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'You Have To Be Okay With Being Imperfect, Vulnerable'

'You Have To Be Okay With Being Imperfect, Vulnerable'

Rediff.com13 Jan 2026

'My life and career have changed in subtle but meaningful ways.'

Mardaani 3 Review: In Service of Rani Mukerji

Mardaani 3 Review: In Service of Rani Mukerji

Rediff.com30 Jan 2026

Rani Mukerji gets plenty of scope to shine, seething with anger, screaming, radiating fury, and even taking on hand-to-hand combat in a truly boss-lady role, notes Mayur Sanap.

Delhi Crime 3 Review: Gritty And Disturbing

Delhi Crime 3 Review: Gritty And Disturbing

Rediff.com13 Nov 2025

This Delhi Crime series belongs to Huma Qureshi, who plays Badi Didi as a hateful woman. She also commands some admiration for the way she negotiates with venal men and even some degree of sympathy for making the best of whatever life throws at her, observes Deepa Gahlot.

'Muslims Should Watch Haq'

'Muslims Should Watch Haq'

Rediff.com27 Oct 2025

'Some films are meant to more than just entertain you. They are meant to challenge, provoke, push you to think, instil change, and be in the public conversation.' 'That is Haq.'

'Evil Suits Me'

'Evil Suits Me'

Rediff.com5 Nov 2025

'This is the worst character I've ever played.'

Shah Bano's daughter seeks stay on Emraan Hashmi's Haq

Shah Bano's daughter seeks stay on Emraan Hashmi's Haq

Rediff.com3 Nov 2025

Siddiqa Begum, daughter and legal heir of Shah Bano, has served a legal notice on the makers "for immediate restraint on the publication, screening, promotion, or release of the upcoming film."

14 Lady Cop Thrillers On OTT

14 Lady Cop Thrillers On OTT

Rediff.com17 Nov 2025

Hemantkumar Shivsharan lists lady cops that have wowed us on OTT shows.

Doesn't Red *Really* Suit These Ladies?

Doesn't Red *Really* Suit These Ladies?

Rediff.com23 Sep 2025

On Day 2 of Navratri, Shefali Shah and Vidya Balan wore the colour red to breathtaking beauty.

Haq Review: An Important Watch

Haq Review: An Important Watch

Rediff.com5 Nov 2025

Made at a time when an insidious agenda can be read into it, Haq is an important film that deals with a contentious subject with maturity, observes Deepa Gahlot.

Where In The World Is Vartika Singh?

Where In The World Is Vartika Singh?

Rediff.com15 Dec 2022

Your favourite model has been bridge hopping!

'We are not pointing a finger at any community'

'We are not pointing a finger at any community'

Rediff.com29 Oct 2025

'I don't know what people will say, but as a liberal Muslim, I can say that I had no problems with the viewpoint of the film. Because we are not maligning any community, if we were I wouldn't have done this film...'

Want To Dine With The Kapoors?

Want To Dine With The Kapoors?

Rediff.com4 Feb 2025

Netflix has announced a thrilling line-up for 2025.

What Makes Jeetubhaiya Nervous?

What Makes Jeetubhaiya Nervous?

Rediff.com26 Jun 2024

'The makers don't shoot in chunks, it is all in one go with all the characters visible in the frame. This set-up is different from the general shooting style.' 'To execute this, everyone needs to be well prepared.'

Delhi Crime 3 Update: 'Right now, it's...'

Delhi Crime 3 Update: 'Right now, it's...'

Rediff.com3 Oct 2023

''I don't revisit any of my work once it's complete because I'm very self-critical.' 'I will probably exclaim, "Oh God, such bad acting!"'

Review: Kota Factory 3 Gets Darker

Review: Kota Factory 3 Gets Darker

Rediff.com21 Jun 2024

The new season takes the students out of their preoccupation with studies to other problems -- jealousy of another's easy success, a blip in a romance, financial crunch, meltdowns, discovers Deepa Gahlot.

Delhi Crime 2 Review

Delhi Crime 2 Review

Rediff.com26 Aug 2022

The power of the series is that it is rooted in reality, feels Deepa Gahlot.

'Every day I am scared'

'Every day I am scared'

Rediff.com30 Aug 2022

'We can't live in a delusional world of just I, me, myself.'

'OMGGGGG I still can't believe it'

'OMGGGGG I still can't believe it'

Rediff.com27 Sep 2023

Delhi Crime, Rocket Boys and Vir Das: Landing won Shefali Shah, Jim Sarbh and Vir Das Emmy nominations.

Will Laal Singh Chadha Rescue Bollywood?

Will Laal Singh Chadha Rescue Bollywood?

Rediff.com1 Aug 2022

There's a lot of entertainment coming your way on OTT and in theatres in August.

Who are these gorgeous beauty queens?

Who are these gorgeous beauty queens?

Rediff.com13 Jan 2020

Femina's January 2020 cover features Miss Diva 2019 winners Vartika Singh and Shefali Sood.

SEE: Miss India Universe dazzles at Couture Week

SEE: Miss India Universe dazzles at Couture Week

Rediff.com23 Sep 2020

Dolly J's couture line saw a fine blend of pastels and sequinned embroidery.

Shefali's Night Out With Vidya

Shefali's Night Out With Vidya

Rediff.com26 Aug 2022

The international award-winning series Delhi Crime returns for a second season, and certainly called for a special screening that no one wanted to miss!

Gorgeous! Meet Miss Diva Universe 2019

Gorgeous! Meet Miss Diva Universe 2019

Rediff.com15 Nov 2019

This beauty queen who will represent India at the Miss Universe pageant.

10 Must See Cop Thrillers On OTT

10 Must See Cop Thrillers On OTT

Rediff.com22 May 2023

Deepa Gahlot picks 10 watchable cop shows.

Delhi Crime wins top Emmy

Delhi Crime wins top Emmy

Rediff.com24 Nov 2020

Director Richie Mehta dedicated the honour to all the women who not just endure violence that men inflict on them, 'but are also tasked to solve the problem.'

'Darlings is funny, it is wicked'

'Darlings is funny, it is wicked'

Rediff.com28 Jul 2022

'The character I play is a cracker.'

Deepa Gahlot's Top Web Series of 2022

Deepa Gahlot's Top Web Series of 2022

Rediff.com29 Dec 2022

Stories of rural India, campus capers, realistic family dramas and urban romance that are no longer picked up by film-makers, find their way to the Web, and the viewing experience is richer for the variety available.

Why Shefali played the Nirbhaya case cop

Why Shefali played the Nirbhaya case cop

Rediff.com4 Apr 2019

'The investigation was a complete eye-opener for me.' 'I didn't know this side of the incident at all.' 'And to make it even more poignant is that a woman cracked it.'

Aditi Arya is Miss India World 2015

Aditi Arya is Miss India World 2015

Rediff.com29 Mar 2015

The Delhi girl will represent India at the Miss World contest

Pix: Shibani, Soha, Shamita sizzle on the runway

Pix: Shibani, Soha, Shamita sizzle on the runway

Rediff.com13 Oct 2019

Meet the stunning showstoppers from India Fashion Week.

Meet Alka Mittal, first woman to head ONGC

Meet Alka Mittal, first woman to head ONGC

Rediff.com4 Jan 2022

Alka Mittal has been appointed interim chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) - the first woman to head the country's largest oil and gas producer. Mittal replaces Subhash Kumar, another interim head who retired after reaching superannuation age on December 31. "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for entrustment of additional charge of the post of chairman and managing director (CMD), ONGC to Alka Mittal, director (HR), ONGC for a period of six months with effect from January 1, 2022, or till the appointment of a regular incumbent to the post, or until further order, whichever is the earliest," the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said in an order dated January 3, 2022.

'Delhi Crime's Emmy puts us on the global map'

'Delhi Crime's Emmy puts us on the global map'

Rediff.com27 Nov 2020

'It is a big historical moment for Indian content.'

In blood-written letter, shooter offers to hang Nirbhaya convicts

In blood-written letter, shooter offers to hang Nirbhaya convicts

Rediff.com15 Dec 2019

She hoped there would be a transformation in the country with a "different kind of society" where women need not live in an atmosphere of fear.

PIX: Aishwarya, at an award ceremony

PIX: Aishwarya, at an award ceremony

Rediff.com12 Apr 2016

Check out the arrivals.

India's first all-women crew set to sail around the world

India's first all-women crew set to sail around the world

Rediff.com6 Apr 2016

Five young women are getting ready to circumnavigate the world.

Hello, Miss Congeniality

Hello, Miss Congeniality

Rediff.com26 Mar 2015

In the run-up to the fbb Femina Miss India pageant 2015, twenty one finalists participated in the sub-contests. These are the winners...

What you learn when you sail around the world

What you learn when you sail around the world

Rediff.com8 Jun 2018

'I have realised that to be happy, you don't need luxury in life.' 'Simple things in life make you happy.'

Kota Factory Season 2 review

Kota Factory Season 2 review

Rediff.com24 Sep 2021

Kota Factory finds success in a winsome cast as they lend heart to its moods and mundanity, notes Sukanya Verma.

Mhadei, helmed by all-women crew, is back in Goa

Mhadei, helmed by all-women crew, is back in Goa

Rediff.com9 Mar 2016

The women officers are training to attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 2017.

This Sakshi Malik is also famous but...

This Sakshi Malik is also famous but...

Rediff.com13 Mar 2018

She's not an Indian freestyle wrestler.