Ranbir Kapoor: 'I'm working very hard for two-three years on the movies that I'm doing.'
Namrata Thakker picks 6 cine ways to celebrate Maha Shivratri.
When one of the most adored voices of India decided to hang up his boots as far as playback singing is concerned, fans and fraternity went in a tizzy. Sukanya Verma tells you why.
As Arijit Singh announces his plans for retirement from playback singing, we look back at his most popular Hindi film songs.
'Ayan told Karan he blundered leaving Dharma.'
Trade analyst Girish Wankhede puts together a curated list of the 25 biggest hits in the first 25 years of the century.
'When you finally hold that red bag with your personalised Onitsukas inside, it feels like ticking off a very satisfying item on your travel checklist,' discovers Mayur Sanap after visiting Onitsuka Tiger's famous Red Concept store in Tokyo.
'What's amazing is that many of his fans are not Indians.' 'Even in countries where they don't speak or understand Hindi, Shah Rukh is hugely popular.'
Prabhas never looked more heroic and magnetic than he did in the dual role of Amarendra and Mahendra Baahubali, applauds Mayur Sanap after watching the nearly four hour-long Baahubali: The Epic.
Not just hard core action, War 2 has some groovy romance between Hrithik Roshan and Kiara Advani too, and the world got a glance at that in the film's newly-released song, Aavan Jaavan.
'Knowing that a no-confidence motion would succeed, the BJP central leadership forced N Biren Singh to resign.' 'If he had lost on the floor of the House, it would have been a major setback for the BJP.'
It's been an emotional night for many film folk across India, as they were honoured at the National Awards.
While Amitabh Bachchan's chemistry with his heroines -- from Jaya Bhaduri to Rekha to Hema Malini -- brought sizzle to his films, many of his biggest blockbusters have been powered by his combustible combination with male co-stars.
This time, Ranveer Singh's OTT gesture broke the internet.
Mirai is an ambitious, but lazily timid visual effects overkill that squanders away potential with an undercooked early draft screenplay that needed rework, notes Arjun Menon.
'People ask me about my biggest action sequence; this is it, because it involved two giants of Indian cinema.'
At a fan event on Reddit recently, Ranbir Kapoor confirmed that Brahmastra 2 is 'heavy into writing'.
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.
Arijit Singh is all set to make history.
'The way the anticipation is built up for Gabbar Singh's introduction scene with sound, image and details of his personality, like the combat boots he wears.' 'The camera comes so close -- not a tele lens shot, but a wide-angle close-up -- that you can almost smell Gabbar's breath.'
Brahmastra is a work of star-struck ambition and high-octane energy whose razzle-dazzle hits many happy notes, observes Sukanya Verma.
The two immensely watchable stars aside, War 2 looks like a banal amalgam of every action flick we have seen before.
The Indian government defended its decision to revoke the security clearance of Turkey-based Celebi without warning, citing an "unprecedented" threat to aviation security. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that giving a hearing or reasons before taking action would "defeat the purpose" in matters of national security. The decision came after Turkey backed Pakistan and condemned India's airstrikes on terror camps in the neighboring country. Celebi, which operates at nine Indian airports, has challenged the government's move in court.
This is the best-ever opening three day collections for a Bollywood film.
About Rs 35 crore (Rs 350 million) was required over the second weekend to register good numbers. But the film did even better and registered Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million), resulting in an estimated Rs 213 crore (Rs 2.13 billion)
'Brahmastra is kind of a meeting place of modern India with a feeling of ancient Indian powers about it.'
There is a kind of audacious large-scale experimentation which is admirable, even if the novelty and potential of the idea are not fully realised, notes Deepa Gahlot.
There are some interesting sequels coming up, with one magic name attached to them: Ayan Mukerji!
The advance bookings of Brahmastra are looking very good.
Shah Rukh comes at a crucial point in the film.
Houseful signs were visible on online booking apps as well as physical boards all over again. It has been ages since one has seen a phenomenon like this.
Hrithik Roshan or Ranveer Singh will play the male lead.
Alia Bhatt has been holidaying with her family in Thailand, where she brought in the New Year.
A day before the release of Brahmastra, Ranbir Kapoor and his BFF Ayan Mukerji -- who has directed the film -- took blessings from Lalbaugcha Raja.
'I did get a coach to learn Telugu and I did learn the language for my role in RRR.' 'But I don't know if they are keeping my voice. If they aren't, it's because the emotion in the scenes must not be compromised by the spoken lines.'
'It took me three days to tell him that I am his huge fan.'
'At the moment, it seems to be budgeted at Rs 300 crores with no sign of completion in the immediate future.'
It was a lull period for Bollywood in August as none of the new releases could work at the box office, hope that it turns around in September.
'We've seen in recent times what excessive marketing and hype can do to films.'
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