A documentary film called 'The Mud Warriors' directed by Mukti Krishan, a budding Indian filmmaker, in partnership with BFI Future Film, Prime & Fire Selects, and Talenthouse makes a heartfelt appeal to save 'Kusthi', the traditional Indian mud wrestling sport from becoming extinct. Read more
South Indian cinema beauty Trisha Krishnan rocked a Tarun Tahiliani netted lehenga saree and Amrapali jewellery for her upcoming film Lion’s audio launch event in Hyderabad city. Lion, scheduled for a release on April 25th, also stars Telugu cinema superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna. Read more
Bollywood siren Bipasha Basu sizzled in a floor length Sonakshi Raaj outfit at the IIFA 2015 pre-show press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At the event, Basu with Bollywood veteran Anil Kapoor announced that IIFA 2015 will be held in Malaysia from June 5-7, 2015. Read more
For those that questioned the onscreen pairing of Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan in the upcoming film Piku, the film's trailer and the pair's off screen camaraderie gave a resounding answer – that the 'jodi' works. Read more
Shoojit Sircar’s much-awaited film Piku, which stars Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan in lead roles is a comedy-drama film about father and daughter. But here’s a glimpse into the sizzling chemistry shared between Deepika and her love interest played by Irrfan Khan. Read more
Most ageing actors are forced to resort to self-parody to remain relevant. So one walked into Shilpa Shetty's maiden production Dishkiyaoon hoping to see Sunny Deol put his dhai kilo ka haath to good use. That and the promise of watching Harman Baweja's ‘revamped’ avatar. Confession: I’ve never seen the man on screen before, having miraculously escaped his debut debacle and thereafter… Read more
Debutant Syed Ahmed Afzal's Youngistaan gets my vote for two reasons—its makers had the grace to play a special tribute to Farooque Shaikh at the start of the film, and in its own ham-fisted way it exhorts the youth to vote. Read more
Worse than senseless films are those with the germ of a great idea squandered in pursuit of easy gratification. Nupur Asthana's Bewakoofiyaan falls in this category. It picks up a topical theme and fails to make a halfway decent watch of it. Read more
In Queen, Rani (Kangana Ranaut) is dumped by her fiancé (Rajkummar Rao) on the eve of their wedding. While the family is still struggling to come to terms with this shock she locks herself in her room crying all night long. Then, on an impulse, she decides to avail of the honeymoon ticket to Paris and seeks her father's permission. "Jaana zaroori hai?" he asks. "Nahin," she replies, "Agar aapk manaa karenge to nahin jaaoongi." Read more
Instead of the regulation item song, the end credits of Soumik Sen's Gulaab Gang roll to inspiring stories of women who've overcome disadvantages of birth and of patriarchal oppression to find ways to fulfil themselves and help others. It's a welcome change. Read more
