It was a merry evening at Mumbai's iconic Prithvi Theatre, which is celebrating its 47th year with a 17-day theatre festival.
The 12-day Prithvi festival, which begins on November 1, will celebrate the silver jubilee of Mumbai's Prithvi theatre.
During the 12-day festival, around 20 plays, drawn from various parts of India, showcasing a montage of human emotions, struggles, victory, dilemmas and gripping realities of life, would take centrestage.
Zeenat Aman went down memory lane to share the details of her first onscreen kiss.
Madhuri shines brighter than the stars...Kalki goes retro... Neha's bravest shoot....
'When he played his inner light shone so bright! His joy embraced us all... we experienced divinity.'
Prayag Raj, who was so successful at his peak, ought not to have slid into oblivion, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'She was lying there and I mustered up enough guts to lay next to her and hold her tight.' 'And she said, "Oh my, Girish, isn't he supposed to be nervous?"' 'Making light of the situation, Girish said, "No, he's been practicing with a pillow the whole day".'
'At the age of 25, there are still no work offers coming your way, so how do you move ahead in life?'
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A year has passed since Shashi Kapoor passed into the ages. His movies live on on television, but Shashiji's greatest legacy must remain Mumbai's Prithvi Theatre, where people came to be entertained, informed and, perhaps, also enlightened.
Shashi Kapoor and Ramesh Sippy's grandson is all set to make his movie debut.
'When he was offered B R Chopra's Zameer, many advised him against playing Saira Banu's father, pointing out that a decade ago, he had been her hero in her debut film, Junglee.' 'When he asked me, I pointed out that he was an actor first, so nothing should stop him from playing any role.'
Two years ago this day, Astad Deboo, dancer extraordinaire, passed into the ages. A new exhibition Breaking Boundaries remembers the pioneer who redrew the margins of Indian dance.
Bollywood gives Shashi Kapoor a final salute.
Anupam Kher celebrated his friend Satish Kaushik's 67th birth anniversary on April 14 by hosting a musical night, and getting Kaushik's friends to share their memories about him.
'We shot the song Zinda Banda for about six days.' 'We were dancing relentlessly for six days to a point when we thought our knees had started making sounds!' 'He was on set, every day, dancing next to us for all those six days.'
Bollywood says goodbye to Shashi Kapoor.
'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.' 'And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole world, then we are really being losers.' 'The visionaries of the industry must pull up their socks and say that now we will create for the world.'
'I'm very proud of what family I come from, but I feel it must always be an afterthought... 10 years of my work will get nullified when people say "Yeh toh genes main hai".'
'You can't call this a pure Western. This has got love, passion, violence, suspense.' 'This is a film of today.'
'Just because a subject is uncomfortable for some and doesn't suit their political ideology, should a film not be made?'
'I did a small role in Masoom.' 'Do you remember the scene where an old man brings Jugal Hansraj to Naseer's house?' 'I put on the full make-up of an old man and stood in front of Shekhar.' 'He had no choice but to take me.'
The yesteryear stars mingled at Mumbai's Prithvi theatre, and watched a play.
'War is never a solution. It's nothing but real estate business I am against any kind of violence.'
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Veteran actor-filmmaker Shashi Kapoor was on Sunday conferred the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award at the landmark Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley.
A look at the ceremony that was held on May 10 in the presence of the Kapoor clan and their film industry friends.
Shashi Kapoor, the star who made us laugh, romance and cry, passed into the ages on December 4. We look back at the often underrated actor, who reinvested all his earnings as an actor into making films and keeping the theatre he established, Prithvi Theatre, alive.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
By the time they turned 40, Prithviraj Kapoor had done about 50 films, Raj Kapoor about 46 films and Rishi Kapoor about 80 films. As Ranbir Kapoor turns 40, Deepa Gahlot explores the Kapoors cinematic landscape to find out where the young actor stands in comparison to his great grandfather, grandfather and father.
The couple along with other IPTA members paid a tribute.
The yesteryear actress turns 67!
Renowned director, actor and screenplay writer Satyadev Dubey passed away in Mumbai on Sunday morning after suffering from a prolonged illness. He was 75.
Daughter Kiran Segal shows off an extraordinary woman in her book, Zohra Segal 'Fatty'.
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