Category: Entertainment

World Music Day Special: Stebin Ben, Laqshay Kapoor to Darshan Raval: Singers Redefining New-Age Romance through Music Mumbai: Bollywood often gets the listeners in a trance with soulful romantic tracks. But there are a few singers who weave an intricate thread of romance like never before. India has a modern love playlist with a string of singers ruling it, and on World Music Day, here’s looking at singers who have redefined romance for a new generation. Laqshay Kapoor: Laqshay Kapoor, the emerging Indian playback singer, has cast a romantic spell…

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Mumbai: Bollywood has a bizarre relationship with patience. It celebrates it in interviews, romanticises it in biographies and invokes it whenever a star looks back on their journey. Yet in practice, the industry has become increasingly impatient. Careers are judged in opening weekends, social media followings are dissected in real time and every Friday brings with it the search for the next sensation. In such an environment, Triptii Dimri’s rise feels almost out of place because her success arrived in a way Bollywood rarely allows anymore, and with every project,…

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Mumbai: Some actors possess the rare ability to command attention the moment they appear on screen. Even in supporting or unconventional roles, they leave an impression so powerful that audiences continue talking about their performances long after the credits roll. Bollywood has witnessed several such memorable scene-stealers whose characters became an integral part of the films they appeared in. Jim Sarbh – Padmaavat Few actors can captivate viewers with such intensity and nuance as Jim Sarbh. In Padmaavat, he portrayed Malik Kafur, the loyal slave-general and trusted confidant of Alauddin…

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Mumbai: Akshay Kumar and Priyadarshan’s horror-comedy Bhooth Bangla is having a victorious run on the streaming universe! Less than a week after its Netflix premiere, the film has debuted at No. 3 on Netflix’s Global Top 10 Non-English Films chart, clocking 4.9 million views worldwide in its first tracking week. The film is also proving to be a strong international performer, entering the Top 10 in 17 countries and claiming the No. 1 spot in seven countries. Bhooth Bangla is a film that was already a box-office hit, but the…

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Mumbai: Usually, when a movie trailer drops, you’re looking for a plot. But when the trailer for Welcome to the Jungle (Welcome 3) arrived, audiences had more to look for instead. Clocking in at over four minutes, the trailer doesn’t just feature a large cast, it features 34 prominent actors. It is essentially an entire film industry jumping on to a wagon for a single jungle safari. Here is a breakdown of the utter madness, the familiar faces, and how this trailer just set a towering new benchmark for the…

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Mumbai: By now, Welcome To The Jungle has made one thing abundantly clear — it isn’t interested in being subtle. The cast is huge. The trailer is huge. The action is huge. The comedy is huge. In an era where films are constantly trying to reinvent the wheel, Welcome To The Jungle seems perfectly happy delivering what Bollywood has always done best – larger-than-life, bang for the buck entertainment. Still wondering whether this jungle adventure deserves a spot on your watchlist? Here are five reasons why audiences are already excited.…

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Welcome To The Jungle Unveils ‘Deewane Hain’ Track, Brings Back the Flavour of Peppy, Celebratory Song Welcome To The Jungle Drops ‘Deewane Hain’ Track, Echoes Old-School Bollywood’s Celebratory Song Mumbai: It’s been a few years now that Bollywood’s music universe is dominated by dance remixes, club tracks and high-energy promotional numbers. Somewhere along the way, the simple celebration song, the kind that spills out of neighbourhood loudspeakers, family functions and festive gatherings, began disappearing from mainstream cinema. Welcome To The Jungle’s latest track, Deewane Hain, attempts to bring that flavour…

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Mumbai: Many actors in the Indian film industry have stepped behind the camera to offer a fresh lens to storytelling and its execution. While some only direct, a few of them have struck a balance between acting and directing. On this note, here’s looking at actors who are also directors. Aamir Khan: Known for bringing a sense of perfectionism to his performances, Aamir Khan sat on the director’s chair for his iconic film, Taare Zameen Par, a critically acclaimed film for sensitively portraying learning difficulties in childhood. Taare Zameen Par…

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Lucknow: The makers of the popular drama series Thukra Ke Mera Pyaar have unveiled the much-awaited trailer for Season 2, promising an intense blend of power struggles, political intrigue, revenge, and unresolved romance. The new season takes viewers into a world where love is no longer innocent and every pursuit of power comes with a personal cost. Actor Dhaval Thakur returns as Kuldeep Kumar, a man haunted by guilt and driven by obsession. After a mistake from his past shattered lives and relationships, Kuldeep once again finds himself trapped in…

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Mumbai: Actor Anjana Sukhani has shared insights into how she came on board for filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s latest film Main Vaapas Aaunga, where she plays the character Meher—one that is already resonating with audiences. Speaking about the casting process, Sukhani recalled receiving an unexpected call from the director’s team asking her to send an introduction video. What followed, she said, was a meeting that would define her next on-screen role. “He wanted to see me on camera,” she shared, adding that when she met Imtiaz Ali at his office, the…

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