'We've been toying with the idea of working together. This project seems the best way to collaborate on something special.'
'She was my only choice to play Sonbai. The moment she read the script, she slipped into character.'
Sukanya Verma tells us just what makes Mirch Masala a must watch.
After orange and white, Sukanya Verma paints these pages red with the fiery shade that's loved for its striking symbolism in Hindi movies.
Shailendra's songs were attuned to Raj Kapoor's explorations of the themes and dreams of the Everyman.
'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week.
Sukanya Verma looks at how one of the seven primal human emotions is usually treated in Hindi movies.
Smita has left behind a rich haul of films that showcase her enormous ability to offer us a glimpse into her soul each time she performed a role.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
A look at the posthumous releases of leading Bollywood actors.
'Having taken much time off, and come back and worked again, and then gone back... I'm really blessed to have the kind of work that I'm still doing.'
On Naseeruddin Shah's 60th birthday, one of his oldest friends Rajat Kapoor wishes him all the best.
If you're in the mood for meaningful cinema, watch Mohandas. After all, it's time we discover the 'other' India.
Drishyam will release on July 31.
Sukanya Verma looks at husband and wife filmi collaborations.
Sukanya Verma looks at the colourful portrayal of this festival on the Bollywood screen.
As we eagerly wait to see what 'farq' it makes when it hits the screens on June 28, Sukanya Verma looks at the few occasions caste came up in Hindi movies.
Gentle, fiery, magnanimous or disadvantaged, there are many faces of the Bhansali heroine. Sukanya Verma looks at every single one.
'There was so much grace, depth and serenity in him.'
Among the finest Indian actors, voices and smiles to grace the stage and screen, Om Puri's uniqueness, always so fluid and natural, cannot be summed up in a few words, feels Sukanya Verma.
Bollywood pays their respects to the veteran actor.
Sukanya Verma celebrates the acting legend.
Will they be the next Upen-Karishma of Bigg Boss?
Is Kangana Ranaut becoming controversy's favourite child?
Sukanya Verma glances at the changing faces of women bonding in Hindi movies.
In its preoccupation with drama, Begum Jaan neglects to reveal its soul, feels Sukanya Verma.
'God gave me a second chance to live and I had to make the most of it.'
Here's looking at Om Puri's career graph, through these pictures from his films.
Brick Mansions never slows down enough to let you enjoy the brilliance of David Belle's liquid movements and never speeds up the story to keep you from yawning, writes Paloma Sharma.
Ramzan food walk reveals Old Delhi's culinary tradition!
'As the film progresses, you tire of the been-there seen-that spectacle.' 'You want a story. You want good dialogue, not the corny words you are hearing.' 'You want an emotional connect. You want a tighter film.' 'Sadly, with Padmaavat, that's not what you get,' says Savera R Someshwar.
What if these old classics were made in today's times? Sukanya Verma figures it out.
Rang Rasiya is not a consistent film, but one that tells a story of a pioneering artist and visionary, a story decidedly worth telling, says Raja Sen.
Smita Patil would have been 60 on October 17 had fate not cruelly snatched her from us in 1986. She was only 31 when she died. Rediff.com salutes the incomparable actress in a special series.
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