Tag: Hindi cinema

“Hindi cinema is something every actor will dream of,” Bellamkonda Sreenivas on his Bollywood debut

Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas, is all set to make his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of Prabhas-SS Rajamouli's 'Chathrapathi'.

May 12, 2023

Pathaan crosses ₹ 235 cr gross at the worldwide Box office

The film earned around Rs 70 crore on Day 2 in the country alone.

January 27, 2023

‘Lagaan’ a memorable, beautiful journey: Aamir Khan

Aamir will be seen next in "Lal Singh Chaddha", a remake of the 1994 Hollywood blockbuster "Forrest Gump".

June 16, 2019

Cinema — caught up in a yarn

From the recent Bengali film Sweater to the classic Kaagaz Ke Phool, the act of knitting has been used for plot development and also, to convey varied emotions in cinema

April 7, 2019

Up and down

The ubiquitous staircase has captivated the imagination of both mainstream and avant-garde filmmakers for generations and they have used it as a site to either articulate a play of passion or to accentuate the expression of power, tension and drama between characters differentiated by gender, ranks and hierarchy.

June 9, 2018

That distinct Parsi touch

If we go by their numbers, Parsis do not amount to more than a minuscule minority in the country. Their total population in India was around 61,000 according to the 2011 census. Unfortunately, the population of Parsis has been steadily decreasing and demographers say that by 2030, they may even cease to be a minority...

March 24, 2018

Hrithik Roshan begins preparing for ‘Super 30’

Actor Hrithik Roshan and the team of Super 30 began preparing for the film on Monday. Hrithik announced the news on his Twitter account on Monday, marking the occasion of Saraswati Puja and Basant Panchami. He wrote: “On the auspicious day of Saraswati Puja and Basant Panchami, I am beginning my journey of ‘Super 30’ where...

January 23, 2018

Big B credits his style to mother

Amitabh Bachchan says it was his mother Teji Bachchan who gave him his sense of fashion and style.

December 13, 2017

Pooja Hegde: Southern industry very welcoming to outsiders, newcomers

She already gave a blockbuster in the southern industry before getting her big break in Bollywood with magnum opus Mohenjo Daro. Actress Pooja Hegde says that she enjoys shooting down South as she feels that the people there are very welcoming to outsiders and newcomers. “I love the South Industry and have a lot of...

September 28, 2017

Hindi cinema has gone ‘frothy’: Deepti Naval

Veteran film actress, Deepti Naval finds that the Hindi cinema has normally gone ‘frothy’ over time, but for some films which have a strong subject. “Actually there is good and bad, both, happening. Something is lost, but we have gained some other thing,” the soft spoken actress observed in an interaction at the third international...

September 10, 2017

Painting a truer picture

There was a time when Hindi cinema created a Muslim ethos in a given category of films that came to be labelled “Muslim Socials.” Historical films such as Pukar,Mughal-e-Azam,Anarkali and Laila-Majnu were fictionalised slices of history glamorised to pull in the mass audience. Muslim Socials were almost always box-office hits — Chaudhvin Ka Chand and...

September 2, 2017

Want to divide my time between Punjabi, Hindi cinema: Gippy Grewal

Diljit Dosanjh has reason to worry. His closest competitor and fiercest rival from Punjabi cinema Gippy Grewal is back in Bollywood, this time playing a ‘sardarji’ in a film about male bonding titled “Lucknow Central”. He says he hopes to create a balance between his projects in Hindi and Punjabi. Gippy, who has just scored...

May 11, 2017

Lyricist who won hearts and minds

Good poetry never dies, with the passage of time it illuminates the lives of more and more people. This is certainly true of the lyrics and poems of Shailendra. Although known as the lyricist who wrote the songs of such all-time great films as Do Bigha Zaminand Boot Polish,Bandiniand Awara, Anuradha and Anari, Guide and...

May 4, 2017