'I don't know whether this curse will be lifted or not. It's in the hands of the audience.'
Here's what Vijay Sethupathi has in store for us this year.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
Director Ponram's Rajini Murugan has no real plot, nor any remarkable characters or poignant moments, but some good music, vibrant visuals and spontaneity and charm of its lead actor, makes it a fun watch, writes S Saraswathi
'I've come across fans with my name tattooed on their arms.' 'The craziest fan was this guy who came all the way from Andhra to Mumbai to meet me and slept on the road for a couple of nights before he got what he wanted.'
Director Bakkiyaraj Kannan's Remo is a ridiculous romantic comedy revolving around the hero's struggles to win the girl of his dreams.
'I broke into Hindi cinema with Tere Mere Sapne and the song Aankh Mare become a big hit.' 'And now that song has become a rage again in Simmba.'
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
'I don't believe in focusing on the bad things that have happened in my life.'
Medieval heroes, cursed heroes, monsters, scamsters, there's no dearth of action on OTT this week, Sukanya Verma tells us.
As his new film World Famous Lover gets ready for release, Subhash K Jha lists five roles that define Vijay Deverakonda's superstardom.
Saif Ali Khan, who showed us how wicked he could be in Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior has been cast in the role.
The 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) kicked off in Panaji, Goa, on a grand scale.
Increase in occupancy will pave way for Hindi blockbusters to release, say multiplex operators.
SJ Surya has given a performance of a lifetime, writes S Saraswathi.
'My mom said when she was in college, her classmates said they want to marry somebody like Vallavaraiyan Vanthiyathevan.' 'That's the kind of pressure I had the moment Mani sir said you have to play this part.'
Ali works with Gal Gadot... Kalki enjoys a thali... Rahul finds Bollywood Hollywood in his drawer...
Quoting a shloka from The Bhagavad Gita, he said, 'this is the compulsion of time'.
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who was in the intensive care unit of Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital, passed away on Sunday morning. She was 92.
'I'm a very positive and optimistic human being.' 'You put a pile of garbage in front of me and I will find a flower in it.'
The director talks about his new hit, Madras.
'Every one of us can achieve what we set out to do, we just need to work in the right direction, and eventually we will succeed.' Wise words from Theri director Atlee.
She faced intense and protracted struggle to eventually head the AIADMK.
As Tamil superstar Vijay turns 47 on June 22, Subhash K Jha picks his five finest performances.
'A good pipeline of movies is fuelling this trend of revenge consumption.'
The President and the Prime Minister led the tributes for Mangeshkar who spent close to a month in the hospital before her demise.
'In India the box office numbers are insane. It released with 7 other films It still did 70 crores during pandemic times. 'To have your second feature film in Telugu create this kind of impact is a dream come true.'
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade.
'No actor knew him as well as I did.'
'Why does it happen that our films don't work there, their films work here?'
'They are waiting for the kind of experience they had in the film, the kind of emotion they felt in the film.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota is exactly why Hindi cinema needs more film-makers who know a South Indian language,' notes J Jagannath.
Kaththi attempts to highlight the pathetic condition of farmers, whose lives are being destroyed by callous multinational corporations.
Rajini said his contemporary Kamal Haasan possibly knew what that something was.
Indicators are that there has been little enthusiasm for Rajinikanth's entry into politics, owing possibly to his 'hide-and-seek' game over the subject since the early to mid-nineties. That was when Rajinikanth was already a superstar, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Jagame Thandhiram is a failure alright, but it is certainly an interesting one, given that both the ideas that it was borne out (twin seeds, if you may) were sure-shot movie ideas on their own, observes Rohit Sathish Nair.
There is more to this inventive Pizza than meets the eye, says Nishi Tiwari
