'People sometimes ridiculed him for the way he looked or dressed.' 'Sometimes they ran down his music.' 'But I have never heard him say one bad word about anyone.'
'Today, when I look back, our journey together ajooba lagta hai.'
'That very brand name comes in the way of people expecting something different from me.'
Bappida's softer more creative work got buried in the noise, rues Subhash K Jha as he picks the late lamented composer's most soulful songs.
Sukanya Verma shows us how Bollywood has depicted housework on the big screen.
'I cannot be confined to just one or two kinds of music.'
The actor, who passed away this morning, has given us many superb movies.
With Mother's Day around the corner, we thought of looking at how Bollywood's mommy fashion has evolved from Achala Sachdev to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Saeed Jaffrey lives on through his versatile body of work.
'Oscar has been given to A R Rahman.' Ringa Ringa Ringa, Choli ki peeche kya hai -- What's the difference? Exactly the same. Also, Jai ho.' 'I did Ramba ho in 1985.' 'Rahman combined three of my songs and got Best Original Score.' 'The Ho came from me.' 'Bappi Lahiri brought the Ho to Bollywood.'
Sukanya Verma looks at 12 times the superstar offered food for thought on subjects as varied as nation building, team spirit and the stupidity of big fat Indian weddings while wolfing down a meal.
'40 years later, the world is still singing I Am A Disco Dancer.'
Sukanya Verma looks at the jhoola, and how it's an unforgettable part of many a Bollywood imagery in celebration, romance, frolic and, sometimes, even menace.
This is the film festival's third edition.
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.
Here's looking at superstars who have played fathers in the movies.
Veteran actor Farooq Sheikh died of a heart attack in Dubai in the early hours of Saturday. He was 65.
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
Rani Mukerji's friends make sure to stand by her side at her father Ram Mukherjee's prayer service.
'I am not the kind of person who will stand up and complain. I have no complaints against anyone. If I've been away from the entertainment industry, it's because I am not into selling myself.'
Aseem Chhabra has been trying to get an interview with the superstar since 2005, and has been lucky only once.
Here is a list of some activities you can do in the park in Bollywood style!
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha has something pertinent to say but isn't clever enough to venture beyond screaming platitudes, notes Sukanya Verma.
Countless screen pairs have come together but only few can lay claim to that extra something called chemistry.
'The film industry could never exploit his versatile range as actively as it should have. To not have delivered a *single* bad performance in one's career is an exceptional feat.' Sukanya Verma retraces her steps to the time she became a dedicated fan of Farooque Sheikh's work for life.
Sreehari Nair attempts to bring you up-close the pleasures of Javed Akhtar's poetry.
If only making it official was as easy as falling in love, says Sukanya Verma.
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.
What connection does Qaumi Tarana -- Pakistan's national anthem, which millions of Indians heard at the Eden Gardens on Saturday -- have to Bombay?
Abhishek has been posting fond memories and interesting anecdotes on Instagram, recapping his #RoadTo20.
'You have to be very equipped to even want to have children.' 'There are entrance exams for even MBAs ...and this is a life we're talking about.'
'Aditya Chopra says the only time Shah Rukh acts is when he laughs' 'I never realised this, but when I see him, I realise that he has never laughed.' 'So I asked him why doesn't he laugh.' 'He said he didn't know, that he never thought about it.'
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