By Mark Manuel | Friday, 01 Feb, 2019
The first time I met Sonam Kapoor, it was like a tradeoff with her father, that old Bollywood warhorse Anil Kapoor. This was November 2007. She was making her debut with Ranbir Kapoor in Sanjay..... Read more...
By Mark Manuel | Monday, 14 Jan, 2019
You and I and the rest of Bollywood are still celebrating Rohit Shetty’s Simmba that released on December 28. But the filmmaker himself has moved on. He’s onto his next cop film. The ambitious Sooryavanshi..... Read more...
By Mark Manuel | Thursday, 06 Dec, 2018
Sunday afternoon, 3.30 o’clock, I met Sara Ali Khan at the Sun n Sand in Juhu for an interview. I watched her arriving. On the button. Elegantly stepping out of her car. Then sweeping majestically..... Read more...
By | Tuesday, 21 Aug, 2018
Raj Kumar Gupta makes the kind of films I like to see. They are raw and gritty. And talk about real events and true heroes. These are the words of Arjun Kapoor who is working..... Read more...
By | Monday, 06 Aug, 2018
Kamal Haasan was doing interviews at the Sun-n-Sand in Juhu. Print, TV and digital. For his action spy thriller Vishwaroop 2 that releases this Friday. It’s also made in Tamil as Vishwaroopam 2. And dubbed..... Read more...
By | Monday, 06 Aug, 2018
JOHN Abraham is suddenly in the thick of action. Not the Parmanu kind. Whereas the scientist Capt. Ashwat Rana in the story of Pokhran he gets his ass kicked by a Pakistani agent. Nor the Force 2 kind whereas..... Read more...
By | Monday, 16 Jul, 2018
Ishaan Khatter is Bollywood’s new wonderkid. Which is a young person whose excellence in his discipline is appropriate to someone older. At 22, he bagged an international Best Actor award for his first Hindi film..... Read more...
By | Friday, 18 May, 2018
Guess what Alia Bhatt is up to this weekend? She’s auctioning clothes from her personal wardrobe (meaning everyday wear, not costumes from films) for charity at Khar Gymkhana’s Stylecracker Night Market on Saturday and Sunday...... Read more...