'I'm on a path of self discovery through these great men. I thought that's the way I can improve myself as a human being and actor.'
GDN has a fascinating genius at its centre, but Madhavan's terrific performance is let down by a repetitive, overly familiar biopic treatment.
The appointment comes as Agnikul prepares for Mission 02, a flight that will attempt, for the first time on Indian soil, the recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster and the extension of a rocket's upper stage into an on-orbit platform.
Dharmendra, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Arvind Vaidya were honoured with the Padma awards on Monday.
'That he wanted to be part of this project and that too at a time when he was not signing any new films is a great honour for us.'
There's wisdom to be found in an unfairly treated man's short and sweet concluding words -- a nation is only as great as our appreciation of the people who make it great, notes Sukanya Verma.
In both films, a space scientist is wrongly accused of espionage and anti-national activities.
They also said that they have asked the current chairman of ISRO S Somanath to take a decision on the false claims made in the movie.
It remains a mystery that when its scientists were accused of selling technologies which did not exist in ISRO, ISRO's leadership did not say to the public that they were searching in a dark room for a black cat which was not there, points out Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
'It is our duty to keep space sustainable and free of debris.'
Currently, some of the rocket hardware for the human space programme has reached the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota and the integration of the crew module was going on at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum, ISRO chairman S Somanath said.
We are back to being a country that talks about box office numbers as the measure for what an audience's real feelings about a movie are, laments Sreehari Nair.
'This creature that I play is so evil, he is way beyond my comprehension of wickedness.'
'This film is about this hero of the nation who faced humiliation and damnation.'
Dr S Nambi Narayanan, the retired Indian Space Research Organisation scientist whose bio-pic the film is, has tested positive for COVID-19.
'Nambi Sir is a God-fearing devout man. If he is shown in his puja room, what is the problem with that?'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
'Shah Rukh's friends couldn't tell who was the real and who was the screen Nambi Narayanan.'
R Madhavan attended the banquet dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Louvre Museum in Paris in celebration of Bastille Day.
Quite a few film folk attended the birthday party of Publicist Rohini Iyer in Mumbai.
R Madhavan's Rocketry: The Nambi Effect has won the National Award for Best Feature Film while Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon shared the Best Actress award for their roles in Gangubai Kathiawadi and Mimi, respectively.
'I hope this win inspires boys and girls who watch thousands of dreams and want to make them come true.'
Saiyami at airport... R Madhavan shows HIS film to Nambi Narayanan... Payal with her mother...
The IIFA weekend saw a bevy of Bollywood stars, with green carpet arrivals, performances and awards.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Rani at the SiddhiVinayak temple... Vicky watches Shamshera... Ananya at yoga class...
'There was no debate on which film should go to the Oscars this year.' 'Pan Nalin's Last Film Show was the unanimous choice.'
Rather than basing it on movie reviews, IMDb determines this list based on page views.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has come out with a list of 301 feature films eligible for the Oscars with Indian films RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi, The Kashmir Files and Kantara making the cut.
Fascinating new offerings from beloved auteurs as well as a steady supply of remakes and biopics colour the OTT scene this week. Sukanya Verma lists her picks.
From the pinnacle of Veer Zara's teary romance, the transition to Pathaan and Jawan must have entailed a lot of resetting, rewiring, and recalibration in the mind. But SRK has done it. And done it well, notes Sandeep Goyal.
The HT Most Stylish Awards were held on July 15, and Bollywood's swish set made the red carpet look very, very, glamorous.
'No small artistic film can even hope to win, except, maybe, as random tokenism,' asserts Deepa Gahlot.
Alia Bhatt won hearts when she wore her wedding sari at the 69th National Film Awards at the Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi. The ivory embroidered drape was designed by Sabyasachi Mukherjee.
Movies are now releasing in multiple languages in theatres, and each one seems to have found an audience.
Wading through the long list of biopics coming up, Subhash K Jha picks the ones likely to make a mark.
Here's a hint: He is one of Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad's dearest friends...
Joginder Tuteja looks at the actors, who waited patiently, and will now release their films in theatres this year.
A rare 18th century decorated gun made in India for Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan, and valued at around GBP 2 million, has been barred from export to allow time for a UK-based institution to acquire it for the public study of a "fraught period" in India-UK history.
