Karan Johar explains what drew him to direct a film in Bombay Talkies, his biggest fears as a filmmaker, and his early memories of watching films.
Prayag Raj, who was so successful at his peak, ought not to have slid into oblivion, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Gems you can enjoy from the time he was at his handsome and magnetic best.
This simple kind of upma, made from cracked wheat, is a great beginning to a day.
Deepa Gahlot lists 10 popular Mani Ratnam films that you can watch on streaming platforms.
Which one will you watch on OTT this week? Sukanya Verma gives us her recommendations.
'The best lessons are learned during setbacks.'
Team India coach Ravi Shastri will come out with a book this summer where he will walk down the memory lane
The Congress leader from Gujarat said the Dalit community has given a call for a nationwide candle march on February 19 in support of Solanki, who was a first-year student of B.Tech (chemical) course.
'I wasn't motivated to begin with because how do you outdo the biggest encounter?' 'Then, we came across this story about the first-ever encounter.'
A look at films that were shot in Sri Lanka.
Some of her best films are not available on streaming platforms, but Deepa Gahlot looks at her Hindi cinema oeuvre on OTT.
The BJP is the preferred choice because it offers what the Mughals and later British offered in their time: A stable polity and an environment in which business could function, explains T N Ninan.
Deepa Gahlot picks 10 Web series that was worth the viewer's while.
Bhumi Pednekar, Radhika Apte, Manisha Koirala, Kiara Advani luminate Netflix's Lust Stories, notes Sukanya Verma.
'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.' 'And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole world, then we are really being losers.' 'The visionaries of the industry must pull up their socks and say that now we will create for the world.'
Shiraz: A Romance of India, a 1928 Indo-British-German silent classic, will tell the epic tale once again. And you're invited.
Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan both dated women from the costume department on My Name is Khan.
'Chand Chhupa Badal Mein were originally written for a film that Ram Gopal Varmaji was directing.' 'One day he said, "Mehboob, the lyrics that you have written are really beautiful, but the hero of my film is a goon. He cannot sing such beautiful lyrics".'
'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.' 'Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.'
Sukanya Verma doffs her hat at all the salaam-themed titles out there.
'The credit for giving me my first major break goes to Master Ghulam Haider.'
Sukanya Verma goes down memory lane to recap the desi sightings at the Oscars.
After a dry, dreadful, spell of darkness and desolation, it looks like Bollywood love stories are ready to rock the silver screen again.
rediffGURU Dr Rahul Baxi, honorary consultant diabetologist at the Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, offers advice on how to manage your diabetes.
From one of Kashmir's worst trouble spots, Adeeba Tak emerges as a story of hope.
With an endless number of star kid debuts in the offing, we thought of looking at how this decade's brigade compares to their mums, dads, uncles or siblings.
A few days after Satish Kaushik's sudden passing on March 9, a prayer service was held at his residence in Andheri, northwest Mumbai.
India's first female photojournalist gave this interview to Rediff.com a year before she died.
'I am honest, hardworking, spiritual, a bit of a hypochondriac, and fun!'
Uncle Pai, as he was fondly called, inculcated in Indian children a love for and interest in India's glorious past and its heroes.
'Gerson existed at the intersection of principle and conscience. 'One of our conversations turned to his return to India from Brazil. 'He spoke about the choices he made and the things he felt he had failed at. 'What emerged was how he always steadfastly stuck to his beliefs and was true to them and himself. 'The need to -- in Spike Lee's words -- Do The Right Thing.' Director Dev Benegal remembers Gerson da Cunha, 'friend, guide, light'.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Kangana Ranaut plays an Air Force pilot in Tejas, joining an increasing list of films and shows centered around women playing significant roles in their careers.
As superstar Rajinikanth begins shooting his newest film Kaala Karikalan in Mumbai, there is much speculation about which Tamilian ganglord the Thalaivar is bringing to life.
From being forced to work as a construction labourer after his family lost their home in a slum demolition drive to making his way to Harvard and then work for the US government, Deelip Mhaske decided to return to his motherland to pave the way for a better future.
'Ranbir helped me a lot with emotions and dialogues. As an actor, he makes us very secure.' 'He guides us with his experiences. He makes the work really, really easy and wonderful for his co-stars.'
'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.'
'Especially at the hands of men.'
"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.
