Bombay Velvet paints a pretty postcard but not the soul of its decade, feels Sukanya Verma.
'I wasn't sure if I could carry off a bikini well. So I did a photo shoot and showed it Madhur Bhandarkar. He said it looked great. That gave me the confidence to carry it off.' Meet Calendar girl Avani Modi.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
They take our fitness goals out of the constraints of time and space and find us everywhere we go, says Veer Arjun Singh.
If Manto, the film, falls short of being a masterpiece it's because Nandita Das could not quite crack the Manto code: She couldn't quite see the wholeness of her subject with the same eyes that Manto saw his people. This imperfection in the film, in a way, becomes the greatest tribute to Manto, feels Sreehari Nair.
They're clearly the HOTTEST Instagram properties right now!
'It's a performance that puts the Bachchan hysteria to shame,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'When you are half decent looking, you want to look like yourself, especially in your first project. But it was important to do justice to the role, especially when it is such a big project. I don't want to play the lead and look like a hero. I am open to do character roles, what is the harm in it?' Dangal actor Aparshakti Khurrana looks ahead in life.
'When I started off, I did not know I wanted to act. I just wanted to go to London. After doing the first three films, I realised that I loved acting. Aashiqui 2 came along and gave me the confidence I needed, that I can shoulder a film. It was a turning point for me.' Straight talk from Aditya Roy Kapur.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'It was fun trying to regulate ourselves and keep it in the family zone and yet, be tongue-in-cheek.'
'I still remember I couldn't buy How To Learn Acting because I did not have sufficient money.' 'Later, when I searched for the book, I could never find it.'
'I belonged to the working class, not the middle class.' 'I was a rag-picker. I used to pick up coal from the railway tracks.' 'I was rejected from the FTII, as I was very unkempt and skinny.' 'I did not look like a hero, villain or comedian.' 'But Girish Karnad and Jairaj said I should be taken based on merit, not looks.'
Photographs tell us so much about the person!
As Geetanjali Krishna treks up to the Spartan temple of Triyuginarayan in Rudraprayag, she can't help but wonder about the excesses of Indian weddings.
'I think that has alarmed them because they probably think that it is their voice in there! The idea is to go into the mind of the rapist.' Dibang, co-producer of India's Daughter, defends the documentary in this exclusive interview to Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com
Satyajit Ray's fabulous use of fantasy to condemn fascism and Shah Rukh Khan's gift of enthralling oratory, Sukanya Verma's fantastic filmi week.
'In Udaan and in Lootera, the initial sensations that drove Vikramaditya Motwane to make those pictures never quite travelled beyond the walls that contained them.' 'Here, in Trapped, this sensations-strangled-by-the-walls feeling becomes the movie's real tune,' says Sreehari Nair.
We celebrate Bhattsaab and his greatest gems.
On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days.
Mumbai dancers fuse lyrical hip hop and b-boying with elements of American cheerleading and trapeze-esque bits from the circus.
'At the end of the interview, as he walked with us to the elevator, he looked at me and said, "Do you think it was my karma that I should have made this film?"' Arthur J Pais/Rediff.com recalls his encounter with Richard Attenborough.
R K Studios is not just another piece of real estate; it is part of India's movie history.
Saurabh Shukla, one of our finest character actors, on his life and movie career.
'I have had a US passport for 26 years. I have a Hindu name. But none of that matters it seems.' 'Today I have also become an immigrant from Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Syria.'Today I am Changez Khan and Rizwan Khan.' 'All of us brown people have been put in the same boat by Trump,' says Aseem Chhabra.
Vandana has been attempting to bring in radical changes in the unhealthy food habits amongst the tribals.
'When I was younger, 15 years or 20 years seemed like a really long time. But, as you journey though life, you don't realise where the years disappear...'
'There is only one thing common between Dhoni and me: We take our work seriously, not ourselves.'
Vin Diesel can't get enough of Deepika Padukone!
How many of the 354 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2017 have you seen?
'You look at her in wonder, blinking to see if she is real, as she talks calmly about her project to spread menstrual health awareness and bring cheaper sanitary napkins to the poor.'
Bollywood's Badshah turns 50 on November 2, and it's time to celebrate his life and his movies.
'We had decided that if the audience liked Stree, then after two or three years we would plan a sequel.' 'Because of the kind of reaction we received for the film we have already started work on it.'
'With folded hands, on humanitarian grounds, if she can get temporary bail on medical grounds so she can get treatment.' 'If she dies, the whole trial gets derailed.'
A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
From Padma Lakshmi to Kareena, this season offers plentiful reasons to make your jaws drop.
"Our only solace is that Modi will win Varanasi, but there will be a by-election here. Modi will not be able to cobble 272 seats to become prime minister so he will remain the chief minister of Gujarat. He will resign from Varanasi and then we will ensure Kerjiwal's handsome win." Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt reports on how Varanasi's 300,000 Muslim voters are strategising their vote.
From Boyhood to The Grand Budapest Hotel, we've seen some brilliant cinema this year.
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