Bollywood has seen many iconic villains but it seems to keep returning to the ultimate baddie, Raavan.
Joginder Tuteja looks at Akki's various cop roles through the years, and realises that he's played one as many as 17 times!
A first look at Salman Khan-Shilpa Shetty starrer 'Garv-Pride and Honour'.
'...be it a comedy, thriller or a love story.' 'The bhindi costs Rs 30 per kilo, but the price of potato remains unchanged.'
Producer Anand Pandit, who has made such films like Chehre, PM Narendra Modi, Total Dhamaal and Sarkar 3, hosted a Diwali party at his residence, and invited his filmi friends.
Desi sightings in Western fare are no longer a rarity.
Bollywood doesn't need fire-breathing dragons when it has Bhai.
'Though his death was sudden, I can't say it was totally unexpected.' 'In a way death has relieved him of all the stress, and that includes the bad films he took on, I presume for financial reasons.' Naseeruddin Shah speaks to Subhash K Jha.
Sukanya Verma gives you freaky costume ideas to borrow from Bollywood.
While Ayushmann Khurrana gets our nod to play Aamir Khan in Lagaan, it's time to recast the team of Gadar.
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.
None of Amjad Khan's subsequent roles could outshine Sholay. He had begun his career at the top and had no higher peaks left to conquer. Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor on his 80th birth anniversary.
Sukanya Verma looks at the variety of daughter characters served by Bollywood on the big screen.
It's never too late to start your career in Bollywood.
'Maggie was very reserved and private. Nobody would dare to ask Maggie personal questions.' 'She was not that kind of person. She didn't share and would not want you to share either!'
'Krishna garu was completely broken after the death of his son Ramesh Babu and then, Indira Devi.' 'His second wife Vijaya Nirmala was also gone.' 'I think Krishna garu had lost the will to live.'
His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great performances is an art form to admire, appreciate and explore. Aseem Chhabra remembers Shyam Benegal, who passed into the ages on Monday evening.
As Sunny Deol returns as Ajay Mehra in Ghayal Once Again, tomorrow, we remember his dialoguebaazi in Ghayal.
We remember some of Nitin Chandrakant Desai most influential works.
'Yeh Saali Aashiqui held my attention purely for audacity,' says Sukanya Verma.
Sukanya Verma looks at how one of the seven primal human emotions is usually treated in Hindi movies.
Here are some other crazy, questionable ways Bollywood tries to make its villains all kinds of strange.
'Today, Shekhar Kapoor is offended because no one has consulted him about this new project. Why should they?'
'Good actors are supposed to be guys who wear kurta-pajama and look soft and nice.' 'People like me are not in that category.'
'I was in China and when they learnt I had made Disco Dancer, they started singing Jimmy Jimmy, Aaja Aaja.'
'Aditya Chopra thought the climax was too cliche but he still wanted to end the film on that note. He was adamant about it.' Cinematographer Manmohan Singh takes us behind the scenes of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the significant bald imagery of Bollywood through the years.
A pick of just 10 watchable (a couple of them admittedly in the so-bad-it's-fun category) foreign films starring Bollywood stars in significant roles are available to watch on streaming platforms.
'When you walk out of the theatre, you will probably be talking about my performance, nothing else.'
The composer had gems to his credit in his long career.
Rajiv Kapoor did not do many films in his career but he is still remembered for his solid hit, Ram Teri Ganga Maili.
Every day a Party unfolds on social media where armchair activists, politically charged influencers, trend pundits, gyaan givers and troll armies change the world in their heads but remain clueless about the nation's grassroots reality, feels Sukanya Verma.
