The pugilist from Manipur said she also drew inspiration from action movies of Jackie Chan.
Critics of Hindi cinema are a disparate, colourful, bunch that evoke much derision and tut-tut among its own tribe, but Chup's distant understanding of their influence and idiosyncrasies fails to give the loathing any real impact, notes Rediff.com Principal Movie Critic Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma revisits Chaalbaaz where Sridevi was such a pleasure to watch, twice over!
From being siblings in one film to sweetheart in the other, these actors have done it all.
A list of lesser-travelled destinations in India that you must explore this year!
Most of India knows Deep Sidhu as the man who planted the Sikh religious flag on Red Fort.
Even as the Deols celebrated Karan Deol's wedding on June 18, inviting everyone in Bollywood for the lavish reception, Hema Malini and her daughters Esha and Ahana Deol were missing from the guest list.
Sunny gets trendy... Shilpa goes to London... Raashii enjoy a hearty meal...
What is Sunjay Dutt doing in this photograph?
On Valentine's Day, Sukanya Verma looks at some dream destinations in Bollywood style.
Tiger Shroff returns to the big screen after 18 months... Kangana plays a fighter pilot...Vidhu Vinod Chopra directs 12th Fail and much more...
'When I went home to Sweden after Bigg Boss, people recognised me. They were following the show!' 'In New York, they were calling out my name on the streets!'
Bobby Deol talks about his new film Yamla Pagla Deewana.
It's #ThrowbackThursday, and Bollywood has got the memo!
'I thought it'd be short-lived. But I am still here.'
'I was told so often by people, "Please leave your brains at home".' 'And I would say, "I only have myself to offer. I can't dance like Madhuri Dixit or Shilpa Shetty. I can only come and act."'
'Was Salman Khan the only reason for the success of a film?'
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
Hitesh Harisinghani gets a sneak-peek at all the action before LFW's opening ceremony.
'No small artistic film can even hope to win, except, maybe, as random tokenism,' asserts Deepa Gahlot.
Bollywood gives some interesting lessons!
'Unless Sanju and me have become so bad that there is no hope left for the makers!'
'People have got into the habit of sitting at home (and watching films).' 'They don't want to watch movies in theatres because they do not want to waste as much as Rs 1,000 on tickets.' 'They feel there is no point in watching a film on the big screen because it will anyway come on OTT in a month's time.'
Daredevilry is second nature to Bollywood actors. Be it riding horses, leaping off cliffs or sprinting atop moving buses and trains, the crazier the better. You can only imagine how much adventure sports appeal to the adrenaline junkie in them.
'Chup is the work that I'm most satisfied with; it won't bore me or make me cringe later.'
'That is why he has come so far and achieved so much.' 'Nicety and hard work never fails.'
Sunil Jakhar was among the front runners for the chief ministerial post after the exit of Amarinder Singh. But the party preferred Charanjit Singh Channi, who became the first chief minister of Punjab from the Scheduled Caste community.
An ultra-violent film about violence, Kill's greatest accomplishment isn't its death count alone but to challenge our perception of violence, observes Sukanya Verma.
A Pune restaurant is serving thalis named after famous Indian celebrities.
To mark World Whiskey Day, a toast to its memorable imagery in Hindi films.
Priyanka can't stop laughing... Akshay is grateful to... Sunny's in a mood...
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict.
While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features 506 A-listers, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, diplomats, judges and high priests.
'He is one of the most down-to-earth and hardworking guys I know, and that's true of all superstars, including Bachchan sahab.'
The BJP's top leadership will drop its MPs found to be facing anti-incumbency, according to its internal surveys -- a pivotal tactic to ensure the party achieves its target of winning 370 seats.
Film folk celebrated Christmas with a lot of enthusiasm and that certainly showed in the pictures they posted on social media.
