Noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar dead

Noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar, whose experimentation with socially controversial themes jolted the orthodox Marathi theatre, died in Pune on Monday after a protracted illness. Tendulkar, 80,......

'William Shakespeare is our heritage too'

Ah, Bollywood. The things it manages to do. Take the recently released Omkara, for instance. A fine piece of filmmaking that should win its director Vishal Bhardwaj more than just a Filmfare Award.......

'Films offer you life lessons'

'If someone were to ask you if you want to die tomorrow, no matter what problems you are grappling with, you would be hesitant, right?' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rohini Hattangady/Instagram Rohini......

'Film-making is a soul-sapping profession'

'Or because I am getting a s**tload of money.' IMAGE: Vikram Gokhale, Jitendra Joshi, Saniya Bhandare, Neena Kulkarni and Sanjay Mone in Nikhil Mahajan's Godavari. He was floating on air,......

'We gave her the same respect we gave our real mothers'

'Sulochanaji was indeed a mother-figure to both the Hindi and Marathi film industry.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History Pics/Twitter Sulochana Latkar, who played mother to nearly every top......

'Awards are like ice cream to me!'

'The Internet empowered me as an artist.' IMAGE: Geetanjali Kulkarni in Gullak. One of OTT's shining stars Geetanjali Kulkarni returns as Shanti Mishra in the popular Web series Gullak, now in its......