'Happiness is a small word to describe my feelings at the moment.' The Pawars, exuberant after Sunny's success, meet the Thackerays.
Aren't they the cutest?
'I did not go for the Oscars because I was not invited. I felt bad but I watched the show on television. I had never watched the Oscars before this, it was my first time.' Lion actor Abhishek Bharate looks back at the film.
Ali Fazal steps out to support girlfriend Richa Chaddha's new film.
Here's what happened when the former American President attended the premiere of Lion in New York City.
'I never expected it to go from Golden Globes and Oscar nominations to multiple standing ovations. My story is amazing but I did not expect it to be that captivating that it would affect viewers so emotionally.' Meet the man behind Oscar-nominated film Lion: Saroo Brierley.
The hits and misses of the week.
'The entire journey was beautifully nourished and I was very lucky that Lion came out the way it did. Otherwise, I would have really regretted it.' Priyanka Bose is ready to take her film Lion to the Oscars.
The hits and misses of the week.
Deepti Naval on the movies she loves.
The Slumdog Millionaire star has been nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his turn as Saroo Brierley in the critically acclaimed Lion. The film has earned four Golden Globe nominations, including one for Nicole Kidman.
Raja Sen analyses the contenders for the Best Supporting Actor category at the Oscars.
The 89th Annual Academy Awards will go down in history for this.
Raja Sen analyses the contenders for the Best Supporting Actress category at the Oscars.
'I wish there was a little chaos there and I wish there was a little discipline here.' Actress Tannishtha Chatterjee on Bollywood and Hollywood.
Lion roars because of a magical child, writes Raja Sen.
A look at the red carpet pictures.
'That only a certain Mumbai story -- look at Salaam Bombay and Slumdog Millionaire for other examples -- gets made when an international audience is as much a target as the desi viewer, should invoke questions of representation,' notes Vikram Johri.
'Once, when I was standing around on the set one day, whining about something -- you know we were gonna work through supper or the long hours or whatever, Tommy Lee Jones said to me, 'Isn't it such a privilege, Meryl, just to be an actor? Yeah, it is, and we have to remind each other of the privilege and the responsibility of the act of empathy. We should all be very proud of the work Hollywood honours here tonight.'
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