With Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma not having a release in 2019 and Priyanka Chopra featuring in a solitary non-mainstream film, the ground was wide open for many actresses to make their mark.
While we wait for Batra's latest to drop on Amazon Prime Video on February 11, Sukanya Verma looks at how Bollywood has dealt with affairs of the heart over the years.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
We look at 52 of them, spread over 52 Fridays, in a two-part special. Here's the first part.
Here's a look at the Top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Declaring that the right of reputation cannot be protected at the cost of right of life and dignity, a Delhi court on Wednesday threw out former Union minister and editor M J Akbar's criminal defamation suit against journalist Priya Ramani who has accused him of sexual harassment.
'All the guys in this country were stuck in the 'alpha' for the longest time.' 'They were told not to cry, be the man in the house.' 'I wanted to touch upon that vulnerability and innocence that is still alive in men.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Hindi cinema has not just explored various instances of brute force, but often glorified its misogyny.
Judwaa 2's balloon of recycled gas soon goes phus and what's left is tedious buffoonery of the brainless, for the brainless and by the brainless, feels Sukanya Verma.
Here's the second part of guide to a year that will soon become history.
These old fashion trends are back in style. Here's how to wear them.
Sukanya Verma looks back at the trend's most memorable incarnations in recent times.
'It may be just coincidence but my first release after marriage is Soorma and it has brought me recognition that I've never experienced before.'
'Mothers as characters may have the same problems as they had years ago.' 'But what's refreshing is how they are becoming more accepting towards the changes in society.'
'Just the day before we started shooting for Judwa 2, Salman sent home a carton of jeans saying it would go well with Raja's character. I plan to use those jeans in the film.' Varun Dhawan gets ready for his first double role in Judwa 2.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Neerja Pandey's Baby, one must say, wouldn't have been as interesting without the lead troika.
A look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Bollywood runs on the idea of age.' 'The moment you're single, even if you're 40, you're still appealing, you're still young.' 'The moment you're married, even if you're 25, it's uh huh. She's not sexy anymore.'
'I'm very, very happy.' Winners react after the 64th National awards announcement.
The lawsuit, by four industry associations and 34 producers, seeks the court's direction to Republic TV, its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and reporter Pradeep Bhandari, Times Now, its editor-in-chief Rahul Shivshankar and group editor Navika Kumar and unknown defendants as well as social media platforms to refrain from making or publishing allegedly irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory remarks against Bollywood.
"Horrifying", "heartbreaking" and "barbaric" is how many in the film industry, including actors-filmmakers Anil Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Rajkummar Rao, Twinkle Khanna, Anurag Kashyap and Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, described the Sunday night violence at the Jawaharlal Nehru University while demanding that the perpetrators are brought to justice.
Among the A-listers, only Aamir and Akshay consistently deliver hits. They have also been most active is doing projects that go beyond romance or action stories.
Mulk tells Indian Muslims they have to ensure that their children don't get involved in jihad, and at the same time tells Hindus not to doubt the patriotism of Indian Muslims, notes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'And Tina, that girl inside that woman, wants to try different things.'
Stalin said the DMK was a movement that protected women's rights and Radharavi's comments were not acceptable to it.
'I hear any sound like "Ooh, aah, ouch" and you will know Alia is on set.' 'If she holds a gun in front of a person, that person wouldn't be scared because they would know she would harm herself first.'
'If you perform well, if you do your best, it stays with the viewer. That's how you grow.'
Here, ladies and gentlemen, is Raja Sen's class of 2016.
After a miserable two years of flopping films and stagnant revenues, what has changed for the film industry?
'This is a solid, terse film that makes its points in mainstream fashion with an appropriate lack of subtlety.' 'Pink is a barnstormer -- and it doesn't pull its punches.'
Sukanya Verma looks at the many, many reasons for marital discord reported in Hindi movies.
Mission Mangal has its heart in place, feels Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma lists the 2018 films that impressive her.
'Chanting slogans, chest thumping, calling us big nationalists, but you don't stop at traffic lights.' 'What nationalism are you talking about?'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
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