Rajasthan's royal architecture and striking landscapes are a hot favourite among tourists and film-makers. Its majestic beauty and history has coloured many a movies and their visuals to unforgettable effect.
Gangubai Kathiawadi dominated the 68th Filmfare awards, held on April 27 in Mumbai, as it picked up 10 awards including Best Film, Best Director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Best Actress for Alia Bhatt.
'In him resides a fierce lion of an actor who would have made Stanislavsky proud.' 'With Rocky he started with his body, his hair, his clothes; then his walk, his language, the constant listening to Punjabi hip hop and before long we couldn't differentiate between Ranveer and Rocky.'
'Who do you think directs most of the films that he has done in the last four-five years?'
Gems you can enjoy from the time he was at his handsome and magnetic best.
The title of Akshay Kumar's horror comedy was changed from Laxmmi Bomb to Laxmii only a few days before its release on November 9. But this has happened many times before.
'You can see the influence of Charulata in the way I've projected Aishwarya in Devdas.'
A sumptuous meal of Dal, Bati, Churma or Jodhpuri Kabuli pulao, followed by a lip-smacking dessert of Bikaneri ghevar or Jodhpuri mawa kachauri.
Akshay promotes Raksha Bandhan... Suhana-Agastya on a dinner date... Alia promotes Darlings...
As he completes 10 years in the industry and patiently waits for the release of his next biggie, '83, Joginder Tuteja looks at his biggest hits so far.
The Kerala Story is among a long list of films that invited bans and censorship.
Which of these one liners do you think are the best?
Deepika Padukone is set to begin her next with Hrithik Roshan, one waits to see if this would be a start of a new innings with her latest co-star.
For reasons that are not known clearly the two actors have shared cold vibes for years, notes Subhash K Jha.
Twenty five years after they created magic in Khamoshi: The Musical, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Manisha Koirala reunite in the director's costume drama Heeramandi.
Has Ajay bought a Rolls Royce? Kangana launches a reality show... Allu Arjun pays tribute to Puneeth Rajkumar...
'I've spoken to Gangubai's soul.' 'I've had long conversations with her in my mind.' 'I understood her suffering, anger, joys and sorrow.' 'I had to connect to the soul of this amazing woman.' 'I think I did.'
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.
Did Rohit Shetty request Salman Khan to shift the release date of the latter's Antim: The Final Truth to a post-Diwali Friday?
'The magic of Roja can never be replicated because how can you recapture the carefree innocence of childhood?'
'Suffering has always been an incentive for my creativity.'
More than six years after Dangal, there is finally a worthy follow-up Hindi film, which has not just gone past the lifetime score of the Aamir Khan starrer but also emerged as the biggest Hindi film of all time (including dubbed blockbusters too).
Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar caught glimpses of these stars on Monday.
The stars Pradeep Bandekar spotted over the weekend.
'There are songs -- quite a few of them -- but the focus will be on the drama.'
Whether it is his acting, dialogue delivery or action sequences, there is a clear absence of enthusiasm, observes Namrata Thakkar.
Subsidies have been stopped for several manufacturers that are under investigation for alleged violations of local-sourcing rules.
Hint: The Leela houses the actor's favourite Italian restaurant.
Indian team vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, senior batsman Rohit Sharma and pacer Shardul Thakur arrived in Chennai on Tuesday for the first two Tests against England.
Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted these stars over the weekend.
Sidharth Malhotra has been getting rave reviews for his bio-pic Shershaah, and the film's producer Karan Johar can't stop preening.
'I never got respect as an actress.' 'But when I became a director and worked with actresses like Cate Blanchett and Jessica Chastain, I felt such pride of being an actress.'
So much has been written about Sushant Singh Rajput and yet, there is so much more that we still don't know about him.
Cabinet ministers and TV actors will try to bring to life the aeons-old story of Lord Ram at the 10-day-long Ramlila in New Delhi, which has been promised to be bigger than ever by its organisers.
'The July 30 theatrical release seems next to impossible.'
Sukanya Verma looks at husband and wife filmi collaborations.
Indian author Perumal Murugan's Tamil novel Pyre is among 13 books from across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America to make it to the longlist of the International Booker Prize 2023, announced by the Booker Prize Foundation in London on Tuesday.
'Heeramandi is an important milestone in my journey as a film-maker and I am nervous yet excited about making it.'
'Unlike the Shah Rukh Khan in Darr, Baazigar, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, there's an amazing child-like vulnerability and honesty in the Shah Rukh of Devdas.'
