'He rose to be almost as big as the stars he worked with,' Haasan says.
The chairman of the Essel Group says he has settled 91.2 per cent of the estimated Rs 11,000 crore debt on the group's books.
RajniSir's latest film is expected to hit nearly 5,000 screens worldwide and will release in four languages.
'A great loss for the fraternity. Your work will be missed & cherished.'
It is astonishing, even for many of us who may have wide exposure to music, to see how such world-class performers are so little known in their own land, notes Aakar Patel.
Genelia D'Souza on life post Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na and her sizzling chemistry with Fardeen Khan in Life Partner.
'I knew one day I will explode if I don't get some sanity with making music.'
Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand.
'A smile reflects your gratitude for life, your celebration of it.'
'I come from a small town and I never thought I would ever sing professionally or become a playback singer.' 'But I made a career here.'
With Hindi Medium and Angrezi Medium, the "English-medium" actor of independent movies shows she can easily fit into mainstream Hindi movies too.
Here's the lowdown from the Tamil film industry.
'You could be out of sight, out of mind but it may take just one song to bring you back and to let you know that your audience is still rooting for you.'
Punjab faces many mortal threats. For most of these the people of Punjab are themselves responsible. And unless they take a brutal hard look within, their future generations have to be resigned to continue living with this constant slide, warns Shekhar Gupta.
'Ranveer was seeing a girl and then I think they broke up many months later.' '8-10 months later, I started seeing her.'
As Tamil superstar Vijay turns 47 on June 22, Subhash K Jha picks his five finest performances.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who worked with the veteran director, expressed her grief over his death.
'That will happen and we shall overcome sooner than we expect.'
Sethupathi will soon make his Hindi debut with Mumbaikaar.
In the tweet, Yadav had claimed that the result in the assembly segment of Araria district proved that Kumar owed the success of his party in 2015 assembly polls to the alliance with the RJD and not the other way round.
Guruji.com offers searching in Hindi on its search engine.
What gets forgotten in the German vs Sanskrit debate is the poor standard of teaching in India.
The late legend would have turned 90 today.
'I could not adjust to the way they treat you.' 'They expect certain things from you, which I was not comfortable with.' 'Like, they expect you to wear a certain kind of clothes, even if you don't want to wear that.' 'They'll be like, just wear it, because it's such a male-dominated industry.'
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
'Life should never be unidimensional.' 'While I enjoy doing films, there's still a lot more that I want to experience.'
Richa Chadha will play southern sensation Shakeela in her next.
"Saluting your valour, 130 crore countrymen of India are standing firm with you today. Today every Indian is proud of the strength and bravery of his soldiers. They are proud of your invincibility," said PM Modi.
'The Maharashtra government diktat is another meddling example in an industry where politics or language has no role to play.' 'Cinema has a universal language. Filmmakers are divided across regions, but united in their passion for films,' says director Suparn Verma.
Amid sharp criticism over his medicine promising the birth of male child, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Friday hit back at the opposition leaders for their unwarranted comments and said that they were attempting to malign Prime Minister Narendra Modi's image through him.
'Luka Chuppi is my Hum Aapke Hai... Koun! type of film.'
Bang Bang scores big worldwide, while The Hundred-Foot Journey becomes Om Puri's biggest hit.
'You can't compare A R Rahman to any human being.' 'He's so amazing! I can't believe humans can be that pure and good.'
'A person who does the impossible is a Soorma.' 'Soorma is beyond the normal. Not everyone can be called one.' Diljeet Dosanjh on how he didn't know how to play hockey, but plays a hockey legend in his next film.
If Indian storytelling can deliver, it can make the entertainment industry an engine of economic growth and a substantial contributor to GDP, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Leaving behind the luxe life and dapper suits of foreign banks, Puri and his team at the upstart venture shared fizz drinks, wore a footwear brand popular among the middle class, shared a rat-infested space in a yet-to-be gentrified work space to plan and execute it.
The superstar will be seen in the remake of Malayalam hit film Drishyam.
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