'If you look at the Number 1 film in India this year across Bollywood and other regional film industries, it is Avengers: Endgame.'
Aseem Chhabra imagines a time, 20 years from now, when movie-watching in theatres will be long gone, thanks to the coronavirus, and pens a letter to his grandchild, explaining the magic of the cinema hall.
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.
Guilty Minds has too much going on to wolf down it all in one big binge watch session, notes Sukanya Verma.
'When Zubeida came, everybody loved me and I got a slew of offers of the same kind.' 'People started saying, "Aap nayi Aruna Irani ban jayegi".'
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
We celebrate Independence Day with this special feature, published on Rediff.com in January 2013.
The year is ending, but the OTT shows no signs of slowing down. Sukanya Verma brings you everything you can catch this week.
'There was a revolt. They were fighting for their rights.' 'They lost their rights after colonial forest policies came into place.' 'These freedom fighters were trying to reassert those rights.'
Rashmi Rocket suffers from overcrowding. Through its runtime of nearly two hours, it hints at too many issues without sinking its teeth into any, observes Deepti Patwardhan.
American psychological thriller writer Jeffery Deaver has been tapped by Ian Fleming's literary estate to write the next Bond novel.
Home-grown fare, international discoveries, brand new seasons of hugely anticipated series, Sukanya Verma lists her top 10 OTT shows.
'Unless you capture territory and plant your flag, the war is never won.'
Nidhi will make her debut opposite Nasifa Ali's son Ajit, in a love story.
'I have strong reasons to believe that Accused number 4 (A4) Pratim Mukerjea with the assistance of other persons, including Accused no 3 (A3) turned approver Shyamwar Pinturam Rai may have conspired and abducted my daughter Sheena in 2012 and made her untraceable and subsequently destroyed evidence.'
'The show is about women taking ownership of their lives.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big clashes in the Independence Day weekend in the last decade.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Nikita Puri lists the best shows and films to watch online as you ace social distancing.
A cheap version of his opus Jodhaa Akbar, Ashutosh Gowariker's Panipat falls flat on its face at every end, with lacklustre writing and terrible character definition proving to be the movie's ultimate undoing, feels Rediff reader Anu Gopinath.
Anushka Sharma, Alia Bhatt, Kangana Ranaut, Rani Mukerji, Sonam Kapoor take centre stage this year.
'He has the voice, the performance, the talent and the presence.' 'He is a bankable star, so he brings all these things to the table.'
Tiger. Akshay. Ajay. Hrithik. Ajay again. Akshay again. Kartik...
'Guarding the borders in extreme weather conditions is not easy and most people don't realize it is a very tough job.'
'Acting, by definition, is a portrayal of a character other than oneself.' 'If every role is to be played only by someone answering to that precise description, most professional actors -- of all ethnicities and genders -- would be out of a job,' observes Indira Kannan.
Yes, a *lot* happened at the Hollywood Film Awards.
The movie presents a version of Modi that the bhakts wants the rest of us to see, feels Utkarsh Mishra.
'Preparation is not something Salman will admit to because I think it's not "cool" enough to do that.' 'This is the first time I saw him prepare for a role.' 'This is the first time I saw him struggling to get a hold of this character.'
'Hopefully, I will become more evolved as a performer in the future.'
No one even comes close to the impact Anil Kumble has had on Indian cricket, when it comes to winning matches and series, say Aakash Chopra and Impact Index.
An American film A Call To Spy has beaten Ketan Mehta to the finishing line.
'The India-Pakistan relationship is in a deep freeze, though it could be a lot worse had there not been a new LoC ceasefire a year ago.' 'The India-Pakistan relationship will only start to thaw if the Pakistani military decides it's prepared to push for detente.'
This week's digest of stories that are weird, true and funny.
Are you looking forward to Bollywood's new love stories?
'Cyrus was always very different. He would think before acting.'
The Ghazi Attack tells the story about one of the 'last unsolved greatest mysteries of the 1971 war.'
'The most difficult thing in the world is to convince someone to put Rs 20 crore on your movie script.'
Some films have done predictably well at the box office while others have emerged as surprise hits.
The aftermath of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan has led to an argument that there was no religion as Hinduism in Chola times.
Instead, there was only Saivism, Vaishnavism, etc, and that the Cholas were Saivites, and hence not Hindus, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
