'Women have always been given titles like 'mother' or 'housewife'. 'These tags put so much pressure on a woman to be a certain way.'
'Your family doesn't want you to come to this field because there's no direction, no formula.' 'It's not as if your career is settled and you will get work consistently.'
'The National award that Dibakar has returned for Khosla Ka Ghosla belongs to the producer of the film. So, basically Dibakar is protesting with a gesture over which he has no claim,' says Nihalani.
Filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee says how we feel about sex is effected by advertising and consumerism.
After the super success of Love, Sex Aur Dhoka, the acclaimed filmmaker is ready to make a political thriller called Shanghai.
'People ask me about my biggest action sequence; this is it, because it involved two giants of Indian cinema.'
The four-day CIFF was packed with so many other new projects, like Radhika Apte's first directorial effort Koyta, with Vikramaditya Motwane as the producer, Venkatesh Maha's Ko Ko Ko, Jeo Baby's Punishment and Shonali Bose's Black Mountain Monpa.
Film folk attended a special screening of this week's release, Do Aur Do Pyaar, starring Vidya Balan, Pratik Gandhi, Ileana D'Cruz and Sendhil Ramamurthy.
There is startling accuracy to Dibakar Banerjee's portrayal, notes Sukanya Verma.
We looked at some bold instances of Bollywood's beautiful appearing in the buff.
It was a dull weekend at the box office.
Sukanya Verma recommends watching CTRL on a computer for an eerie, immersive, real-time experience.
Films that turned out to be box office disappointments.
'Ekta has evolved to the extent that she understands the fight to keep the cinemas alive, to keep collective viewing alive.'
It's turning out to be a double whammy season for Rajkummar Rao. Raj ended Bollywood's box office drought with Srikanth and followed it with Mr & Mrs Mahi.
There aren't many original Web series or movies announced for June, but quite a few Bollywood films will have their digital premieres.
We take a look at 10 recent awe-inspiring prosthetic aesthetics that actors have rocked for their respective roles in films.
Joginder Tuteja lists April's theatre releases.
There's a whole slew of sequels coming up, and Joginder Tuteja lists them for us.
'Salman wanted to do the interview properly. That's why he was nervous, you know, that dad should be happy.'
'When Bad Newz was given to me to direct, the first thing I did was go back to my childhood.' 'It's an ode to Hindi cinema.'
The OTT boom has proved a boon for a lot of hibernating '90s beauties as they rediscover themselves in exciting new avatars.
Sunny practices archery... Shraddha shares the view from her home...
Lust Stories releases on June 15.
The shooting for the film will start in January 2014.
Sukanya Verma looks at how one of the seven primal human emotions is usually treated in Hindi movies.
Ayushmann Khurrana is ready to repeat the flirtatious woman deed second time around in Dream Girl 2.
In a movie supposedly realistic, Dibakar Banerjee cannot handle politics except as a joke, with a party named 'India Bane Pardes'.
Raja Sen : Shanghai is all Dibakar, who we must lift on our shoulders with grateful pride.
This Friday sees the release of Dibakar Banerjee's Shanghai, and we at Rediff can't wait for the film. Here are a few reasons why.
'Agra is about sexuality and sexual repression, and the relationship of sexuality to the physical spaces that we are in.'
Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar makes for a good watch, assures Joginder Tuteja.
As Abhay turns 45 on March 15, Joginder Tuteja looks back at his best work.
Joginder Tuteja looks at films that didn't do well in theatres but became popular on satellite television or on OTT.
'Whatever I have directed has been so far from my world.'
The newest import in Bollywood, British model Scarlett Wilson fires up the screen in Dibakar Banerjee's upcoming film Shanghai.
Will this be yet another Dibakar Banerjee masterstroke? Raja Sen reviews the trailer of Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
After making Bombay Talkies and Lust Stories, Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap give us Ghost Stories, a film consisting of four short stories. It will stream on Netflix from January 1. A special screening was held in Mumbai, and the cast members made sure to attend.
Quite a few stars walked the red carpet for the premiere of Dibakar Banerjee's well-reviewed film.
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