The Independence Day holiday weekend is very popular amongst film-makers and film-goers.
Another week and a spate of OTT shows and movies to watch. Here's what Sukanya Verma recommends.
These films, even at their saddest, darkest and grossest, retain their sense of humour, their sense of proportion, which again is something you associate with a Malayali.
Film and telly folk attended the 29th Lions Gold Awards, which honoured extraordinary achievements in film, television, OTT, music and social welfare commitment.
There's a whole lot of entertainment coming your way on OTT this September.
At the end of eight episodes, the climax is bound to leave you with questions but it would be fair to say that the two-episode backstory and the characters seemed far more interesting than the six-episode drama and tension that led to it, observes Divya Nair.
Aarya Aakhri Vaar should have been slicker and more polished than the first, or at least ended with a louder bang, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'If you ask me where I want my career to go, I have been saying this for a long time: I want to do a K-drama. I want to be in Korea doing a love story, full of romance.'
The year is ending, but the OTT shows no signs of slowing down. Sukanya Verma brings you everything you can catch this week.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the newcomers, who will make up the Class of 2021.
Among the many popular contestants on Bigg Boss OTT is television actress Ridhima Pandit.
Rana Naidu is the desi adaptation of the American drama series Ray Donovan, and sees Ventakesh and Rana Daggubati play father and son.
Sukanya Verma looks at what's looking hot on the OTT menu this week.
By the time, Mumbaikar gets to where it wants to be via a twisty third act, we begin to see how much better the film could have been. But it's almost too little, too late, complains Mayur Sanap.
The glass is always full when it comes to OTT. Sukanya Verma brings you everything you can catch on streaming platforms this week.
There was no law or autonomous body governing digital content in India so far. Now, OTT and other platforms, including digital news websites, are expected to fall within a governmental framework of rules and regulations.
'If OTT platforms had not come in, we would not get this second lease of life.'
The season of festivities has kick-started and there is a flurry of movie releases in theatres.
Ranveer cheers Arsenal... Regina explores Sri Lanka... Akshay takes the train...
Action, drama, thriller and rom-coms, this week has a lot of entertainment coming up on OTT as well as in theatres.
'Being someone who wholely believes in God and frequently visits temples across the country, it is the last thing I would intentionally do. To those whose feelings we've touched, I extend my sincere & heartfelt apologies.'
'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian cinema.' N Sathiya Moorthy assesses the career and politics of movie legend Kamal Haasan on his 70th brthday.
As Heeramandi, set in 1920s Lahore, drops on Netflix on May 1, Sukanya Verma marvels at Bhansali's magnificent slices of history in 25 resplendent frames.
Kareena Kapoor Khan is making her OTT debut with Sujoy Ghosh's Netflix film, The Devotion of Suspect X.
'When I am doing a film, that film is not propaganda for me. That's a true thing.'
Namrata Thakker takes a peek into her AMAZING life through her Instagram feed.
It's raining movies and Web series on the Amazon Prime Video platform!
'You win some, you lose some. I suppose I'm winning some right now.'
Yami Gautam's career is flying high. Her latest film Article 370 is a superhit and adds to the list of successes to her credit, right from her debut film, Vicky Donor.
Its success script: Investing more in local content ecosystem; growing its partnership footprint.
'People started noticing me again. OTT is a good platform for serious actors. In the olden days, unless you are the heroine, actors would have screen deaths. But now, there are so many good roles for women.'
Of late, Bollywood is showing a lot of interest in planes, the commercial and fighter varieties. And audiences seem to love it too!
It is only fitting for this sensational beauty to be one of the most-in-demand faces in Tollywood.
With 2023 breaking records at the box office, quite a few actresses contributed to the blockbuster numbers.
'The maximum struggle that I have gone through in this industry was to try to get a film made which had a female action star.' 'And that film never got made, despite reaching out to some of the biggest actresses.'
Heeramandi, a passion project that took off after years in development and planning, mirrors Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film-making's finest and frustrating features, observes Sukanya Verma.
'Love in today's time is very fast-paced, whereas I seek calmness in love.'
'Success is in the hands of the audience. I learn from what they like or dislike, and take the next step further.'
Kareena Kapoor makes her debut on OTT, and it's nothing less than a thriller from Sujoy Ghosh.
Vaani Kapoor says she wanted to make her debut in the digital space with a 'clutter-breaking' story and Mandala Murders came as the perfect opportunity.
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