Sukanya Verma revisits Gulzar's Ghalib and finds Barsaat, and Free Love!

Old songs, retro fashion, 1980s pop culture, childhood icons and sharing space with Kundan Shah on paper, the theme of Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week was consistently nostalgic.

Raja Sen says his goodbyes to a true comic genius.

Of all the Indian films screened in Toronto, three stood out for Aseem Chhabra -- A Death in the Gunj, Mostly Sunny</em> and <em>An Insignificant Man.

'Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan now act in only about one film each year, and made money through advertisements and television.' 'This meant that many people, even if they had the money to spend on a movie and wanted to go, often had nothing available for them to watch.'

PINK, Penaz Masani and a precious picture of Nirupa Roy in and as Superman, a low-down of Sukanya Verma's fully filmi week!

Romance died, came alive and lives on forever, off screen or on it, in Sukanya Verma's fabulously filmi week.

Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.

'Pink a movie that's assembled especially for that section of prejudice-free Indians who are all on this side of the screen.' 'Look...there's virtuosity staring at you, 24 Frames per Second.''Soak it in; more power to the revolution, more wax to the candlelight vigils,' says Sreehari Nair.

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar on why Indian media and entertainment quality will remain a national gripe and why we, the viewers, are not blame free.

'2016 may have been unkind, more than other years, but we are here and we owe it to the ones who are gone -- to live and love fully this wonderful gift of life,' says filmmaker Suparn Verma.

Subhash K Jha remembers conversations with the legendary actor who the world lost on Friday.

'2016 was the year when Shah Rukh Khan took risks and traversed along the path that would ensure the actor could shine more than the star,' says Aseem Chhabra.

Read about Rishi Kapoor's page-turning debut, SRK's super-charged turn in Raees, Sridevi as potential Dhoom vamp, Sanjay Dutt's contribution to Andaz Apna Apna and more in Sukanya Verma's super-film week.

How do the shows we watch and the songs we listen to, affect us? The question bothers Geetanjali Krishna after a domestic worker gushes about her six-month-old daughter's love for a nagin-themed TV show and Mika's Gandi Baat.

'The film industry will remain soft targets and continue to be picked upon with no respite, with no choice but to give in due to personal safety and financial compulsions,' says director Suparn Verma.

Why you don't admire SRK in Raees

'Are we seeing the beginning of the communalising of one of the most iconic film industries in the world?' asks Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.

J Jagannath on how he expects to see the Trump effect at the Academy Awards.

The Oscar race is over, and here's the good news: both La La Land and Moonlight are genuinely commendable and worthy films, writes Raja Sen.

A week of bumping into trapped souls, savouring Achari Alia Paneer, envisaging Kishore Kumar crooning Kajrare and celebrating one year of Sukanya Verma's super filmi column.

The term binge-watching was the runner up in Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year in 2013. Indians may have come late to the party a little later, but we're making up for lost time, says Shuma Raha.

Sukanya Verma could not resist Vinod Khanna's charms, and salutes him in her tribute.

Aseem Chhabra sensed an internal turmoil in Vinod Khanna, which sometimes showed the moody person on screen.

Prepping for the Baahubali juggernaut, remembering a toddler Vinod Khanna and making Deepika Padukone dance to Jennifer Lopez's tunes, Sukanya Verma's super filmi week was pretty eventful.

'The night, I have to sadly admit, was a let-down and Mr Bieber, you kind of broke my heart,' says a Belieber.

'Maybe for his fans, just to see him in the flesh was worth the ticket price.' 'Maybe they were satisfied with the gig, the whole deal.''For me, the night was a dreadful waste of time,' says Jahnavi Patel.

Satyajit Ray's fabulous use of fantasy to condemn fascism and Shah Rukh Khan's gift of enthralling oratory, Sukanya Verma's fantastic filmi week.

A 1990s Bollywood album.Ranbir Kapoor as Balraj Sahni.Dimple Kapadia's Crowning Glory days. Agha-Mukri-Kesto's fun, fabulous, forgotten friendship.Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week was a complete blast from the past.

Chaitanya Tamhane's National Award-winning film seems more relevant today than when it released, says Sreehari Nair.

'He has given us a history, a heritage that we can share with generations to come,' says Aseem Chhabra.

The key to every Daniel Day-Lewis performance was a big theme and a thousand details.And in the final phase of his acting career, says Sreehari Nair, America became his big theme, and the details... well, he just popped them out like waffles.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's survivor instinct has been learnt on the streets.His hard-earned victory has come after innumerable struggles, but he hasn't lost focus of one simple fact.Suparn Verma -- who directed Nawaz in Aatma -- tells us what it is.

'How did Hermoine fall for Weasley?'20 years after Harry Potter made his debut, Vanita Kohli-Khandekar has some questions for its author

Interviewing Anil Kapoor, Syed Firdaus Ashraf discovered, can be a real pleasure!

As Imtiaz Ali's Jab Harry Met Sejal releases, Aseem Chhabra feels it's the best time to revisit the Hollywood classic When Harry Met Sally, which tries to answer the question in the title of this feature.

'The bumblebees in Par Ek Din may not be flying yet, but even as they dangle in mid-air, their stings hurt.' 'Effortlessly graceful, this is a work of passion that conveys what being passionate about something truly feels like,' says Sreehari Nair.

Over the last decade the Indian film industry has reinvented itself. Do film critics need to do that too?

Savouring Spielberg's fierce, fine movie; salivating over MAMI's line-up; gobbling a Shrek cake; visualising a desi Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants with Alia, Bhumi and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.

When a Hindi film does well in Chennai, it's time to sit up and take notice, says A Ganesh Nadar.

'I will miss you calling me and saying "I am Shashi Kapoor" even when you were at the height of your stardom.'Gitanjali Gurbaxani remembers a dear friend.

If anyone thinks that the Golden Globes are insignificant, the Hollywood studios are out to prove them wrong.

'The very fact that she survived her migration to Bollywood, where many young lives have been sacrificed or abandoned to the streets, bears testimony to her grit, determination and good fortune,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.