Sukanya Verma gives you some interesting options.
Despite the mediocrity at large, these films had me in raptures for the emotions they evoked within as a cheering audience, critic and cinephile.
One of the best ways to celebrate Children's Day is by spending quality time with your kids and binge watch meaningful yet entertaining cinema pieces.
'It's very heartening because it's a kind of underdog story and you know, we're not a big film, we're not with big people, we have not been able to plaster ourselves all over the place to make ourselves be seen and watched.' 'But still, we have managed to somehow get here.'
'Since childhood, I have enjoyed playing with children. Even when I did films early in my career, I would make sure that whatever content I am putting out, kids should be able to watch these films.'
'Russia is aiming at demoralising Ukraine as a nation.' 'They want to bomb the infrastructure, the electric stations so that regular citizens will not to be able to live, to cook, to give comfort to their kids.'
The posters of Siddhant Chaturvedi and Malavika Mohanan's new film, Yudhra, are out, and they are looking very good.
Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker. The time was right. Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era. But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that cachet. It was Zeenat Aman who ended up being the definitive taboo-trasher of the era. Dinesh Raheja salutes the trendsetter of the 1970s, Rehana Sultan.
The actor-politician however, said they should not try to destroy such a huge industry like cinema.
'After Om's untimely demise, he would call us every Sunday for the next two years to ask, "How are you doing my dear? How's the young fella?"'
Emotions run high more than usual on OTT this week.
Good, bad, evil, we saw a gamut of emotions on display in their most stirring form as actors reiterated their worth.
While super hits like Jawaan are missing this year, it has been filled with a range of medium-range hits such as Crew, Teri Baaton Ne Uljhaa Diya and Guntur Kaaram, observes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
If approached with minimal expectations, Sikandar Ka Muqaddar offers enough suspense to justify an OTT viewing, observes Sonil Dedhia.
Chiranjeevi celebrated his 69th birthday on August 22 by offering prayers at the Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirumala.
Decapitated ghosts, ancient ghosts, devil judges, devious cartoons, angry young women, it's a super flavourful platter of assorted goodies on the OTT menu this week.
Sukanya Verma asks you to brace yourself for an out-of-body-experience on OTT this Diwali week.
How wonderful it would be for all of us to watch the Oscar ceremony on March 2, 2025 and watch AWIAL win an Oscar, notes Aseem Chhabra.
'With him in particular, I've had a lot of chats with him, a lot of conversations to try and make him a better cricketer.'
'Varun was so exhilarated with the intense physical action sequences.' 'Samantha is very agile.' 'I don't know how they did it. It's really hard.'
Uthappa also spoke on India's four-match T20I series against South Africa saying the contest would help Sanju Samson consolidate his position in the team after his splendid show against Bangladesh.
It's a mixed plate in theatres this October, and OTT has a lot of interesting releases coming up as well.
The five-times champions have retained the quartet of Bumrah, Suryakumar, Pandya and Rohit along with youngster Tilak Verma.
Following his match-winning spell and century against Bangladesh in the first Test, Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin opened up on idolising legendary spinner Harbhajan Singh during his junior-age cricket days and replicating his bowling action during matches.
The top 10 films of the year may not be great by themselves but they stand out amidst the other OTT releases.
As Thalapathy Vijay embarks on a career in politics, Arjun Menon looks closer at his glorious filmography.
Kumble said it was surprising to see Vijaykumar not being retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru and backed the Karnataka bowler to do well.
Enchanted rings, talking teddy bears and arranged marriages of the phony kind, hijack horror and more on OTT this week.
'In the current world of action cinema, where everything is high-tech and glossy, what if we go back in time and take out all the gadgets?'
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 fails to invoke any excitement, despite having two immensely watchable stars Madhuri Dixit and Vidya Balan at its centre, observes Mayur Sanap.
At the start of the auction on Sunday, Punjab Kings had the highest funds at Rs 110.5 crore, which decreased to Rs 10.9 crore before Day 2 on Monday.
LSG has been one of the hottest topics of the rumour mill after reports started to surface about the franchise deciding not to retain its captain for the past two seasons, KL Rahul.
'I am not saying all films should have a message. But I think it is important for cinema to send out the right signals to the audience.'
The Miranda Brothers is short on humour, romance and real drama, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'What would it be like if one had the power to transcend the universe like the characters in the Marvel comics and movies do?' 'Could I rewind my life and go back in time to do things differently?' asks Aarti David.
Sukanya Verma remembers some of his greatest solo numbers in our fondly curated playlist.
Shailendra's songs were attuned to Raj Kapoor's explorations of the themes and dreams of the Everyman.
'The politics of divisiveness won't work.' 'The janta is too clever not to see through it.'
The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned.
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