'I narrated the story to many top actors, but for some reason, they couldn't connect with the character of a blind pianist.'
The hits and misses of the week.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
As cinemas remain shut and watching movies on big screen still a distant dream, OTT platforms are keeping us distracted from the pandemic with its steady supply of content.
'Portraying the life of commoners, I V Sasi was a man who created wonders for the silver screen.'
Opposition parties in Lakshadweep and Kerala are up in arms against various measures initiated by the Administrator of the group of islands, terming them as 'anti-people' and have sought his recall.
Well-known Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar died in Bangalore on Friday, October 29, following a heart attack, hospital sources said.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'I don't find characters that are not grey that exciting.'
Joginder Tuteja points us to the busiest actresses down south.
'That will happen and we shall overcome sooner than we expect.'
The 10-member jury was headed by filmmaker Vipul Shah. The awards were announced by jury member Dharam Gulati.
Once you are done paying your respect to God and Grasshoppers, you circle back to the human beings in Gold, and that's when things become progressively more and more muddled, observes Sreehari Nair.
Sreehari Nair reviews Ayyappanum Koshiyum.
Indrajith is on a roll. The Malayalam actor has two big Tamil films lined up -- Kandaswamy directed by Susie Ganesan and Sarvam by Vishnu Vanrdhan (of Billa fame). Kandasamy will feature him as the baddie opposite Vikram.
'I'm a guy who tries to find humour in every situation, no matter how difficult and serious, without offending anyone.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'We like to look at a screenplay as a spiral staircase.' 'You never know what awaits at the next turning.'
Taapsee is super. But that's not to say that the rest of the cast isn't tremendous, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
'Once Mohanlal's ever-swelling entourage grasped his enormous worth, once it realized that the innate Mohanlal appeal could be profited from, it set about to exploit, to make uproars, to create the Mohanlal brand.' 'And he wasn't meant to be a brand. He was meant to be an artist, a tireless explorer of the unique seas inside him,' asserts Sreehari Nair.
Malayalam actor Sharafudheen talks about the films that defined his career.
'Harshvardhan Kapoor will go on to become one of the finest Indian actors of this generation,' predicts Sreehari Nair. 'In Bhavesh Joshi, Kapoor treats the movie like a box and tries to break out of it.' 'It's magic to watch a young actor like Kapoor achieve intensity without overextending himself; he can hold a frame while merely being in it.'
