'Panipat has all the meat for a political drama meets war movie. But in Ashutosh Gowariker's failure to process its complexity, the material never rises beyond a mediocre hurray to the Maratha manoos,' says Sukanya Verma.
Indi pop singer Alisha Chinai recently spoke out about the music scene in Bollywood, and her tiff with composers Vishal-Shekhar.
Pope Francis has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2013.
A red carpet staple, the cape is making a big splash at Cannes 2017 thanks to the actor.
'On a new kidney, her immune system still getting used to it, she took on the Pakistanis at the UN, held meetings with her counterparts from across the world, and presented a picture of incredible poise and dignity,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
Saluting the late MS Viswanathan and his brilliant music.
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The film sacrifices sense for style, feels Sukanya Verma.
'Stree's allegorical approach doesn't interfere with its need to endear and entertain.' 'Important ideas of empowerment and item songs as well as chills and chuckle coexist to fulfil its objective of thoda hasao, thoda darao,' says Sukanya Verma.
Guess who takes up the top spot!
Under Rajkumar Hirani's light touch and unwavering optimism, the darkness of Sanjay Dutt's life acquires the spirit of a sportsman, grit of a soldier, humour of a rascal and regrets of a son, notes Sukanya Verma.
Race 3 doesn't merely demand you to leave your brains behind but guarantees you won't find them anywhere even after the ordeal is over, feels Sukanya Verma.
Roy is so tangled in its inflated, erratic ideas of a pseudo mystery around parallel lives and loves that it ceases to make sense even before it takes of
Some broke stereotypes. Some inspiring. Some made our jaws drop.
Give this film a miss, says Namrata Thakker!
This episode doesn't reach the heights of the one with all the Kapoor siblings; Hema Malini and Zeenat Aman's blast from the past or Ranveer-Arjun's raita rendezvous but amply underscores SRK's reputation as the superstar we love to hear talk, writes Sukanya Verma.
Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran is a forgettable film that is probably not worth your time, says S Saraswathi.
'Go against society and people for that.' 'You don't have to be politically correct always.'
Lal Bahadur Shastri is a New Gen venture that offers you just few chuckles and laughs here and there.
The best red carpet looks from the British Fashion Awards 2015.
Billie Ellish had a history-making night at the 62nd Grammy awards, as she swept the four biggest prizes: Best New Artiste, Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year.
Sukanya Verma lists the lessons Bollywood taught us this year.
'Aaradhya is constantly singing and dancing at home, sometimes to my songs, sometimes to her father's and her grandfather's songs.' 'It's a normal household.' 'We're trying to keep the atmosphere around Aaradhya as normal as possible,' Ms Gorgeous tells Subhash K Jha.
Kamal Haasan's unrivalled make up skills, Jack Nicholson's haunting imagery, Asha Parekh's life as a Hit Girl and the surprise package of Beauty and the Beast, it's all there in Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.
Nationalism, Hindutva, and war on corruption, not growth, will define Modi's politics until 2019.
Taapsee is super. But that's not to say that the rest of the cast isn't tremendous, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Making fashion history one awards edition at a time.
'There's no love for the song or Madhuri, no consideration for what it meant to an entire generation and zero respect for its iconic choreography,' says Sukanya Verma.
'With its fine zingers and feisty acknowledgement, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan does more for sex, both noun and verb, than any Hindi film can claim to in a long, long time,' notes Sukanya Verma.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
A week of bumping into trapped souls, savouring Achari Alia Paneer, envisaging Kishore Kumar crooning Kajrare and celebrating one year of Sukanya Verma's super filmi column.
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