While things remain bleak for Bollywood at the box office, Hollywood's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has brought quick relief to exhibitors and distributors.
'In my earlier films, I played meek, very innocent, kind of roles but Suhana (her character's name in the film) is not like that. She is not an abla naari (damsel in distress) and that was very exciting for me.'
Riteish Deshmukh makes this medical drama watchable! exclaims Namrata Thakker.
Counsel appearing for the actor objected to the "misuse" of his personality and publicity rights through sale of merchandise, ringtones, wallpapers as well as "insulting" memes and GIFs and the use of artificial intelligence.
'My trajectory right now is five steps forward, two steps backwards.'
'Kajol has always been very particular about Nysa and Yug coming for the puja every year.'
'If you ask me where I want my career to go, I have been saying this for a long time: I want to do a K-drama. I want to be in Korea doing a love story, full of romance.'
Titanic won its fans all over again when it was re-released in 3D recently. Aseem Chhabra presents his wishlist of Hindi films that could make great comebacks with 3D!
Forty four years after Mohammed Rafi's untimely demise on July 31, 1980, at the young age of 55, the singer's work continues to enjoy a musical afterlife on radio, television and modern streaming channels.
Union minister Chirag Paswan, who joined politics after a failed Bollywood debut, has no plans to make a comeback in films and also jokes that he is such a 'bad actor' that even his Lok Sabha colleague and first co-star, Kangana Ranaut, will not agree to share the screen space with him again.
The CPI-M leader was fluent in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bangla, and also Malayalam. He was also well-versed in Hindu mythology, and often used those references in his speeches especially to attack the BJP.
Aseem Chhabra lists the elements that he loved and was pleasantly surprised by in the movies.
'Being the Rs 100 crore girl definitely has a nice ring to it. This will get me to work harder every time I face the camera.'
Raakhee, who turns 77 on August 15, remains an enigma wrapped in a riddle. Dinesh Raheja remembers Raakhee telling him how she loves the rains and how she would drive down to Tulsi Lake in the 1970s and float paper boats in the water. He would like to imagine that Raakhee still does that at her farmhouse.
'Everyone knows the money the stars are asking for is absurd.'
How the pachyderms at the Elephant Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Tiruchirappalli are cooling off.
'Not many films have a reference to a creature who talks, emotes, acts in a film. And Munjya is doing all of it.
Priyadarshan on his new film, Hulchul.
'He is a phenomenal guy.' 'The clarity with which he does his work and the way he wants to present it to the rest of India, I'm amazed at it.'
Bad Cop is not unwatchable. For older viewers, there may even be some comfort in the familiar, notes Deepa Gahlot.
'Ranbir Kapoor has only one film as does Salman Khan.' 'Hrithik Roshan only has War 2.' 'Ranveer Singh has no film on floors today.'
'I will talk about my personal the day my film does well at the box office because on that day, I will feel that they own me and my life completely.'
Aseem Chhabra picks the scenes that left him impressed this year.
Maharaj's mediocre social drama lacks the spine and spunk to recreate the relevance of revolutionary decisions in the face of religious fanaticism, observes Sukanya Verma.
'There are days when I hardly get to see my child.' 'But there are days when I do absolutely nothing and only spend time with him.'
'Namaste behno aur bhaiyo, main aapka dost Ameen Sayani bol raha hoon'
'The film industry has a lot of competition. You don't always get the roles you want.'
There is a lot more to Bollywood than the unguarded glimpses Showtime offers, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'Those movie stars are asking for Rs 35 crore and are opening to Rs 3.5 crore.' 'How's that math working?'
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'When I heard about it, I was very excited to do it. And I thought that if I didn't know about this, then others would not know either.'
'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.'
2024 may have seen a few flops at the box office but there have been some hits as well.
Trolled over his son's name, 'Jehangir', noted Marathi actor Chinmay Mandlekar has announced he would not play the character of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as his family is being mentally harassed on social media.
If there's one thing the full-of-beans star knows, it's how to stay happy, observes Dinesh Raheja.
'I felt awkward pairing with Anushka Shetty on screen because she had played my daughter in a film.'
For four decades, his voice united millions of Indians for an hour every Wednesday as he brought Hindi cinema's greatest songs in an unparalleled radio broadcast.
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