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BENGALURU: Bollywood star Ajay Devgn on Wednesday kicked up a furore when he tweeted that Hindi is the national language of India. What added fuel to the fire is the fact that his tweet was directed at Kannada actor Kichcha Sudeepa.   Hello @ajaydevgn sir.. the context to why i said tat line is entirely […]

MUMBAI: Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt tied the knot on Thursday in the presence of their families and close friends. Alia shunned the conventional red bridal trousseau and looked resplendent in an ivory saree with gold embroidery designed by Sabyasachi. Ranbir Kapoor wore a matching colour ‘sherwani’ with pastel ‘safaa’ with bejewelled ‘kilanji’. The […]

“If the doors of perception are cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.”: William Blake Perception often supersedes bland reality. Anodyne facts are tossed out of the window, as they don’t make for an exciting reading, and exalted hyperboles are whipped up to spellbind the hoi polloi. In regard to Bollywood of […]

MUMBAI: The industry is abuzz with talks that Ranbir Kapoor and Alia are set to tie the knot on April 17. According to sources, the wedding will be an intimate affair with only family and close friends attending it. The marriage ceremony will be held at the RK Studios in Chembur. The ‘sangeet and mehendi’ ceremonies […]

On the occasion of Holi 2022, here are the 10 Bollywood songs you must savour to your heart’s content: 1) Holi Aayi Re Kanhai (Mother India)   2) Khelenge Hum Holi (Kati Patang) 3) Holi Ke Din (Sholay)  4) Rang Barse (Silsila) 5) Sajan Hume Aise Rang Lagana (Darr) 6) Soni Soni (Mohabbatein) 7) Holi […]

MUMBAI: Aamir Khan made his debut in Bollywood (with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak in 1988) at a time when actors doing 12-15 movies simultaneously was an established norm. Mithun Chakraborty and Govinda featured in 17 and 14 movies respectively in 1989. Clearly, the focus was more on quantity than quality. Moreover, most of these movies […]

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we revisit 5 most powerful female character depictions in Bollywood movies since 2000:1) Reshma/Silk (The Dirty Picture): A girl from a small village cocks a snook at society and the film industry to live her life on her own terms. Fiery, rebellious and quick-witted, she does everything that it […]

Last week’s release ‘Jhund’ has turned out to be an unmitigated disaster despite glowing reviews and critical acclaim. No Amitabh Bachchan movie in the recent past has taken such a tepid opening. The film collected approx Rs 1 crore on Friday and though it saw some growth over the weekend, that was not sufficient. The […]

It is not easy to write about movies or books which bare one’s bottled-up horrors and agony. But then, that is the strength of Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s ‘The Kashmir Files’. It has made me, a displaced Kashmiri Pandit (Hindu), to own it, to call it my story. And that is no small feat.  For the […]

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ has brought a ray of hope for the film industry battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alia Bhatt-starrer fetched a terrific initial in Maharashtra, especially in Mumbai city and Pune, due to regional flavour. The opening of the film is good in Delhi city and Rajasthan as well. Due to […]