Soon after her arrival at the Mumbai airport for attending the two-day meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on August 31 and September 1, Banerjee drove to Bachchan's residence 'Jalsa' in suburban Juhu.
So many film folk turned up at the opening night of the Jio MAMI Film Festival, held at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) in Mumbai.
Lovingly made, heartfelt stories that speak the truths about our lives.
'Hope is about being more accepting of each other, the kind of solidarity and friendship that even our families may not be able to give.'
The organisers of MAMI have decided not to screen the film fearing protests.
Priyanka Chopra is in shaadi-mode, as her younger brother Siddharth gets married to Neelam Upadhyaya in Mumbai.
'The only violence I have had in any film of mine is a slap.' 'When Nikhil narrated the film to me, I was blown away.' 'I was literally screaming out of my chair.'
Kareena's sombre performance lingered on long after I had left the theatre, notes Sukanya Verma.
'When I was invited by Didi to her house, my only thing was, 'I really want to see if her house is actually that small.' Is it smaller than my house or not?'
Sukanya Verma looks at their eclectic career of over two decades as their latest offering Citadel: Honey Bunny, the Indian leg of the Russo Brothers globetrotting spy universe series, drops on Amazon Prime Video on November 7.
'Rapists do have families. I wanted to see how a father or mother would deal with it.' 'They go through shame as well and get discriminated from the rest of the village.' 'Why don't we show it that way?'
Payal Kapadia's understanding of what it means to be a woman is as poignant as her authentic portrait of Mumbai's hoi polloi, observes Sukanya Verma.
Writers and creators are telling more authentic stories based in states and cities that we may not have seen much of in mainstream media, such as Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. Or ones that we have some mistaken notions about like Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, highlights Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'I've spoken to Gangubai's soul.' 'I've had long conversations with her in my mind.' 'I understood her suffering, anger, joys and sorrow.' 'I had to connect to the soul of this amazing woman.' 'I think I did.'
'I was blessed to earn a lot of fame and money, more than I ever expected, and the time has come to share what I have earned with others.'
'At his wedding with Patralekha, I officiated as the groom's father as Raj has lost both parents, and that's the relationship we share today.'
Can a culture survive as a way of life, even as the language and writing at its core, alter with time? Can we be rational and Malayalee or do we have to necessarily be religious and proudly cultural to be Malayalee? asks Shyam G Menon.
'The script, the way it has been written, the relationships, the intensity... everything was so powerful.'
'We need to understand and respect wildlife behaviour.'
'India was 10 years old when Guru Dutt made Pyaasa, but even at that young age, its poets -- including the film's lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi -- appeared disappointed with the direction the country was taking.'
After a rather dull April when there were hardly any theatrical or OTT releases, May would be a lot more crowded with a dozen odd movies and web series arriving.
'Did anyone else get the feeling that AWIAL -- despite being ostensibly based in the Mumbai of today -- is actually set in a Neverland of Solemnity?' asks Sreehari Nair.
'Habitat was viewed as the proxy for him and got unjustly targeted.'
National award winner Chaitanya Tamhane tells us the story behind his film, Court.
'I've been a villain, I've been a champ, I've been a superhero, I've been a zero, I've been a rejected fan, and I've been a very, very resilient lover.'
The Cairo Film Festival will also celebrate the Subhash Ghai film festival with the screening of two of his\n\nblockbusters, Hero and Karma.
The film will star Nymphomaniac actor Stacy Martin.
'These accusations of my film being a copy only makes our chances at the Academy harder.'
The stock of mall developer and commercial real estate major, The Phoenix Mills (Phoenix), is up 26 per cent since its business update in the third week of January. The gains came on strong December quarter performance and the consumption boost in the Budget which is expected to help the company sustain its growth trends.
Sonam Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal and others at the screening of Punjabi film Chauthi Koot.
Priyanka Chopra looked wow when she attended the wedding celebrations of her brother, Siddharth Chopra, over the weekend in Mumbai.
Film folk of all ages celebrated Bhai Dooj on Sunday.
'Great western directors have been making films in India for the last 40 years,' Hollywood script Paul Schrader says.
Larzish will explore themes of gender and sexual plurality.
There's clearly no limit to how dramatic a wedding can be.
Island City should not be missed, raves Aseem Chhabra.
Raashii Khanna and Vikrant Massey celebrated the beginning of Navratri with Falguni Pathak.
Batra's The Lunchbox was passed over for The Good Road last year.
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