'When Aditya saw what Akshaye Khanna did to his introductory sequence with his dancing he was bowled over.'
It isn't easy for a girl from Gopal Nagar to chase a dream. But Pinky was extremely determined. A force unto herself, she was going to go places. Literally. Till it abruptly ended one morning on the tarmac at Baramati airport.
The Supreme Court criticizes an accused in a CTET proxy exam case, referencing the movie 'Munna Bhai MBBS' and emphasizing the damage to the public examination system. The court seeks a response from Uttar Pradesh regarding the denial of bail to the petitioner.
Jatin-Lalit's music score for Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge is one of the best-selling soundtracks of all times and their Pehla Nasha is a song for the ages.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
With the music industry pushing for growth in the paid subscription segment, Universal Music India anticipates that the Indian market will mature, potentially becoming a highly impactful paid market for music over the next five years.
Bollywood's divas are essentially beach girls, and a trip into the blues can never be complete without their gorgeous photoshoots.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made waves at the opening ceremony of the fifth edition of the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, when she chose to make her red carpet arrival in monochrome.
'It is a beautiful balance between traditional old-world sanskaars, and new generations opening up to new worlds without renouncing respect,' observes Sandeep Goyal.
Zootopia 2 is charming, engaging, and thoroughly fun to watch, applauds Mayur Sanap.
Shanaya Kapoor is all set to make her Bollywood debut this week, and family and film folk rallied around her to welcome her on board.
As the year draws to a close, Rediff's Senior Contributor Roshmila Bhattacharya takes a look at the hits and misses, the highs and lows, the newsmakers and the dealbreakers in alphabetical order.
The colour red never goes out of fashion, as film folk know how to make it look extra hot.
The duo converted musical notes into bank notes with a steady spate of 1990s musicals such as Aashiqui, Saajan, Dil Hain Ke Manta Nahin, Raja Hindustani and Pardes.
Here's a year-wise toast to the most groundbreaking films that hit the screens between 2001 and 2010.
The year had a variety of films to choose from. Not all of them were successful at the box office, but had merit.
By today's standards, when the cynicism about the corrupt system is rampant, New Delhi Times seems mild. But it was upsetting enough to have problems with film distributors. Even television refused to run it. Deepa Gahlot re-introduces you to this 1986 classic.
'I was a nobody when I came here, and now I've become something.'
Why did Lifestyle Asia magazine honour these Bollywood personalities?
Sweet surprises are made of actors best known for their dramatics taking us by surprise by shaking a leg on screen.
'I belong to a middle class family of Delhi, with no contacts in the film industry of Mumbai.'
Aaishvary Thackeray steps into Bollywood with a dual character act as Dabloo and Babloo in Anurag Kashyap's Nishaanchi. Looking at actors who played twins in the movies.
A day before his film Jatt released, Sunny Deol made a comment, surprising those who are so used to his cinematic patriotic image and his Pakistan-bashing movies.
In 2025, the top actresses remained absent, the ones who could have commanded strong roles. In any case, great roles for women are not even written in mainstream cinema, but when they get a role worth working for, they did their best.
In the movie, veteran star Sanjay Dutt portrays Chaudhary Aslam. The police officer was assassinated by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban's Mohmand chapter who claimed responsibility for carrying out a bomb attack on his car on the Lyari Expressway on January 9, 2014, in which two other police officers, his driver, and guard were also killed.
Over 25 years, societies evolve and tastes change. Cinema absorbs and reflects this transformation. Picking only 25 films from the first quarter of the century is tough.
'They were born stars the day they were selected for this film.'
So many of us who did not grow up in Mumbai, got to know the city like it was our own city via Bollywood. Indeed the City of Dreams, because of its very moniker, has had a rather tall, almost domineering presence in our movies. Its skyline, its landmarks, its alluring vibe set the mood of many a film.
The New York City mayor-elect's mother has made some incredible movies.
Aseem Chhabra ranks the Best of 2025's films that released in theatres, or went directly to OTT platforms.
After the success of Aamir Rajeev Khandelwal is a wanted man -- in a good way, of course. Of all the offers coming his way, the actor has just signed one -- UTV's Spotboy's Peter Gaya Kaam Se.
Bollywood is such an integral part of Mumbai that it spills out in the city's busy streets!
South Indian filmmakers have kept their focus on the single-screen cinemagoer. They have kept their finger on the pulse of the single-screen cinema fan, who goes to movies once a month or more, to forget his weekly chores, explains Ambi Parameswaran.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
From emotional showdowns to the ultimate happily-ever-afters, we recap 10 times Bollywood showed us couples fighting their gharwale for their love.
Joginder Tuteja looks at how successful the genre has been in recent times.
Deepika Padukone finally addressed the much-talked about eight-hour shift that's reportedly costing her big movies.
'What a talent, what an actor! 'Cast him as anyone, anything, and he is ready for the challenge. I get restless when I don't have him in my film.'
