Aan Tiwari honoured with Best Child Actor award for Baal ShivTags
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Creativity off the shelf: Who needs writers!
When a new film is announced, it is mostly about who is remaking what South Indian film in Hindi! Have you seen any story/scriptwriter's name being mentioned prominently in the media or even in the film promotion material lately? Not really.
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Move over saas-bahu, soaps take to defining new Indian woman
From the era of typical saas-bahu soaps or love triangle sagas, the television audience is gradually getting to watch more mature content as far as Hindi women-centric shows are concerned. Women empowerment is an issue sweeping across all spaces, and Indi
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Adivi Sesh: Greatest love story is Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan's in 'Sholay'
Telugu actor Adivi Sesh has resumed shooting for the upcoming biographical drama "Major", following which he will focus on the action thriller "Hit 2" and eventually move to "Goodachari 2". If there is one genre missing from his 'thrilling' roster, it's o
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Review: Toofaan: Far from the storm the hype promised
You know something's wrong with a film when you've figured out the whole story from a few minutes of trailer. For a film that runs over 160-odd minutes, more so.
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Vidya Balan: 'Is there fear of loss of stardom? Not at the moment'
Vidya Balan says she does not have the fear of losing the stardom she has gained over the years with her power-packed performances. She admits, though, that it hurts when a film of hers does not do perform well because she is always intensely involved in
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Review: Malik: Fahadh Faasil's godfather turn
Fahadh Faasil's new film is his most ambitious yet. Helmed by Mahesh Narayanan, who earlier directed the actor in acclaimed efforts as "C U Soon" and "Take Off", "Malik" sets up a sweeping saga that literally puts Fahadh on the pedestal of godfather.
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Shruti Haasan: I have been in therapy when I was younger
Actress Shruti Haasan has often spoken about the need to look after mental health, especially in the time of the pandemic. Stressing on the need for professional guidance in such cases, the actress says she has been in therapy when she was younger and yet
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Rohit Shetty: Slight fear when you do stunts is genuinely needed
Think Rohit Shetty and you're thinking all things that snub fear on the Bollywood masala screen, from gravity-defying car stunts to high-octane action sequences. The filmmaker, however, feels to pull off a good stunt, "fear is genuinely needed".
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Amala Paul: Working on separating private life from work life
Actress Amala Paul started her acting career at 17. Ever since, she has proved her mettle in Tamil and Malayalam films. Nearly 12 years into the profession, as she gears up for the release of her Telugu web series "Kudi Yedamaithe", she reflects back on h
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Chandan Roy Sanyal: Skipped meals when I came to Mumbai as I had no money
The talented actor Chandan Roy Sanyal recalls beginning his struggle in Mumbai as an extra on a film set, and often skipping meals due to lack of money.
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'It is very difficult to make people laugh': Priyadarshan (Ld)
Filmmaker Priyadarshan has given a series of comedy hits with Akshay Kumar, so when the box-office wizard and National Award winner confirms a new film with the Bollywood superstar, fans would naturally be excited.
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Badshah focussed on putting Indian music on global map
India and Indianness have been the focus of our pop culture over the past few years, and rapper Badshah seems quite in sync with the notion right now.
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Priyadarshan's new film with Akshay Kumar is 'happening next year'
When Priyadarshan confirms a new film with Akshay Kumar, it's news, indeed. The veteran filmmaker, box-office wizard and National Award winner, has after all delivered rib-tickling comedies like "Hera Pheri", "Bhool Bhulaiyaa", "Garam Masala" and "Bhagam
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Riddance, Mr Minister (Column: B-Town)
Films were made to entertain mainly. Of course, some films catered to religious sentiments and some others to patriotic fervor. A rare few were also made to provide edge-of-the-seat thrills, the horror kind.
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Mona Singh: TV serials that go on for years don't make sense to me anymore
Actress Mona Singh is perhaps best remembered as the bespectacled assistant in "Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahi", but she has come a long way since those days, and so has the format of storytelling. The actress admits that in times of short web series and OTT boom,
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Review: Collar Bomb: Passable fare
A cop runs against time to stop a suicide bomber who holds a group of children hostage in a school. The bomber forces the cop to commit certain unlawful acts, if he must see the children alive and, of course, there is a twist in all this.
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hweta Tripathi: Fortunate to have work when industry is struggling
Actress Shweta Tripathi feels fortunate and grateful to have work at a time when the industry is struggling owing to the pandemic.
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Review: 'State Of Siege: Temple Attack' is a wasted opportunity
The problem with "State Of Siege: Temple Attack" is the film simply cannot rise above hackneyed mediocrity.
