'I came to Mumbai in 1978 and struggled for the next 10 years.'
Shaikh Ayaz had the opportunity to watch the late actor/director closely. He fondly remembers.
Reader Prachi Joglekar has sent us a photograph.
Arguably among the best in his trade across cricketing generations, star India speedster Jasprit Bumrah celebrated his 30th birthday on Wednesday.
'Would @narendramodi allow his supporters to come and console or congratulate him in his bedroom, dressing room or the toilet?'
'People don't know even 20 percent of what I did.'
'After having changed chief ministers in Uttarakhand, Tripura, why are they not doing it in Manipur?'
The Election Commission on Wednesday changed the date of polling for the Rajasthan assembly elections from November 23 to November 25 in view of demands for a change given "large-scale" weddings in the state that day.
'The last three years I have been taking on a lot of challenges. I said let me take this on as a challenge because this is my only chance to play a role that I dreamt of as a child.'
The Slumdog Millionaire team at the Oscar red carpet.
There was a quite a turn-out for the Golden Glory Awards 2023 in Mumbai over the weekend.
Dev Anand's films offered, for most part, unalloyed entertainment and had little melodrama and silly fight scenes like most other films. And that was the prime reason to see them, hoping that they would help me prepare better for the exams, remembers Arthur J Pais.
Scholarships worth Rs 4 crore to students aspiring to build a career in the service sector under the newly launched 'Kapil Dev Scholarship Program' from UEI Global.
If you think Bollywood's kitschy overkill from the 1980s is stuff of throwback terror, wait till the big, bad, bold fashion of the 1970s is unleashed upon you.
The Supreme Court refused to stay Allahabad high court's December 14 order which allowed the primary survey of the Shahi Idgah complex adjacent to the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura by a court-monitored three-member team of advocate commissioners.
'Bharat is the core value that has to be lived by and if you deny it, then the people will discard you.'
Swami Giri said the trust has so far collected more than Rs 3200 crore in donations from individuals and organizations within the country.
The leg spinner claimed his 435th wicket to become India's highest wicket-taker in Tests on the opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh.
Mohammad Rafi had a powerful range that could accommodate anything from the sublime O duniya ke rakhwale for Bharat Bhushan in Baiju Bawra to the eccentric Badan pe sitare lapete huye for Shammi Kapoor in Prince.
In what many movie observers believe is one of the biggest surprises in years, Dev Patel, 18, has just been nominated along with Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Josh Brolin, (Milk), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Best Supporting Actor Award.
'In India, the GenAI startup ecosystem is unfolding with remarkable speed, signalling a new era of technological advancement and investment opportunities.'
India have fielded a strong contingent led by two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen and Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain.
India, led by a young Kapil Dev, shocked the cricketing world as they upset the mighty West Indies in the final to win their first World Cup.
The leg spinner joined Kapil Dev as India's highest Test wicket-taker by grabbing his 434th wicket in the second Test against South Africa.
'Everyone has their own opinion. Ex-players have full right to share their opinion, but I don't think there is any arrogance in this team.'
Saisuresh Sivaswamy/Rediff.com decodes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech after the Pran Prathistha ceremony at Ram Temple in Ayodha.
The actor released his autobiography, Romance With Life in New York on Saturday.
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"I can confidently tell you that he is going to become the first Indian to capture 500 Test wickets and go even beyond," Kapil Dev said.
'They are fighting it out, but they have deeply traumatised; they are alive and they are carrying on in life.'
It was the only way Sulmdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle could get the best out of the actor.
The ashes of legendary actor Dev Anand, who died in London on December 3, were immersed in the Godavari river in Nashik on Wednesday evening by his son Suniel.
Bhat is the youngest among the probables shortlisted by the AIFF for the India under-23 squad.
President Kalam will present the award to the 80-year-old actor on December 29.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on Day 7 of the Asian Games:
Actor Ranveer Singh, who is portraying the character of India's first World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev in the movie '83', says he is excited to 'get into the skin of such a legendary player'.
Brian Lara rang the famous Eden Gardens' bell.
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