Sukanya Verma lists the 2018 films that impressive her.
You'll wish weekends lasted as long as weeks after looking at Sukanya Verma's long, long list of recommendations on OTT this week.
'Any language I know or character I can convincingly portray is an opportunity, immaterial of which industry it's in.'
'We like to look at a screenplay as a spiral staircase.' 'You never know what awaits at the next turning.'
Deepa Gahlot picks 10 Web series that was worth the viewer's while.
Showtime is watchable but never engrossing, notes Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma's OTT recommendations this week.
Lovingly made, heartfelt stories that speak the truths about our lives.
'If we see that romance only belongs to the young or to a particular age group, then the whole definition changes.'
...She does not have the acting heft, of say Sridevi in English Vinglish, or Vidya Balan in Tumhari Sulu, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on streaming platforms this weekend.
Raja Sen looks at the journey of the legendary director who introduced to Hindi cinema to the picturesque locales of Switzerland, the chiffon saris, the picturesque nararted some complex romantic stories.
'Netflix is very happy with me. Mamla Legal Hai has opened the big bazaar in the heartland for them.'
Sajid Nadiadwala will soon make an official announcement regarding the same.
Here's looking at the film's trailer.
The pilot of Vishal Bhardwaj's much-anticipated adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Sittaford Mystery is here. Aditya Roy Kapur's hotel manager takes on Anil Kapoor's all-powerful arms dealer. Idris Elba is back in action. Sukanya Verma shares her OTT recommendations this week.
We look at films where lovers meet a tragic end.
As the spirit of summer holiday takes over , here's looking at 15 Hindi songs whose tourist-y picturisation transported us into a feast of sights and sceneries on silver screen.
Some of her best films are not available on streaming platforms, but Deepa Gahlot looks at her Hindi cinema oeuvre on OTT.
'Manjummel Boys is way beyond my control now.'
Bring on the popcorn, the OTT scene is buzzing with three things -- entertainment, entertainment, entertainment.
Never before in history have Cannes and its sidebars found space for eight Indian, or India-themed, films.
Scams, stuntswomen, pirates, freelancers, Sukanya Verma shows you everything you can catch on OTT this week.
'Suddenly the audience pool feels bigger, like everyone is watching everything now.' 'It's no longer limited in terms of boundaries, like a state or a language.' 'Whether it's a series, a movie or even a Korean film, the audience has access to all of it.' 'Slowly, the boundaries are blurring, so that's great for actors.'
Subhash K Jha picks his favourite five Sushant performances.
Raja Sen analyses the year so far.
'In him resides a fierce lion of an actor who would have made Stanislavsky proud.' 'With Rocky he started with his body, his hair, his clothes; then his walk, his language, the constant listening to Punjabi hip hop and before long we couldn't differentiate between Ranveer and Rocky.'
'Javed Akhtar, Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi have collectively brought more pride and honour to our country than the entire film fraternity put together.' 'Sir, the names you have taken are institutions, pillars of India's popular art, symbolising the very essence of humanism and nationalism.'
'I could tell there was an extraordinary intensity about Amitabh Bachchan even in bad films.' 'Kuch baat thi.' 'Salim saab and I insisted on casting him in Zanjeer.'
Death of a princess, deadly Godzilla and detectives galore on OTT this week.
'In Bangladesh, I have played so many dynamic characters, be it a freedom fighter, a circus trapeze artist, sex worker, and many more.'
Why do Hindi cinema superstars flounder in their fifties, asks Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
There's a lot happening in Bollywood, Hollywood and world cinema this year.
'Nine out of 10 women I know have been groped, touched or harassed in some way or the another. We never speak about it. We are embarrassed and ashamed that society will judge us.'
Sci-fiction buffs rejoice, there's much spectacle to behold on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma gives her recommendations.
'Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota is exactly why Hindi cinema needs more film-makers who know a South Indian language,' notes J Jagannath.
"Every actor's life is short. It exists only between 'Action' and 'Cut'," Mohanlal once told Subhash K Jha.
Will these 2024 releases -- bookended by Rajinikanth no less -- make a dhamaka at the box office?
'It would have made (Producer) Ramesh Taurani very happy if I taken two Bombay stars, but the reason why I kept mentally rejecting the regular sort of casting was to discover this excitement, you know, can I crack it?'