascism, blind conformity, and mass hysteria,' says Sreehari Nair.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the biggest July hits in the last decade.
Pret designers Alpana Mittal and Neeraj Chauhan's outfits have been worn by Tyra Banks, the late Sridevi and Sofia Reyes.
The hits and misses of the week.
The politics of polarisation became part of the political landscape of the national capital after the Batla House encounter.
'A lot of people in the West think that India has a very conservative culture, so we don't show much intimacy and sex in movies here. But I always say that, without sex, India won't have a population of over 1.2 billion people.'
'Everybody is losing money as interest costs keep piling up.' 'Some films will wait for a theatrical release and some won't, keeping their profit and loss situation in mind.'
Joginder Tuteja takes a look at the film projects that are on floors now.
The daily wage earners who oil the wheels of the movies business are struggling to cope with the fallout of the lockdown.
'...Your confidence.' 'You go through this emotional roller coaster ride, which affects your partner as well.'
'What Super 30 really wants to say is Hrithik Roshan can be an action hero without showing off his sculpted torso,' says Sukanya Verma.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'The way the film has been designed is also very unique. The entire film is set in just one room.'
'On a scale of one to 10, my confidence level is minus 1.'
A look at television celebs and their Ganpati idols!
'The source of our music, the very notes of music itself have fallen silent.'
Mumbai defeated Uttar Pradesh by 46 runs in their last Super League Group B game, but that was not enough for them to find a place in the finals.
A round up of the fourth and final day's action of the Ranji Trophy matches on Sunday.
There are 11 actors, who are among Bollywood's busiest, working on multiple films simultaneously. Just who are they?
'When you write off good artistes, it's easier for them to beat their drums about their own people.'
Iyer's 147 is the highest T20 score by an Indian and in the process he surpassed wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who had scored an unbeaten 128 for Delhi Daredevils in the IPL.
'Love Sonia is a motion picture with the ambitions of a novel.' 'When I walked out of Love Sonia this Monday night, I walked out with a hushed audience that seemed too overcome by the raw power of the film to even pause for applause,' notes Sreehari Nair.
Krunal Pandya's all-round show helped Baroda beat Uttarakhand by five runs in their opening game of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, in Vadodara, on Sunday.
Railways caused the biggest upset in this Ranji Trophy season so far, after they defeated domestic giants Mumbai by 10 wickets within three days in their Elite Group B match, in Mumbai, on Friday. Railways pacer Himanshu Sangwan (5-60) took five wickets, as Mumbai were bundled out for 198 in their second essay at the Wankhede Stadium, after India Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane failed miserably in the second innings as well.
A summary of Thursday's matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy limited-overs' tournament.
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