Original's goodwill, natural bonhomie amongst the actors and wild card entries, Stree 2's spirited return sure has its high points, notes Sukanya Verma.
'I felt more deeply moved by my character Mahima than I have with any other character.'
'People ask, "Are you envious of Raj?" I mean, are you envious of your brother or sister or your mum and dad?' 'No. You feel a sense of pride when you see the other person excel.' 'Both of us are from the industry, so seeing the other person excel is what inspires me and instills faith and hope in me.'
The who's who of Bollywood lined up to attend the wedding reception of Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal at the Bastian restaurant in Mumbai.
The makers of Khel Khel Mein and Vedaa could not have imagined the kind of euphoria that Stree 2 would bring and in the end, emerge as the first choice of audiences.
We take a look at 10 recent awe-inspiring prosthetic aesthetics that actors have rocked for their respective roles in films.
This is turning out to be a real low season for movies, where nothing seems to be working at the box office, be it action, drama or romance. The presence of stars don't seem to matter either.
Bollywood doesn't need fire-breathing dragons when it has Bhai.
Rajkummar Rao does the best with what he is given and he ably elevates the generic story-telling. Too bad that his performance remains the only takeaway from such an inspiring real-life story, notes Mayur Sanap.
With the Lok Sabha elections going on, May is rather silent when it comes to new Bollywood theatre releases.
Tiger shows off his abs... Huma holidays with friends...Shehnaaz feels like sunshine...
The 2013 National award winners -- Rajkummar Rao, Hansal Mehta and Saurabh Shukla -- express joy at their respective win
'Nobody likes preachy stories. When you lace it with humour, it works.'
'A struggling actor once came to me and told me there's no work.' 'I said when there's no work, that's when you have a lot of work.' 'He said he didn't understand.' 'I explained that you have to keep reading, watching, writing, traveling.' 'It is like riyaaz for an actor.'
This Valentine's Day, let's take a look at our favourite stars who are all about love and couple goals!
Up close with Rashmika... Sanjana is New York... Disha chills in Thailand...
John Abraham and Nikkhil Advani step up their creative collaboration as they bring forth the new actioner Vedaa.
Much of the discussion is happening at a "family level, not a corporate level". That means it is an Ambani or a Goenka in direct talks with Johar.
The cast of Bareilly Ki Barfi screened their film for their friends in Mumbai.
'We believe these five days should get roughly about 5 to 5.5 million people or more into the cinemas.'
The Independence Day holiday weekend is very popular amongst film-makers and film-goers.
'My mother puts up with me beating everybody up through the film but before the film comes to an end, she stops it. She is like, "I know what's happening next, I don't want to watch".'
Check out the celebs who turned up on day seven at the Mumbai Film Festival.
Two films arrived at theatres -- Bollywood's Srikanth and Hollywood's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes -- and have managed to attract footfalls in theatres.
Film folk raised Mumbai's summer temperatures even higher when they walked the red carpet at the second edition of the Bollywood Hungama's Style Icons Summit and Awards 2024 on May 2.
Karishma, Amyra enjoy a beach holiday... Preity relives her memories... Rajkummar goes to LA...
Sara gets poetic... Mithila goes for a concert... Rajkummar is in New York...
'It was a very disorganised industry back then and people were very disrespectful towards actors.'
Cricket, time travel, artificial intelligence, haunted homes, World War II -- it's all there on OTT this week.
I liked how the film finds excitement in Mahendra and Mahima's dull lives and transforms their humdrum existence into an ode to second chances, notes Sukanya Verma.
It looks like Stree 2 has been granted a bigger budget for VFX and sound, bringing with it a promise of more chills, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Ed Sheeran was the highlight of Bollywood's weekend as Farah Khan invited the British singer over for a fun party with her friends.
Meet the winners of the Filmfare OTT Awards 2023.
From wannabe astronauts to visually disabled heroes, be sure to make some time for all the OTT action Sukanya Verma recommends this week.
'Romance not in a physical manner maybe, but, you know, where you are just sharing dialogues and looking at each other and conversations are happening.'
'Jitendra Pratap Singh (his character in Vedaa) believes in the divisive politics of society and that is more dangerous than the regular goons.'
Sonal prefers breakfast in the pool... Gul flies a plane...Karishma is in Turkiye...
The trailer is sprinkled with guns, goons, vintage music, drama, romance, dialouguebaazi, and loads of filmi fun.
