'Perhaps it was those decades of batting collapses, ensuring several generations watch the game with fingers crossed so tight it's hard to applaud... Perhaps it was the fact that we, who have never had a tearaway fast bowler, were subjected to so many brutal, scoreboard-shaking blows by opposing batters that we think the others simply do it better'... Raja Sen on how India began to love the Sixer...
Raja Sen catches up with Christian Bale as he discusses The Fighter, Batman and co-star Mark Wahlberg.
Salman Khan talks to Raja Sen about his movies and the women in his life.
Salman Khan tells Raja Sen about his ability to sniff out a hit film while it's still being made, how his painting is a big jhol, and much more.
Some of her best films are not available on streaming platforms, but Deepa Gahlot looks at her Hindi cinema oeuvre on OTT.
'People started noticing me again. OTT is a good platform for serious actors. In the olden days, unless you are the heroine, actors would have screen deaths. But now, there are so many good roles for women.'
The filmmaker discusses the problem of stars and image, the basic Bollywood screenwriting hurdle that should never change, and why he would never cast newcomers in his films.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho fails to impress at the box office.
The OTT boom has proved a boon for a lot of hibernating '90s beauties as they rediscover themselves in exciting new avatars.
Here's a look at his next batch of movies to cherish.
Don't forget to send in your top films list too!
Aseem Chhabra tries to guess which movies will be a part of Oscar history, if only as a nomination.
Director Imtiaz Ali talks about his romantic comedies, Jab We Met and Socha Na Tha.
Karan Johar speaks of creating worlds as a writer, the moment he first realised he could actually direct films, and how he wouldn't have produced Lagaan.
Raja Sen digs deep down in the mind of the man who gave us Acid Factory and Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena.
Rediff readers debate the controversies surrounding Formula One.
Check out the hot actress and her avatar in the film.
Legendary actor Pankaj Kapur talks about the problem with our filmmakers.
Pankaj Kapur discusses his latest, The Blue Umbrella.
Here's looking at the films that failed at the box office in the first half of 2016.
Suparn Verma and Raja Sen dissect 2007 with Rediff Readers, while Bolly Woods moderates the chat.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
Johnny Gaddaar director Sriram Raghavan on the blast he had making the film.
The hits and misses of the week.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
Boman Irani discusses remakes, and why we may be coming down too strongly against them.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
'The people here understand that the Congress is not trying to exploit the voter on the basis of their caste, their religion. It wants development.'
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