Buddy is yet another film that tries to be innovative but can't pull it off.
Sukanya Verma looks at the handful of occasions when Bollywood believed sky was the limit.
...and getting GDP to measure India's data economy, recommends Ajit Balakrishnan.
Raja Sen analyses the contenders for the Best Supporting Actress category at the Oscars.
Actresses come and go, but these ladies will always dazzle.
Why were two of 2018's critically panned films awarded?! exclaims Aseem Chhabra.
Raja Sen analyses the contenders for the Best Actress category at the Oscars.
From Pari to PadMan, it's all there in the movies this year!
It is always wonderful to discover a gem of film at an international film festival. It is even more exciting when that film is from India.
Suraj Sharma reveals how delivering a Subway sandwich landed him Life in Pi and other fun stories.
Here are Aseem Chhabra's picks -- 'films that mattered to me, entertained me and will stay with me through the year.'
J Jagannath on how he expects to see the Trump effect at the Academy Awards.
On his birthday on June 25, Sukanya Verma celebrates some of Raghuvir Yadav's best roles on big screen and small.
Aseem Chhabra's recommendations for the Mumbai film festival.
Raja Sen lists his favourite moments.
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Featuring Casey, Ben, Mahershala, Ryan, Dev, Andre, Meryl, Viola...
There is a group of La La Land haters -- especially jazz aficionados who feel the film gives too much importance to a white man who sets out to save the musical genre associated with the African American community, points out Aseem Chhabra.
Raja Sen looks back at all the 'genuinely thrilling' films and artists that were honoured at the 71st Golden Globes.
The Hundred-Foot Journey treats its Indian characters with respect, discovers Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com
'Jack Sparrow's rum-swigging, goofball pirate has gone from subversive to stereotype.' 'The bar's slipped so low that even "decent" seems like a significant upgrade from status quo.' Sukanya Verma doesn't know about you, but she is seasick of it all.
Sukanya Verma looks at the colourful portrayal of this festival on the Bollywood screen.
'The way the winners react and the speeches they deliver.' 'That is where the fun happens, when the actors and other winners let down their guard, challenge the system, talk about issues that should matter to us,' says Aseem Chhabra.
'Richard Corliss started loving Bollywood late in his career, but he gave everything he had in his power as a critic to promote India's Hindi cinema.'
World leaders, celebrities, boxing fans and people who admired Muhammad Ali as a man will gather on Friday in his Kentucky hometown for one last goodbye to a towering global figure who died a week ago at age 74.
Take a look at the nominees!
Aseem Chhabra encounters an Indian dinosaur at the Goa film festival.
Mohenjo Daro takes too long to get there and feels even longer than the time that's passed, feels Sukanya Verma.
Here's a look at Aamir's unique avatars, where he's not playing the usual cop or college-goer, no matter how well (or how often) he's performed. And also where what he plays is as attention grabbing as how he plays it, no matter how lousy the film.
Sukanya Verma recaps all the action at this year's MAMI.
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'Both resisted cruel white rule through non-violence. But Mandela's is a singular story. He never lost faith in his ideals and goal even when he was in prison for many years,' Anant Singh, who produced the Mandela biopic, tells Rediff.com's Arthur J Pais.
Raja Sen takes stock of the Oscar 2015 nominations.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Arthur J Pais analyses Oscar 2014 big wins and losses.
Happy Birthday, Nicole Kidman!
Ronit Roy talks about the second season of Adaalat and his upcoming Hollywood and Bollywood projects.
The eighth edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival kicked off on Wednesday to a grand start with a bevy of authors, poets, Nobel Laureates along with some Bollywood celebrities, trooping in to the pink city to participate in one of Asia's biggest literary jamboree.
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