In a year of overwrought spectacles that slavishly sucked up to the audience, I found refuge in a bunch of 'mainstream' Indian films that espoused such old-fashioned values as dedication to craft, close observation and casual bravery, explains Sreehari Nair.
We bring you the hottest couple covers of 2019.
This isn't a compilation of his best films, biggest blockbusters or important milestones but moments that swept Sukanya Verma off the floor, blew her heart into smithereens, regaled her with their sheer silliness, made her laugh till her sides hurt and look at phenke hue paise in disdain.
With any luck, Bollywood will get back on its feet again and give us much to awe and amaze about.
Femina Miss India 2018 finally got its three new faces.
Three contestants got evicted on Bigg Boss 13, and were replaced by wild card entrants.
And it all looks like warm, well-written fun!
Sukanya Verma curates an impressive list.
Could this be the Indian Hugo? The Hawaizaada trailer seems to suggests so.
From going desi and redefining sexy, our B-town ladies had fun with their sartorial choices in September.
'We are all trying to make great cinema and trying to put Malayalam cinema on the map.'
Trains don't just transport from one place to another. Sometimes they can be a setting for a happily-ever-after. It sure happens a lot in the movies.
'The biggest success of Andhadhun is that viewers are thinking and debating about it. I didn't expect it,' Sriram Raghavan tells Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff.com.
While the sympathy vote for Sushant Singh Rajput's tragic demise must have played an important part in tilting the scales in Chhichhore's favour, the qualitative difference between the two films is so high that it could not have been a close shave, argues Subhash K Jha.
Awesome Star Power was evident at *the* wedding reception of the year.
But producer Aanand L Rai promises that there's no vulgar content.
Kangana biopic takes shape... Ayushmann's new film... Why Oscar winner Olivia Colman visited Bihar...Subhash K Jha's Bollywood Buzz...
Singer Labh Janjua, famous for chartbusters such as "London Thumakda" and "Jee Karda", was found dead at his home in Mumbai on Thursday, the police said.
Smriti Mundhra's documentary The Romantics has many, many, gems about one of Bollywood's most successful film-makers and more importantly, his iconic father, Yash Chopra.
Sukanya Verma picks the best fashion stories of the year.
United States President Donald Trump on Monday reached out to Indians by hailing the "genius" of the Hindi film industry and recalling two all-time favourites, "Sholay" and "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge".
Namrata Thakker turns her eyes to the ensemble cast and see what they have been up to since.
We look at 52 of them, spread over 52 Fridays, in a two-part special. Here's the first part.
Joginder Tuteja looks at stars with the most movies in the pipeline.
Joginder Tuteja celebrates Mother's Day by looking at the recent moms who have made a big impression in the movies.
It's time for another Ayushmann Khurrana release, and everyone -- including the film folk! -- is lining up to watch.
While players and teams from other participating nations can venture out as and when they wish, individual outings are a big 'No' for the Pakistani players. They are allowed to visit places in groups only and have to mandatorily inform the security a day in advance.
'I don't see any light in the near future. This is the best I can do to survive.'
Monsoon is here, and time to bring out the chhatris.
Shoojit Sircar picks two Oscar-winning, slice-of-life films which say a lot with the minimum of fuss.
Cinema halls have been ordered to shut down in many cities after the COVID-19 scare, so films are being screened only at a limited number of cinemas.
Like the rest of India, film folk like Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar came out on their balconies to clap and give a shout-out to people, who have been providing medical and other essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as part of PM Narendra Modi's Janta curfew initiative.
If there's one thing about the decade our glamorous lot is in NO RUSH to replicate, it is the '80s' kitschy, over-the-top sartorial style.
'Vishal sir said he would sign me only when I accept to gain 10 kilos.' 'No matter what, I was ready to accept if I was getting an opportunity to work with Vishal sir.'
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