Entertainment

After the Sony hack, five films — Annie, Fury, Mr. Turner, Still Alice, To Write Love on Her Arms — leaked onto file-sharing networks.

December 1, 2014 · 1 min read

A 2014 report claimed SRK would return for Don 3 — but history took a different turn: in August 2023 Farhan Akhtar announced Ranveer Singh as the new Don.

November 7, 2014 · 1 min read

Guest critic Lopamudra Banerjee Dhar on Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider — Hamlet in Kashmir, the Army portrayal, and why revenge can't buy freedom.

October 9, 2014 · 3 min read

Comedian Sahil Shah's reaction video to Hindi film songs captures something universal: the involuntary surrender to Bollywood's joy. From the TI archives.

October 2, 2014 · 1 min read

If you weren’t living under a rock, the Bollywood aficionados among you have read about Deepika Padukone’s recent outburst on Twitter. She accused TOI of…

September 22, 2014 · 6 min read

September 15, 2014: Arnold Schwarzenegger was chief guest at the audio launch of Shankar's 'I' in Chennai, sharing the dais with Rajinikanth.

September 15, 2014 · 1 min read

There are actors who desperately seek your notice. And then there are the very few whom you cannot help but notice – even if they are as still as the…

March 31, 2014 · 5 min read

I am not a big fan of the ‘Supernatural’ genre in movies. Mainly because, when the key to the central plot of a story is a supernatural event, it closes the…

February 27, 2014 · 6 min read

Sreepathy's Retro Reel recommends The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — William Wellman's stark western about mob justice and Henry Fonda's man-in-the-minority.

January 30, 2014 · 6 min read

Retro Reel on Spielberg's Munich (2005): a chilling espionage thriller that becomes a genre-defying meditation on the moral cost of revenge.

September 5, 2013 · 5 min read

Warner Bros. announced in August 2013 that Ben Affleck would play Batman opposite Henry Cavill's Superman in Zack Snyder's 'Man of Steel' sequel.

August 23, 2013 · 1 min read

In 2013, a Zurich boutique clerk refused to show Oprah a $38,000 handbag, telling her she couldn't afford it — sparking apologies and a global debate.

August 9, 2013 · 2 min read

Now that the name of the movie is out of the bag, let me start Part 2 with the results of the guessing game from Part 1. Many of you made interesting…

July 18, 2013 · 6 min read

Polish exorcists put Madonna's music on the agenda of a five-day meeting — the latest chapter in her decades-long clash with the Catholic Church.

July 11, 2013 · 2 min read

Jiah Khan's death put Bollywood's treatment of young women back in the headlines — and inspired a film about it. Why do aspiring actresses stay so vulnerable?

June 24, 2013 · 2 min read

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan skipped meeting Al Pacino to look after Aaradhya — and the media made it national news. An essay on judging women's choices.

June 6, 2013 · 2 min read

A 2013 rumor claimed Penelope Cruz would be the next Bond girl in Sam Mendes' follow-up to Skyfall. The rumor was debunked within weeks.

June 3, 2013 · 1 min read

In 2013, Bollywood planned a Rambo remake with John Abraham — and Stallone reportedly said John was 'built better than I ever was.'

June 3, 2013 · 1 min read

Jiah Khan, 25, was found dead at her Juhu residence on June 3, 2013. The Bollywood fraternity mourned the Nishabd and Ghajini actor's death.

June 3, 2013 · 2 min read

Bolly Volley Vol 13 (May 2013): 22 Bollywood picks — Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dev D, Lagaan and more — plus how digital transformed Indian cinema.

May 31, 2013 · 5 min read