Film stars and technicians were awarded at the IIFA awards over the weekend, and here are the big winners.
The Power Of The Dog and Dune lead the pack while films like King Richard, Belfast and West Side Story grab quite a few noms.
He presented the first-ever National Creators' Awards at the Bharat Mandapam in the national capital.
Abhijith Gopinath aka A.B.I was mocked through school and college. He found solace in hip-hop and chose love over hate.
A quick look at the winners of the 94th Annual Academy Awards.
Early on the morning on October 7, as hundreds enjoyed the trance music produced by Tribe of Nova, Hamas attacked the event, killing about 400 people and taking 40 others as hostages.
Did you know Dev Anand worked as a clerk at a salary of Rs 85 before he became an actor?
Rupesh Paul, whose musical has been long-listed for the 2012 Academy Awards, talks about his film.
A look at the winners of the 89th Annual Academy Awards.
Celebrating the maestro, who turned 52, January 6, and his music.
Khamoshiyan's music can be heard on a loop, feels Joginder Tuteja.
Another song has that has been pepping up the athletes is called 'Non Political'.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite songs of 2018. Are these on your playlist too?
So far, only one major series and another original film have been announced for release. Rest are all digital releases of films that have already arrived in theatres.
Today, Anirudh Ravichander's name on a film's poster is enough to pull in audiences, notes Arjun Menon.
Angry Young Men misses some important elements of the Salim-Javed story including an understanding of the duo's creative process. In fact, the two men do not even appear together in the same space in the series.
About 18 months after its entry in India, a Spotify listener spent an average of 97 minutes on the app, almost ten times more than any other streaming music brand.
To see the 92-year old father attending court for his son's bail plea was more heartbreaking than any scene from Kohli's cinema.
'Did the Nobel committee, reviled for awarding Mr Dylan, play a little inside joke this time around, by awarding another lyricist who was once an aspiring musician?' asks Uttaran Das Gupta.
'What happened to Raj and Simran after running away on the train at the end of DDLJ 20 years later? Have they become flatmates instead of lovers? What happens when the initial chemistry has worn off and love becomes a habit? This has always fascinated me.'
His fans will be happy to know that, of the album's 7 original songs and 4 remixes, a couple of the tracks are fabulous.
Diljit Dosanjh's switch in singing style as he smoothly assumes Chamkila's vocal persona highlights the brilliance of his artistry, observes Sukanya Verma.
Their music, available online, sung in Hindi, English, Urdu and Marathi, displays a new grammar and vocabulary which expresses the language of the disempowered,
'Love in today's time is very fast-paced, whereas I seek calmness in love.'
Uzbekistan lives comfortably in several centuries but is also a forward-looking nation, Deepa Gahlot discovers on a visit to this Central Asian country.
'I am old school and want what my parents have. They have been together for 35 years and still go on dates.'
After bagging a Golden Globe nomination, the music maestro is once again in Oscar race with his song 'If I Rise' from 127 Hours making it to the Academy shortlist for the Original Song category.
Three songs from the film have been singled out for the Original Song category.
Seventy-six is not an age to be plowing a lonely furrow in the heartless electoral fields of India, especially in Rajasthan, given the heat in summer, but Jaswant Singh, the expelled Bharatiya Janata Party veteran, is not exactly alone, says Rediff.com's Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
'I wish you were here to see for yourself what Mughal-e-Azam means to Indians in America.'
The song will be sung live at the Dolby theatre, where the Oscar ceremony will be held, by singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, who originally sang the song.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country is proud and elated with "Naatu Naatu" winning an Oscar and hailed the song as one that will be remembered for years to come.
While the Mughals seems to be receding from text books and memory, the stage presentation of Mughal-e-Azam is spreading its message of love in North America.
The 'Tamil Thai Vaazhthu', an invocation, is only a prayer song and not a National Anthem and hence, there is no need for every one to remain in standing posture when it is rendered, the Madras High Court bench here has ruled.
On her 65th birthday, Sukanya Verma looks at the diva's 10 definitive songs.
'I would have become a big star 11 years ago if things had worked as per my plans.'
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga releases on October 12.
'Chand Chhupa Badal Mein were originally written for a film that Ram Gopal Varmaji was directing.' 'One day he said, "Mehboob, the lyrics that you have written are really beautiful, but the hero of my film is a goon. He cannot sing such beautiful lyrics".'
A quiz on movie titles inspired from old songs.
Murugesh's directorial debut may not be a scene by scene remake of the Tamil film Jodi, but its story line and script is heavily inspired by the film and the also recently released Telugu hit Bommarillu.
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