A young girl from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, who has been tackling the problem of child labour, has been conferred with the first United Nations Malala Award for spreading education among child labourers. Razia Sultan, 15, will be felicitated as United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education's Youth Courage Award for Education
Dinesh Raheja celebrates Lata's 96th birth anniversary on September 28 by picking some choice examples of her non-typical songs that are tinged with a rare eroticism.
'I played five different versions of Woh Subah Kabhie Toh Aayegi for Raj Kapoor, only to be greeted with a totally blank reaction.' 'Thereafter, for 40 minutes, he disappeared, leaving us baffled.' 'But when he emerged, he couldn't stop appreciating our efforts!' 'He said Sahir Ludhianvi's writing was sheer poetry and since all my five tunes were equally wonderful, he would leave it to my discretion to chose the final tune.' 'What could be greater appreciation for an artiste?'
The ethereal Hema Malini turns 75 on October 16, and gives us yet another reason to celebrate her.
Geeta Kapoor worked in over a hundred films, including Pakeezah and Razia Sultan.
'When I met Atalji for the first time, he wouldn't look at me. He seemed very embarrassed.'
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Lata Mangeshkar was my introduction, the beginning, the basic, the identity of film music. Sukanya Verma salutes The Legend.
The ex Bigg Boss contestant will marry her beau on July 15.
Subhash K Jha gives us some lesser known about the late actress on her birth anniversary, August 1.
Deepika, Sonam, Aishwarya, Sridevi, Hema Malini...
There are many, many instances of this 'dark' approach. Sukanya Verma looks at a few.
Sukanya Verma celebrates The Legend's 25 distinctly different moods.
Subhash K Jha looks back at 2020, and lists the films that left him underwhelmed.
We list down some of the memorable performances as historical figures.
The veteran actress turns 66 today, October 16.
Two producers from the industry -- Ramesh Taurani and Ashoke Pandit -- have come forward to offer financial aid to the ailing actress.
Sukanya Verma salutes the legend and celebrates some of the finest soundtracks of his career.
Bollywood is known to make everything look dazzling and dramatic -- suffering, seclusion, hopelessness.
It was raining stars at the The Indian International Jewellery Week. Take a look.
'Among the many composing geniuses, who created beautiful tunes for me to sing, Khayyamsaab was the last to remain alive.'
Bollywood has dealt with same sex relationships before, but homophobia runs deep.
Pankhuri Awasthy discusses her new show Kya Kasoor Hai Amla Ka.
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
Sukanya Verma looks back at Bollywood royalty, and asks *you* to pick your favourite!
Every day a Party unfolds on social media where armchair activists, politically charged influencers, trend pundits, gyaan givers and troll armies change the world in their heads but remain clueless about the nation's grassroots reality, feels Sukanya Verma.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Mulk questions the very principle, of good-Muslim exceptionalism.' 'That, of course, we adore Abdul Hamid, A P J Abdul Kalam and Bismillah Khan and if only more Muslims were like them.' 'Anubhav Sinha sticks his neck out to say that these are no exceptions.' 'Most Muslims are like them. It is the terrorists who are exceptions,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Bollywood inspired weddings, Dharmendra's cringe-worthy attempt at realism, Sridevi and Aishwarya's painful connection and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
When most nonagenarians are content to pass their time in their neighbourhood's gardens, Raj Kumar Vaishya, 96, has enrolled himself in the Patna-based Nalanda Open University to pursue his lifelong dream of earning a masters in economics, reports MI Khan.
Kamal Haasan's unrivalled make up skills, Jack Nicholson's haunting imagery, Asha Parekh's life as a Hit Girl and the surprise package of Beauty and the Beast, it's all there in Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.
Far away from the glare of publicity lives Atal Bihari Vajpayee's family -- three sisters, nephews, nieces and their children. A large family proud of its bond with India's leader.
'In her insecurity, she destroyed the institutions of democracy.' 'She packed Parliament with her supporters with loyalty being more important than ability; she superseded judges; she corrupted the civil service.' 'She knew how to use people against each other and was quite a master of that.' 'She would do this with calculated skill and in the bargain cause enmity between brothers, split up families.'
Director Anil Sharma gives us an insight into the Deol men, and other Bollywood Greats.
'In her insecurity, she destroyed the institutions of democracy,' says Khushwant Singh.
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