Noted lyricist Na Muthukuma talks about winning his second consecutive National Award win.
Butterflies aren't just easy on the eyes. Their presence in a place indicates the relative health of the environment.
City-based relatives of Nina Davuluri, who on Monday became the first Indian-origin contestant to win the Miss America pageant, said the newly-crowned beauty queen had not forgotten her roots and still liked Indian films.
Bollywood's trendiest stars get it right!
The one where Bollywood divas pulled out all stops for a celebrity sangeet ceremony.
Things are off to a good start when a lead movie character appears for the first time against strategic music or swaggering drama and the audience bursts into wholehearted whistles and applause.
'At a time when the news channels are screaming louder than the worst crowd, you can't be subtle if you really want to say something important,' Anubhav Sinha tells Bedika/PTI.
The good old sari got a fashionable twist at designer Anavila Misra's store launch in Mumbai.
Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee dishes on the process.
'I will live my life and let other people live their life too.' 'There are big problems in life yaar, like global warming. Let's talk about that.'
Sreehari Nair lists some movies, documentaries, recorded-performance films, and literature and music suggestions that might help.
'You come out of the theatre feeling happy, inspired, with moist eyes and in awe.'
Celebrating the maestro, who turned 52, January 6, and his music.
'There were any number of Congress leaders who disliked Sonia Gandhi, but they were very close to Ahmed Bhai and he would listen, and give a shoulder to cry upon.'
The list comprising old and new fiction as well as non-fiction deals with the intrinsic issues that continue to affect Africa today.
Did you know Nargis was to have played the Madhubala role, but opted out because she has reservations about working with Dilip Kumar? Do you know how Naushad and Shakeel Badayuni came up with the words for the immortal Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya?
Every single one of Parinda's magnificent frames is a masterclass in slick. Sukanya Verma tells us why.
His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions. Siva Sankar pays tribute to S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer who passed into the ages on Friday.
'What guides Monsoon Wedding through and through is Mira Nair's openness as a film-maker,' observes Sreehari Nair.
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'Art Deco was the last of the truly international styles.'
The gifted actress passed into the ages on January 21, 1965.
Here are the actors who can totally play Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie!
'My age? It keeps changing every year. I can't remember it. I don't like ageing at all,' dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai, who passed into the ages on Thursday, told Jasmine Shah Verma in October 2004. Reproduced with kind permission from Harmony - Celebrate Age magazine.
Here are Aseem Chhabra's picks -- 'films that mattered to me, entertained me and will stay with me through the year.'
Behold the breathtaking winning and shortlisted images from one of the world's most prestigious photography contests. The amazing shots are from the open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2020, which received 193,000 entries from photographers in over 200 territories. Scroll down and feast your eyes on our pick of the shortlisted and category-winning entries.
'I didn't want to be the bottom-most in the food chain of a commercial film.' 'I'd rather do something experimental and learn and hope that this translates into somebody noticing me.'
Take a cue from showstopper Sayani Gupta, who made a stunning bride in a gorgeous deep red lehenga.
From flared pants to cutesy bomber jackets, knee-length stockings to cheerful dresses, these are our favourite looks.
Vote for your favourite Bollywood dance-off sequence!
Take you pick!
Geetanjali Krishna approached her trip to Greece -- the cradle of democracy where the notions of equality, free speech and civic liberty first took shape -- as much as pilgrimage as a holiday.
These hotties have been the toast of the fashion world this year. Vote for your favourite.
Tips from the best-known Indian mixologists.
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