'Our honourable CM is so shameless that she will say the state is among the safest for women.'
'In Pakistan there has been no problem about the installation of the statues of these men, unlike the Jinnah portrait or other controversies that seem to be present in India these days quite regularly,' says Aakar Patel.
'At the end of 2020, I was insecure, going through heartbreak, filled with negativity and self-doubt.' 'I had worked so hard over the past few years and suddenly, my career was stagnant.'
Director Krish (Krish Jagarlamudi) makes his Hindi debut with Akshay Kumar starrer Gabbar Is Back.
'I was screaming at the top of my voice when my name was announced because I couldn't believe it,' Manik Paul tells Rajul Hegde.
Director Ali Abbas Zafar relies solely on Salman Khan's drawing power and offers nothing novel in terms of storytelling, feels Sukanya Verma.
'Just close your eyes and think that you can do it,' Nathalia Kaur tells Rajul Hegde/ Rediff.com
There is only word to describe Ashok Munne's journey -- 'incredible', says A Ganesh Nadar.
'I was nominated 13 times during my 15-week stay in Bigg Boss but they couldn't get me out. That is because I was truthful and entertained the audience with my good sense of humour,' Puneet Issar tells Rajul Hegde/ Rediff.com
All the gold medallists from Saturday's action at the Tokyo Olympics.
'I belonged to a village where there was no light.' 'In Mumbai, I worked as a junior artiste, played small characters.' 'After struggling a lot, I got a break on television.' 'From there, I got a break in films.' 'It feels like a dream.' 'Sometimes when I feel low, I look back at my journey and feel inspired.'
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'You cannot drop to the ground, however many bullets hit you.' 'Because if you are weak, this is not the place for you.'
'I am an A-lister of television. I didn't want to do any Bollywood movies just for the sake of it. There are audiences for Naagins and the supernatural kind of shows but for me, Beyhadh is a real show. I would watch it.' Kushal Tandon gets candid.
Brothers is loud, over-the-top and an exhausting watch, says Raja Sen.
'We felt like we were a part of something bigger than just a film.'
In an encouraging development for the Indian women's hockey team, all the squad members are set to be included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) when the review committee will identify a core group for the government-funded programme, next month.
'My first film put me in the spotlight as a commercial heroine. After that, I kept getting such films and I enjoyed them. Whatever I have learnt, I have learnt on the job through these films. I have also made mistakes like everyone but I have learnt from them and moved on.' Sonakshi Sinha gets us ready for Noor.
In the pitch dark of the African night, a herd of cape buffaloes gather at the watering hole for a drink, taking care to stay by the edge to avoid the crocodiles lurking in the depths. In Gangiova, a village in Romania, a doctor places her stethoscope to the chest of a newborn baby, listening intently for the beating of his tiny heart. These are just some of the moments that have been picked by the judges for the Sony World Photography Awards. For the 2017 competition, photographers entered 227,596 images across the awards' Professional, Open and Youth categories. The Open competition winner will receive $5,000 (Rs 3.3 lakh), Sony digital imaging equipment and flights and accommodation to the awards ceremony at Somerset House in London. Sony World Photography Awards has been kind enough to share some of their shortlisted pieces with us.
'We have seen a lot of Hindi films where the men cheat and ask the women for forgiveness. Then we show that she forgives him and they live happily every after. But till date, there has been no film where a woman cheats and asks for forgiveness and then the male has to decide if he wants to forgive her or not.' Akshay Kumar talks Rustom.
Jaahnavi Sriperambuduru wants to be the youngest person to scale the seven summits of the world.
When the news of Kalam's death came, the sculptor in Hussaini wanted to immortalise him like when he had done a huge sculpture of the first Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla.
The writing is on the wall -- and it is written in the blood of the women who 'died', 'ran off' or 'committed suicide' under mysterious, carefully unexplained circumstances -- that the only life that matters is one that belongs to an upper class, upper caste, politically connected male.
'...In films, of course! In Hollywood, women doing action is a very common thing, but we still haven't warmed up to it here. I really hope something like Charlie's Angels is made in our country!' Tamannaah Bhatia gets candid.
'My father thinks I'm not ambitious and too slow. He wants me to work in Hindi films with big superstars.' Meet Baahubali director, SS Rajamouli.
Here's what happened at the Sultan trailer launch!
An array of Olympians and stars of sports niche and new arrive in the South Korean city of Incheon for the 17th Asian Games this month, bringing together some 10,000 athletes for a 16-day multi-sport spectacular second only in scale to the Summer Olympics.
Vani Kola left behind a stellar career as an entrepreneur in the US.
'I was in love and so I got married very early. Love makes you do crazy things. If I had not married then, my life would have been different. Today, I see women balancing their careers and homes. They are giving equal importance to their personal desires and their families, and that is great. I haven't been able to find that balance.' Bhagyashree, close and personal.
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