Jugal Hansraj on his children's novel The Coward and the Sword.
'The National Award is our nation's highest recognition, being recognised at the President's hand is our privilege, our honour and our dream.' 'The nation's sentiment got left out in the choices that were made yesterday...'
Mohenjo Daro takes too long to get there and feels even longer than the time that's passed, feels Sukanya Verma.
'I have been hearing this for the last four generations, that this is the last generation of superstars.' 'We will not leave it for the younger generation to take it easily.' 'We will not hand it over to them.'
UNICEF India has teamed up with social media influencers to raise awareness about menstrual hygiene.
'End of an era! Kalaignar was such an essential part of the fabric of Chennai and Tamil Nadu. All of us who've lived there will feel an inexplicable loss.'
Aseem Chhabra lists the films that won his heart at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
'A journalist met me after Mastizaade failed and said, "'Whatever you do in life, you will never get rid of the Sex Comedy King of India tag".' 'She didn't mean to hurt me, but it broke me.'
Sukanya Verma celebrates the acting legend.
Every film that Sriram Raghavan makes is a compendium of ideas and sensations that tickle him. Trying to remake a Sriram Raghavan film is like getting excited by somebody else's goosebumps, observes Sreehari Nair.
'Somewhere, I have to be true to myself. At this point in life, I am more interested in human drama.'
'I miss Tabu's beauty, her graceful presence, her delicate smile and the texture of her voice, with which she can convey so many things -- the lonely mother, the lover, the seductress, the wronged woman, or a young woman charmed by an older man,' says Aseem Chhabra.
Saloni Dhumne and Atreya Raghavan speak to young India to find out who their LGBTQ heroes are.
'I am a dreamer, so I always dreamt that Village Rockstars would go places.' 'But I never ever imagined this.' 'The way people are responding... they come to me, hug me, they call me, shower me with love and I feel wonderful.'
'Gully Boy is a pulsating salute to the new angry India and its youth,' says Aseem Chhabra who watched Zoya Akhtar's movie at the Berlin film festival.
As the summer-resort 2013 edition of the Lakme Fashion Week comes to an end, we look back at some of the celebrity models who came out in support of their designer friends. Tell us who you think was the best!
'Since Piku, Irrfan seemed content in delighting us with his finesse than striking a nerve.' 'Now, why was this so?' 'Why did our No 1 soul-searching actor suddenly decide that he'd rather be a heart-warmer?' 'Did those journeys take too much out of him?' asks Sreehari Nair.
'I'm very proud of having worked with one of the finest minds of India and Indian cinema.'
'I had never in my wildest dreams imagined that this could happen to me.'
The judge asked the actor to appear before the court after a month on May 7 when it will hear his plea for suspension of sentence.
To think that a legendary comic, who was known to bring the house down with his sparkling wit and extraordinary sense of humour, would be battling depression in real life, is beyond us. Here is a peek into heartwarming moments from the late acting stalwart Robin Williams' extraordinary life.
Looking at the winners of the big night.
Aseem Chhabra lists the top 10 films at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
BJP spokesperson Khalid Jehangir, in his stern message, warned the extremists not to threaten any Kashmiri.
Did the human drama provoked by the Japanese invasion of Burma and the Indian exodus from Rangoon inspire director Vishal Bhardwaj's forthcoming epic?
'Until I remove that character from my head and empty the space, other characters cannot take that place.'
'Trolls need to understand that there is a certain boundary, there is a certain way to deal with a woman.'
'Each person has their own story. You can't make a general statement about an entire industry.'
The many characters have so much to tell about their back stories and true emotions that a longer format would have allowed first time Director Seema Pahwa to dig deeper in Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi, observes Joginder Tuteja.
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia starrer Arjun, 1985.
'The idea is to sideline you, box you up in a smaller box, so you don't go out of that.' 'The bigger boxes are for their own people.'
Criticised for being too big, Janette Tirkey is winning hearts on the ramp.
'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 couple met at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual costume ball in 2005 and were together since then.
'What impresses about this sweet-n-simple tale is the manner in which this production has been put together with an economical narrative by first time directors Devanshu Kumar and Satyanshu Singh,' notes Joginder Tuteja.
'Success is not easily gained. Even if it is, it's very hard to sustain it.'
'There was no other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any. I will celebrate her life, today and always.'
'India not the strongest bowling unit without Ishant Sharma'
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