The length and drape of the sari varies; some may be less than the traditional six yards, like the half sari, while others like the Maharashtrian Nnauvari or the Tamilian Madisar is be nine yards. Kodagu saris too can be nine yards long.
'My two life mantras are prioritisation and compartmentalisation.' 'Prioritisation allows you to put one thing over the other and compartmentalisation to focus on one priority at a time.'
Stars don't wait for the weekend to party. So Manish Malhotra's grand Diwali party was held midweek, on a Wednesday, and everybody -- Ananya Panday to Alia Bhatt to Kiara Advani-Sidharth Malhotra -- turned up!
Kareena is off to work... Raashii shares a picture from the sets...Rajkummar is grateful...
'The learning will be long term and if anything unlearn everything from this and start afresh.'
Arjun Menon looks at 2024's top Web series from South India.
Film folk have been very busy this year, attending trailer launches and promotional events. Hitesh Harisinghani/ Rediff.com vouches for that, as he recaps 2024 with his insightful clicks.
It was a very poor weekend for Bollywood as just about Rs 10 crore (Rs 100 million) came in.
The different generations of the Kapoors got together to enjoy the Ganpati festival in Mumbai.
Celesti Bairagey from Assam seems to have a lot in common with Alia Bhatt.
A new kind of history has been created in Maharashtra. Accept it. We need to give credit where it's due. Modi led this change... from the setback of June 4 to November 23, notes Sheela Bhatt.
Just when it seemed that Bollywood had recovered with multiple big hits in 2023, it all came down in 2024 with a flurry of flops, disasters and mega disasters.
'But the truth is that I don't think Bloody Ishq could have been made without Avika.'
With the arrest of Dixit Patel, owner of Jay Jalaram School situated near Godhra in Panchmahal district, the number of persons arrested so far- five of them were held by Gujarat Police- has gone up to six.
One of India's legends Smita Patil would have been 69 today, October 17.
IIT Kanpur has announced a breakthrough in stealth technology, which would make tanks and fighter aircraft invisible, or near-invisible to enemy radar.
Triptii Dimri wowed everyone when she danced to her new song Mere Mehboob from her latest film, Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, at a promotional event.
'Something exciting is going to happen very soon.'
Wash your scalp only two to three times a week to protect its natural oils, advises Dr Rupika Singh, founder, Akiya Aesthetics.
Siddharth Roy Kapur's RKF aims to raise around $50 million by offering up to a 50 per cent stake in the company.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday.
Industry experts believe that this deal will positively impact the Indian film industry, which is struggling with fewer movie releases.
Namrata Thakker takes a closer look at her through her Instagram feed.
Bloody Ishq comes off looking even more shoddy and ill-conceived when there is so much superior content to entertain the horror buff, observes Deepa Gahlot.
From donning couture pieces to going desi and dishing out summer vibes, July saw our favourite celebs making all sorts of style statements and impressing us.
Vasan Bala's ability to jolt our Bollywood conditioned brains into experiencing new forms of menace, turning a John Woo-style prison riot into a Chinese communist movement and showcasing Alia in a savage new light won Sukanya Verma's dil and jigra.
'There's so much innocence in her expression of sexual curiosity.'
As Mumbai went to the polls, Bollywood stars did their primary duty for the country and cast their votes.
In a tweet, Rajnath Singh said he has "mild symptoms" and is under home quarantine.
Pooja Bhatt will soon start shooting Sadak.
Good, bad, evil, we saw a gamut of emotions on display in their most stirring form as actors reiterated their worth.
Her husband, Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh, died in a helicopter crash in the Nilgiris in which India's first CDS General Bipin Rawat was killed.
'The greatness of India can be experienced by meeting Indians on the frontiers of India.' 'Every citizen on the border is a soldier'
'People worship Krishna. People don't worship Ved Vyas, who wrote the Mahabharata.' 'It's a cultural thing because we don't see the heroes behind the screen, we see the heroes who are in front of the screen.'
Alia Bhatt's look at the MET Gala 2024 is winning hearts.
The actress, who plays Sita in the epic, unveiled her look on her birthday.
The Gujarat high court has dismissed a revision application filed by sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, seeking modification in the charges framed against him in a 1996 case under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS).
Sharvari shares some fabulous Monday motivation, as she gets ready to start shooting for her new film, Alpha.
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