Filmmakers Farhan Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap and Aditi Rao Hydari were among the prominent faces from the Hindi film industry to join the public protesting against the Citizenship Act at Mumbai's August Kranti Maidan on Thursday. The gathering included workers of political parties, students and also a smattering of Bollywood personalities, who made out a strong case against the Act and the National Register of Citizens.
Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict.
'I have lost a piece of my heart.' 'I can cry me a river and write words & words.. but I can never completely express what he means to me.' 'Mera yaar ...KK!!'
Hands down, the star of the show is Rajkummar Rao, observes Sukanya Verma.
While we may not even have heard of some of her flops (Miley Na Miley Hum, Waada Raha... I Promise, Rajjo), Joginder Tuteja looks at Kangana's biggest flops.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Life was a canvas and Pradeep Sarkar painted with full intensity -- be it an ad film or a feature film.'
With any luck, Bollywood will get back on its feet again and give us much to awe and amaze about.
The news of his passing is sad and sudden but the body of work he leaves behind will neither fade nor be forgotten.
'I became busy with my political career.' 'I am ready now to give some time to my acting career.'
'A star hijacking a film and running down the hard work of crew member/s is the worst form of hara-kiri there is.'
After Dhaakad failed at the box office, some social media accounts claimed that Kangana Ranaut hasn't had a single success since Queen. True or False? Find out for yourself in this box office ledger.
Varun Dhawan's winning streak at the box office continues.
On Saturday, Ghosh took to Twitter and wrote that the Gangs of Wasseypur director was sexually inappropriate towards her. The 30-year-old actor tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in her tweet, requesting him to take action against Kashyap.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The hits and misses of the week.
'The stereotype of an actress is that she's dumb, somebody who will sit on your lap, giggle on stupid jokes, come to the van when she's being called, receive a call at 3am and come over to your house. So when a girl comes along and challenges this, people get uncomfortable.'
Tiger. Akshay. Ajay. Hrithik. Ajay again. Akshay again. Kartik...
'We stood by him through his highs and lows and this is possibly his lowest.' 'The least we can do is stand by him now.'
Meet Bollywood's finest casting director Mukesh Chhabra.
'The pandemic helped me to shift my focus to the medicinal qualities of food.'
The well-known satirist, who has issued a statement saying his comments weren't intended to insult the country, found backing from Trinamool Congress member Mahua Moitra as well as Congress leaders Kapil Sibal and Shashi Tharoor.
The hits and misses of the week.
There's much more than talent to Rajkummar Rao.
Joginder Tuteja looks at actors with the most movies in the pipeline.
'India has decided - Democracy needs to be celebrated.'
Unhappy with the recreation of his song Masakali, A R Rahman has asked fans to listen to the original track, saying his team put in a lot of hard work and sleepless nights in composing it.
Subhash K Jha applauds the Oscars for Anthony Hopkins and Frances McDormand.
'It's very tough for someone, who doesn't have a filmi background, to get work in Bollywood. It's not a smooth ride unless you are really lucky. But I think one has to be prepared for that. I must have given 30 auditions for films alone.' Rajkummar Rao survived the struggle to give us some brilliant films.
Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you.
Two men smiling, eyeing each other as they briefly let their guard down, with no care of what the world around them is thinking, that has almost never been shown in a Bollywood film, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Here's a look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Ministry Of Health removes the ugly anti-smoking video accompanying feature films.
