Last weekend seemed to be dedicated to awards for style and talent.
The season of festivities has kick-started and there is a flurry of movie releases in theatres.
The first half of 2023 has been good to Bollywood, as we saw big blockbusters like Pathaan and The Kerala Story. But there have been flops as well.
At the end of eight episodes, the climax is bound to leave you with questions but it would be fair to say that the two-episode backstory and the characters seemed far more interesting than the six-episode drama and tension that led to it, observes Divya Nair.
Action, drama, thriller and rom-coms, this week has a lot of entertainment coming up on OTT as well as in theatres.
After making her presence felt in the South film industry, Shalini Pandey is now set to make her big Bollywood debut in Jayeshbhai Jordaar alongside Ranveer Singh.
Will these December theatre releases also bring in good cheer in keeping with the Christmas spirit?
The actress' charming style evolution in pics.
Considered a chilling chapter in the history of Delhi crime, the docudrama by Leena Yadav travels back in 2018 when 11 members of a family residing in the Burari locality were found hanging dead in their house leaving behind eerie handwritten notes prompting all sorts of theories and speculation.
Raashi Khanna has been signed alongside Shahid Kapoor for his OTT debut.
As 2022 draws to a close, a lot of movies and Web series are readying for release.
From Rs 191 billion in 2019, the world's largest film producing industry now stands at Rs 72 billion thanks to the pandemic.
Rana Naidu is the desi adaptation of the American drama series Ray Donovan, and sees Ventakesh and Rana Daggubati play father and son.
The Bill allows stopping of transmission and intercepting messages in case of public emergency, in the interest of the public, to prevent incitement for committing offence.
It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business.
Joginder Tuteja gives us the half yearly box office report of 2023.
'The fun part of playing evil is that one gets to do all the things that one would normally never do.'
Applause Entertainment has joined hands with the OTT platform aha for an adaptation of Vinay Sitapati's book, Half Lion: How P V Narasimha Rao Transformed India.
Sequels, prequels, something new, something same, Sukanya Verma offers you your OTT menu this week.
The world's most popular source for movie content, IMDB, has released its list of the Top 10 Most Popular Indian Stars of 2022.
Joginder Tuteja looks at August's OTT releases.
Sukanya Verma leaves you spoilt for choice on OTT this week.
'This movie is not a reminder of the disaster we went through. It's a reminder of how we survived it.'
'A very emotional connect has happened.'
From domestic noir to domestic animals, the themes range far and wide on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma makes her recommendations.
'There are people who loved the show and people who have been shocked by it.'
Super heroes, super cops, super fun. Sukanya Verma tells us it's all there on OTT this week.
This week on OTT is only about three things -- entertainment, entertainment, entertainment.
'I started losing sleep.' 'I started having trust issues.' 'I knew that actors sometimes go through this and I thought I'll be able to step in and step out of the character.' 'But it took me a while to feel good again.'
'I try to spread positivity in whatever way I can.'
Bollywood turns up to watch Laal Singh Chaddha.
'I did get a couple of offers (in Hindi cinema) but the roles required a doll-like heroine, a glamorous role. I was getting challenging roles in the South and so I stayed here.'
'I went to meet him and he asked me, "Are you Maharashtrian?" and I said yes.' 'He said you are absolutely different in Batla House, but when I meet you, there is this freshness about you.'
'I have absolutely no regrets because if it wasn't for this learning that I've gone through, I wouldn't be here today.'
Sukanya Verma feels there's much to look forward on OTT this week.
The Overseas collection for Laal Singh Chaddha is better than that of India.
Audiences are missing theatres desperately and will go back to them within two-three weeks of them reopening. All those hours of films on television and OTT have not reduced the audience's need for the theatrical experience.
'Acting is probably the most wonderful profession anyone can have because you make every film set with 200 people, so you make 200 new friends every four months, and you learn so many things from these new lives.'
There are as many as nine Hindi movies arriving in theatres in July.
'The Telugu film industry has always been safe, no matter what the crisis.' 'The audiences here are crazy film fanatics and their loyalties are undivided when it comes to Telugu cinema.'
