With some variations, all regional political formations, whether in power presently or out of it, share some common features: Tight family control of the political apparatus, key members in elected......
The revived factionalism in the AIADMK, if not curbed now, has the potential to split the party vertically, warns N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala, left, offers her......
'Flypasts, bands, helicopters dropping flowers over hospitals treating coronavirus patients are cute ideas for an Akshay Kumar film.''But when lakhs of workers at the lowest rung of the employment......
Every defaulter is not a wilful defaulter who has the capability of paying back and is yet not servicing the bank loan, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......
Of late, Bollywood is showing a lot of interest in planes, the commercial and fighter varieties. And audiences seem to love it too! Crew, starring Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon, sees......
1999 in Hindi movies marked the end of a vibrant young decade and a gentle promise of electrifying new things to come in the new millennium. Where madcap masala still reigned supreme, morally......
Dramas woven around the theme of lost and found is a iconic trope in Hindi cinema. From melodrama to mockery (remember Amar and Prem's phony separated-at-Kumbh Mela reunion in a gag of Andaz Apna......
IMAGE: Rajesh Khanna and Jaya Bachchan in Bawarchi. Anushree Mehta, who directed Radhika Apte's spy comedy Mrs Undercover, will helm the remake of Hrishikesh Mukherjee's classic film Bawarchi,......
We didn't see too many sequels last year -- besides the biggest blockbuster, of course, Gadar 2. Dream Girl 2 scored a century while Fukrey 3 came close to it. But the new year has very different......
Photographs: Getty Images Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrates a landmark 40th birthday on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Harish Kotian/Rediff.com give us 40 must-know nuggets about the legendary cricketer:......
He was a bit of everything and still a bit more but no one could actually comprehend what.Everyone thought they knew Dhoni, but no one knew him. IMAGE: Indian cricket will remain forever indebted......
IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni last played for India in the 2019 World Cup semi-final in July 2019. Photograph: Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his......