'My brother broke down because he thought I was letting go of years of hard work.'
Sukanya Verma lists the memorable use of trees in Hindi movies.
'As I watched Sacred Games, I kept flinching at the thought of all the thorns poised to lodge themselves in the sides of the thin-skinned,' says Mitali Saran.
Since its entry in 2016, Netflix has announced over 60 titles to be sourced from India.
Bhushan Kumar sacks Subhash Kapoor as director of the Gulshan Kumar biopic.
Horror, drama, romance and action... it's all on your plate this year!
Hrithik as Krrish or Anil Kapoor as Mr India? Take your pick!
Lootera is a gorgeous, gorgeous film, one that uses its period setting affectionately, with loving detail, and not exploitatively, as our cinema is wont to do.
Like the first season, Sacred Games 2 has become a talking point once again, getting its share of love and flak from viewers.
'The story ends at the end of this season; I don't know if they will extend it. It's a fairly solid conclusion (but) there is always scope for more.'
The argument that the pandemic has given a boost to streaming video is fallacious. Only three OTTs saw a rise in viewership; the others fell.
As often is the case on celluloid, romanticising death is as significant as making every moment count where a young life's passing makes the realisation all the more heartbreaking and momentous.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite songs of 2018. Are these on your playlist too?
'I find it hard to watch my own films. I prefer to watch my face when it is covered with some facial hair. I like certain moments in my films. Most of them are in Lootera.'
An online platform suits many new angel investors who are professionals with tech companies or start-up founders.
Amazing stories about some of our best loved movies from Bhavani Iyer who wrote them.
'At the end of the day, stars are actors.' 'They love performing. And the more challenges I feel that you end up giving stars on the sets, the happier they are.'
Sukanya Verma looks at the various baap-beti equations depicted on the screen.
Find out which films make it to Sukanya Verma's Top 10 of the year!
'I hate 'fakeism'.' 'People don't love who you are, they love what you have achieved.' ' Only your success counts.'
If one drops the book-versus-series chatter, is Sacred Games watchable? Very much so, promises Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
A week of bumping into trapped souls, savouring Achari Alia Paneer, envisaging Kishore Kumar crooning Kajrare and celebrating one year of Sukanya Verma's super filmi column.
'The idea is to do everything, be creative... do mad stuff.' 'Then, you come home and live your life.' Saif Ali Khan reveals his game plan.
There's a lot happening in Bollywood, Hollywood and world cinema this year.
Sukanya Verma looks back at the decade gone by, in the movies.
'I would never celebrate the success of my songs, be it with Baar Baar Dekho or Dear Zindagi. With Jahan Tu Chala, I made it a point to enjoy its success.'
'It's very tough for someone, who doesn't have a filmi background, to get work in Bollywood. It's not a smooth ride unless you are really lucky. But I think one has to be prepared for that. I must have given 30 auditions for films alone.' Rajkummar Rao survived the struggle to give us some brilliant films.
Hasee Toh Phasee takes a familiar premise -- two people on the brink of tying the knot and introduces a third party to cause expected stir. Only it doesn't happen like it used to, writes Sukanya Verma.
Chaar Cutting is the perfect choice for the YouTube generation -- rich in variety and easy on the attention span, writes Paloma Sharma.
Which one are you looking forward to?
'Who will cast me?'
'It's all about how many Instagram followers you have, which ramp you're walking on,' the actress who is sensational in Sacred Games tells Rediff.com's Ronjita V Kulkarni.
Radhika Sharma/PTI catches up with the stars at the international film festival in Goa.
Sreehari Nair is *not* impressed by this lot of films at all.
Sobhita Dhulipala makes her debut with Raman Raghav 2.0.
'You don't need a godfather to protect you from dangers of Bollywood because nobody will.'
'The standing ovation in Cannes was a rare moment where I felt patriotic. I realised that the audience was not clapping for an individual but for the team that came from India with such a beautiful film.' Masaan's leading man Vicky Kaushal takes us through its making.
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