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Well-written Gulabo Sitabo' relief from half-baked parts, says Bijendra Kala

Lockdown impact: Big ticket films likely to skip theatres and go direct to digital’

8:47 pm May 13, 2020

Mumbai: Big ticket releases such as Amitabh Bachchan’s Gulabo Sitabo may bypass theatres and premiere directly on digital platforms, being seen as a potential saviour for the film industry in a year marred by the COVID-19 pandemic and uncertainty over when cinemas will open. Faced with the question of going direct to digital or waiting […]

There’s more work I have to finish: Bachchan after receiving Phalke honour

11:49 pm December 29, 2019

New Delhi: Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient, megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday said he is looking forward to doing more work in the future. The 77-year-old actor, who was bestowed with the honour by President Ram Nath Kovind here at Rashtrapati Bhawan, quipped that initially when he was announced as 2018’s honouree he was doubtful if […]

People assume the worst from me on screen: Emraan Hashmi

3:38 pm November 25, 2019

Mumbai: Actor Emraan Hashmi says it’s amusing how people expect him to play characters that are either gangsters or evil and he would need a solid script to move away from this zone. Emraan featured in popular hits in the late 2000s, including “Gangster”, “Jannat”, “Woh Lamhe”, “Once Upon a Time In Mumbai”, before switching […]

50 years of Bachchan: Actor for all seasons and many generations

4:45 pm November 8, 2019

Mumbai: Fifty years ago, on November 7, 1969, a gangly, too tall actor appeared on the big screen in the under-appreciated “Saat Hindustani”. It was cinema history in the making but nobody really knew it until many years later. Half a century later, Khwaja Ahmed Abbas’ film is watched and critiqued again and again as […]