We bring you *that story*, and a lot more, in this fascinating excerpt from Roshmila Bhattacharya's Matinee Men: A Journey Through Bollywood.
Sukanya Verma looks at the various baap-beti equations depicted on the screen.
The cancer survivor talked about the emotional struggles men face when their loved one battles the life-threatening disease.
Magical! When cricket meets cinema...
Major Anuj Sood, scholar and daredevil soldier, had finished his Kashmir tenure and would have been home had COVID-19 not come in the way. He did not live to be old enough, but he lived the soldier's life to the fullest, reveals Archana Masih/Rediff.com.
Countless screen pairs have come together but only few can lay claim to that extra something called chemistry.
As we prepare to return to the land of silver screens and samosa, Sukanya Verma looks at notable theatre moments in Hindi films.
Kareena Kapoor is all set to play an expecting mum in Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine.
'If you are a performer, it's easier to sustain.' 'The day you think you are a star, it becomes difficult.'
Perfect occasion for Sukanya Verma to look into all the Woh woes in Hindi cinema.
'If not now, then when will I take risks and enjoy myself?'
And yet the sham drags on for a couple of hours, accusing and amplifying everything in sight, to shoehorn its identity as a thriller, says Sukanya Verma.
There's nothing wrong in Vidya Balan's performance. There's just nothing new about it, feels Sukanya Verma.
'Today, a four-year-old child knows how to go on YouTube and see everything.' 'What are you going to control and what are you going to tell them? Nothing.' 'This is the generation we are living in.'
The latest updates from the Telugu film industry.
Director Shonali Basu and her actors on the making of what appears to be a memorable movie.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor don't burn the screen with passion but there's a pleasant sense to their togetherness, feels Sukanya Verma.
Shakespeare Wallah had been out of circulation for a long time, but a restored version of the film opened in New York on November 10. It will travel after that to other cities in the US and hopefully, soon to India as well, says Aseem Chhabra, author of the bestseller Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, The Star.
'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.'
Nishi Tiwari feels Club 60 is amply peppered with some standout moments but the good parts end very quickly.
As Soumitra Chatterjee turns 80 on January 19, we look back at his best movies.
Huma Qureshi on what really defines beauty.
We bring you glimpses of the Raksha Bandhan moments in Bollywood.
With Mother's Day around the corner, we thought of looking at how Bollywood's mommy fashion has evolved from Achala Sachdev to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
The element of curiosity and chill is doubled when it's inspired from real-life manslaughter.
Rediff.com looks at some prominent leaders in our past who evinced an affection for the words of Shakespeare. An anniversary special.
If Han Kang wrote only about cruelty and suffering, readers might respect her writings and her conscience, but her novels would not be as loved as they are by readers across the world, says Nilanjana Roy
If an FIR had been registered by the Pen police -- instead of a mere entry in the station diary -- an investigation could have taken place and the body might have been identified as Sheena's, leading to the case being cracked much earlier.
'Her greatest strength is not her acting or her dancing abilities, but that she has an incredible number of fans.'
'You walk out of Mukkabaaz feeling good about yourself, but unlike Kashyap's best pictures, it releases you from the responsibility of seeing yourself in it; the movie is darn clever, most of the way, but it hardly has any wisdom,' says Sreehari Nair.
As Sound of Music turns 50 today, here's a look at its beloved Von Trapp family and what they're doing today.
One of Bollywood's most rock-solid careers, Anil Kapoor shows no signs of stopping!
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Sanjeev Kumar's Dastak (1970).
Let Bihar be damned under its contradictions of having gone 'dry' and then having been submerged under flood, which is a recurrent phenomena? After all it is a godforsaken land, having lost its promises of overcoming its problems, says Mohammad Sajjad.
Indrani Roy deconstructs the controversy over Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal controversial remarks on rape.
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