Trade pundits and quick think piece experts can speculate all they like, but what works at the box-office is a mystery as always.
The hit parade of well-made movies continues, ticket sales are creeping up and OTTs are upping the game in one of the best years for the film industry.
'Some asked why Budapest?' 'I had two relatively new actors and a limited budget; Budapest gives you a rebate.' 'We have spent around Rs 32, 33 crores, which is very good.'
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu presented the National Film Awards to the year's winners with actors Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann Khurrana and Keerthy Suresh receiving top honours.
Which movies should you watch in the coming year? We draw up a list.
In a year of overwrought spectacles that slavishly sucked up to the audience, I found refuge in a bunch of 'mainstream' Indian films that espoused such old-fashioned values as dedication to craft, close observation and casual bravery, explains Sreehari Nair.
'How can so many misfortunes fall on one beautiful family?'
Bollywood cheers Madhuri's Marathi film debut.
Sethupathi will soon make his Hindi debut with Mumbaikaar.
'...Your confidence.' 'You go through this emotional roller coaster ride, which affects your partner as well.'
Here's a look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Hindi cinema witnessed unique facets of womanhood, her complexities and morality this year.
'I think I have been lucky that I have found directors who take me for what I am and what they think I am capable of, rather than go on my previous films and see what I have done.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Raja Sen looks back at the good things that happened in Bollywood in the first half of 2015.
Business is better than usual in Bollywood.
'Even when he moves beyond his traditional repertoire, he sticks to a template that does not take him too far from the viewer's gentler emotions,' notes Vikram Johri.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Badlapur is all fury and fog, a revenge saga that plays out with great eyebrow-singeing intensity, says Raja S
Here's a look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Sukanya Verma offers some amazing opening scenes in Hindi films that fuels an excitement for what happens next.
Looking at the Hindi film heroine at her thrilling best.
'If we manage to transform even one homophobic person, that will be a victory for the film.'
'No short cuts, no sensationalism, but sheer talent is responsible for Nawaz's position as one of the finest actors of his generation.'
Pulkit Samrat and Yami Gautam have some fun, as they promote their latest film, Sanam Re.
'I have never had a foul experience in the industry.' 'There are rotten apples everywhere, in your family, relatives, friends circle, colleagues...' 'It's very vulnerable because of the glamour, but it's very heartbreaking to hear bad things about the industry.' 'It's not such a bad place.'
Several parts of Drishyam work but the film is more tackiness than craft, says Raja Sen.
'It's also a movie-crazed kid's idea of a great time,' discovers Sreehari Nair.
N Srinivasan was on Sunday elected unopposed as president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) for the 12th year on the trot.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'There is no way you can view the movie from a distance, from a moral high ground, and get to its core.' 'To truly appreciate what Anurag Kashyap is trying to do here, you may have to lose a part of yourself to it, first,' says Sreehari Nair.
'What we have is 'masala redeemed' as opposed to just 'masala resurrected',' argues Sreehari Nair.
Old songs, retro fashion, 1980s pop culture, childhood icons and sharing space with Kundan Shah on paper, the theme of Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week was consistently nostalgic.
With four back to back hits, the shy lad from Chandigarh is an unlikely movie star. Ayushmann Khurrana tells Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff.com how it all came together and how he prepares to confront the toughest three months of his life.
'The critics were writing so well about me, I was shocked!' 'My phone didn't stop ringing!' 'This is the biggest tribute for a senior actor.' 'Now, I can pack up.'
