Indian Cinema’s Legend Amitabh Bachchan reflected on legendary actress Deepika Padukone’s 8-hour shift demand by contrasting it with his own era of 2-3 shifts per day across 10-15 films simultaneously. He noted that his exhausting schedule was driven by a constant “fear of losing work”, whereas modern actors rightly prioritize character preparation and personal boundaries….
Veteran actor and Anirudh Ravichander’s uncle, Y. G. Mahendra, confirmed in a recent interview that the music composer’s marriage to Sunrisers Hyderabad CEO Kavya Maran is “a sure thing”.Mahendra made the comments on the YouTube channel KPTV, praising Anirudh as a “soft boy” and describing Kavya as highly capable, noting that the two make a…
Zeenat Aman and Raj Kapoor shared a strictly professional director-actor relationship defined by mutual artistic respect. Their bond was forged during the casting and filming of the 1978 cult-classic Satyam Shivam Sundaram, where she convinced him to cast her by showing immense dedication to the role. Because of her modern image, Zeenat Aman was initially…
After Geeta Bali’s passing, Shammi Kapoor later found enduring companionship and a strong pillar of support when he married Neila Devi, a former royal from Bhavnagar, in 1969. News Edit KV Raman
Legendary filmmaker SS Rajamouli was inducted into France’s prestigious Institut Lumière’s ‘Wall of Filmmakers’ in Lyon and received a permanent seat at Paris’s Cinémathèque Française. While in France for the retrospective screenings of his films, the director shared exciting updates on his upcoming magnum opus, Varanasi, affirming that India is a “huge treasure trove of…
The mid-1990s Bollywood landscape was nearly shaken to its core by a cinematic storm that never made landfall – the tragic, permanent shelving of David Dhawan’s “Raju Raja Ram”. Announced in 1997, this mythical laugh riot ensured an explosive collision of star power, uniting the manic, unmatched comic genius of Govinda with the effortless, youthful…
When Parveen Babi dropped out of the 1982 cult classic“Satte Pe Satta due to health issues, a pregnant Hema Malini stepped in to save the production. Carrying her daughter Esha Deol, she wore strategically draped saris and shawls in sequences like “Pariyon Ka Mela Hain” to conceal her expanding midsection. How her back-stage scenes cameo…
Naushad, Jaikishan (of Shankar-Jaikishan), and O. P. Nayyar were true maestros. Their distinct signatures—majestic ragas, grand orchestration, and lively folk beats shaped the heartbeat of the era. Together, these titans forged the musical soul of Indian cinema, transforming movie soundtracks into timeless emotional odysseys. Naushad Sahab was a pioneering architect who elevated Indian film music…
Director Siddharth P. Malhotra spent a decade developing the script for Ikka, a high-stakes legal drama. Thanks to a meticulously detailed storyboard and the complete trust of its lead actors, the film was rapidly shot in just 30 eight-hour shifts to meet its Netflix release on July 10, 2026.The Making of IkkaThe lightning-fast execution was…
The Delhi High Court declined a blanket interim injunction on online posts about BJP MP Raghav Chadha but ordered the removal of five specific, AI-generated posts deemed defamatory. Justice Subramonium Prasad ruled that the rest of the satirical political criticism is not defamatory and doesn’t infringe on personality rights. News Edit KV Raman
