Vice President Venkaiah Naidu presented the National Film Awards to the year's winners with actors Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann Khurrana and Keerthy Suresh receiving top honours.
The actress promoted the Tamil film in Mumbai, and even gave everyone a live performance of her hugely popular song, Kaavaalaa.
Hailed as one of the finest filmmakers of his time, K Balachander, who passed into the ages on December 23, has left behind a rich legacy of hard-hitting films, some of which have been routinely credited with redefining Tamil cinema.
Check out the films that have reached cult status over the years.
Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2. To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com bring you a treasure trove of features from our archives.
Charlie Chopra and the Mystery of Solang Valley is fun in parts, discovers Deepa Gahlot.
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.
Why Sridevi is one of India's finest actresses.
Diljit Dosanjh's switch in singing style as he smoothly assumes Chamkila's vocal persona highlights the brilliance of his artistry, observes Sukanya Verma.
In a strategic move, the BJP has welcomed prominent Christian figures like Anil K Antony, son of Congress stalwart AK Antony, and seasoned Kerala politician PC George, into its fold.
An effortless artist at all times, Surekha Sikri's emotional eloquence and authoritative presence showed a knack for turning moments into meaning.
'Javed Akhtar, Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi have collectively brought more pride and honour to our country than the entire film fraternity put together.' 'Sir, the names you have taken are institutions, pillars of India's popular art, symbolising the very essence of humanism and nationalism.'
'It's all that pain that makes you the artist you are.'
Take a bow Prabhas, Mahesh Babu, Nani, Sudheer Babu and Varun Tej.
10 recipes our readers savoured this year.
Gurinder Chadha on It's a Wonderful Afterlife which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Gems you can enjoy from the time he was at his handsome and magnetic best.
'The jester's job, the joker's job, the fool's job is to make fun of people to make them seem beautiful.'
organic awareness for the film coupled with the fact that there was no other Bollywood release in the running meant that The Kerala Story released on over 1,000 screens.
Bollywood makes way for regional cinema at the 65th National Awards.
Even as our tier-2 and tier-3 cities become increasingly well-mapped, and well-documented through myriad tech-driven data, the Indian film-maker's dominantly urban gaze turns to regions not crowded by data, area codes, or directions, observes Debarghya Sanyal.
Have you spotted any Bollywood bloopers? Tell us about your favourite and funniest, right here!
Rajeev Srinivasan on one of the best film festivals in India.
'I don't jump at everything that comes my way. (But) To say that I have too many offers coming my way is also a lie. I'm not one of those people who turn down scripts every day.'
With a string of controversial videos made in Delhi Metro trains and premises going viral in the last several months, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief Vikas Kumar has appealed to people to refrain from engaging in 'objectionable' activities and said steps were being taken to curb such incidents.
We celebrate Kishore Kumar's 90th birth anniversary on August 4 with Amit Kumar's 10 favourite Kishore Kumar songs.
The 10th edition of South Indian International Awards took place in Bengaluru over the weekend.
'The world that we live in today has no space for nuance or conversation or debate.' 'So how does a small film that's not made for the sole reason of earning back your money and which is actually trying to say something that's fragile find its way?'
This Kannada film is a treat for movie buffs.
Anu Malik reveals how Baazigar revived his career.
Girish AD doesn't make romantic comedies so much as he elevates the genre, observes Sreehari Nair.
Film folk attended the Hello! Hall Of Fame Awards 2023 in Mumbai on Sunday.
'The music was so good that I felt that it would be a great way to bring it back to life.'
'What an incredible opportunity to bring back one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema on the big screen.'
Bollywood loves number games. And not just the rat race kind. There's a slew of movies with numbers in their title.
A pick of just 10 watchable (a couple of them admittedly in the so-bad-it's-fun category) foreign films starring Bollywood stars in significant roles are available to watch on streaming platforms.
'It is great that I am making this film after 20 years with my son.' 'People loved some 8 to 10 scenes in the original and we have got some of it in this film.'
