“Ghost Stories” (Netflix movie); Cast: Surekha Sikri, Janhvi Kapoor, Sobhita Dhulipala, Sukant Goel, Mrunal Thakur, Avinash Tiwary; Direction: Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar; Rating * * * & 1/2 (three and half stars). By Vinayak Chakravorty Sinister. Diabolic. Macabre. Wicked. Those are the respective moods Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee and […]
By SANJAY B JUMAANI ‘It’s not Rebels that make trouble, but the trouble that makes rebels’’- By Ruth Messinger 2020=4, Uranus {Rahu}; Expansive, but Expensive! Expect Unconventionality, originality, breakthroughs but avoid disputes! Another year speedily goes by ushering in a turn of not only another year, but also the last year of the decade. […]
BY AHANA BHATTACHARYA Mumbai His smile, the dimples on his cheeks, expressive eyes, and that signature romantic posture with his arms stretched on either side, are just a few traits that have contributed to fans declaring him as Bollywood’s King Khan. Throughout his 27-year career, Shah Rukh Khan has also been described variously as India’s […]
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY For nine years, he has lived Chulbul Pandey in what he calls is a “parallel existence”. If the maverick cop of planet “Dabangg” defines Salman Khan’s superstardom more than any of his other screen avatars, the actor has now opted to become a part of the creative process driving Chulbul’s mojo. He […]
The Alia Bhatt-Vicky Kaushal starrer “Raazi” did not do justice to his book, on which the film is based, claims author Harinder Sikka. “Raazi” directed by Meghna Gulzar, is based on Sikka’s book “Calling Sehmat”, and the author says he was not happy over omission of the highlight “Tricolour scene” in the film, which is […]
Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan said that the love and affection of his fans over the years is a debt he would never like to repay. Big B was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), where he was also felicitated along with another film icon, […]
Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan skipped an app launch event in Mumbai on Monday afternoon, and speculations were immediately rife on whether the actor had given the event a miss owing to ill health. Bachchan, who has not been keeping well lately, was invited as one of the chief guests for the launch of an educational […]
“The Tara Sharma Show” is all set to return and its host, actress Tara Sharma Saluja, says this time she will address wider family and societal issues with an aim to bring about positive change. The shoot for season five of the show started on November 25. Guests this time include actors Salman Khan and […]
A photograph featuring south’s top actors such as Chiranjeevi, Mohan Lal and Daggubati Venkatesh among many others, who ruled the roost in the 1980s, popularly called the “class of 80s”, has taken the internet by storm. Chiranjeevi is the host of the reunion of the 1980s actors from the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi […]
Actress Genelia Deshmukh’s first born Riaan has turned a year older and she is super emotional. Genelia on Monday took to Instagram and penned a lengthy note for her son, wishing him abundant love. “Every parent says ‘I don’t want him to grow up, I want to freeze this age forever’.. But I don’t.. I […]