In the industry for over 25 years, it's good to see how Rani Mukerji is continuing to spearhead films as the lead and still bringing in audiences.
'In Raktobeej, I had a lot of physical action to do, so that was a new challenge.' 'We didn't want the action scenes to be over-the-top.' 'We wanted to make the action raw and real.'
'I was very keen to make another film and I was dying to say action and cut and get back into creating characters and creating worlds.' 'But I just didn't have a script I was happy with.' 'I was working every day on the writing and I was struggling with that.'
Aarya Aakhri Vaar should have been slicker and more polished than the first, or at least ended with a louder bang, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'While OTTs are a reality, big film producers will prefer a theatrical release before a digital one.'
If reliable sources are to be believed, S S Rajamouli's big-screen spectacle RRR may go to OTT after all, but with conditions.
'If there is an artiste somewhere in India or in the world who wants to express her art, I hoped that this award would inspire them, and add meaning to their journey.'
'It doesn't matter if you are from abroad or Indian, we are told that there's a prime time for a female actor.' 'It's time that people understand there is no certain age for women to thrive in.'
Joginder Tuteja gives us the half yearly box office report of 2023.
'This man could hypnotise you with his voice, his words have so much depth.'
'Family is the most important thing in a society.' 'That's why I am always thinking about family and society. I want it to be better.'
With theatres remaining shut, new releases are making a beeline for OTT platforms, and companies are forging tie-ups to reach out to the target audience.
'Tamil, Telugu or Malayalam films are rooted in their culture.' 'Hindi films are not rooted.' 'English-speaking people are making Hindi films.'
'Our viewers have grown up over the years.' 'Today, they want to see something which is sensible, a story rooted in logic rather than jingoism.'
The actor herself is living it up in the Northern Lights Village Resort, Saariselka, Finland.
'I was supposed to fly out for a film, and just a few days before, they figured out that I was on TV for seven-eight years.' 'So they said it was not going to work out.' 'That was heartbreaking.'
'...you start running after the star.' 'If the star says yes to the film, the ecosystem supports it.' 'The biggest cog in the wheel of the ecosystem is the audience and we forget that.'
'There can be no bigger compliment than people walking away, carrying the film in their hearts, and thanking you for it.'
Whatever the fate of his movie may be at the box office, Akshay Kumar sure knows how to entertain his audiences.
With so many films shifted to the new year, it's going to be a busy year for Bollywood's actors.
Buoyed by Sooryavanshi's success, the Hindi film industry is banking on 25-30 big movies lined up with a collective cost tag of Rs 2,000 crore.
'Whenever I am on that set, I feel excited.' 'But I have to turn that switch off because if I keep feeling like a fan girl, I am not going to do my job properly.' 'It is very tough for someone whose introduction to Hindi movies happened through someone like him.'
'I will never do anything for titillating the audience.'
The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted over the weekend.
'Karan Johar has made the Telugu star a promise that his Bollywood debut would be spectacular.'
There's so much entertainment coming up in the first three months of 2023!
Last weekend seemed to be dedicated to awards for style and talent.
Joginder Tuteja finds out if audiences love his villainous avatars by looking back at his negative roles.
'But hey, even lone wolves howl at the moon every now and then, right?'
Joginder Tuteja lists the highest-grossing female-centric films.
Film-makers seem to think a modern woman has to adopt the worst traits of men, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'That will happen and we shall overcome sooner than we expect.'
'This is the best time to do a pan-Indian film.'
Many big Bollywood's big movies have been pushed forward to 2021, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Among them are quite a few bio-pics.
Mammootty should sign up for an OTT series because he's too charismatic to let this be our last memory of the CBI diaries, suggests Divya Nair.
There is no plot, no central story line or theme. It appears Atlee felt if he put a Shah Rukh Khan (there are two of them actually!) on screen doing just about anything, the film would sell, sighs Nitin Sathe.
Even as Ponniyin Selvan: I arrives on OTT to enjoy a whole new audience after its theatrical release, its director Mani Ratnam threw a party.
From Rs 191 billion in 2019, the world's largest film producing industry now stands at Rs 72 billion thanks to the pandemic.
'The world needs Gandhi now more than any other time in history.'
