Bollywood has announced plenty of high-profile sequels with fanfare, only for a few of them to vanish into endless delays, casting chaos and development hell.
Dhurandhar - The Revenge arrives this week and all eyes are on how entertaining the film turns out to be and how much money it makes at the box office. A look at the Top 10 biggies in the Hindi spy film genre.
Uday Chopra will head the company as its CEO. Their first film -- a comedy -- stars Olivia Wilde and Jason Bateman.
After the massive success of his debut film Saiyaara, Ahaan Panday has commenced shooting his second film, a yet-untitled film directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, with the first look hinting at an action-packed narrative.
Saluting the people who saved scores of life, YRF announced this project on the same day that the tragedy struck Bhopal 37 years back.
'Established filmmakers want to go with the sequels of earlier hit films like Housefull 5 or Mastiii 4. They don't want to come up with fresh ideas. This is pure laziness.'
Yash Raj Films has launched the YRF Script Cell, a platform discovering and nurturing screenwriting talent from across the world.
Dhurandhar does not ask audiences to cheer blindly, notes Kumar Abhishek. It asks them to see how power operates in grey zones, and at moral cost.
The entertainment district will house theme park attractions, a movie palace, unique hotels and many other unique Indian genre entertainment concepts themed around the YRF banner. The first phase of the district is scheduled to be completed by 2012, said Yash Chopra, chairman, Yash Raj Films. However, details of the investment were not disclosed.
War 2 offers you exactly what you'd expect from a mass entertainer: some escapist fun, some truly knockout action scenes, and overall a good time at the movies, observes Mayur Sanap.
Vaani Kapoor says she wanted to make her debut in the digital space with a 'clutter-breaking' story and Mandala Murders came as the perfect opportunity.
The two immensely watchable stars aside, War 2 looks like a banal amalgam of every action flick we have seen before.
Uday explains why he decided to quit acting and decided to set up a production house in Hollywood.
Netflix has announced a thrilling line-up for 2025.
The Gujarat high court has stayed the release of Maharaj, Aamir Khan's son Junaid's debut film, on Netflix after followers of Pushtimarg, a Vaishnava sect of Hinduism, claimed that it would hurt their religious sentiments.
'I didn't want to do a highlight reel with greatest hits of Yash Raj Films.' 'I wanted to do an actual story.'
Alia Bhatt is all set to become the first woman to headline a film in Yash Raj Film's spy universe.
It was a hit and miss for some but each one of them revelled in the opportunity to showcase their talent.
'I am a Delhi Bengali and I speak Punjabi.' 'Karan was looking at these two communities for Rocky and Rani, as well as the city of Delhi, as a setting.' 'So I guess it all fell in place.'
'It has never happened that all Top 5 songs on Spotify are from one film. On the Ormax list, the Top 9 are from Animal.' 'The music is good, sure. But everything has taken off with Animal the film.'
It's been a good year at the box office. Still, there were some rude shocks as well.
As it celebrates 50 years of being in business, Joginder Tuteja looks at the big hits in the first part of this special.
Saif and Rani will reunite after 11 years.
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.
What do you think of the look? Let us know.
Bollywood is ready with its line-up of theatre releases, but it remains to be seen whether we will get to watch these movies in theatres this year.
Mohnish Singh brings you some surprising revelations from an entertaining episode.
'No production house can afford to pay what A-listers were demanding before the pandemic.'
'Adi Sir told me when he watched Gully Boy, he felt I was hero material.'
With the Rs 100 Crore Club assuming so much importance, the biggest commercial successes are the ones where action is the central element.
Tea with Twinkle... Arjun celebrates... Tara meets a special friend...
Seven of Bollywood's big stars (Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Ajay Devgn, Varun Dhawan, Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham and Shahid Kapoor), who had 10 movies released with a collective budget of Rs 1,100 crore since December, could rustle up only around a third of that money at the box office.
With any luck, Bollywood will get back on its feet again and give us much to awe and amaze about.
Ten times when Yash Raj Films let us down.
'Kangana is such a stylo, she knows what will look good on her.'
Trailers are key to the way an audience perceives a movie and hence a big part of the lifecycle of a movie.
War ticks all the components of a masala action entertainer, there's not a single dull moment.
'Salman Khan family is the head of this venomous serpent.'
