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.
'I have heard big stars, who are a part of Gen Z, demand not only food of their choice but also insist on taking food home for their family. And I am talking about stars who charge anything from Rs 40 crore to Rs 100 crore.'
'Even if I had the backing of a big corporate house, which I don't, in today's market, I wouldn't want the responsibility of making a Rs 300 crore-Rs 400 crore film.'
Flms belonging to genres as diverse as comedy, drama, romance, crime, and history get ready for release in theatres.
'Everybody goes through tumultuous times. I've been lucky and my journey has been excellent.' 'I can't complain because I've had everything and God has been kind.'
There are so many loopholes in this lazily scribbled plot, it could be a different movie and still as crummy, observes Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the times Bollywood peddled its treasured ishq our way.
Vaani's midweek motivation... Kalki ditches her make-up... Kareena is out of focus...
The OTT boom has proved a boon for a lot of hibernating '90s beauties as they rediscover themselves in exciting new avatars.
Swami Prasad Maurya, who recently stirred controversy over his remarks on Ramcharitmanas, and veteran leader Azam Khan are also among the 14 national general secretaries.
It's been a busy weekend for Bollywood, and Mumbai's heavy rains did not deter them from going about their business.
'I had lied to Yashji about my age. I was only 13-and-a-half, but I told him I was 18.' 'When the time came to travel to Yashji's famous Swiss shoots, I had to get a school leaving certificate.' 'When I gave Yashji the certificate, he almost fell off the chair.'
Quite a few actresses found love in the makers of their films.
'All my life, I have made expensive films. This time, I want to make the least expensive film ever made in Bollywood.' 'It's an honest attempt to climb Mount Everest without knowing if I will reach the peak.'
During rehearsals, when Dilip Kumar improvised, Gulshan Grover was quick to point out that he had got the lines wrong.
Gupt's greatest success lies in how attractive it remains despite the suspense becoming common knowledge, feels Sukanya Verma.
Joginder Tuteja lists the biggest money-making movie murder mysteries.
10 grossers where he either had the leading part or played a pivotal role.
The Income Tax Department detected bogus expenditure claims and alleged transfer of share capitals worth crores of rupees through shell companies after it recently raided some entities in Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, including people linked to the Samajwadi Party.
Joginder Tuteja looks at recent films exploring the drug culture.
1997: Sukanya Verma offers a recap of its memorable imagery.
White is pure. White is powerful. And our movies just love to channelise its immaculate energy and enhance a visual's impact.
Sukanya Verma looks at notable troikas in Bollywood's catalog of three hero vehicles.
On its 25th anniversary, Sukanya Verma lists 10 things she still loves about Mohra.
'The script is both the hero and heroine. This film is about real people,' Raveena Tandon on Stumped.
Bollywood has given us quite a few suspense tales before, and many of them have done well at the box office.
Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament Satyapal Singh on Tuesday kicked up a row with his remarks calling Dadri lynching a "small incident", evoking strong reactions from Opposition parties, which said it was a reflection of the party's "polarisation" strategy.
On that note, Sukanya Verma lists 10 times when Bollywood assembled a bevy of evil-doers to make life hell for its leading man.
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