Did you know that the original choice for the title role in Piku was not Deepika Padukone? It was Parineeti Chopra.
'It was always anticipated that the return of the Taliban would embolden armed Islamists including anti-India groups like the Lashkar and Jaish.'
The last two months of 2015 have some big Malayalam movie releases coming up.
Anushka Sharma turns 33 today, May 1, and Subhash K Jha picks his favourite five Anushka performances.
In a career spanning 30 years, Urmila Mantodkar has played everything from a killer to a stalker to a rape survivor.
'Johnny Lever once told Rishi that he's the only actor he can't ape because he is such a natural.'
Lata Mangeshkar has never tasted alcohol. Yet, she has sung some extraordinary songs about intoxication.
In fact, the Taliban apparently collects about 10 per cent as cultivation tax from opium farmers and 15 per cent as heroin tax from laboratories and smugglers that smuggle narcotics into Pakistan. This, by itself, is a revenue stream estimated at USD 250-300 million.
'When the Shakti team had their meals, Dilisaab would squat with us and say, "Bhai mujhe bhi khilao".'
The concluding part of the A to Z guide to a year that will soon become history.
Among Hindi cinema's leading men of the last century, Sunil Dutt, who passed away 16 years ago on May 25, did not hesitate in doing women-oriented films which addressed the issues of their upliftment, empowerment and equality.
On Lagaan's 20th anniversary, we bring back Aamir Khan's views expressed in an exclusive interview to Rediff.com Contributor Haresh Pandya in February 2000.
'It's my humble tribute to a talent that has no limits, no boundaries.'
As Jaya Bachchan turns 73 today, Subhash K Jha remembers her lesser known performances.
'There are no heroes, saviour or destroyers in Bombay Begums. Every character is real and believable.'
Jaya is a woman of steel in the truest sense of the word. Despite being the first lady of filmdom, she's as real and rooted to the ground as anyone can get, notes Subhash K Jha on the actor-politician's 74th birthday.
Wherever the stars go, the cameras follow.
As a self-confessed scaredy-cat, I have to say I was dreadfully exhausted by the end and noting the sloppy visual effects and continuity glitches in Janhvi's ghostly makeup.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
Water is going to be a central part of the government's 2024 election campaign. And Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's work will be crucial for it.
'I got to meet my real life inspiration for my character.' 'I studied his mannerisms, behaviour and language.' I secretly recorded his conversations.'
She was capable of a level of human compassion that is rare today among politicians, recalls Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who knew the Communist legend K R Gowri, who passed into the ages on May 11, from his childhood.
'I know we will keep meeting, Appu, on gym floors that I visit, every time I listen to a song of yours and in that grin that I will always carry in my memory.'
'It reminded me of the Ramayana, a story that runs in every Indian's blood.'
The way Dilip came to the porch to receive Lata, you would never have guessed something was amiss between the two. Raju Bharatan's many wonderful insights into Dilip Kumar's life.
Alia Bhatt is not allowed to talk about her role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Gangubai but she has already started preparing for it.
Sukanya Verma lists significant memories in our 1996 recap.
Monsoon is here, and time to bring out the chhatris.
'She had indeed grown to full womanhood and was in reality more beautiful than I thought she was.'
Subhash K Jha looks at the most prominent pairings coming up on our screens.
The Army chief said the nation is passing through a challenging period.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's cool, curious, bag moments.
She will star opposite Akshay Kumar in Yash Raj Film's historical drama, Prithviraj.
After devoting years to the difficult pursuit of perfection, some fall wayward.
Subhash K Jha gives us the very best of Waheeda Rehman.
While we wait for Batra's latest to drop on Amazon Prime Video on February 11, Sukanya Verma looks at how Bollywood has dealt with affairs of the heart over the years.
As they celebrated Naomi Osaka's victory in the final of the US Open in Flushing Meadows on Saturday, Tokyoites were eager to embrace their heroines' stand against racial injustice.
Sukanya Verma cites the trademarks of Bollywood's monsoon movie fashion.
'I knew that since I would be designing for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film, the aesthetics would have to be correct.' 'He doesn't show poverty in his films.' 'He won't show someone standing on the streets in phate hue kapde.'
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