Aan Tiwari honoured with Best Child Actor award for Baal ShivTags
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Review: Tandav: Let down by weak script
Tandav opens with a raging kisaan andolan in Greater Noida over a government decision to turn farm land into a SEZ for urbanisation. Soon, the drama throws in students chanting Azadi slogans in a campus called VNU.
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Review: Gullak season 2: Middle class quirks
Ordinary stories can be special, too. Gullak 2 endorses the idea with humour, conveying middle class India's quirks and foibles with uncomplicated zest.
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Phasing out of film print media (Column: B-Town)
A lot is in the process of changing for good and, as the film industry came to a standstill, so did many dependent businesses. The ones which completed the circle of the entertainment industry. That includes film production and all the workforce that it e
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Review: Maara: Visually striking but flawed
The first thing that strikes you about Maara is it is a visually striking film. That's also about the last thing that strikes you, because almost all else that goes on in between is lost in storytelling that is too lazy to hold interest.
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Review: Kaagaz: Pankaj Tripathi tries to keep a dead script going
The merits of Pankaj Tripathi's new outing are dwarfed by the cliches that the film fails to resist. It is something that prevents Kaagaz from living up to the potential its storyline had promised.
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Renee Sen: Sushmita Sen is my mother and I am aware of the privileges
Renee Sen could be just another 21-year-old artiste who has made her debut with a 15-minute short film, but her wisdom and confidence make you do a double take. She sounds supremely upbeat about taking on the world with her craft.
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Rajit Kapur elated to share screen with Neena Gupta for third time in 'Goldfish'
Actor Rajit Kapur is elated to share screen space with Neena Gupta again. The two senior artistes come together for the third time in Goldfish, a film by Pushan Kriplani.
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Divyanka Tripathi: Refreshing to host 'Crime Patrol'
Telly star Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya has been part of daily soaps and reality shows for over a decade. She has now given hosting a crime show a shot, and says the experience should be refreshing.
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2021 promises light at the end of the tunnel (Column: B-Town)
For the film industry, a year starts like any other. There would be about 150 new releases and there would be a few major star films to look forward to. Stars and filmmakers, on their part, plan and book the cinema chains for the festive period.
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Anil Kapoor: I'm competitive but not delusional
After spending four decades in Bollywood, Anil Kapoor is still competitive, but he is not delusional.
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Milind Soman: Sex symbol tag doesn't bother me
He courted limelight and controversy posing in the nude with then girlfriend Madhu Sapre, wrapped by a python, for a shoe commercial in the nineties, and did much the same again nearly three decades later when he ran in his birthday suit on a Goa beach t
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Ananya Panday is 'banned from house work' because she is 'not very good at it'
Bollywood actress Ananya Panday has shared some good memories from her lockdown experience. Unlike most people, she did not engage in multiple household chores. One a lighter note, she says she has been banned from all such activity by her family.
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Shekhar Kapur explains difference between good and great story
Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has explained the difference between a good story and a great story on social media.
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Halsey sorry for insensitive 'eating disorder' photo
American singer-songwriter Halsey has apologised to fans for sharing a photograph depicting her struggle with an eating disorder.
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Time to offload parasites, not offer an umbrella! (Column: B-Town)
The Centre has finally taken notice of the existence of various government-backed, films-related sectors. Films Division of India, Childrens Film Society India, National Film Archive of India and the Directorate of Film Festivals will be absorbed into one
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Review: The Midnight Sky: Too tedious to thrill
George Clooney's new film is fascinating for the ominous mood it conveys visually. Set against the aftermath of a global catastrophe, the sci-fi drama has poignant core, too.
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Review: 'Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors' is relevant but flawed
Rohan Sippy and Arjun Mukerjee's eight-episode season starts off on a note of high drama, with the crime in question established right at the outset.
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Review: Coolie No. 1: Not cool
Coolie No. 1 (on Amazon Prime Video); Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan, Paresh Rawal, Javed Jaffrey, Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever, Sahil Vaid, Shikha Talsania, Vikas Verma, Manoj Joshi, Anil Dhawan, Bharati Achrekar; Direction: David Dhawan; Rating * * (two stars)
