'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.'
Here's your chance to ask her anything at all!
'His wicked sense of humour, his compassion will be hard to replace.'
The trio will feature in Aye Dil Sambhal Zara, along with Paresh Rawal.
Film folk have been celebrating these last few days. Here's looking at just how.
Ntasha Bhardwaj recounts her first few days in the film industry, and her first leading role.
An amateurish crime comedy that wants to be taken seriously, Mrs Undercover can never quite find its bearings, observes Sukanya Verma.
Meenakshi Sundareshwar is a Basu Chatterjee slice-of-life packaged in a glossy ad film whose source of heart are its two genuinely likeable leads, feels Sukanya Verma.
'Bapi's characters looked and spoke like people we know.'
Subhash K Jha remembers the dear departed.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker and expelled Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Somnath Chatterjee on Monday said Jyoti Basu, whom he considered as his 'political guru', had asked him to preside over the crucial trust vote debate in the lower house in 2008, saying that the party cannot give any direction to him as he held a constitutional office.
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.
'Then suddenly, I was out, Jaya was doing Guddi instead.'
Apparently, the number and the style in which it will be shot will echo the chiffon-in-the-snow style of Karan's mentor, Yash Chopra.
Sukanya Verma remembers the star in some of her significant movies.
National-award winning actor, producer, hotelier, ex-politician, cricket team owner, philanthropist, highest tax payer, reality show judge, animal lover and, above all, people's hero -- Mithun Chakraborty -- who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award -- is truly a force of nature, notes Sukanya Verma.
West Bengal is home to 43,000 Durga Pujas, and the business around it is a major economic driver.
'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week.
After being marginalised by the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, the Left parties have appealed the prime minister to issue a commemorative stamp in the late leader's memory. Anita Katyal reports.
The political heat in West Bengal has been giving the rising mercury levels serious competition since the high court order.
Subhash K Jha selects his favourite rain songs. Do list your favourites in the message board below!
'We have to find a way out of this confrontational politics.'
Not so hatke after all, but no reason to stay bachke either, notes Sukanya Verma.
"Journalists are not terrorists," the Supreme Court said on Monday, as it deprecated the Jharkhand police knocking on the door of a scribe of a local Hindi news channel at midnight and dragging him out of his bedroom before placing him under arrest in an extortion case.
Moushumi Chatterjee, one of the biggest stars of her time, gives us a peek into her life.
The writers have smartly targeted several politicians without mentioning them, says Ramesh S.
Sunil Khetarpal to remake Thoonga Vanam in Hindi with Kamal Haasan.
We celebrate the brilliant actor by looking back at his classic works.
IFFI hosted a screening of Ajay Devgn's big hit Drishyam 2, along with premieres of other Hindi films.
In a special series, we will put YOU to the test everyday!
From melodrama to mockery (remember Amar and Prem's phony separated-at-Kumbh Mela reunion in a gag of Andaz Apna Apna?), there are numerous instances of its presence.
As Jaya Bachchan turns 73 today, Subhash K Jha remembers her lesser known performances.
After another hiatus that lasted a decade, the actress makes a comeback once again, this time in JugJugg Jeeyo, where she taps into her comic side to play Anil Kapoor's wife.
Monsoon is here, and time to bring out the chhatris.
