Here is a look at how we rate the competition: A few A-list actors taking on roles originally made famous by Amitabh Bachchan.
Asin Thottumkal speaks about Salman Khan her co-star in Ready.
"Knowing that after eight years of working really hard for this country, there are still people who won't see me for what I am because of my skin colour," she said.
In her weekly column, mental health guru Anu Krishna offers advice on how to take charge of your life.
We invited readers to send in their interesting summer snapshots. Here are some more responses -- and you can share yours too!
'By annoying the Arabs and cozying up to Iran, Pakistan may end up losing Arab economic support, annoying the Americans and increase Shia-Sunni tensions domestically,' Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) points out.
"The informal directive came after Pakistani American Lashkar terrorist David Coleman Headley's confession that he recced several targets including Sena Bhavan," a party source said
'Mohan Bhagwat's reaffirmation of the RSS's Hindu rashtra ideal has shown that nothing has changed, that it remains firmly rooted in its fundamental beliefs, that the willingness to listen to voices from outside its fold was a pretence about being openminded,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
From leading the team that arrested Uma Bharti to exposing V K Sasikala's privileges in prison, the 42-year-old IPS officer is not scared of anything.
Ra.One is escapist entertainment at its finest. For those who wanted a more textured film with depth and insights, well, tough luck folks!
Barack Obama and Hu Jintao tried to pretend that they did not have to take any notice of India's invisible presence, but there it was, as an unseen guest and an indispensable factor in their deliberations and decisions, says TP Sreenivasan
A fun excerpt from Diptakirti Chaudhuri's Bollygeek: The Crazy Trivia Guide to Bollywood.
Whatever post-reform Indian capitalism is, one thing it isn't - and that is an untrammelled 'free market' system, says T N Ninan.
A high school teacher in Australia created ripples when she assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack using chemical or biological warfare. The Year 10 students at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School in Western Australia were set a task by their environment teacher last week to pretend they were terrorists planning to make a political statement by releasing a chemical or biological agent on "an unsuspecting Australian community."
A woman who sleeps with a man she just met signals that she has low self-esteem or that she is actually only using him for sex, says Solene Paillet.
Faruk Kabir's directorial debut initially engages but soon fizzles out.
Kanyakumari Express has Suresh Gopi playing a cop again, but the Suresh Babu-directed film fails to deliver.
According to a recent findings of Symantec, cybercriminals are employing persuasive online scare tactics to convince users to purchase rogue security software.
'The solution is to enable a graceful transfer of the deposit and funding 'franchise' from capital-deficient firms to capital-surplus firms.' 'This will expand credit intermediation, bring down its costs, and put the financial sector on a definite path of recovery,' argues former RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya.
'As his party's Supreme Leader, Modi has led India down the wrong road by insisting on friendship with China even as its soldiers went about claiming territory,' argues Harishchandra Dighe.
Some women claim to have a headache, while others pretend they are too tired. But now, experts have a scientific explanation as to why such women give their husbands excuses for not wanting to have sex.
Robert Hirschfield goes looking for the space he made his own from the moment he saw Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray's The World of Apu.
Tushar Kulkarni, 40 from Dombivali, Mumbai tells us what he learned from his father.
And it all looks like warm, well-written fun!
'I was scared, running from the reality that I was not physically and mentally well.'
No nation is fully sovereign to do what it wants to do in the face of opposition from others, points out Aakar Patel.
'There is a fiscal crisis building up, which might become apparent when the Finance Commission presents its report,' warns T N Ninan.
The film is adapted from Petter Seller's 1966 comedy After The Fox.
'Singh has two options. Either he asserts the authority of his office or makes way for someone who is not a proxy for the Family and can command the Congress Parliamentary Party's loyalty.'
England were thumped 4-1 in Australia in their One-day International series at the beginning of the year and also lost recent series at home against Sri Lanka and India.
Sometimes there's no explanation why we do some really nutty things to score brownie points with the fairer sex, says Abhishek Mande.
New Delhi must clearly demonstrate to Beijing that China will pay a price for its relentless strategic undermining of India, says Ajai Shukla.
Tukaram Omble was the biggest hero of 26/11. He was responsible for the capture of Ajmal Kasab, that helped confirm Pakistan's role in the attacks.
Following the global outrage against racism, a lot of former and current players have opened up on the issue.
This is a great value product and a roomful of surround sound that a single soundbar below Rs 50,000 just can't deliver.
Sukanya Verma takes a look at some of Bollywood's most playful, popular Gujarati acts in recent times.
Before inserting your card, always check for any signs of tampering on the ATM machine, warns Aditya Shankar.
In the search for tactical supremacy, soccer's big guns and some young pretenders have turned to the chapter marked 'counter-attack' to blast their way into the World Cup quarter-finals.
Mamta Mohandas fought a seven-year-long battle with the big C but has only inspired smile and positivity.
Here's a look at Bollywood leading ladies who have turned, or are turning, filmmakers.
