Seema Pahwa is such an underrated actress. Her dialogue delivery in this scene feels so natural, like you're watching a real life conversation rather than a movie scene. Wish she got more roles in films.

I’m not in favour of calling our audience backward. But there is a problem with our commercial cinema, we are becoming more focused on fan worship than on the films themselves. The movie becomes secondary, and the entire experience revolves around the star and his fans.

Many moviegoers enjoy feel good films, romances, and big budget commercial entertainers, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. Everyone has their own taste in cinema, and that’s not the audience’s problem.

The real change happens when audiences evolve beyond fan worship and start demanding more from the films they watch. This isn’t just about Hindi cinema, other film industries face the same problem, too. When that happens, filmmakers are compelled to raise their standards.

Instead of relying on star power, fan service moments, and a star studded cast, they have to focus on what truly matters, good storytelling, strong writing, and the quality of the film itself.

The problem isn’t that audiences love their stars. It’s when star worship becomes more important than the cinema itself.

Jani Master is credited as choreographer on Jailer 2, despite a pending POCSO case where he faces allegations from a former assistant (he has denied them and is out on bail).

Does working on a film while a case is still pending send the wrong message, or should people be judged only after a verdict?

Industry bans are a big question here: should an accusation alone cost someone work?

Where do you draw the line between the presumption of innocence and accountability for the people around the accused?

What would you want a studio to do in this situation? I am definitely not putting my money here ....

Mohit made some good points on why some shots are really good in the trailer and some are in the improvement stage. Go watch it on the youtube. Of course he is getting some heat on twitter by making some valid points, but what is wrong with having his own opinion.

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This started as me being frustrated with Indian cartoons. Then I realised I was repeating the same opinions I’d heard online without checking them. So I went through reports, studies and box-office data and made a video about what I found.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bauF8f7cJis

The kind of celebrations you see for Rajinikanth films are honestly insane. First-day shows, cutouts, whistles, people treating a movie release like a festival.

My Tamil friend is already planning his Jailer 2 outing, so I went on District to check ticket prices and offers. Found a discount, but knowing him, he'll probably book first and think about saving money later 😂

Does any other Indian star have a fan culture on the same level?

Row 1

1. Gumnaam (1965)
2. Teesri Manzil (1966)
3. Khel Khel Mein (1975)
4. Ittefaq (1969)
5. Khiladi (1992)

Row 2

1. Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997)
2. Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)
3. Talvar (2015)
4. Raat Akeli Hai (2020)
5. Rahasya (2015)

Row 3

1. Ittefaq (2017)
2. The Stoneman Murders (2009)
3. Samay: When Time Strikes (2003)
4. Manorama Six Feet Under (2007)
5. Anweshippin Kandethum (2024)

Row 4

1. Iratta (2023)
2. Anjaam Pathiraa (2020)
3. Forensic (2020)
4. Mumbai Police (2013)
5. 7th Day (2014)

Row 5

1. Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988)
2. Kariyilakkattu Pole (1986)
3. Ratsasan (2018)
4. Por Thozhil (2023)
5. Imaikkaa Nodigal (2018)

Row 6

1. Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016)
2. Thadam (2019)
3. Thegidi (2014)
4. Yuddham Sei (2011)
5. Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006)

Row 7

1. Andha Naal (1954)
2. Oomai Vizhigal (1986)
3. Kavaludaari (2019)
4. Kolaigaran (2019)
5. U Turn (2016)

Row 8

1. Aparichita (1978)
2. Anveshane (1983)
3. Evaru (2019)
4. HIT: The 2nd Case (2022 )
5. Anveshana (1985)

Row 9

1. Ave Kallu (1967)
2. Joseph (2018)
3. Detective (2007)
4. Maayavan (2017)
5. Kuttram 23 (2017)

Row 10

1. Eeram (2009)
2. Thupparivaalan (2017)
3. Khamosh (1985)
4. Baishe Srabon (2011)
5. C.I.D. (1956)

Row 11

1. Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)
2. Har Har Byomkesh (2015)
3. Byomkesh Phire Elo (2014)
4. Ebar Shabor (2015)
5. Shubho Muharat (2003)

Row 12

1. Aranyar Prachin Probad (2024)
2. Jagratha (1989)
3. Sethurama Iyer CBI (2004)
4. Bosepukure Khunkharapi (1996)
5. Royal Bengal Rahasya (2011)

Row 13

1. Memories (2013)
2. Joto Kando Kathmandute (1996)

If he can pull up such a movie, who all should be the cast ?

Just watched Dil Dhadakne Do and I'm giving it a solid 4/5.

My favorite part by far was Ranveer Singh's character. He was just so funny and actually cared about everyone, totally carried the movie for me.

On the flip side, I got so mad watching Ayesha's family, especially her husband. Like, I literally could not digest how misogynistic they were. He kept forcing her to get pregnant and act like women have nothing better to do than just bear children and stay home.

Honestly, I really liked the message of the whole movie. It shows feminism super vividly and highlights how many women have to deal with this everyday in real life, but can't even stand up for themselves. And whenever they actually try to, they just get forced to keep pretending everything is fine and fake an act of "love" for the sake of the family.

Even though it's set on this fancy cruise, it actually has a super important point about how toxic high-society people can be. Definitely worth a watch

https://youtu.be/dmyi8LO6CBo?is=cKNRY3gBKbUJrUWc

Although titled “Indian Film Expert Answers Bollywood Questions”, she starts by explaining that not all Indian cinema is Bollywood.

Nice to see they made a video on this topic.

The question about the length of movies is very funny.

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Just six months ago, Indian cinema has witnessed one of its biggest phenomena with Dhurandhar Part 1 and Part 2, which have reportedly crossed a combined collection of ₹3,200 crore despite both receiving an A certificate. That achievement shows just how much an adult-rated film can accomplish. Now, Jailer 2 has arrived, and while I genuinely enjoyed the movie, its U/A certification is where I have a problem.

The film was great overall. The first half had brilliant comedy that made me laugh profusely, the action sequences were fantastic, and the emotional performance in the second half was genuinely moving. But the makers seem to want the best of both worlds: extremely brutal violence while still retaining a U/A certificate.

Decapitating a person and serving his head on a plate, or killing someone in front of a pregnant woman and splattering the Villains blood across her face, is disturbing imagery. It can be traumatic for children who watch the film, especially when it is presented as entertaining action under a U/A rating.

My point is simple: if the makers want to portray violence this graphically, they should embrace an A certificate and present their intended vision without compromising it. Instead, censoring the most explicit parts while retaining the disturbing impact feels like a half-measure. The makers cannot have it both ways—either tone down the violence to suit the certification, or accept an adult rating and let the film's brutality remain as intended.

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Ramayana… lesss go 🔥🔥🔥

I have seen the Ramayana trailer. VFX was good, the trailer portrayed strong villain and strong hero but I felt the music was off.

There is something divine in depicting this story but the music made it feel like a war story. If this music is only for the trailer, I'm happy. But if this is going to be the bgm for the entire movie, I would say Hans Zimmer was the wrong choice for this movie.

Caught Prahaar (the Ujjwal Nikam / 26/11 courtroom drama), and the performance I walked out thinking about wasn't Rajkummar Rao's.

It was Lalit Prabhakar as Kasab, in his first Hindi film. He was completely unrecognisable, and he more than holds his own opposite Rao.

If you haven't seen his work: he's the Julun Yeti Reshimgathi guy, won Best Debut Actor for Chi Va Chi Sau Ka, and played Gopalrao Joshi in Anandi Gopal. Apparently he auditioned for this role and worked on Kasab's language, accent and body language, and it shows.

Always nice to see regional talent get a bigger stage. Anyone else watching this weekend?

This film is truly a masterpiece, one which even Vivek Athreya himself probably wouldn't be able to recreate. Every frame, every shot, the set design, the score, and all that makes this wonderful film just comes together as a beautiful symphony created through the essence of harmony. 
Vivek Athreya truly is an amazing storyteller. The way the story that goes on for 3 hrs managed to be perfectly paced, leaving us wanting more, yet really touching on the true themes and messages of what should really be the first priority in life, as in humanity before tradition and religion, was done exceptionally. 
Every performance in this film was incredible. The two child actors playing younger Nani and Nazriya were incredible, and the Queen Nazriya did such an amazing job of showing how vulnerable yet strong hearted her character really is. Nani, one of my favourite Tollywood stars, the Natural Star. Every movie this man is in, he just has to uplift every scene. Truly, such an incredible performer. This is a character that changes from a scared little boy who runs away from every problem, to a man that faces them head on. He was stuck in life due to losing his one and only goal, but he threw himself into making things work for him and Leela. Incredible writing, backed by an incredible performance. 
The cinematography by Niketh Bommireddy was immaculate, every frame truly had a purpose, and every frame was art. The Production Design work by Latha Naidu was so beautiful, that the home itself was a character.
The score by Vivek Sagar was just perfect for the film, and it flowed so bloody well. 
This film just had an incredible screenplay, as it can just make any theme and topic that it spoke of be handled in a great way, without breaking the flow of the film. Every frame, every performance backed up this incredible story, followed that screenplay, and Ante Sundaraniki, Vivek Athreya's magnum opus, was born.

Hi all, I am planning to go to Jailer 2 tomorrow at City Pride, Kharadi. Dolby Cinema for Jailer 2, but the dolby auditorium doesn't have hindi shows, Only tamil ones are there. If someone went there, does it have English Subtitles for Jailer 2 for Tamil Language?

Under every ramayana post on social media is the army of bots that seem to show up the second anyone says anything remotely critical about the visuals. You can’t even say that something looks bad or underwhelming without being called anti-national, anti-hindu, a “brown sepoy” or whatever else they’ve been told to spam that day. And it’s always the same fucking script. “That’s why the brits ruled us.” “disrespecting our history.” “brown sepoy.” Do these people even hear themselves? Nobody is disrespecting the Ramayana. Nobody is attacking the story, our culture or our history. People are criticising the visuals of a movie that reportedly cost an absurd amount of money to make, and somehow that’s become an act of national betrayal. Blindly praising something made in India matters more than asking whether it’s actually good now. We’re supposed to feel proud just because it’s the Ramayana, a story most of us have grown up hearing and seeing in countless forms, regardless of whether the people making this particular version have actually done justice to it. And in the end, the people who benefit most from this blind, unquestioning pride are the same rich assholes funding and making these films, who’ll get even richer while everyone else fights strangers online on their behalf. Imagine what we could do with that kind of money if it went towards fifty genuinely great films, with good writers, thoughtful direction and actors who can actually bring stories to life. But apparently asking for better filmmaking means you hate your own country now. I don’t know, man. It’s just depressing watching genuine pride in our culture get turned into a marketing tactic, criticism get treated like treason, and an entire comment section start sounding like the same three people repeating the same five lines. We deserve better films than this, and we deserve to be able to say so without being treated like enemies of our own culture.

I wasn’t even born when the 26/11 attacks happened,so most of what I know about it is from documentaries and things I’ve read over the years. My familh and I were planning to watch a movie,and we need up choosing Prahaar. What made the experience more interesting was that my dad started sharing his own memories of that time.He told me be was actually unwell that day and had taken a holiday,hearing his perspective after watching the film made the whole experience feel a lot more personal.its interesting how a movie can lead go conversations about things your family experienced years before you were around.