'I never imagined my character would become so big. After Damini, I didn't get a chance to play a lawyer. I was very happy when Ikka was offered to me.'
Sunny Deol makes a stylish appearance at the Ikka screening.
Celebrated photographer Atul Kasbekar unveils his latest exhibition, HONEST: Portraits of Character, a wonderful tribute to the actors who have profoundly influenced Hindi cinema with their incandescent performance.
The winners of the 8th Critics' Choice Awards 2026 were announced on Tuesday, March 24 at the J W Marriott Mumbai Juhu. Take a look at the winners at the guest at the award ceremony.
'It's very easy for people to say, 'She got work because of her connections. What they don't see is the number of rejections I went through. Even if someone helps you get your first opportunity, you can't sustain a career unless you know your craft. I wanted people to hire me because they believed in my work, not because I was related to someone.'
By the time Ikka reaches its overblown finale, complete with a redundant trick ending, the verdict becomes clear: Melodrama wins, logic loses, observes Mayur Sanap.
Check out the star arrivals.
'There is too much pressure on being perfect, so I like the fact that I have an incomplete painting in my home.' 'That represents the chaos of Mumbai and also represents the fact that I am also a work-in-progress, far from being completed.'
As Riteish Deshmukh turns director again with Raja Shivaji, we look at past actors who stepped behind the camera and delivered some of Hindi cinema's most memorable films.
Netflix India announces it's slate for the 2026, the stars of the show and films walk the red carpet for the event. Take a look.
After the Filmfare OTT Awards, Alia attended the 25th ITA Awards held at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai.
'Playing a rape survivor can't ever be compared to actually being one.'
Deepa Gahlot picks 10 must-watch movies about singles and the consciously uncoupled.
There were quite a few female-led shows in 2025, and actresses got to play some interesting, non-cliched parts.
'No woman is stronger than one who acknowledges her vulnerabilities.'
Film folk are busy travelling: Avneet enjoys the night life in London... Soha does yoga in the Maldives... Ibrahim lives his F1 dream...
Sunny Deol. Akshaye Khanna. Anil Kapoor. Madhuri Dixit. Saif Ali Khan. Manoj Bajaypee. Netflix's 2026 slate packs a starry punch.
Oscar-winning Producer Guneet Monga Kapoor made her mark on Cannes 2025 by launching a new initiative that spotlights three rising women producers from India, part of her newly-established Women in Film India chapter, reported Variety.
Film folk have been looking very glamorous in the last two days, thanks to the Bollywood Hungama OTT India Fest.
Last weekend was dedicated to women, as The Hollywood Reporter celebrated Women In Entertainment 2025.
Jugnuma has the unhurried pace of a stroll at dusk through the hills and the quiet delight in coming across jugnus (fireflies) twinkling in the trees, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Raashii promotes her Tamil film... Nushrratt makes an announcement... Zahaan is grateful...
The Critics Choice Awards saw a lot of talent on the red carpet, as actors got recognised for their work.
Preity in Paris... Swastika in Boston... Tillotama in Kenya...
Urvashi gets the blues... Diana is grateful... how Arjun kills time...
'I hadn't worked for three-and-a-half years.' 'I felt industry was based on who you knew.' 'I didn't belong to a network.'
'I have always looked at people and said, 'You just have to accept. You just have to love. You just have to let this person be and the trouble would be less.' 'But we keep complicating things, and that is the tragedy -- our desire not to understand.'
'It is daunting, for sure, because you're rowing upstream.'
'Women have always been given titles like 'mother' or 'housewife'. 'These tags put so much pressure on a woman to be a certain way.'
The always dependable Pratik Gandhi finds a match in Sunny Hinduja and they are surrounded by a top notch supporting cast, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Writers and creators are telling more authentic stories based in states and cities that we may not have seen much of in mainstream media, such as Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. Or ones that we have some mistaken notions about like Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, highlights Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'October end, during a checkup for an autoimmune thing I got a shock diagnosis: a routine scan revealed a small malignant tumour in the kidney. Utter bolt from the blue.'
'I will never ever forget Paatal Lok 2 because I left for the shoot the night I got married!'
The Night Manager, starring Aditya Roy Kapur, Anil Kapoor and Sobhita Dhulipala, lost out to the French show Les Gouttes de Dieu at the International Emmy Awards 2024.
Bollywood's glamorous divas got another excuse to show off their fashion at the grand premiere of Zoya Akhtar's film, The Archies, held at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai.
Konkona Sen Sharma's short Mirror in Lust Stories 2 is a rare thing: A feminist film that is also very, very funny, states Sreehari Nair.
Just where are the stars travelling? We find out.
Janhvi and Mrs Mahi... Shraddha and the colours of Navratri... Sara and the colour yellow...
'I remember when the offer came in, I was conflicted.'
This awesome actor is not one to conform to stereotypes -- on the ramp or off it.
