'I didn't have a mentor or agency and came from outside Mumbai. I know people quickly box you into stereotypes because I've had to fight those.'
Writer and director Anusha Rizvi returns to cinema after 15 years with warmth, wit and many a laughs.
'A majority of filmmakers cannot truly understand the city because they don't live here,' says Anusha Rizvi, Director, The Great Shamsuddin Family.
Celeb-inspired ways to make you Independence Day celebrations a memorable one.
The Great Shamsuddin Family is a seemingly light chamber piece that hides its claws of social commentary under the chirpy banter of an apartment full of women, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Shriya's berry look... Esha looks like the sun... Pranita shares a throwback picture...
'On the run, Srikant must navigate uncharted territories while confronting threats and enemies from both within and beyond the nation's borders.'
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The film also features Sheeba Chaddha and Shreya Dhanwanthary.
Summer is slowly but surely kicking in and Bollywood's sizzling divas look all set to raise the mercury in their scorching backless avatars.
Aseem Chhabra ranks the Best of 2025's films that released in theatres, or went directly to OTT platforms.
Directors Raj & DK took to Instagram and announced the news with a big party for the cast and crew.
The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted on Thursday.
Saif takes the jetty to work... Kartik goes for dance class...
After announcing 69 assorted Web series and movies, Amazon Prime Video rolled out the red carpet for the stars who will feature in them.
How does Emraan Hashmi pass the time when he's waiting for the lift?
'After 10 days, Balki, Sunny Deol and Pooja Bhatt liked what I did, and the tension eased.' 'I started calming down a little bit. but nobody knew that in my head a tandav was going on.'
Pippa will be streamed on Amazon Prime from November 10.
John unveils his next movie... Nimrat on a movie she cherishes...Varun, Ranveer, Aditya watch some fighting...
The trailer is sprinkled with guns, goons, vintage music, drama, romance, dialouguebaazi, and loads of filmi fun.
Emraan Hashmi's first production releases on Friday.
Quite a few film folk turned up to cheer the girl gang of Ratna Pathak Shah, Dia Mirza, Fatima Sana Sheikh and Sanjana Sanghi, who get together for their new film, Dhak Dhak.
After scaring us with the horror film Stree, directors Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK are bringing us the Web Series, The Family Man.
'As long as you are moving, it's all right.' 'You are going to fall, you are going to have to pick yourself up and sometimes, it will hurt.' 'Sometimes, you would just want to lie there and look at the fan.'
Dulquer Salmaan, Pooja Bhatt and Sunny Deol invite their friends from the industry to watch Chup: Revenge Of The Artist.
'It was a very disorganised industry back then and people were very disrespectful towards actors.'
'I am that person who will ignore hundred good things that are said about me and focus on those three bad things.'
The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted on Wednesday.
The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted over the weekend.
The trailer for the Web series Mumbai Diaries 26/11 was launched at the Gateway Of India.
There are quite a few movies that still don't have a title.
Stars dazzled on the red carpet at the Filmfare OTT awards.
Deepika looks awesomelycute... Aishwarya captures a Kodak moment...Sunny goes green...
From stars making a comeback to lesser known actresses getting a platform to prove themselves, this medium is probably the best that has happened to actors.
Critics of Hindi cinema are a disparate, colourful, bunch that evoke much derision and tut-tut among its own tribe, but Chup's distant understanding of their influence and idiosyncrasies fails to give the loathing any real impact, notes Rediff.com Principal Movie Critic Sukanya Verma.
'This man could hypnotise you with his voice, his words have so much depth.'
Pernia's Pop Up show had plenty of inspiration for brides-to-be.
Rajkummar Rao and Adarsh Gourav get into the nutty mode easily and carry off the dark comedy without overacting, while Dulquer Salmaan looks bored, observes Deepa Gahlot.
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