Every year has its share of duds and turkeys. 2024 was no different except that even the rotten ones are too drab to have any real offence value.
'Because of what she has done to every one of her films, they are untouchable.'
Arjun Reddy lead Vijay Deverakonda's next movie Dear Comrade will also be remade in Hindi.
Joginder Tuteja looks at how well Hindi remakes perform at the box office.
'We watched the film many times but each time, we would cry.' 'During the editing and sound mixing, my whole team would cry.' 'When we reached the music composing stage, it happened again.' 'Our producer said it is too much to be crying so many times.' 'But we never thought the film would be such a big hit.'
Anurag Kashyap is indeed directing a desi version of Kill Bill with Kriti Sanon in the lead.
With the Ramayana as the central element, the coming together of Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh and Tiger Shroff along with Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone upped the superstar quotient further.
Enchanted rings, talking teddy bears and arranged marriages of the phony kind, hijack horror and more on OTT this week.
This year, the genre has done especially well, with films like Stree 2 and Munjya. Will Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 keep up the momentum?
Sarfira seems to be scene-to-scene copy of the original, which begs the question: Why re-do a film if there's nothing new to add, asks Mayur Sanap.
'It was my job to read out their lines to the actors and make sure they spoke them with the right diction, accent and pronunciation. If you look at my photographs from the Sadma set, you will always find me with a file in hand, even when I am in my costume. While Kamal and Sridevi were diligent about their Hindi dialogue, Silk Smitha, while always respectful, was not too interested in her lines or my instructions.'
Popular Kannada comedian Sadhu Kokila talsk about the success of his latest directorial venture, Super Ranga.
'Our analysis of success, like failure, is so reductive and so one dimensional that we don't look at the bigger picture.'
Emotions run high more than usual on OTT this week.
Throughout its 155 minutes, every scene is doused in blaring background music and melodrama. Disappointment alone won't do, it must feel like a full blown catastrophe, observes Sukanya Verma.
From Vijay saving the day yet again to Vikramaditya Motwane's latest offering, here's everything you can watch on OTT this week.
There is no doubt that Akshay Kumar is a total hoot in comedic roles but Khel Khel Mein ain't it, observes Mayur Sanap.
'Kamal has surfed and navigated a lot of tidal waves, manoeuvring the peaks and troughs, combining rare intelligence and commonly available intuitions to overcome unimaginable crises all his life.' 'There is no looking back at the past, for his only motto has been 'Tomorrow belongs to us'!'
The Hindi version of Hindustani didn't do much either.
As Thalapathy Vijay embarks on a career in politics, Arjun Menon looks closer at his glorious filmography.
Sukanya Verma gives you some interesting options to choose from.
Be it Dhoom, Singham or the Munnabhai franchise, there are certain stories that have tons more to say or solid cash cow potential and Bollywood is all for it.
Fardeen Khan takes the world behind the scenes of his first theatrical release in 14 years, Khel Khel Mein, which is an ensemble film with Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu, Vaani Kapoor, Ammy Virk, Aditya Seal and Pragya Jaiswal.
Ramesh Prasad, son of the founder of The Prasad Group talks about remaking hit Marathi film Timepass in Telugu.
It's no wonder the poster of his apocryphal biopic Sanju had its leading man, Ranbir Kapoor, demonstrating the actor's various avatars, one strikingly distinct from another.
Sridevi's younger daughter Khushi and Aamir Khan's elder son Junaid are coming together for a film, to be directed Aamir's trusted director, the very talented Advait Chandan (Secret Superstar, Laal Singh Chaddha).
'I was completely in awe of him. After the shot was okayed, I would quickly run back to my chair and sit quietly till I was called again.'
Fast, furious and fashionable, it's all there on OTT this week. Here's the action-packed menu.
Band, baaja... and a lot of star power, the makers of upcoming Ghudchadi unveiled the peppy dance track Punjabi Munde at a musical event with Raveena Tandon, Khushalii Kumar and Parth Samthaan.
The chemistry between the motley bunch of actors works in fits and starts but Akshay Kumar's gift of the gab, Taapsee's bumbling comedienne and Fardeen Khan's dry wit come out tops, notes Sukanya Verma.
'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian cinema.' N Sathiya Moorthy assesses the career and politics of movie legend Kamal Haasan on his 70th brthday.
Make time for this one, you will be in for a pleasant surprise like I was, endorses Mayur Sanap.
Sukanya Verma lists 10 of our best ruling the roost of Hindi cinema right now.
There are elements that make this show entertaining, and if you haven't seen the original show, the concept is wild enough to keep you hooked, notes Mayur Sanap.
Although he's having a ball shooting for Bade Miyan Chote Miyan with Akshay Kumar in Jordan, Tiger Shroff misses being in Mumbai on his father Jackie Shroff's birthday on February 1.
Of course, director Thankar Bachan has not made any such confession yet.
The Kannada remake, for the first time, brings together Puneet, Yogish and Srinagara Kitty together.
'The war ended in 2009 and I believe the new generation of Tamils don't know what was going on there.' 'I felt it was my duty to tell our story.' 'Since 2009, it seems like we are sleeping.'
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