'We called him Sher-e-Kashmir but we realised he was no lion but a pussycat who surrendered.'
Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.
Mehmood and R D Burman shiver, wail and flail when they encounter a stuffed tiger that wags its tail, furniture that moves on its own volition and dancing skeletons and mummies. Dinesh Raheja revisits a must-watch.
'God can you get work, but once you get it, you have to do it with honesty and put your 100 percent into it.'
The 96th Annual Academy Awards saw a lot of glamour on the red carpet, as Hollywood's A-listers attended the biggest awards night of the year.
This is Deepika's first time at the BAFTAs and she treated fans with a glimpse of her look on social media.
The cult film celebrated his landmark on April 18 with a special screening in Los Angeles.
'I have had my share of unpleasant situations being a woman, like so many other actors have gone through.' 'I took it in my stride because I knew it happens.' 'What saved me was what my mother used to say: Education.'
The Australian actress took home her first-ever Emmy trophy, winning Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Princess Diana in The Crown.
A quick look at the winners of the 96th Annual Academy Awards.
The 2024 British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) were held at the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre, London, and saw its share of the good and the bad.
Just when it seemed like OTT market is fading away with very limited original Web series arriving over the last few months, the month of March is throwing quite a few surprises.
The fourth Filmfare OTT awards saw some interesting winners as top shows like Scoop and Jubilee as well as movies like Darlings and Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai scored big.
Film and telly folk attended the 29th Lions Gold Awards, which honoured extraordinary achievements in film, television, OTT, music and social welfare commitment.
Love them, hate them but the Oscars have a way of sneaking up on you.
The BAFTAs saw a swish set of Hollywood on the red carpet, as they came up to make their presence felt, and in some cases, collect their awards.
During his acceptance speech at the awards ceremony, Christopher Nolan remembered his 'dear friend' Heath Ledger, who had portrayed a negative role in his film, The Dark Knight.
The nominations for the 96th annual Academy Awards have been announced.
Film folk were in a celebratory mood, as they prepared to attend the 69th National Film Awards ceremony.
'No small artistic film can even hope to win, except, maybe, as random tokenism,' asserts Deepa Gahlot.
A month after Khalnayak turned 30, its cast reunited yet again for the wedding anniversary of its Director Subhash Ghai and his wife, Mukta.
In the biggest surprise of the night, Emma Stone grabbed the Best Actress trophy for the complex portrayal of a Frankenstein-like character Bella, in Yargos Lanthimos' electrifying and most original film Poor Things. Aseem Chhabra recaps the 96th Annual Academy Awards.
R Madhavan's Rocketry: The Nambi Effect has won the National Award for Best Feature Film while Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon shared the Best Actress award for their roles in Gangubai Kathiawadi and Mimi, respectively.
Stars dazzled on the red carpet at the Filmfare OTT awards.
OTT's glamorous stars walked the purple carpet for the first edition of the OTTplay awards in Mumbai.
Fashion takes a front seat this awards season, as the Style Icons and OTTplay Changemaker Awards make way to the fifth edition of the Critics Choice Awards, 2023.
Alia Bhatt won hearts when she wore her wedding sari at the 69th National Film Awards at the Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi. The ivory embroidered drape was designed by Sabyasachi Mukherjee.
Bollywood stars sashayed down the red carpet at the Zee Cine Awards in Mumbai.
The Filmfare OTT Awards honoured the cast and crew of OTT movies and doffed their hat to their talent and hard work.
''Even today, after 63 years, I'm still looking forward to a new release.'
The 27th Critics Choice Awards was held at the Century Plaza Hotel in California on the same night as the BAFTAs.
India is shining, although I will argue that it is a temporary acceptance until India once again makes a mega-successful film like RRR or another beautiful, moving, documentary like The Elephant Whisperers, notes Aseem Chhabra.
'When he was offered B R Chopra's Zameer, many advised him against playing Saira Banu's father, pointing out that a decade ago, he had been her hero in her debut film, Junglee.' 'When he asked me, I pointed out that he was an actor first, so nothing should stop him from playing any role.'
Quite a few film folk attended the 22nd Indian Television Academy awards ceremony.
The Iconic Gold Awards 2022 was held at Mumbai's Hotel Sahara Star over the weekend, and it was quite a star-studded affair.
If reports are to be believed, the hunt to find the next 007 may be over.
The 79th edition of the once prestigious awards ceremony does not have any of the glitter and glamour of the past.
The 92nd Annual Academy Awards are currently underway at Hollywood and Highland in California, and the stars are dressed glamorously for Hollywood's biggest party.
This comes as a rare miss for RRR, which bagged a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for the song Naatu Naatu and Critics Choice Awards for Best Foreign Language film and Best Song.
The second edition of the iReel awards were held at the JW Marriott hotel in Mumbai, and celebrities walked the red carpet quite stylishly.
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