With no other stand-out performance (besides Tara Sutaria's) or impressive scene, Apurva falls by the wayside, where other quickly made films end up, points out Deepa Gahlot.
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The stories in this anthology range from breathtaking to borderline bizarre.
Tripti Dimri, who stole hearts after featuring in Animal, celebrates her 30th birthday on February 23.
Alleging that the BBC has been biased against India and the Indian government, the plea alleged that its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a 'result of deep conspiracy against global rise of India and its prime minister'.
'I believed that no matter what happened, I would be there to take care of him.' 'He believed it too and even when he fell ill, he had total faith in me, ki main sab theek kar doongi.' 'I tried, I really tried, but I fell short and he went away.'
'Because of a little out of sight, out of mind, I did end up losing out on good projects.'
Aseem Chhabra lists the best non-Hindi language films he watched in 2020, with the hope that they will have a wider reach in the new year.
Be it Kabir Singh or Ranvijay Singh, alpha males are nothing but grown men in diapers, observes Durba Dhyani.
'When I made bold to explain what he had to do he cut me short saying, "I know what to do. I've faced the camera before".'
'We have to do everything in our power to get as many Academy members to watch the film as possible.' 'After that, I am confident, my film will speak for itself.'
'Our viewers have grown up over the years.' 'Today, they want to see something which is sensible, a story rooted in logic rather than jingoism.'
The narrative has some gaping holes, but one can ignore them as the subject is not dealt in a serious or profound manner.
'My father would have liked Piku and PINK.' 'I don't think he would have liked item songs though.'
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
'A large part of this episode has come from my own life, the backlash I faced and my journey after having publicly claimed my identity.'
Sreehari Nair could not put up with turgid and self-serious ones like Super Deluxe and Gully Boy. His list of favourite Indian movies of 2019 contains just five names.
Stories are legion about the Karatmeter's use at that time. Hundreds of people standing in queue for testing, customers breaking down after discovering the actual purity of their jewellery and then becoming irate about the jeweller who had gypped them, the local jewellery industry leaning heavily on the Tanishq franchisees to desist from using it, some jewellers even threatening violent action.
Ajay Devgn will also play a pivotal role in RRR.
Shubman Gill says that given a choice he would like to play for Kolkata Knight Riders forever.
The luminous Waheeda Rehman will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year,
Hina Khan's short film Lines will premiere at the Cannes film festival on Friday, May 17.
Nomadland dominates BAFTAs 2021 with four wins.
Rohit Shetty returns with the 13th season of the adventure reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi, and the contestant line-up seems quite interesting.
Bollywood's gorgeous actresses turned up to celebrate five years of Applause Entertainment.
Mohnish Singh brings you some surprising revelations from an entertaining episode.
Monaco authorities have agreed to close the Grand Prix circuit to all traffic and pedestrians from 0645 to 0900.
Sundeep Kishan talks about doing his first full-fledged slapstick comedy Joru.
'No matter which part of the world you live in, I am sure every woman must have experienced this at some point of their lives.'
It was almost as if we were back to 'acchey din', when Parliament was a forum where two sides fought ferociously as equals. For that we need to thank Rahul Gandhi, notes Jyoti Punwani.
'Our team met rape victims and their families. We went to their houses but were not allowed to ask too many questions. There would be disturbing silences.'
"Looking at the films come to life on set was a lot of fun. The lensing, the art direction and Prakash Sir's detailed eye. It felt like something special was brewing," says Naina Bhan.
Mira's films are alive, rocking and so true to the reality I know. They are gifts that I keep revisiting, and I cannot wait for what more she will share with us, notes Aseem Chhabra.
You will appreciate the Mammootty of this movie better if you do not take the servile reviews to heart, for this is a grand, broad, almost proudly comic performance, assures Sreehari Nair.
Indian American teen Sia Parikh, who made her debut on the Cannes red carpet, talks about her life journey.
''I don't revisit any of my work once it's complete because I'm very self-critical.' 'I will probably exclaim, "Oh God, such bad acting!"'
Ironically, rival Tamil Nadu governments expend the most on social welfare schemes, especially targeting women and youth and children, but that money comes only by selling more liquor. There is always the specious plea, which has been peddled very many times in the past, that without licensed liquor, drinkers would go after hooch and there could be more hooch tragedies and hooch deaths. No one is convinced, but no one can dispute it either, comments N Sathiya Moorthy.
Subhash K Jha picks his favourite films of 2023 from south India.
Sanjay Gadhvi once revealed to Subhash K Jha that he never wanted to make Dhoom.
It's movie night in Bollywood!
The annual day function at Dhirubhai Ambani International School in Mumbai turned out to be a star-studded event, as film folk stepped out to applaud the superstars in their own homes.
