Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
A look at the winners of the 64th National awards.
'The film industry has a lot of competition. You don't always get the roles you want.'
As we continue grappling with an irrepressible pandemic, music is both a refuge and source of comfort.
'The more popular, the more work, the more money.'
'The script, the way it has been written, the relationships, the intensity... everything was so powerful.'
'When there was a match, he would be up all night watching it on his laptop with Kishori Amonkarji singing on the side.'
Arjun Menon lists some of the popular songs from the South Indian movies in 2023.
'He is convinced that this will help him in the next election.' 'But as we know, the best laid plans of mice and men can go awry.'
The producers of Nachom-ia Kumpasar sent their entry to the Oscars privately in two categories -- Best Foreign Film and Best Background Score.
Calendar 2022 will go down as a year when the real star was the Next Big Idea.
'On the big screen, we focus on hope for your dreams whereas OTT is the bitter reality.'
Sukanya Verma lists her 15 favourite Hindi songs of 2022 in no particular order.
While Satya's pleasures are palpable -- among them the poetry of the coarse language, the mercifully rough-hewn texture, the oh-so-familiar underdog story -- these pleasures hit you at a completely different speed. The movie is charged with a sense of discovery, and every shot is a cornucopia of details existing independent of the main story. It's touching, notes Sreehari Nair.
'I've never done anything cliche and I've never got anything cliche.'
His elegant body of work, LIVE and recordings, is a tuneful treasure whose melody and memory lives on. Fondly remembering the late singer and 10 of his superhit songs.
'There can be no bigger compliment than people walking away, carrying the film in their hearts, and thanking you for it.'
Uzbekistan lives comfortably in several centuries but is also a forward-looking nation, Deepa Gahlot discovers on a visit to this Central Asian country.
The 10th edition of South Indian International Awards took place in Bengaluru over the weekend.
'You suddenly realise that in this entire big scheme of things, you're just one speck.'
'Ameen Sayani was copied by generations. Now everyone is trying to become smaller Ameen Sayanis in their own way.'
'I've spoken to Gangubai's soul.' 'I've had long conversations with her in my mind.' 'I understood her suffering, anger, joys and sorrow.' 'I had to connect to the soul of this amazing woman.' 'I think I did.'
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'I hope this win inspires boys and girls who watch thousands of dreams and want to make them come true.'
'One has to move with the times to stay relevant.'
One of the best ways to celebrate Children's Day is by spending quality time with your kids and binge watch meaningful yet entertaining cinema pieces.
'You make a song, it gets rejected, you have to make 10 more.'
'He is a natural. One of the best dancers among contemporary actors.
The Hindi dubbed (badly) version of the Tamil hit Aranmanai is out, and it turns out to be lengthy, noisy and mostly tedious, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Bigg Boss 18 is all set to return to our screens on October 6. Hosted by Salman Khan, the names of the contestants who will be participating are not revealed yet.
The year saw some standout performances from lesser known actors.
'They are not called the President's National Awards for no reason.'
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia starrer Arjun, 1985.
'With his passing, Indian cinema has lost its most undaunted voice, a voice of unsettling truths, a window to history, a school of filmmaking.'
Aamir Khan's journey has been prolific. As he turns 45, we celebrate the very best of the fine actor.
The success of south films like KGF: Chapter 2, RRR and Pushpa: The Rise has resulted in audiences getting more and more receptive towards watching stars from this industry in Hindi films.
'I don't think I ever lost the confidence as an actor.'
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