While Hollywood attended the Oscars on Sunday night, film folk back home were busy getting glam for the Zee Cine Awards in Mumbai.
'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.'
'While shooting the Don song, Chandra Barot ordered 30-40 paans and insisted Amitabh Bachchan eat them all.'
Kareena has been a leading lady now for 25 years, Deepika for almost two decades and Alia for over a decade. Dinesh Raheja chronicles the changing ways Bollywood has treated actor-moms.
Metro... In Dino is about modern day relationships that feel 'relatable'.
'Casting the Bachchans NOT as father and son was the toughest and the easiest part.'
Picking 10 excellent performances has been difficult but the attempt is to acknowledge the work of actors, who are often overlooked in favour of stars.
'The largest listenership for Vividh Bharati outside the country is in Spain.' 'The labourers who go there for the tomato-picking season feel cut off from their country and listen to Vividh Bharati to overcome their loneliness.'
'This maha-parivarik is because of Mallika Sherawat.'
The actors star in the biopic, Amar Singh Chamkila, which has music by A R Rahman.
Through Bob Dylan's music, lyrics, and Timothe Chalamet's superb acting, we feel we have rubbed shoulders with greatness, even when it is full of flaws, self-doubts, warts and all, observes Aseem Chhabra.
Payal Kapadia's hugely acclaimed film All We Imagine As Light secured two major nominations at the 82nd Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Motion Picture in a Non-English language.
Despite not securing a win at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, All We Imagine As Light Director Payal Kapadia expressed gratitude for the experience and the memories.
Here's some sizzle from the IIFA Utsavam night, which was dedicated to the south film industries of Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
The 23rd Indian Television Academy awards brightened the weekend for some film folk who took home awards for their work this year.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
Shaheed was Manoj Kumar's first patriotic success. This small-budget black-and-white film had enormous impact, besides laying the foundation for Manoj's famous flag-waving Mr Bharat image that was strengthened by a string of subsequent films like Upkar, Purab Aur Paschim and Kranti.
This isn't just a home for the elderly. It's a place where life stories, generations, and cultures weave themselves into something quietly extraordinary, discovers Nitin Sathe.
The band was launched last month to mark Rahman's 48th birthday
A R Rahman and SP Balasubramanyam win the top awards.
The 66th National Awards have been announced, and Hindi cinema has emerged a major winner.
'After I am done with cricket, my first goal is to direct a movie.'
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.
The Roshans is somewhat like leafing through a glossy coffee table book full of trivia -- no depth, but such a shiny collection of memories, observes Deepa Gahlot.
The video shows Dhanush running through dark alleys with a Molotov cocktail in his hand.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films, most of them shown at international film festivals held virtually (Berlinale and Rotterdam), hybrid (Toronto) or physical (Cannes and Venice).
Arjun Menon lists some of the popular songs from the South Indian movies in 2023.
Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com captures some beautiful moments from the many events of 2023, when the stars weren't looking.
The 69th Filmfare Awards, held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Sunday, saw cute moments on stage and on the red carpet.
A great admirer of Raj Kapoor's film songs, senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai says his all-time Raj Kapoor favourite song is the magical duet Pyar Hua Iqrar Hua.
His elegant body of work, LIVE and recordings, is a tuneful treasure whose melody and memory lives on. Fondly remembering the late singer and 10 of his superhit songs.
'When Shahid, Ishaan and I are together, it is a madhouse because we are all performers.'
Zakir Hussain was the maestro of tabla, percussionist, composer and even actor -- a legend who was India's very own and yet belonged to the world. Hussain died from 'idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis', a lung disease, in a San Francisco hospital early Monday. He was 73.
Retro is probably Surya's worst film till date, notes A Ganesh Nadar.
The unconventional music of the Nobel Laureate might have nothing connecting Indians to it, but there is a reason he has a following here, notes T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
Sanam Teri Kasam got the biggest collections ever for a re-release.
Santosh Sivan has become truly an international filmmaker. His eighth directorial venture, Before the Rains, a Hollywood film made in Kerala has made it to a number of international film festivals namely Edinburgh, Toronto, Pusan and Palm Springs. Now, the latest feather in his cap is a feature on the film which appeared in the prestigious American Cinematographer magazine.
'He has always let us do our own thing but if we ever need anything, he is there with the best advice.'
When Salman sang the evergreen song Lag Jaa Gale, did he have anyone in mind?
