'When the trailer of Angrezi Medium came out, and when the credits were rolling in the end, with names like Irrfan Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepak Dobriyal, Dimple Kapadia... that's when it hit me and I couldn't control my tears. That was the first time I realised that I was living my dream.'
It took 84 long years for Test cricket to come to the land of Ranjitsinhji.
On Lagaan's 20th anniversary, we bring back Aamir Khan's views expressed in an exclusive interview to Rediff.com Contributor Haresh Pandya in February 2000.
Sonali Barthwal, who debuted at Lakme Fashion Week, is a Delhi girl, originally hailing for Garhwal, Uttaranchal. Bubbly and effervescent she's got a sense of humour too.
Former India captain Kapil Dev says the iconic Sachin Tendulkar "did not know how to make double hundreds, triple hundreds and 400 though he had the ability" to scale such peaks and was "stuck in the Mumbai school of cricket".
'Everybody knows about Prasoon Joshi's friendship with Aamir Khan.' 'No one is surprised that Thugs Of Hindostan was given an all-clear censor certification out of turn.'
Shatranj Ke Khilari was Satyajit Ray's first Hindi film. The Master set the Premchand story against the backdrop of the First War of Independence in 1857. Bijoya Ray, his wife, reveals fascinating glimpses behind the making of the epic in this exclusive excerpt from her memoir.
When he ended his Test career, he held the following Test records: Most Tests (125). Most consecutive Tests (106). Most runs (10,122). Most hundreds (34). Most scores of 50 or more (79). Most hundred partnerships (58).
Gundappa Viswanath, Erapalli Prasanna and Bishen Singh Bedi pay their tributes to the master batsman.
The former Indian Test cricketer passed away in Mumbai on Monday due to multiple organ failure.
... 'is long lives are generally the norm today,' says Rahul Jacob.
Reader Prasad S sent us this picture from Bangalore.
Bollywood parties up a storm and how!
Did you like Chennai Express, Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram Leela and 3 Idiots?
Chhichhore offers too good a time to pay attention to its faults, feels Sukanya Verma.
16 years after The Warrior, Asif Kapadia and Irrfan Khan will team up once again for the cinematic adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's Moth Smoke.
'There's another side, where men have become victims of some women's evil plans.'
Markets are neither bullish nor bearish. They always reflect some fundamental or technical reality.
India, with m-cap of about $1.6 trillion, is ahead of Switzerland.
And no, the list doesn't start and stop with Boman Irani!
Reader Ajit Kotian sent us a picture of Sachin Tendulkar from 1988.
Dispute over competing investments may carry on.
Rajneesh Gupta presents glimpses of India-England Test history.
Amid a row over snooping on close relatives of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, his nephew, Ardhendu Bose, on Monday alleged that the Nehru-Gandhi family has tried to erase the nationalist leader's legacy.
'You've got to be a doer to be re-elected.' 'You don't have to be a great communicator or an orator any more because voters want to see action and development on the ground.' 'And they want a doer rather than just an orator.'
India will seek to end 43 years of hurt when they begin the Hockey World Cup campaign against South Africa on Wednesday.
'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.
'Essentially there are three things the government should be doing: Identify who you are going to get your vaccine from, figure out how you are going to pay for it, and figure out how you're going to deliver it and to whom.'
Reader Sudhir Mohan takes us back to the 70s when the food served in the Indian Railways was top class.
State Bank of India is the largest bank in India
'When you looked at him even at that age, you could make out he was special.'
Get ready for these new actors this year.
Greg Chappell feels a subdued Tendulkar is weighed down by years of heavy expectations and has self-doubts.
The filmmaker turns 42 today, September 10.
"I must be the most risk averse person I have met. I am really scared of risks. The point is to keep de-risking at every opportunity," says Sanjeev Bikhchandani, CEO, Naukri.com.
'I don't think there has been a greater star than her in the film industry.' Ranbir Kapoor about Katrina Kaif.
Justice Ajay Khanvilkar disposed off the anticipatory bail application of Setalvad and her associate, Rais Khan, after the Gujarat government informed the court that they had not filed an FIR against them.
The 41-time Ranji Trophy winners will be playing their 500th encounter in the National championship against Baroda at the Wankhede Stadium to become first among the equals.
The power to cause societal pain, at least to some segments of society, is intrinsic to the nature of technological innovation.
