As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
Sources say Kriti Sanon, super excited to be working in the mythological space for the first time, will play Sita mata with the full conviction of a true devotee.
Mani Ratnam reunites with the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai for the Tamil film Ponniyin Selvan: I, also known as PS-I, a historical fiction based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's namesake novel.
It is always fun when real life couples take their love on screen.
'Whenever Mani sir says Ash, I am like, 'Do I die in the end? Do I get her?'
Two years ago this day, Astad Deboo, dancer extraordinaire, passed into the ages. A new exhibition Breaking Boundaries remembers the pioneer who redrew the margins of Indian dance.
Joginder Tuteja looks at films set in the jungles.
Hopefully, Hindi and non-Tamil audiences that have been patronising gangster movies from the South will give this fabulous looking historical a chance, says Deepa Gahlot.
'You win some, you lose some. I suppose I'm winning some right now.'
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
Bollywood's ladies have ditched the makeup from time to time and showcased their flawless natural beauty in the movies.
People are easily convinced to take lives as though it's a game of passing-the-parcel... Crime is not merely romanticised and rationalised, but also rewarded, points out Sukanya Verma. Breathe: Into the Shadows 2 Review
Here's list of a few controversial remarks made by our politicians this year.
While we wait to see just how good Brahmastra is and how well it does at the box office, Joginder Tuteja looks at how sci-fi movies have done in recent times.
The success of south films like KGF: Chapter 2, RRR and Pushpa: The Rise has resulted in audiences getting more and more receptive towards watching stars from this industry in Hindi films.
'At the centre of it all is Abhishek Bachchan trying valiantly to pique our curiosity, but simply cannot muster the edginess his Avinash so badly needs,' observes Sukanya Verma.
That AAP managed a sizeable vote share in Gujarat is creditable. The BJP can no longer ignore AAP's growing presence in its strongest bastion, explains Ramesh Menon, long-time observer of Gujarat politics.
Some movies of 2021 excelled in content but yet, they did not do well.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on her role in Mani Ratnam's Raavan.
Padma Shri awardee and well known choreographer Astad Deboo speaks on shooting with Aishwarya and Abhishek for Raavan.
Sukanya Verma looks at the many ways fire enjoys a significant presence in our movies.
Sukanya Verma looks at husband and wife filmi collaborations.
Joginder Tuteja goes back a decade, and looks at the big movies that flopped from 10 years ago.
The director who is almost ready with the bilingual Raavan (Raavanan in Tamil) will be honoured with Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the Venice Film Festival to be held in September.
Junior Bachchan on his latest movie Raavan.
We celebrate Aishwarya by looking at her best close-up pictures through the years.
Touching moments from a funeral.
Movies are now releasing in multiple languages in theatres, and each one seems to have found an audience.
Bhuj: The Pride of India: Pearl Harbour on a dollar store budget, notes Sukanya Verma.
'Working with Pooja has been a great experience for Prabhas.' 'Another project with the two is being planned.'
Abhishek Bachchan gets love from the Indian Diaspora.
Think you know everything about Bollywood? Test your gyaan here!
Today, turning bad seems to have trendy, as A-listers are taking the villain route.
Test your filmi gyaan here!
Does the "story" of a Mani Ratnam film come first or does its "spirit" asks Sreehari Nair.
Sonali Bendre even recommended a list of books you can pick up during the lockdown.
The film is produced by Mani Ratnam's Madras Talkies in both Telugu and Tamil.
Ash will be giving her voice to Angelina Jolie's character in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, in the film's Hindi dubbed version.
The actor in his next film plays a gym instructor aspiring to be a villain in films
Here's looking at the most impressive Hindi films of the year.
