'People want to limit you, but you can be different things all at once.'
Siddiqa Begum, daughter and legal heir of Shah Bano, has served a legal notice on the makers "for immediate restraint on the publication, screening, promotion, or release of the upcoming film."
From the upcoming biopic Amri on Amrita Sher-Gil to classic roles like Akshaye Khanna's Sid in Dil Chahta Hai and Anil Kapoor's Majnu Bhai in Welcome, Bollywood has often explored the lives and artistry of painters.
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Alia will present one of the BAFTAS on Sunday evening.
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As time went by, different facets of the Hindi cinema started showing the complicated identity of Muslim -- sometimes tendentious and at other times perverse and unreliable.
'The only challenge was making a family-friendly show with Emraan.'
'Taskaree gave me a chance to play a good character I've never played before.'
Sapne vs Everyone is dark, and often depressing. At the same time, it is not completely hopeless, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Looking at Emraan Hashmi's top money-making movies at the box office.
'My life and career have changed in subtle but meaningful ways.'
'I remember how my grandmother was scared for me when I joined the industry because she was aware of the hurdles and pitfalls.' 'It's a harsh place.' 'When the going is good, it's great, but you really have to have the spirit to deal with the situation when the chips are down.'
'Aditya Dhar and Yami Gautam will have to move forward with extra caution.'
It is difficult to make conveyor belt and baggage-scanning scenes thrilling -- which is how most people trying to sneak out through the Green Channel are caught -- but Neeraj Pandey and co-director Raghav M Jairath and co-writer Vipul K Rawal make sure there is enough going on to make the series watchable, raves Deepa Gahlot.
'Haq has become very personal to so many people.'
'Pravina Deshpande was a living example of an iron lady who fought cancer with resilience, grace and strength.'
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'Some films are meant to more than just entertain you. They are meant to challenge, provoke, push you to think, instil change, and be in the public conversation.' 'That is Haq.'
In the year gone by, quite a few of the younger actors flexed their acting muscle. Whether the films were blockbusters or not is immaterial, what matters is the effort put in.
If the stories are food for the mind then our digestive system has changed. If they are a piece of art, our gaze has altered. This calls for a change not in stories, but in the grammar of storytelling so that it can cut through the deluge and gluttony and force people to savour, appreciate and re-visit it. That is what the creators of Taskaree or Dhurandhar are trying, points out Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
A reader shares this photograph of actor Emraan Hashmi with us.
The 30-year-old actor's wife Parveen gave birth to the child on Wednesday. The newborn has been named Ayaan.
January has a rich slate of web series and movies on the OTT platform. Joginder Tuteja gives us a quick look.
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'I don't know what people will say, but as a liberal Muslim, I can say that I had no problems with the viewpoint of the film. Because we are not maligning any community, if we were I wouldn't have done this film...'
Happy birthday, Emraan Hashmi!
'You can't make art with a point of view of fear. You have to present the truth.' 'That's why such films are not being made these days.' 'You never put the truth in the script because you fear you might offend somebody.'
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Reader Sharad Anchalia wanted to surprise his friend Johnny Lalwani by putting up his picture with Emraan Hashmi, clicked in Hong Kong.
The actor's four-year-old is reportedly being prepped for surgery.
The hope is that the film raises significant issues about the rights of women, and does not become a diatribe against a minority community that has happened with some recent films, points out Deepa Gahlot.
Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi, watched captain Rohit Sharma lead by example as a thoroughly professional Mumbai Indians outclassed Pune Supergiants.
We asked readers to list their favourite films from 2025, and we got an interesting range of movies that included blockbusters, well-reviewed films and a couple of surprises.
Emraan Hashmi is in his fine form as he gave a brilliant performance in his latest film Ek Thi Dayan.
The actor was spotted at a dargah in Mumbai on August 20.
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