“It took a long time but it was worth it”
The wait was worth it, says actor Karuna Pandey, whose popularity soared like never before due to her TV show “Pushpa Impossible”. She says she has never experienced such a fan-following ever in her career.…
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A tale of an entrepreneur’s success and sacrifice
SRIKANTH is the story of a man’s incredible journey. On July 13, 1992, Srikanth (Rajkummar Rao) is born to Damodar Bolla (Srivinas Beesetty) and Venkatamma Bolla (Anusha Nuthula) at Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The parents are…
“Female actors have to still battle patriarchy”
Actor Sonali Bendre says she had decided to pack her bags and leave the film industry if she was unable to do a good performance in the song “Humma Humma” from Mani Ratnam’s 1995 movie…
“Chamkila’s life like Punjab, glory and violence dovetailing all the time”
He had to “break the grammar” of his own filmmaking, says Imtiaz Ali about his first biopic “Amar Singh Chamkila” in which he introduces a fourth wall to directly speak to viewers, uses animation and…
An inspiring story of a football Coach
Saiwyn Quadras, Akash Chawla and Arunava Joy Sengupta’s story is fascinating and what works is that not many people are aware of this chapter of history. Saiwyn Quadras’s screenplay (additional screenplay by Aman Rai, Atul…
“Looking for more extraordinary stories people have not witnessed”
With three national awards and many critically-acclaimed films to his credit, Manoj Bajpayee says he is still looking for stories and roles that are extraordinary and explore an untapped side of the actor in him.…
A comic take on a heist
Crew is the story of three air hostesses. Geeta Sethi (Tabu), Jasmine Kohli (Kareena Kapoor Khan) and Divya Rana (Kriti Sanon) work as air hostesses for Kohinoor Airways, run by Vijay Walia (Saswata Chatterjee). The…
“Actors are not supposed to be crusaders”
Actor Anupam Kher says that while he has participated in protests in an individual capacity, he believes artists shouldn’t act as activists. The negative impact of demonstrations and rallies is the subject of his next…
Article 370 : A gripping tale
ARTICLE 370 is the story of two women who changed history. On July 8, 2016, Zooni Haksar (Yami Gautam Dhar) of the Intelligence Division finds out crucial information that a dreaded terrorist, Burhan (Shivam Khajuria),…
Father figure
With the release of Animal depicting a man’s obsessive love for his father, enough to create mayhem around when he feels he is threatened, it would be interesting to probe the father-son relationship in Bollywood…