Gautam Chintamani

There is no other way of putting this but perhaps the ouster of Pahlaj Nihalani, as the Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a welcome move, which, in the opinion of this writer, was long overdue.

The manner in which poet and Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas reacted to a tweet by Amitabh Bachchan, where the legendary actor informed the former of a possible copyright infringement, speaks volumes about how artists themselves are responsible for the sorry state of intellectual property in India.

With Arjun Kapoor in Mubarakan, Varun Dhawan in Judwaa 2 and Sidharth Malhotra in A Gentleman: Sundar, Shsheel, Risky, the fabled concept of double-roles — which was once a near rite of passage in popular Hindi cinema — is back as the as the flavour of the season.

Celebrated with much love, Gulzar’s birthday means a day to appreciate the acclaimed poet-lyricist and filmmaker’s brilliant body of work that stretches across six decades. Not one to follow customs or norms if they come in the way of making a good line better, this year saw Gulzar sahab doing away with traditions and presenting his fans with two wonderful gifts on his birthday. While the first brings to end a nearly three-decade anguish of seeing his film, Libaas, finally getting a theatrical r

Shah Rukh Khan’s recent visit to check on the health of the 94-year old Dilip Kumar, upon the latter’s return after spending a few days in the hospital for some kidney related problem, brought to mind the sweet bond that the two have shared over the years.

As India celebrates the birth anniversary of the late hockey great Major Dhyan Chand, the question of a missing big screen adaptation of one of the greatest sports persons the world has ever seen comes forth. The legendary centre-forward is universally considered to be one of the greatest ever hockey players and despite a life that is made up of the kind of stuff that inspires great cinema, a biopic remains elusive.