From odd to heartwarming, the best of Twitter conversations in 2014.
Saluting the late MS Viswanathan and his brilliant music.
Have you seen Janhvi Kapoor's photo album?
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar on why Indian media and entertainment quality will remain a national gripe and why we, the viewers, are not blame free.
1997: Sukanya Verma offers a recap of its memorable imagery.
The concluding part of the A to Z guide to a year that will soon become history.
'He was full of Hindustan, its tehzeeb and its culture.'
Sukanya Verma celebrates the acting legend.
The film which is dedicated to India's mathematical prodigy, Ramanujan, is a well researched, well-written and brilliantly directed.
'She isn't the same Aishwarya, who walks the red carpet at Cannes. She doesn't look like that at all in the film. That is half the battle won from my side.' Sarbjit director Omung Kumar tells us why he likes transforming his actors.
Celebrating the Thalaiva's birthday.
In the last ten years, 96 per cent of the sedition cases against 405 individuals pertained to making critical remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, points out Ramesh Menon, author, Modi Demystified: The Making Of A Prime Minister.
'Sometimes the cast wouldn't come together; sometimes I wasn't in a position at the box office to make this film. But I didn't give up,' Sanjay Leela Bhansali tells Avantika Bhuyan after Bajirao Mastani won 7 National Awards.
'I looked at the smiles around and realised that each day that I smiled was amazing.' 'So I put into play something that I have been toying with for years.' 'I called it the Rich Universe.' 'You often hear people say "I wish I become a superstar and my life gets made".' 'I wondered how it would be if I said if I hug my father, it would be an amazing day, or if I hugged my mother and said how lucky I am.'
Shamjibhai Ahir, a Kutchi truck driver by profession, can't understand such hullabaloo over India's official Oscar entry of the Gujarati film The Good Road in which he is playing an important role.
'A woman, with her clothes on, can be more sensual than a naked woman.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
It is the most potent symbol of India's soft power -- more perhaps than the IT industry and our managerial skill, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar
Abhishek has been posting fond memories and interesting anecdotes on Instagram, recapping his #RoadTo20.
'I don't know how they dared to send Krrish for a National Award. It was a horrible film! Films like Dabangg and Bang Bang are trash films. Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram Leela was so bad; only the music was good. Straight talk from Garm Hava director M S Sathyu.
'My father never saw any success for me. 'When I meet him in the next world, I will proudly say that I didn't buy houses and cars, but I made some art that will hopefully stand the test of time.'
'The film industry could never exploit his versatile range as actively as it should have. To not have delivered a *single* bad performance in one's career is an exceptional feat.' Sukanya Verma retraces her steps to the time she became a dedicated fan of Farooque Sheikh's work for life.
'... their love was jinxed.' 'His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than woo and wed.'
The film's stage version has already taken London by storm.
It seems to be a Tom Hanks and Cate Blanchett show all the way!
Chanda passed away last night due to heart-related ailments at a MUmbai hospital yesterday evening.
As Raazi hit theatres, Harinder Sikka -- author of Calling Sehmat, the book on which the film is based -- reveals the thrilling real life story of an Indian spy named Sehmat.
Besides the five Indian films that are playing at the Toronto International Film Festival this year -- a rather large collection at an international film festival, says Aseem Chhabra -- there are more films with an Indian connect.
'It's like he came on a Time Machine and left in the same vehicle. A fairytale ending, but not a happy one.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Somehow the Flying Sikh has endured in people's memory.'
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Portraying the life of commoners, I V Sasi was a man who created wonders for the silver screen.'
The television premiere of the internationally acclaimed film "The Danish Girl" was put on hold on Sony Le Plex as the channel was unable to receive the necessary certification from the Central Board of Film Certification.
Ivide tries to tackle a lot of things but ends up satisfying none.
'I have never had a foul experience in the industry.' 'There are rotten apples everywhere, in your family, relatives, friends circle, colleagues...' 'It's very vulnerable because of the glamour, but it's very heartbreaking to hear bad things about the industry.' 'It's not such a bad place.'
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