'Everyone at Guru Dutt Productions would get monthly salaries. Waheeda didi would get Rs 2,500 per month. And that was the reason why she left.'
'She brought so much craft, skill and spontaneity to her songs, it was almost impossible for me to match up to her voice on screen.'
Sweet surprises are made of actors best known for their dramatics taking us by surprise by shaking a leg on screen.
Bollywood legends plus its young and breathless turn up at Marathi awards.
Bollywood is such an integral part of Mumbai that it spills out in the city's busy streets!
'Der aaye durust aaye, better late than never.'
'The moment a movie was declared a hit, he would immediately start planning his next.'
The 68th National Film Awards saw actors from across India get together for the prestigious ceremony in New Delhi.
'Whatever we are today, if playback singers are here even today, and that includes me, it is because of Didi.'
'You don't want to see the film, don't see it. I want to see the film. Why are you stopping me?' asks Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Asha Parekh.
'Actresses of our generation were genuinely fond of one another.'
'He had his own style, his own rhythm in the songs that he danced to on screen and in the way he led his life.'
Are you looking forward to watching Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga?
'She has lived through a lot,' close friend Asha Parekh revealed to Subhash K Jha.
Only this week, let's change things up a little. Instead of naming the movie, you have to identify the actor in the photograph.
'With his safety in the city being jeopardised, Bhai is looking at moving to his farmhouse in Panvel permanently.'
'She was a soft-spoken person who never lost her temper. She loved being at home. She was a delight to work with. Unlike many heroines, she never threw tantrums on the sets,' Asha Parekh, one of Nanda's closest friends, and Sanjay Khan, her costar in three films -- Beti, Abhilasha and Woh Din Yaad Karo -- remember the yesteryear actress who passed away on March 25.
Sukanya Verma compares yesteryear stars and the contemporary ones at about approximately the same age and the results are glaring.
The first Pinkvilla Style Icons awards was held on June 16 at Mumbai's JW Marriot hotel, and Bollywood's stars walked the red carpet looking their best.
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Jaya Bachchan has been a Dharmendra fan ever since she can remember.
'He was always sweet and polite with me.'
The veteran actor passed into the ages in the early hours of Friday, April 4, 2025. Sukanya Verma looks back at his most memorable performances.
Aamir Khan made sure to invite stars, young and old, at the wedding reception of his daughter Ira and Nupur Shikhare.
'Suddenly the world has changed, and so have the norms of living,' says Asha Parekh.
Prolific and passionate, Omji's cinema is far more valuable than we think.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was among those who mourned her loss, and visited her home.
She sung a song for every mood, every situation. Sukanya Verma dives into Asha Bhosle's magnificent repertoire and pulls out gems on her 85th birthday.
'Dharmendra, Shashi Kapoor and I were inseparable while we struggled together.' 'When a disillusioned Dharmendra was packing his bags to return home, I prevailed upon him to give himself two months.' 'Five days later, he was signed for Shola Aur Shabnam and I signed Picnic.'
'The laughter stopped when Shammi was about 80.' 'The last eight-nine years of Shammi Aunty's life were miserable.'
"She would always say that, when you are on stage, you must make direct eye contact with every male member in the audience so that it seems you are dancing only for him," says yesteryear star Asha Parekh.
Dinesh Raheja salutes the legend's versatility in her heyday.
Mere Pyare Prime Minister had a special screening.
'He needed to speak to the women he wrote about. You can't just write your version of the honest truth in a relationship. Two people are involved and they both need to be aware of what will be put out in public.' Asha Parekh on Nawazuddin Siddiqui's memoir, An Ordinary Life.
Star gather to celebrate Kaifisaab's centenary.
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