Before she enters the Bigg Boss house, Namrata Thakker gives us a closer look at her through her Instagram feed and finds out what is she really like!
'I am not a part of any group or politics.' 'I work with everyone.' 'I have worked with Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn.' 'None of the Khans have ever taken me in their films.'
'Not because she was in the news for Sushant Singh Rajput, but because she has a good role and has acted well.'
'I asked him once, 'You are such a big superstar, why are you always on time? I don't see the other stars being on time.' 'He said, 'If you learn how to respect time, time will respect you. Time will never wait for you and you will regret it'.'
Intensity, blood and gore are going to be key here.
'I did get a couple of offers (in Hindi cinema) but the roles required a doll-like heroine, a glamorous role. I was getting challenging roles in the South and so I stayed here.'
Gulabo Sitabo was made with a budget of Rs 40 crore to Rs 45 crore. Amazon Prime bought the streaming rights for Rs 60 crore to Rs 65 crore, helping the producers make over Rs 20 crore.
'He has the voice, the performance, the talent and the presence.' 'He is a bankable star, so he brings all these things to the table.'
Aseem Chhabra rates the movies he's watched in 2023, and tells you where you can watch them!
Sukanya Verma gives us her OTT recommendations for the week.
'Earlier, it was four songs and four fights, and some story. That was enough.' 'Maybe we are in a box then and the audiences were not prepared for anything new.' 'Now we have got bigger scope.'
The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted over the weekend.
''I don't revisit any of my work once it's complete because I'm very self-critical.' 'I will probably exclaim, "Oh God, such bad acting!"'
'My mother (Yogita Bali) tells me you were camera ready as soon as you came out of my womb.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at the Bollywood debutantes on streaming platforms.
'A young film-maker like me doesn't have the luxury of first choices.'
Sukanya Verma's OTT recommendations for the week.
Some were brilliant while in others, the performances made them a great watch.
Home on Valentine's Day? Watch these Web series!
Joginder Tuteja lists the biggest box office successes with stars in uniform.
Applause Entertainment has joined hands with the OTT platform aha for an adaptation of Vinay Sitapati's book, Half Lion: How P V Narasimha Rao Transformed India.
'We don't want to lose out on its cult value by rushing into something just for the sake of making Part 3.'
'Fawad wants to take my place as president of the bank in a fictional country.' 'That way I got to tell one of the most talented actors in Pakistan what to do all the time.' 'I enjoyed that.'
A gangster's recollections, a tennis champ's triumph and a two-timing teenager -- Sukanya Verma gives you OTT recommendations for the week.
'Acting is probably the most wonderful profession anyone can have because you make every film set with 200 people, so you make 200 new friends every four months, and you learn so many things from these new lives.'
Salute explores narratives of police brutality and unethical practices, power-hungry politicians who will stop at nothing and the helplessness of innocent victims of crime, observes Divya Nair.
'The fun part of playing evil is that one gets to do all the things that one would normally never do.'
Raveena shares a wow throwback picture...Tisca shares her OTT binge list...
'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.'
There's a lot of action on the OTT front as well as in theatres.
'Previously, when people used to meet each other, without any hesitation, they used to hug each other or shake hands.' 'But no longer.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at the new shows on our plate.
In a new series, we look at the top 10 shows in the most popular genres.
Monsters from hell, time loops and time travel, magical realms and bomb threats, things are pretty action-packed on OTT this week, observes Sukanya Verma.
Joginder Tuteja looks at Shah Rukh's 10 biggest recent hits.
The Stardust 50th Anniversary Honours awards saw the who's who of Bollywood on the red carpet.
'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.'
OTT has been flooded with a number of film and Web series releases, and many of them are very entertaining.
'For the paraplegic young girl, I needed a fresh face, someone who did not have the baggage of doing such movies before, someone who the audience liked.'
Namrata Thakker looks at Bigg Boss couples, who have been setting #RelationshipGoals.
