Ae Meri Zindagi marks Asha Bhosle’s final feature-film recording
'Ae Meri Zindagi, Tu Chupi Hai Kahan', the last feature-film recording of legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle, was released on September 8, marking what would have been her 93rd birthday.
The track features in director Harish Vyas's…
Film Review: Mirzapur: The Movie tests patience, rewards loyalty
Gurmeet Singh's big screen expansion of the beloved franchise plays out like four extra episodes of the show's bulletproof first season, and that comparison cuts both ways. Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyendu and Rasika Dugal slip…
Film Review: Toxic, a bloated gangster epic trapped in its own darkness
The highly anticipated action-thriller Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups has officially hit theatres, drawing significant critical scrutiny. Despite high expectations and a massive ₹500–1000 crore budget, the film is receiving a wave of…
Film Review: Emraan Hashmi’s Awarapan 2 trades soul for spectacle
Nitin Kakkar's sequel to the 2007 cult favourite trades on nostalgia far more than it earns its own new story. Emraan Hashmi returns as Shivam Pandit, still haunted by the death of his lover Aaliyah, whose memory he keeps alive through a…
Grammys expand award listings to feature Best Asian Pop Music Performance
The Recording Academy has expanded the category list for the 69th Grammy Awards to include Best Asian Pop Music Performance and Best Latin Song. The updates form part of five newly introduced categories designed to reflect the evolving…
Filmmaker moves Supreme Court over Salman Khan personality rights dispute
Filmmaker Amit Jani has approached the Supreme Court of India to challenge a Delhi High Court order that directed the removal of the teaser and promotional content for his upcoming film 'Kala Hiran: The Battle for Legacy'.
The legal…
Why most Bigg Boss contestants, including winners, are forgotten the moment the season ends
Every year, without fail, the same cycle plays out. A new season of Bigg Boss launches with considerable fanfare, the house fills up with a carefully assembled mix of television actors, social media personalities, comedians and the…
Sunny Deol’s Batwara 1947 teaser splits opinion
Few subjects in Indian cinema carry as much emotional weight as the Partition of 1947, and few teasers this year have proven that quite as clearly as the two released so far for Sunny Deol's Batwara 1947. Only teasers have gone out to date,…
Has Amaal Mallik become bigger than his music?
For many composers, the music does the talking. For Amaal Mallik, however, the conversation increasingly appears to revolve around his public statements.
Over the past few years, Mallik has repeatedly found himself in the headlines, not…
Rajkumar Hirani’s OTT debut Pritam & Pedro is a breezy but filmsy mixed bag
Pritam and Pedro' marks Rajkumar Hirani's debut as a producer and creator on streaming, and while the series has its charming moments, it never quite becomes the sum of its promising parts.
The show is set in North Goa and follows Pritam…