Bollywood started the week with a lot of celebrations, thanks to a string of birthdays and anniversaries. So while Dia Mirza celebrated with a party, to Sharmila Tagore celebrated with a holiday to Ranthambore. Here's a look at all the other celebrations in the city.
'Was Salman Khan the only reason for the success of a film?'
Sukanya Verma remembers the Boss in 30 of his underrated, overlooked gems in Hindi film music.
Akshay promotes Ram Setu... Sanya celebrates Badhaai Ho... Vicky wraps up Sam Bahadur...
Singer Hariharan worked quite a few times with santoor player Shiv Kumar Sharma, who passed into the ages on May 10, and flautist Hari Prasad Chaurasia.
'After 10 days, Balki, Sunny Deol and Pooja Bhatt liked what I did, and the tension eased.' 'I started calming down a little bit. but nobody knew that in my head a tandav was going on.'
What would Parliament be without these nine ladies?
Urvashi Rautela turns 26 on February 25, and she decided to celebrate herself!
A messy masala about an antihero bolstered by tons of whimsy, controversy and high drama, Khalnayak's hype is stuff of history. Sukanya Verma celebrates 30 years of this blockbuster.
Soon after Varun Dhawan's low-key wedding in Alibaug, Bollywood yet another star kid wedding. This time, in Mumbai.
There's so much entertainment coming up in 2023!
'India has decided - Democracy needs to be celebrated.'
Ishaan Khatter has breakfast in France... Farah Khan shares a rare pic... Suniel Shetty meets Ronaldinho...
Blockbusters of the year, serial killer of Bollywood movie critics, goth teen queens discovering psychic powers and Groot in holiday mood, it's all there on OTT this week.
Critics of Hindi cinema are a disparate, colourful, bunch that evoke much derision and tut-tut among its own tribe, but Chup's distant understanding of their influence and idiosyncrasies fails to give the loathing any real impact, notes Rediff.com Principal Movie Critic Sukanya Verma.
Rajkummar wraps up Bheed... Huma is proud of Saqib...Farah gets nostalgic...
'I was told so often by people, "Please leave your brains at home".' 'And I would say, "I only have myself to offer. I can't dance like Madhuri Dixit or Shilpa Shetty. I can only come and act."'
'When I watched KGF, I was like, 'What kind of world are we living in? Who are these people'?'
Dimple Kapadia's mother Betty succumbed to a respiratory disorder on November 30 at Mumbai's Hinduja Hospital.
Sidharth is waiting... Sharvari feels hot... Parineeti meditates...
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
The hits and misses of the week.
Bhairon Singh Rathore, a BSF veteran of the 1971 India-Pakistan war whose bravery at Rajasthan's Longewala post was portrayed by actor Suniel Shetty in the Bollywood movie Border, died in Jodhpur on Monday.
After the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon on Wednesday, August 23, Bollywood has joined India to laud ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) and its team for the historic mission.
If you want to make your enemy look like a threat, at least make them formidable, sighs Sukanya Verma.
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
Dharmendra wraps up Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani... Sunny starts shooting for Gadar 2... Kareena spends time with Tusshar...
We give you *your* space to tell us what you think about The Zoya Factor, Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas and Prassthanam.
To mark World Whiskey Day, a toast to its memorable imagery in Hindi films.
'As is mandatory in Bollywood these days, Blank too insists on painting a ferocious Muslim imagery of bushy beards, severe kohl-eyes and chequered scarfs spewing distorted religious ideology to impressionable young minds,' notes Sukanya Verma.
'Chup is the work that I'm most satisfied with; it won't bore me or make me cringe later.'
It was a lull period for Bollywood in August as none of the new releases could work at the box office, hope that it turns around in September.
The hits and misses of the week.
A look at the pictures.
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