The Kalki Universe might just take off, but it will still owe its gee-whizery to Hollywood movies, observes Deepa Gahlot.
January releases also feature Pawan Kalyan, the Fukrey folks, Vir Das, and the Border stars...
A lot of time is spent on giving us the background of the story and establishing the characters but the film is named Kalki and the man is not even born, notes A Ganesh Nadar.
'Mr Bachchan has been paid much less, around Rs 35 crore to Rs 40 crore.'
Five months after the release of Fighter comes a film that is set to take a very good start at the box office.
After being in theatres for seven days, the Hindi collections of Kalki 2898 AD have comfortably gone past that of RRR to emerge as the third highest Week One grosser among dubbed releases.
'It's really trippy to see a movie like this where her character is pregnant and she is pregnant.'
It has already collected Rs 110 crore* (Rs 1.1 billion), which is better than the three -day weekend score of Prabhas' previous release, Adipurush (Rs 103 crore/ Rs 1.03 billion).
'I am happy showing my age. I don't want to look 20 years younger than my age. Neither have I done any cosmetic surgery nor do I want to.'
Here's a quick look at the Bollywood movies list of 2026. Lots of interesting titles and genres coming right up!
When Vin Diesel posted on Instagram, 'Xander's next adventure is in Mumbai. Grateful for you all, hope to make you proud,' the Internet lit up.
When stars travel, they make lovely pictures on social media.
Raveena pouts... Daisy is obsessed...Gauahar plays host...
'Prabhas's look in the film is a guarded secret.' 'Such an irresponsible act of vandalism is extremely damaging to the project.'
IMDb has voted Deepika Padukone among the Top 5 stars in the Indian Cinema's Most Prolific Headliners list in the last 25 years.
As the year draws to a close, Rediff's Senior Contributor Roshmila Bhattacharya takes a look at the hits and misses, the highs and lows, the newsmakers and the dealbreakers in alphabetical order.
The ambition shown in the world-building of this universe is highly commendable and something that promises a big-screen spectacle. Mayur Sanap hopes that Nag Ashwin is not swayed by the excessive use of CGI and his rooted vision will shine with a strong and unique storyline.
Shefali cools in a pool... Tanisha goes on a drive... Sarah's perfect pic...
Deepika Padukone finally addressed the much-talked about eight-hour shift that's reportedly costing her big movies.
Angry young men (and old) dominate the OTT this week. Take your pick.
Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal celebrated their wedding anniversary over the weekend, and invited their friends over for a party.
Gowri Ramnarayan explores the world of Kalki Krishnamurthy whose magnificent novel Ponniyin Selvan has inspired Mani Ratnam's latest film PS I.
It's a small world and Bollywood knows that only too well. That's why they're always on the move!
Sparks fly on the runway as Ibrahim Ali Khan and Sharvari Wagh steal the show in Amit Aggarwal's couture.
Fifty years ago today, December 25, 1972, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, one of the titans of India's freedom struggle, passed into the ages. Kalki Krishnamurthy, who penned the Tamil classic Ponniyin Selvan among numerous other novels, describes his first glimpse of the man who would become an august national leader and his cherished role model.
The actor introduced her pet to the world on Instagram.
Kalki Koechlin's little girl was born on February 7.
Malaika shows us some asanas... Rashmika turns goofy... What's Krystle celebrating?
Varun-Janhvi's masti... Kartik's important message... Mithila's FOMO...
Salman finds 'jannat'... Rasika is tempted... Kartik plays with Katori...
Mirai is an ambitious, but lazily timid visual effects overkill that squanders away potential with an undercooked early draft screenplay that needed rework, notes Arjun Menon.
While Amitabh Bachchan's chemistry with his heroines -- from Jaya Bhaduri to Rekha to Hema Malini -- brought sizzle to his films, many of his biggest blockbusters have been powered by his combustible combination with male co-stars.
Kalki gets honoured in London... Sanjana starts journaling... Ishaan's no-shave month...
'Women have always been given titles like 'mother' or 'housewife'. 'These tags put so much pressure on a woman to be a certain way.'
Kalki Koechlin gave birth to a baby girl on February 7, and named her Sappho.
On Friday, a four-member team of the ASI surveyed the recently-discovered Shri Kartik Mahadev temple, five pilgrimage sites and 19 'koops' (wells).
