Blood sucking locusts on the loose, a honeymoon gone awry, a disenchanted school teacher and a singing tropical rainforest mammal, Sukanya Verma lets you take your pick from the OTT spread this week.
As we celebrate the actor's much deserved award, Divya Nair presents 10 landmark films in Suriya's career, ranked in order of performance.
'I don't think 'oh, I have done 534 films' or 'I have 40 years of experience behind me.'
'To match his passion for his craft is impossible.' 'I don't know of any Kathak dancer who can equal his passion.'
Hina chills in Budapest... Mahesh Babu celebrates... Samantha's with her best buddy...
Tightening restrictions in the face of surging COVID-19 cases, the Maharashtra Government on Saturday prohibited movement in public in groups of five or more from 5 in the morning to 11 at night, effective January 10 midnight.
A movie that seeks to explore an 'alternate history' cannot be so superficial, sighs Utkarsh Mishra.
'It was more than ego.' 'It carried with it a sincere belief that he was the quintessence of the country, that the country's destiny was irrevocably intertwined with his destiny.' An excerpt from T J S George's The Dismantling of India: In 35 Portraits.
'To hear this was heartbreaking.' 'Imagine a stalwart like Surekhaji having to audition like a newcomer!'
'The one thing I learned from him is to always stay strong and never give up until it's over.'
Sukanya Verma lists everything you can catch in the world of streaming.
Amazon Prime Video has doubled its content investments in India and announced as many as 41 new titles in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English, thereby throwing an open challenge to their streaming competitor, Netflix.
Ajit Balakrishnan offers lessons from another tech revolution not so long ago.
'We like to look at a screenplay as a spiral staircase.' 'You never know what awaits at the next turning.'
You'll need extra eyes for the amount of OTT content available this week. Sukanya Verma invites you to take your pick.
Action, animation, drama, documentary, there's plenty to watch on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma makes it easy for you.
Ek Mini Katha highlights an important body issue, but in many ways, it also trivialises it, notes Divya Nair.
An effortless artist at all times, Surekha Sikri's emotional eloquence and authoritative presence showed a knack for turning moments into meaning.
Medieval heroes, cursed heroes, monsters, scamsters, there's no dearth of action on OTT this week, Sukanya Verma tells us.
'After pack-up, Sridevi took a shower in the studio itself, changed, and returned to the set with a wad of notes.' 'She distributed it amongst every technician who had worked on the song Na Jaane Kahan Se Aaye Hai.'
Many big Bollywood's big movies have been pushed forward to 2021, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Among them are quite a few bio-pics.
'I tell the next generation of singers to take a leaf out of Lataji's book.' 'Be it Kavita or Alka, every time I give a song to a singer, I tell them, 'Dhyaan se suno, listen attentively, phir socho, Lataji isse kaise gaati'.'
M D Riti pays tribute to Bangalore's homegrown business giant.
The exams were postponed in view of the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Amruta Subhash's journey towards recognising her worth in a judiciously earned moment of victory is reason enough not to miss Saas Bahu Achaar PVT LTD, applauds Sukanya Verma.
The OTT menu is looking hot as ever with brand new offerings. Sukanya Verma tells you what you can catch this week.
The pandemic situation in India has reached a breaking point and the only thing one can do now is stay safe and stay indoors. Here's everything OTT has to offer to keep you distracted this week.
'The real India lives in the villages where everyone is trying to improve the other.'
The Bharatiya Janata Party has come out with its own complaint against the marriage.
Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal succumbed to COVID-19 on May 1. After retiring from the Indian Army, the major became a successful actor in films and television. An old friend salutes a wonderful human being.
Blockbusters, Oscar winners, fairy tales, indies and cute doggies, Sukanya Verma assures it's all there on OTT this week.
Ranbir Kapoor's larger-than-life daku depiction in and as Shamshera is old school at its spectacular best. While we wait to watch the actor in one of the most raw, rough and rustic outings of his career, here's Sukanya Verma's list of 25 daku roles we love, ranked in an ascending order.
'To actually get to work with her was a dream come true.'
'She made you feel relaxed so that you can do the scenes best.'
In a new series, Bollywood's towering talents, who themselves made brilliant works this year, pick their favourite show of 2021, and tell us just why they loved it.
'War is never a solution. It's nothing but real estate business I am against any kind of violence.'
'I didn't expect much from him when he came on set.' 'But he was just jumping and flying around and I couldn't tell that this was his first action film!'
'These experiences were necessary for my journey.'
Modi: Journey of a Common Man is blatant propaganda, feels Utkarsh Mishra.
Entertainment may be its raison d'etre but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant.
