The cheeky young man who once gave me one-word answers grew into a philosophical, detached star yet remained simple and humble, never letting stardom steal his heart, notes Rediff's Shobha Warrier who first interviewed the Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner in 1987.
We'd bet good money on it!
Celebrity spotting in the French Riviera.
Mayur Sanap lists five films at MAMI 2024 that took his breath away.
With Piravi, Shaji N Karun joined the select group of great masters of film. Malayalam once upon a time used to produce such films. Today, it is only mindless violence, politics and grotesque humour. The films have no soul, although they are technically quite good. With Shaji's passing, and earlier with his mentor G Aravindan's untimely death, an era is coming to an end. Rajeev Srinivasan salutes the master, who passed into the ages on April 28.
This year's Sundance Film Festival was rich with films and the theatres were warm, even as temperatures outside dipped to below freezing point. It snowed only once but the sidewalks remained slippery for a few days.
Ready for the joyous cine fest on the French Riveira that Bollywood folk can't get enough of?
The legendary film festival has a strong Indian flavour this year.
.. And other memorable couple outings at Cannes Film Festival.
'Manushi's trip was very last minute.' 'I did not have her (red carpet) outfit with me. It was already in Cannes.' 'We didn't know what she was going to wear.'
Mrunal, Pooja shoot in UK... Manushi meets the world's most beautiful women... Disha in Cannes...
Hina Khan's short film, Lines will be premiered at Cannes film Festival.
100k spectators and a superstar: Akshay Kumar was present at the Narendra Modi stadium for the IPL 2022 final on Sunday.
Here we present some of the most scintillating images from across the globe in the last 48 hours.
'I was just seeing myself here (pointing at the poster) and was like 'damn, I made it!'' Rediff's Mayur Sanap, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar report from the teaser launch of Tanvi The Great.
'The work of a film-maker is going out and making films.' 'And if you are in prison for 15 years, you can't make films.'
'When you are a pioneer and someone who's put on a pedestal, but then the pedestal gets dusty, people don't look at the statue anymore.' 'They would say, 'Yes, yes, of course I know Bimal Roy. He made Do Bigha Zamin.'.'
'Hope is about being more accepting of each other, the kind of solidarity and friendship that even our families may not be able to give.'
Though the Indian celebrities did well fashionably on the Cannes red carpet, there are times when they slipped.
The Victoria's Secret model took her risque red carpet wardrobe a notch higher.
Kristen Stewart ditches heels, Kendall goes braless.
Deepika's first appearance at Cannes this year!
Indian-origin, Dubai-based Instagram sensation Farhana Bodi descended upon the Palais des Festivals at Cannes in a dreamy custom-made fuchsia pink gown by Lebanese designer Atelier Zuhra.
Check out what's happening in Cannes!
A beautiful documentary from Delhi. A shocking satire that spares no one. A thriller about a serial killer in Iran. A Pakistan film about family secrets... Aseem Chhabra lists the best films he saw in Cannes.
That Girl in Yellow Boots stars Kalki Koechlin and Naseeruddin Shah.
Reader Dinesh Kumar has sent us a photograph.
Three decades and seven films after the first blockbuster Mission: Impossible film in 1996, Tom Cruise, now 62, returns with yet another installment in the franchise, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.
Urvashi Rautela wore a princess like blue custom made gown as she attends the screening of Spanish movie Emilia Prez starring Selena Gomez.
Deepika Padukone chose Sabyasachi for two of her appearances at Cannes.
The actresses are on the jury of the Marrakech Film Festival!
Before the actress heads to the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, she shares some of her favourite yoga poses, and the secret behind her perfect looks.
