To mark World Whiskey Day, a toast to its memorable imagery in Hindi films.
Subhash K Jha is not recommending Pakeezah and Umrao Jaan. They are beyond recommendation, he says.
Blockbusters, Oscar winners, fairy tales, indies and cute doggies, Sukanya Verma assures it's all there on OTT this week.
Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2. To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com bring you a treasure trove of features from our archives.
Feeling the heat and tension of the crisis? Fikar not!
'I have been exceptionally lucky with my actors, whether it was Sushmita in Aarya or Kartik Aaryan in Dhamaka.'
'If you are mature and haven't done terrible things to each other, love doesn't have to go away.'
A look at the winners and the event pictures.
'He knows what he doesn't want and likes exploring the rest with his cast and crew, so it's like a journey of making something beautiful together.'
Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots was chosen as The Best Popular Film, as Amitabh Bachchan won The Best Actor award for his role in Paa and Malayalam film Kutti Srank won the award in the Best Feature Film category as 57th National Awards were announced in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Aam Aadmi Party calls Bhagwant Mann its people's choice for CM candidate in Punjab. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com traces what makes Mann so indispensable for his party.
'When we finished the narration, we expected Shah Rukhbhai to say the usual, 'I'll think about it and let you know in two days.' But he jumped up and said, 'I'm doing the film.'
'Today, when I look back, our journey together ajooba lagta hai.'
For all of us who have been through the different challenges of the pandemic, each of the stories will evoke your senses in its own way, notes Divya Nair.
Malayalam music director M G Radhakrishnan, the creator of many evergreen melodies, died at a private hospital today.
It's worth a watch, Aarush S promises.
August 26, 1955. 65 years ago, Pather Panchali was released. Aseem Chhabra salutes the Masterpiece.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021.
Sukanya Verma's OTT recommendations for the week.
'You become a critic because the job entails watching a 100 films a year, out of which there will be five or six good films.' 'It's really a glutton for punishment, but you're also optimistic and want to see exciting things.'
'In one case, she wasn't even there in the scene, but she just kept watching it and cheering me on.'
'It would have been easy to play Danny like a bad guy, but then, at the end, the audience might well have said, "Why is Latika still stuck with this ass**** when he is giving her so much grief?"'
Pritam fails to score with this jaded soundtrack.
Aseem Chhabra lists the best non-Hindi language films he watched in 2020, with the hope that they will have a wider reach in the new year.
Students made online music education possible during COVID-19, say teachers, and they will determine its future.
Mohammed Zahur Hashmi, popularly known as Khayyam, was also a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan.
On his 40th birthday on September 28, Sukanya Verma draws up a playlist of 40 riveting Ranbir songs.
Gowri Ramnarayan explores the world of Kalki Krishnamurthy whose magnificent novel Ponniyin Selvan has inspired Mani Ratnam's latest film PS I.
Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand.
Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend.
Parineeti Chopra plays the Olympic bronze medallist in the film directed by Amole Gupte.
'If you sit collar turned up and tell yourself, you are great, you will never evolve as an actor.'
Mirchi Siva and Priya Anand play the lead roles in debutante director Kiruthiga Udhayanidh's film Vanakkam Chennai.
Ranveer is loud, but not shrill, notes Subhash K Jha. As in singing, in acting holding your pitch in the higher notes is a Himalayan task. Ranveer resides on the highest notes of the musical mountain and still manages to be coherent, fluent and persuasive.
Pinch your nerves, and trust the ghoul -- blood will be spilled; women, children, and grouchy old men will be dismembered! observes Sreehari Nair.
'It's like he came on a Time Machine and left in the same vehicle. A fairytale ending, but not a happy one.'
Ghosting might feel personal, but it's not about you.
'The true meaning of a miracle was understood when I witnessed the baby being delivered.'
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