The veteran actor passed into the ages in the early hours of Friday, April 4, 2025. Sukanya Verma looks back at his most memorable performances.
'Shyam babu, you will always be with us through your films, your laughter and your wise and kind words.'
Her skin glows like she's bottled up self-love and poured it all over herself. As for her fashion -- from dazzling saris to stunning jewels, she's artistic all the way.
From moments that felt long time in the coming to swashbuckling statements that could be interpreted in more ways than one, there are some that fanned our nostalgia, some made our jaws drop (or stomachs churn), some hit too close home, still others left us with a lingering sense of guilt. Sukanya Verma picks cinematic imagery that stood out in 2023.
A non-strategic investor like Poonawalla brings in not only capital but also creative freedom. Indian cinema needs more investors like him, reports Vanita Kohli Khandekar.
'Krishna garu was completely broken after the death of his son Ramesh Babu and then, Indira Devi.' 'His second wife Vijaya Nirmala was also gone.' 'I think Krishna garu had lost the will to live.'
In a shocking revelation that has left the film industry in disbelief, Vikrant Massey has announced that he will retire from acting after 2025.
'Everything I know about acting and direction I learnt from him.'
She's got a fun-loving spirit and fabulous style!
Sean Baker broke a record by winning four Oscars just himself for Anora: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay.
'If there is one thing Shyam Benegal expressed best: It was the Poetry of the ordinary face and ordinary lives.'
Arjun Menon looks at the Top 10 South films that made an impact in 2024.
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has resolved her long-running defamation case with veteran screenwriter-lyricist Javed Akhtar through mediation. Ranaut posted a photo with Akhtar on Instagram and said the cinema veteran was "kind and gracious" during the mediation process. Akhtar had claimed that Ranaut defamed and damaged his 'immaculate reputation' by dragging his name into actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death in her interview with a news channel in July 2020.
Ed Sheeran hangs out with John Abraham... Anupam Kher teams up with Prabhas...Aahana Kumra turns producer...
'I should make a Rs 1,000 crore film with you.'
It was an emotional evening for many film folk, as they won the top awards at the 25th IIFA ceremony in Jaipur.
'We have to keep knocking on it before we get a response.'
Sukanya Verma lists everything that's there on OTT this week.
Pushpa 2's advance bookings have set a new record, with advance bookings standing at Rs 50 crore on Day One.
'I expect it to be the highest grosser of Indian cinema.'
While Emergency has managed some sort of traction, Azaad is absolutely dull.
'Did anyone else get the feeling that AWIAL -- despite being ostensibly based in the Mumbai of today -- is actually set in a Neverland of Solemnity?' asks Sreehari Nair.
'While we've seen some standout series over the past year, few have been as captivating and binge-worthy as this.'
Seven-times World champion Lewis Hamilton appeared in Ferrari red for the first time outside of Italy as Formula One put on an unprecedented and spectacular 10-team season launch in front of 15,000 fans on Tuesday.
For a film with such a grand vision, Sangeet Manapmaan needed more flamboyance to make it a memorable affair, feels Mayur Sanap.
Twenty seven years after it first released in theatres and became a cult classic, Ram Gopal Varma's Satya returns to the big screen.
'It was the toughest of roles because he had to change quickly behind the sofa and come out in the next dress!'
Writers and creators are telling more authentic stories based in states and cities that we may not have seen much of in mainstream media, such as Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. Or ones that we have some mistaken notions about like Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, highlights Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Aahana enjoys Lucknow... Shriya takes a stroll... Neha looks at the stars...
Though Zanjeer is credited as Amitabh's breakthrough film, it didn't immediately enthrone him. Rajesh Khanna countered with a huge hit in Daag that year. But Deewar upended audience's cinematic taste and filmland hierarchies at the very start of 1975. Bachchan emerged as a one man industry, the angry young man who could regulate the thermostat of the entire film industry, recalls Dinesh Raheja.
'October end, during a checkup for an autoimmune thing I got a shock diagnosis: a routine scan revealed a small malignant tumour in the kidney. Utter bolt from the blue.'
Sukanya Verma lists 15 scenes that reveal facets of Salman outside the formula.
The chargesheet filed at the Ernakulam judicial magistrate court claims that there is digital evidence against Mukesh in the case.
Kareena and Saif's boys didn't meet the PM, but check out what Modi sent them...
'I prefer to remain grounded, constantly aware of my imperfections and my duty to improve.' 'Hence, after considerable reflection, I feel compelled to respectfully decline all such titles or prefixes.'
Rakul Singh and husband Jackky Bhagnani share a beautiful home in the heart of Bandra, northwest Mumbai.
'On the governmental level, we are saying all the right things, like beti bachao, beti padhao. Yet, a High Court judge in Prayagraj, who is highly educated, has studied the Constitution and its laws, says breaking the naada of a pyjama or touching the breasts of a minor girl is not part of the reform process. Just giving lip service is not enough, the general mindset has to change.'
'It's important for me now to choose characters that fairly represent the women of today.'
'We are definitely under pressure from one of the two Diwali releases, Singham Again.'
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