Entertainment may be its raison d'etre but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant.
'Karan offered to cancel his shooting and return to Mumbai, but Shah Rukh and Gauri strictly forbade him from doing anything of the sort.'
Ritesh Batra's Photograph had a special screening on Wednesday night.
Bhupinder's magical legacy lives on in the musical masterpieces he left behind.
Kajal smiles, Preity enjoys the snow, Vicky is busy working...
Jacqueline prays... Rakul goes river rafting... Saiyami feels the heat...
With no movies to shoot, no meetings to attend and no red carpets to grace, lockdown-afflicted celebrities are pursuing forgotten hobbies or browsing through old photo albums to share warm memories.
As we celebrate Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's birthday on April 14, Subhash K Jha picks 5 fine films based on inequality and the caste system.
Like every year, Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi's Holi party overflowed with family and friends.
Days after the wedding, Ritesh Sidhwani threw a party for his close friend and business partner Farhan Akhtar and his bride Shibani Dandekar.
Just a day before Shabana Azmi met with a road accident on January 18, she was celebrating husband Javed Akhtar's 75th birthday bash with the rest of Bollywood. And it was a full house, as *everyone* came forward to pay their salaams to one of Bollywood's leading writers and poets.
Director Anubhav Sinha's special screening of his new film Anek, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Andrea Kevichusa, Manoj Pahwa and Kumud Mishra, was a houseful affair!
Subhash K Jha picks 5 Hindi films that celebrate sibling bonding.
A look at what these film folk are doing these days!
Kunal mourns Masti...The House of Lords honours Shabana...Swara's happy morning...
And you thought film folk weren't busy during the lockdown!
'I would rather focus on the good rather than what didn't happen.'
Javed Akhtar's 75th birthday celebrations started early with an exhibition of photographs, posters and paintings from his life, held at the Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai. Titled The World of Javed Akhtar, it was inaugurated by his daughter Zoya Akhtar and son Farhan Akhtar.
Shabana Azmi regards Basu Chatterjee as the true father of Middle Of The Road cinema.
Sanju Baba takes the vaccine... What's Lisa doing with A R Rahman?
The star is yet to recover from the demise of the man she loved for 55 years, the legendary Dilip Kumar.
'Was pleasantly surprised to see him look even more handsome and healthy.
The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre and some states, including Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, that "precipitative actions" like razing buildings in criminal proceedings be not taken.
Tribhanga promises to have a lot of drama, expects Moumita Bhattacharjee.
'You can't allow people to hijack any situation for the sake of political mileage.' 'This is what makes our actors vulnerable.'
'I did a small role in Masoom.' 'Do you remember the scene where an old man brings Jugal Hansraj to Naseer's house?' 'I put on the full make-up of an old man and stood in front of Shekhar.' 'He had no choice but to take me.'
'I wasn't getting the roles I wanted to play and the respect I thought I deserved as a senior actor, so I cut myself off from the industry for a while and moved to the US.'
Namrata Thakker looks back at the recent intimate home weddings.
The actress-turned-producer is very pleased by the response to Soorma.
'I was amazed at how lightly he wore his fame.'
'Deepika Padukone has all my support, but I am a bit wary of Shabana Azmi's investment in left wing versus right wing politics.'
Aditi wraps up Hey Sinamika and Sunny begins shooting Anamika.
The Bachchans, Shabhana attend a birthday party...Rana promotes a movie...
It's movie night for these film folk.
Veteran santoor player and music composer Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma died in Mumbai on Tuesday morning following a heart attack, family sources said. He was 84.
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
Dharmendra wraps up Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani... Sunny starts shooting for Gadar 2... Kareena spends time with Tusshar...
In Jee Le Zaraa, Zoya Akhtar's swanky new road trip to self-discovery, our favourite gal pals Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt are set to take off on a whirlwind adventure.
'He was a man of immense conviction.' 'Whenever I'd question him, he would say, "Leave aside your logic-wogic. Just do what I tell you".' '"Just trust me. It will work".'
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