Vicky Toppo is a young man who transforms into a woman each time he takes to the stage to dance to Bhojpuri or Bollywood songs. He tells Archana Masih about life as an entertainer in Bihar's......
Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold. Under those resplendent adas and thumkas though, often......
Twenty four years after it first released in 1981, Rekha's Umrao Jaan re-releases in theatres on June 27. A grand screening was held for film folk in Mumbai, and Bollywood turned up, suitably......
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies. December is here but the quiz goes on and on. Time to test your Bollywood bug with our super fun and filmi quiz. Just......
Meena Kumari's Pakeezah and Rekha's Umrao Jaan epitomise the cinematic tawaif, a combination of poetess and seductress, steeped in the tragic metaphor of the candle that burns itself out while......
'Rekha and my wife were close friends, and my so-called cold war with Rekha was causing difficulties in my wife's friendship with her.'>'She patched us up for her own selfish reason.' IMAGE:......