Cannes: India shining all the way, says Vidya Balan

Cannes: India shining all the way, says Vidya Balan

The prestigious Cannes Film Festival flagged off in Cannes on 15 May. The jury this year comprises of actresses like Vidya Balan and Nicole Kidman and is being headed by director Steven Spielberg. ...
05:02 PM, May 19, 2013
Cannes: Amitabh Bachchan shares his 'Great Gatsby' experience

Cannes: Amitabh Bachchan shares his 'Great Gatsby' experience

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who made his Hollywood debut with 'The Great Gatsby', graced the red carpet at Cannes. ...
04:53 PM, May 19, 2013
Now Showing: 'The Great Gatsby' opens Cannes 2013

Now Showing: 'The Great Gatsby' opens Cannes 2013

Australian director Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' opened the 66th edition of Cannes International Film Festival, which started on May 15. Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who made his Hollywood debut with the project, also graced the red carpet. ...
04:32 PM, May 19, 2013
Cannes diary: Masand's account of all the action from ground zero

Cannes diary: Masand's account of all the action from ground zero

Time to peep into our entertainment editor Rajeev Masand's Cannes diary. Here's his personalised account of all the action from ground zero. ...
06:10 PM, May 17, 2013
Feel honoured to be a part of Cannes Film Festival: Amitabh Bachchan

Feel honoured to be a part of Cannes Film Festival: Amitabh Bachchan

At 70, he has made his Hollywood debut with 'The Great Gatsby' and now he's taken that film to Cannes. Speaking to CNN-IBN Entertainment Editor Rajeev Masand, Amitabh Bachchan says that the very fact that the Indian actors have been invited to Cannes Film Festival shows that the film industry has progressed. ...
03:18 PM, May 17, 2013
Now Showing: Masand reviews 'Go, Goa Gone', 'Gippi', 'Star Trek: Into Darkness'

Now Showing: Masand reviews 'Go, Goa Gone', 'Gippi', 'Star Trek: Into Darkness'

Rajeev Masand reviews zom-com 'Go, Goa, Gone', teen film 'Gippi' and Holyywood flick 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' this week. ...
11:56 AM, May 11, 2013
'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' team in conversation with Masand

'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' team in conversation with Masand

Rajeev Masand speaks to Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and director Ayan Mukherji on their experiences while filming 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'. ...
11:40 AM, May 11, 2013

'Star Trek - Into Darkness' review: The film won't bore you

'Star Trek - Into Darkness' review: The film won't bore you Cast: Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana Director: JJ Abrams Even if, like me, you weren't a fan of the Star Trek universe, or were mostly unfamiliar with its 40-year-old legacy, you'd have to admit that JJ Abrams' 2009 reboot was a fresh and accessible stand-alone sci-fi adventure. The sequel, 'Star Trek: Into Darkness', directed again by Abrams, is cut from the same cloth. So although there are...
11:37 PM, May 10, 2013

'Gippi' review: Many of the film's better ideas are lost in execution

'Gippi' review: Many of the film's better ideas are lost in execution Cast: Riya Vij, Taaha Shah Director: Sonam Nair School can be a difficult place if you're overweight, awkward, not particularly bright, or clumsy on the sports field. Gurpreet Kaur, the 14-year-old protagonist of Gippi (Riya Vij), ticks all the boxes. She's routinely taunted by the mean girl in class, ignored by all the popular kids, and can barely squeeze into her uniform. An unlikely friendship with the school jock (Taaha...
11:35 PM, May 10, 2013

'Go Goa Gone' review: So much in this film is good until it all goes nowhere

'Go Goa Gone' review: So much in this film is good until it all goes nowhere Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Anand Tiwari Directors: Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru 'Go Goa Gone' has been advertised as India's first zom-com, or a comedy about zombies. The film, starring Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, and Anand Tiwari as three best friends stranded on an island infested with flesh-eating zombies, works like magic when directors Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru focus on their three leads and the...
11:29 PM, May 10, 2013
Saif Ali Khan talks about his movie 'Go Goa Gone'

Saif Ali Khan talks about his movie 'Go Goa Gone'

'Go Goa Gone' a zombie-comedy film will see Saif Ali Khan in a never before seen avatar. He is also seen mouthing bad words. ...
03:57 PM, May 04, 2013
Now Showing: Masand reviews 'Bombay Talkies', 'Shootout at Wadala', 'Celluloid Man'

Now Showing: Masand reviews 'Bombay Talkies', 'Shootout at Wadala', 'Celluloid Man'

On the show, Rajeev Masand reviews 'Bombay Talkies', 'Shootout at Wadala' and 'Celluloid Man'. ...
03:35 PM, May 04, 2013

'Celluloid Man' review: Make the time for it

'Celluloid Man' review: Make the time for it Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur We celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema, yet we're little aware of the man who painstakingly restored Dadasaheb Phalke's work as well as several other silent pictures and talkies, and then built our country's moving pictures archive, one film can at a time. The documentary 'Celluloid Man', directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, introduces us to that man Paramesh Krishnan Nair, or PK Nair - India's film...
11:33 PM, May 03, 2013

'Bombay Talkies' review: It's like a breath of fresh air

'Bombay Talkies' review: It's like a breath of fresh air Cast: Rani Mukherjee, Amitabh Bachchan, Saqib Saleem, Katrina Kaif, Nawazuddin Siddiqui Director: Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap Two men shift nervously, seldom making eye contact, as they listen to a beggar girl at a railway station footbridge singing an old Lata Mangeshkar gem whose words seem to have particular significance in their unlikely situation. A father, determined to enthrall his bored daughter, narrates a story in mime,...
11:21 PM, May 03, 2013

'Shootout at Wadala' review: The bloodshed leaves you cold

'Shootout at Wadala' review: The bloodshed leaves you cold Cast: John Abraham, Kangana Ranaut, Anil Kapoor, Tushaar Kapoor Director: Sanjay Gupta A gangster runs into a police station, both his arms lopped off by a rival wielding a butcher's knife. Another goon is held down as his skull is pushed through an ice-crusher. A third, tied to a chair, is run over by a speeding car in reverse. The brutality is relentless in Sanjay Gupta's 'Shootout at Wadala', a...
11:04 PM, May 03, 2013