Director Richie Mehta dedicated the honour to all the women who not just endure violence that men inflict on them, 'but are also tasked to solve the problem.'
City Of Dreams 2 released recently, and is quite a must watch.
One needs patience to watch Once Again, feels A Ganesh Nadar.
'We can't live in a delusional world of just I, me, myself.'
Hindi cinema witnessed unique facets of womanhood, her complexities and morality this year.
Check out the impressive line-up at the International Film Festival of South Asia.
The world's richest man and the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos bonded with Bollywood at a grand party thrown in his honour.
'For him to suddenly leave the way that he did, it shattered me.' 'It took me a long, long, time to come to terms with it.' 'Because the loss of such a friend can destroy you.' 'The loss was and continues to be immense.'
'I am a non-resident Indian. I didn't come to India to shine a light on its negative aspects.' 'I came to India to showcase what I think are remarkable aspects of India and Indians on a global scale.'
The legendary film festival has a strong Indian flavour this year.
'A whole lot of faffing around happens from the time Lootcase sets up its amusing premise and concludes it in a manner typical of its genre.' 'But the actors are such effortless fits for their parts, there is pleasure in this dillydallying,' observes Sukanya Verma.
The hits and misses of the week.
'I had a very painful shoulder surgery after a fall in the park.' 'I am nursing myself back to sturdiness slowly and steadily.'
Affluence without conscience, haunted homes and heads, a big fat Punjabi wedding and more on OTT this week. Here are Sukanya Verma's 10 recommendations.
The hits and misses of the week.
Amazon Prime Video has doubled its content investments in India and announced as many as 41 new titles in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English, thereby throwing an open challenge to their streaming competitor, Netflix.
Love, memorable, throwback pix to celebrate Mother's Day.
The hits and misses of the week.
'It is difficult to pin down any singular factor but marriage does invite the emotional investment of viewers,' observes Chintan Girish Modi.
'Ishaan Khattar, with the please-fall-in-love-with-me looks in his eyes, carries the first episode,' observes Aseem Chhabra.
The 26th edition of Lions Gold Awards was held on January 25.
Check out what's happening in Cannes!
Celebrity stylists Pranay and Shounak open up about dressing up Vidya and other celebs.
'You've to wait for the correct project and the right character.'
Netflix has unveiled a line-up of 15 original series as well as returning seasons of popular shows.
Sukanya Verma lists some of Bollywood's delightful reel-life husband and wife jodis in the last few years.
In A Suitable Boy, Mira Nair holds our hands and takes us through the magical journey, introducing us to so many fascinating characters from another era, observes Aseem Chhabra.
... And sometimes, that's enough, says Sreehari Nair.
...But a comedy about Class Wars. Sreehari Nair tells us why.
As splendid it is to behold, A Suitable Boy cannot match in soul and falls short of being memorable, feels Sukanya Verma.
Sreehari Nair introduces you to three promising movies coming up.
'We don't have that support system.' 'The last six years has gone into making Manto and raising Vihaan and it has been tough.'
'Deeply flawed, Sacred Games and Mirzapur come nowhere close to representing the diversity of stories from this country,' says Vikram Johri.
Sukanya Verma looks at 2019's winners and washouts so far.
"You have an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad. You worked in a bank in New York. What made you give up all that and pursue acting?" 'A little bit of courage and a lot of stupidity.'
'I never thought an invisible character like Radhiya would get me that much visibility.'
'I don't remember the last time I was this invested in the characters of a story since Doordarshan's golden age or early days of cable television boom,' applauds Sukanya Verma.
'Despite its noble attempts, tight editing, terrific sound design, good performances and a compelling story, Hotel Mumbai tells a big lie.'
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