As controversy grew, BJP leaders, actors also joined the discourse against him.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the actors who have scored the biggest openers in 2022 so far.
'Just because a subject is uncomfortable for some and doesn't suit their political ideology, should a film not be made?'
The ceremony on Friday will be attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and chief ministers of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states.
Producer Anand Pandit, who has made such films like Chehre, PM Narendra Modi, Total Dhamaal and Sarkar 3, hosted a Diwali party at his residence, and invited his filmi friends.
Aditi wraps up Hey Sinamika and Sunny begins shooting Anamika.
Unfazed by the widespread criticism of his comments against the Hindi film The Kashmir Files, Israeli director and IFFI international jury chair Nadav Lapid said he stands by his remarks as he "knows how to recognise propaganda disguised as a movie".
Actress Paoli Dam makes her debut in Bollywood with Vivek Agnihotri's raunchy Hate Story.
The ABVP state secretary Subir Haldar threatened to "cut off" the legs of "anti-national" Left-aligned students of Jadavpur University if they stepped out of the campus.
Will this team of 12 change the way films are certified in India?
Joginder Tuteja looks at the major films that released in theatres and how they fared.
Publicised purely on the strength of its 'erotic' content and scandalously adult themes, Hate Story delivers very little actual heat.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the releases which did a minimum lifetime business of Rs 20 crore. Unfortunately, the list is not very long.
Day Three at the Mumbai Film Festival.
'I am not sure of the numbers killed, but they were not as high as the use of the word 'genocide' suggests.' 'There is another meaning you could take, 'cultural genocide', in that the Pandit community is extremely small and their forced departure led to a wiping out of their culture.'
Drishyam will release on July 31.
Quite a few superstars are bringing their big releases to the big screen this month.
'We should focus on creating cinema which is entertaining, gives us solace, some message, reduces our tension and makes us think positively.'
John Abraham and Bipasha Basu get ready for their film's release.
Bollywood actor Anupam Kher, who had criticised those behind a recent flashpoint event at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, has alleged that the university has refused to screen his film "Buddha in a traffic" considering the present atmosphere at the campus, a charge denied by the university.
Spotted Arshad and Boman in London while shooting for Goal
A look at the star arrivals.
'This anti-Muslim narrative is happening only in the minds of those who are always standing on the other side.'
Director Vivek Agnihotri on Chocolate.
After impressing with his cop act in Mumbai Saga, Emraan Hashmi returns to his favourite genre -- the suspense thriller -- with Chehre.
But why is everyone getting so het up over what, after all, is a mere film? If you don't like it, don't watch it. Why create a public spectacle over it? asks Virendra Kapoor.
'Use of the word 'genocide' for Kashmiri Pandits is absolutely wrong.'
All the films that went past the 200 crores mark and how many days they took to achieve this milestone.
Hardcore action, romance and politics, April has a lot to offer!
'We are losing the battle of secularism, but we have not lost.'
'We need to have a prosperous J-K, where all communities must prosper including Dogras, Gujjars, Sikhs, Muslims and Pandits.' 'Prosperity is the first signal of peace.'
From the many large communal riots across decades to the six-hour mass cull of Muslims in Nellie, 1983; Sikhs in Delhi and elsewhere, 1984; Kashmiri Pandits, 1990; selective massacres of Hindus in Punjab, 1983-93; and Gujarat, 2002, we have failed to bring perpetrators of our biggest tragedies to account, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
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