Beset by a Princess Syndrome in the past, Kareena Kapoor reigns over this pandemonium like a stately queen, feels Sreehari Nair.
Friday Night Plan's sweet-natured heart and sanitised humour are happier focusing on the inherent niceness teenagers are capable of, observes Sukanya Verma.
'A feeling of dissatisfaction had begun to set in because somewhere, I had begun to think of myself as a very good actress. I believed that the flood of offers coming my way did not do justice to my talent or potential.'
What makes this edition of the contest important were a few more events that happened for the first time at Miss Universe.
Juggling marriage, motherhood and movies -- all in a day's work -- Kareena loves her job and hopes she'll never retire. So do we, as the actress turns 43 on September 21.
'Ranbir helped me a lot with emotions and dialogues. As an actor, he makes us very secure.' 'He guides us with his experiences. He makes the work really, really easy and wonderful for his co-stars.'
Meet the youngsters who rule India's social media.
Sanjay Gadhvi once revealed to Subhash K Jha that he never wanted to make Dhoom.
Delving into deeper topics, fleshing out a timely satire, rooting for womanhood while being full of beans, dance, music, charm and comedy, Greta Gerwig's creativity knows no bounds, raves Sukanya Verma.
Yeh Meri Family is rescued by the actors. All of them have delivered on the warmth and crankiness of a close-knit family without putting on any hum saath saath hain fakery, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Prince Harry on Tuesday became the first senior British royal to give evidence in a high court trial in over 100 years as he appeared in the witness box here to allege unlawful information gathering, including phone hacking, by journalists working for the Mirror Group Newspapers.
Winners of the Stree Shakti Puruskars share their stories on how they are empowering women. Upasna Pandey/Rediff.com reports
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood stunners extending their support to the short hair style.
Parents, relatives, friends need to accept that things said in jest can deeply scar young minds and should therefore, be best avoided, notes Aarti David.
'It was my first day on the sets of Jab Tak Hai Jaan and we were shooting the very first scene that you see in the film.'
'If you look at peacekeeping right now, it is fraught with accusations of sexual abuse or peacekeepers involved in deals that are outside their purview, human trafficking.' 'When a contingent of women walk through a camp, the women in the camp and the children respond to them, talk to them. Women are more open to talking about sexual violence and domestic violence to other women.'
Hrishida's Abhimaan captured the real life pair Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan's dazzling chemistry in the many stages of the husband-wife relationship, observes Sukanya Verma.
It's addictive. It's entertaining. It's gorgeous. Once bitten by the K-drama bug, there's no going back.
Saas Bahu Aur Flamingo overdoses on sex, violence and drugs without an inkling of plot or purpose, feels Sukanya Verma.
Vinicius started a foundation that is building schools in impoverished areas and is investing in research to develop new ways to improve the education system in Brazil.
'I didn't know TV artistes have so much of struggle. I had no clue.' 'I thought an actor is an actor because that's what I've seen in the West.' 'But because of the TV tag, I had to struggle, and that was like an eye opener for me.'
Jubilee's irresistible celebration of cinema and all its good, bad, ugly ways lives up to its title, applauds Sukanya Verma.
The 'been there, seen that' feeling is so strong with Ved that it punctures any possibility of a compelling watch, Mayur Sanap tells us.
Salman Khan is so neck deep in his formulaic rut that the only way he knows out is to dole out some more of the bunk. Except now, the swagger has traded places with desperation, notes Sukanya Verma.
Boman Irani makes his OTT debut with Masoom, and it was good to see the actor on screen after a long time, observes Deepa Gahlot.
When Shardul announced his decision to Tanuja, she wanted to know whether it was a one-day affair or something for life.
'As long as violence has the right arc, it is very meaningful.'
'What I love about Parsis is that we never take anything seriously.' 'Everyone's making fun of everyone.' 'So, they were like, 'Don't f*** it up, ch****!'.'
With the right amount of drama and comedy, the Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui trailer is indeed entertaining.
For those who enjoy stand up comedy, Comicstaan 3 makes amusing viewing, enough to lift the monsoon gloom, applauds Deepa Gahlot.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite female performers of 2022.
'I was living in a fools' paradise, thinking I could win over anyone with my good intentions.'
With the curtains set to drop on her illustrious career, Sania Mirza opened up on her journey to the top and the struggles she faced as a woman athlete.
Sukanya Verma revisits Chaalbaaz where Sridevi was such a pleasure to watch, twice over!
'They have tried too hard to be that stereotypical Australian team that are aggressive and go hard at people.'
Tharoor later apologised for offending 'some people' and said the 'whole selfie thing' was done at the women MPs' initiative in 'great good humour and it was they who asked me to tweet it in the same spirit'.
'Ageism is something we have to contend with and I am glad the opportunities that are coming my way today in so many ways have fixed this problem.'
Who better than India's beloved storyteller to teach you how to spin a yarn?
'Over-eating.' 'Haan bhook lagi ho to over-eating ho hi jaati hai, na?' 'I came to Mumbai because I wanted to act and if a role sounded good, I signed on.' 'Ab bahut ho gaya hai.' 'I don't have to work like that anymore.'
'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode might take,' observes Sreehari Nair.
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