'For those who like romance in their music, I suggest they search for this song.'
On the occasion of Ram Navmi, five Ram bhajans from Hindi films that you probably haven't heard, but should right away.
'Laxmi was insistent that our homes should never have name-plates, because the name Laxmikant-Pyarelal should never be separated!'
We celebrate Kishore Kumar's 90th birth anniversary on August 4 with Amit Kumar's 10 favourite Kishore Kumar songs.
Subhash K Jha lists his 10 favourite romantic Hindi films.
Bhilar, a strawberry farming hub in Maharashtra, has been transformed into India's first 'books village'.
S P Balasubrahmanyam sang songs about life and loss with enough soul to break your heart, notes Sukanya Verma.
'To this day, women, especially housewives, come up to me to tell me how much Arth matters to them.'
'If you look at its melody, it's nothing.'
Do you know Ashaji crooned a seductive night club song, Zooby Zooby Je L'aime Vous for An Evening In Paris?
Sukanya Verma looks at notable troikas in Bollywood's catalog of three hero vehicles.
'What can I do for my India except make films that showcase it's greatness to the world, which touch on national issues and arouse the feeling of patriotism?'
'I didn't know how I would say all the loving, romantic bits.'
2019 seems totally ready for new directors, with superstars queuing up to work with fresh talent.
An encounter with movie veteran Chandrashekhar.
While Pa Ranjith proved yet again to be the salt of the earth in his land mafia film, Zoya Akhtar took a haphazard route to make something that was hardly rooted in Asia's biggest slum, feels J Jagannath.
While the judiciary remains our most trusted institution, it should debate its internal health, argues Shekhar Gupta.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
Sukanya Verma revisits Chaalbaaz where Sridevi was such a pleasure to watch, twice over!
Celebrating Aamir Khan and his 55 popular songs on his 55th birthday
Love, fear, sadness, and many more, seen through the filmi lens.
Why do the biggest, most talented and successful film-makers of India suck up to the establishment so breathlessly, asks Shekhar Gupta.
Sridevi, Karan Johar, Tabu... Sukanya Verma's week was all about time travel and pleasant encounters with the super young avatars of Bollywood's famous folk.
Delhi's air is a desperate problem, but some of the solutions have been too desperate and unthinking.
'Khaike Paan Banarasiwala doesn't sound like a Hindi song,' Kishore Kumar said. 'I don't think I can sing this song.' We pleaded with him. Finally, he relented on one condition...
In our special series revisiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Randhir Kapoor and Jaya Bhaduri's 1972 film, Jawani Diwani.
'People say my father was scared of Kishore Kumar. That is untrue. There are so many songs that my father told the composers to let some other singer sing because they too are good.'
'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge was the highest point of our life,' Lalit Pandit tells Subhash K Jha.
'Shakti Samanta was a very honest man. I have done four films with him. He was very sick before he died; nobody was allowed to see him in the hospital. I went but I could not bear to see him like that. Iftekar and I would go to see Ashok Kumar often. He would ask me to bring some kheema, as he loved my wife's preparation. I would have attended kavi sammelans with Jan Nisar Akhtar (Javed Akhtar's father), Sahir Ludhianvi and Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan was a child then, and would often accompany his father.' Veteran actor Chandrashekhar Vaidya goes back in time.
Aseem Chhabra's take on the highlights of Indian cinema this year.
Rafisaab's memory is as alive as ever in his devoted fans' minds.
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