'Don' director Chandra Barot dies at 86

Before making his directorial debut with Don, the filmmaker served as an assistant director to actor-director Manoj Kumar in Purab Aur Pachhim, Roti Kapada Aur Makaan, Yaadgaar, and Shor. ......

Do Actors Make Successful Directors?

Photograph: Kind courtesy Hrithik Roshan/Instagram When the Hindi film industry was in its infancy, there was a sizeable overlap between actors and directors, as quite a few artistes played both......

'Dhoni No 1 India captain; Kohli fifth'

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India to two World Cup titles -- the T20 World Cup in 2007 and the ODI World Cup in 2011. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Former batter Ambati Rayudu ranked......

'Gill has to take the team along like Kapil Dev'

IMAGE: Shubman Gill and teammates at a fielding drill. Photograph: BCCI//X Former cricketer Yograj Singh believes India's newly crowned Test captain Shubman Gill needs to lead from the front and......

World Champions Set For Brand Windfall

'For the women who enabled this victory, the moment has turbocharged their brand value, and rightfully so.' IMAGE: World champions Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma,......

Indian Women Create Their 1983 Moment

If the men of 1983 gave India a reason to dream, the women of 2025 could give it something rarer -- the courage to live that dream in full daylight, under an open sky that finally belongs to them,......

Let them attack, I'll anchor: Kohli's winning mantra

Anchoring yet another successful chase with his well-calculated knock, batting star Virat Kohli says the strategy of him holding one end tight while others play in their usual aggressive style is......