Yash Chopra’s Darr was the Animal of the 90s where the director couldn’t stop being in awe of his misguided protagonist
When Sandeep Reddy Vanga released his much debated film Animal in 2023, the response from the audien...
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Dev Anand and his many loves: Interfaith relationships with Suraiya and Mona, one-sided love for Zeenat Aman, and the many sparks that flew
When Dev Anand wrote his autobiography Romancing with Life in 2011, the actor shared an almost unabr...
Dhoom’s director cracked a 6-minute formula way before streaming era’s algorithms, walked away when franchise became hit
In a key scene of Dhoom, John Abraham’s Kabir announces, “Jo bhi karenge, style se karenge (whatever...
In Mr and Mrs Mahi, Rajkummar Rao plays a red flag who is worse than Kabir Singh
Mr and Mrs Mahi opens with a man who thinks he is the best cricketer in the world. His performance a...
Hum Aapke Hain Koun at 30: A Sooraj Barjatya fantasy that sold the ultimate dream to fractured families
When Hum Aapke Hain Koun first released back in 1994, it was seen as the film that brought the audie...
The ‘Animal’ appeal of Sanjay Dutt: How the star’s life unfolded like a Sandeep Reddy Vanga movie
When Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal came out, many wondered what made the film’s protagonist Rannvijay...
Bimal Roy’s statement that turned Gulzar from a motor mechanic to an artist: ‘I burst out crying’
When Gulzar met filmmaker Bimal Roy for the first time, he was working at a small motor mechanic sho...
Akshay Kumar, 56, and the case of romancing much younger women on screen: 29-year-old Radhika Madan is the newest addition to the list
In the last few years, the conversations around Akshay Kumar and the ever-increasing age gap with hi...
Amar Singh Chamkila: Bollywood’s best film of 2024 didn’t even release in theatres
The Hindi film industry seems to be living in a bubble, a rather large one, but a bubble nevertheles...
Jatt and Juliet 3: Diljit Dosanjh is the local ‘Jatt’ who has gone global with music, can his movies follow suit?
Diljit Dosanjh is the closest thing to a successful triple threat to come from India in the last few...
Kota Factory: Jeetu bhaiya is also a product of this ‘factory’ and he’s finally accepted it isn’t producing winners
The kids in Kota Factory were sold a dream in their early teen years. The dream, they were told, had...
Bridgerton’s Lady Whistledown is like a Bollywood blinds’ writer who faces no consequences for spreading gossip
The secret is out and the ton now finally knows who is the mysterious Lady Whistledown. A Regency Er...
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam at 25: Sanjay Leela Bhansali infantilises Aishwarya Rai’s Nandini who just follows the men in her life
Twenty-five years ago, Sanjay Leela Bhansali wasn’t the revered filmmaker known for his unique style...
Aamir Khan’s son Junaid makes his debut this weekend sans any promotions. Have makers taken tough lessons from Heeramandi and Archies?
Would you believe that Aamir Khan’s son Junaid Khan is making his debut in the movies this week? Thi...
Gullak’s sepia-stained world evokes a sense of longing for the past when everything had a happy ending
When India started to have its digital boom a few years ago, it was evident that nostalgia baiting w...
Sunil Dutt blamed his ‘kismat’ for son Sanjay Dutt’s misfortunes, hoped for ‘complete happiness’ after death
When Sunil Dutt was a young man, he was addressed as ‘chote Diwan saab’ in his village in Khurd, Pak...
The rise and fall of Amitabh Bachchan’s political career: An emotional decision that scarred his legacy
Amitabh Bachchan has played every role that an actor possibly can on celluloid, but when he ventured...
Heermandi: Enough with celebrating ‘tawaifs’ and ‘kothas’, there’s nothing to applaud in non-consensual sex
The Sanjay Leela Bhansali school of filmmaking is all about maximalism, which has beautiful actresse...
Aamir Khan’s IPS in Sarfarosh vs Rohit Shetty’s cop universe: One is doing his job, others are vigilantes dressed in superhero ‘uniform’
When Rohit Shetty released his film Singham in 2011, it seemed like it was trying to ride on the coa...
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a key figure in the making of India’s first talkie film Alam Ara. Here’s how
When Lumiere brothers’ The Arrival of a Train was first played for an audience in 1896, it is said t...
Janhvi Kapoor is fighting the impossible battle against her ‘nepo baby’ image. What will it take to shake it off?
In the early 2000s, when Abhishek Bachchan was on the verge of making his debut, there was a palpabl...
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa at 30: Shah Rukh Khan’s Sunil could have been the villain of this love story, but SRK made him an earnest lost lover
There’s a scene in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa where Shah Rukh Khan’s Sunil tells his sister after a partic...
Ashutosh Gowariker: Where’s the director who gave us Lagaan and Swades, took India to Oscar stage?
Last year, when Barbie and Oppenheimer clashed at the theatres, Indians were reminded of the time wh...
DevD vs Devdas: Anurag Kashyap’s adaptation respected Paro and Chandramukhi in a way that Sanjay Leela Bhansali completely missed
In the late 2000s, Abhay Deol was the darling of independent cinema in India and Anurag Kashyap was ...
Salman Khan teaches democracy to Indians (and Pakistanis) in Tiger 3. Let that sink in
What if someone told you that the latest Salman Khan actioner can give you a ready reckoner on why d...
This actress was the star of India’s first ever sequel made in 1940s, did her own action decades before Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn
Sequels and franchises are the lifeblood of the movie business today. Most films are either a part o...