Quite a few stunning women will make their presence felt on the big screen for the first time this year.
Where the larger-than-life villain hogged the show by hurting the hero or throwing hurdles in his path, the role of his female counterpart has evolved from seductive sidekick to she-devil.
The search for new talent seems to be catching on. After Shah Rukh Khan and Aditya Chopra recently finalised Anushka Sharma to be SRK's new heroine in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, it's now Vipul Shah's turn to go heroine hunting.
A protest happens because the State doesn't follow its own laws. A protest is an objection and a complaint. It exists because it is otherwise unheard, observes Aakar Patel.
The Indian Coast Guard apprehended a Pakistani fishing boat with ten crew members in Indian waters in the Arabian sea off the Gujarat coast, it said on Sunday.
Here's looking at some of Bollywood most gorgeous actresses disguised as men.
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Looking at the wonders of weight loss in Bollywood.
'He was a man of immense conviction.' 'Whenever I'd question him, he would say, "Leave aside your logic-wogic. Just do what I tell you".' '"Just trust me. It will work".'
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Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
The Border Security Force recovered two pistols, Pakistani currency and eight kg heroin, among other things, from the intruders after the incident, they said.
'All the actresses we approached for the role of Sakeena were demanding a lot of money. After a point, we collectively decided that we would cast a new face opposite Sunny Deol and the money that we would save by doing so, we would give it to Amrish Puriji and get him onboard for the role of Mayor Ashraf Ali. I was completely okay with signing a new heroine but there is no alternative to Amrish Puriji in the industry.'
After their life on the big screen comes to an end, these actresses turned to the small screen.
'I felt insulted, very hurt, that Indian cinema meant only Hindi cinema.'
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Sukanya Verma looks at the many ways fire enjoys a significant presence in our movies.
Amid a row over the extension of the territorial jurisdiction of the Border Security Force in Punjab, a top officer of the border guarding force on Saturday said the powers of the state police remain intact and the BSF is only there to complement it.
As the talented actress celebrates her 47th birthday on August 5, Namrata Thakker brings you some of her best fashionable appearances.
Shamshera's problem is a shocking inability to support its bombastic ideas with gripping drama. The result is the wastage of not one but two Ranbir Kapoors, observes Sukanya Verma.
Karan Johar is all set to direct two of his favourite young stars Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in a a quirky love story.
'I never had an opportunity to do the things children do.'
'While narrating a scene to Amitji, Akshay and Tusshar, they learnt that Aishwarya was not the heroine opposite Akshay as they had presumed.' 'She had a negative role.' 'They were shocked, more so when they learnt that she didn't know this.' '"Shooting will stop midway, she won't do the film", I was warned.'
This summer will see Tamannaah's summer release Sura with Vijay in the lead.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry.
Namitha Pramod talks about making her debut in Kannada films.
Rajiv Kapoor did not do many films in his career but he is still remembered for his solid hit, Ram Teri Ganga Maili.
Namrata Thakker takes a look at his Instagram feed to find out.
Looking at actresses who don sexy looks to make a comeback.
Looop Lapeta is wacky, funny and vibrant, all at the same time, observes Namrata Thakker.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
In the film, he is called Asif and the heroine Kiara Advani is called Priya.
There are so many female-oriented movies, from Mother India to Arth to Pink. But there are some absolute gems that never got their due.
'My darker side is super dark and I'm not afraid of it.'
Sukanya Verma offers some diversion in in the form of Bollywood's typical torture tactics.
Long before she won royalty rights for playback singers, there was an undisclosed incident in Lataji's life where she not only put a male colleague in place, but also refused to sing with him thereafter.
The top court said that the amount of neutral substance in a mixture has to be included along with the actual weight of the banned substances for determining whether it is a 'small or commercial quantity' under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Amid the ongoing crisis within the Congress in Punjab, its national spokesperson Supriya Shrinate on Friday expressed the hope that its leaders "talk more in private and less in public."
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