'This is andha kanoon of Yogi govt'

'Dr Kafeel is being framed by the Yogi government because he talks about the BRD hospital all the time.'   Dr Kafeel Khan was a doctor attached to the BRD hospital, Gorakhpur, in 2017 when......

We have left our fate to Allah: Parents of 11/7 convicts

'The blasts destroyed my family. Two of my sons are in jail and one is absconding.' Parents of two of the 7/11 accused speak to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com Ten minutes before the judgment was......

Nithari: Surinder Koli sentenced to death

A special Central Bureau of Investigation court sentenced Surinder Koli-- servant of businessman Moninder Singh Pandher--to death, for rape and murder of a nine-year -old girl in the sensational......

'Ardh Satya wasn't conceived to showcase Om's talent'

'The ending Vijay Tendulkar had written was different.'According to him, the film ended with Anant Welankar's suicide.''I felt such an ending would be too nihilistic.''Bahut zyada defeatist ho......

He Married South Cinema With Bollywood

'In 1983, my father T Rama Rao made Andha Kanoon with Rajinikanth.''Amitabh Bachchan was reluctant to come on board as a guest star, as Rajinikanth was a southern star.''But when my father pitched......

Rise Of Pan-Indian Films Is A Good Omen

It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business. S S Rajamouli's RRR, above, has hit over Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10......

Revisiting 1983 in Hindi Movies

Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood. It was a year of excitement and extremes. If parallel cinema in India......