The publishing house faced massive backlash online on Friday after an advertisement of the book launch on Saturday with Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kapil Mishra as a guest of honour did the rounds on social media.
Dilip Kumar remained in demand all through his career because he kept reinventing himself in keeping with the changing times in Indian cinema, argues Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.
"What Aamir Khan -- one of the most respected actors -- has said, and in the presence of senior BJP people, is what the whole world is saying, all of India is saying, all right-minded people are saying. I only hope and trust that he will not be referred to as a 'Congressman', not to be told as a biased person, he will not be referred to in derogatory terms," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told ANI.
'Bobby Deol has a child-like quality which makes you love him instantly.'
'People will be entertained by the Singhams and the Simmbas but they will still not respect cops. Batla House is an opportunity for us to show the true side of policemen and their sacrifices.'
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Janhvi Kapoor does well as the girl trying to assert her 'kaabiliyat', observes Sukanya Verma.
Bollywood superstar and principal owner of Kolkata Knight Riders Shah Rukh Khan is hopeful of his team making it to the play-offs in the ongoing fourth edition of the Indian Premier League.
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The actor talks about his film Ready, his co-stars and marriage.
Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale.
There are parts of India that stoutly hold their own against cultural hegemony, but it is anyone's guess how long that will last, says Kishore Singh.
We bring you *that story*, and a lot more, in this fascinating excerpt from Roshmila Bhattacharya's Matinee Men: A Journey Through Bollywood.
Major designers missing from the scene, an absolute lack of Bollywood presence and ego clashes marked the twelfth year of the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai. But there was a lot more that happened and it wasn't all bad.
The film on adultery leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
Fighting prejudice with prejudice, Ujda Chaman is too shallow to dwell compellingly into the frailties of the human mind, feels Sukanya Verma.
Deepika Padukone tries it out for the first time in Lafangey Parindey.
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More than two decades after Michael Jackson wowed us all with Thriller and Bad, his iconic dance moves continue to inspire Bollywood's best dancers.
The bad boy of Bollywood pulled out all the stops for his 'Being Human' fashion show on Day Three of the HDIL India Couture Week by getting Kareena, Karishma, Priyanka, Katrina, Rani, Preity, Sushmita and Bipasha to catwalk.
Whether it's to bolster the hero's macho image or to bring about thrills in the plot, Bollywood loves its khaki-clad heroes.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, despite being a cricket star like no other, was never entirely a cricket story. He was, still is and will always remain a social story.
'He is evil in its most hypnotic, powerful, persuasive, expressive and exonerated avatar,' notes Sukanya Verma.
Big B auctions lunch date, bid reaches 6 lakhs on Day 1.
Here are the highlights of India's first-ever all-male fashion week held in Delhi over the weekend. Sallu catwalked, male models preened and menswear collections scorched the ramp. Check it out.
'If anybody wants me to act in their film for free, just make me sing all the songs!' 'I don't even care about the script.'
'There are times I have been rejected at the first stage of the film.' 'Also, accepted first and rejected later, along with when I was almost there, but the film did not happen.'
The actress describes working with Sajid Khan on Housefull and why she is doing so many comedies.
'But India, increasingly, is not that far behind, which is a story I never expected to tell.'
In an interview with rediff.com, the bad boy of Bollywood Sanjay Dutt gets candid about his career, personality and dispenses advice to youngsters.
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'What you do today defines what you are going to be tomorrow.'
'I always felt that Basu Chatterjee was a kind, gentle, man who truly believed that in directing films like Chhoti Si Baat, he was impacting our lives,' remembers Aseem Chhabra. 'He seemed to be on a mission to make us believe that the world could be a better place.'
'The colloquial language forced a turn to the recent past and I thought about the hangings of men like Afzal Guru and Yakub Memon.' 'Whatever their deeds, proven or still in doubt, did their deaths not deserve to be mourned by a sister, wife, or child?' A fascinating excerpt from Amitava Kumar's Writing Badly Is Easy.
The Shekhar Kapur-directed ad featuring Nicole Kidman, Arjun Rampal and Slumdog Millionaire's Rubina Ali, doesn't make any sense.
Will a time come when people will look beyond what they see as Modi'S strengths and begin to wonder why they have got poorer or sicker under his rule, asks Vir Sanghvi.
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