Namrata Thakker looks at Bigg Boss couples, who have been setting #RelationshipGoals.
After losing two festive seasons to Covid-led restrictions, 2022 is seeing an uninhibited celebration of festivals. This is pushing up discretionary spend, which is attracting advertisers and brands, who are ready to capitalise on the momentum. The festive season has begun with Onam and Ganesh Chathurthi held earlier this month in Kerala and Maharashtra, respectively.
In a new series, we look at the top 10 shows in the most popular genres.
'I never allow myself to look anxiously over my shoulder at what my co-star is doing.'
'I admire the discipline with which she trained for the action scenes.' 'I admire her for the dedication with which she managed to lose all the weight she had put on for Thalaivi, physically transforming herself before coming into this film.'
There's a lot of action on the OTT front as well as in theatres.
'My biggest takeaway of the year was to value the present, to live every moment that has been gifted to us, rather than make plans for the future because no matter how much you plan, there is no guarantee about the future.'
OTT has been flooded with a number of film and Web series releases, and many of them are very entertaining.
Shut Up Sona is about one woman refusing to be silenced, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the new shows on our plate.
'But what the hell! Do it because it is brilliant.'
With any luck, Bollywood will get back on its feet again and give us much to awe and amaze about.
'Stop showing off your star power because there is nothing called star power.' 'The power is only in the script.' 'If you are getting a good script, 'Chup chaap le lo!''
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Kabir Khan's '83 saw a grand premiere in Mumbai, attended by the film's star cast.
'While men are brought up to be more vocal, women are taught to be more silent, resilient and self sacrificing. We have tried to explore this.'
Modern Love: Mumbai has a mostly good selection of stories, and unlike so many other OTT shows that seem to think profanity and sex depict modernity, this one can be watched with the family without any discomfort, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'But today I feel proud of my choices because it has given me longevity.'
'Today, saving lives needs to take precedence.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at the releases which did a minimum lifetime business of Rs 20 crore. Unfortunately, the list is not very long.
'I remember how my grandmother was scared for me when I joined the industry because she was aware of the hurdles and pitfalls.' 'It's a harsh place.' 'When the going is good, it's great, but you really have to have the spirit to deal with the situation when the chips are down.'
The best films are not necessarily the most successful -- that would be another list altogether -- although sometimes quality and commerce do converge.
'The reason I have lasted so long is because I love my work very much.'
'There is a lot of money coming into the business, people are consuming a lot of content, there is no dearth of new films and shows coming out of India and being available worldwide.'
Even though each episode is about an hour long, you won't reach even blink: Divya Nair applauds Suzhal: The Vortex.
While the topic of surrogacy is not common in Hindi movies, it has been done before.
'Because of what she has done to every one of her films, they are untouchable.'
News, as a business, faces its biggest crisis ever, globally. To fight it needs investment in feet-on-the-ground journalism, tech tools like artificial intelligence among other things.
Ross and Rachel end their super long break. Kate Winslet solves Easttown's grimmest mystery. Huma Qureshi gets political in Bihar. All this and more on OTT this week notes Sukanya Verma.
It's very easy to keep up with the children of Bollywood's leading heroes. But what about Bollywood's biggest villains?
'I don't think I ever wanted to work with anyone, no Khans, nobody, except for Mr Amitabh Bachchan.'
The lockdown has seen some amazing shows finding their way to home screens.
It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business.
Joginder Tuteja looks at films that didn't do well in theatres but became popular on satellite television or on OTT.
'What matters to me is that the film is reaching out and touching hearts.' 'An 85-year old man and his 75-year wife, who had never stepped into a cinema, went to see The Kashmir Files.' 'That is my real achievement.'
'The young generation doesn't want to work with old hats like me.' 'They don't understand that we are brighter and wiser because of our experience.' 'We can take them on the right path, but they should keep their ears open.'
'These days, the whole world is out there on the Net giving a lot of gaalis to the film industry.'
2020 may have been a dampener for movie releases in theatres. But 2021 is expected to be better.
For all its tall claims of edge and darkness in the title, Rudra is a rather bland, blah, posturing, personality-less take on a sinister series, observes Sukanya Verma.
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