Badhaai Do carries its audience on the wave of those little farces that come with being queer in India, a land where masculinity still has some say, observes Sreehari Nair.
The 55-year-old actor-turned-politician admitted that due to the hectic schedule of the shooting, she "did not get to watch the series" on television.
Raja Sen picks the bad movies of the year so far.
'It's all that pain that makes you the artist you are.'
'We need more universal films like Dangal, Sultan or Padmavat that work across single screens and multiplexes.'
'After watching Elvis Presley, Shammi Kapoor decided to pick the rock and roll star's style itself.' 'Dada was the kind of producer who took a leap of faith and gave Shammi Kapoor the freedom to display himself as crazy, mad, rough -- all the charms of Elvis Presley -- in his films.'
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'You can't call this a pure Western. This has got love, passion, violence, suspense.' 'This is a film of today.'
Sukanya Verma presents a DDLJ special quiz to test your knowledge about one of Hindi cinema's most successful films of all time.
Richa Chadha will play southern sensation Shakeela in her next.
We celebrate Akshay's birthday by looking back at his top 20 blockbusters over the years.
'Raazi is being hailed for breaking the glass ceiling for Daughters of Bollywood Inc,' says Sunil Sethi.
'We, the audience, listen to stories that have nothing to do with us and we cry, just from the truth of those stories.' 'And Anvita is one of those people who makes this happen.'
'Richard Corliss started loving Bollywood late in his career, but he gave everything he had in his power as a critic to promote India's Hindi cinema.'
An icon of grace and beauty, the charismatic heroine of outstanding films, Suchitra Sen will forever remain the brightest star on the horizon.
'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".'
It's comeback time for many Bollywood stars. With the OTT platform opening up, quite a few actors, who had taken a break, are getting ready to be seen again!
Who won what at IIFA 2018? We tell you here.
Her film, The Sky Is Pink, will release in October.
'I didn't know how I would say all the loving, romantic bits.'
'I don't look forward to seeing my films because this only sort of gives me a deep sense of dissatisfaction that I could have done better, and I lose my self-confidence.'
Sonchiriya is an entire mood within a movie, feels Sukanya Verma.
'We are a young nation. But I wanted to explore the conflict between the young and the old.' 'The cynicism of people who have lived it versus the optimism and naivete of the young.'
Malayalam actor Sharafudheen talks about the films that defined his career.
'Armaan Kohli had been signed up for Kuljeet Singh's role. But I forced Aditya Chopra to take my screen test.' Parmeet Sethi looks back.
Some movies of 2021 excelled in content but yet, they did not do well.
Kajal Agarwal talks about her films and venturing into Bollywood.
'Nayanthara's Koko is so different from Janhvi's Jerry. Janhvi is a newcomer, just four films old.'
Before Vishal Bharadwaj's advent, several Hindi filmmakers had attempted screen adaptations of Shakespeare's various works, with varied success.
The way Dilip came to the porch to receive Lata, you would never have guessed something was amiss between the two. Raju Bharatan's many wonderful insights into Dilip Kumar's life.
Sukanya Verma looks at the various baap-beti equations depicted on the screen.
Girish Karnad lived several lives not only on the stage but also as a scholar, theatre personality, an actor and director in a career spanning over five decades.
Kanika Dhillon Kovelamudi talks about her inspiration to write Size Zero.
'I recently visited Farah Khan's house and it smelled really nice. Rajkumar Hirani is very particular about how his house looks and smells.' Boman Irani discusses the fragrances in his life!
'The news that the once dashing, absolutely handsome, utterly charming Shashi Kapoor is no more makes me feel terribly sad.' Aseem Chhabra, author of Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, the Star, pays rich tribute to the iconic actor.
'Other designers take empty suitcases and go shopping for the actors's clothes in New York.' 'To me, this is bankruptcy of imagination.'
The latest updates from the Telugu film industry.
The Telugu remake of A Wednesday sees the coming together of two superstars -- Kamal Haasan and Venkatesh. Shruti Haasan's background score and a different story line rocks.
There are rumours of the film being remade in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Hindi.
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