When the North Korean athletes took over, it became a more austere affair.
Marudhu will give you a headache, warns S Saraswathi.
Aligarh is a milestone in the history of Indian cinema that should start the much needed conversation about how India treats gays and lesbians, feels Aseem Chhabra.
The dry spell at the box office continues.
'I am aware of Shankar's talent and what he is capable of,' Suresh Gopi tells Vijay George/ Rediff.com
The hits and misses of the week.
It is an aspirational smart-speaker with few rivals, says Veer Arjun Singh.
The film is reduced to a lame science fiction with an overdose of action, writes S Saraswathi.
A woman has accused a driver of app based cab service TaxiForSure of indulging in vulgar act while driving her from South Delhi's Saket to Faridabad.
Second Hand Husband is entertaining in parts, says Nishi Tiwari.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
Kunal Rajan, a regular in Kamal Haasan's movie crew, talks about his experiences.
'Politics has become a toilet because we delegate everything.' 'We have to catch a bus, watch a cricket match, live our life... we feel this (politics) is not part of our responsibility.'
Director M Muthaiah's Komban is an over-the-top rural-based film with too much violence
Though Katham Katham moves at a brisk pace, it is predictable and long, writes S Saraswathi.
'The emotion of love is the same, but we have made it a math calculation, messed up and complicated.'
The dry spell at the box office continues.
'I know this movie will be a superhit -- not because it's a Rs 600 crore budget or because we worked hard for more than three years on it.' 'It's because some movies have magic and some don't.' 'This one has that magic.'
Director Ashwin Saravanan's Maya is a gripping supernatural thriller. S Saraswathi recommends.
Director Sarkunam's Chandi Veeran is worth a watch, says S Saraswathi.
Orange Mittai has its sweet and sour moments, with just the right balance of humour and emotions, says S Saraswathi.
'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge was the highest point of our life,' Lalit Pandit tells Subhash K Jha.
How dare Swami Om talk about Indian culture when he doesn't know how to talk to women or about them?
'The Pakistan government, we were told, has a plan to renovate several Hindu temples and Buddhist sites, which over the years have fallen into disrepair. The aim is to create a pilgrimage circuit to attract visitors from all over the subcontinent.'
'NO child deserves a life without hope for the future.'
Sukanya Verma discovers what she loves about Anushka Sharma's 'spirit' on more than one occasion in her super-filmi week.
Director Mohanakrishna Indraganti talks about his first comedy film Bandipotu.
We bring you this excerpt from Anurag Garg's latest book Love not for Sale.
Director Gunasekhar deserves applause for his attempt to capture history on screen, but the melodramatic screenplay, never-ending battle scenes and highly exaggerated performances give an unreal quality to this real-life account.
The 36th India Day Parade ran through about 13 streets in Madison avenue in Manhattan.
Shuai Jiao Baba (Let's Wrestle, Dad) in China seems to have made twice its combined earnings in India and the rest of the world.
Sumedha Raikar-Mhatre examines the Marathi film industry, which annually produces around 190 dissimilar films that requires an investment of Rs 400 crores.
The dry spell at the box office continues.
Aseem Chhabra imagines a time, 20 years from now, when movie-watching in theatres will be long gone, thanks to the coronavirus, and pens a letter to his grandchild, explaining the magic of the cinema hall.
'It's a performance that puts the Bachchan hysteria to shame,' observes Sreehari Nair.
Ahead of the film's release, the godman addressed the media in Mumbai to clear the air about any misapprehension.
If you're an AR fan, the iPhone 8 Plus provides a superb experience, says Abhik Sen
As advertising reaches a cacophonous pitch, as it does every year around this time, brands say they are finding newer and more effective ways to reach their audiences.
'If there is anything a man fears, it is financial instability and it matters to me as well,' Fawad Khan tells Sonil Dedhia.
The world awaits a creative breakthrough for mobile phone ads, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
