'Abhishek is known to launch new 'stars' and not 'kids.' He has always been successful with that. He has a lot of patience for new people. I won't say to tolerate them, but to nurture them. All of them have done very well.' Rediff.com's Mayur Sanap, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar report from the trailer launch.
Chennai-born Indian-American businesswoman and musician Chandrika Tandon, 71, won a Grammy in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category for her album Triveni, a blend of ancient chants and world music, at the 2025 Grammys.
Shahana Goswami's Santosh has been shortlisted for the best foreign film Oscars.
'Comfortable in almost every genre going, there's pretty much nothing he can't do.'
The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned.
His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great performances is an art form to admire, appreciate and explore. Aseem Chhabra remembers Shyam Benegal, who passed into the ages on Monday evening.
Kangana plants a tree... Disha promotes Kalki...Kriti makes memories at the British Grand Prix...
Mithya The Darker Chapter has a constant been-there-seen-that feeling. Everything is dialled to 11, be it the emotional rundown of the characters or dramatic moments that form their dynamic, notes Mayur Sanap.
The 55th International Film Festival of India kicked off in India's party venue, Goa, and the stars added to the dazzle.
The Wedding Party will be performed in an elaborate Bollywood style, by 250 performers of all ages, from London, Birmingham, Leicester, Manchester, Southampton and Newcastle.
'It's very heartening because it's a kind of underdog story and you know, we're not a big film, we're not with big people, we have not been able to plaster ourselves all over the place to make ourselves be seen and watched.' 'But still, we have managed to somehow get here.'
'When you watch Freedom At Midnight, I want you to feel like you are sitting on a ticking time bomb.'
Punjabi singer A P Dhillon's girlfriend is a style icon to watch out for.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has detected alleged irregularities after it conducted raids in a money laundering case to probe 'black marketing' of tickets for two 'highly anticipated' music concerts by British rock band Coldplay and actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh.
'I'm there in every frame of this film.' 'The film is named after the character that I play.' 'It's about a feeling like you are capable of shouldering a film entirely on your own, which is a belief that I may not have in myself always.'
'Rex Harrison wasn't at the event, but he was in the film. One day on set, he told me, "A beautiful girl like you should get married immediately". I had a good laugh over that.'
This year's London Fashion Week -- LFW has been dazzling fashion lovers for 40 years now -- proved how India is shining on the global fashion stage, says Rediff.com's Shristi Sahoo.
Reham Khan has tied the knot with a US-based satirist Mirza Bilal.
Aseem Chhabra's Top 10 Films/ Series from TIFF 2024 includes films that he watched for the first time in Toronto. The films were impressive due to their rigor, passion, unique storytelling style and sometimes exploring the vulnerable sides of big name stars.
This is the magic of Sircar's filmmaking -- National Award winners, many of them -- that makes every new work of his an eagerly-awaited affair.
Zakir Hussain was the maestro of tabla, percussionist, composer and even actor -- a legend who was India's very own and yet belonged to the world. Hussain died from 'idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis', a lung disease, in a San Francisco hospital early Monday. He was 73.
Raja Sen analyses the contenders for the Best Supporting Actor category at the Oscars.
When in Landour, discovers Supriya Newar, one of the most important things to do and that too in large measures, is to do nothing at all.
Meet Bridgerton's stars, which happily include two British actors of Indian descent.
"This is unbelievable. It is surreal... I was at the gym. I just found out about the nomination," said Gourav, whose previous credits include "My Name is Khan" and "Mom".
Bollywood doesn't need fire-breathing dragons when it has Bhai.
'I don't think you will see too much of Rohit Roy as an actor now.'
'God can you get work, but once you get it, you have to do it with honesty and put your 100 percent into it.'
Sukanya Verma lists her 10 favourite male performances of 2021.
The September issue is focusing on women who "break barriers" -- featuring 15 women, including teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern.
As he took the bow at the end of the Lakme Fashion Week x FDCI show, many in the crowd cheered for him with an inkling that the magic and the beauty they just witnessed on the ramp was perhaps for the last time. But no one in the fashion fraternity thought that Bal would pass away so soon.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday continued to target late Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, saying that he helped the British rulers and wrote a mercy petition to them out of fear.
"Indian travellers would be aware of recent disturbances in some parts of the United Kingdom. The High Commission of India in London is closely monitoring the situation," reads the message entitled 'Advisory for Indian Citizens Visiting the UK.'
The 2024 British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) were held at the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre, London, and saw its share of the good and the bad.
Gandhi will now be seen in two upcoming OTT series -- Hansal Mehta's Gandhi, starring Pratik Gandhi in the title role, and Freedom at Midnight by Nikkhil Advani.
Scoop seems like they conclude he is but Vaihayasi Pande Daniel recommends that you watch the film to find out for yourselves.
'Till my wife called me up one day and said, "Hey, we need food on the table".'
''This body is mine. And bearing its burden has become quite a task,' Dilip Kumar once told Subhash K Jha.'
