Zeenat Aman went down memory lane to share the details of her first onscreen kiss.
'Now, because of Pushpa and with the love of the Indian audience now, I am a more familiar face, and everyone knows me.'
More than 157 million Indians watched at least one film in the theatre in 2023.
'It is daunting, for sure, because you're rowing upstream.'
'South movies have the perfect script, the perfect action and the perfect romance.' 'That's why these films are running in theatres.'
'Some time back, music was just noise.' 'Producers wrongly think item songs sell better.' 'Audiences are intelligent, they accept whatever you give, but that doesn't mean you can fool them.'
Spies, aliens, dogs and lawyers, it's quite a colourful spread on your OTT watch this week, points out Sukanya Verma.
Kim was speaking at the event in Imsil, the county that she represented for seven years in the southern part of South Korea
'Am I not happy he was born? Am I not happy he crossed my path when I was walking through a wasteland? Am I not happy that, like a haunting song, he still lingers in my heart?'
'I make films which I think have the possibility of being liked by a majority of people, and you present it with the right emotions.'
'Vijay should have stayed there for the night and in the morning he should have met the people.'
'On our first day at the Kumbh Mela, there was a fire and shook our confidence. 'There must have been a few crore people there.' 'How do we place the camera in between them?'
Stolen's crisp running time and Abhishek Banerjee's metamorphosis from callous to crusader ensure the stark bits duly haunt and horrify, observes Sukanya Verma.
Kajol resumes her 'maa' duties and Adam Sandler is back to playing Happy Gilmore once again on this week's OTT special.
'I played five different versions of Woh Subah Kabhie Toh Aayegi for Raj Kapoor, only to be greeted with a totally blank reaction.' 'Thereafter, for 40 minutes, he disappeared, leaving us baffled.' 'But when he emerged, he couldn't stop appreciating our efforts!' 'He said Sahir Ludhianvi's writing was sheer poetry and since all my five tunes were equally wonderful, he would leave it to my discretion to chose the final tune.' 'What could be greater appreciation for an artiste?'
Three decades and seven films after the first blockbuster Mission: Impossible film in 1996, Tom Cruise, now 62, returns with yet another installment in the franchise, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.
Glimpses from India and around the world that will make you smile and cry.
'You need the drishti, the experience. I am beginning to see things differently.'
How Varun spends his time in a hotel room... Pooja becomes 'awaara'... Pranita gets into a bikini...
This isn't just a home for the elderly. It's a place where life stories, generations, and cultures weave themselves into something quietly extraordinary, discovers Nitin Sathe.
With the third and final season out, fans across the world are playing the Squid Games again.
'I don't know how long cinema will survive.'
'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.'
'I was body-shamed but I never let it get to me.' 'As an influencer, I wanted to show other girls that confidence matters more than size.'
Lights, camera, ACTION, you'll find them in heaps on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists some interesting options.
While Shriya Kontham gears up for her upcoming role in the much-anticipated movie, Subham, produced by the Samantha Ruth Prabhu, she's also creating an identity for herself online with her striking sense of style.
'I had not even realised I had done almost 100 films.'
Kamal Haasan's comments invited sharp criticism in Karnataka.
This is important because he is to be seen as a sure winner before criss-crossing the state to campaign for candidates of the party or an alliance, highlights N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Republic Day week has consistently been a lucrative period for the film industry.'
At 250 million unique visitors a month, MX Player has for long been in the same bracket as YouTube (454 million) and Meta (324 million) in reach.
Sukanya Verma lists everything that's there on OTT this week.
'I saw Bimal Roy's Devdas again a few years ago, almost 50 years after it had been made.' 'I found it very intelligently made; the scenes flowed so beautifully.' 'There is just one scene with both Suchitra Sen and me in the film, and it's beautiful.'
If the US' renewed closeness with Pakistan ends up strengthening Pakistan's military, it will clearly show that Washington no longer wants a strong India and could be ready to let China dominate Asia, notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
'One of the most significant factors contributing to the optimism for 2025 is the lineup of films featuring Bollywood's three superstar Khans.'
Guru Dutt took an overdose of pills twice, once even swallowing opium, calling out for Geeta Dutt even when he was not fully conscious. One suicide attempt, according to sister Lalita Lajmi, was definitely deliberate with Guru Dutt leaving a letter for brother Atma Ram asking him to take care of the production company, his wife and the kids. But she always wondered if the third attempt was actually suicide since there were no calls and no letters.
One Rajya Sabha seat is a small price to pay for all the skills that Kamal Haasan brings to the table, points out Aditi Phadnis.
