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Top five Bollywood films of 2019: Where are the women?

3:44 pm December 28, 2019

New Delhi: If box office success is any yardstick, mainstream Hindi cinema continues to be overtly macho with four of 2019’s five top grossers dealing with themes of hyper masculinity leaving women as mere props or maybe a side note at best. While “War”, “Kabir Singh”, “Uri: The Surgical Strike” and “Bharat” demonstrated the skewed […]

Alia, Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt accused of hurting Hindu sentiments

Vishesh Films, Jio Studios to co-produce web-series

3:38 pm December 11, 2019

Mumbai: Production house Vishesh Films and Jio Studios are entering into a collaboration to back a web-series on ’70s Bollywood, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt announced on Wednesday. Bhatt, who owns Vishesh Films with brother Mukesh Bhatt, took to Twitter to share the news. Set in the 1970s, the web series will explore the relationship of a […]

Can’t deny influence of films on youth: Deepika on socially responsible cinema

9:23 pm December 10, 2019

Mumbai: Actor Deepika Padukone believes cinema is a powerful medium and no one can’t deny its influence over society. At a time when the influence of pop culture is under scanner, with Bollywood films and songs coming under the spotlight for romanticising stalking and normalising the lack of respect for a woman’s consent, Deepika said […]

Taapsee Pannu to feature in Mithali Raj biopic

1:40 pm December 3, 2019

Mumbai: Actor Taapsee Pannu has come is set to star in “Shabaash Mithu”, a film on Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj. “Shabaash Mithu” will be backed by Viacom18 Studios and directed by “Raees” helmer Rahul Dholakia. Taapsee said she is honoured to play the role and has already started feeling the pressure of […]

In Bollywood, if you’ve talent and work without ego, you’re in for a long haul: Richa

6:33 pm November 24, 2019

Mumbai: In her more than a decade long career in Bollywood, Richa Chadha has realised that one can’t afford to lose the hunger of doing better work, because the only way to keep going forward in the industry is to remain grounded and keep aside ego. Though “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!” in 2008 marked her […]