With competition rising in the entertainment channel business due to the advent of new players, broadcasters are ready to cough up huge amounts to celebrities in the hope of wooing a more fragmented audience. As a result, anchor rates have doubled and tripled since Bachchan warmed the hot seat. Naturally, the programming cost has shot through the roof.
Sukanya Verma picks 10 essential David Dhawan movies you need to watch to understand their loony appeal.
These fresh new faces, waiting in the wings for their big Bollywood debuts, will take your breath away!
Going on a date? Read this first.
The show is set to be telecast from May 5.
'I don't get involved in my movie characters. That's fake. Let's be practical. We get a nice air-conditioned vanity van to sit in, which has lovely fruits and dry fruits. We get to work with lovely ladies. So it is not taxing at all!' Akshay Kumar gets candid.
For a while it looked like Twinkle may have nearly disappeared from the public eye until the world discovered her flair to notice wit and wisdom in everyday life. It wasn't long before she had authored two bestsellers and was hailed as one of the most, candid, humorous, stylish celebrities to emerge from the heart of Bollywood.
1997: Sukanya Verma offers a recap of its memorable imagery.
Is it Orlando Bloom, Hrithik Roshan, Johnny Depp? Who do you think is the world's hottest father? Take our poll and let us know!
Joginder Tuteja lists the biggest money-making movie murder mysteries.
'The difficult part is that there is no script and you have to be impromptu. So by the end of the day, I am very tired.'
Joginder Tuteja introduces us to the men who have made an impression in the OTT universe.
Inspired by the American TV reality show, Fear Factor, India has started Khatron Ke Khiladi, which takes the game to the next level of physical and mental challenge.
Reader Vaibhav Palnitkar shares with us a blooper that he spotted in the 1997 movie, Mr And Mrs Khiladi starring Akshay Kumar and Juhi Chawla.
Priyanka Chopra on her entry as te host of Khatron Ke Khiladi
The soundtrack of the film fails to live up to its bonanza title.
While we wait for Batra's latest to drop on Amazon Prime Video on February 11, Sukanya Verma looks at how Bollywood has dealt with affairs of the heart over the years.
'I don't make big budget films. So if my film makes Rs 120 crore, it's a huge hit. We finish fast, make it on a small budget and recover fast,' Akshay Kumar tells Patcy N/Rediff.com.
'I had seen Waqt, starring Balraj Sahniji, and I can never forget it. There is a happy family and an earthquake later, everything is gone. That movie got stuck in my head. How one man loses his entire family and becomes a pauper. The same thing happens in Airlift.' Akshay Kumar, and his lovely leading lady Nimrat Kaur discuss their latest film.
Director Karan Malhotra overstuffs a simple family story about strained ties into a nearly three-hour long cacophonous music video, writes Sukanya Verma.
Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama and trauma, fun and festivity, love and war into the year.
Is it Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan or Sunny Deol?
'Today, moviegoers are in the 13 to 33 age bracket.' 'If people like us have to remain relevant, we have to make movies that cater to them,'
The Khans and the Kumar make it to the list!
As we prepare to return to the land of silver screens and samosa, Sukanya Verma looks at notable theatre moments in Hindi films.
The news of his passing is sad and sudden but the body of work he leaves behind will neither fade nor be forgotten.
Joginder Tuteja looks at Bollywood's new lot of actress-turned-producers.
There are quite a few reasons, and the main villain was not Chennai Express.
Sukanya Verma lists the memorable use of trees in Hindi movies.
A look at Bollywood stars and their popular screen names!
Like there's no dearth of memorable bus scenes and train imagery in Hindi movies, planes are equally prolific on silver screen.
Sukanya Verma celebrates 25 years of Bollywood images.
'I am very grateful to Arshad (Warsi, who stars in Jolly LLB) to show me the way of doing a film like this. He is the guy who paved the way. I went by the way he did it. He made sure the film was big. I hope this film goes the same way as the first. To be honest, the pressure is on me.' Akshay Kumar discusses his new film Jolly LLB 2.
This April Fool's Day, Sukanya Verma kickstarts the month on a light note with this list of Bollywood's most memorable pranks.
Whether to cover a bald head or let your hair down, one can learn (and unlearn) a great deal about the art from Hindi movies. Take a look.
From being siblings in one film to sweetheart in the other, these actors have done it all.
Sukanya Verma flips through the pages of Bollywood, and sees just how they keep fit.
Before falling seriously ill, Neeraj Vora was working on the third instalment of the Hera Pheri franchise.
