'... their love was jinxed.' 'His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than woo and wed.'
Sudarshana Dwivedi looks back at her encounter with the legendary Dev Anand.
'I guess if I was chosen to be his wife, I must be special.'
As India mourns Lata Mangeshkar's passing, Namrata Thakker takes a look at the Legend's life through these amazing pictures.
The Delhi high court on Friday directed Aam Aadmi Party leaders Saurabh Bhardwaj, Sanjay Singh and others to take down alleged defamatory content from social media platforms against former Bharatiya Janata Party national vice president Shyam Jaju and his son Sandesh Jaju.
'So I started talking to him in Marathi and everything really changed.' 'There was this spark in his eyes and he smiled.' 'It's unbelievable that a man can be so charming with a single smile at 90.'
A third-year student of National Institute of Technology-Silchar allegedly died by suicide on the campus, following which his classmates began a protest that eventually turned violent, prompting the police to lathi charge, in which 40 people were injured, officials said on Saturday.
No one deserves the title thespian more than Dilip Kumar, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
The 39-year-old officer was bestowed with the PPMG, the highest police gallantry award, for skillfully killing a terrorist holed up in a building in Kashmir on June 21, 2020, officials said.
'She was this untameable stream gushing down from the Himalayas which I had the privilege of having touched in my life before it disappeared into the mountains again.'
''This body is mine. And bearing its burden has become quite a task,' Dilip Kumar once told Subhash K Jha.'
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.
Dinesh Raheja doffs his hat to the movie legend, who will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year.
'I don't miss having a child because Saab is like a child.'
Almost 25 per cent central government posts were vacant as of March 2022, compared to 9.4 per cent in March 2002.
'The problems that the film explores still remain. It was a different time when we made the film. We were young and we thought we could change the world.'
'Salilda and my brother Hridaynath would deliberately make my compositions tough.' 'Their logic was, "You can do it, so why should we not compose accordingly?",' Lata Mangeshkar, who would have turned 94 today, September 28, 2023, once told Subhash K Jha.
Jubilee's irresistible celebration of cinema and all its good, bad, ugly ways lives up to its title, applauds Sukanya Verma.
'I received many threatening calls and letters.' 'A fatwa was issued against me.'
Filmi folk celebrated Friendship Day by sharing pictures and thoughts with their besties.
From the pinnacle of Veer Zara's teary romance, the transition to Pathaan and Jawan must have entailed a lot of resetting, rewiring, and recalibration in the mind. But SRK has done it. And done it well, notes Sandeep Goyal.
'You cannot change destiny. I have no regrets in life.'
Subhash K Jha picks his favourite films of 2023 from south India.
Singh also said a final decision on the launch of India's sun mission 'Aditya-L1', scheduled for September 2 at present, will rest on the prevailing cosmic aspects.
Where Shamshad Begum was charging Rs 900 for a song, Lata was prepared to settle for Rs 50 as she came on the scene. Raju Bharatan recalls yet another memorable incident from Lata Mangeshkar's incredible life.
'I would like to feel that he had a special place in his heart for me as I do in my heart to this day.'
It's time to say goodbye to The Kapil Sharma Show after five years of almost uninterrupted success.
Nimmi, the legendary actress, passed away at her Mumbai home on Wednesday, March 25.
Joshi, Congress MLA from Hawa Mahal, however, rejected the allegations and called for a fair probe into the case.
'I somehow felt that Muzaffar Ali was in Aligarh to feel the pulse of the Muslim youth, especially in the darker and harsher times that India is passing through,' notes Mohammad Sajjad.
Animal's violence isn't for the fainted-hearted unless you have an appetite for Korean style mayhem, like Sukanya Verma.
'For me, love is being happy.' 'It's being free and carefree.'
'Sulochanaji was indeed a mother-figure to both the Hindi and Marathi film industry.'
'I could tell there was an extraordinary intensity about Amitabh Bachchan even in bad films.' 'Kuch baat thi.' 'Salim saab and I insisted on casting him in Zanjeer.'
Did you know Nargis was to have played the Madhubala role, but opted out because she has reservations about working with Dilip Kumar? Do you know how Naushad and Shakeel Badayuni came up with the words for the immortal Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya?
'I think my performance in Ray's Devi still ranks as my best,' says Sharmila Tagore.
