Film folk attended the screening of Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal's festival film Girls Will Be Girls at PVR theatre in Juhu, a northwest suburb of Mumbai. You can watch this film on Amazon Prime Video.
'Playing a rape survivor can't ever be compared to actually being one.'
This is a film that should appear on every year-end 'Best of' list, recommends Mayur Sanap.
'The flutters of excitement of a high-school romance, and then how life changes.'
The most beautiful aspect of Bad Girl is the way it delves into the mother and daughter relationship, observes Mayur Sanap.
The Critics Choice Awards saw a lot of talent on the red carpet, as actors got recognised for their work.
The Showsha Reel awards 2025 saw a splash of glamour on the red carpet, as Bollywood's actors lent some star appeal.
'Konkona just walked up, and both of us froze. She was tearing up, and I was like this is unbelievable.' 'We had Tannishtha Chatterjee, Divya Dutta, Rasika Dugal, Dia Mirza... women I've idolised.'
When I go to act in a film, I don't think of the journey.'
'The entire shoot paused after that.' 'There was a heaviness on set -- a shared recognition of the horror we were portraying.'
'...just be neutral about everything.' 'I will just take life as it comes.'
Despite the mediocrity at large, these films had me in raptures for the emotions they evoked within as a cheering audience, critic and cinephile.
Aseem Chhabra picks his top 10 Indian films of 2024, which includes films that have had theatrical releases or are streaming on OTT.
Coming of age, cyclones, conscience, cubicles, catchwords for OTT this week.
Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the top female performers of 2024.
'We are driven by a passion for storytelling and a commitment to bring fresh, diverse narratives to the forefront.'
'But when we actually express ourselves, sometimes our parents can surprise us, because they just love their children.' 'Sometimes it's just that simple. That is what I wanted to show in this film.'
All We Imagine as Light has been on several critics' best of the year lists, including Sight and Sound (Payal Kapadia appeared on the magazine's cover, perhaps a first for an Indian filmmaker), to The New York Times, Time and it is the number one film recommended by Barack Obama. The future certainly belongs to Payal Kapadia, asserts Aseem Chhabra.
Mayur Sanap lists five films at MAMI 2024 that took his breath away.
The couple announced the news on Instagram, with a caption: 'A tiny heartbeat is the loudest sound in our world.'
'I went to a school in Baroda, where if the boys harassed us, the teachers pulled the girls aside and said, "Oh, your skirts are too short".' 'They made us feel ashamed of having any sexual feelings or having bodies that were growing up to be a young women.'
'People had a perception that I may be angry as a person.' 'Or I'm older than I really am.' 'Or I can't speak in English because of the characters I've done at the beginning of my career.'
Richa Chadha has started shooting for her first international project Aaina in London.
Richa-Ali go to Sundance...Sidharth feels at home in Delhi... Harshvardhan leads a van life...
'If there is an artiste somewhere in India or in the world who wants to express her art, I hoped that this award would inspire them, and add meaning to their journey.'
'Hope is about being more accepting of each other, the kind of solidarity and friendship that even our families may not be able to give.'
Priyanka's pooch is back in the limelight!
Joginder Tuteja looks at Bollywood's new lot of actress-turned-producers.
Parita Patel, a born and bred Mumbaikar, has found herself returning, again and again, to an unknown -- probably forgotten -- part of Jharkhand to teach girls. This is what compells her do it.
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