'I may sound snobbish but I am genuinely tired of responding and saying thank you on Facebook, on Twitter, on phone calls. People are calling from everywhere. There is all this excitement and different groups are throwing parties. I have to attend them or else they will think I am snooty.' Meet Masaan director Neeraj Ghaywan.
SRK's persona and brand power has been built over nearly 30 years of public acclaim and love. Brands perhaps believe that his troubles are transitory and that as a human brand he has long legs capable of striding over controversies, explains ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
Joginder Tuteja lists the biggest box office successes with stars in uniform.
Deepa Gahlot picks the top 10 Karan Johar films -- some that he directed and others that he produced or co-produced -- that you can watch on steaming platforms.
Like everyone else, Bollywood celebrated Christmas over the weekend and made beautiful, festive pictures.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The hits and misses of the week.
'There will be artists and megastars and celluloid masters in Indian Cinema but there will never be another AMITABH BACHCHAN.'
'Although on a daily basis it might be difficult to deal with it, I know at a larger level, I know that she's really good for me.'
Joginder Tuteja looks at stars with the most movies in the pipeline.
Amazing stories about some of our best loved movies from Bhavani Iyer who wrote them.
Shoojit Sircar picks two Oscar-winning, slice-of-life films which say a lot with the minimum of fuss.
'People think Saif and I have a lot of issues but actually, there are none. When we met, we realised the so-called issues were only in the newspapers.' Shahid Kapoor discusses Rangoon and box office numbers.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
'I wonder what Zaibunissa Kazi would feel if she saw the trailer for Sanju.' 'An effort that proves movies are made about celebrities who get away after committing a crime while poor souls like Zaibunissa rot all their lives in prison only for knowing a star like Sanjay Dutt,' says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Some films have done predictably well at the box office while others have emerged as surprise hits.
Zubaan emerges, sadly, like one of those ads where you can half-hum the song but you forget what it was for, feels Raja Sen.
Movies, their motives and time of release make me wonder if we'll ever be able to see India as India and not a reflection of its governments, notes Sukanya Verma.
Joginder Tuteja looks at just how Taapsee's movies fare at the box office.
So what does a day in Sanjay Dutt's wife's life look like?
Bollywood's having a GREAT Valentine's Day!
Raman Raghav 2.0 is unlikely to be remembered as one of Anurag Kashyap's finest movies.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the dadis of Bollywood.
'On her birthday, I decided to meet her and dressed up for it.' 'Then I saw her walking towards me with a boy. I thought it could be her brother.' 'But when she came close, she asked, "Have you met my boyfriend?"' 'That day I realised the value of sad songs in India.' 'That was the first time I was heartbroken.'
With all their top players recovering from COVID-19, a confident India will take on Australia in a blockbuster semi-final of the Under-19 World Cup in Coolidge, Antigua, on Wednesday.
'In a super ambitious industry, you stood out for your unfilminess. Thank you for giving my films your iconic voice.'
It's been a good Cannes for India this year!
Sukanya Verma looks at some memorable balloon moments of Bollywood.
Rishi Kapoor passed into the ages on April 30.
A year marked by more lows than highs for Hindi cinema, here's a recap of the best and worst in 2021.
COVID-hit India will be bolstered by the return of key players when the four-time champions meet holders Bangladesh in the third quarter-final of the Under-19 World Cup in Osbourn, Antigua on Saturday.
'I felt sick shooting Bala because I think I was under extreme stress. Extreme, extreme stress.'
Amazon Prime Video has doubled its content investments in India and announced as many as 41 new titles in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English, thereby throwing an open challenge to their streaming competitor, Netflix.
'This is a movie made with this gaze fixed on its immediate well-wishers, while at the same time it squints hard looking for those swaying back and forth on the fence,' notes Rohit Sathish Nair.
All the films that went past the 200 crores mark and how many days they took to achieve this milestone.
As many as 17 films entered the Rs 100 Crore Club in 2019.
