Mohammad Rafi had a powerful range that could accommodate anything from the sublime O duniya ke rakhwale for Bharat Bhushan in Baiju Bawra to the eccentric Badan pe sitare lapete huye for Shammi Kapoor in Prince.
'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 jaata.'
A screenplay and superstar in perfect tandem, it doesn't get better than this, applauds Sukanya Verma.
'Find a name that changes the words honor killing and hopefully it includes the word murder.' 'If you use the words, you are trying to justify the murders.'
If Pitroda's blunder cost him his office, what should the BJP's unrepentant attitude cost it?, asks Shyam G Menon.
Sandeep Reddy Vanga's action thriller Animal packs excitement.
'Coming out of a burning building with a machine gun in your hand, that is badass because you don't get to do that in real life.'
Pirojsha Godrej, 43, patriarch Adi Godrej's son, is set to take over as chairman of the Godrej Industries Group from 2026 whol Nyrika Holkar, Smita Godrej Crishna's 42-year-old daughter, has emerged as the face of the Godrej Enterprises Group.
'I might in the future step out of a Dileesh Pothan movie not completely satisfied, but content I'll be in the knowledge that our greatest living film-maker had failed striving to be something more than just an auteur,' notes Sreehari Nair.
'You make a song, it gets rejected, you have to make 10 more.'
Sanju Samson, then a skinny 14-year-old, curled on the bed in his hotel room, watched Kolkata Knight Riders' Brendon McCullum hammering a 73-ball 158 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the first-ever IPL match.
Tiring to see Tiger dash from one dumb action sequence to the other, sighs Mayur Sanap.
Yaatris works neither as a comedy nor as a family drama.
The super-stylish Meenaakshi Chaudhary has Vijay's Thalapathy 68, Mahesh Babu's Guntur Kaaram and Dulquer Salmaan's Lucky Baskhar in her kitty.
'A face like this cannot go wrong,' Salman Khan endorses Punjabi actor Gippy Grewal at the trailer launch of the latter's new film, Maujaan Hi Maujaan.
It was a year of so many contradictions and contrasts that it became dangerous to talk about movies, people lost their heads discussing Friday releases, psychiatrists began dabbling in film criticism, and film critics turned into psychiatrists, says Sreehari Nair.
'Our onscreen chemistry was always special.'
Cricketer Yusuf Pathan will contest from the Baharampur Lok Sabha seat, whereas Kirti Aazd will fight from the Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency.
'If you watch Baazigar even today, after 30 years of its release, you will enjoy it because of its novel story line.'
'When it has to be a simple girl's role, somehow people feel I cannot do it.'
'We want Ayushmann Khurrana's character to look perfect as Pooja in Dream Girl 2 and that's why we are taking extra time to perfect the VFX work for the face.'
'He did some great work and people remember him from so many things, but he should have got some stronger parts.'
The update from the 42-year-old royal after a "tough couple of months" comes after weeks of speculation over her health and recovery.
'When I made bold to explain what he had to do he cut me short saying, "I know what to do. I've faced the camera before".'
Did Bharat feel 'neglected' after their second daughter's birth?
'Priyanka has done very well in Bollywood and Hollywood. But had she joined politics, it might have been a different story altogether. Given how ambitious she was, she would have made a good youth leader. She might even have launched her own party,' says Sathya Saran
Shah Rukh will singlehandedly contribute Rs 1,400 crore (Rs 14 billion) at the box office.
All India Rank achieves a fine balance of authenticity and sensitivity in the fine portrayals of its young actors and old.
Amazon Prime Video has announced a huge number of assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
Vanraj Bhatia, the creator of unforgettable music, hated the fact that the 'New Wave' directors did not respect Hindi cinema's multi-song format.
Actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday said discussions were on for his party Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM)'s political alliance and stressed it would support any bloc that would 'selflessly' think about the nation but desist from being part of 'feudal politics'.
Jawan is disproportionately extolled for making political comments, but it is a small film like Bhagwan Bharose that usually sticks its neck out, notes Deepa Gahlot.
'I just took the Almighty's name and plunged into it.'
Folks, 2021 will see an Akshay Kumar film festival play out in the theatres.
Aseem Chhabra lists the best non-Hindi language films he watched in 2020, with the hope that they will have a wider reach in the new year.
Mallorca fans were filmed racially abusing Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Vinicius Jr. in their Son Moix stadium during their 1-0 upset win against the LaLiga holders on Sunday.
'My respect for Irrfan has grown 100 times now when he is no longer with us.'
'He was an extremely naughty child, always in trouble and creating trouble.' 'He wanted to fly a kite at night, and sometimes, bunk school.' 'When I insisted on sending him, we could get a call from school that he had fainted.'
Ghoomer is an efficient crowd-pleaser that puts a lump in the throat, a tear in the eyes, and a smile on the face, all at the same time, applauds Mayur Sanap.
Girish AD doesn't make romantic comedies so much as he elevates the genre, observes Sreehari Nair.
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