'Total Dhamaal': Funny and entertaining despite a staid story

Film: "Total Dhamaal"; Director: Indra Kumar; Cast: Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaaferi, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit-Nene, Esha Gupta, Boman Irani, Sanjay Mishra, Pitobash Tripathy, Mahesh Manjrekar; Rating: ***

Keith Sequeira returns to anchoring

Mumbai (IANS) Actor-model Keith Sequeira is back to sports anchoring after five years.

He will be seen anchoring a show for the Australia tour of India, 2019, starting from Sunday.

"I have always been passionate about sports. In…

Hormonal changes are ruining my life: Dakota Johnson

London (IANS) Actress Dakota Johnson feels that her menstrual cycle is ruining her life.

In an interview to InStyle magazine, Johnson opened about her monthly period cycle saying it is traumatic, reports dailymail.co.uk. 

She said:…

Renowned Hindi author Namwar Singh dead

New Delhi (IANS) Renowned Hindi author and critic Namwar Singh, a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, has died here, his family members said on Wednesday. He was 92.

He died on Tuesday night at the All India Institute of Medical…

Dealing with fame was complicated: Singer Darshan Raval

New Delhi (IANS) Darshan Raval garnered fandom and prominence despite losing reality television show "India's Raw Star". The singer, who describes his initial tryst with fame as "complicated", says he is not trying to…

'Nagarkirtan' a masterly melancholic meditation on dysfunctionalism

Film: "Nagarkirtan" (Bengali); Writer and Director: Kaushik Ganguly; Starring: Riddhi Sen, Ritwick Chakraborty; Rating: *****(5 stars)

There are passages in this profoundly melancholic study of gender disorientation where the wall…

Sidhu no longer part of "The Kapil Sharma Show"

Mumbai (IANS) Following uproar over his remarks letting of Pakistan after the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir by Jaish-e-Mohammad militant that claimed 49 lives, Punjab cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has been dropped from the popular "The…

Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi cancel Pakistan visit

Mumbai (IANS) In the wake of the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar and his wife actress Shabana Azmi have decided not to attend an event in Pakistan.

Akhtar on Friday took to Twitter to…

Things better for superhero films, but so much more to be done: Samuel L. Jackson

Singapore (IANS) Superhero entertainers or the likes of intergalactic narratives have been integral to actor Samuel L. Jackson's filmography. He says the progress has been positive, but the possibilities have only been scratched at the surface…

Want to show my versatility as an actress: Vaani

Mumbai (IANS) Vaani Kapoor says she wants to show her versatility as an actress in her upcoming films.

Talking about how she wants to see herself on-screen, the "Befikre" actress told IANS here: "I want to show my versatility…