Where cheer is indispensable and cynicism is undesirable -- the world is viewed through rose-coloured glasses in Vikas Bahl's Shaandaar, feels Sukanya Verma
Business houses don't think twice about blacklisting a newspaper.
The bar's been raised again, says Sukanya Verma.
Zed Plus allows a bunch of talented actors to rise above second rung roles and take centre stage, says Sukanya Verma.
Will things be the same at Bahrain? Here's where we look to the front - by looking at what we've learnt.
'We spoke of everything but politics.' 'She was well-versed in the Eng. Lit. canon of Dickens and Austen, but had also read Oscar Wilde's famous epistolary tract from jail, De Profundis.' Sunil Sethi recalls his memorable encounters with Jayalalithaa.
Puli makes for a truly bad trip, warns Raja Sen.
Well done, Team Talvar. Savera R Someshwar applauds the film.
Raja Sen takes stock of Best Director nominees at Oscars 2015.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala released a list of 55 persons who lost their lives while standing in queues at banks and ATMs in the wake of demonetisation and demanded compensation to their families besides probe into their death.
Preparations are on a war footing at Rashtrapati Bhavan in anticipation of the formation of a new government next month. President Pranab Mukherjee has already completed two rounds of reading his predecessors' judgments and interactions with Constitutional experts.
These characters have entertained us despite the fact that they do not have any name at all.
Harnoor Channi Tiwary who recently moved to Mumbai is now exploring the outskirts of the city!
Before Vishal Bharadwaj's advent, several Hindi filmmakers had attempted screen adaptations of Shakespeare's various works, with varied success.
John Wick's Amar Akbar Anthony connection, filmi fundas from Gabbar Singh and best Bollywood songs of 2017 so far, everything you need to know about Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.
The Hundred-Foot Journey treats its Indian characters with respect, discovers Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com
Over 15 years, with seven per cent growth, the Indian economy will be three times bigger.
The apex court said the exception in the rape law was contrary to the philosophy of other statutes and violates the bodily integrity of a girl child.
Fading Gigolo is evidence that a movie doesn't have to mumble to be modest.
The more market driven the economy becomes, the more its government sector should function in its basics like the rest of the economy.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf goes to the bank to withdraw cash, a day after high denomination notes were withdrawn, and encounters a veritable battlefield.
Ankhon Dekhi's real star is Sanjay Mishra, says Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma recaps all the action at this year's MAMI.
Too much unsecured loan can harm your CIBIL rating.
Step aside, dear models. The celebrity showstoppers are here to steal the show.
Oscar 2015 host Neil Patrick Harris has several big shoes to fill in.
'Modi's long arm reached out to Madam Singh. It is not at all a pretty sight when a Colossus comes down so heavily in an patently unequal tussle -- and I am not speaking about gender equality alone. A prime minister should not stoop so low to conquer. It is simply below the dignity of his high office.'
Rediff's film critic Sukanya Verma lists her top Hindi movies of 2014.
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Shuddh Desi Romance conveys a simple but underrated philosophy in the most fun way possible.
Dil Dhadakne Do unravels like an entire season of soap opera condensed into a nearly three-hour movie, writes Sukanya Verma.
Sreehari Nair is *not* impressed by this lot of films at all.
''There is the perennial worry in the Indian mind regarding the US 'hyphenating' India and Pakistan. Frankly, this is a completely nonsensical hypothesis. The US has always 'hyphenated' India and Pakistan and it couldn't have been otherwise,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Can Sidharth Malhotra and Sonakshi Sinha bring back the magic created by Rajesh Khanna and Nanda in the 1969 original?
'It is at the root of all the reservation tussles, and the sharpening polarisation that we witness today, be it on Jat politics or the problems faced by Indians from the north-east in many places,' says Ambassador Kishan S Rana.
Finding Fanny is a fine blend of soulful musings and nuanced filmmaking, feels Sukanya Verma.
An icon of grace and beauty, the charismatic heroine of outstanding films, Suchitra Sen will forever remain the brightest star on the horizon.
Whom will North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un kill next, and how?
'The man who has been Gujarat's chief minister for 13 years has no understanding of the ills affecting the farmers and agriculture in India.'
Golden Globes that could go wrong.
In a path-breaking verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday said bureaucrats should not act on verbal orders given by political bosses as it sought an end to frequent transfers and suggested a fixed tenure to insulate them from political interference.
