Actress turned politician Divya Spandana, popularly known as Ramya, turns 34.
Satyajit Ray. Films from Italy, Iceland and Albania feature on Aseem Chhabra's list.
Sukanya Verma looks at what's looking hot on the OTT menu this week.
Satyajit Ray's fabulous use of fantasy to condemn fascism and Shah Rukh Khan's gift of enthralling oratory, Sukanya Verma's fantastic filmi week.
His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions. Siva Sankar pays tribute to S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer who passed into the ages on Friday.
Kirron Kher, actress-turned-politician, recounts how it was Jaitley who made her contest the elections from Chandigarh. Speaking to Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar, the Chandigarh MP talks of the BJP stalwart's generosity and how he was the focal point of any place he was at.
The star was chosen to deliver the Penguin Annual Lecture.
A towering figure in the world of letters, Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy, who died in Bangalore on Friday, was modern in his sensibilities and intellectual underpinnings in his literary works questioned many deeply-held beliefs.
'In Carol, Cate Blanchett reminds us what a real movie star is and why we are enamored by her acting and looks.'
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
As Sunny Deol returns as Ajay Mehra in Ghayal Once Again, tomorrow, we remember his dialoguebaazi in Ghayal.
Get to know the Befikre girl better!
Kalki Koechlin talks about her upcoming projects, marriage and much more!
It's not just the aam aadmi who has been feeling the corruption heat.
'I did not always want to be an actor. The initial plan was to become a filmmaker.' Sri gets candid about his movie career.
'Rishi Kapoor was a complete original.' 'He dazzled the screen and stayed a livewire off it as well,' remembers Sukanya Verma.
'To jump from Madras Cafe to Piku to PINK to October, it takes time...'
Happy Birthday AR Rahman
Aseem Chhabra lists the movies that taught him about the Idea of India.
After a decade of acting in comic films, Riteish Deshmukh finally shows a versatile side with Ek Villain. The days ahead seem busy, with his production ventures and a kitty full of films.
Create something that you will be proud of.
'I got to know things early in life.' On Childrens' Day, one of Hindi film industry's most memorable child -- Raju Shrestha - lets us into his life with a twinkle in his eye.
'You have to be insensitive and callous to want to shoot the spectacle of persons dying, presumably for the pleasure of posting the picture or video on WhatsApp,' says Shuma Raha.
'In my personal life, I honestly find it very difficult to express my anger.' 'And then, when you are a public figure, you feel watched that much more and then you are all the more careful.' 'Begum Jaan, therefore, was the answer to my angst.'
AAP will have to learn to be patient as such electoral changes do not happen in a hurry, asserts Ramesh Menon.
'There have been happy, sad and frustrating moments but I wouldn't want to change anything. I want to be remembered by at least five films and hope Fan will be among them.' Shah Rukh Khan tells us his birthday wishes.
'If every actor does commercial films, where is the space for the Amol Palekars and Farooq Sheikhs of today? I am happy being in that space and want to own that space.'
Saurabh Shukla, Piyush Mishra and Sanjay Mishra are not likely to be in the limelight when a film releases, but they are the ones who eventually light up the movie.
Sharmila Tagore was just 25 years old when she played mom to Rajesh Khanna in Aradhana!
Why has Mumbai's cyber police taken no action against these WhatsApp groups who everyday, commit offences under the Indian Penal Code? The police cannot be unaware of their existence, observes Shruthi Marathe.
Famous sports personalities who wed in 2019.
There's a lot happening in Bollywood, Hollywood and world cinema this year.
'A person should not be caught in the pursuit of enjoyment alone, he should experience enlightenment too. I mean, there should be action and motion. We must enjoy the action, not the motion,' BKS Iyengar told Rediff.com in September 2000.
'I used to be humiliated.' 'If I would approach an actor, he would just say hello and then turn away.' 'That's when I understood the whole game of the industry.'
Sukanya Verma looks at the handful of occasions when Bollywood believed sky was the limit.
'Smita had it all planned out. She was pregnant then and planning to leave Raj Babbar after the baby was born. In an enthralling new book Smita Patil, A Brief Incandescence (HarperCollins), Maithili Rao reveals the many fascinating facets of the incomparable actress whom we lost too young.
Onir blasts Bollywood for being regressive.
Aseem Chhabra's recommendations for the Mumbai film festival.
'Our country has enough talent, writers and composers to create music.' 'The previous generation did their job and went.' 'I think we need to leave behind some things.'
