'Truth is stranger than fiction. You cannot think these things up.' 'What happens is weird enough.'
'The way the daredevil feats are set up, they don't have the maniacal feeling of actual gun battles, or good jazz, or a whacked-out dance performance -- they just don't provide you that giddy tingle you go looking for in such films,' feels Sreehari Nair.
The narrow lanes of Majnu ka Tilla in north Delhi hide many Tibetan marvels, from authentic food to vignettes of their lives
Here's all I want from 2015: Just stop beating up the world so hard, okay? I don't care if not one new gadget comes into being, as long as we start managing our resources better, says Mitali Saran
Mita Kapur has an irresistible love affair... and she's willing to do anything to keep it going.
Queen Of Katwe feels almost like Mira Nair is making a Bollywood film in Africa, notes Raja Sen.
Here's your weekly collection of stories that prove it's a crazy, funny world out there!
Small and medium enterprises had complained of tedious compliance burden under the Goods and Services Tax
There is no escaping Rahul Bose's compassion. He wears it like a name tag in Poorna, feels Sreehari Nair.
The wise Imp or the Mother Dragon? Take your pick!
'The standing ovation in Cannes was a rare moment where I felt patriotic. I realised that the audience was not clapping for an individual but for the team that came from India with such a beautiful film.' Masaan's leading man Vicky Kaushal takes us through its making.
'Ashwiny Iyer comes from a school of Nil Battey Sannata.' 'The writer of the film Nitesh Tiwari made Dangal.' 'So you can see the kind of cinema they have done and how they will treat the film.' 'That will make Bareilly Ki Barfi different.'
23-year-old Radhika Bopaiah is taking the modelling world by storm, walking the Indian ramp in a short bob.
International Test debuts can be intimidating and Sachin Tendulkar could not have imagined a tougher one when he padded up against pace legends Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis in 1989 -- the experience leaving him so scarred that he doubted his ability to continue at the highest level.
Ronit Roy talks about the second season of Adaalat and his upcoming Hollywood and Bollywood projects.
Manoj Bajpayee confides in Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni about his 'long journey filled with rejection, betrayal, misery, failures and disillusionment.'
The movies that impressed, puzzled and stunned Sukanya Verma at MAMI this year.
'I just lucked out.' 'I got good roles. I was in the right phase, selected at the right time.' 'But I had no great ambition.' Suchitra Krishnamoorthy gives us a glimpse into her career.
'For people who are fed on nothing else but the media, what were prejudices become facts of life.' 'What my neighbour may see as just news, for me is a source of fear, living as I do, surrounded by non-Muslims.' 'So I would say it is important to talk to a Muslim, be it your neighbour or your colleague.' 'Have that conversation about what's happening to Muslims.'
Action Jackson is a drinking game of a film, one well over the so-bad-it's-good line, its main merit being that it holds some genuine surprises -- and makes sure its hero looks like a jackass, says Raja Sen.
Modern science, has taken decades and decades to prove what has been clearly documented almost 3500 years ago in our ancient texts like the Ashtanga Hridaya, says V R Ananthoo, a strong advocate of age-old healthy eating practices and one of the coordinators of Safe Food Alliance.
'Why do we feel our parents are not human? That our mother is not a woman?'
Suicide Squad is less an actual movie and more an assemblage of moments, moments mostly to do with popular music appropriated around shots of spectacle, with every single scene trying to hit a crescendo of cool and the film, thus, failing to find any peaks at all, says Raja Sen.
Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year.
'I got to know things early in life.' On Childrens' Day, one of Hindi film industry's most memorable child -- Raju Shrestha - lets us into his life with a twinkle in his eye.
Raju Hirani on making Sanju.
Global working conditions have worsened in 2014.
The author revisits Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur and finds them to be a medley of the old and new
Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.
'The critics were writing so well about me, I was shocked!' 'My phone didn't stop ringing!' 'This is the biggest tribute for a senior actor.' 'Now, I can pack up.'
Dubbing artiste Meghana Erande talks about some of her most important projects and how she found success in a niche industry.
According to Nielsen India online viewership has doubled since 2011.
12 lies you must tell your better half without feeling guilty.
Upstaged by the swanky malls in town, both M G Road and Brigade Road have lost their "happening" status
Gone are the days of over-the-top Diwali parties, says Kishore Singh. This year round, the taxman is the invisible -- and unwanted -- guest at these once extravagant affairs.
'Anyone who disagrees with this and says it depends on perspective is trying to hide their lust because it is socially unacceptable to think free.' Candid talk with Akshay Kumar.
Siddhartha Kaul, president of SOS Children's Villages International that has been involved in earthquake relief work in Nepal, speaks to Rashme Sehgal.
Athiya shows potential, Sooraj his physique in Hero, says Sukanya Verma.
At 27, Uppma Virdi is telling stories, connecting cultures and making a killing out of chai.
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