Home-grown fare, international discoveries, brand new seasons of hugely anticipated series, Sukanya Verma lists her top 10 OTT shows.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big clashes in the Independence Day weekend in the last decade.
'Unless you capture territory and plant your flag, the war is never won.'
'The show is about women taking ownership of their lives.'
American psychological thriller writer Jeffery Deaver has been tapped by Ian Fleming's literary estate to write the next Bond novel.
'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.'
Nidhi will make her debut opposite Nasifa Ali's son Ajit, in a love story.
Tiger. Akshay. Ajay. Hrithik. Ajay again. Akshay again. Kartik...
Nikita Puri lists the best shows and films to watch online as you ace social distancing.
'Guarding the borders in extreme weather conditions is not easy and most people don't realize it is a very tough job.'
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.
'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.'
Anushka Sharma, Alia Bhatt, Kangana Ranaut, Rani Mukerji, Sonam Kapoor take centre stage this year.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'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.
'Hopefully, I will become more evolved as a performer in the future.'
'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.'
'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.'
An American film A Call To Spy has beaten Ketan Mehta to the finishing line.
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.
'Cyrus was always very different. He would think before acting.'
This week's digest of stories that are weird, true and funny.
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.
Are you looking forward to Bollywood's new love stories?
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021.
'The most difficult thing in the world is to convince someone to put Rs 20 crore on your movie script.'
The Ghazi Attack tells the story about one of the 'last unsolved greatest mysteries of the 1971 war.'
Like there's no dearth of memorable bus scenes and train imagery in Hindi movies, planes are equally prolific on silver screen.
Some films have done predictably well at the box office while others have emerged as surprise hits.
Remembering an incomparable actor by re-visiting his finest films.
Most successful and ambitious business leaders feel persuaded that they have no competent successor, says R G Vilakudi.
Affluence without conscience, haunted homes and heads, a big fat Punjabi wedding and more on OTT this week. Here are Sukanya Verma's 10 recommendations.
On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days.
The story of Aadu Oru Bheekara Jeeviyanu oscillates between political satire and slapstick, says Paresh C Palicha.
Abbas Alizada not only looks like kung Fu legend Bruce Lee, but has the skills to prove it too. And he has become an instant internet sensation.
'That night -- when Gandhi won Best Picture at the 1983 Oscars -- belonged to India and it meant a lot to a young student like me, who was trying to establish his Indian identity among the Americans around him.' Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com, who worked as an extra on Richard Attenborough's acclaimed biopic, salutes the late legend.
A video shows Trump attacking and punching a man whose face is obscured by a CNN logo.
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