She lived for two-thirds of her life in India, adopted its national cause and customs, and took an Indian passport. She served a prison sentence in Lahore as part of Gandhi's protests against an Imperial power which happened to be her motherland. Freda Bedi delighted in confounding accepted definitions of identity.
'Whether it is Mulk or Article 15, I am talking about love and against hatred.'
The prolific fashion designer had given the Chanel's Paris haute couture show a miss in January due to ill health.
Puli is an uninspiring fantasy adventure film, feels S Saraswathi.
The question is not if Vijay would enter politics. Instead, it is about his chances of success, if any, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The cloud kitchen market in India will hit $1.05 billion by 2023. Just 13% of the total market has been utilised so far.
The vigour Divya Spandana has added to Rahul Gandhi's social media persona has brought him back in the reckoning.
Both Raazi and Veere Di Wedding are interesting films that worked. There is no point reading a trend in them, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
On a visit to India in 2013, writer Ved Mehta -- who passed into the ages on Sunday January 10, 2021 - gave Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel a rare glimpse into his state of mind and what he thinks of the changes he encounters in his motherland.
Sukanya Verma looks back at the decade gone by, in the movies.
Boyhood will open your mind a little bit more toward the possibilities great cinema holds, says Raja Sen.
'...that it takes fantasy seriously as a part of real life'... A fascinating excerpt from Jonathan Gil Harris's book, Masala Shakespeare: How A Firangi Writer Became Indian.
'The majority of transmission will be via people who are within two metres of one another.' 'The closer you are, the more likely that you'll be infected.'
Cousins is not an auspicious beginning to the festive season, says Paresh C Palicha.
#Not In My Name, said ordinary citizens, as they took to the streets to reclaim the India they believed in.
Do you know this giant?
'I toh don't even understand making crores because I have never done such a commercially hit film in my life.' 'It's unbelievable for me.'
A towering figure in the world of letters, Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy, who died in Bangalore on Friday, was modern in his sensibilities and intellectual underpinnings in his literary works questioned many deeply-held beliefs.
'The Maharashtra government diktat is another meddling example in an industry where politics or language has no role to play.' 'Cinema has a universal language. Filmmakers are divided across regions, but united in their passion for films,' says director Suparn Verma.
Bollywood's half-yearly report: The BAD STUFF!
'I don't know where the viciousness in the reviews is coming from.' 'To me, it feels more of a personal attack.'
It's time to move on from fights and dances and clich, says Kshmaya Daniel.
What did Sukanya Verma's Super filmi week look like? Read on...
'I am not human... :)' SS Rajamouli has some fun on Rediff Chat.
'For a working actor in Bollywood, it is nearly impossible to criticise its reigning deities.' 'Besides, due care ought to be taken when speaking of the dead too.'
The Shiv Sena has spurned Congress' request to participate in the bandh.
This week's digest of stories that are weird, true and funny.
'A big reason for its low recall value is that Rangbaaz's colourful characters are all essentially punks,' feels Sreehari Nair.
The chief minister skipped meals and remained awake the entire night on a makeshift dais along with some senior ministers and party members.
Shakespeare Wallah had been out of circulation for a long time, but a restored version of the film opened in New York on November 10. It will travel after that to other cities in the US and hopefully, soon to India as well, says Aseem Chhabra, author of the bestseller Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, The Star.
'The only way to judge the success of a film in its entirety is through box office collections.' Hrithik Roshan talks about the success of Bang Bang.
The juvenile accused in the December 16 gang rape and murder of 23-year-old paramedic on Wednesday denied all the charges against him, claiming that he was not a participant in the horrendous crime.
If you do not overspend, we advise you to get yourself a credit card. It will open up a whole new world of benefits.
Former Censor Board chief and Julie 2 producer Pahlaj Nihalani takes on the film industry.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has questioned Deputy National Security Advisor and former Intelligence Bureau chief Nehchal Sandhu in connection with Sadiq Jamal encounter in 2003 by the Gujarat crime branch.
The SC sought response of Maharashtra Police on objections raised against its various conditions put in place for granting licences to dance bars across the state.
Majaz, based on the life of Asraul Haq Majaz, the John Keats of Urdu poetry, marks Talat Aziz's debut as a composer in Hindi cinema. The film could have been an excellent biopic had it stuck to the poet's poetic self rather than his unfulfilled love, says Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.
The 91-year-old went beyond her role as a writer to help tribals in organising themselves in groups so that they could take up development activities in their own areas.
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