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There is something entirely engaging about actors who steal the show as underdog characters as the heart of the plot. And Bollywood has gifted us with actors who’ve established themselves as scene-stealers and their performances which the audiences couldn’t stop talking about. Jim Sarbh – PadmaavatActor so good you can’t miss when he’s on-screen! Jim Sarbh served a critically acclaimed performance as Malik Kafur in Padmaavat, the loyal slave-general and advisor to Alauddin Khilji, played…

Bollywood has never stopped churning out songs about the various forms, facets and shades of love. Whether it’s soulful ballads, heartbreak anthems or dance tracks built around romance, most film music continues to revolve around relationships. That’s what makes Deewane Hain from Welcome To The Jungle an interesting outlier. The song isn’t trying to tell a love story or centred on longing, heartbreak or a hero wooing a heroine. Instead, it embraces friendship, madness and…

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…

Bollywood singers are the emotional shapers of Indian musical architecture. From pop to romantic tracks, these singers have defined distinct voices of love, heartbreak, pop and everything in between – serving something worthwhile to celebrate for generations after generations. On World Music Day, here’s looking at singers who shaped the soundtrack of an entire generation. Himesh Reshammiya: From defining the early 2000s to continuing to dominate music charts and libraries even today, hit machine Himesh…

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 of music with…

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,…

The SUV of MINI, now ‘Made in India’ Chennai. The all-new MINI Countryman C was launched in India today. This latest generation Countryman will nowbe‘Made in India’and locallyproduced inapetrolvariant at BMW Group Plant Chennai. The car can be booked at all MINI India authorized dealerships and deliveries for the same will commence immediately. Mr.Hardeep Singh Brar, President and CEO, BMW Group India said, “The all-new MINI Countryman C is definitively’ a new kind of BIG’….

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…

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…

Bollywood is bubbling with a wave of egde-of-the-seat pieces, thrilling and even dramatic ones – and while we continue to enjoy each one of them, there’s a lot more coming up! From Aditi Rao Hydari’s ‘Welcome To Khoya Mahal’ to Sunny Deol and Akshaye Khanna’s courtroom thriller ‘Ikka’, here’s looking at the top 5 much-awaited films and series. Arjun Rampal – BillionaireAfter Dhurandhar The Revenge’s success, Arjun Rampal is set to feature in a new…